Chapter 538: The Chinese Empire's Powerful Navy, Land, and Air Force
Yang Dawa heard the division commander Li Qingyao say that Japan and Russia have been active recently, and couldn't help frowning and said: "In recent years, Japan and Russia, with the support of Britain and France, have developed their armaments very quickly, and they are also quite threatening to our Chinese Empire. β
Li Qingyao sighed and said: "In Russia back then, although we occupied a huge territory, but the supply line was stretched for a long time, and then continue to attack the Russian territory, it is not good to steal chickens and rice, and after we landed on the Japanese mainland, we were met with desperate resistance from the Japanese people, in order not to bring greater losses to the landing force, His Majesty only let Japan cede land and pay compensation, but did not completely destroy Japan." However, it is not a big deal, if Japan and Russia dare to invade our Chinese Empire, this time they will be severely cleaned up, or even directly destroyed, and some new territories will be added to the Empire. β
Yang Dawa nodded and said: "That's right, don't look at the joy of Russia and Japan, if our Chinese Empire really cleans them up, there shouldn't be much of a problem." β
Lin Daxin started with the army, and after becoming the emperor of the Chinese Empire, the construction of the army has always been at the forefront of imperial affairs.
Lin Daxin is still the same as before, he himself takes out a huge amount of money every year for the army, and compared with the funds Lin Daxin took out, the annual allocation of the Chinese Empire's finance to the army can only be described as pitiful.
After more than five years of development, the total economic output of the Chinese Empire has been comparable to that of the United States, and the financial revenue of the Chinese Empire. Compared to five years ago, the growth has almost doubled. However, the Chinese Empire used too much money, so Lin Daxin used all the financial money for the construction of people's livelihood. As for the navy, land and air forces of the Chinese Empire, Lin Daxin still uses his personal money to support them.
Lin Daxin's annual income in various industries at home and abroad is extremely huge, and the specific amount is absolutely unimaginable, that is, the entire Chinese Empire has received a surge in financial revenue, and in the face of that string of astronomical figures, it can't help but be overshadowed, which also gives Lin Daxin the ability to rely on his personal funds. It supported the huge army, land, sea and air force of the Chinese Empire.
The Imperial Army of the Chinese Empire has not changed much over the years, and its numbers are still the three major guards, the ten major field armies, the 45 garrison armies, and the five independent cavalry divisions, and the strength is a little more than originally planned, reaching 4.3 million. In addition, some of the heavy equipment of the army units is much more than it was at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, making the army's combat effectiveness even stronger than it was a few years ago.
For example, the number of tanks and armored vehicles in the Panzer Divisions of the Guards has increased considerably, with each Panzer Division having 180 heavy Panthers, 360 light Black Wolf tank regiments, and 360 Z2 armored vehicles. and 500 fuel and ammunition supply vehicles, the Z2 armored vehicle for the 4,000-man armored infantry regiment within the division.
The Z2 was a modification of the Z1 and had a 90-horsepower gasoline engine with 15 to 20 mm thick armor. It has a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per hour and is equipped with two Type 96 heavy machine guns and one Type 03 anti-aircraft machine gun.
The Type 03 anti-aircraft machine gun was successfully developed by the Shenyang Arsenal in 1903 and has a caliber of 12.7 mm. The full length of the gun is 2150 mm, the anti-aircraft range is 1800 meters. The barrel is air-cooled, and it is fed by a magazine of 80 rounds. The theoretical rate of fire was 80 rounds per minute, and the full gun weighed 41.5 kg.
The army's heavy Black Panther tank and light Black Wolf tank are also equipped with a Type 03 anti-aircraft machine gun, after all, all countries are equipped with fighters, tanks and armored vehicles are equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, and they also have a certain defensive capability in the face of fighters in the sky.
In addition, for air defense, each armored division also has an air defense regiment equipped with 36 57-mm anti-aircraft guns and 36 88-mm anti-aircraft guns.
The field army, which originally had a tank regiment of 24 heavy Panther tanks and 48 light Black Wolf tanks, was now a corps tank brigade consisting of 60 heavy Panther tanks and 120 light Black Wolf tanks.
The infantry divisions of the Guards and Field Corps have not changed much, but 2 Type 03 anti-aircraft machine guns have been added to the infantry company below to enhance the infantry's air defense capabilities.
The garrison originally did not have much heavy equipment, in addition to artillery, the original garrison was not equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, and now according to the situation of the garrisons, it is equipped with a different number of tanks and armored vehicles, but most of the tanks equipped by the garrison are light black wolf tanks, and the number of heavy Panther tanks is not much, and the armored vehicles equipped are Z1 armored vehicles, but these Z1 armored vehicles are equipped with a Type 03 anti-aircraft machine gun.
The 4.3 million army standing army has made almost all countries in the world feel frightened, but it is worth mentioning that the number of the imperial army reserve of the Chinese Empire is an astonishing 30 million, the 30 million army reserves, some of them are retired army officers and soldiers, after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, the 3-year compulsory military system was adopted, and ordinary soldiers will be discharged back to the local area after 3 years of military career, and enter the reserve, of course, the length of service of officers and non-commissioned officers is not included. The rest of the reservists are young men of school age who are in good health.
After more than 5 years of development, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has become more powerful, and the 6 main fleets currently have a total of 18 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships, 12 Phoenix-class dreadnought battleships and 7 super dreadnought battleships from the future time and space.
The phoenix-class dreadnought battleship is an enlarged version of the dragon-class dreadnought, with a standard displacement of 21,800 tons, a full load displacement of 24,200 tons, the entire warship is 170.5 meters long, 27.7 meters wide, and a draft of 8.6 meters, and the power part is equipped with 20 three-rise steam boilers, and 4 new steam engines with a maximum output of 25,500 horsepower, making the maximum speed of the Feng-class dreadnought battleship reach 22.5 knots.
The phoenix-class dreadnought battleship has waterline armor from 260 mm to 360 mm, deck armor from 45 mm to 80 mm, and main gun turret armor from 360 mm. Compartment partition armor 180 mm to 260 mm, conning tower armor 360 mm. Armed with 6 twin 50x caliber 305 mm guns. 16 105-mm naval guns, 3 533-mm torpedo tubes. The crew of the ship is 840 people.
The Phoenix-class dreadnought battleship has 2 more main guns than the Dragon-class dreadnought, and the range of the 50-caliber 305 mm main gun is much longer than that of the 45 times caliber 305 mm main gun, making the Feng-class dreadnought battleship more powerful.
In addition, the Imperial Chinese Navy's six main fleets plus numerous garrison fleets also have more than 60 all-steel battleships, as well as many other types of warships. Although the number of dreadnought battleships of the British Navy has surpassed that of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, in terms of total displacement, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is still firmly pressing the British Navy, and in terms of combat effectiveness, Lin Daxin still believes that his Royal Navy is the first in the world.
To know those 7 super dreadnought battleships. When they really exert their power, there is no one in the world that can compete with these dreadnought battleships at present, and there is a huge submarine force under Lin Daxin's command, and the entire submarine force has more than 100 submarines.
The Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire is in a hegemonic position among the air forces of all countries in the world, equipped with more than 1,000 aircraft, that is, Britain, France and Germany, the three countries with a large number of fighters, all the aircraft of the three countries combined. There are also not as many aircraft as the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire.
The Chinese Empire has such a powerful navy, land and air force, and it really doesn't care much about some clowns like Japan and Russia, if they dare to risk the world's condemnation. The armies of the Chinese Empire will clean them up as they did in previous wars.
In the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City of Beijing. Emperor Lin Daxin of the Chinese Empire, put Prime Minister Wang Yan and Minister of National Defense Wu Peifu. Summoned to the palace.
Now that Lin Daxin, who has passed the age of establishment, the whole person looks much more mature and stable. Staying in a high position for a long time has also developed a unique majestic temperament, but only people close to Lin Daxin know that Lin Daxin is still a little naΓ―ve from time to time, and he still relies on subjective preferences to do things, which is really drunk sometimes.
After Lin Daxin asked the palace guards to give Wang Yan and Wu Peifu a seat, Lin Daxin said: "The British don't know what kind of wind they are pumping, and they want to send a naval fleet to visit our Chinese Empire!" It's really idle and nothing, the egg hurts! β
Wang Yan and Wu Peifu are both Lin Daxin's cronies and important ministers, and Lin Daxin speaks very casually in front of them, listening to what Lin Daxin said, it is not like what a huge emperor can say at all.
However, Wang Yan and Wu Peifu, these cronies and important ministers, have long been accustomed to Lin Daxin's way of speaking, and they also feel proud, after all, Lin Daxin did not treat them as outsiders, and his casual way of speaking made the monarch and ministers get along more harmoniously.
Wang Yan said worriedly: "Your Majesty, this time the British Navy will leave for Japan for a visit after visiting our Shanghai, Weihaiwei and Lushun. β
Lin Daxin touched his chin and said: "Over the years, the British Navy has made great efforts to build dreadnought battleships, according to the intelligence of our military intelligence agency, at present, Britain has a total of 1 Dreadnought, 8 Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class battleships, 12 St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleships, 10 Neptune-class dreadnought battleships, 8 giant-class dreadnought battleships, and the number of dreadnought battleships has reached 39, which even exceeds the number of dreadnought battleships of our Imperial Chinese Navy. β
After a pause, Lin Daxin continued: "And the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency shows that the British have begun to build the next level of dreadnought battleships, known as the Orion-class dreadnought battleships, this dreadnought battleship has a full load displacement of more than 25,000 tons, and will be equipped with 5 double-mounted 45 times the caliber 343 mm main gun, so that the British will have super dreadnought battleships, and they will have 8 at once!" β
In history, with the increase in the caliber of the main gun of the dreadnought battleship to 13.5 inches, that is, 343 mm, the effective range of the gun increased, and the main gun turret was arranged on the horizontal longitudinal central axis of the hull, reducing or canceling the main turret of the amidships, and the displacement increased to more than 25,000 tons.
At that time, Lin Daxin made all kinds of arrangements, so that all countries in the world ignored the existence of super dreadnought battleships and built dreadnought battleships with confidence, but with the development of technology and the accumulation of technology of super dreadnought battleships, several countries have reached it, and the British built Orion-class super dreadnought battleships, Lin Daxin was not surprised.
As soon as Lin Daxin's words fell, Wang Yan asked: "Your Majesty, isn't the dreadnought battleship being built in the next level of our shipyard also meet the standard of a super dreadnought?" And we are 12 of them, and they should not be weaker than the Orion-class dreadnoughts of the British in terms of performance. β
Lin Daxin nodded and said: "The dreadnought battleship under construction in our next class is called the famous general class, with a standard displacement of 26,300 tons, a full load displacement of 29,400 tons, and the entire warship is 181.4 meters long, 28.5 meters wide, with a draft of 8.8 meters, and a maximum speed of 23 knots." Equipped with 5 twin 50-caliber 343 mm guns, 20 105 mm naval guns, and 3 533 mm torpedo tubes, it can not only be regarded as a super dreadnought battleship, but also completely defeat the Orion-class dreadnought battleships of the British in terms of combat effectiveness. β
Wu Peifu also said with a smile at this time: "I have been the Minister of Defense for a few years, and I also have a general understanding of the Royal Navy of our empire, if there is a war with the British Navy now, the Royal Navy of our empire is still a situation of winning and not losing, no matter what tricks the British have, in the face of the strong strength of our army, everything is a paper tiger!" β
Wang Yan pondered for a moment and said: "I'm not worried about a Britain, I'm just worried about the recurrence of something like the eight-nation alliance a few years ago. β
Wu Peifu restrained his smile and said: "Japan and Russia have indeed moved their troops very frequently recently, and for this reason, our Ministry of Defense has issued an order to all units to prepare for war, just in case!" (To be continued......)
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