In fact, in the war against Siam, the Marines had already participated in the war, but the Marines at that time did not really play the flag, in fact, it was not really unveiled. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qin Zhiyuan's exercise was mainly aimed at two purposes, the first was to check the ability of various arms of the armed forces to cooperate, and the other was to release certain signals to confuse Britain and the United States.

After Lan Fang launched its own "Surabaya-class" aircraft carrier, Britain and the United States paid great attention, and although the Cam Ranh Bay shipyard was strictly guarded, the construction progress was constantly informed by the pervasive British and American agents.

Qin Zhiyuan's exercise this time was to bring Britain and the United States back to the "correct" path of invincible battleships.

As for deterring the Philippines, Qin Zhiyuan really didn't mean that, strictly speaking, the Philippines was not qualified enough, and MacArthur couldn't help but take himself too seriously.

Since the exercise has multiple purposes, the preparations must be extremely meticulous, so Qin Zhiyuan summoned the relevant military generals to announce the purpose of the exercise and make arrangements for the content of the exercise.

After listening to Qin Zhiyuan's plan, Xie Rundong, the captain of the "Surabaya" aircraft carrier, who had already been decided, immediately began to lament: "I knew that this time we were sandbags again-"

In fact, the "bewilderment" operation has been going on for a long time, and since the appearance of the torpedo plane, the Lanfang Navy has conducted many exercises before, on the one hand, to examine the air force's ability to attack warships, and on the other hand, to improve the fleet's emptying.

Lan Fang needs the sharpest sword, but also the strongest shield.

What made Xie Rundong feel very unhappy was that in the previous exercises, the aircraft carriers commanded by Xie Rundong were strictly restricted, and the number of carrier-based aircraft taking off and the attack capability of torpedo planes per unit time were strictly limited to a certain range, in order to adapt to the thicker and thicker armor and more and more powerful air defense capabilities of future battleships.

However, in this way, Xie Rundong was tragic, because it was obviously a battleship that could be sunk by two torpedo squadrons, and the exercise headquarters had to judge it to four, and the aircraft carrier under Xie Rundong's command did not have four torpedo squadrons at all, which required the torpedo planes to have a higher penetration capability and survivability.

The original intention of the exercise command was good, but limited to the current performance of the torpedo plane, some aspects were indeed not strong enough, so Xie Rundong was beaten like a "sandbag" many times in previous exercises.

Fortunately, aircraft carriers also have an advantage, that is, compared to battleships, aircraft carriers are relatively fast, and they can always run if they can't fight.

However, this problem is not immutable, the tonnage of the aircraft carrier that Lan Fang is now equipped with is small, the largest is only 20,000 tons, after the boiler modification, the speed is indeed relatively fast, but the tonnage of the new "Surabaya-class" aircraft carrier has reached 35,000 tons, and the speed will decrease accordingly, although it is still faster than the battleship, but it can no longer outrun the destroyer.

And because of the existence of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, as long as any shell falls on the flight deck, the aircraft carrier will lose its combat effectiveness for a certain period of time.

"Hahahaha, Lao Xie, I told you a long time ago that the aircraft carrier has no future, turn back as soon as possible, and I will give you a new corpsion-class battleship." Secretary of the Navy Antonio was a staunch supporter of the doctrine of "giant ships and cannons" and did not give up any opportunity to promote his "battleship decisive theory".

The current direction of the development of the navy is still a bit chaotic, although Qin Zhiyuan advocates the development of aircraft carriers, but even within Lanfang, there is no unified understanding. In the Lanfang Navy, a considerable number of admirals think that aircraft carriers are inferior to battleships, Antonio thinks so, Vladivostok fleet commander Tan Xueheng also thinks so, and even Xie Rundong's chief of staff Cheng Peide thinks so.

"Hmph, one day you will realize the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers, I don't want your corps class, I have the Surabaya, when the time comes, the Surabaya can be loaded with three torpedo aircraft formations, and one wave can remove your corps class." Xie Rundong was determined not to be tempted by Antonio.

"Haha, then let's see." Antonio's mouth is still hard.

In fact, Antonio is very clear that aircraft carriers are the direction of future development, and battleships will eventually become historical products, and several previous exercises of the Lanfang Navy have confirmed this, if it were not for the exercise command to deliberately suppress the combat effectiveness of Xie Rundong's task force, whether it is the Cam Ranh Bay fleet or the Vladivostok fleet, it would have been a complete defeat in the previous exercises.

Here I want to talk about the current naval establishment of Lan Fang, which has a total of three major fleets, namely the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet with Cam Ranh Bay Military Port as its home port, the Vladivostok Fleet with Vladivostok Military Port as its home port, and the task force led by Xie Rundong.

The flagship of the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet is the "France", which is also Qin Zhiyuan's ship, but the most powerful warship of the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet is the "Lanfang", which is a modified version of the battleship "Mutsu" captured in the war against Japan. The Cam Ranh Bay fleet has nearly twenty other warships at the same time, which is the most powerful fleet in Lanfang at present.

The flagship of the Vladivostok fleet is the "Vladivostok", although the home port is the Vladivostok military port, but most of the time, the Vladivostok fleet is docked at the port of Ningbei, that is, Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is the best military port in the north of Lan Fang, and the only port that is ice-free all year round.

The reason why the Vladivostok fleet often docked at the port of Ningbei was for Alaska, and from the port of Ningbei to the northwest direction of less than a thousand kilometers, it was Alaska in the United States.

Finally, there is the task force led by Xie Rundong, Lanfang's only four aircraft carriers are currently in Xie Rundong's task force, according to the plan, in the next five years, these four aircraft carriers will be mothballed, replaced by four "Surabaya-class" aircraft carriers.

At present, in the combat sequence of the Lanfang Navy, the Cam Ranh Bay fleet is undoubtedly the first choice, followed by the Vladivostok fleet, and finally Xie Rundong's task force.

However, after the "Surabaya class" is put into service, Xie Rundong's task force will become the first choice, and Xie Rundong's fleet will also be strengthened at that time, and Qin Zhiyuan will add two newly commissioned "legion-class" battleships to Xie Rundong's task force to ensure the combat effectiveness of the task force.

At that time, the pattern of Lanfang's three major fleets will become Cam Ranh Bay Fleet and Vladivostok Fleet each have three battleships, as well as two mothballed aircraft carriers, while Xie Rundong's task force will have two of the latest "Legion-class" battleships and four newly commissioned "Surabaya-class" battleships, making it Lanfang's most powerful fleet.

Considering the advanced degree of the "Legion-class" battleships and the "Surabaya-class" aircraft carriers, it is estimated that within ten years, Lanfang does not need to design newer warships, and if there is another war, as long as the right to start construction of these two models is enough.

In particular, the "Surabaya-class" battleships, in another time and space, the prototype of the "Surabaya-class", the "Kitty Hawk class", did not appear until the sixties, and were the last generation of conventionally powered aircraft carriers, and their survivability can be imagined.

"The task force is indeed going to lose this time, but it won't be so ugly, because with the addition of the Marine Corps, you will even gain an advantage in some local areas." Qin Zhiyuan couldn't chill Xie Rundong's heart, and he would give some comfort.

"Your Majesty, the minister still thinks that the Marines should be placed under the name of the Army." Chen Kangjian, who was present, immediately looked for trouble.

Originally, there was nothing for the army to do in the naval exercise, but Chen Kangjian is such a character who has to intervene in everything, and the naval exercise really needs the coordination of the army.

"Get out!" The commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps, Greef, was not angry and scolded him directly.

Chen Kangjian was so thick-skinned that he didn't care at all: "Oh, Lao Ge, your temper has risen as the commander-in-chief—what's the matter?" Don't want to eat in the same tank with us? ”

That said, it was a horse that was mixed and eaten in a trough.

Greeve doesn't answer at all, Chen Kangjian's goods are the kind of people who get more and more energetic the more you answer.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't talk nonsense with Chen Kangjian, and knocked on the table as a warning, and Chen Kangjian immediately started drinking tea as if he was fine.

It's really a thing for a thing.

"In order to make the exercise more in line with the wartime situation, the water area and the content of the exercise will not be announced at this time, and all units must be ready for combat at any time. Qin Zhiyuan didn't talk nonsense, and directly started the 21st century.

Qin Zhiyuan's words immediately made the generals dumbfounded, how to prepare for not announcing the waters and the exercise items? You can't tighten that string every day, because sooner or later it will break.

Qin Zhiyuan obviously didn't think so, and the next words made the generals fall into an ice cellar: "Our army is going to fight, so we must be ready for battle at any time, once the war breaks out, the enemy will not give us time to prepare, so all the troops must be called to come and be able to use it, this is a drill Yes, this is a real combat test, and then we will change clothes on a large scale, and your positions are likely to be adjusted, so I hope you will be vigilant and don't make mistakes." ”

In the next two years, Lan Fang's new battleships and aircraft carriers will be put into service one after another, and at the same time, new models of destroyers and submarines will also appear.

Perhaps it was because they heard Qin Zhiyuan's resoluteness, Xie Rundong and Antonio did not dare to hesitate, everyone was taking notes seriously, even Chen Kangjian was immersed in his pen and flying.

"The army and air force should also be prepared, you also have exercises in the future, if anyone's troops drop the chain, don't blame me for transferring you to the imperial university to teach-" Qin Zhiyuan This can be regarded as a warning.

Imperial University, this is the imperial university of Coconut City, and it is also the current highest university in Lanfang, a comprehensive university that includes almost all disciplines.

(To be continued.) )