Chapter 212: The New Establishment of the Seven Main Fleets
The more he learned about the world in which the Great Han Kingdom was located, the more Su Yi felt that the task issued by the system to seize the entire Great Han Kingdom within five years was a pitfall.
Don't look at the internal contradictions of the Han Kingdom, the corruption problem is even more serious, and the royal family of the Han Kingdom is also forced by the Gothic Kingdom to reorganize the new cabinet and sign a series of treaties that can be described as humiliating and humiliating.
For example, the war reparations of 4,000 tons of gold were paid to the Gothic Kingdom, the Gothic Kingdom was allowed to build military bases in the territory of the Han Kingdom, and the Gothic Kingdom implemented zero tariffs on goods entering the Han Kingdom, etc., but the royal family of the Han Kingdom, which has existed for more than a thousand years, still has incomparable prestige and status in the hearts of the people of the Han Kingdom.
If Su Yi erects a counter-flag in the Han Kingdom, it will be difficult to get the support of the people of the Han Kingdom, and even the current rebels in the Han Kingdom are only rebelling against the Gothic Kingdom, and they are still nominally loyal to the royal family of the Han Kingdom, and the goal of the rebels is to drive the power of the Gothic Kingdom out of the territory of the Han Kingdom and abolish the unequal treaty signed between the Han Kingdom and the Gothic Kingdom, not to overthrow the rule of the royal family.
Su Yi can now buy 5,000 army-type combat clones from the system every month, even if the five years add up, he can only buy 300,000 army-type combat clones, if he doesn't get the support of the people of the Han Kingdom, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to occupy the Han Kingdom with a population of more than 1.6 billion with these 300,000 clones.
What's more, don't forget that there is also a Gothic kingdom with super military strength, and it will not easily give up the huge benefits obtained from the Han Kingdom, if Su Yi does something in the Han Kingdom, the Gothic Kingdom will definitely interfere.
The sum of various factors made Su Yi temporarily give up the idea of seizing the Han Kingdom by force, so in the following period of time, Su Yi just let the clone soldiers go deep into various parts of the Han Kingdom, and even various countries outside the Han Kingdom, to collect information on science and technology in all aspects, and then brought these materials back to the Tang Empire, so that the scientific and technological level of the Tang Empire is increasing day by day, and many new technologies have been applied in the military and industrial aspects of the Tang Empire.
The time soon came to 3015 in the Tang calendar, and Su Yi left Chang'an City on January 2 and rushed to Huifeng Port, the largest military port in the Tang Empire, on an armored train.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve in 3014 of the Tang calendar, the system gave Su Yi a New Year's gift package, and the New Year's gift package contained a diamond treasure chest and a gold treasure chest.
When the Golden Chest was opened, two cards were opened.
German Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter (unit price of 2 million yuan, limited to 400 per year).
German Junkers-88 dive bomber (unit price of 5 million yuan, limited to 200 units per year).
German Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter, is the main fighter of the Luftwaffe in World War II, it was used from the outbreak of the war to the end of the war, from Europe to Africa, participated in all the battles carried out by the German army, technically speaking, it reached the highest level of piston aircraft, and created the highest world record for the flight speed of propeller aircraft.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter had a maximum speed of 686 kilometers per hour, an ascent limit of 10,000 meters, a range of 700 kilometers, and was armed with a 30-mm cannon and two 13-mm machine guns.
The German Junkers-88 bomber was one of the most famous fighters during World War II, with a maximum speed of 470 kilometers per hour, an ascent limit of 8,200 meters, a range of 2,000 kilometers, a bomb load of 2.5 tons, and two 13 mm machine guns and three 7.9 mm machine guns.
To be honest, the two fighters and one bomber that could be purchased from the system mall before were really unsatisfactory in terms of performance, and at present, the Tang Empire can already imitate these three fighters, so Su Yi is hesitating whether to upgrade the three fighters in the system mall to obtain fighters with better performance.
After seeing the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter and the Junkers-88 dive bomber from the golden treasure chest, Su Yi immediately bought the fighter, 800 camel fighters, and 400 Ilya Muromets heavy bombers from the system mall, and then clicked on the red plus sign behind the three fighters with his consciousness.
The upgrade of the fighter and the camel fighter all failed, only the upgrade of the Ilya Muromets heavy bomber succeeded, and after the disappearance of the Ilya Muromets heavy bomber, it was replaced by the Junkers-88 dive bomber, so that the annual purchase limit of the Junkers-88 dive bomber became 600 units.
The upgrade of the fighter and the camel fighter failed, Su Yi just pouted, and did not feel too much annoyance, in fact, the aircraft factory of the Tang Empire has developed a fighter with more advanced performance based on these two fighters, of course, it cannot be compared with the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter with a speed of more than 600 kilometers.
When the Diamond Chest is opened, three cards are revealed.
Japan's Nagato-class super dreadnought battleship (unit price of 1.2 billion yuan, limited to four per year).
British Hood-class battlecruisers (unit price 1.3 billion yuan, limited to four per year).
American Atlanta-class light cruiser (unit price 80 million yuan, limited to 24 units per year).
The American Atlanta-class light cruiser is a light cruiser in service with the United States Navy in World War II, with a standard displacement of 6,000 tons, a full load displacement of 7,400 tons, a maximum speed of 32.5 knots, and is equipped with eight twin 127 mm guns, thirty-six 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, sixteen 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, two quadruple 533 mm torpedo tubes, 89 mm main armor on the side belt, 32 mm deck armor, 32 mm main turret armor, and a crew of 638 people.
The previous two light cruisers in the system mall have been upgraded or not, and Su Yi is very satisfied with the Atlanta-class light cruiser with strong air defense capabilities, and he will not upgrade the Atlanta-class light cruiser easily.
As for the Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships and the Hood-class battlecruisers, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire already had many of them before.
After opening the two treasure chests, Su Yi saw that the annual purchase limit of all warships in the system mall had been refreshed, so he bought all the warships that could be purchased and temporarily stored them in the system's item warehouse.
Among them, there are fifty-two super dreadnought battleships, including four Nagato-class, four Colorado-class, four Nelson-class, four Revenge-class, four Queen Elizabeth-class, four Bavarian-class, four Iron Duke-class, four Ise-class, four Nevada-class, four Pennsylvania-class, four New Mexico-class, four Tennessee-class, and four Brittany-class.
The number of battle cruisers was sixty-four, including twenty-four Moltke-class, twelve Lion-class, eight Tiger-class, eight Kongo-class, eight Prestige-class, and four Hood-class.
There were sixteen dreadnought battleships, including four Giant-class, four King-class, four Earl Cavour-class, four Lone Pull-class, and four Florida-class.
There are also twenty-four Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, twenty-four Myo-class heavy cruisers, twenty-four Atlanta-class light cruisers, seventy-two M-class destroyers, seventy-two Vickers-class destroyers, and thirty Type VIIC submarines.
Su Yi rushed to Huifeng Port after the New Year, on the one hand, to deliver these warships in the system goods warehouse to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and on the other hand, to participate in the commissioning ceremony of thirty-six Zhenyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six Dingyuan-class battlecruisers.
The thirty-six Zhenyuan-class and thirty-six Dingyuan-class ships built by the Tang Empire shipyard have completed the final sea trials and painting, and have all gathered in Huifeng Port, just waiting for Su Yi to preside over the commissioning ceremony, these seventy-two giant ships will join the sequence of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
On the afternoon of January 5, 3015 in the Tang calendar, the armored train that Su Yi was riding arrived at the Huifengcheng Railway Station, followed by Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, stood in the crowd of people who picked up the station.
"Your Majesty, welcome to Huifeng City again, at present, Huifeng Port has been blocked by four Marine Brigades, and the berths at the dock of Huifeng Port are all empty." Zhang Qihui said to Su Yi.
Su Yi nodded and said, "This time, the Royal Navy will surge in strength, and it seems that it will have to be reorganized again." ”
Wang Chengliang, who was next to him, immediately said: "Your Majesty, if we have to reorganize because of the increase in the number of warships, then our Royal Navy would rather reorganize several times a year. ”
Su Yi said with a smile: "Now the scale of the Royal Navy is huge enough, Cheng Liang, you are a little too greedy, since Huifeng Port has been prepared, then let's go to Huifeng Port first!" ”
On the night of January 5, Su Yi extracted 52 super dreadnought battleships, 64 battle cruisers, 16 dreadnought battleships, 48 heavy cruisers, 24 light cruisers, 144 destroyers, and 30 submarines from the system's goods warehouse.
On the afternoon of 6 January, Su Yi attended the commissioning ceremony of 36 Zhenyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and 36 Dingyuan-class battlecruisers.
Subsequently, on the night of January 6, Su Yi, Wang Chengliang, and Zhang Qihui studied most of the night, and finally formulated a new establishment of the seven main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
The capital ships of the First Fleet will include twenty-four Japanese Nagato-class super-dreadnought-class battleships, twelve Colorado-class super-dreadnought-class battleships, ten Nelson-class superdreadnought-class battleships, fifteen Bavarian-class superdreadnought-class battlecruisers, twenty-two British Hood-class battlecruisers, and thirty-six Dingyuan-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Second Fleet will include thirty-six Zhenyuan-class super-dreadnought-class battleships, sixteen Queen Elizabeth-class super-dreadnought-class battleships, fourteen revenge-class super-dreadnought-class battleships, and twenty-two Kongo-class battlecruisers.
The Third Fleet's capital ships will include twenty Nevada-class superdreadnoughts, thirteen Ise-class superdreadnoughts, fourteen Iron Duke-class superdreadnoughts, and twenty-three Prestige-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Fourth Fleet will include sixteen Pennsylvania-class super-dreadnoughts, sixteen New Mexico-class superdreadnoughts, eight Brittany-class superdreadnoughts, twelve Tennessee-class superdreadnoughts, and twenty-two Tiger-class battlecruisers.
The lead ships of the Fifth Fleet will consist of thirty-four captured enemy super-dreadnoughts and forty-eight Lion-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Sixth Fleet will include seventeen King-class dreadnoughts, seventeen Giant-class dreadnoughts, twenty-one Florida-class dreadnoughts, and forty-eight Moltke-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Seventh Fleet will include sixteen Count Cavour-class dreadnoughts, sixteen Lone-class dreadnoughts, twenty captured enemy dreadnoughts, and twenty-four captured enemy battlecruisers.
The main fleet of the seven Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will also be equipped with two heavy cruiser formations, two armored cruiser formations, four light cruiser formations, six destroyer formations, and two minesweeper formations.
Most of the minesweepers equipped by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire were converted from old light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats, and were specially used to sweep mines in the sea to protect the safety of the navigation lanes of other warships.
In addition to the seven main fleets, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will also reorganize twenty-four garrison fleets with dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships as the main ships, and the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire also has an independent submarine force with hundreds of Type VIIC submarines.
Su Yi will also deliver 100 Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters and 300 Junkers-88 dive bombers to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire to form the shore-based aviation of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
The Junkers-88 dive bomber was completely capable of bombing enemy warships close to the coast of the Tang Empire because of its maneuverability during dive, as well as its combat radius and bomb load.
On the morning of January 7, Su Yi was ready to leave Huifeng City and return to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Empire, and because of the reorganization of the seven main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, many things needed to be coordinated by Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, so Wang Chengliang did not follow Su Yi back to Chang'an City this time.
Before leaving, Su Yi said to Wang Chengliang: "Your navy must urge major shipyards to build aircraft carriers as soon as possible, and after I go back, I will also urge several aircraft factories to get carrier-based aircraft out as soon as possible, although the strength of our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has far exceeded that of naval powers such as Yingroba and Sharad, but our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire should not be satisfied with the status quo, it must be the first navy in the world to have aircraft carriers." ”
Wang Chengliang nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the aircraft carrier design drawings you got from the world over there at the Star Gate, although they are relatively backward, they have provided us with some good ideas for major shipyards, and I believe that the day when the Royal Navy of our Tang Empire will have aircraft carriers will not be too far away." ”