Jiao Qiang, the new commander-in-chief of the Navy, is not young, and now he is nearly seventy years old, after Deng Xiyi retired, only Jiao Qiang has enough qualifications and abilities in the navy, and the call for him to take over the navy within the National Revolution is also relatively high, so his succession can be regarded as expected. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Hu Fakui's expectations for him are also very high, after all, the EU is now engaged in a naval arms race with great fanfare, and Datang cannot afford to lose momentum. He hoped that after Jiao Qiang took office, he would burn three fires and inject greater vitality into the navy. Surprisingly, however, Jiao Qiang's development plan for the navy was much more conservative than his predecessor Deng Xiyi. Deng Xiyi is known for constantly pushing forward the replacement of naval equipment, and even when Datang has no family background, he has ambitiously proposed construction plans. Such foresight also made Datang stable and strong in its future development, and eventually became a world-class navy far superior to the others.

After Commander Jiao Qiang took office, he did not put forward any plan for the construction of new ships, but conscientiously carried out the 15-year shipbuilding plan proposed by Deng Xiyi for 1805-1820, and adjusted the structure of the navy to make it more suitable and warlike.

On the contrary, instead of building new ships, after Jiao Qiang took office, he cut out a large number of old ships in a short period of time. In this list of decommissioned, the capital ships include the aircraft carrier Pengzhou-class, and the battleship Australia-class has also been decommissioned. The Australian class has been in service for more than two decades now, and the 24,000-ton full load displacement and 360-mm gun are no longer a deterrent. In fact, the voice of Australian-class retirement has long been there, but the move to build a large navy in Europe has made many people want to keep them. However, after all, Datang is not another IJN that maintains a large scale by delaying the retirement of old ships, and the battleships are indeed almost useless, so they are naturally decommissioned.

In this way, the Datang Navy also has 6 Siam-class battleships (35,000 tons), 10 Mexican-class battleships (40,280 tons) and 2 Yamato-class battleships (70,000 tons), a total of 18 battleships. The Datang Navy has no interest in concealing its intention to build a fleet with aircraft carriers as the core, and all 18 battleships were thrown into the North Atlantic Navy, leaving 10 battleships in the North Sea direction and 8 in the Mediterranean direction. Both Yamato-class ships are deployed in the North Sea.

In the process of the establishment of the European Union, the position of the Netherlands and Belgium was rather awkward, and the two countries themselves were in a state of division, with some people agreeing with the line of European unity, while others believed that they should follow in the footsteps of Datang. Therefore, on the one hand, these two countries have joined the European Union and have in-depth economic and political cooperation with other European countries, but on the other hand, they have maintained the military treaty with Datang as if they were turning a blind eye.

Political tug-of-war is also going on, the Netherlands has twice initiated parliamentary votes to suspend the Tang garrison treaty, both votes failed because they did not achieve an absolute majority, and even the opposition forces in the Netherlands began to call for a constitutional amendment. The situation in Belgium is slightly better, but there is also a steady stream of protesters at the gate of the Datang military base.

Some Datang soldiers couldn't help but curse in the base, when they helped you become independent, they were like grandpa, and now they don't want to see your grandpa, what an unfilial grandson.

Even the Dutch and Belgian rulers are playing a two-sided strategy. They all joined the European Union, but they did not join the European Union's Common Defense Organization, Britain, France, Germany and other countries hoped to win over them, and Datang could not easily give up on them, and Haosheng made a lot of money in the process.

However, Datang also pays special attention to the fact that Datang's military bases in the Netherlands and Belgium are already like isolated islands, in order to avoid being pinned down by the two countries as much as possible, Datang not only used the large area of land leased before to build armament warehouses, but even built infrastructure such as power plants, which allows them to maintain relatively independently without worrying too much about being blackmailed. However, some lines of communication are still not fully controlled, after all, the two countries are still sovereign states, which also makes it necessary for the Tang army to open up various military bases to ensure the integrity and security of the base group in the event of a real war.

A large number of artillery cruisers and artillery frigates have also been decommissioned. A total of 40 cruisers, including the San Francisco-class heavy cruisers, the Miami-class heavy cruisers, the Denver-class heavy cruisers, and the Vancouver-class light cruisers, were decommissioned. A total of 82 Denden-class frigates have also been withdrawn from active service. As a result, there are only 8 Shenyang-class heavy cruisers, 7 Qingdao-class heavy cruisers and 24 Guangzhou-class light cruisers left in the Datang Navy.

The retention of these cruisers was also in fact a substantial reconstruction. Although the 15 heavy cruisers are divided into two classes, the hull is actually one hull, and the modification is also according to a set of modification plans, called the "New York-class missile cruiser modification plan". After the refit, the New York class will retain the two triple 203mm guns on the foredeck, and the superstructure will also be extensively remodeled to accommodate more electronics. All twin secondary guns were eliminated and replaced with 12 twin 37 automatic anti-aircraft guns. The most important modification is the addition of two quadruple anti-ship missile launchers and two dual-arm anti-aircraft missile launchers, which can launch Haihongqi-6VI anti-aircraft missiles, which are Datang's latest sea-based air defense missiles, with a maximum range of 70 kilometers. Each launcher has 34 ammunition in reserve. Originally, the torpedo tubes on the ship were eliminated, but the anti-submarine sonar equipment was more complete, and two multi-purpose rocket launchers were installed, which had anti-submarine capabilities.

The modification plan of the Guangzhou class is more focused on the anti-submarine aspect of the fleet, and the original 155 mm main gun has been directly abolished, and only one 130 mm automatic naval gun has been installed. Although the caliber is smaller, the degree of automation has been improved, the rate of fire can reach 25 rounds per minute, the range of firing extended-range shells can reach more than 22 kilometers, and its fire control system is excellent, so that this artillery also has a certain ability to oppose air targets. The anti-aircraft fire of this class of ships is a Haihongqi-7 anti-aircraft missile launcher with six twin 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns. The range of the Haihongqi-7 is relatively small, only about 14 kilometers. However, the small body and small weight of the projectile are suitable for equipment on the Guangzhou class, which has a smaller tonnage. Among the key anti-submarine equipment, the Guangzhou-class is equipped with low-frequency active and passive bow sonar, tactical towed sonar array, and active and passive jamming systems, which occupy most of the space for Guangzhou's avionics system. Since the Guangzhou class was built with a square stern, the rear of the hull was directly removed in this refit, and a hangar and a take-off and landing platform were installed. Anti-submarine weapons use two multi-purpose rocket launchers, one anti-submarine missile launcher, and the torpedo tubes are also eliminated.

The displacement of the modified Guangzhou class has increased instead of decreasing, and the full load has reached 9,680 tons, which can play a role in the fleet no less than that of the newly added destroyers and frigates. (To be continued.) )