At this time, he said: "Since we have insufficient production capacity, why do we need to build so many protective cruisers and destroyers? The total number of protective cruisers and destroyers in this shipbuilding plan exceeds 50, is it necessary to build so many? I don't mean to protect cruisers and destroyers, but I remember that among the warships we captured, there are quite a few such warships, so why not save these resources and focus on building them into battleships and large armored cruisers?"

Huang Zhe said: "These protective cruisers and destroyers are all built on the slipway, and they do not crowd out the resources for building battleships and large armored cruisers, and our current technical level and supporting facilities also have the ability to build these sub-warships on a large scale." In terms of demand, battleships and large armored cruisers belong to the capital ships, which are used to fight decisive battles with the enemy at sea and compete for sea supremacy. The declaration of sovereignty, and the response to some low-intensity naval conflicts, are mainly accomplished by these secondary warships, and the main warships also need to be escorted by secondary warships; There is a large demand for sub-class warships such as destroyers, and although we have captured a lot of such warships in previous battles, the number is still small on the whole, and the performance of the captured warships is also relatively poor. ”

He also said: "Then why do you want to build two Jinan-class armored cruisers? This is a type of armored cruiser, but its combat effectiveness is obviously much weaker than that of the Chitu-class, so why do you want to build two more this time?"

Huang Zhedao: " The Jinan class is also built on the slipway, although the combat effectiveness is weaker than the Chitu class, but the cost is much lower than the Chitu class, and the daily maintenance cost is also low, in terms of cost performance, the Jinan class is not worse than the Chitu class, and we now have two Jinan-class, and then build two can be formed into a team, this type of warship in the navy positioning is to fill the gap between the Chitu class and the Qingzhou class, the direction of use can also be high or low, in the low-intensity maritime conflict, can be broken up as the leader of the protective cruiser formation, the armored cruiser, in the battle of the protective cruiser still has a great advantage; and in the decisive battle with the enemy at sea, when fighting for sea supremacyIt can also be used in the form of an entire formation to coordinate operations with the capital ships to increase the combat effectiveness of the main fleet. In addition, the Jinan-class is also a foreign trade warship that we focus on. ”

Xie Fuyu was stunned for a moment and said, "Foreign trade warship?"

And Wang Hailong also came to be interested, although he is not a professional in economics and finance, but he also knows that the arms trade is extremely profitable, and can be borrowed from the purchasing country to test the performance of weapons, in addition to the major political and strategic intentions, such as this Far East War, the Japanese Navy's "66 Fleet" has 10 warships purchased from Britain, so Wang Hailong is supportive of the active development of arms trade in East China, so he said: "How about it? Are there any buyers?"

Huang Zhedao: "Not yet, this is just our idea. In fact, not only the Jinan-class, but also the Ganjiang-class, the Chitu-class and the Qingzhou-class, which can be used as warships for foreign trade exports. However, according to our division, or the Jinan class and Qingzhou class foreign trade prospects are the most optimistic, these two types of warships are used in the same ship type, belonging to the high and low collocation, a wide range of applications, can be high or low, strong and weak countries can be used, can be adjusted according to the needs of buyers, the price is not very high, the cost performance is also good, plus we won the war in the Far East, there is a good demonstration effect, so it is estimated that there will be a good market. ”

Wang Hailong nodded, of course he knew that the arms trade was not easy to negotiate, not to mention that East China has not yet officially established the country, and there are only a dozen countries that have set up consulates, and they are all European countries, so it is not an overnight thing to develop the arms trade, but now the Admiralty has this awareness, this is a good start.

Of course, no one else had any objections, so the five-year shipbuilding plan was approved within the Navy and will be submitted to the Senate for deliberation and voting.

The combat ships of the People's Army Navy are divided into four categories: battleships, armored cruisers, cruisers, and destroyers, and each ship is divided into three categories: first-class, second-class, and second-class.

Among the battleships, the two cadre-class warships that have been built, as well as the planned construction of two improved cadre-class ships, are classified as second-class ships, after all, these two types of warships are essentially for East China to practice, belong to transitional warships, and are not the most ideal main battleships of the People's Army Navy, and there is still a certain gap with the world's advanced level, after all, the era of dreadnoughts has been opened, and it will not be mass-produced, so it can only be regarded as a second-class battleship.

Among the armored cruisers, the Chitu-class and Chitu-class improved ships were classified as first-class ships, and the Bi Jing warships of this type were also considered first-class among the armored cruisers of this era, while the Jinan-class ships were classified as second-class ships.

Cruisers, Qingzhou-class, Qingzhou-class improved are classified as first-class ships, and the Red Rabbit class of the same reason, in this era of protective cruisers, the performance level of the Qingzhou-class is tested in actual combat, can indeed be regarded as the top, although the British built a 14,000-ton Qiangsheng-class protective cruiser, but the tonnage of this type of warship is mainly used to improve endurance and comfort, and there is no substantial improvement in combat effectiveness. It is natural that the improved Qingzhou-class is classified as a first-class ship, and the Dongchang-class is classified as a second-class ship, and this type of protective cruiser was originally used as a low-level supplement to the Qingzhou-class.

The destroyers, the Gaomi class and the Haiyang class that have been built so far are all classified as second-class ships, and the planned destroyers will be designed as first-class ships with a tonnage of about 1,500 tons.

In this way, the classification of all types of ships of the KPA Navy will be determined. Of course, the division of ships is not only to distinguish the needs of warships, but also the division of officer ranks is closely linked. Naturalized civilians can now serve as captains of second-class cruisers, while first-class cruisers, armored cruisers, and battleships are still captained by crossing officers, which also shows the difference between the two sides.

The navy will now be divided into two large fleets, the North Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, and the defense zone is divided into the Yangtze River estuary, and the area north of the Yangtze River estuary belongs to the defense of the North Sea Fleet, and the headquarters is located in Qingdao, and the main object of defense is Japan, because the Russian sea outlet in the Far East has been occupied by the People's Army, so the Russian Navy is basically not to worry, and although the Japanese Navy was seriously injured in the Far East War and its vitality was greatly damaged, with the character of the Japanese, it will definitely regain its strength and make a comeback, plus East China** To recover Taiwan and expel Japan from the Korean Peninsula, it is almost inevitable that the two sides will fight again.

The North Sea Fleet has three fleets, namely the Far East Detachment, the Bohai Detachment, and the Yellow Sea Detachment. The headquarters of the Far Eastern Fleet is located in Vladivostok, and the defense area is north of Vladivostok; the headquarters of the Bohai Fleet is located in Lushun, and the defense area is the entire Bohai Sea region, all the way to Yantai, and the main task is to defend the Beijing Division; the Yellow Sea Fleet is the main force of the North Sea Fleet and is also the most important force to contain Japan, with its headquarters in Qingdao and the defense area from the Shandong Peninsula to the north of the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The south of the mouth of the Yangtze River, including Borneo, which has just been obtained, belongs to the South China Sea Fleet Defense Zone, and the headquarters is located in Shanghai, and the main opponent of this defense zone is the fleets of Britain, France, and the United States stationed in the Far East, although the fleets of Britain and France were heavily damaged in the Far East War, and the main targets of the two countries are in Europe, but the Far East is after all an important colony of the two countries, and the two countries are strong after all, and the defeat in the Far East War has not broken the muscles and bones of the two countries, so it will certainly re-establish a fleet of comparable size in the Far East. Although the United States has a good relationship with East China, and its military strength is not strong, after all, its national strength is strong, and after it obtained Borneo in East China, it has formed a flanking attack on the Philippines, a US colony in Asia, and the United States is bound to strengthen its military strength in the Philippines.

The South China Sea Fleet consists of two fleets, namely the East China Sea Detachment and the Borneo Detachment. The headquarters of the East China Sea Fleet is located in Shanghai, and its main task is to defend the coastal areas of Shanghai. One of the most important cities, to a certain extent, the importance of Shanghai can even exceed Qingdao, so it is natural to focus on guarding, and the headquarters of the Borneo fleet is naturally located on Borneo, but the body there is still not determined, Bi Jing has not yet developed Borneo yet, and will choose a suitable location according to the data of the old time and space and the actual hydrological situation of this era, and the task is naturally to defend Borneo and its sea areas, which is East China** Of course, the important fulcrum of expansion in Southeast Asia cannot be ignored.

And in this five-year cycle, after the official founding of East China, this naval establishment can also be applied, after all, the main territorial changes in East China are in the northern region, and the sea area controlled by East China will basically not change. Only after the unification of China in East China, the South China Sea Fleet Command will be relocated to Guangzhou. The real big change in the establishment of the navy will be after the recovery of Taiwan and the Liuqiu Islands, when it will become a Pacific Fleet, so that the navy will face the direction of the Pacific Ocean.