Reborn As a Pirate

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The battle frigate, Battlefrigate, is Lorraine's first attempt to add his own understanding of naval warfare to the existing technical system of the age of sail, or more precisely, the understanding of naval warfare in later generations.

Its design predecessor was the famous battlecruiser in World War II. It has sufficient size and tonnage to fight battleships, and can respond quickly when battle lines are engaged. Special ships that launch raids at the head or end of the line.

Lorraine remembers very clearly that Fisher, the father of Battle Cruiser, commented on Battle Cruiser: This kind of high-speed armored ship can suppress anything floating on the sea. From the data point of view, they are actually high-speed battleships.

It is true that it was impossible to build a real battlecruiser in the era of wooden sailboats, and there was not even such a ship class as a cruiser in this era.

Classification of wooden sailboats is simple.

Ships above the third rank exist only for the battle line, and are collectively called battleships; ships below the fourth rank are not incorporated into the battle line, and are collectively called frigates.

The frigate is a battleship of the fourth to sixth ranks. According to its main function, it is called patrol, destroyer and guard. Or the purpose of use is completely different.

The frigate is not the large warship in the formation, but the non-combat or auxiliary combat affairs such as waterways, merchant ships, logistics, etc.;

Destroyers, of course, she is not destroying submarines that are elusive, but pirate ships and smuggling ships that run around like rabbits in the sea, and battleships cannot catch up.

Frigate is a general term for this type of small and medium-sized ships, and it is also a special term for four-tier ships. It not only refers to its flagship role in a small formation, but also refers to its combat function of defending the flanks of the battle line.

The so-called frigate, gate is a door, arranged at both ends of the battle line, like a door, so that the large ships in the [gate] can release their firepower without distraction.

So the frigate is a heterogeneous type of small and medium ships.

Although theoretically they are not included in the battle line, in practice they are an indispensable component of the battle line.

The major powers generally use the old third-tier ships of the previous generation to refit as fourth-tier ships. In addition to cost considerations, the reason that cannot be ignored is that the generals do not want to weaken the frontal power of the battle line too much.

Just judging from the results,

The twenty-four-pound heavy guns commonly used by fourth-tier ships did not meet the expectations given to her by the admirals in the battle line of strong guns. On the contrary, their clumsiness and slowness became the weakness of the battle line. With the rapid development, it is becoming more and more unworthy of the title of door.

Perhaps the origin of the idea of ​​the Americans designing a new type of pocket battleship lies here.

The nascent U.S. navy has a very weak background, very weak. This weakness is not only reflected in the professionalism of soldiers and generals, but also in the accumulation of strategies and tactics and the lack of technical fields.

They have never built warships with more than two layers of gun bays, they can't cast 32-pound naval guns, they haven't experienced the baptism of large battle lines, and they can't imagine what they should do in that kind of devastating shell rain. kind of reaction.

This means that they cannot design mature and reliable warships above tier four.

So they came up with a compromise.

Unable to build a double-layer gun bay, they focused on a single-layer, elongated and enlarged the standard-sized destroyer, so that it could bear the terrible recoil caused by the roar of heavy artillery.

Twenty-four-pound guns don't perform well in the battle line, so they don't want the battle line. Anyway, the U.S. Navy doesn't have to hope to form a qualified battle line in the short term.

With the removal of the shackles of the battle line, the new type of ships can focus on regional defense and small-scale conflicts, faster, braver, and stronger, and strive to win the match point in single-ship or small battle group decisive battles, advancing and retreating freely.

This kind of thinking is exactly the same as the ocean thinking of Germany in World War II, and the data tendency of the new ships is generally the same as that of Bismarck. The only difference is that the later generations of Germany could only swim in the small fishing ponds of the North Sea, while the United States has the vast Atlantic Ocean to gallop.

At this point, it is destined that two similar ships will have completely different endings. butler novel

But Lorraine is not the U.S. Navy after all. He does not need to pay attention to the help and value of a warship to the development of the national navy, let alone consider the cost performance.

All he needs is to be faster, braver and stronger.

So he needs a battlecruiser.

A pocket battleship is an inferior battleship with the physique of a frigate, but a battle frigate is an excellent frigate with the power of a battleship. At the same time, it will definitely be the most powerful frigate in the history of Fengfan.

The debate in the conference room has already broken through the roof, and the three top shipwrights are trying their best to talk about the battle frigate.

But they always seem to miss the point. For this brand-new ocean concept, they are always hovering around the answer, but they are reluctant to reach out and touch it.

Lorraine became irritable.

The man behind the scenes in Boston has yet to be seen. The reason why he took a precious day to come here is not to listen to the increasingly whimsical ideas of the employees, but to finalize the final appearance of his future flagship.

Too narrow... He couldn't help muttering, Too conservative!

Boom!

The broad palm slapped the table angrily, and the table creaked in pain, almost because the palm fell to the ground.

The debate stopped abruptly.

Lorraine narrowed his eyes and turned to the three master craftsmen on the field, clearing his throat.

You are all the top shipbuilders in the world, and you have a talent in design that I will never be able to match. But I am the boss, and I am also a seaman. Please understand that you are building a ship for me. The new ship at No. 1 Dock On the basis of the ship, build a ship that satisfies me and is willing to entrust my life!

Now, I will tell you the parameters I want, and you should find a way to achieve it, and try not to let me hear [unreasonable] and [impossible].

First, I want high speed. Ships that are faster than me cannot pose a threat to me, and those that can pose a threat to me cannot catch up with me. Combining the above two points, its downwind speed cannot be less than 11 knots, and the headwind state cannot be less than 11 knots. Section 3.5.

Secondly, I want superior speed. When the speed and wind pattern are similar, I have the freedom to choose whether to pursue or break away according to the situation on the spot. Therefore, she needs to have a top kinetic energy utilization rate, and she needs to run faster than the wind most of the time. faster.

Third, I need to be flexible. Turning around in situ should not take longer than 20 minutes, and the minimum turning radius cannot pass three hulls. As long as the water depth is suitable, she should be able to navigate in any type of hydrological environment, including not limited to straits, Big waves, reefs and shallows.

Fourth, I want firepower. Fully suppress the fourth-tier ships. A single-ship duel is not weaker than the third-tier ships. It must have the ability to sink the opponent, and there must be many options, and it must be easy to handle.

Fifth, I want to be strong. It is still the level of the fourth-tier ship and the third-tier ship. The distance of 50 meters must be able to withstand the direct hit of the 24-pound gun, and it cannot be collapsed in the face of the 32-pound gun. You have to give me at the critical moment. The confidence to start a fight to the death.

Sixth, I must be tough. In the future, no one can guarantee that I will not fall into the trap of a first- or second-tier ship. Facing such a high-freeboard sea monster, I have to survive the first round or even the first three rounds. The ability to be bombarded in rounds. Only by surviving hell can I turn around and flee, taking advantage of all the aforementioned advantages.

After finishing all the words in one breath, Lorraine took a deep breath, letting the fresh air infiltrate his lungs and clear his mind.

He laughed for the first time, and it was very creepy.

The above is all I ask, gentlemen. Don't accept the unreasonable and the impossible, and realize them is your only task today!

So gentlemen, rack your brains and start thinking, I'm waiting for you.

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