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Chapter 159 That's... Battleship?

The barrel diameter of the howitzer is inherently short, and the recoil force is relatively small.

After the gun barrel is shortened, the recoil stroke will naturally be reduced accordingly.This has been done historically by many countries when trying to cram anti-tank guns into tanks, thereby reducing the recoil travel to fit within the limited tank turrets.

We plan to use the 80-type 7909mm mountain gun, which is the localized version of the Schneider Mle-M75 [-]mm mountain gun. This is an old type that has been retired one after another, but there are still some in the armory.

The total weight is 632kg, the multiple diameter of the barrel is 16 times, the muzzle velocity is 380m/s, the bomb weighs 6.8kg, and the maximum range is 7600m.

Today it has been outdated and is gradually being replaced by a new type of younger generation, but now it seems that it can continue to exert its residual heat?

When the approval from the Admiral's Office of the Eastern Fleet came, everyone got busy.

Those who go to the armory to apply for artillery, those who go to the maintenance department to carry various equipment, and those who go to the superior to coordinate manpower, each perform their duties.

As a result, the "instigator" Zhou Changfeng had nothing to do but watch everyone busy.

After thinking about it, he decided to go to the port area of ​​the naval base.

Didn't the major before say that the aircraft carrier conducted night take-off and landing training last night?
Then just go and see and see what made me wake up three times in the middle of the night.

And having said that, he really wanted to see China's current aircraft carrier with his own eyes.

After stopping a car on the way near the hangar, he rushed all the way to the wharf of the Hangzhou Naval Base of the Daming Eastern Fleet.

However, Zhou Changfeng, who was still thinking about the aircraft carrier when he set off, changed his mind in an instant when he approached the port area.

Just for a split second, without even hesitation.

Because he saw a huge monster from a distance, and he could feel its hugeness several miles away.

"Is that... a battleship?"

The naval lieutenant colonel who was in the same car was looking down at the documents in his hand from the beginning until now, and only said "yes" when Zhou Changfeng stopped the car before, and then did not speak again.

Now that he heard Zhou Changfeng's question, he turned his head and replied with a little surprise: "Can there be fakes?"

There's no way, I really haven't seen a battleship with my own eyes.

Feeling despised, Zhou Changfeng coughed dryly and said, "What is it doing now? Resting? Waiting for repairs? Can it go up?"

The round-faced, tall and thin lieutenant colonel nodded slightly, "I just finished the gunnery drill a few days ago, and the life of the barrel has expired, so I'm going to change the bore."

"How long is the life expectancy?"

"About 260 rounds. If more low-charge ammunition is fired, there will be about 280 rounds."

In this way, the car passed through the not-so-busy road in the port area, getting closer and closer to the pier.

In the end, the car stopped in front of Pier No. [-], at the end of which was the battleship.

The lieutenant colonel got out of the car and said lightly, "Come with me."

aha?Why are you here too?

Surprised, Zhou Changfeng asked, "I'm just here to take a look around. Aren't you busy with your own business?"

A smile appeared on the lieutenant colonel's face, "I'm on top of her."

Grass!You said it earlier!

Zhou Changfeng covered his forehead with a look of helplessness and said, "You are the deputy captain of this ship?"

"My humble Lin Xunzhen, chief gunnery officer of Longshuo." The lieutenant colonel stroked his collar and said casually, "You can also call me Baijing Xunzhen."

Does China have this surname?
Apparently, Lin Xunzhen had expected Zhou Changfeng's puzzled reaction long ago, so he just explained nonchalantly: "My mother is from Nagasaki, and my father... It is said that he came up with a Japanese name on a whim for fun, so... that's it."

Lin Xunzhen's father was stationed in Nagasaki back then, experienced the Japanese style for a long time, and did many unremarkable things, and finally married a local girl and returned home.

Local women are also happy, after all, they can directly jump up the social class in a sudden change.

As far as policies related to ethnic groups are concerned, due to the unprecedented deepening of the Ming Dynasty's rule over southern Xinjiang, the contempt for the natives there has also changed compared with the general contempt for the natives there since the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The Ming people usually divided the local natives into "Shu Yi" and "Sheng Yi". Shu Yi refers to the natives who have been registered by the government, have household registration, obey management, pay taxes and serve as laborers, but still retain some local traditional customs.

The theory of lineage does not work here, because some of the Han people who were migrated may also become acquainted with barbarians. "Miao Jiang Jian Wen Lu" has "there are Han people who turned into Miao in this land, and there are probably many people from Jiangchu. Maoqian is familiar with it, and gradually Marriage strings...the so-called mature seedlings are mostly recorded in this category."

As for "shengyi", it is not difficult to understand, referring to the native people who still use the traditional way of slash-and-burn farming or gathering and hunting, and are not under the jurisdiction of the government.

The distinction between Hua and Yi not only focuses on the difference of blood, but also has geographical standards and cultural standards of clothing and etiquette.

Compared with the more direct lineage theory to distinguish ethnic groups, whether this more comprehensive and flexible method of distinction is good or bad is a matter of opinion.

To this day, the post-Ming court’s judgment criteria and policies on ethnicity are also quite interesting, and they are divided into three categories: “Han, Tonghan, and Yi”.

In addition to the original Han nationality, either parent is a Han nationality (double Han or the other is East Asian), and it is enough to know Chinese, speak Chinese, give Chinese names, and perform Han rituals.

There are two situations in the division of Han people. One is that when the policy was promulgated at that time, it was stipulated that as long as they were under the governance of the Ming government, they could meet the two requirements of Chinese, Chinese, Chinese, and Chinese, and they were East Asians; the other situation was that For children of the second generation, if one of the parents is not East Asian, the children are classified as the same.

But in other respects, they are no different from Han people, and their social treatment is also the same; if they marry Han people again, their children will become Han people.

Yi is simple and clear, needless to say.

In fact, when the imperial court officially promulgated this policy, people in the north and south of the river were basically classified as Han people or Tong Han people, because the criteria for judging were not strict.

Zhou Changfeng thinks this is actually quite good, and it seems to help resolve the conflict.

Anyway, the father in front of him is a battleship gunnery officer from Ningbo and his mother is from Nagasaki. He feels that there is no Japanese blood at all on the outside.

With a height of nearly 1.8 meters, he subconsciously ruled it out.

In this way, Lin Xunzhen led Zhou Changfeng to the front deck of the Longshuo via the gangway.

Along the way, all the sailors he met stood at attention and saluted, but the latter had long since paid no attention to these, because his mind had been completely captured by this steel castle.

Just ten meters away in front of him is the No. [-] main turret, which is as tall as three people, blue-gray, with three huge gun barrels as thick as one person pointing obliquely at the sky.

It may have been intimidating to the enemy in wartime, but now it feels very friendly.Zhou Changfeng couldn't wait to walk under it quickly, and then he found helplessly that he could only touch the root of the gun barrel by standing on tiptoe.

He took a deep breath, turned around and asked, "What is this... parameter?"

Lin Xunzhen, who came slowly, stood with his hands behind his back, "It? It's 46 inches, 88 times the diameter, 340 left-handed rifling, the turret weighs 71 tons, and the maximum range is [-] miles."

(End of this chapter)