Chapter 774: Sunfall-Battle Patrol Plan
When the details of the Battle of Nagasaki were reported back to Changchun, the Admiral's Command, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Navy Headquarters were all in an uproar. The Manchurian Navy, which has always been known for its sharp artillery, dispatched a whole detachment of a fleet and ran out all the shells, but it couldn't take a single Fusang, and it simply threw everyone to my grandmother's house. The old topic of the fragility of the hull was also brought up again, and neither the Leng Lu nor the Chao Ci were actually hit, but both of them were not lightly injured by the concussion of a shell. Comparing the Japanese Fuso, which took hundreds of rounds, the warships of the Manchurian Army were too brittle.
Li Gen's battle was won, but the Manchurian Navy exposed too many problems, and the fragility of the hull and other problems were even more outrageous. Guo Xing'a, who had always seen the beginning and the end of the dragon, had no choice but to hold a military meeting at the highest level in the general's line to discuss the issue of naval development. Hundreds of projects have caused Guoxing's strange planes for a long time, and building a big ship is not a problem, but several attempts to get planes on board have all ended in failure, and Guoxinga's big dream of an aircraft carrier can only be done after a while. Now that the problem of naval warship innovation has been placed in front of us, Guo Xinga can only quickly adapt to the needs of the navy and make some emergency products.
"Transfer the main force of the Nanyang Fleet back and let the Japanese slaves know what a cannon giant ship is!" The rapid-fire of the Clippers advocated by the Inland River faction was obviously ineffective, and of course Botun had to shout loudly to demonstrate the correctness of his theory of cannon giant ships.
"Several capital ships of the Nanyang Fleet are also quite old, and they do not have an advantage over the Fusang in terms of tonnage." Cezanne, who recognized the chief of staff again, had no achievements, but his work style was very meticulous, and he could not innovate it, but he was first-class when he succeeded. Saishan's ability is not strong, but he is willing to work hard, and he remembers all the armaments of the Manchurian Army in his heart.
"The age of the ship is a little older, but the speed and equipment are not bad, and the caliber of the artillery suffers a small loss, and it will definitely gnaw at his Fusang. If you can't take it one-on-one, it's always okay to besiege him with two or three ships! "Botun also knew that his iron-clad treasure was a little outdated, but he still refused to admit defeat and wanted to annihilate the Fuso, but his main battleship couldn't.
"It's not the same! The First Detachment in the Yellow Sea is carrying out experimental and cruising missions, and its ammunition reserves are not large, especially those with armor-piercing rockets. If the armor-piercing rockets are sufficient, it will definitely not be a problem to take the Fuso. How long will it take for the main force of the Nanyang Fleet to come back, those slow guys drive back, I'm afraid half a month has passed! Now that the East China Sea Fleet has completed combat readiness, they are close to each other, so send them over and solve the Fuso. Bian Changdi kept his head down this time for the meeting, his face was a little feverish, and the theory of their inland river faction was a bit of a slap in the face this time. However, he will never watch Bo Dun rampant, and what the foreign faction learned from foreign devils is definitely expensive and difficult to use.
"Dozens of warships, besieging and beating a warship, I don't know how long it will take to get it down, I don't want the face of North Manchuria!" Botun took out his identity as a naval commander and reprimanded Bian Changdi in a loud voice.
"The Nanyang Fleet is not also a siege!" Bian Changdi didn't save face for the royal family at all, and immediately ridiculed him.
"If it weren't for you bastards, wasting resources on useless boats for a long time, eating more and occupying more everywhere, the Nanyang Fleet would not have been able to add a decent warship for ten years!" Bo Dun will not be accustomed to Bian Changdi, and the dispute between the ideas of the inland river faction and the foreign faction was directly singled out by him. Goxinga had designed many battleships and battlecruisers, but because the river faction had the upper hand and grabbed a lot of resources, these new battleship plans were all stillborn, and Botun's opinion was great.
"I'm thousands of miles north of Manchuria, those stupid guys, slow sailing, how many places can I take care of? And those big guys spent a lot of money, and the money to build one is enough for us to produce a detachment! "The inland river faction has been stuck in the neck of the Liuyang faction for so many years because of Bian Changdi's truth.
There were not many colonies in North Manchuria, and the area of overseas territories was not particularly large, but the maritime frontier they had to take care of was not smaller than that of the British. From the Bering Strait to the China Sea, Guinea in Taiwan, from Malacca to Hawaii, and a host of other small islands, these areas require a fleet to be stationed. The battleship is indeed powerful, but the speed cannot keep up, and it is simply unable to take into account such a large territory. Moreover, the cost of battleships is huge, and if you put battleships everywhere, the cost is too high. Cruisers and destroyers are much more practical, economical, and fast, and can take care of everything in all places.
For many years, North Manchuria has had a huge advantage in the field of naval artillery, and they have many precedents for destroyers to beat battleships. This greatly reduced their need for battleships, leaving a dozen old ships to guard the gates of the South China Sea, and there was no need to add refurbished battleships. Britain's coastal defense was similar to that of North Manchuria, and they built a large number of cruisers and destroyers to defend their oversized territory. However, the British were in their European base camp and faced the pressure of European continental powers all the year round, and they did not have the naval and artillery advantages of North Manchuria, so they could only concentrate a large number of battleships to defend their homeland.
"Don't make any noise!" The high-level military meeting is about to turn into a quarrel meeting between the inland river faction and the Liuyang faction, and Guo Xinga can only knock on the table to stop.
"Japan is just a trivial matter, the Fuso is a battleship, and it can turn the sky upside down! We have to think about the technological progress of Great Britain, it is France, it is the Western powers! How to deal with the naval pressure of Western powers in the future is the direction we should discuss! "Goxinga has a lot of headaches about factional disputes, but the navy is more troublesome than the army, not only do they form gangs, but they also have a problem of philosophy, which is really uneven.
"Torpedo! Torpedoes should be used on a large scale, and torpedo launchers were previously arranged on all ships, but because the torpedo experiments have not been able to satisfy the general, this has been delayed. Now that the technology of torpedoes has been perfected, we can carry out all the torpedoes so that the fleet can rely on torpedoes in addition to rockets! "Bian Changdi grabbed ahead of Botun this time, wanting to compete for a first.
"What we want to study is the direction of development, don't get entangled in one or two weapons!" Guo Xing'a shook his head again and again, North Manchuria had already developed an oxygen torpedo, which was definitely a cross-era black technology, but Guo Xing'a knew that the torpedo was by no means a magic weapon for victory.
"We can develop a high-power weapon that can be launched from a long distance, and then use it in conjunction with our existing fast warships, so that we can solve our current problems." Bian Changdi was not very mature in his thinking, but he just wanted to grab his mouth, and he just didn't want Botun to speak.
"Find a way on the ship! That can't be done for now! "Guo Xing'a admires Bian Changdi very much, because the thing that Bian Changdi said, the thing that can make the giant ship cannon withdraw from the stage of history, Guo Xing'a is very familiar with it-*. Guoxing A can engage in black technology and surpass the times, but the technical difficulty is too great, and there will be absolutely no drama within 30 years.
"The main battleships of our South Sea Fleet must be upgraded, and the number of main battleships must reach more than seven, while the Pacific Fleet, the Yellow Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the North Sea Fleet are still dominated by cruisers and destroyers in order to maintain our army's mobile cruising capability. However, our army should design a heavy cruiser and appropriately supplement it to each fleet, so as to make up for the lack of heavy armor and firepower of our fleet. "No matter what Bo Dun says, he is also the commander of the navy, and the pattern still has to be there, and Guo Xing Adu has spoken, so he can't quarrel with Bian Changdi anymore. And Botun played a clever trick, in his opinion, he absorbed a lot of Bian Changdi's arguments, and came up with a plan that was a confluence of the inland river faction and the Liuyang faction.
"Battleship? …… What do you think of the battle patrol plan I designed? Guo Xinga was still a little reluctant to build large battleships, and he always felt that battleships would become obsolete when they were built.
"I can barely keep up with the speed at the moment! But if all the warships are upgraded with steam turbines, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. Bian Changdi was interested in the steam turbine that could increase the speed of the battleship to more than thirty knots, but he still felt that the battle cruiser was slow.
"The thickness of the armor of the battle cruisers, it seems, was slightly insufficient." Botun was not very satisfied, the level of protection of the battle patrol plan still seemed to be lower, and Botun knew that Goxinga still had a very terrible pure battleship plan in his hands.
"Equipped with the new tungsten steel inclined armor, the protection will be improved to a certain extent, and it is enough for temporary emergency use. Moreover, the battleship pays attention to the balance of armor, firepower, and speed, and does not focus too much on one point. Guo Xinga thought for a while, but he was still reluctant to engage in pure battleships on a large scale.
"It's okay!" Botun and Bian Changdi both nodded reluctantly.
"Heavy cruiser, I will try to do it as soon as possible, and strive to come up with a plan to discuss within half a month. Let's build four battlecruisers first! All of them are supplied to the South Sea Fleet, and the rest of the gaps are filled with heavy cruisers! Guoxing's small abacus crackled again, and he was still reluctant to build too many battle patrols at once.
"Four, I'm afraid it's not enough!" Bolton was still barely satisfied with the new warships, but there were only four of them, so he quit, and the heavy patrol and the battle patrol were far apart.
"At present, we are mainly defending, there is no major war, there is no need to invest too much!" Goxinga's attitude is very clear, he is reluctant to spend money.
"If the British fleet comes on a large scale, four battleships will not be enough to stabilize the situation and give the rear time to buy new warships!" Botun thought about it, but still felt that four ships were not enough.
"Four ships are enough to deter the enemy, if the enemy really comes to attack, he will solve it!" Guo Xing'a raised his hand and pointed at Cao Meng, who had nothing to do with this meeting.
After the military meeting, the generals of each ministry dispersed and were busy preparing for the rest of the war. Guo Xing'a couldn't get off work, because Pi Runmin and others were blocking him at the door of the conference room. The Battle of Nagasaki was fought very suddenly, and the cabinet urgently needed Goxinga's next instructions, whether to continue to blackmail Japan, or beat up Japan, and get Gokoko's idea.
"Let's fight! This time there must be no Japan! "Guo Xing'a's attitude is very clear, he has just come to the combat mission and arranged it.
"Do you want to tell the truth about the Nagasaki incident?" Pi Runmin needs a reason to go to war.
"Fengtian rebels! Lao Tzu is the son-in-law of the Japanese royal family, and he wants to clean up the source of Japan and crusade against the thieves who rebel and usurp! "Guo Xinga wants to shake out all the things that have not yet been verified as real things.