Compared to the Army, the situation in the Navy is more complicated, but it is generally a curse

The most special thing about the navy is the sensitivity of military expansion. [No pop-up novel network] is well known. The Stockholm Accord uses the total tonnage of warships to limit the size of the navies of various countries, which is to cut to the heart of the navy. There were no battleships. The Navy will achieve nothing. And the time required to build battleships far exceeds that of armed ground forces.

For example, according to the level of the field before and after. It takes at least 7 years to build a "Chongqing"-class aircraft carrier, and even if it is built by wartime standards and various spare parts are ordered in advance, it will take 2 years to complete the construction of the platform, and then it will take years to form combat effectiveness. Due to the limitations of the construction process and other factors, except for small ships and auxiliary ships that are not built according to military standards, the wartime construction period of the rest of the warships is about 2 years, the shortest will not be less than a year, and the longest will not be more than 3 years. In contrast, if it is completely in accordance with wartime standards, the military factories of the Republic can produce three combat units of main battle equipment within a month, and their total tonnage is equivalent to 10,000 tons. class aircraft carrier. From this, it can be seen that the construction cycle of naval equipment far exceeds the manufacturing cycle of army equipment.

From this gave rise to two. The problems are, first, that it is not easy for the navy to expand, and second, that the expansion of the navy is sensitive.

It is not easy that it is sensitive.

In any case, the Republic is a signatory to the Stockholm Accords, and the regular army is under the watchful eye of other signatories, and naval warships cannot be built and sealed like army equipment. Other words. Unless the Republic unilaterally tears up the agreement, it will not be able to expand its army ahead of schedule, as the Army did. There is no doubt that the cost of unilaterally tearing up the agreement is too great. Leaving aside for a moment how much of an impact this will have on the world pattern, it is enough to make the leaders of the republics think twice about the infamy of actively creating wars. Exactly. While the army was expanding its armaments on a large scale, the Republic Navy did not move.

To put it another way, this also made the Republic Army.

Judging from the situation after the 24th of the 24th, even though the Republic's defense expenditure has risen again and again, and the increase rate has been around the gills for several years, the actual military expenditure is still insufficient due to the low impact of the previous period. More importantly, the expansion of the army is a bottomless pit, and no amount of military spending can meet the needs of the army. In other words. If the navy had followed suit and started a shipbuilding race, I am afraid that the republic would have arrived long ago due to the overdraft of its national strength. It was precisely because the navy did not follow the large-scale expansion that the army was able to fully change its equipment before the outbreak of the war. Get ready for the big war.

The problem is that no one can deny the importance of the Navy.

Although after the merger of the Air Force of the Republic of the Aerospace Forces with the Space Forces, only the Space Forces were retained, and the Air Force was officially withdrawn. However, after the United States merged the Air Force with the Space Force, the Air Force was retained, and the withdrawal of the Space Force was in vogue, and the Navy was also very embarrassed, and some people had long put forward the theory that "the Navy is useless." "Think that the Navy, like the Air Force, should be eliminated by history. However, the two major powers did not have the idea of moving their navies, but only made adjustments in the nature of their services, that is, in the course of operations.

By the beginning of the century, the navy had undergone earth-shaking changes.

As early as the year of the year, the Republic mentioned in the Blue Book of National Defense that the navy of the century was introduced. In addition to maintaining shipping and dealing with non-traditional security threats, the Navy mainly provides forward bases and deployment platforms for other offensive services in large-scale wars.

To put it bluntly, the Navy no longer takes the offensive force, but the support force.

It can be said that this is also the direction of the exhibition that adapts to reality. It is well known that even without a celestial army. With the gradual expansion of the Air Force's tactical strike range, the value of the naval fleet with aircraft carriers as the core will inevitably be greatly reduced when the combat radius of tactical fighters is on par with that of a blade of 1,000 meters.

If we include the Space Forces, which have almost global combat capabilities, the position of the naval fleet in strike missions is even more precarious.

The problem is that both the Air Force and the Space Force need to build bases on the ground, or in other words, human production and life are inseparable from the earth. In this way, the occupation of enemy territory in a full-scale war is still a necessary means of victory. Affected by this, offensive force has two meanings, one is the projection of firepower, and the other is the projection of troops.

There is no doubt that in terms of firepower projection, the superiority of the Aerospace Forces is incomparable. Even at the tactical level, the army's long-range artillery is more efficient than the naval fleet. The problem is that neither the United States nor the Republic have enough military bases in the open sea. For example, in the Atlantic, the Republic has only one military base in Argentina and Nigeria, and the distance between the two routes to the mainland is close to 20,000 kilometers, making it difficult to ensure its security in wartime. The same, in the Indian Ocean. In addition to several military bases in the western region of Australia. The United States only has the Gorgarcia Naval and Air Force Base to use, and this base is very close to the life route of the Republic, and it is certainly a battleground for the Republic.

It can be seen from this that the Navy has the necessity of existing, that is, to serve as a force projection base.

If you understand this truth, it is not difficult to understand. Why could the Republic and the United States accept a conventional arms control treaty that imposed severe restrictions on naval buildup?

To put it bluntly, under the new tactical system. The navy in the sense of legend has lost its value of existence.

What's more, the Stockholm Accords only did it for the Navy in the sense of the word

"Heart" did not make a limit to the future navy, the most critical of which is that the agreement does not have an auxiliary ship other than the warship. That is, those offshore platforms that will be decisive in future naval battles make any restrictions.

To put it another way, the Republic signed the Stockholm Accords with the United States. It shows that both countries have embraced new ideas.

The problem is that the risks taken by the change in the tactical thinking of the Navy far exceed those of the Army. Historically, there has not been a single change in the tactical thinking of the Navy that has been carried out on the basis of any real combat. In other words, naval changes were carried out almost entirely during the war, and there was a real combat basis. Take the latest change as an example, that is, aircraft carriers to replace battleships, carrier-based aviation to replace armored heavy artillery, was completed in World War II, and before that, even if the naval generals of the United States, Japan, Britain and other countries realized that aircraft carriers will completely replace battleships in the next naval battle and become the hegemon of the sea, but the three maritime powers did not give up battleships, but first secured the main fleet, tentatively built aircraft carriers until the war broke out. And only after the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier was confirmed did the focus be placed on the aircraft carrier. Even so, by the end of World War II, the United States, Japan, and Britain did not abandon the construction of battleships. And the last battleship was not officially decommissioned from the US Navy until more than 4o years after the end of World War II.

It can be seen from this that the reform of the Navy did not come easily.

In fact, neither the Republic nor the United States has made any advance in naval reform, but has steadily advanced reform on the basis of securing aircraft carrier battle groups.

In accordance with the provisions of the Stockholm Accord. The Republic can have a navy of the same size as the United States, that is, the total tonnage of warships of the Republic and the United States Navy is 10,000 tons, which was originally stipulated as 10,000 tons, because the total size of the United States Navy has exceeded 10,000 tons, so after many supplementary negotiations, the upper limit was raised to a weak 10,000 tons. Look. It's a very high standard, but it's actually nothing.

Take the Republic Navy as an example of "ship" Chongqing. The standard displacement of the class aircraft carrier is as high as 10,000 tons. To form an aircraft carrier battle group, you need at least one cruiser, three destroyers, one attack submarine, one fast combat support ship, and one fast integrated supply ship. According to this calculation, "the total tonnage of the aircraft carrier battle group of the minimum standard is nearly 10,000 tons. In other words, the Navy of the Republic can only have an aircraft carrier battle group at most. Because the aircraft carrier battle group is only the core strength of the navy, not the whole of the navy, a strong navy must also include an amphibious assault fleet, as well as a number of escort fleets, even if the tonnage of some escort warships can be controlled below the joint tonnage, and do not add a full set of armaments in peacetime, so as to avoid constraints, the Republic Navy can only use at most half of the total tonnage of warships to build an aircraft carrier battle group. In other words, the Navy of the Republic can only have a maximum of 7 units with the name "Chongqing." Aircraft carrier battle group with the core of the class. Affected by this, the "Chongqing" class aircraft carrier, like the previous 2 class aircraft carriers, was built only 3 units. It is precisely in this way that the Navy of the Republic retains 3 ships of the "Shanghai" class and the whip "Beijing". class aircraft carrier. Maintain the number of carrier battle groups at a standstill. Of course, with the entry into service of 3 "Chongqing" class aircraft carrier battle groups, plus the "Shanghai" class and "Beijing". level of modernization improvements, with the link! Compared with the years, the combat effectiveness of the Navy of the Republic has increased by almost a hundred.

Comparatively, the US Navy is in a much more difficult position.

From a practical point of view, the United States needs sea power far more than the Republic. From the perspective of overall strategy, the republic's maritime strategy is basically to "attack from the west and defend from the east," that is, to strive to ensure hegemony in the Indian Ocean, with defense as the main focus in the western Pacific. The reason is very simple, the main allies of the republic are all in the Indian Ocean area, concentrated in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Gulf, the Middle East and East Africa. More importantly, among the main resources needed for the republic, nearly the paste needs to be printed.

Even if you enter the South Atlantic, you can take the Indian Ocean route instead of the Pacific route. Therefore. The main task of the Republican Navy is to secure sea power in the Indian Ocean, while in the western Pacific, it is sufficient to hold the outer defense line formed by the Ryukyu Islands and ensure that the mainland is not directly attacked. Constrained by the realities of the situation, the US Navy must open its bow on both sides. To the west, the U.S. Navy must make all-out efforts to advance into the western Pacific to protect Japan, the Philippines, and Australia, and especially to ensure the security of the Philippines. East. The U.S. Navy must not slacken its efforts, and in addition to making every effort to ensure the North Atlantic route connecting Britain, it must also prepare for its advance into the Middle Sea, landing on the African continent, and sweeping the South Atlantic. More importantly, if the United States wants to defeat the Republic in a world war, it must make full use of Australia as a pawn, and the best way to use Australia is to use Australia as a base to challenge the Republic's hegemony in the Indian Ocean region. In other words, the US Navy needs to use Australia as a base and advance into the Indian Ocean. It can be seen from this that the Navy of the Republic only needs to fight on one and a half fronts, while the US Navy needs to fight on three fronts, and the situation of both sides can be imagined.

It is precisely because of this that even in an extremely difficult situation, the United States has not relaxed its naval build-up.

To put it another way, the United States needs a more powerful navy.

According to the relevant content mentioned by the Pentagon in a secret report submitted to the White House last year. If the United States wants to maintain its global hegemony, its navy must be at least twice the size of the republic. Although "Yi does not have much evidence, it seems that almost all Americans have the rule that excessive military force is the rule of the United States, and only a navy that is more powerful than the enemy can defend the fundamental interests of the United States."

It is precisely for this reason that the negotiation of the Stockholm Accord has dragged on for many years.

Arguably, the most difficult part of the whole negotiation is naval arms control. Subsequently, raising the tonnage of naval warships from 10,000 tons to 30,000 tons was also a proposition of the United States, and it was the result of the United States threatening to withdraw from the agreement and make the third phase of the "London Treaty" reduction work go to waste.

The problem is that the US authorities have no reason for the republic to build only 10,000-ton warships.

In this way, while the Republic continues to maintain an oral carrier battle group, the US Navy needs to maintain at least two aircraft carrier battle groups before it can account to the Chinese people. Although in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier battle group, the US Navy has repeatedly reduced other ships, such as reducing the number of amphibious assault fleets by half, and reducing the number of support and auxiliary ships by one-third, so that two-thirds of the total tonnage of ships is used on aircraft carrier battle groups. However, according to the previous calculations, the US Navy can only have a maximum of three new aircraft carriers, and the rest of the aircraft carriers are old aircraft carriers built before the year. In other words, even if the US Navy retains the Kouzhi aircraft carrier battle group after the calendar year, its actual combat effectiveness will still not be much higher than that of the Republic Navy, and the two sides are basically on the same starting line.

Of course, the Navy of the Republic and the Navy of the United States are not having a good time and face similar problems.

Such a difficult situation has forced the Republic and the US Navy to speed up the pace of practice of new tactical ideas under appropriate circumstances. To put it more bluntly, it is to appropriately build a new maritime force before the war breaks out.

Over the years, the Navy of the Republic of China has received a total of $400 million in the national defense budget, and an additional $400 million in the national defense budget at the end of the year to open up the "integrated sea base." "To make up for the slight lack of maritime combat power and military projection capabilities.

Because this plan is related to the future development direction of the Navy, its specific content has not been completely revealed.

In fact, there is no need to be completely public.

According to the deleted report, the "Integrated Sea Base" project of the Navy of the Republic was established in the year of the knife, although it has been in the development stage. The construction has not been carried out in accordance with the armament standards for a long time, but in the old years, the Republic Navy has been able to receive a special expenditure of no less than one hundred dollars every year, of which nearly one-third has been spent on the project, so that the project can be converted from construction to construction in the fastest degree in the past years.

The so-called "integrated sea base" is actually an expanded version of the "sea base."

In contrast to the "sea bases", which emerged during the wars in the Middle East, "integrated sea bases. The biggest feature is that the scale is much larger, and the benefit of this is that the combat capability is more comprehensive. According to the Tao, the "integrated sea base" adopts a flexible design method, that is, in addition to the core components, the scale of components can be determined according to the operational needs and the actual situation of the sea area, so as to determine the comprehensive capability of the base. At maximum combat power, the entire base is composed of hundreds of components, that is, hundreds of modular transport ships, with a total tonnage of more than 10,000 tons, which can not only support aviation forces of any nature, but also provide support for air and space fighters, and provide support for 60,000 ground troops of three combat units, becoming a veritable maritime military base. Under the minimum standard. The base also has more than a dozen components. The total tonnage is more than 40,000 tons, and in addition to its maneuverability, its other combat capabilities are better than those of the "Chongqing" class aircraft carriers. Of course, the "integrated sea base" is not perfect. The biggest problem is that the survivability is very bad. In order to avoid being restricted by the Stockholm Accord, only the core components of the integrated maritime base, which are responsible for the entire power supply, are built according to military standards, and the other components are built according to civilian standards. Coupled with poor maneuverability, "an integrated sea base." The survivability of warships is far inferior to that of warships, and even inferior to some auxiliary ships.

In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why the Republic has been reluctant to turn the "integrated sea base" from a drawing paper into a real thing.

Similarly, the U.S. Navy's failure to preemptively develop similar maritime power is directly related to existential issues.

It can be seen from this that the key to the Navy's expansion and preparation for war is not how many warships are built, but how much effort is made in new tactical thinking. Of course, since it is a preparation for war, grassroots mobilization is naturally indispensable. Like other military-industrial enterprises, shipyards with the ability to build military ships began to expand in size from the year of Litian, building large slipways ahead of schedule. Train skilled workers to quickly expand production capacity in wartime.

All in all, naval preparedness attaches more importance to long-term construction than to temporary utilitarianism.

In the words of Hu Jing'an's report, the Republic cannot defeat the United States within two years. There is no need to expect the navy to seize sea supremacy within two years.

Although this is a bit straightforward, it just speaks to the problem.

It can be said that when the navy of the republic dominates the seas, that is, the republic wins the war. When it comes to global domination.