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Chapter 122 Grinding His Arrogance
"I looked through the navy's information, and found that there are two types of old minesweepers and minelayers that are about to be decommissioned." Zhou Changfeng opened a book next to him, pointed to a page and said, "Change one Change, just let them use their residual heat."

The firepower configuration of the two types of fire support ships he conceived are both naval guns and rocket launchers. The former is used for direct support and the latter is used for indirect support.

"You are thoughtful, and you are very good at saving money and effort." Yan Chenwu's tone was very flat.

"This is not called 'saving', it should be called 'no waste'."

"I think your idea is good enough to build a dedicated support ship."

Zhou Changfeng smiled, and turned serious and said: "The overall battle is about how to maximize and coordinate the use of resources more efficiently. We are not as rich and powerful as the United States. They have much more shipyards than us. Instead of starting new construction of this thing, it is better to have more. Build some frigates to escort the transport ships."

The displacement of a frigate or escort destroyer is not large, usually around [-] tons, and a landing fire support ship is similar, but the latter is essentially a "naval gun and rocket launcher carrier", and building a new one seems to be a waste of production capacity .

The "frigate" mentioned by Zhou Changfeng aroused Yan Chenwu's interest, and he asked with great interest: "What do you call a frigate? A ship whose main mission is purely escort?"

ah?

His question made Zhou Changfeng stunned for a moment, and then realized that there is no such thing as a frigate these days.

"Yes, a thousand-ton warship dedicated to escort and anti-submarine warfare."

During the European War, under the threat of "unrestricted submarine warfare", the Americans noticed the need for a professional fleet escort ship, so they designed an American anti-submarine gunboat; and then on the eve of the war, a naval officer The school submitted a report, suggesting the construction of an intermediate ship "between the submarine hunter and the large destroyer", which aroused great attention from the navy.

Although the Ming Navy pays close attention to the threat of submarines and has a large number of submarine hunters, it is still in a state of debate on "whether to build a thousand-ton auxiliary ship".

Those in favor believe that it is indeed necessary to build a specialized anti-submarine auxiliary ship, which can greatly improve the safety of their own transport fleet; Destroyer, not worth it.

"Definitely need an 'escort destroyer'. Submarine hunters have a small tonnage, and things with a few hundred tons are not suitable for ocean voyages. Destroyers, which are nearly [-] tons, are a bit wasteful for escort missions, so a thousand-ton class The ship is dedicated to this, otherwise it will definitely be messed up by the enemy submarine." Zhou Changfeng said.

He discussed this with Yan Chenwu for a while, and it took about two cups of tea before it was over.

Speaking from his heart, Zhou Changfeng felt that although Yan Chenwu had good military qualities, he didn't like to get close to others in his bones.Although it doesn't look aloof on the surface, you can feel the occasional arrogance from the words and demeanor after a little contact.

It would be very uncomfortable to work with such a person, luckily he is not in the same unit as me.

After Yan Chenwu left, Zhou Changfeng continued to perfect and refine his draft.

It can be said that the essence of the landing fire support ship lies in the large number of rockets it carries - pouring a large amount of firepower on the beachhead target in a short period of time to achieve complete suppression, and the rocket is one of the few weapons that can achieve this effect.

Regarding the use of multiple rocket launchers, I am afraid that there is actually no army that prefers and uses them more than the Ming army.

A swarm of bees, a hundred tigers rushing together, etc. can be regarded as the ancient prototypes of modern multiple rocket launchers. Qi Jiguang has a very high evaluation of rockets - "The husband rocket is also a powerful weapon on land and water, and its merits are not due to the bird gun."

During the Longqing period, in view of the lack of power of the traditional paper tube rockets, the Fujian and Guangdong naval divisions proposed to use iron tube rockets in the future, but they did not promote it.

Shizu of the later Ming Dynasty went further in this regard. His soldiers and horses not only used iron barrel rockets on a large scale, but also mass-produced more powerful gunpowder. Because of its appearance, people called it "gray gunpowder". medicine".

This is the so-called "one sulfur, two nitrates, three charcoals, big Ivan with a spoonful of sugar".

However, because it needs to consume precious white sugar, it is usually only used when fighting the Manchu and Han Eight Banners. Ordinary green battalion cannon fodder is not qualified to be bombed by this thing.

To this day, the Ming army is still accustomed to rocket launchers, and its research and development work has been at the forefront of the world. As early as [-] years ago, the Military Bureau issued the task of developing modern rocket launchers, and is committed to making the ancient "swarm of bees" Return to the battlefield in a new way with "Hundred Tigers".

Today's results are naturally fruitful. There are dozens or hundreds of different rocket launcher samples and plans in the Military Weapons Bureau, and many of them are equipped in the army.

But Zhou Changfeng also noticed that the current Ming army seems to prefer heavy multiple rocket launchers?For example, the Type 144 192㎜ seven-mounted rocket launcher and the Type 31 78㎜ triple-mounted rocket launcher, the former weighs [-]㎏ and the latter weighs [-]㎏.

In terms of power, it is indeed big enough. Just a salvo of six-door 42-type rocket launchers can pour [-] rockets equivalent to six-inch shells on the target in a few seconds. It is extremely ferocious, but it is obvious Yes it is bulkier.

Zhou Changfeng plans to write a proposal in the future, and needs a light rocket launcher similar to the "107 Fire" - the rocket weighs about 18 kg, and if it is too heavy, it will be inconvenient to deploy and use flexibly.

In particular, the terrain conditions of the expected combat area of ​​the Ming army are relatively complicated, and light and easy to use is the kingly way.

As night falls, the starry sky is bright, and the brightness of Wanjia's lights today is not as bright as it will be decades later, and it can't make the starry sky look dim.

Yan Chenwu, who returned to his residence, had just changed his shoes, and his wife was about to pour tea for him, but the phone rang.

He stepped forward to answer quickly, and a vigorous voice came from it, "The other day, you asked me why the chief officer of the regiment finally chose the young man. I can see you today. What do you think? Are you qualified?"

This is Yan Zhong, commander-in-chief of the First Battleship Fleet of the Eastern Fleet, and Yan Chenwu is his nephew.

Even for his elders, Yan Chenwu still acted arrogantly, "Uncle, my nephew thinks it's okay."

"It's rare to say such a comment from your mouth." From the voice, you can feel that the person on the other end of the phone is laughing and teasing at the moment.

"Uncle, today is just the first time we meet, and we won't see the real chapter until some time later."

"He has more experience than you, so you can't stop communicating for the sake of face."

Yan Chenwu said reluctantly: "My nephew knows."

"Then I won't go into details, you know it in your own mind."

For his nephew, who is very high-spirited and has hardly encountered setbacks since he was a child, Yan Zhong is also somewhat helpless—how can a person who is proud of himself be in command of a soldier?
It just so happened that Cheng Yaojin was killed halfway this time, so he followed the trend and hoped that Zhou Changfeng could live up to his name, overwhelm his nephew and grind his arrogance, so that he could become a qualified general.

(End of this chapter)