In the adjustment of the global deployment of the Tang Army, the adjustment of the deployment of the Navy is not large, but it has also increased to a certain extent. www.biquge.info The actual direction of operations of the Datang Navy in Europe is divided into the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and they are unified under the North Atlantic Fleet. The North Atlantic Fleet was divided into two sub-fleets in actual combat, one south and one north. In both the North Sea and the Mediterranean, the Datang Navy maintains as many as 4 battleships and 4 aircraft carriers, which are sufficient to deal with decisive naval battles and ground strikes of a certain intensity.

By the end of 1807, among the capital ships of the Tang Dynasty, a total of 18 battleships and 21 aircraft carriers had been completed. The fact that Datang could not withdraw battleships from the fleets of Europe would make it very clear to Europeans that Datang no longer valued battleships. For example, Datang deployed four Mexican-class battleships with a displacement of 40,000 tons across the English Channel, which already gave the British a great sense of threat, and invested in building more powerful battleships to deal with it.

The imaginary enemy of the battleships in the Mediterranean was mainly the capital ships of Italy, France, and Spain, and the warships they developed were one size lighter than those of the British Royal Navy, and Spain only developed three battleships of more than 15,000 tons in the first class, and Italy and France were slightly better, but they were all 10,000 tons or 20,000 tons, and the number was only four or five. Although the number of battleships deployed in the Mediterranean Sea by Datang is less than that of France, Italy and Spain, its combat capability is stronger than that of these battleships of at least one generation of the weak Datang Navy.

The Datang Navy completed the construction of ten Mexican-class battleships, but it did not stop the continued development of battleships. The actual effect of a battleship is less than the effectiveness of several aircraft carriers that can be built at the same cost. It seems that more aircraft carriers are more useful for Datang. But in reality, aircraft carriers require more personnel and are more expensive for routine maintenance. Moreover, Datang is taking the development path of a supercarrier, and the aircraft carriers are getting bigger and bigger, so a fleet only needs a limited number of aircraft carriers to be able to achieve results, and it is not really that the more the better.

After 14 45,000-ton Texas-class, four 65,000-ton Liaoning-class ships have also been built. The next Datang Navy will be the Hubei-class aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 82,000 tons. As long as one such aircraft carrier is able to do what two or three light aircraft carriers would have done.

And the real role of the battleships of the Datang Navy is, in fact, more important at the level of psychological deterrence. Compared with the 10 Mexican-class, the 14 Tex-class aircraft carriers, which are actually larger in tonnage, have always received more attention around the world than the Mexican-class. Even after the Istanbul War, Datang's use of aircraft carriers was interpreted more by European countries as an extension of sea attacks on land, rather than thinking that aircraft carriers would have stronger maritime strike capabilities and replace battleships as the core of the fleet. Many traditional European generals believed that even if an aircraft carrier could carry a large number of carrier-based aircraft, if it attacked a battleship, the actual combat effect would be very limited.

It's not that no one sees the real trend, but the traditional conservative navy is still more.

Deng Xiyi, the commander of the Tang Navy, was already gray-haired, he was the commander of the navy from the time of Zhao Daling, until the last term of Bai Nan's twenty-year term.

Looking at the huge battleship being outfitted in the dock, Deng Xiyi took off his military hat, the sea breeze stirred his white hair, and he sighed: "This is the last shift I gave to Datang Station, and the battleship in front of me may also be the last traditional battleship built by the Datang Navy." ”

Liang Yuping, chief of staff of the Navy, said: "Our navy has built these two big guys, but it has been under tremendous pressure, and the successful launch of these two big guys is due to the efforts of the commander." ”

Deng Xiyi said with a smile: "I don't know how correct this choice is, it's a pity that we may not be able to verify it, because the strength of Datang, the strength of the Datang Navy gives us such room for error, the construction of two 70,000-ton battleships, even if it is a mistake in decision-making, will not drag the Datang Navy to lose to anyone, we are still the overlord of the sea." ”

Liang Yuping said: "After all, it is a super battleship with a cost of up to 150 million, although it has swallowed a lot of military expenses of our navy, but it is already enough to write about such a battleship in history, which symbolizes the strength of our national strength and navy." ”

The battleship that Deng Xiyi and Liang Yuping were outfitting in front of them was called the Yamato-class battleship. It was named according to the naming rules of the Datang battleships, and was named after the names of overseas territories and sovereign regions. Japan is the overseas territory of Datang, so it is natural to be able to obtain a ship name. The second ship was the Joseon, and the name of this type of battleship came from East Asia.

In fact, such an important and huge battleship, many people felt that the name should not be given to the Japanese. But I don't know what motivates some people, these two battleships are still called the Yamato-class.

There was an analogue of the Yamato-class in the other plane, three triple 460-mm heavy guns, the thickness of the armor belt reached 400 mm, and the maximum speed was 31 knots. This is somewhat similar to Yamato in the other plane, but there are certain differences. For example, the armor is slightly thinner, and the overall design is more compact, which refers more to the theory of fluid mechanics. A gas turbine with greater efficiency is used, making it very fast.

It can be said that just such a battleship Yamato was able to single-handedly torture all the battleships in Europe. But this is also difficult to hide that the construction of the Yamato-class has a strong cottage feeling from the beginning, as well as the embarrassment of the actual status, mainly to show off the industrial capacity of the Tang Dynasty, rather than paying more attention to the war. Perhaps there are many naval officers who built the ship and are confident that they will shape this ship into an invincible elite meritorious ship of the successful Datang Navy, but in fact, the top brass of the Datang Navy themselves privately admitted that the main purpose of the two Yamato-class battleships is to make the Europeans work harder and waste money on the development of battleships.

But the navy still hopes more, the ship's personnel will be a good mascot, and the Yamato will visit some areas after it is put into service, mainly with Datang's overseas territories, so that everyone in the world will know that Datang has created such a giant, and it is very unwise for the navies of European countries to challenge Datang's sea power. (To be continued.) )