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The impact of the war on the four northern islands of Russia on the US election soon became apparent. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Cronin has repeatedly stated that US-to-US relations have not been damaged, and US interests in Northeast Asia and the Western Pacific have not been affected, American voters do not buy it, and many people believe that the failure of the Mingzhu party and government axe to effectively exert US influence is the root cause of this conflict.

As for whether the interests of the United States are affected, anyone can see it.

During the cease-fire talks, the Russian president visited the mainland and held a separate meeting with the mainland heads of state, after which the two sides jointly announced that they would expand the scope of cooperation between the two countries on the existing basis, establish a regional organization based on the Shanghai Regional Cooperation Organization aimed at maintaining regional peace and stability, and join hands with neighboring countries to establish a regional environment conducive to peaceful development and jointly curb sabotage factors.

In addition to this political statement, the two sides also signed foreign trade contracts with a total value of $140 billion.

In addition to continuing to strengthen non-governmental trade exchanges, the two sides have carried out more in-depth cooperation in other fields. Russia has changed its normal state and not only promised to carry out more in-depth military-technical cooperation with the mainland, but has also broken with outdated conventions and sold a large number of weapons and equipment with Russian characteristics to the mainland.

Interestingly, the mainland is not active in the introduction of weapons and equipment, but wants to cooperate with Russia.

In other words, the mainland no longer wants to purchase weapons and equipment from Russia in the form of simple imports, but hopes to jointly develop weapons and equipment with Russia.

Compared to Russia, his diplomatic actions have been more active.

Four days after the ceasefire was announced, Kojiro Ikawa traveled to Washington for a four-hour one-on-one meeting with Cronin. Subsequently, he visited Britain, France, Germany, and other six European countries, and on his way home, he also visited South Korea, which is separated by a sea from Japan.

Unfortunately, Kojiro Ikawa did not achieve much diplomatic results.

In Washington, he only got what he deserved, that is, the United States lifted the military embargo on Yue and gradually delivered the F-22J production line, F-35B/C production patents, electromagnetic catapults and other weapons and equipment to Yumoto in accordance with the agreement, and Ikawa Kojiro wanted far more than that.

You must know that in this conflict, the losses of the Yue army were very heavy.

In terms of the navy, three of the four fleets were completely wiped out, and only the Third Fleet remained, and even if the frigates of the local fleets and the old warships that were reactivated were included, the navy had less than 30 large warships, plus various small ships and auxiliary ships, and the total tonnage was less than 200,000 tons.

This point of warship, let alone fighting, can't even defend the homeland.

According to Ikawa Kojiro's idea, Washington should give partial support. Even second-hand warships that do not need to be retired by the US military should try to get some help from the United States, such as purchasing several sets of "Aegis" systems and purchasing power systems for new warships.

According to the reconstruction outline proposed by the Navy after the ceasefire, in the next 10 years, 50 large surface warships, including three aircraft carriers, will be built, a few of which will be used to replace the existing old warships, and the rest will be used to supplement the losses suffered in the conflict. In addition, 12 submarines will be built, and more than 10 existing submarines will be renovated to create the most powerful underwater fleet in Northeast Asia.

If this plan can be realized, it will have the second most powerful maritime power after the United States.

The problem is that to realize this ambitious plan, Ben will definitely need help from the United States.

As for aircraft carriers, the problem is not very big.

The United States has agreed to sell patents for the production of electromagnetic catapults and F-35C, and has previously obtained design drawings for large aircraft carriers from Britain, plus it has a strong shipbuilding foundation and has also built "Yuexiang" class destroyers with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons, and is fully equipped with the foundation for building a large aircraft carrier with a displacement of about 60,000 tons. As for other equipment on the aircraft carrier, such as short-range air defense systems, electronic equipment, etc., it can be manufactured.

Relatively speaking, the biggest problem is the powertrain.

Although as early as a few decades ago, the production technology of gas turbines was imported from the United Kingdom, and after absorption, it was improved and perfected. On destroyers such as "Murayu" and "Gao Bo", all the power systems used are self-made. However, when it comes to large-scale powertrains, there are still a lot of problems. Not to mention the power equipment required for aircraft carriers, even the power systems of the "King Kong" and "Atago" classes were imported from the United States.

Obviously, in order to build an aircraft carrier, it is necessary to either invest heavily in the development of a new power system or import it from the United States.

In the short term, it is said that if we want to quickly rebuild the navy, it will be more reliable to introduce it. The power system used on modern large warships is mainly gas turbines, and the core technology of gas turbines comes from high-thrust military aviation turbine engines.

Unfortunately, the U.S. doesn't plan to sell the technology.

As a matter of fact, by this time, the United States had changed its original intentions, believing that the construction of aircraft carriers was of little significance, and that not only could not enhance the influence of the United States in the western Pacific region, but would undermine regional stability, affect US interests, and even drag the United States into the next war.

Affected by this, Ikawa Kojiro had to visit Britain and France and other countries, because apart from the United States, only Britain and France had the technology to manufacture large marine gas turbines.

It is a pity that Britain, France and other countries also have taboos in the sale of ship power systems.

Russia used some outdated equipment to defeat the company, and finally forced it to negotiate an armistice while occupying air supremacy. Although Russia's national strength is still limited and it does not have the capital for external expansion for a long time to come, everyone knows that Russia is a country that holds a lot of grudges. As European countries, Britain and France will certainly have to think first of all about relations with Russia.

Under the pressure of external factors, the navy put forward an ambitious plan: to develop it on its own.

Because of the weak technical foundation, the Navy launched three sets of plans at the same time. The first is to adopt the old technology, that is, to use steam turbines as the power of the aircraft carrier, so as to reduce the risk of development. The second is to cooperate with the Air Force in the development of high-thrust military aviation engines, and on this basis, to develop gas turbines. The third is to develop a nuclear power system that is more promising and can better meet the needs of the future, so as to completely solve the power problem of aircraft carriers.

Clearly, each of the three options has its own focus.

Steam turbines are the least difficult to implement, the least technical, and the most difficult to meet the needs of aircraft carriers. You must know that the company purchased an electromagnetic catapult, and if the steam turbine wants to drive the electromagnetic catapult, it has to develop a high-power electric motor, which greatly increases the cost of building and using the aircraft carrier.

The realization of gas turbines is not small, the technical content is not low, if the use of gas-fired combined power system, can basically meet the needs of future aircraft carriers. It's just that in the long run, if it was supposed to build aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 60,000 tons, the value of gas turbines is not very great.

Nuclear power is the most difficult to achieve, with the highest technical content, and can meet the long-term needs of aircraft carrier development. Although technically it is certain that it will be possible to build a nuclear power system for ships, and it will not take much time, politically, the authorities will have to amend certain provisions of the Constitution.

On other warships, the problem faced by the Navy was even more severe.

Although it is not difficult for the company to build a destroyer with a displacement of about 5,000 tons, it is even less difficult if it is a multi-purpose destroyer that focuses on anti-submarine warfare. The problem is that this conflict has proven that what the Navy lacks most are specialized anti-submarine warfare ships, as well as more powerful anti-aircraft warships. As a matter of fact, if the Navy had not attacked nuclear submarines and could not have used submarines to fight against submarines, the important surname of air defense destroyers would be more prominent than that of anti-submarine destroyers.

It is a pity that what is lacking is the technical foundation necessary for the construction of air defense destroyers.

Relatively speaking, the biggest problem of the Navy is under the surface of the sea, not on the surface of the sea.

In this conflict, it is said that if you lose, you will lose under the sea.

Imagine what the war situation would be like if the Navy had used 20 attack nuclear submarines instead of 20 conventional submarines. At the very least, it is certain that the Navy will not be so passive in anti-submarine warfare, especially in the far seas where shore-based anti-submarine patrol planes cannot reach, and 20 attack nuclear submarines are enough to discourage the Russian Navy and to make the Russian Navy abandon the idea of strategic blockade.

Affected by this, the development of attack nuclear submarines has become the top priority in the outline for the reconstruction of the Navy.

Technically, it would certainly be possible to build attack nuclear submarines. In a development plan put forward by the Navy, it is clearly mentioned that on the basis of the "Canglong" class, it can be appropriately enlarged, a natural circulation pressurized water reactor can be installed, and an attack nuclear submarine with a displacement of about 5,000 tons can be built. Although the surname of this kind of attack nuclear submarine is not too advanced, especially due to the influence of too small displacement, and its ability in anti-submarine warfare is certainly lacking, it can solve the problem of whether it exists, and at the same time provide more choices for the navy in future naval warfare.

The problem is that the construction of attack nuclear submarines and the construction of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers must break through the restrictions of the "non-nuclear clause" in the constitution.

Even if the militarist clique had taken control of the Parliament, it would still have to abide by the pacifist constitution that had been established after the war before revealing its true face.

Affected by this, the navy has become the main driving force behind the "nuclearization" of the navy.

In the words of some admirals, it was Russia's nuclear submarines that made him lose this war, so he had to have nuclear submarines so as not to lose the next war.

All of a sudden, whether or not to build nuclear submarines, and how many nuclear submarines to build, became a topic of concern all over the world.

(To be continued)