"Captain Wang!" Xu Huandong explained helplessly: "Although we have five warships now, we are still far from the enemy's strength. Once we go to war, we will basically never come back!"
Xu Huandong's words are quite conservative. If you want to tell the truth, you have to get rid of the "basic".
However, Wang Xuexin did not think so. He replied: "I know that the Japanese navy is much stronger than our army, but this does not necessarily mean that our warships will never come back once they go to war!"
"How do you say that?" Xu Huandong looked at Wang Xuexin doubtfully.
Zhao Gang, who was sitting nearby, also cast curious glances at Wang Xuexin, but he knew that it was not the time for him to speak at this time, so he just listened quietly.
"Commander Xu!" Wang Xuexin said: "As you said before, we have missiles that can sink enemy warships!"
Xu Huandong seemed to understand what Wang Xuexin said. He said: "What Commander Wang means is that our warships are fighting the enemy within the range of anti-ship missiles?"
"No!" Wang Xuexin shook his head. Although this was indeed one of the strategies, it was only a small part.
"I mean..." Wang Xuexin said: "Why don't we move anti-ship missiles to warships?"
"Move the anti-ship missiles to the warship?" Xu Huandong was startled by these words. His eyes widened for a while before he realized what was happening, and then he said excitedly: "Is that possible? Can we move the anti-ship missiles to the warship?"
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"Of course!" Wang Xuexin nodded: "Anti-ship missiles only need a platform to be launched, but there is a large tail flame when launched. We need to ensure that there are no flammable and explosive materials in the area where it is launched, and there are no decks.
The thickness must withstand the burning of the tail flame!"
"That's no problem!" Xu Huandong said happily: "Although Mao Xiong's warship has a small displacement, its armor thickness is 30mm. I think it should be able to withstand the burning, but if it doesn't work, you can just thicken the armor where it is needed!
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What this means is that thickening local armor may be difficult for aircraft and tanks because their space is small and their load capacity is very limited, but for warships, the impact is so minimal that there is no need to consider it.
"So!" Wang Xuexin took the drawing of the warship from the desktop of his desk and said: "What we need is to dismantle the secondary guns on the warship, leaving only some of the main guns, and convert them all into anti-ship missiles! Anti-aircraft firepower
It will also be demolished..."
"The anti-aircraft firepower is also dismantled?" Xu Huandong asked doubtfully: "What if we encounter a Japanese fighter plane?"
Zhao Gang already understood Wang Xuexin's modification plan at this time. He smiled and said: "We still have anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles can be used for air defense! Right, Commander Wang?"
As he spoke, Zhao Gang turned his attention to Wang Xuexin.
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin said: "Our number of warships is not as good as that of the Japanese, and our firepower and defense are not as good as that of the Japanese. We don't compete with the Japanese on this, we only compete with the Japanese who can hit farther! We can use anti-aircraft missiles for air defense.
, Before the Japanese fighter jets hit our warship, our warship can launch anti-aircraft missiles and shoot it down! We use anti-ship missiles to fight against ships. Similarly, the Japanese warships can't hit us, but we can shoot them down.
Sink!"
At this point, Xu Huandong completely understood: "So, no matter how thick the armor of the enemy warship is and how big the gun is, it will not help, because we are outside its range and they will not be able to work at all!"
"That's the truth!" Wang Xuexin nodded.
This is the combat mode of modern warships. Since Wang Xuexin has developed anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, now he only needs to move them to warships.
In fact, it is not that easy to implement.
The reason is that equipping this thing on land and using it at sea, especially on warships, are two different things, especially missiles.
This is mainly because missiles have to be placed on warships for a long time, and warships sail in the sea, so they have to face high salt and humidity.
The problem of high salt and high humidity may have less impact on other equipment, such as naval guns... In modern times, Beibang moved tank guns directly to ships and used them as naval guns, and even defeated Nanbang.
But missiles fly in the sky, and problems may arise if the wings, flight control systems, or electronic systems become damp or corroded.
If something goes wrong with a missile, it would be serious. For example, if it cannot be launched, is it possible that it will explode on your own warship? Or if it is launched and undergoes Brownian motion without control, is it possible that it will hit your own warship?
In addition, warships will experience significant ups and downs when sailing, and this ups and downs also have an impact on the safety of missile launches.
If necessary, space issues must also be considered... But this is mainly required for modern missiles to be installed vertically in the hull. At this time, there is no need to consider this when placing them on the deck.
This is a series of issues that need to be considered in modern times when changing land-based missiles to dedicated ship-based missiles.
Solving these problems cannot be achieved in a short time.
However, Wang Xuexin believed that the Eighth Route Army did not need to think so much for the time being.
The reason is that the war is imminent, and these missiles may not stay on the warships for a week or two before they are all launched, so there is no need to consider too many issues of high salt and high humidity, as long as the necessary moisture and corrosion protection is provided.
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The long-term issue of boarding the ship in the future will have to wait until the current hurdle is passed.
"Captain Wang!" Xu Huandong then asked: "If this is the case, should our tactics also need to be changed accordingly?"
Wang Xuexin secretly praised in his heart: This Xu Huandong is worthy of being fought in a naval battle. From the equipment, you can immediately think of the changes in tactics. It cannot be wrong to give him command of the fleet!
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin said: "Because we must always maintain the advantage of 'we can hit the enemy but the enemy cannot hit us', our tactics must also change accordingly. To put it simply, we must maintain a close relationship with the enemy."
The distance from the warships, don’t let them get close to our warships and enter the range of their naval guns!”
As he spoke, Wang Xuexin took the pen and paper and said: "So, we should use the 'fight backwards' tactic as much as possible!"
"Fighting backwards?" Zhao Gang couldn't help but said: "Is there such a way to fight?"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin said: "The so-called 'fighting backwards' means that we assume that the enemy is chasing us in the rear and we are escaping in front. Of course, this is not a real escape, but to keep a distance from the enemy ship! Then, in the process of escaping,
Our warships kept firing missiles at the enemy warships! In this case, unless our warships fired the anti-ship missiles, the enemy warships would only be beaten!"
"What a great tactic!" Xu Huandong clenched his fist and looked at Wang Xuexin with admiration and said, "Captain Wang is really a god! He has thought of all the problems in advance!"