While Xie Chaoqun and other new flight students were looking forward to the blue sky, some people were doing the same thing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe aftermath of the European war a few years ago has not yet passed, and the shock that the powerful Tang army has given to European countries is difficult to settle. The small but elite and terrifying Tang army destroyed any enemy who dared to block in front of them, whether it was the ironclad torrent of the Tang army and the flying demonic beasts, which gave the Europeans a lot of shock.

After the war, the British put away a little complacency about their rapid technological progress, and honestly began to pretend to be their grandson, begging their grandfather to tell their grandmother to import all the weapons they could import from the Tang Dynasty for research and even equipping themselves.

The development of armored forces and aviation has become a trend in the future development of the European powers, but in terms of navy, the Europeans have not yet grasped the real trend, naval officers are obsessed with the battleships and cruisers of the Tang Navy, which have strong firepower and amazing speed, and the British Royal Navy, the French Navy, the Spanish Navy, the Italian Navy, the German Navy and even the Russians, whose navy is not very developed, are all shouting with red eyes, build ships, build more battleships and cruisers.

And the Datang Navy is also happy to mislead these peers to a wrong path, and even for this reason, Datang has also opened up newer warships to the foreign trade arms market.

The British ordered three Bellerophon-class battleships from Datang with a large sum of money, the first two of which were built by Datang Shipyard and the latter at Plymouth Shipyard in England. This type of battleship has a standard row of 18,800 tons, a full row of 22,359 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and the main gun uses 10 5-seat twin/45 times the diameter 12-inch main gun, with a thick armor belt. The Bellerophon class has completely surpassed the Hawaii class, the first generation battleship of the Tang Dynasty, but it still cannot be compared with the Australian-class battleships with a displacement of 24,000 tons and 360 mm guns.

Relations between France and England had already been reconciled after the war and were rapidly approaching, so the French did not buy ships better than the British. Under the premise that Datang is open to the export of some important equipment, the French designed the Burgundy-class battleship by themselves, with a full load displacement of only 16,000 tons, but it is also the largest warship built by the French themselves.

Germany, as Datang's main ally in Europe, has some advantages in acquiring Datang weapons, and the Hawaii-class battleships, which have been serving in the Datang Army for 20 years, are already facing retirement. At the moment when technology is developing too fast, the Hawaii-class can no longer keep up with other Datang cutting-edge warships. Among the Datang capital ships, 2 Australia-class and 6 Siam-class ships are all at 27 knots; The speed of the 40,280-ton Mexican-class battleship, which has already entered service with 2 ships and a total of 10 planned ships, has been increased to 31.5 knots. The speed of the newly built cruisers and frigates is more than 30 knots, and the Hawaiian class of the aging dragon bell is no longer suitable for the Tang Dynasty.

But in Europe, the Hawaiian class is still full of deterrence. The German Ministry of Defense has reached an agreement with Datang that the two Hawaiian-class battleships will be transferred to the German High Seas Fleet by 1802, and the transfer fee will be relatively favorable.

Spain, Italy and Russia have also ordered warships of different designs in Datang, and the successful and unsuccessful designs of Datang shipbuilding designers were thrown out to these guys. The design performance of the capital ships of these three countries is not comparable to the British Royal Navy's Bellerophon class, and it is smaller than the Burgundy class of the French, with a displacement of between 10,000-15,000 tons, which is roughly equivalent to the level of Datang's heavy cruisers, but the main gun is 305 mm, and the armor belt is thicker than that of the Datang Navy heavy cruiser, and of course the speed is between 18 knots and 21 knots.

Even second-rate countries in Europe, such as Sweden and Denmark, and Datang's allies and younger countries in South America, have concentrated on purchasing warships ranging from one or two thousand tons of frigates to nearly 10,000 tons of large warships from Datang during this time period. In terms of price, it is not actually affordable, and it is not a cheat. The main reason is that the level of warships provided by Datang is relatively high, and many countries think that the combat power is comparable to that of Datang's active warships and is very advanced, so they are willing to grit their teeth and pay for silver. It's just that they are relatively lacking in information, and the Datang Navy is updating and expanding extremely fast, and the newly launched warships are no longer on the same level as those warships in the European war.

I have to say that this wave of countries around the world purchasing warships from Datang has made Datang shipbuilding industry make a lot of money. The number of purchases by the Datang Navy itself is very amazing, and there is a booming civilian ship business, many shipyards have taken advantage of this opportunity to expand, and there is even a shortage of production capacity. After the unification of the Tang Dynasty, the layout of the shipbuilding industry in the coastal areas of China was also to cope with this huge demand.

During this period, the Navy also intends to sell old warships and replace new ones. During this period, the military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty was very abundant, and the navy's budget for equipment replacement alone in the 1800 fiscal year was as high as 1.005 billion Tang yuan. However, the cost of warships of the Datang Navy has also increased greatly, even the construction cost reduction capacity of Datang Shipbuilding is also very strong, and the actual tonnage cost is much lower than that during World War II.

For example, the Texas-class aircraft carrier (45,000 tons), which is becoming the core ship of the Datang fleet, does not include carrier-based aircraft, and the cost is as high as 42 million Tang Yuan, which is the annual financial income of many medium-sized European countries, and Datang has to start construction of one or two Texas-class aircraft carriers every year. The cost of a heavy patrol of about 16,700 tons also fluctuated between more than 20 million and 30 million Tang Yuan. As for the Mexican-class battleships in the early 40,000-ton range, the cost is 80 million, or the price of building a large number of equally.

So when the Mexican level was planned, there were still many people who opposed it. But the main reason why the last ten Mexican-class ships were passed was that the budget was so much, you don't use it to build battleships, what else can you build? Do you build aircraft carriers, according to research, even if you build dozens of aircraft carriers, manpower expenditure is a big problem, and each fleet of Datang has several aircraft carriers can already achieve sea dominance. The deterrent effect used to build battleships is better, and it does not make people feel that Datang has given up battleships as its core combat power.

Of course, the most important point is that if you don't build battleships, you don't seem to know what to build, so can you still get the money back? It would be difficult to take the money out of your pocket if you put it in your pocket, so if you don't build a battleship, you won't build it. The giant ship artillery elements in the navy also hope that Datang can maintain the complete strength of battleships in decisive battles, even if Datang has already focused on the development of aircraft carriers.

Under the trend of renewal, the Navy not only plans to sell Hawaii-class battleships, but also Dingyuan-class heavy cruisers with less than 10,000 tons, and relatively build more new heavy cruisers like the Shenyang-class to replace them. In the frigate class, the Free Wind has long been sold, the Rainstorm class, which is less than 3,000 tons, has also been put on sale label, and the Switchgear class, which is beloved by the navy, is being built at full capacity. (To be continued.) )