Soon, the topic of the three young people shifted to a new round of changes in military technology and military thinking that began after the end of the last war and culminated in the last five years.

"To be honest, sometimes we have to admire the guts and courage of the Japanese!" Hao Dongjue's personality is very straightforward, he can hate Japan to the core, and at the same time will recognize the enemy's advantages. "With the lessons of the last Great War, Japan has come to realize that in the traditional sphere they can never be an opponent of the Imperial Navy. In the Battle of Basho Island, the First Fleet not only severely damaged Japan's most powerful home fleet, but also deprived the Japanese Navy of the opportunity to return to the ocean, forcing Japan to be the first to withdraw from the war, allowing the empire to concentrate its forces on pacifying the South Sea, and finally almost completely annihilated the multinational combined fleet in the Bay of Bengal Campaign, regained control of the Indian Ocean, and made an expedition to the Atlantic, allowing the Western powers to sit down and sign an armistice treaty with us. Sadly, however, the Empire was not able to win. What is even more hateful is that the Imperial Navy is even more superstitious about those capital ships, and does not realize at all that future naval warfare is already the world of battleships again! ”

Seeing Hao Dongjue's impassioned and indignant look, Tan Renhao and Chang Jianxin couldn't help laughing, but both of them laughed bitterly.

Hao Dongjue's words not only reflect the Imperial Navy's increased reliance on battleships as a weapon of decisive battle at sea after the last war, but also reflect the deep-rooted conservative thinking of the Imperial Navy for hundreds of years. As the most powerful navy in the world, as the hegemon of the Eastern Seas, the Imperial Navy is mostly tasked with safeguarding the Empire's maritime interests and the security of its overseas territories. In order to ensure the maritime interests of the Empire, more than a hundred years ago, the Imperial Navy issued the "Two Powers Principle", that is, the strength of the Imperial Navy should be maintained above the total strength of the two strongest opponents, and it should be able to defeat the two most powerful opponents at the same time, and ensure that it is undefeated! For this "two-power principle", the Imperial Navy has always maintained a huge scale, and at its peak, the Imperial Navy had hundreds of capital warships, and the footprints of the Imperial Navy remained on every ocean in the world. Until the last World War, the Imperial Navy maintained this principle, and became the last major force in the Empire to force the Western powers to end the war. However, this also brings an extremely prominent problem, that is, the Imperial Navy is extremely conservative in its thinking, and if any new technology or tactic cannot prove its full correctness, then the Imperial Navy will never adopt it.

The conservative thinking is vividly embodied in the Imperial Navy, especially in terms of technological innovation, because relying on strong human resources and high-quality naval officers and men, the Imperial Navy will never easily adopt any new technology. Almost all of the technological revolutions that had a major impact on naval warfare did not begin with the Imperial Navy, such as rear-loading line boring guns, steam-powered warships, and even aircraft carriers, which were not first invented and equipped by the Imperial Navy. However, it is undeniable that the Imperial Navy has a strong strength in technological research, and with the Empire's strong industrial power, if any new technology is determined to be sufficient to determine the dominance of the seas, then the Imperial Navy can catch up with and surpass any of its opponents in a very short time. For example, the world's first modern battleship "Chang'an" was built by the Empire, and the Imperial Navy also gained maritime supremacy for nearly half a century.

Unfortunately, the results of the last great war made the Empire even more superstitious about the two giants of the sea, battleships and battlecruisers, and missed the new round of naval warfare revolution that had already begun. Ostensibly, the Imperial Navy also began construction of three Fast Fleet aircraft carriers, and it was a brand new aircraft carrier built directly after the completion of the first experimental aircraft carrier, rather than being converted with other warships. However, after Tan Renhao learned about the "Emperor" class aircraft carrier in detail, he had already discovered that the first-class fast fleet aircraft carrier built by the empire had many flaws, some of which were even fatal!

"Ren Hao, if it's the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet, I'm afraid Marshal Sajeting will let us give the Japanese a little color!" Hao Dongjue put his feet down and said a little excitedly, "Maybe, we will also have a joint naval and air exercise with the Japanese, and when the time comes, we can let Little Japan know who is the best!" ”

"It's possible, but I don't think it's that simple!" Tan Renhao picked up a cigarette, but after hesitating, he didn't light it, "Lao Chang, what do you think of that exercise half a year ago?" ”

Chang Jianxin was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly. "That was a disgrace to the First Fleet, and although the results of the exercise were not announced, the First Fleet was a complete failure. For half a year, the First Fleet has been training in the Bohai Bay, and I heard that the first thing the newly appointed General Pei Yuming did after taking office was to order several hundred anti-aircraft guns, and then let all the main warships of the fleet return to port in rotation for refitting. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, this bit of information is enough, obviously in front of the bombers of the Army Airlines, the First Fleet is almost vulnerable, otherwise Vice Admiral Pei Yuming has no reason to spend money to buy hundreds of anti-aircraft guns to arm the First Fleet, which is already so strong that it has no opponent.

"Chang, you mean that the First Fleet lost to the Army Airlines?" Hao Dongjue jumped up from his chair, "No wonder, General Bu Xinghai was the biggest contributor to the Battle of Bazheng Island, without his decisive command at the most critical moment, maybe we would have lost the last war." However, the punishment of transferring him to an idle place is a bit too severe, right? ”

Chang Zhixin smiled bitterly and shook his head. "It's not bad, almost all the officers of the staff of the First Fleet have been demoted, and even we, ordinary officers, have been implicated. I heard that Marshal Saditin scolded his mother when he returned to the headquarters after attending a banquet held after the exercise, and then appointed Vice Admiral Pei Yuming to thoroughly investigate the cause of the 'fiasco' of the First Fleet. Hey—"

Tan Renhao frowned slightly. "So, those bastards in the army are making fun of the marshal again?"

"Is there any other possibility? However, this can make the officers of the First Fleet miserable, I heard that more than 100 people have been directly dismissed, and those who have been left behind have lost the opportunity to continue to be promoted, otherwise, why should I come to the Fifth Fleet? ”

The room fell silent, and Tan Renhao's mood became more complicated.