Wu Peifu heard Lin Daxin say that he had some new ideas for the navy, and he couldn't help but have some differences, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire now has a killer warship, that is, an aircraft carrier, does the emperor have any new ideas? Ready to build even more powerful ships?

You must know that when Lin Daxin proposed to build an aircraft carrier, Wu Peifu and a large group of admirals were very unoptimistic about aircraft carriers, and did not think that such a battleship that relied on aircraft as a striking force could be stronger than a battleship with huge guns.

The mythical-class aircraft carrier was built under Lin Daxin's strong initiative, and the generals who had negative opinions on the aircraft carrier, seeing the emperor's insistence, had no choice but to let it go, and the construction cost of the 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers, but Lin Daxin paid for it himself, and there was no general who was idle and had nothing to do, and he was not comfortable building aircraft carriers.

However, after the completion of the construction of 4 mythical aircraft carriers, a secret maritime military exercise was carried out, so that the generals, including Wu Peifu, deeply realized the power of aircraft carriers, and completely changed the perception of aircraft carriers, although the battleship's giant cannon may only need one shot to sink a weakly armored aircraft carrier, but the problem aircraft carrier is not face to face with the battleship at all, and when the battleship has not seen the shadow of the aircraft carrier, it will be attacked by the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, Moreover, the carrier-based aircraft manufactured by the Chinese Empire have excellent performance, especially the Sea Hawk bomber among the carrier-based aircraft, which is fully capable of sinking all battleships, including super dreadnought battleships.

You can't even see the face of the enemy, and the dreadnought battleship, no matter how big the caliber is, is useless. Carrier-based aircraft against aircraft carriers can only rely on the limited anti-aircraft weapons on dreadnought battleships.

Wu Peifu asked, "Your Majesty." Don't know what your new idea is? Could it be that the emperor is preparing to build a brand new warship again? ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "I am indeed ready for the Navy to build a new type of warship, which is to expand its displacement on the basis of armored cruisers. Increase its armor, expand its main gun caliber, and build a new capital ship, which I call a battlecruiser. ”

Wu Peifu was a little puzzled when he heard this, and asked, "What are the emperor's requirements for this capital ship?" ”

Lin Daxin said: "The battlecruiser I am going to build is faster than the strongest dreadnought battleship, the caliber of the gun is not weaker than the dreadnought battleship, and the armor is thinner than the dreadnought battleship. Stronger than the fastest large armored cruisers, firepower and armor. ”

Historically, a battlecruiser was a type of large warship built in the early 20th century. The dominant idea behind the design of the battlecruiser was that it could easily hunt down large armored cruisers, as its main guns allowed it to attack enemy ships before they were within range of large armored cruisers. And its high speed allows it to hunt down ordinary large armored cruisers, evade its nemesis battleship, or attack the opposing side's damaged battleships in naval battles, the earliest battlecruisers in history were made by the British.

Lin Daxin continued: "Although the naval expansion plans of various countries are in full swing now, I think that they should be more intense, and the battle cruiser program of our Chinese Empire does not need to be kept secret at all, so that all countries can know about it. Our Chinese Empire has built a new type of capital ship, and if nothing else, other countries will follow suit, just like dreadnought battleships. The more battlecruisers were built by various countries, the better I was in the mood. ”

Although the battle cruiser had such and such advantages, the armor of the battle cruiser was much thinner than that of the dreadnought. In actual combat throughout history, battlecruisers have rarely been able to act alone as they were designed to be. For the most part, the commander of a fleet always wants the more firepower of his fleet as much as possible. And the idea of adding the guns of battlecruisers to your own fleet was very tempting. Therefore, the battle cruisers were always sent to participate in battleship battles, and were also used as spearheads, because the battle cruisers ran fast.

But in fact, the battlecruiser was only a functional battleship, designed only to hunt cruisers. In the decisive battle of battleships, the speed advantage of the battlecruisers was not so obvious, and their armor could not carry the battleship's cannons at all, which made the battlecruiser have a very big crisis in the battleship duel, which was clearly reflected in the Battle of Jutland, and later with the rise of high-speed battleships, the weakness of the battlecruiser's insufficient protection became increasingly prominent and withdrew from the historical stage.

Lin Daxin can imagine that as soon as the battle cruisers of the Chinese Empire appear, and the navy does not take secrecy measures, all countries will definitely follow to build their own battle cruisers, which is equivalent to consuming the strength of various countries.

When Wu Peifu heard that the battlecruiser that Lin Daxin was going to build did not need to be built in secret, he suddenly realized that the emperor wanted to use the battlecruiser to continue to induce the navies of other countries in the world, continue to go the original way, and consume the funds of the navies of various countries.

Wu Peifu nodded and said, "In that case, we can build a few such battle cruisers to blur the sight of other countries' navies and let them follow in building battle cruisers." ”

Lin Daxin said: "In fact, the battle cruiser still has some role, at least in the battle at sea, there are still advantages that other warships can't have, anyway, our Chinese Empire is not bad for money, the battle cruiser can still be built more, Ziyu, when you go back, I will order the Admiralty to start designing a battle cruiser according to my intentions." ”

Wu Peifu said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will hand over to the Admiralty tomorrow to deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Lin Daxin said: "In addition, the killer aircraft carrier of our Imperial Chinese Navy is the most powerful guarantee for our Imperial Chinese Navy to lead the navies of other countries. At present, we only have Pangu, Nuwa, Fuxi and Shennong, which are only 4 of them. Just taking advantage of this opportunity to build another batch, the Admiralty does not currently have a design scheme for a new aircraft carrier. Then go ahead and build mythical aircraft carriers! Well...... Let's build 4 ships at once, and if there are more, it may arouse the suspicion of other countries. ”

The mythical aircraft carrier was secretly built by the Huludao Shipyard, and the Huludao Shipyard has only 4 docks that can build aircraft carriers, if you want to build several more aircraft carriers at once, you can only use other shipyards, so the secrecy is not as strong as the Huludao Shipyard.

Huludao Shipyard has always been one of the most mysterious shipyards of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and the 7 super dreadnought battleships that Lin Daxin stole from the future time and space were renovated in the Huludao Shipyard in order to be in the war with the Eight-Nation Alliance. In the end, the Northeast Navy at that time defeated the combined fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy.

Lin Daxin finally said to Wu Peifu: "The expansion of the army must be accelerated, we are fighting with the Russians, some countries are really starting to be dishonest, although we are not afraid of them, but we must also be fully prepared." ”

Wu Peifu nodded affirmatively and said: "At present, the sources of troops of the 10 field armies and 2 guards have begun to concentrate on various assembly points, and the officers who have been transferred have also rushed to the assembly points. Weapons and equipment are also being delivered to various assembly points, but the commanders of the 10 field armies and the 2 guards have not yet been decided, so the emperor should not select the commanders of the 12 main armies as soon as possible, so that the formation of the 12 main armies can also be accelerated. ”

Commander of the Imperial Chinese Army. All were appointed by the emperor himself, and the Ministry of Defense could only appoint officers below the division level.

Lin Daxin nodded after listening, and then at Wu Peifu's suggestion. Decisions began on who would be the commander of the 10 field armies and the 2 Guards armies.

After Lin Daxin decided on the candidates for the 12 main army commanders, Wu Peifu left the side hall of the Qianqing Palace. Under the guidance of the palace guards, he left the Forbidden City. Return to the headquarters building of the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing.

At this time, the sky in Omsk City had already darkened, but the sound of gunfire was still deafening, not only the attack of the Russian army outside the city was still continuing, but the gunfire in the city did not stop.

However, the sound of guns and artillery in the city of Omsk was not a battle, but the officers and men of the Ninth Field Army, in accordance with the orders of the Ministry of National Defense, opened fire on the open space in the city of Omsk, creating the false impression that the Russian army in the city of Omsk was still resisting.

In the middle of a hill in the south outside Omsk, in the temporary headquarters of the Ninth Field Army of the Imperial Chinese Army, Yu Lichen, the commander of the Ninth Field Army, smiled and said to Xie Jun, the commander of the Tenth Field Army, and Qu Chengyi, the commander of the Anxi Provincial Garrison: "It seems that the Russian army has been deceived by the illusion we have created, and the Russian 14th Army and the 15th Army outside the city are still desperately attacking the defense line of our Ninth Field Army, and they still think that the Russian army in Omsk City continues to resist. I don't know that the entire city of Omsk has been completely taken by us. ”

Xie Jun, the commander of the 10th Field Army, said with a smile: "Fortunately, the Russian army in the city did not send any news to the outside at the last moment, because of the death of the Russian commander, so the Russians still thought that the Russian army in Omsk was still in the battle for the city with our army." ”

Yu Lichen said proudly: "I also ordered the captured Russian telegraph operators to continue to send telegrams to the Russian War Department, as well as the Russian 14th Army and the 15th Army outside the city, asking for help. ”

Qu Chengyi, the commander of the Anxi Provincial Garrison, suddenly said: "Commander Yu, do you think you need to use the troops of our Anxi Provincial Garrison Army and the Tenth Field Army to support the defense line outside the city. ”

Qu Chengyi personally brought 2 divisions over this time, but he had a plan to add more combat exploits to himself, but at present, the troops of the Anxi Provincial Garrison Army and the 10th Field Army have not yet joined the battle.

Yu Lichen and Xie Jun, the commander of the 10th Field Army, couldn't help but smile when they heard Qu Chengyi's words, they also understood the purpose of Qu Chengyi's coming this time, Yu Lichen said with a smile: "Commander Qu rest assured, this time the Ministry of Defense is going to fight in Omsk City, and the Anxi Provincial Garrison of Commander Qu will definitely not be idle." ”

Xie Jun also said with a smile: "Commander Qu, according to your qualifications, this time the Royal Army has expanded 10 field armies and 2 guard armies, and there must be a position of the commander of the main army waiting for you, you can rest assured!" ”

Qu Chengyi looked at the two colleagues with smiles on their faces, he was not half embarrassed, and sighed and said: "You two army commanders don't have backache when you stand and talk, we are all classmates in the first phase of the teaching team of the Water Master Academy, you have long been the commander of the main army, where can you understand my feelings as the commander of the garrison, this time our Royal Army has expanded 10 field armies and 2 guards, I must compete for the position of the commander of the main army." ”

Yu Lichen and Xie Jun were friends when they were teaching the team in the Sailor Academy, and the two of them had a general relationship with Qu Chengyi, and they did not have deep contact, that is, they had fought many times before, and they had not fought side by side with each other, which can be seen from the title.

Xie Jun said to Yu Lichen at this time: "Old Yu, do you want to let Commander Qu's troops go up and fight the Russian 14th Army and the 15th Army first, and your Ninth Field Army's troops in the defense line outside the city can also rest and recuperate." ”

Yu Lichen said without hesitation this time: "It just so happens that my troops have been fighting on the defense line outside the city for a long time, so let the troops of the Anxi Provincial Garrison Army and the defense line outside the city of Commander Qu rotate it!" ”

Qu Chengyi immediately said happily when he heard it: "Thank you two old classmates, don't worry, our Anxi Provincial garrison will definitely not let the Russian army outside the city step into Omsk City." ”

However, the Anxi Provincial Garrison had not yet rotated with the troops of the Ninth Field Army on the defensive line outside the city, and a telegram from the Ministry of National Defense was sent to Qu Chengyi, commander of the Anxi Provincial Garrison, who ordered Qu Chengyi to immediately rush to Urumqi in Xinjiang Province to assume the post of commander of the 12th Field Army being formed, and the commander of the Anxi Provincial Garrison was represented by a division commander below.

Qu Chengyi was pleasantly surprised when he received the telegram, and after saying goodbye to the other two army commanders in a hurry, he left the city of Omsk, and the troops of the Anxi Provincial Garrison and the Ninth Field Army's defense line outside the city were ready to rotate, and there was no follow-up, after all, the troops of the Ninth Field Army on the defense line outside the city were now at ease with the Russian attack. (To be continued......)