Chapter 1682: A Huge Plan (Part II)

What is the purpose of creating such two large amphibious combat teams? Of course, it's not for the sake of looking good there, nor is it rusty on the beach like the old Maozi now, but to scare people

The so-called scaring people does not mean that this thing is a paper tiger, but when necessary, this thing can be pulled out at any time to teach those who have bad intentions for themselves a hard lesson, and beat them to the fart and urine, the nose and face are swollen

In recent years, although the slogan of independence on the Taiwan side has been thunderous and rainy, especially in recent years, it has not even been heard, but it has not seen a clear idea of wanting to return to the mainland, at least we have never heard the Taiwanese themselves say that they want to return to the embrace of the mainland.

They stopped shouting because they had already learned a lesson, because they had seen the blood with their own eyes and the determination of the mainland side to "go home" by force

Because these guys know that if they keep shouting "independence, independence" again, they can be as lucky as Li Dengshen to save their lives, all of which is difficult to say.

However, under Li Dengshen's bloody lesson, although the Taiwan side does not dare to brazenly shout "independence," it does not have its own petty calculations in their hearts, and this does not mean that they have given up on it, and they still hope to be able to take this opportunity to bargain with the mainland side.

"Although the mainland has good air and ground strike capabilities, if it wants to completely control Taiwan, it still needs the mainland's armed forces to conduct landing operations; it is very unfortunate that long-range troop projection and three-dimensional amphibious landing operations, the two military muscles that deter Taiwan the most, happen to be the shortest shortcomings of the mainland army." Zhang Lan pointed out very bluntly the purpose of Lao Liang's question after asking him for so long: Speaking of which, it's not just for Taiwan. Since this place has become a big shortcoming, it is natural that this place has become a place that can be used by the Taiwan side.

"Ahem...... "Although everyone understands what is going on, but this kind of thing, everyone still tries to avoid talking about it, Zhang Lan said it so without scruples, although there are no outsiders in the house, but the habit that has been cultivated over the years still makes Lao Liang habitually depressed.

"Do you also think this is a good time to recover Taiwan?" After Lao Liang pretended to drink a cup of tea, his old face smiled, and his expression looked like a kind retired old man who was bored with his grandson.

"I don't think there's a better time to do it than now. As far as the internal environment is concerned, our 'internal strength' has been almost cultivated, and our army's naval strike capability, antisubmarine capability, air defense capability, air combat capability, and C4I command system have all been gradually perfected, and we have basically possessed the hardware conditions for recovering Taiwan by force. ”

"From the perspective of the external international environment, the biggest external obstacle to our recovery of Taiwan is the armed intervention of the United States. Although I don't rule out the possibility that you may overlord the bow as a last resort, you will not do it unless it is absolutely necessary, and this is not the best choice for everyone...... At present, the United States is engaged in two local wars at the same time, and it can be said that its ability to interfere in the Taiwan issue is the most inadequate, and if we look at the history of the Taiwan issue, we probably have never had such a good opportunity to recover Taiwan. ”

"At present, however, amphibious combat capability is still a weakness of ours, and on the premise that the soft and hard environment for recovering Taiwan is basically in place, how to effectively enhance the amphibious landing capability of the mainland navy and quickly use thunderous means to dispel the hope of certain Taiwan and Americans to continue to maintain the situation of 'neither independence nor reunification' in Taiwan has become a major issue facing the Continental Army. Am I right? ”

In the end, Zhang Lan spread her hand triumphantly and asked Lao Liang rhetorically.

He is now very sure that the military and the government are also playing the idea of Taiwan, but he is still a little weak, so he hopes to use the power of the Alice Group.

Uh-huh, so to speak...... That means you can sit on the ground and start the price?

"Hehe......" Lao Liang smiled a little helplessly, sometimes it is a pleasure to talk to smart people, but sometimes it is a feeling to talk to smart people...... It's unpleasant

"What do you think...... Is it imperative to build a large amphibious dock landing ship? Lao Liang smashed his mouth, and felt that it was necessary to reverse his position, and it seemed very faceless to go on like this.

"Well, it is absolutely imperative for our country to build amphibious dock landing ships or large amphibious assault ships, and a large amphibious dock landing ship with a larger volume, stronger carrying capacity, and more comprehensive combat capability is absolutely necessary for our navy to protect national security, and its powerful carrying capacity is beyond doubt, even in the narrow Taiwan Strait." Zhang Lan affirmed without hesitation. But then the tone changed. ,

"However, there is a problem with this, now we do not have a large amphibious dock landing ship or a large amphibious assault ship, if we start to build a large amphibious dock landing ship now, it will take at least two years from the start of construction to the official service, and the time is a little too late. If you don't want to waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, for the narrow Taiwan Strait, limited by real-world conditions, faster ground effect aircraft and large hovercraft are undoubtedly an excellent choice...... Anyway, the Taiwan Strait is so narrow, and the task of command can be completely handed over to the bases located on the mainland. ”

"You're talking about your Alice Group's 'Nightmare' ground effect vehicle?" Lao Liang blinked his eyes a few times, but no matter how he looked, he seemed to be "unscrupulous".

Zhang Lan shook her head, "No, for the Alice Group's "Nightmare" ground effect aircraft, the Taiwan Strait is too narrow, for the Nightmare, its dominating stage is the maneuver of the world's large-scale transoceanic transportation capacity, not in the Taiwan Strait, which is a small ditch for the "Nightmare". ”

Thinking of this question, Zhang Lan felt a little frustrated.

"But how do I think it's a good choice to have so many large dock landing ships or amphibious assault ships?" Unconsciously, Lao Liang's tone seemed to have a little bit of "lifting the bar", "Because of its unique hull structure and excellent overall performance, it can not only assume the role of a 'porter' in amphibious operations, but also assume a more complex and diverse role in actual combat?" ”

"I didn't say that this thing is not good, if there is really even a large amphibious dock landing ship, it can increase the chances of victory in the Taiwan Strait landing operation, but the key problem now is not that we have not yet, and we have not even started construction, since this is the case, then we naturally have to retreat and choose the second." Zhang Lan was a little depressed about Lao Liang's obvious behavior of raising the bar.

"However, large amphibious dock landing ships or amphibious assault ships must be built, and it is best to have a full load displacement of more than 30,000 tons of direct deck type...... Although such a big guy is not needed for the landing operation, but with such a big guy there, do those countries that have a little dirty thoughts in their hearts dare to make any moves? The biggest effect of this thing is to 'deter you'."

However, Zhang Lan also admitted that Lao Liang's words were correct, although the large amphibious landing ship or amphibious assault ship is not the strongest in the fleet, and the performance is not the best, but as the largest tonnage warship in the two attack fleets, its position is very "prominent" and can be called the "brain" of the entire attack group

Taking a standard amphibious assault group as an example, the entire assault group consists of a large amphibious dock landing ship/large amphibious assault ship, two amphibious assault ships for personnel and equipment transportation missions, one missile cruiser for area air defense or anti-ship combat missions, two large missile destroyers for anti-ship attack or area air defense missions, two frigates for fleet perimeter protection tasks, and one attack nuclear submarine for submarine vigilance and attack missions.

In this amphibious assault group, with the continuous improvement of combat capability, all the large and medium-sized combat ships except the large amphibious dock landing ships and large amphibious assault ships have been equipped with more and more weapons and electronic equipment, making the deck of the ships extremely crowded, and basically there is no room for a complete set of advanced communications and command equipment, and it is actually difficult for the main combat ships to complete the combat missions they should have undertaken after assuming the command task of the flagship.

At the same time, with the large-scale fleet size, the diversification of combat missions, and the complexity of combat operations, the amount of information that fleet commanders need to handle will increase unprecedentedly, and ordinary ships will simply not be able to do flagship work, and even the heavy nuclear-powered cruisers of the "Ticonderoga" class of the United States, which are equipped with advanced electronic and communication systems, will not be able to effectively undertake the work of the fleet flagship under the fierce battlefield conditions.

In China, the "Glorious" class missile cruiser and the "Kirov" class nuclear-powered heavy missile cruiser are the flagship of the fleet, but there is no way to do it, and it is just a last resort under the current conditions; after the use and changes in the combat environment over the years, the military has felt the shortcomings of the "Glorious-class" and "Kirov-class" in the command and control of the fleet, and is seeking a type of ship that can become the new flagship of the fleet. If large combat ships equipped with advanced communications command and control equipment are used to undertake this task, the actual combat effectiveness of the entire fleet will be greatly enhanced. ,

Therefore, the fleet needs a more capable "commander", and through horizontal and vertical comparison, in such an amphibious combat assault group, a large amphibious landing ship / large amphibious assault ship with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons is undoubtedly the best flagship choice, as for the tonnage, of course, the bigger the better.

For large amphibious landing ships/large amphibious assault ships with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons or even a maximum displacement of more than 40,000 tons, a large number of large communication antennas can be arranged on its wide deck, which can completely avoid mutual interference due to dense wireless configuration; The large displacement makes it have good seaworthiness, large endurance and strong self-sustaining; Taking into account the rapid development of communications electronic equipment and the continuous increase in the demand for operational command, this displacement can also ensure that it will provide a large margin for future improvements and modifications.

And, as a rule, large amphibious landing ships / large amphibious assault ships with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons have an astonishingly large deck area

Its wide flight deck and internal volume make it possible for this large ship to transport almost all amphibious combat equipment, including self-propelled guns, radar vehicles, amphibious combat vehicles, armored vehicles, tanks, large hovercraft, landing craft, and large and medium-sized helicopters, in amphibious operations

The wide deck area can also allow 2 medium-sized helicopters to take off and land on the deck at the same time, this unique advantage is incomparable with other ships, in modern amphibious operations, the role of helicopters is getting heavier and heavier, and the powerful helicopter carrying capacity makes any amphibious combat team in the landing war vertical landing capability has been greatly enhanced, and the helicopter transport capacity of a type of amphibious dock landing ship or amphibious assault ship has even become an important factor in measuring this equipment.

In addition, if the flagship of this amphibious assault group adopts a straight-through deck amphibious assault ship, its combat power will be improved - it is not surprising why the Russians say that their "Minsk"-class aircraft carrier is not an aircraft carrier, but a large aircraft-carrying cruiser, the flagship of the fleet. The huge deck area and cabin volume of the "Minsk" class aircraft carrier allow it to carry a large number of aircraft, combat weapons systems, and command and control systems, and assume the heavy responsibility of the flagship of the fleet? It's just too easy.

In a sense, improving on the basis of the "Minsk" class aircraft carriers can easily develop amphibious combat ships that are larger than the American "Wasp-class" large through-deck amphibious dock assault ships, and they are also twin sisters.

If specific to our country, for the helicopter gunship, the Taiwan Strait is indeed too wide, which makes the combat effectiveness of the helicopter greatly reduced, and there is often a phenomenon of "seeing but not touching" when performing tasks, and a large amphibious dock landing ship or a large amphibious assault ship will change this dilemma, the wide deck can be used as a relay station for the helicopter gunship to replenish ammunition and fuel, or even a temporary maintenance station, once the helicopter gunship can play its maximum effectiveness in combat, then, The odds of victory in the sea-crossing landing operation will undoubtedly rise sharply.

If such a big guy is placed in the South China Sea, it can play a role not only that, at least it will definitely not be worse than the deterrent power of a small and medium-sized aircraft carrier, and it will be more able to deter those dishonest countries to be honest, and he will have to fully consider the devastating attack capability that such a big guy brings to himself.

Therefore, for any country in the world with sufficient strength, large amphibious landing ships / large amphibious assault ships with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons are the preferred flagships in the amphibious assault group of their national army, and in our country, naturally, there will be no exception.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lan smashed his mouth and added, "Well, if it is a straight-through deck amphibious landing ship with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, it would be good, and the worst should be a large amphibious dock landing ship similar to the French "Mistral" class and the American "San Antonio" class. ”

"It's good, it's good, but it's ......" Lao Liang hesitated, "Of course the Northwest Wind and San Antonio are good, but which price is ......?"

"It's not cheap, but it seems like you have to see what this thing can do, right? The price of nuclear submarines is not cheaper, but we have to use that thing, but it is of great use to us, so no matter how expensive it is, as long as the conditions allow, even if it is going to get into the teeth, we must ...... If we had not gritted our teeth and launched the nuclear weapons and submarine projects back then, I am afraid that the current international environment would be even more difficult to manage. ”

"I believe I don't need to say more about the role that a straight-through deck amphibious assault ship with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons can play in practice. With a vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft, it can even be used as an aircraft carrier to some extent. ”

Taking the American "Wasp-class" amphibious assault ship as an example, the "Wasp" class amphibious assault ship with a straight-through deck and a full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons has quite high combat flexibility and versatility, and the larger internal volume and deck area can allow the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship to carry different equipment (amphibious combat equipment such as aircraft and landing craft) according to the mission. During the landing operation, it carried 42 "Sea Knight" helicopters and 6 **-8B "Harrier" fighters; When carrying out the task of sea control, it can carry 20 **-8B "Harrier" fighters and 6 SH-60B "Sea Hawk" helicopters. Mixed-load helicopters also include the Sea Stallion, Sea Cobra and Double Huey. ”

"These aircraft can carry out such tasks as attack, anti-submarine, minesweeping, replenishment, transportation and short-range support as needed, and in terms of combat capability alone, they are second only to the heavy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group led by the United States 'Nimitz'-class aircraft carrier, the French 'Charles de Gaulle' medium-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and the Russian 'Kuznetsov' large aircraft carrier, and are not inferior to the British 'Invincible', 'Ark Royal', and 'Excellence' and the Indian's old-fashioned 'Virat' aircraft carrier, compared with Spain." The small aircraft carriers of the Prince of Asturias and the Royal Princess of Thailand are even more powerful in combat. ”