With this fleet, whether it is a quick sortie to pursue the enemy, or to patrol the sea, it can reach the maximum speed, which can greatly make up for the gap in maritime strength caused by the large number of warships and warships sold and decommissioned by the large number of warships and warships of the Huaxia Army, as well as the large number of ships sunk, destroyed, or destroyed by man-made disasters and accidents.

If the control of the Chinese naval division within 100 nautical miles of the sea during its heyday was 150 percent, then when the defense line was expanded to Baodao Prefecture and Qiongdao, 500 nautical miles away from the land line, the strength dropped to 110 percent, because at this time there were more warships, although many of them were old warships and warships that were about to be decommissioned.

When the Huaxia Navy Division handed over the coastal defense line to the coastal Navy Division garrison, this strength was enhanced, because all the fleets advanced a few hundred nautical miles, although the number of warships dropped from more than 6,000 to more than 4,000, but they were all carefully selected and the remaining elites, and the fleet was reasonably distributed, the old guarded ports patrolled near the shore, the older ones patrolled the route between the two ports, the newer warship fleet patrolled at a distance, and there was always a fleet on duty in nearby ports. If something happens, you can drive over at full speed to solve the problem, meet or cover the retreat of your patrol fleet.

At this time, the sea area that the fleet can blockade is almost seven or eight hundred nautical miles, and although there are problems in the connection between the fleets in some places, and there are certainly loopholes, at least the enemy cannot bypass the coast of China and some important sea areas and sea passages that should be managed by China.

When Zhang Qiang cut off some old pirates of the naval division in order to save military expenses, and implemented new sailors and naval division officers who graduated from military academies, it was also the most peaceful and stable time in the Chinese seas, and he usually laid off thousands of people and more than 100 warships a year, and later there was the war of the Lu State, and the First Fleet bought more than 300 of their warships in order to support the Lu State, and then the Lu State fought Japan, and transferred some old warships from other places to sell them.

After that, the Zheng family bought warships and warships, went to Australia, and also sold some warships and warships to them, and also sold them a lot of retired merchant ships and warships, and then formed the fifth and sixth fleets, and began to completely eliminate the old warships and warships, so the number decreased sharply, and now the warships of the entire Huaxia Navy Division are less than 1,500.

The garrison of the Yangtze River Naval Division, the First Fleet, and the Second Fleet, together there were only 900 warships, and the Third Fleet had the most, 600 ships, and lost dozens of them in battle, and the battleships in the trench gate realm lost dozens more, and they were transferred to Palawan Island to station, and another 300 ships, and now the Third Fleet has only 1780 search warships and warships.

Everything else is repaired at the shipyard.

The Fourth Fleet, the Fifth Fleet, plus captured and wounded warships, were no more than 300 warships. In fact, there are less than 120 patrol ships and two fleets that can go to war, but now the Fifth Fleet has also been abolished, and all of them are owned by the Fourth Fleet, and the Third Fleet is divided into two to help the Fourth Fleet defend the South China Sea.

The total strength of the army is only more than 400 ships, which is just enough to meet the needs of garrisoning and daily patrols.

On the other hand, the speed of the battleships and warships that have been seriously injured on daily patrols is definitely not good, and they have to hide in the event of strong winds and waves, and the time and scope of patrols are shorter, and the strength of the Huaxia Navy Division has dropped to 65 percent of the original after adding new warships.

It can only maintain patrols, and it is impossible to draw out warships to concentrate on combat.

However, the strength of the new warship can still defeat the enemy when the enemy comes to invade, and it can reach the battlefield at a very fast speed, and the cruising speed of ordinary eight knots is two knots higher than the previous cruising speed of five to six knots, which is equivalent to covering at least five nautical miles of sea surface per hour.

In addition, there are frigates, such ships as clippers that convey orders, communicate and communicate everywhere, and can maintain a speed of twelve knots all the time, and can hold themselves for thousands of miles on the sea, without going ashore.

But there was something urgent, and it could soar to a speed of fifteen knots, and the frigate became a liaison ship for several fleets and the coast, a new transport ship.

It only takes a little over three days to get from Japan to Manila, and at most four days to arrive.

For the Huaxia Army, if they can get the news early, they can intercept the incoming enemy at sea.

The new warships arrived from the coast of Japan or China in only six days.

If it is to intercept the enemy, it will be almost three to four days to intercept the enemy at sea.

What's more, Zhang Qiang is still continuing to let the shipyard manufacture the third batch of new warships, the third batch of seventy-two, after expanding the production capacity, with the number of skills, four months later, Zhang Qiang can get seventy-two new warships and frigates.

Compared with the backward sail warships, the battleships equipped with iron sheets are not only fast, have high defensive power, have more guns, and have a fast rate of fire, but can also push the defensive area nearly 100 nautical miles more, and a small number of warships and frigates can form the combat effectiveness and deterrence of their double or triple the number of old warships and warships.

All this was proved in previous naval battles, in which only thirty-seven battleships and frigates defeated an enemy of nearly two or three hundred.

It lost only five of its own ships, and only two of them were sunk. Three ships were severely damaged, this is inevitable, more than 100 nautical miles of sea, about every moment there are nearly 200 warships and warships chasing in formation, the artillery fire is dense and collide with each other in the air, no matter how small the frigate's hull is, how fast it is, but the hull of more than 180 tons can not dodge all the shells like a dexterous little girl walking through the artillery fire, because its speed is relative.

If Zhang Qiang hadn't let the fleet pass directly through the enemy, every time it passed through the enemy's flank, or a corner of the flank, it would have been possible to avoid being blocked by more ships, or restricting movement, and the losses might have been even greater, except for the five ships that were heavily damaged, in fact, the sails and masts of the other ships had not fallen well, and after many ships returned, the masts and canvases had to be replaced again.

In fact, nearly 1,000 warships and warships took part in that battle, 400 on their own side, more than 600 on the enemy side, and some later joined.

The battle was completed in several times, otherwise six hundred to seven hundred warships rushed up with the warships, and thirty-seven warships and warships would not be able to escape if they could not beat them, at least.

However, now that the entire sea area wants to concentrate such a large-scale fleet, there is only one Huaxia Kingdom.

Therefore, Zhang Qiang put more than 20 ships in each fleet, which can basically protect the sea area of the Huaxia Kingdom, plus the speed of the frigate, the entire sea area is interconnected, or the speed of transmitting information on the entire sea is faster, and the mobilization of troops and horses to encircle the enemy, but it can be done in a week, in the past, it took half a month just to hurry, and it took more than a week or two to get to the nearest and fastest.

Using one hundred and fifty-five new warships to defend the waters of the Huaxia Kingdom can basically achieve the effect achieved by the previous four thousand warships and warships, and it is even more powerful.

Because of speed, firepower, defense.

At least three times more performance than the previous battleship.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest intelligence from Shaanxi and Gansu Prefecture." When Zhang Qiang was estimating whether the new warships could replace thousands of backward warships and warships to protect the coastline, the military attache of the Military Intelligence Department knocked on the door, pushed the door in, and put a piece of information on Zhang Qiang's desk.

(End of chapter)