The occurrence of the Zheng family blockade incident has always affected the hearts of the people left behind in the entire Chang'an base, everyone comes from the same time and space, just like a family, and no one wants to see anyone have an accident. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But apart from worrying, everyone can't do anything at all.

Australia currently has two ships, one is the steel giant ship Perfect with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons, and the other is the Yangtze River No. 1 wooden cargo ship that has been converted into a captured ship.

The reason for this is that this ship is too old, according to Lin Wendong's conservative estimate, it will not be able to sail in the open sea after two years of service at most, and a military ship will serve for two years, which is absolutely unacceptable to the navy.

In addition, Lin Wendong intends to withdraw from the steam sailing ship with a displacement of 1,000 tons, which is definitely much better than the Yangtze River No. 1 in terms of size and maneuverability, so the naval department decisively gave up the Yangtze River No. 1 and directly ordered the upgraded Yangtze River No. 2, which has not yet been fully formed.

The order was placed, but it would take at least a year or so to complete the specific construction, and the materials, steam engines, and personnel needed to be in place to build, but after this incident, Wang Tiehammer deeply realized the importance of the ship.

In particular, the number of warships that can be mobilized at any time determines the success or failure of a war, and it is no wonder that in later generations, the United States built more than a dozen aircraft carrier battle groups stationed all over the world, and as long as its interests were impacted, the aircraft carrier battle group would immediately swim to the doorstep of others.

Although this behavior is a bit shameful, but it is also definitely a symbol of strength, many times strength determines everything, Australia needs to have absolute strength in Daming and Southeast Asia, just relying on a perfect number is not enough.

Theoretically speaking, in addition to undertaking transportation tasks, the Perfect also needs to undertake defensive and offensive tasks, and its multiplicity will also increase its burden.

The sea passage is the lifeline of Australia, Australia is surrounded by the sea, it can be said that there is no natural enemy on land, the enemy is all from the sea, and Australia's industrial exports also need to be transported by ship.

The importance of import and export trade to Australia is self-evident, and an absolutely safe route is a must be guaranteed by the Australian Federation.

Sun Yang pointed out in the report that at least two to three naval vessels should be stationed in Hong Kong, and two to three ships should be stationed near Manila or Batavia at the same time to ensure the absolute safety of the route from Australia to Daming.

This seems to be a good proposal, but it is full of difficulties, mainly in the sea area from Manila to Batavia, where the biggest forces are Spain and the Netherlands, followed by Portugal and England, and it is not so easy for Australia to squeeze in and get a piece of the pie.

Of course, it is not entirely impossible, the Spaniards are on the decline, crushed by the newly rising Dutch, and the two sides are at odds on several borders, and as for Portugal and England, these two forces in the region are not too big to be allies.

The Portuguese in Macau had signed a transport agreement with Australia, and on this point alone he would definitely stand with Australia, and the most difficult thing to deal with at the moment was the Dutch, the most powerful presence in the region, and even the Spaniards did not take much advantage of them.

In fact, the most critical point of the problem is to return to the warship, Australia needs warships, a fleet capable of fighting, and high-speed warships can allow Australia's warships to support back and forth between various points and play a role in coordinated operations.

So stationing two or three warships in various places was actually enough to deter the Dutch, and although the artillery used by the Dutch was one of the most advanced military weapons of this century, it was still far from Australia's.

At present, the development of local urbanization has just begun, and the permanent population is less than 2,000.

The question is raised, and there is no need to think that it is certain that the construction of the base requires construction materials, and the current local building materials are not enough, and it is somewhat unrealistic to build multiple bases at the same time.

However, as the supreme person in charge of the Navy, Wang Tiehammer still prefers to build three to five more warships, and it is not impossible to build three to five warships at the same time within a year.

According to the plan provided by Lin Wendong, in fact, you can learn the idea of module construction, that is, each component is subcontracted out and provided by other countries, and the key parts are built by Australia, and finally only need to be transported to Australia for assembly.

How likely is this method, in fact, it is quite large, the Netherlands and Spain are both shipbuilding countries, shipyards have many experienced workers, as long as Australia provides drawings, let them build parts according to the drawings, which can not only save time, but also shorten the construction period, for the completion of the Navy Department proposed a one-year construction plan can even be completed ahead of schedule.

At the executive committee, Lin Wendong said his own construction plan and provided it to everyone for reference, and they all knew about this not very new modular construction group, which was what shipbuilding did in the previous time and space, and the parts and components were built and provided by various factories, and finally assembled in the dock.

Basically, everyone agreed to the plan provided by Lin Wendong, but the specific thing is still to be effective, so that the shipbuilding can indeed be built faster, but there is a disadvantage that the materials used may be different, and it is not known whether there will be problems with the practicality and performance of the whole ship.

Therefore, some members of the Executive Committee reserved their opinions, hoping to build a ship out to see, and at the same time the local shipyards should also carry out their own shipbuilding work, the development of shipbuilding industry is the foundation of Australia, which is one of the basic national policies, the future at least in a few hundred years, Australia is in need of a strong maritime force, which must have a wealth of shipbuilding experience to accumulate skilled workers training.

The development of the shipbuilding industry is not as simple as building warships, and more importantly, the future development of Australia is inseparable from the transportation of ships, and it is also inseparable from a strong navy, so the training of skilled workers is equally important, because the members of the executive committee know that shipbuilding is a type of work with technology accumulation, and it is not a time and a half to complete the replication plan of the original space-time ship.