After the Army's report was completed, the Navy's report was followed by the Navy's commander Shang Jinfeng.

The content of the navy's report is much richer than that of the army. This is mainly because the crossing army was originally dominated by the navy. In the previous battles, although the crossing navy did not have more battles, the achievements were far more brilliant than the army. Because in several Guanjian-style battles, the navy played an important role, such as the Eight-Nation Alliance's Navy stationed in Dagukou, defeated the German Far East Fleet, and in the battles of conquering Weihai and Qingdao, they successfully covered the army's operations, and during the entire battle, they firmly controlled the sea control power from Shandong to Tianjin, making the Eight-Nation Alliance unable to obtain supplements through sea routes. This is also an important factor in the People's Army's ability to defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance. In addition, the current situation of the Navy is much more complicated than that of the Army.

Now the People's Army Navy has a total of 21,000 people, including about 15,000 soldiers stationed in the ship and more than 6,000 shore-based personnel. In addition to the several warships that crossed, all the navy's ships were captured from the Eight-Nation Alliance or the German Expeditionary Fleet, or sunk, salvage and repaired.

Now all warships have been repaired. There are 2 battleships, 4 large ironclad ships, 4 armored cruisers, 5 protective cruisers, shallow water gunboats, 10 * boat destroyers, 16 transport auxiliary ships, with a total tonnage of about 220,000 tons, of which 120,000 tons of combat ships are 120,000 tons.

Overall, the scale of the People's Army Navy is still quite considerable, far exceeding the Beiyang Navy at that time. However, when the Beiyang Navy was formed (1888), it was known as the sixth in the world and the first in Asia. Moreover, the main force of the Beiyang Navy, the Zhenyuan and Zhenyuan were both one of the strongest main warships in the world at that time. Now, the People's Army Navy is still quite different from the naval powers of this era. Not only is it far different in total tonnage, but it is also much behind in the quality of warships. After all, the warships sent by various countries were originally prepared to deal with the Qing court, and I was really embarrassed to send the main force, so the sent were basically second- and third-tier warships.

Among the warships of the People's Army Navy, there are only about 3 or 4 warships that can be called the advanced level of this era, and the rest of the warships have lagged behind the times. Compared with the Japanese Navy, although Japan has only completed the 4 battleships and 4 armored cruisers in the "Six Six Fleet" plan, they are all the latest warships at this time, and their strength is far above the current People's Army Navy, and this is not counting the quality and combat experience of soldiers.

If there is another world navy ranking at this time, the People's Army Navy can only rank 8-10, and the first one is Britain, France, Russia, Germany, the United States, Japan and Italy. If you don't have the strength, you can compete with the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 8th place, and even in Asia, you can only rank behind Japan.

However, as a navy that has been formed from scratch and has been established for less than a year, it has been quite difficult to achieve this step. It took Li Hongzhang 10 years to establish the Beiyang Navy; and it took Japan 6 years to complete the "Six Six Fleet" based on the huge compensation for the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

In addition, the People's Army Navy has five crossing warships as backing. With these five crossing warships, they can fight all over the world. It can also be said that the People's Army Navy is at a very high starting point as soon as it is established, and with strong backing support, the People's Army Navy can develop calmly and reach the level of offshore defense from the beginning of its establishment.

After the warship is restored and put into service, it will of course be renamed. The naming of warships has also aroused the interest of many time travelers, and there are various naming suggestions, and there are a lot of powerful, domineering and noble names. Of course, there are also many spoofs, such as Pipi shrimp, cats, grass and mud horses, and even snow wind, rain, and wild divisions have emerged.

However, after discussing and discussing, the naval officers believed that these warships were all captured by prisoners, and most of them were backward warships. Therefore, there is no need to use the high-end ship name, and it is still necessary to keep the warships they built in the future for use. Now, the naming of these warships is enough to adhere to the principle of simple, easy to remember and easy to distinguish and not bad. Moreover, if there are any more captured warships in the future, they will also be named according to this naming principle.

So under this principle, it was finally decided that the battleship was named after the word "Overseas", and the two battleships of the People's Army Navy were German ships.

Brandenburg was named Ocean, and Emperor Election was named Ocean.

Strictly speaking, the four large ironclad ships are the same type, three of which are German Saxon-class, and the other Zhenyuan, one of the main forces of the Beiyang Navy was that Japan paid the redeemable expenses for crossers to redeem prisoners, which can be regarded as an improved Saxon-class type. In fact, these four warships can also be regarded as battleships, and Japan listed Zhenyuan as a second-class battleship. However, the officers unanimously agreed that those with tonnage of less than 10,000 tons cannot be called battleships, so these four warships cannot be named after the word "yang". The final decision was made to follow the word "Zhenyuan" and named after the word "Zhen":

The name of Zhenyuan remains unchanged. Saxony is named Zhenwei; Byrne is named Zhenyang; Baden is named Zhenqi. The names of the four ships are famous together.

Cruisers are named after the word "Sea". Cruisers of this era are mainly divided into two types: armored cruisers and protective cruisers. The difference is that armored cruisers have side waterlines with armor and horizontal armor; while protective cruisers only have horizontal armor and no side armor; the other is firepower. The main gun caliber of armored cruisers is generally above 200 mm, while the main gun caliber of protective cruisers is usually below 200 mm. Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, armored cruisers are stronger than protective cruisers.

Whether it is an armored cruiser or a protective cruiser, horizontal armor is not located outside the upper deck, but is located within the cabin and slightly higher than the waterline of the warship to protect the cabin, boiler, engine and other parts under the waterline. Moreover, horizontal armor is usually made into an arc shape, with the arc top higher than the waterline, and the side facing the side lower than the waterline, forming an angle. This is because at the same thickness, the defense of the arc surface is higher than the horizontal surface, and in addition, it can also be used to store coal at the angle to increase defense. Therefore, protective cruisers are also called dome cruisers.

The difference between armored cruisers and protective cruisers is that armored cruisers are named as sea-end, and protective cruisers use sea-end and select a character from the original ship name to combine names.

The four armored cruisers are named:

The Russians are named Kaihai, the Earl of Bismarck is named Tuohai, the Orlando is named Jinghai, the Arora is named Luhai, and the four ship names are collectively called Kaituojinglu.

There are 5 protective cruisers, named:

The Sidemieron is named Haimi, the Hansha is named Hesa; the Herta is named Haita; the Pascal is named Haipa; and the Akashi is named Haishi.

The other ten small ships are divided into more than 1,000 tons and named with the character Jiang, and are named with the character Jiang, and are also selected from the original ship name to combine.

The name of ships over 1,000 tons is:

The beaver is named Jiang Beaver; the Koreans are named Jiang Chao; the Iltis is named Jiang Yi; the Algerin is named Jiang Lin; the Lyon is named Jiang An;

There are also 5 destroyers under 1,000 tons, Hailong, Haiqing, Haixi, Haihua, and Feiting, all ships originally belonged to the Beiyang Fleet. The names of these five warships are:

The Hailong is named Helong; the Haiqing is named Heqing; the Haixie is named Hexie; the Haixie is named Hexie; the Haihua is named Hehua; the Feiting is named Heting;

The transport ships on them are named after the four words "Ji, Fu, An and Kang".

After the naming of the ships was confirmed, the next step was to form a squadron. According to the convention of this era, warships of the same type generally consisted of 4 to 6 ships, and then formed a mixed fleet with different types of squadrons. For example, in the Battle of Odougo, the Japanese combined fleet was based on the five ships of Matsushima, Chiyoda, Itsuki, Hashiri, and Hiei; Yoshino, Takachiho, and Akizushi; the four ships of Narusu were the first guerrillas; the weakest combat power of Fusang, Akame, and Nishikyo Maru were the subordinate units. Just in terms of the rationality of the organization, the Japanese combined fleet was indeed stronger than the Beiyang Navy.

However, now the People's Army Navy has only two battleships, which cannot form a squadron. Although there are 4 armored cruisers, there are very differentiation. Kaihai was originally the Russian ship Russian, which was put into service in 1897. The Takumi was originally the German ship Earl Bismarck. In 1900, they were both large armored cruisers with more than 10,000 tons. In terms of tonnage alone, they were more than two existing battleships, and the service time was within 5 years. It is one of the few new warships in the People's Army Navy. In addition, the armored cruisers of Russia and Germany are characterized by thicker side armor, wider waterline armor, and wider coverage. The main gun of the Takumi is 240 mm caliber, which almost meets the entry standards for battleships. Therefore, these two armored cruisers and the two existing battleships of the People's Army Navy are actually comparable.

The other two armored cruisers, Jinghai and Luhai, are both British ships, and are old-fashioned armored cruisers. They served in 1888, in the same era as the Beiyang Navy. The side armor of the waterline belt is only 1.67 meters, while the waterline belt of the general armored cruiser must exceed at least two meters to effectively protect the warships. The tonnage is only 5,500 tons, which is not as good as a large protective cruiser.

Although these four warships are armored cruisers, it is definitely appropriate to form a squadron. Therefore, the navy officers discussed and decided to form a battleship team together with the Kaihai, the Tuohai, the Ocean, and the Ocean. The Tuohai were used as the flagship, and the former captain of the Yueyang ship, Wang Hailong, was appointed as the commander of the squadron.

Although the four Zhen-class ironclad ships are not considered battleships, they have thick armor and heavy artillery, and others can play a certain role in battleships. Of course, they are also organized into ironclad ship squadrons, with Zhenyuan as the flagship, and Zhang Wei, the former captain of the Sanya ship, was appointed as the commander of the squadron.

The Jinghai, Luhai and the protective cruisers Haimi, Haisha, Haita and Haipa were organized into a cruiser squadron, with Haimi as the flagship, and the former Changbai captain Lu Kai was appointed as the commander of the squadron.

There is also a protective cruiser, Haishi. Because the tonnage is too small, it is only 2,700 tons. The Haishi, the smallest tonnage in the cruiser squadron, also has 4,000 tons, so it is not suitable to be divided into the same fleet as other protective cruisers. Instead, the Haishi is divided into five thousand-ton destroyers, Jiang Chao, Jiang Yi, Jiang Lin and Jiang Ang, and is divided into the first destroyer detachment. Haishi is the flagship, and the former captain of Huaihua ship* is the commander of the squadron.
Chapter completed!