The Italian Admiralty building is the central department of the Navy, and it has always been the place where naval orders have been issued, and Lefer and Gomes are of course very familiar with it.

So when they received the summoning order from Admiral Yagill, the two rushed over from Taranto without stopping.

"It's been a long time since I've been to the Admiralty."

Rear Admiral Gomes, who got out of the car, looked at the majestic naval building in front of him and sighed.

"Don't be so sentimental, you're not too young from the Admiralty."

Leffel, who was wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, replied.

"Look, wearing a lieutenant general's uniform is different."

Although he had seen it many times, Major General Gomez still looked at his friend's lieutenant general's uniform with great enthusiasm.

In fact, Leffel is very clear about the dynamics of his friends, but he was promoted to lieutenant general first, which does have a lot of influence on his friends.

To be honest, the two of them have been smooth sailing over the years, and they have successfully crossed the colonel level to become generals and entered the middle and upper echelons of the navy. However, in the promotions over the years, Leffel often has to take the lead, basically he is promoted, and then it will be the turn of his friends. To say that Gomes has no thoughts in his heart is incredible, and it is normal to be competitive as a soldier.

For the mentality of his friend, Leffel actually knows something, to say that the talent is actually similar to the two, but who makes his friend's talent show in the command of the cruiser. There is nothing wrong with cruisers, but in people's habitual thinking, it is always believed that commanding battleships is more important, so generally more important people will be promoted first.

In order to reverse this image, Gomez had also been transferred to command other warships, but in the exercise, compared with his command of the amazing and imaginative cruisers, it was obviously much inferior, and finally Gomes accepted his fate and commanded the cruiser well.

"As long as this meeting with the Admiral impresses him, it will definitely add a star to your epaulette."

Gomez smiled at his friend's words and said no more.

Then the two of them drove into the building and waited in front of Admiral Yagill's office.

That's right, just waiting.

There aren't too many people who want to see the Navy's top man every day, and he has to deal with the work at hand, so he has less time to spare.

But despite this, the benches outside the office were still full of people waiting. Think about it, a group of soldiers sitting straight and wearing school uniforms are waiting quietly, which is simply boring.

But despite this, the two of them didn't dare to blow up the stab, and they still sat here like everyone else, waiting for the general's summons. There were one or two acquaintances on the bench, but no one was ready to say anything other than a glance at him.

They didn't have to wait, though, and after an hour of waiting, the two were summoned by the secretary to the admiral's office.

"Your Excellency, Admiral."

Facing the two people who came in, Admiral Yagill wiped his face and cheered up and said. "I read your previous report on the battle patrol, and I came to you this time just to find out more about it. Now tell me why you think that the Battle Patrol will gradually be replaced in the future. ”

Faced with Admiral Yagill's questioning, Gomez immediately spoke. "It is such that the admiral occupies the strategic position of the new branch of the battle cruiser, which is mainly intended to deal with the opponent's broken engagements and maintain the security of the country's sea transportation lines. And tactically, the battle patrol is used as a formation to break through the enemy's interception line and conduct forcible reconnaissance of the enemy. ”

At this, Gomez's tone changed. "These are the advantages of the battle cruiser, but there are also many disadvantages, first of all, the battle cruiser is very expensive, compared to the battleship, with the same displacement, the price of the battle cruiser will be 8-12% higher. In addition, when the Battle Patrol was designed, it was intended to be prepared as an all-rounder, but after various tactical exercises and tests we conducted, it was found that the Battle Patrol was not qualified in many aspects.

For example, it is incorporated into the battle line; Our tests found that if it were to be incorporated into the battle line to engage the enemy ships in a gunfight, then a very awkward problem would arise, the high-speed design would be wasted by joining the battle line, and the weak armor would mean that the damage rate would increase dramatically. We did simulation tests, and the damage rate in artillery battles was three times higher than that of battleships. ”

Hearing this, Admiral Yagill did not look good. The battle patrol vigorously built by the Navy, under the analysis of the two people in front of him, was directly said to be useless.

"Anything else?"

The two of them are not blind, of course, they also saw the admiral's not very good-looking expression, but since they have come, they will not be happy after all, so they can only continue hard.

"In addition, the number of battle cruisers also needs to be restrained, preferably in a ratio of 3 to 10 with the battleships. Because the price of battle cruises is high, the cost is too much, which is not conducive to the development of the navy. ”

"So the battle patrol has been canceled, which battleship should be given the task it undertakes?"

At this time, the admiral asked a key question, since the battle patrol will disappear in the future, which class will be replaced?

The two of them knew that it was not easy to answer, because although the question was about the future, it sounded like it could be said casually, but it was not easy at all to say it with reason and evidence, but fortunately they came prepared.

"I think that the role of the future battle patrol will be replaced by other types of ships, among which it will be easier to break through the enemy's interception and forcible reconnaissance, I think it will be easier to carry it out from the air, first of all, its speed advantage is what all kinds of warships cannot have, of course, at present, aircraft also have limitations in use, so if it must be built, then we should choose high-speed battleships.

In addition, in terms of breaking the war, I think that the current use of war patrols is somewhat more than worth the loss, and its cost is high and the maintenance cost is high, so it is a bit inappropriate to send it to break the war. Breaking the warship should be concerned about speed and endurance, and it can be appropriately adjusted in terms of firepower and protection, after all, it is facing a merchant ship. And the cost should not be too high, otherwise you can't afford to lose. ”

It was Leifer who was initially silent when he said this, and he meant the conclusion he had reached after a long discussion with Gomes.

Yagil pondered for the words of the two. Fast battleships are well understood, that is, battleships with battle patrol speed, although it is not easy to achieve, but everything is possible in the future of technological development.

In fact, within the navy, the controversy over the role of the battle patrol has not subsided. The most controversial thing is that the battle cruiser, as the most expensive warship at present, can perform many tasks, but it is not outstanding enough.

As for its most important anti-sabotage engagement, Italy was not very easy to use because of its location, so it was normal for there to be internal disagreements.

And how expensive a battle patrol is, how luxurious it should be to use it as a warship.

For the two people in front of him, Yagill flashed a look of appreciation and spoke. "I've learned from what you guys have to say, and I'm going to have something else to do."

With such an obvious eviction order, who could not understand, so the two went out in an orderly manner. Since the admiral didn't give an answer, how could they do it in a few words, but how could they do it in a few words?

After the two of them were out, Yagill pulled out a blueprint of the battleship from his desk, a battle cruiser blueprint with a thick caliber marked as a 380mm gun.

That's right, this is a battle patrol designed based on a 380 mm gun that is still under development, of course, this battle patrol is still in the draft stage, but it does not prevent His Excellency from admiring it.

But now the Admiral looked at it silently, then opened a drawer in the lower right corner and put it inside. Judging by the dust stains on the other items in this drawer, it is difficult to use this drawer.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.