Chapter 504 Katyusha and Dreadnought

Chapter 504 Katyusha and Dreadnought

Chapter 504 Katyusha and Dreadnought
"Report to the brigade commander, the Hale rocket has been modified."

"Come on, Katyusha, I'll take you to see some fun stuff."

The governor and major general was majestic and took his sixth concubine Catherine to watch the fireworks.

The European war made a lot of Russian girls rich. As Ivan had become a naturalized citizen of the Qing Dynasty fifteen years ago, he had to abide by the customs of the Qing Dynasty in this regard. He married quite a few Russian girls.

The name Ekaterina is very commonly used among Slavs, and is probably equivalent to "Xiaofang" or "Cuihua".

Russian names all have corresponding nicknames. For example, Alexandra's nickname is Sasha, Maria's nickname is Masha, Yelena's nickname is Lena, Natalia's nickname is Natashenka, and so on.

Katyusha (Russian: Катюша) is the Russians' nickname for Catherine (Екаｔｅｒｉна).

Ivan showed his heroic spirit as the concubine he had just married was in favor. "You will be stunned in a moment. But don't be afraid, I will protect you."

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Then, it was Ivan's turn to be stunned. This effect is too good, I am a genius!
What about the North and South Ding, the Schneider and Mauser brothers, they are all younger brothers compared to me.

"Someone, send an urgent telegram to Marshal Shao. I have created a new weapon for him that is extremely powerful. I will definitely become famous throughout the world."

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At Hailing East Suburb Airport, the newly built "Wei Qing" and "Huo Qubing" airships took off and flew directly to New York.

Shao Quanzhong looked up at the airship for a long time, then got back into the Maybach.

The two airships carried the Hailing Bilingual Middle School tennis team and several baseball teams to participate in the tennis open and this year's baseball friendly league.

The team leader was Rong Hui, Ping'er followed the live broadcast, and Shao Quanzhong came to the airport in person to see them off.

Ronghui is used to having her husband see her off to the airport, Ping'er is extremely excited, and Dongmei is even more excited and swears to win back the US Open women's singles title and achieve a Grand Slam.

After returning to the Erfen Bamboo House, Shao Quanzhong immediately received two urgent messages.

The first one is Deng Shichang's report, which has been called to Liao Rong. This one was copied to Shao Quanzhong for his reading. Well, even if you don't understand it, you have to get a general idea of ​​it.

"After the target shooting exercise in Akrotiri Bay, the following conclusions were drawn:"

"The broadside artillery fire we have been insisting on is correct. It is better than setting up heavy guns on the bow and can give full play to the firepower."

Well, the timing of Shao Quanzhong's purchase of the Nanyang Fleet was very critical. The Minotaur class was the last type of ironclad ship capable of broadside firing, and then it took the detour of bow firing.

The advantage of bow bombardment is that the enemy area is small and the loss is small. The disadvantage is that the firepower is also small. In actual frontal combat, the best way to fight is to deploy more firepower. Don't be afraid of being hit. Only when the enemy is killed can you be absolutely safe.

The four Saxon-modified warships sent to Vancouver were the only ones in the Daxia Navy that fired guns from the bow, and they were arranged in a goose-shaped formation for naval battles. The old and newer warships were all in a linear formation using the T-shaped tactics...

"Second, among the four Sovereign-class battleships, the one that was tested to have a low freeboard and strong turret protection proved to be unsuitable."

"When the warship was firing, it swung sideways, stirring up huge waves. The low-freeboard ships were greatly affected, and the effect of the shelling was far less than that of the other three ships."

"Third, when fighting against an equal number of enemy ships, the battleship's mission is to sink the enemy's main battleships. In this way, the secondary guns against the cruisers are basically useless. It is recommended to cancel them and install more main guns in the vacant gun positions."

"Fourth, the main gun range has greatly increased. It is difficult for gun observers to judge the course and speed of enemy warships with the naked eye. It is recommended to add optical aiming fire control equipment to increase the hit rate."

"Fifth, our main guns are now firing independently, and the hit rate is still too low, ranging from 5% to 15% depending on the gunners' experience. Can we establish a mechanism for the main guns to fire simultaneously? It would be even better if multiple ships can fire at the same time."

"But salvo firing from warships in different positions requires both timely radio connection and simultaneous radio control. I heard Tesla is working on this. When will it be available? It's urgent."

"Sixth, during naval battles, the relative distances and positions of the warships and enemy ships, the course and speed of our ships, the course and speed of the enemy ships, the pitch and roll patterns of our ships, wind speed, air pressure, and temperature all need to be considered and comprehensively calculated in order to achieve accurate artillery fire."

"The amount of calculations required of the gunner is enormous and cannot be completed by human power. He can only fire blindly based on experience."

"Can we move the analysis machine onto the warship and set up the program so that the surveyor can input the data and automatically generate the gun angle and firing timing required by the gunner? The driver can adjust the speed and rudder to achieve accurate salvo firing from multiple ships?"

Shao Quanzhong was totally confused. This was too professional. How could I understand it?
I don't think I've ever heard of a warship on a computer. These military academy students are really something, they want to use everything.

Shao Quanzhong didn't know that with the accumulation of practical experience, new warship technology was being born and the dreadnought was about to emerge.

As for computer-assisted multi-ship fire control and driving system coordination, and multi-ship salvo firing through wireless control, this has never happened in history, not even during World War II... After reading it, Shao Quanzhong rubbed his temples and said, "Let Liao Rong take care of this. I, an outsider, really can't do anything about it. By the way, Liu Niang, ask Evan to ask the Germans for optical equipment experts. They are world leaders in this area. This is the only thing I can do to help the Navy."

Look at what Ivan reported. What urgent matter could this kid have?

Just as Shao Quanzhong picked up Ivan's report, a guard rushed in, "Report, urgent telegram, Garfield was assassinated."

Huh? He was so careful but still got assassinated? "How's that Garfield?"

"The man is not dead. The two bullets entered his back, neither of which was fatal. However, the doctor cannot determine where the bullet is embedded, making surgery difficult. If the condition continues for a long time, infection may occur."

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On the other side of the ocean, the injured Garfield had been rushed to the hospital.

The bullet missed any vital parts, no arteries were ruptured, and Garfield remained conscious.

"Report, the assassin Giotte was caught on the spot, he claimed the reason was -"

Garfield waved his hand slightly in self-mockery. "Don't tell me the reason. Just sue him. I know who wants to kill me. They are habitual criminals and will not leave any evidence pointing to themselves."

Garfield was already careful enough. He never rode in a convertible and was always accompanied by a large number of guards wherever he went.

This time, I went to the Baltimore and Potomac train stations to see someone off with my deputy senior official named "Mr. Something", James Bryan, and the area was cleared in advance.

The assassin in question was not an outsider, but a loyal member of the Elephant Society, theoretically a die-hard fan of Garfield, and a noble lawyer. He seemed to have no problems at all, which is why he was not cleared out.

No matter how tight the security is, there are always loopholes. The red-haired Irish guards did not find out that the lawyer had recently gone bankrupt in the stock market and had only $30 left on him, so -

So now the guards have tried to make up for their loss by adding a new rule: all those who play the stock market will be included in the scope of the cleanup in the future.

Well, the doctors were all reliable and none of them played the stock market. But the doctors said they couldn't find where the bullet had gone.

The human body is not a pork tripod. You can't just open it up with a knife and search around. Large-scale thoracic surgery is very dangerous. If you know where the bullet is, you can do minimally invasive surgery and get to the target directly.

Dozens of calls were made, and soon there was a response. An inventor named Alexander Graham Bell said he had a solution.

That’s right, this Bell is the Bell who “invented” the telephone. He didn’t have the opportunity to “invent” the telephone in this time and space, but he is still an inventor.

His success is not entirely due to plagiarism, he has some skills.

A week later, a set of electronic equipment designed by Bell was delivered to the hospital.

This thing is similar to a mine detector. As long as it is close to metal, the device will make a "click" sound, which is very useful.

But when the equipment arrived at the hospital, it didn't work.

It has to be said that Western medicine of this era was still very low-level without the blessing of penicillin. Doctors had never been exposed to electronic products and turned a blind eye to the rules for the use of instruments that Bell repeatedly reminded them of.

When this thing is used, there must be no other metal interference on the patient's body, and the doctors complied.

But they forgot that Garfield was lying on a bed with a metal frame and metal springs, so the instrument made a lot of noise when it was turned on. In the end, Bell was judged to be a "liar" and a "boaster". Well, he was wronged.

There is no way to find the bullet, so we can only use conservative treatment. There are many wounded veterans with bullets in their bodies these days.

However, half a month later, Garfield began to have a fever, and the doctor judged that the bullet was infected with bacteria.

In this day and age, infection can only be dealt with by luck. Garfield was sometimes clear-headed and sometimes confused, and he didn't know if he could make it.

Outside the hospital, many people gathered to pray for Garfield - our "Garfield" cannot die.

The future of this tough guy, who holds the fate of the country in his hands, is uncertain.

In the evening, a huge airship slowly came from the west and its shadow appeared on the horizon. There were three huge Chinese characters sprayed on the airship, which most of the people who saw it did not recognize.

Those are three Chinese characters, "Bian Que Hao".

(End of this chapter)