C1521 Battleship bayonet (1/2)

If one wanted to know what the Ocean bayonet was, then one would have to thoroughly study the generation and development of the auxiliary weapon systems in the Iron-armored Ship era.

When battleships fought in the open sea, looking around and not seeing land, humans naturally wished that the battleship was versatile or that humans would just define it as an island.

In the ancient rules of the human navy, a battleship was not a tool of wood and steel. It was a protective shell that allowed humans to defeat the sea.

Whether it was in terms of emotions or actual needs, the ocean-going battleship was like a small island, providing full protection for the human race.

Therefore, the navy had a tradition since ancient times. Battleships were the floating territories of a country, and this tradition was adhered to by humans in modern times.

Think about it, trains, cars, tanks, planes... Why not say that you are a floating territory of a country? No matter what means of transportation, if you stop at that country, you have to abide by the laws of that country.

Only the battleship was an exception. Even if there were no diplomats living on it, when the battleship visited other countries, it would naturally have diplomatic immunity. Any country would recognize this battleship as their country's territory.

This was the custom left to mankind by history, and habit eventually became culture, and culture became conventional international law.

However, on the deck of the Zhiyuan Warship, the British had to follow the laws of the Chinese people. They had to admit that the deck was the territory of the Chinese people, and that their sovereignty was inviolable.

The battleship had been transformed by the human spirit. Not only was he a battleship, but he was also endowed with many of the emotions, even a spiritual totem.

Because humans had the habit of equating battleships with islands and territories, coupled with the fact that early battleships were responsible for many explorations, the design of battleships was close to that of multi-skilled ones.

Guns could be fired from afar, guns and crossbows could be shot from close range, daggers, swords, hammers and axes could be used in close combat, and the sailors on the ships could even engage in amphibious battles on their own.

In the early days of the Sail battleship's design, humans needed to be able to cope with multiple types of melee battles, so their equipment was very abundant.

When Iron-armored battleship were just born, the way the designer thought was also deeply affected by this thought. At that time, the Iron-armored battleship from different countries had not formed a scale yet, which meant that the Battle Ranking Line's fighting thought had not appeared yet.

In the former Dauntless era, the Navy required Iron-armored battleship to be able to become multi-sided fighters, to be able to shoot from afar with main cannons, to have secondary cannons in close range, and to be able to carry out amphibious operations when necessary.

In the mind of the designer, it was a crime to spend so much money to create a steel beast that did not squeeze out all of its potential.

The same goes for the Zhiyuan Warship. The three 210-caliber main cannons are the most commonly used weapons in naval battles, possessing the highest accuracy and greatest power in the entire human navy within eight kilometers. The vast majority of battles are accomplished by main cannons, as such, the casualties are the smallest.

But don't forget, Zhiyuan Warship also have an incomparably powerful secondary weapon system.

6-inch Armstrong breech-breech-breech-three on each side of the bulwark. The 57-mm Hakkas have two each on the stern and four on the deck. 37-millimetre Hakkas machine gun masts, engine room sheds, bow and stern two each. 0.45-inch diameter 6-tube rotating Gatling heavy machine gun masthead 2 seats on each side of the bow and stern deck 2 seats.