The actual combat also proved that the battleships have not been completely eliminated, and the fast battleships have strong combat effectiveness, and as the identity of "aircraft carriers' personal bodyguards", they have a place in the fleet. The point is that in night battles, fast battleships are the undisputed supremacy of the sea.

Whether it was in the Northwest Guia Naval Battle, or during the offensive and defensive battle of the Sai Island, or even the Southwest Fanyan Ocean Naval Battle, the recent Battle of the Bay of Bengal, and the current Transit Island Offensive and Defensive Battle, the fast battleship is one of the mainstays on the battlefield and the most deterrent naval battle platform after the aircraft carrier.

At night, it's even more invincible!

Obviously, more fast battleships will definitely have to be built.

Here, Niz highlights the deception strategy of his opponents.

Although the Liangxia Navy has been vigorously advocating the "theory of the uselessness of battleships", and is also a concrete practitioner, the first to replace the main position of battleships with aircraft carriers, but so far, the Liangxia Navy has obtained a full 10 fast battleships through modification and construction, far more than any competitor.

The Nuland Navy has only 6 fast battleships in service and under construction, and even if you count the funds that have not yet started, there are only 10.

The Bran Navy has so far had only 4 ships in total, another 1 was under construction, and only 1 was planned to be built, and if you count the 3 battle cruisers, there were only 9 ships in total, and 1 had already been sunk.

Before the defeat of the Sashiki Navy, there were only 4 semi-tonal fast battleships upgraded from battle cruisers.

The Rimman Navy had only 2 ships, while the Raleigh Navy had a maximum of 4 ships, and the Locke Navy had only 5 battlecruisers and semi-finished products.

The key is that there are at least 4 ships under construction in the shipyards of the Liang Xia Empire, and maybe the other 4 will also appear on the slipway.

In this way, the Liangxia Navy had as many as 14 to 18 fast battleships.

It can be seen that the Liangxia Navy has actually attached great importance to fast battleships, and has also built enough fast battleships.

With such a big gap, the Nuland Navy must fight to catch up.

It is precisely for this reason that Niz made it clear that he must find a way to speed up the construction of the "Yihua" class and place the second batch of orders ahead of schedule.

Here, there is a problem that has not been solved.

The construction of the first batch of 4 "Yihua" class ships started at the beginning of the year, but because of the problem of appropriation, or first of all, to ensure the aircraft carrier, as well as other capital warships, and even fast freighters, the shipboard expenses for the 4 battleships have not been paid.

As a result, the 4 "Yihua" class ships did not move after the start of construction.

Of course, this is also something that cannot be helped.

At the same time, the construction of 4 ships of the Nanda class was ensured, and 2 of the North Carolina class were also delivered to the Navy within the stipulated time.

Of course, Niz emphasized the value of a fast battleship.

In his words, the Liang Xia Navy was able to win several decisive naval battles in a row, and the losses were controlled within a bearable range, not only because of the elite carrier-based aviation, but also the role played by fast battleships should not be underestimated.

The most direct evidence is that several fleet aircraft carriers of the Liangxia Navy were able to escape from death by relying on the air defense cover provided by fast battleships.

If those aircraft carriers didn't hold up, the Liangxia Navy would now only have a maximum of 4 large aircraft carriers available.

Do not forget that of the three aircraft carriers of the 11th Task Force, only the "Companion Jing" was not seriously damaged, and the "Yokoe", which was converted for training purposes, was also heavily damaged.

Calculated in this way, the fleet aircraft carriers of the Liang Xia Empire have actually all been "sunk" once.

Of course, Niz wants more than just 8 "Yihua"-class fast battleships.

The "Nanzhuhai" class of the Liangxia Navy has already entered the battlefield, and its combat effectiveness will definitely surpass that of the "Nanda" class, and it will never be worse than the "Yihua" class under construction.

If anything, it's actually on par.

In other words, the "Yihua" class does not have the absolute performance advantage of crushing the "South Zhuhai" class.

The key is that the second type of post-treaty type fast battleships of the Liangxia Navy has been launched, and the first batch has already started, and its combat effectiveness is definitely above the "South Zhuhai" class.

According to the latest information, the performance of this super battleship, which has not yet been named, has comprehensively surpassed that of the "Yihua" class.

If nothing else, it is possible to exceed 55,000 tons of standard displacement, and 65,000 tons at full load.

Although it is a little lower than the "Sagi" that was not built by the Sagi Navy, if it is built, it will definitely be the largest battleship in tonnage to date.

To say, the tonnage may exceed that of the "Saoyi".

There is also intelligence that this super battleship is equipped with a 55 times diameter 450 mm main gun, which can crush all of today's fast battleships at full range.

Theoretically, none of the battleships was able to block 450-mm armor-piercing shells.

Not only the "Yihua" class, but even the "Montana" class, which has not yet been finalized, the design scheme with the strongest protection can only withstand 16-inch heavy armor-piercing bullets.

The most important thing is that its construction progress has exceeded the "Yihua" level!

It was in this way that Niz directly proposed to Lofos to start the construction of the BBX project, that is, the "Montana"-class super battleship, ahead of schedule, and chose a design with nine 18-inch guns to increase the amount of armor by reducing the speed by 2 knots.

Only in this way will it be possible to obtain a protective immunity zone against 450-mm armor-piercing shells.

As for the speed, after being tested in real combat, the Nuland Navy has long recognized that the speed indicator of more than 33 knots is simply meaningless. Even fleet aircraft carriers rarely run that fast when dodging attacks. As long as it can reach 30 knots, it is enough.

For a battleship, every section of speed reduction meant an increase of 1,500 to 2,000 tons of armor!

Relatively speaking, thick armor is still the most fundamental guarantee of survivability.

In view of the number of new battleships built in the Liangxia Navy, Nitz proposed that the first batch should be at least 4, preferably 8, otherwise the second batch would reach 8.

All in all, the number of ships built must not be less than 12.

If this is not achieved, it is necessary to continue to increase the number of "Yihua" class construction, and the third batch of "Yihua" class should be overhauled, and the hull structure should be adjusted, such as shortening the hull to reduce the structural tonnage, and replacing it with three compact turrets equipped with three 18-inch guns.

All in all, even on fast battleships, the Nuland Navy had to fight to catch up.

As for the construction cost, it is possible to appropriately reduce the input in other aspects, such as reducing the size of the Marine Corps and reducing the number of landing ships to be built.

The reason is simple: for the foreseeable future, the Nuland Navy has no possibility of launching a strategic counterattack, and there is no need for too many marines and landing ships.

As for island defense, without the Marine Corps, the Army can do the same.

As a matter of fact, there are quite a few army units on Sai Island and Transit Island, and the Marine Corps has not invested too many troops.

On the southwestern and southwestern side of the Guia, the army is also the main force guarding the islands.

Of course, the key is actually landing ships and the various transport vessels that will inevitably be used in large-scale landing operations.

Even if the cost of landing ships and transport ships is low, there are too many of them, and the overall cost is not small.

Save these funds and it will be enough to build several battleships.