The problems of the army are not very serious, that is, there is only a small number of troops in a single branch, and Chen Feng's unit is not short of personnel or weapons and equipment, so these problems are very easy to solve.

"The matter of the army is settled, so now let's talk about the Air Force, Chen Gang, you are the old man of the Air Force, you can talk about the situation of the Air Force!" Chen Feng said.

Lieutenant General Yang Chengang, commander of the First Army Aviation Division, stood up and said: "Commander, there is no separate air force in the Nanyang Military Region, and the air force here is divided into army aviation and naval aviation, just like the Japanese Air Force. Since the island of New Guinea and Tasmania are extremely difficult to transport, especially since there is no complete road network between the places, and in many cases the transportation is mainly by airplane, so the air force is particularly important."

"The air force of the Nanyang Territory is divided into 3 air divisions, one of which belongs to the army and 2 to the navy. The Army Aviation Division consists of 1 fighter brigade (336 fighters), 1 transport brigade (334 fighters), 1 bomber brigade (334 fighters), 3 reconnaissance aircraft companies (84 fighters), and 1 paratrooper regiment (2,200 fighters). ”

"Naval aviation divisions are relatively simple, each division has only 1 fighter group (84 fighters), 1 bomber group (84 fighters), and 1 reconnaissance squadron (27 fighters)."

Chen Feng is basically quite satisfied with the Air Force, because the performance of the Air Force fighters far exceeds all the current enemies, and neither Japan nor other countries can surpass the J-series fighters for the time being.

However, Chen Feng felt that the strength of the Nanyang territorial airspace was still insufficient to defend the territorial airspace of the Nanyang territory, and the Japanese air force was very strong. At its peak, the Japanese naval air force had more than 60,000 fighters, and even after the defeat in the war, Japan still had nearly 50,000 fighters of various types.

Another point is that Nanyang Ling does not have a long-range bombing force, and the bomber fighters are mainly B10 short-range bombers, which are powered by a Wright R-1820-33 modified engine, with a maximum horsepower of 775 horsepower and a speed of 294km/h. The maximum range is 2200km. The ceiling is only 7,380 meters, and the bomb load is only 1,030 kilograms, which is far from meeting the combat needs of the troops.

Therefore, Chen Feng believed that it was necessary to set up a long-range bombing unit in the Nanyang Military Region as the main air force for attacking Japan. Now if we bomb the Japanese mainland. B47 strategic bombers can only take off from Ximeng airfields. Moreover, the time spent in the air on the Japanese mainland will not exceed 1 hour. This is inevitably a bit of a rush for the B47, which has a bomb load of up to 93 tons.

But it would be much better if it took off from most of the airfields in the Nanyang Territory, which was not very far from the Japanese mainland, and the fighters had enough time to bomb after arriving over Japan. Therefore, it is quite necessary to form a strategic bombing force.

"I am still very satisfied with the air force, although our air force is not invincible, some time ago it was surrounded by little devils and annihilated a fighter group, but on the whole our air force has reached the world's first-class level, although this is inseparable from the performance of our fighters, but the level of our pilots is also obvious to all."

Then Chen Feng said: "But our air force strength is still very weak, the air force of the entire Nanyang Territory adds up to only more than 1,500 fighters, and they must be subordinate to the army and navy, and the strength is becoming more and more dispersed. From now on, the army aviation will be separated from the Nanyang Air Force and set up the Nanyang Air Force, which has the same status as the Northern Air Force, which has six fighter groups (504 fighters), five transport aircraft groups (420 transport planes), five B10 bomber groups (420 B10 bombers), three B47 strategic bomber groups (252 B47 bombers), four helicopter groups (336 Wuzhijiu), one reconnaissance aircraft group (84 reconnaissance planes), and two radar base stations. ”

"In addition, the transportation situation in the Nanyang Territory is relatively poor, and once the coastal city is attacked by the enemy, it is difficult for the troops in other places to rescue nearby, so it is necessary to form two paratrooper brigades as mobile troops."

"Now I appoint Lieutenant General Yang Chenggang as commander of the Nanyang Air Force Command, Major General Wan Guangming as deputy commander and commander of the naval aviation, Major General Li Haitao as chief of staff and director of the war room of the Nanyang Air Force, and the appointment of officers of the rest of the units shall be reported by the Air Force Command to the Theater Commander's Department for review and filing!"

"Yes!" Yang Chengang and the others immediately said loudly.

Chen Feng motioned for Yang Chengang and the others to sit down and said: "After the army and the air force are finished, now let's talk about the navy, the situation of the navy is the most complicated, although we have invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources in the navy, but in terms of actual combat situation is not very ideal, not long ago the Sino-Japanese naval battle our navy was completely defeated, although there are many reasons for the defeat, but it is undeniable that there is still a huge gap between our navy and the Japanese navy. ”

"Jiang Haitao, Tian Haiyang, and Chang Zhiguo, the three of you are the commanders of the three major fleets in our theater, and it can be said that the most powerful strength of the Chinese Navy is in your hands, and the responsibility on your shoulders is extraordinary. Now you will give me a report on the situation of your respective fleets, starting with the Heilongjiang fleet! ”

Rear Admiral Jiang Haitao, commander of the Navy's Heilongjiang Fleet, stood up and said: "Report to Commander, the Heilongjiang Fleet now has 53 ships of various types, including 4 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers, 7 destroyers, 12 frigates, 2 minelayers, 3 minesweepers, 2 supply ships, 13 torpedo boats, 4 submarines, and 2 light aircraft carriers, all of which are non-main aircraft carriers with a displacement of less than 20,000 tons made in the United States. ”

"At present, there are 12,237 officers and men in the navy, including 1,200 marines, and the rest are commanders and fighters of naval ships and naval aviation units affiliated to the Heilongjiang fleet."

After Jiang Haitao finished his report, he sat down on his own, and then Rear Admiral Tian Haiyang, commander of the Yangtze River Fleet, got up and said: "Report to the commander, our Yangtze River Fleet has 86 ships of various types, with a crew of 17,658 people. Among them, there are 2 battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 7 light cruisers, 10 destroyers, 20 frigates, 3 minelayers, 5 minesweepers, 4 supply ships, 20 torpedo boats, 10 submarines, and 3 aircraft carriers, including 1 main aircraft carrier and 2 non-main battle aircraft carriers! The flagship was the battleship Nanjing. ”

"However, one-third of the ships are old warships that are about to be scrapped or have lost their ocean-going capabilities, and there are less than 60 warships that are truly combat-ready."

Then Rear Admiral Chang Zhiguo, commander of the Yellow River Fleet, stood up and said: "Report to the commander, our Yellow River Fleet has 74 ships of various types, with a crew of 14,658 people. Among them, 1 battleship, 5 heavy cruisers, 8 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 14 frigates, 3 minelayers, 5 minesweepers, 4 supply ships, 12 torpedo boats, 8 submarines, and 2 aircraft carriers, including 1 main aircraft carrier and 1 non-main battle aircraft carrier! The flagship was the battleship Peiping. ”

"Like the Yangtze River Fleet, our Yellow River Fleet also has a large number of old ships, some of which are old warships, not to mention combat, even if they are used as training ships. Last month, while out on training, the destroyer Wen Tianxiang suddenly broke down while driving, and then the boiler exploded, killing and wounding 12 soldiers. ”

After the three commanders of the navy finished their reports, Chen Feng thought for a while and said, "I want to know how big the gap between our navy and the Japanese navy is?" ”

Jiang Haitao got up and said: "Commander, the navy is different from the army, the navy is more professional, and there is a big gap between our navy and the Japanese navy, not only in the warships, but also in the quality of the officers and men of the navy."

"Japan began to attach importance to the construction of the navy a long time ago, so the Japanese navy has a system and tradition of cultivating talents, they have a special naval school, and they can also manufacture their own naval warships, and even aircraft carriers, which are incomparable to us."

Tian Haiyang also chimed in: "As an island country, Japan has spared no effort in developing its maritime forces. According to the information sent back by our intelligence officers, the Japanese Navy has become a capable navy with complete arms and advanced equipment, and has strong anti-submarine capability, ocean-going mobile combat capability, and mine-sweeping capability. ”

"Not long ago, our intelligence officers sent back a top-secret piece of information from Japan, the Japanese army headquarters of the Admiralty of the United Fleet has been expanded, and the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the 56th Army. The fleet had more than 230 major combat ships above the submarine level, including 10 aircraft carriers, 10 battleships, 38 cruisers, 112 destroyers, and 65 submarines, accounting for more than 90 percent of the large and medium-sized combat ships of the Japanese Navy at that time, and more than 1,000 aircraft. It is one of the largest combat fleets in the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the Kuril Islands in the north to China's Hainan Island in the south and the Caroline Islands in the east. ”

"Therefore, our navy is indeed lagging behind the Japanese, both quantitatively and qualitatively. If the Japanese navy concentrates its efforts on dealing with our navy, it will be able to completely annihilate us in half a year at most. ”

Jiang Haitao and Tian Haiyang's words shocked Chen Feng a lot, he knew that the Dao Navy fleet was indeed inferior to the Japanese Navy, but he didn't expect the gap to be so big, especially Tian Haiyang's last sentence. He spent at least $1 billion to build this naval fleet, and also paid a huge political price, but he did not expect that the naval fleet that he had painstakingly managed would not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese Navy for half a year. (To be continued......)