Chapter 135: Distribution Plan
In order to make room for new warships, the main force of the independent fleet that had been stationed in Huifeng Port was all transferred out of the port of Huifeng Port, but after Su Yi manifested the many warships in the system goods warehouse, almost all the berths in Huifeng Port, which was the largest military port in the former Cangyu Empire, were occupied by warships.
There is no shortage of naval officers and sailors for these new warships, and Su Yi has already transferred eight marine brigades.
Subsequently, Su Yi, Wang Chengliang, and Zhang Qihui began to study the issue of the distribution of these warships, and the three of them discussed until late at night on 17 January, and only then did they preliminarily decide on a set of distribution plans.
The independent fleet of the Su Jiajun is about to be renamed the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and there will be five main fleets, and Wang Chengliang will be the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
The capital ships of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will include twelve Queen Elizabeth-class super dreadnought battleships, ten Bavaria-class super dreadnought battleships, four Kong-class battlecruisers, and four Prestige-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will include ten Ise-class super dreadnought battleships, ten Iron Duke-class super dreadnought battleships, and ten Tiger-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will include eight Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships, eight New Mexico-class super dreadnought battleships, and eight Lion-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will include eight King-class dreadnought battleships, eight Giant-class dreadnought battleships, and seven Florida-class dreadnought battleships.
The capital ships of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will include eleven Edward VII-class dreadnought battleships, twelve Lord Nelson-class dreadnought-class dreadnought-class battleships, eleven Brunswick-class dreadnought-class dreadnought-worthy battleships, and eight Connecticut-class dreadnought-class dreadnought-worthy battleships.
The main fleet of the five Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will also be equipped with one armored cruiser formation, two light cruiser formations and four destroyer formations.
An armored cruiser formation will have more than five large armored cruisers or small and medium-sized armored cruisers, a light cruiser formation will have more than eight light cruisers, and a destroyer formation will have more than eight destroyers.
In addition, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will also set up a separate submarine force, which will have 60 Type VIIC submarines.
After the reorganization, the capital ships of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will include twelve Nevada-class super dreadnought battleships, five super dreadnought battleships captured by the Sharad Navy, and eight Lion-class battlecruisers.
The capital ships of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will include eleven Earl Cavour-class dreadnought battleships, eleven Lone-class dreadnought-class battleships, and six Lion-class battlecruisers.
The capital ship of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire consists of twenty-two Jizi-class dreadnought battleships, three of which are from the original Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire.
The capital ship of the Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire is composed of twenty-five Huzi-class former dreadnought battleships, five of which are from the original Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire.
The four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will also be equipped with one armored cruiser formation, two light cruiser formations, and four destroyer formations.
Among the independent fleet, the original Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, and the Royal Navy of the former Cangyu Empire, there were still twenty-six old ironclad battleships, and according to Su Yi's idea, these twenty-six old ironclad battleships were directly scrapped.
However, at the suggestion of Wang Chengliang and Zhang Qihui, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will use these 26 ironclad battleships, as well as some old armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, as well as more than 50 gunboats and more than 100 torpedo boats, to form a number of small garrison fleets.
After determining the distribution plan, Su Yi said to Wang Chengliang and Zhang Qihui: "The upcoming Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has many officers and soldiers from the Royal Navy of the former Cangyu Empire, and among the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire after the reorganization, there are also many officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy of the former Purple Moon Empire. ”
On the afternoon of January 18, in a two-story building at the dock of Haixing Port, the second largest military port of the Purple Moon Empire, Huang Tai'an, the current commander of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, said to Liu Yongcheng, the Minister of the Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, with a resentful expression: "My lord, that Su Yi is too bullying, and he didn't even meet the four of our fleet commanders, so he directly masturbated the four of us. ”
Zhou Quan, the current commander of the Second Fleet, followed and said to Liu Yongcheng: "My lord, Su Yi is indeed a bit too much to do this, the four of us have worked hard for so many years, even if we have no merit, you have to say a fair word for the four of us!" ”
Liu Ying, the commander of the Third Fleet, and Gu En, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, both nodded, and their faces were also full of resentment at this time.
Navy Minister Liu Yongcheng smiled bitterly and said: "Her Majesty the Empress has handed over the matter of reorganizing the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire to Duke Su Yi with full authority, and for the four of you to be dismissed, I have actually argued with Duke Su Yi on reason, but ......"
The commander of the First Fleet, Huang Tai'an, frowned and asked, "But what?" What did Su Yi say? ”
Navy Minister Liu Yongcheng shook his head and said with a sigh: "Duke Su Yi said that a large number of warships in the independent fleet are about to be returned to the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, and with the ability of the four of you, it is not enough to command such a huge fleet. ”
At this time, Liu Ying, the commander of the Third Fleet, snorted coldly and said, "My lord, then I don't know how many warships Su Yi will assign to the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire?" And how many super dreadnoughts and how many battle cruisers can be classified? ”
Navy Minister Liu Yongcheng suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Duke Su Yi just sent a telegram to this official this morning, which is the establishment of the four main fleets and six garrison fleets of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy in the future, this official will read it to you, the first fleet of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy will have seventeen super dreadnought battleships and eight battle cruisers......"
As Liu Yongcheng read out the contents of the telegram bit by bit, the faces of the four fleet commanders of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire became more and more shocked.
After Liu Yongcheng finished reading the establishment of the future four main fleets and six garrison fleets of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy, Huang Tai'an, the commander of the First Fleet, couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said: "Su Yi's hand is inevitably too big, according to this establishment, only the capital ships that the four fleets lack, Su Yi needs to transfer seventeen super dreadnought battleships, fourteen battle cruisers, forty-one dreadnought battleships and twenty former dreadnought battleships from the independent fleet, is Su Yi really so generous? Incorporated most of the main forces of the Independent Fleet into our Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy? ”
Gu En, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, immediately sighed and said: "Su Yi, where can he be called generous, after so many warships of the independent fleet are incorporated into our Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy, our Royal Navy will actually be the same as the sixty newly formed infantry divisions of the Royal Army, completely surnamed Su!" ”
Navy Minister Liu Yongcheng hesitated for a moment, and then said to the four fleet commanders: "I'll tell you one thing, anyway, you should know sooner or later that the independent fleet will be renamed the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire after allocating those warships to our Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, and the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will include fifty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty-six battle cruisers, twenty-three dreadnought battleships and forty-two former dreadnought battleships. ”
"What? How is this possible? ”
"Your Excellency, you're not kidding, are you?"
"Oh my God! How could the Separate Fleet have seventy-five super-dreadnought battleships and forty battlecruisers? ”
"It can't be! Now the number of super dreadnought battleships of all the naval powers in the world has not reached seventy-five! ”
The four fleet commanders of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire couldn't believe their ears, according to the Minister of the Navy Liu Yongcheng said, the strength of the independent fleet has been far behind the world's No. 1 Royal Navy of Yingluoba by several streets, and even with the world's second, third, and fourth navies, they may not be able to surpass Su Yi's independent fleet in strength.
Navy Minister Liu Yongcheng then said in a deep voice: "There is no need for Duke Su Yi to lie to his official in this matter, the reorganization of our Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire is imminent, and now the four of you have two choices, one is to serve as the commander of a certain garrison fleet, and the other is to enter the naval officer school established by Duke Su Yi to study." ”
Huang Tai'an, commander of the First Fleet, immediately asked, "My lord, how long do you need to study at the Naval Officer Academy, and where will we go after completing our studies?" ”
"The study time is half a year, and after the end of the study, specific positions will be assigned according to the results of the assessment, but when assigning positions, the resumes of the four of you who have served as fleet commanders will be considered, and at least you will be arranged to serve as the commander of a formation."
The four fleet commanders of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy looked at each other, their faces were a little lighter, although Su Yi relieved them of their duties, he also left them a way out.
Then the commander of the First Fleet, Huang Tai'an, shook his head and said: "I'm almost fifty years old this year, so I won't go to any naval officer school to study, it seems that I can only go to one garrison fleet, fortunately, each garrison fleet has two ironclad battleships, and there is no problem in dealing with pirates." ”
The other three fleet commanders of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Navy hesitated a little and chose to be the commander of a certain garrison fleet.
Gu En, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, suddenly sighed and said: "Actually, our Royal Navy is still lucky, at least all the officers and soldiers can stay in the Royal Navy, I heard that Su Yi is going to reorganize the remaining twenty-two infantry regiments of the Royal Army into forty infantry divisions, then millions of people will have to be reduced, especially many officers of the Royal Army, will be laid off." ”