At a time when both the Tang Dynasty and Europe were accumulating strength, the war did not fall into a period of complete silence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Exchanges of fire are still happening from time to time, and Datang is constantly sending large numbers of troops and weapons and equipment to the front line. Europe's main strategic goal is to ensure Europe's independence, which means that Datang cannot be allowed to constantly send troops to Europe, otherwise Europe will definitely not win in that way. The Europeans are crazy but it doesn't mean that they are stupid, Datang is far superior to Europe in terms of industrial base, resources, and manpower, and it can't consume Datang compared to consuming Europe, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army is actually stronger than that of the European Union. Therefore, the EU must prevent Datang from sending support to Europe, fundamentally, that is, to control the sea in all marginal seas of Europe.

The Datang Air Force was a bit busy dealing with the French and German armies during this time, and did not have much spare combat power to bomb the British military ports, which also made the British relatively well retain their naval combat strength, and the German Navy was similar. After the Lowland Campaign, the logistics supply of the Western European Front of the Tang Army has dropped to an extremely low state, and if there is another Lowland Campaign, the Tang Army may not be able to support this output intensity. The intensity and scale of the war are far beyond imagination. Even the Tang generals who planned the war felt that Europe had shown full determination from the beginning, which was a bit unbelievable.

But in any case, things have already happened, and Datang must continue to support the presence of the Western European Front in the Netherlands. Datang owns more than 95 percent of the world's maritime capacity, and a considerable number of private ships have signed military requisition clauses, which will be used for combat supplies in wartime. Before the outbreak of the war, the Datang Ministry of Defense and the Navy Command had already begun to build transport ships with a short lifespan, a high degree of standard modularity, fast construction speed, and considerable capacity in response to possible scenarios.

Although it is the first generation and has many technical flaws, the transport ships designed and built by Datang Shipbuilding Industry have become more and more effective with the passage of time. The 30,000-dwt ro-ro wheel, named the "Aurora Wheel", developed and designed by the Long Beach Shipyard, officially began construction in 1813, and by the time the war broke out, the navy had more than 200 ships in hand.

These Aurora wheels are the main capacity of the Tang Army to replenish the Tang Army on the European front.

Of course, it is not enough to have transportation routes, and the Europeans are trying to prevent Datang's cargo ships from entering European ports, and it is clear that the best weapon to carry out this kind of exchange breaking operation is the submarine.

In the war between the United States and Britain a few years ago, submarines have already shown an indispensable position in future naval warfare, especially Britain, France and Germany have built submarines, especially Germany, which regards building a submarine fleet as a very important means of naval warfare. Germany's submarine technology came from the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang people did not anticipate the betrayal of the Germans at that time, and now these early Datang submarine technologies have spread to other EU countries. However, due to the difference in industrial technology, even if the Europeans can build their own small submarines of more than 1,000 tons, their performance is completely incomparable with the early submarines of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that these things are already very threatening.

At the beginning of the war, the Datang Navy understood that Europe would inevitably open unlimited submarine warfare to attack Datang's transport ships, so the Datang Navy had to use missile frigates with ocean-going combat capabilities and excellent anti-submarine capabilities as escort ships. It is impossible for the Datang Navy to use aircraft carriers to escort merchant ships, because the cost is too high and inefficient. The Datang Navy also does not plan to build the kind of escort aircraft carriers that were used during World War II, because it is basically useless.

In a transport fleet composed of several merchant transport ships, there are a variety of missile frigates, usually more than two, which is enough to sweep out a large area of safe sea with enough passage. These missile frigates, which are more than 4,000 tons, have hangars for carrying anti-submarine helicopters, and some merchant ships also have helicopter platforms, which have enhanced anti-submarine capabilities. As for the attacks of the surface fleet, the radar detection range of the frigate is much greater than that of the radar of the EU Navy, which allows them to avoid risks in advance. Moreover, each of these frigates has eight anti-ship missile launchers, which is enough to defeat a medium-sized fleet of the EU Navy.

However, it is still extremely difficult to transport supplies to the Netherlands, Belgium, and even Estonia and Latvia. Both sides of the strait are enemy land and may face attacks by the enemy's navy and air force at any time. Therefore, the Datang Navy is bound to remove the enemy's threat to transportation and supply lines as soon as possible.

At the meeting of the National Security Council, Navy Commander Jiao Qiang pointed out this problem very clearly, he said: "Transporting supplies to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Estonia and Latvia will be the greatest challenge for us, because it is impossible for us to carry out such a risky transportation in an area controlled by the enemy along the coast without our shelter and protection." It is not enough to defeat the EU Navy, if our air force and navy are unable to detect the enemy and protect our fleet on the nearest route, we will lose a large number of our fleets. The European air force is inferior to ours, but it is still possible to mobilize hundreds of aircraft to bomb our fleet at a time, so we must ensure that the enemy's air power can be detected and resisted. Therefore, we need to establish a control zone along the supply line, where there should be our radar, there should be our fleet, and we can protect our supply fleet to various degrees and in various ways. ”

Defense Minister Xu Daorun nodded in agreement and said: "What you say makes sense, but to ensure such a situation, we will launch a large-scale ground offensive against France, Germany, Denmark, Poland and other countries along the route, which is bound to require transportation and replenishment capabilities." Of course, the meal can be eaten bite by bite, first easy and then difficult, we can first control the French Channel coast, we can ensure the safety of the Netherlands and Belgium, and then gradually advance inland. ”

After hearing this, Hu Fakui was still a little worried: "Isn't the situation in Estonia and Latvia even more severe, and we may not be able to advance into this area in a short period of time, so it is very dangerous for our Baltic Front to be in such a situation of fighting alone." ”

Air Force Commander Gongsun Liang said: "For the time being, we can use the Air Force to transport and replenish, and both risk and efficiency are problems, but it is already the best way, and only by rapidly advancing and completely connecting our control areas can we fundamentally solve the problem." (To be continued.) )