"Your Majesty, is this sea airport useful? You say that this aircraft is used for combat, so how can we be the main force? At present, this plane is only so small, but it can last for 15 minutes, how can it have too many actual combat effects? What's more, this plane doesn't seem to have much load capacity, at most it has some grenades, how powerful can it be? It's not bad that it can put a machine gun, how can it hang a 500-kilogram bomb? Qiu Baoren obviously didn't believe it.

Wang Guorui listened to Qiu Baoren's words, and actually knew that this Qiu Baoren was born in the era of cannon giant ships, and naturally recognized the idea of cannon giant ships. And this kind of thinking is very stubborn, just like the stubborn thinking that has always been stubborn, and the thinking from childhood to adulthood is not so easy to change. This is actually a problem of world view, once a person has formed his own outlook on life, world view and values, it is probably difficult to change. And if we want to change, it is tantamount to a fragmentation and reorganization of the outlook on life, worldview, and values.

Why are reformers since ancient times so difficult and easy to be scolded? In fact, in addition to some vested interest groups, there is actually another very important reason, that is, the people's outlook on life, world outlook, and values have been adapted to the ideas of the old era, and it is difficult to carry out reforms. Although some reformers are for the good of the people, the people don't know it! It's like if you go back in time to earlier times, and you tell him about a democratic republic and let every citizen vote, they won't support it. If after many years, those people hear that they can have the power to elect officials, elect prime ministers, and even elect heads of state and emperors, then I am afraid that the first thing they think is definitely not to feel happy, but to feel fear, which is the destruction of a view of life, a world view, and values. I'm afraid they're going to go crazy.

Qiu Baoren, a naval general, was obviously born in the era of giant artillery ships, and he couldn't believe that this aircraft carrier could become the mainstream of naval operations. And in this era, even airplanes have not been able to roll out to the whole world, so fewer people recognize the role of airplanes. And in the original history, conflicts between battleships and aircraft carriers were still going on. It was not the United States, nor the United Kingdom, nor any Western country, that was the first to realize the role of aircraft carriers, but Japan. The Japanese were the first to recognize the important role of aircraft carriers. Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto advocated the use of aircraft carriers to fight, and the result was quite a success.

Wang Guorui knew that if Yamamoto Isoroku was seriously speaking, he was still a relatively good admiral, he was a relatively far-sighted person in Japan, and he was also one of the few senior naval officers in the world who really vigorously advocated the theory of aviation victory. However, although he advocated the victory of aviation, he also died on the American plane in the end. This Yamamoto 56 also committed suicide in the end, he sank all the American battleships when he was in Pearl Harbor, and then made the Americans realize the role of aircraft carriers, and took advantage of the opportunity for the battleships to be blown up, and then went all out to develop aircraft carriers.

And Yamamoto fifty-six suffered very much. He did not have an industrially powerful homeland, which made him suffer when he fought the Americans. The Japanese have an aircraft carrier, so the Americans can build many aircraft carriers, in short, the Americans rely on industrial strength to defeat Japan, and although Yamamoto Isoroku advocates aviation to win, in the end it became an American, and it became a tragedy of making wedding dresses for others.

"Lao Qiu, you should know. Our planes can't be like this forever. At present, our planes can only fly for more than 10 minutes, and the combat radius is only within 10 kilometers. But what about later? In the future, our planes will get better and better, and in the future, we will be able to put more weapons and equipment on them, and maybe they will be able to carry more and more weight in the future. In the future, it can carry hundreds of kilograms of bombs, which is very powerful. Moreover, in the future, the combat radius will become larger and larger, and they can expand from the current ten kilometers to farther places. A few hundred kilometers, isn't that completely available for combat? At that time, my planes could be used to fight, and then go to fight enemy battleships. Wang Guorui said.

Qiu Baoren still wanted to say something, but Wang Guorui snatched again and said, "Old Qiu." I will later dismantle the research institute for battleships and switch to aircraft carriers. In the future, I will advise the Cabinet, not the Cabinet and the Ministry of War, and will not continue to allocate funds for the battleship program. This is the end of our battleship plan, and the battleships will be maintained until they are decommissioned, and the remaining funds will be used to develop aircraft carriers. ”

Wang Guorui knew that this matter had to be compulsorily passed, and this matter was not negotiable. Once Wang Guorui is willing to discuss, he will definitely be strongly opposed by those officers who think of cannons and giant ships in the end. You know, decades later, the airplane has been invented for decades, and it was still so difficult to implement aircraft carriers at that time, can you imagine what about in this era?

In this era, the aircraft has just been developed, and if you want to develop an aircraft carrier, many people can't imagine it. Especially those naval officers, hesitation does not have the accumulation of time, and it can be said that at present there is not a single officer in the world who thinks that the aircraft carrier can win. Airplanes have just been invented, and no one is aware of this effect.

Therefore, Wang Guorui knew that no one would support his proposal, and even those diehards in the navy would definitely not agree. Therefore, Wang Guorui didn't bother to explain, and directly planned to adopt the means of forced passage, and would not continue to allocate a penny to those battleship research institutions, and the current battleships would not continue to design new battleships, and save those funds as research and development funds for aircraft carriers and naval aviation. The sooner this kind of thing is studied, the better, and if he still lets those funds continue to be invested in the research of battleships, it will cost countless funds, then what a waste of money!

Wang Guorui didn't have the idea of wasting, so he could only force it through. There is no way to justify this matter through reasoning, after all, it has not been tested in actual combat, and it is difficult for those admirals to believe that aircraft carriers can replace battleships. In a sense, practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and this is certain. The use of new tactics and new weapons in warfare cannot truly convince people if they have not been tested in actual combat. Since the rear-loading guns of the year, there have been people scolding people along the way, and even saying that they will never eat from the "ass". But later, the rear-loading gun slapped the front-loading army in the face on the battlefield, which was acceptable.

This is true for new weapons, but Wang Guorui can't wait for the day when they can be practiced on the battlefield. Because Wang Guorui also crossed from the afterlife, he naturally knew that this aircraft carrier could withstand the test of war on the battlefield, so he could naturally study it boldly and with confidence.

And Qiu Baoren was also bitter for a while, this Wang Guorui seems to be determined to develop the maritime aviation force, but such a future is a blessing or a curse, so Qiu Baoren doesn't know. However, according to Wang Guorui's ability in the past, and Qiu Baoren suddenly thought of something. That is to support Wang Guorui's "organization", since even the flying equipment of rocket Lori can be made, will the corresponding tests have already been done? Therefore, Qiu Baoren doubts whether Wang Guorui has already done corresponding experiments in the "organization" behind it, so he is so confident. So Qiu Baoren didn't say anything, so he didn't insist on continuing to oppose it.

What Qiu Baoren can think about is to adapt to new tactics in the future, and then he can use this naval aviation as an important medium to become an important means for the navy to open up foreign countries. However, Qiu Baoren could also think that if there was such a naval aviation unit, it would greatly strengthen the navy's ability to attack land. Because at present, the effective firing range of naval guns is only 10 kilometers, and this is still largely dependent on Mongolia. If you really want to be a real relatively accurate effective range, maybe two or three kilometers at most.

But this plane is different, if it really follows the development in the future, then the plane can carry some aerial bombs over. It is possible that the proportion of the charge of that aerial bomb can be as little as 50 percent or as high as 80 percent. Moreover, coupled with the range factor of the aircraft, it can completely make the navy have the ability to attack the ground in the true sense. Moreover, the power of an aerial bomb, just in terms of the proportion of the charge, maybe the bombing effect of a few bombers is comparable to the power of an artillery regiment, this is not a joke, the air attack is far more terrible than the enemy's artillery.

In fact, if the Japanese Navy was able to attack the ground back then, then the Japanese Navy could use ground support when it was in Taiwan, and it would not be easy for Wang Guorui to rise. Especially in those days, if Japan had the combat capability of naval aviation, then Wang Guorui would definitely not be able to rise. Even if Wang Guorui has Tanya, Tanya can't use dozens of kilometers to fight in a row, and she will be exhausted to death.

Therefore, Qiu Baoren attaches great importance to the navy's ground attack capability, and as long as the navy's ground attack capability is improved, it will also be a huge improvement to the navy's status in the future. If the navy can attack the ground, then they will definitely be able to gain a higher status, especially if they have more bargaining capital with the army on land. So this

And this kind of conflict of interest between the branches of the armed forces must exist, and this kind of thing also exists in any country. Wang Guorui also relied on balancing the conflict of interests between the various services and arms within the Military Commission, so he arranged for the navy to be in charge of the logistics department and the armament department, in order to balance the status of their services and arms. Otherwise, the navy will suffer, and that will not be conducive to the development of the navy. (To be continued.) )