After the formal establishment of diplomatic relations with Xinhua, Hualong allowed Xinhua to build a military base, runway, and military facilities on the Coco Islands, despite the strong opposition of Tianzhu and several Southeast Asian countries.

The archipelago mainly includes the islands of Big Coco and Little Coco, with a total area of about 30 square kilometers, the island is only 20 kilometers away from the Andaman and Nicola Islands of Tianzhu Kingdom, and only a few hundred kilometers away from the Strait of Malacca in the southeast, so the strategic position is very important.

Originally, Xinhua only built an observation radar satellite center and a listening station on the island to monitor the situation in the Indian Ocean, but did not have military force.

After the completion of this military base, Xinhua will send an ocean-going fleet and naval aviation here.

The geographical location of Hualong Kingdom is very important, it is bordered by the southwest in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, the occupied territories of Tianzhu and southern Tibet in the west, and Southeast Asia in the east.

The pipeline is Xinhua's fourth-largest energy import channel, allowing imports of Middle Eastern crude oil to go ashore from Hualong and transport to the southwest of Xinhuaguo without passing through the Strait of Malacca.

This greatly reduces the risk of importing crude oil by sea, and adds an import route for Xinhuaguo's crude oil imports, which is conducive to enhancing the security of oil supply.

With Hualong as the entrance to the Indian Ocean, Xinhua can bypass the Pacific Ocean and directly enter the Red Sea and the Middle East, which not only greatly shortens the time and voyage of energy transportation routes, but also serves as a safe sea and land passage in the southwest.

If Xinhua wants to build a military base in the Indian Ocean, Hualong is undoubtedly the best choice.

First of all, the two countries share a border, and they can be backed by a strong army, in case something happens. The cross-border railway of the future through guò. The army can arrive quickly.

To the north of Pakistan, the army of the country is stationed in Afghanistan. To the south, there is the Tianzhu Kingdom, which can only be used as a secondary choice.

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and other countries do not border with Xinhua and are also vulnerable to threats from Tianzhu.

If Hualong can become the outlet to the sea or even the "west coast" of Xinhua, then Xinhua will be able to gain a foothold in the Indian Ocean, the third largest body of water in the world, and become a real global military power.

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After mastering the long coastline of 1,930 kilometers, building a navy became the top priority of the Black Dragon Army.

The former Burmese navy was weak. can only brush and save zài sense, there are more than 10,000 people. It has 5 naval military regions, 35 naval bases, 17 ship formations, and 49 combat logistics support teams.

However, in addition to one Jianghu-class destroyer ordered from Xinhua and two second-hand corvettes decommissioned by Lijianguo, there are only more than 100 small ships such as patrol boats, minesweepers, and landing craft.

The Marine Corps has 3 battalions of marines and 2 companies of marines.

The Black Dragon Army, as the defense force of Hua Long State, basically took over the Burmese Navy, took over all the naval bases, and began to convert three of them into secret submarine bases. Used to dock mining submarines.

In addition, six state-of-the-art warships, including two destroyers and four frigates, were urgently ordered from Xinhuaguo.

Of course. These warships are only on the surface, and they are also used for emergency purposes.

On the basis of the original largest shipyard in China, the Black Dragon Army plans to establish the Galaxy Shipyard to specialize in the construction of new concept military ships such as intelligent unmanned ships, supercavitating warships, superconducting magnetohydrothruster submarines, stealth arsenal ships, and aerospace carriers, which will complement the domestic civilian Kyushu shipyard.

Although the aircraft carrier is a symbol of a strong navy, it still has a number of weaknesses.

First, aircraft carriers must form combat formations with cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines, and other ships.

Second, carrier-based aircraft are greatly affected by the weather, and when the wind and waves are relatively strong, it is difficult for most carrier-based aircraft to take off.

When an aircraft carrier group is operating in coastal waters with complex terrain and numerous islands and reefs, or when it is replenishing at sea, its defense capability is significantly reduced.

Third, the cost of building and maintaining aircraft carriers is huge. For example, the "Nimitz" class aircraft carriers of the Republic of China cost an average of $4 billion each, and the annual expenditure reaches $2 billion, which is an astronomical figure.

For various reasons, the Black Dragon Navy will not develop aircraft carriers that are too cost-effective, but will turn its attention to future warships with higher technological content.

"Supercavitating ships" are to make the entire surface of the ship's hull covered by bubbles, so that the hull does not directly contact with the water, reducing the resistance of the water, and can increase the speed by nearly double.

As early as 14 years, Li Jianguo developed the high-speed supercavitating ship "Ghost", which can reach a maximum speed of 50 knots.

In addition to performing tasks such as fast patrols, special operations, and protection of expatriates, it can also perform tasks like offshore combat ships.

Compared with conventional submarines or nuclear submarines, the "superconducting magnetic fluid propulsion submarine" has the significant advantages of simple structure, large thrust, high speed, no noise, no pollution, and low cost.

In particular, the speed of the dive is more than 60 knots in normal sea conditions.

According to theoretical calculations, its maximum speed can even reach more than 150 knots.

The arsenal ship is a new concept weapon put forward in the 90s of the last century, carrying a large number of missile weapons, capable of carrying out fire support for ground operations with powerful firepower, and has extremely strong strike capability against land, sea, and air; it is a "missile arsenal" floating on the sea surface, and is known as "the first ship in the 21 st century."

This is an extreme warship, with outstanding advantages and disadvantages, sacrificing seaworthiness, detection and its own air defense and anti-submarine capabilities for more intense firepower and stronger stealth.

Those who are optimistic about arsenal ships are very optimistic, and those who are not optimistic think that they are not very practical.

In addition, long-range bombers, precision artillery shells, guided bombs and other weapons have gradually squeezed the living space of arsenal ships, making such warships stay on paper.

The conspicuous disadvantage of the arsenal ships is that they need a large number of accompanying support ships, including satellites, reconnaissance planes, unmanned aircraft, early warning planes, and ground search radars in the air, to provide a huge "operational coordination and control system."

In addition, the air defense and anti-submarine capabilities of a single ship are weak, and they cannot fight alone.

However, these shortcomings are not difficult for the Black Dragon Army to overcome.

The advanced nature of intelligent missiles and intelligent torpedoes is incomparable with other similar products, and the support system is supported by Tianyan satellites and intelligent drones, coupled with its own advanced stealth capabilities, which can maximize the combat power of arsenal ships.

The Black Dragon Navy does not have overseas bases and does not plan to build aircraft carriers, which makes it necessary to build arsenal ships.

The space carrier will be equipped with combat equipment and reconnaissance facilities such as conventional intelligent missiles, high-energy laser weapons, and kinetic energy weapons.

At present, the design drawings of the first space carrier are already available, and its mass will exceed 20,000 tons, powered by a fusion nuclear reactor, which can fly non-stop for more than 300 days in near-Earth space and can carry 24 aerospace fighters.

According to the information collected, the aerospace carrier of the Lijian Kingdom is still only a new concept, and it will take at least twenty or thirty years to realize, while the aerospace carrier designed by the Black Dragon Army can be built immediately, and it is much more advanced.

The main difference is in the power system, compared to aircraft carriers, which can float on the surface of the sea by relying only on the buoyancy of seawater, and only need the power to move forward.

It is very difficult to fly a 10,000-ton aerospace carrier into the sky, and the most advanced nuclear-powered engines at present cannot accomplish such a task.

Only the legendary fusion engine, or even the more sci-fi antimatter and anti-gravity engine, has this ability.

Because of this, many people believe that the so-called "space carrier" is actually a hoax thrown out by the country, just like the "Star Wars" program back then, specifically to fool enemy countries into an arms race. (To be continued......)