Wang Hailong laughed and said, "You are not wrong, but your fleet is still my fleet. You can't fight a naval battle independently at present. This is not to undermine our naval battle. If we are fighting naval battles with other countries now, the main force will still be crossing warships, and our fleets can only take action. You don't deny this."

Zhang Wei nodded, Wang Hailong was indeed right about this. Although the scale of the People's Army Navy is pretty good now, who can I compare with? The navies around the East China Government are now the Japanese Joint Fleet, the Russian Pacific Fleet, the British Far East Fleet, and the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing court. Except for the Beiyang Fleet, the other three fleets are all above the People's Army Navy, unless they are counted as five warships that cross.

Wang Hailong said again: "So, although our fleet is not small at present, it is actually a transition. The main function is to cultivate the navy and wait for the new ships we built ourselves to take place to replace our existing warships. In this case, the first ones that were eliminated are of course old ships. Your fleet has the oldest age, and of course they are eliminated first. Moreover, your fleet has 4 ships, and we are also 4 ships, which are just one-on-one replacement. You are still the commander of the squadron, and you are also the commander of the first new ship. In addition, the firepower of your four warships is certainly not weak, so there are indeed advantages before they are put into service. However, whether it is changed to a training ship or a reserve service, it is not officially retired. Once a war occurs, you can resume the service immediately."

Zhang Wei thought about it again and thought it was not bad. Although the four warships under him were considered main ships, they were indeed too old. The Zhenyuan ship had 15 years of age, and the other three ships had a 20-year-old age. It turned out that the maximum speed of these warships was 14 knots, and now they can only run to 12 knots at most. Moreover, the ship type, layout and weapons were several generations behind. Although the firepower and defense are quite acceptable, it is indeed difficult to play any role in the current war. Although he just said that in the case of online combat, his fleet is not worse than the battleship squad, but this is just a kind of ideal combat state. If he is the commander of the battleship squad, he will never use the tactics of line combat in battle, but will use the advantage of speed to fight attacks. Therefore, the real function of his fleet is to be a mobile turret near the port.

Although the four newly built warships are just protective cruisers, which are one level above the main battleship, they are all new warships. Therefore, it is of course a good deal to replace themselves. So Zhang Wei said: "If the headquarters agrees to this suggestion, then I have no objection."

Shang Jinfeng nodded and said, "Okay, then that's the decision. I will write a report to the Military Commission. So what about the naming of the warship? How do you think about the naming of the warship?"

Wang Hailong immediately said: "I have long had an objection to naming a warship. I don't think I can't use any city name to name the warship. It's too bad. I always have to give some high-end names, such as mythical figures, divine beasts, and ancient famous generals. I can even use some good words. To be honest, the Beiyang Navy's achievements are not very good, but the naming level is really good. To be able to say "Dingyuan", "Zhenyuan", "Haitian", and "Hairong" are much better than the city name."

Zhang Wei said: "Name warships with cities is an international customary line. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. The most important combat power of warships is, otherwise it will be useless even if they are called Star Destroyers. This will not only make soldiers feel a sense of belonging, but also do a good job in supporting the two sides."

* said: "But we don't have many cities now. There are only three big cities in Tianjin, Jinan and Qingdao. The few warships we have built now are fine. If we build battleships in the future, it is really not suitable to use high-micro and Jimo. We can't use places outside Shandong."

Lu Kai, commander of the cruiser squadron, said: "In fact, it is completely feasible to name warships with place names, but you cannot use all warships as place names. Some warships with more important or special significance can be given a more special name, and there is no need to be a one-size-fits-all warship."

The commander of the First Destroyer Detachment said: "I think this way, the warships of the second-level, that is, the four protective cruisers built now, can be named as cities. There are also light cruisers, fast cruisers, destroyers, and shallow water gunboats that can be named as cities. The main ships, such as battleships, armored cruisers, and we will definitely build aircraft carriers in the future, so we can name them separately."

Wang Hailong nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, of course, only the main battleship is equipped with a high-end name."

Zhang Wei said: "But the difference between the main battleship and the secondary ship is there. Of course, the battleship can be regarded as the main battleship, but the difference between armored cruisers is very big. For example, the four warships we are currently building are protective cruisers, but in other countries, it may be considered armored cruisers, because they have side armor. For example, our fleet's current Kaihai (Russian) and Tuohai (Earl Bismarck), although they are armored cruisers, they can actually be regarded as battleships. We are actually using these two warships as battleships, so before we determine the naming, we must first determine the classification of warships. For example, Britain divides battleships and cruisers into first-class and second-class, and armored cruisers, protective cruisers, and light cruisers are just ship types, but they are not the standard for warship classification."

Shang Jinfeng nodded and said, "Okay, this time we will formulate all these standards."

After a few more days of discussion, everyone finally formulated a [Regulations on Classification and Naming of Naval Warships of the People's Army of East China Government].

The warships of the People's Army Navy are divided into five categories: main battleships, secondary ships, auxiliary ships, support ships, and logistics ships. Their bodies are divided into:

The main battleship: divided into first-class battleships and second-class battleships, which are used to fight on the seas in the long sea, fight for sea control, and landing firepower support; name them as mythical figures, divine beasts, well-known historical figures, etc., reflecting the characteristics of Chinese culture and the mighty and domineering warships;

Secondary ships: divided into first-class cruisers, which are designed to assist the main ships in the long sea and sea combat, protect the safety of long sea routes, etc.; name them to reflect Chinese culture, have a positive meaning, and reflect the characteristics of the army;

Auxiliary ships: divided into second-class cruisers, third-class cruisers, destroyers, and their functions are to protect route safety, break through, escort, cruise, etc., and named them with large and medium-sized cities; among which second-class cruisers are named provincial capital or large cities, third-class cruisers are named intermediate cities, and all * destroyers and shallow water gunboats are named destroyers and county-level cities;

Support ships: divided into mine laying ships, landing ships, minesweeping ships, shore defense ships, notification ships, etc., the function is to perform maritime support, offshore cruises, fishing protection, etc., and named them with mountains, rivers, lakes, etc.;

Logistics ships: divided into transport ships, medical ships, surveying ships, scientific research ships, training ships, reserve ships and other naval ships that perform non-combat tasks. Their functions are maritime transportation, medical security, personnel training, etc., and are named to reflect Chinese culture, with auspicious and festive words, and they are converted from active warships to training ships or reserve ships, keeping the original name unchanged.

Now the warships of the People's Army Navy are also reclassified according to this regulation. Among the four warships of the battleship detachment, the Far Ocean and the Leyang are designated as second-class battleships, the Kaihai and the Tuohai are designated as first-class cruisers; the four warships of the Iron-Crafted Ship Fleet are designated as first-class cruisers, but they are all converted into training ships; the six warships of the cruise ship squadron are designated as second-class cruisers; the Haishi in the First Destroyer Detachment is designated as third-class cruisers, and the remaining five warships are designated as destroyers; all five warships of the Second Destroyer Detachment are designated as destroyers; and most of the types of support ships and logistics ships are not available yet, and they will be renamed after construction or transformation.

The levels of the family are classified as: the main ship is a colonel or lieutenant colonel; the secondary ship is a lieutenant colonel or major; the auxiliary ship, support ship, and logistics ship is a major to a lieutenant; and the rank of the commander or fleet leader of the squadron at each level is: the battleship detachment, the first-class cruiser detachment is a commander, and the level is a major general; other teams are a team leader, and the level is a colonel. Of course, the supervisors of each warship or squadron are now served by crossing soldiers, so the level can be not in accordance with the established [Regulations and System], and the supervisors of each squadron are called commanders to show equal treatment.

Don’t underestimate the classification of warships. This not only clarifies the level, responsibilities and functions of warships, but also involves the level of warships and squadrons and the path of promotion at all levels. Therefore, it is also a very important link in naval construction.

The four warships built now are divided into second-class cruisers, so they should be named after provincial capital or large cities. However, the East China government currently has only three large cities, so it has to lower the standards. The two warships built in Germany are named Qingzhou and Yizhou respectively, while the two warships built in Qingdao are named Dengzhou and Laizhou.

At this time, the report that the Navy headquarters classified all the ironclad fleets into reserve ships was also written, so Shang Jinfeng submitted the report to the Military Commission together with the [Fightership Classification and Naming Regulations and Systems].

After discussion by the Military Commission, it was believed that the report submitted by the Navy was indeed feasible. After all, these four ironclad ships did not have much effect. When exchanging Japanese prisoners for the Zhenyuan ship, the symbolic significance was greater than the actual significance. Therefore, converting all four ironclad ships into reserve ships and freeing up all the personnel to take over the new ships is a feasible strategy in the current situation of insufficient naval personnel. As for the [Warship Classification and Naming Regulations System], there are not many requirements, as long as it is reasonable and practical.
Chapter completed!