Therefore, the Mustang-class gunboat, which has such a fast speed, is as fast and agile as the fighter jets of the Air Force in sea operations, and the enemy cannot catch up with them when they hit and run.

Moreover, the Mustang class gunboat, its endurance is also good, capable of reaching 1,200 nautical miles.

If it is facing a large enemy ship, the Mustang-class gunboats can use the wolf pack tactics and use the torpedoes carried on the boats to attack the enemy ships, because each boat has six torpedoes, then ten ships are sixty torpedoes, and it is believed that there are not many enemy ships that can dodge such a dense torpedo attack.

The torpedo attack is on the underwater part of the ship, and the damage is much greater than that of the cannonball, so as long as a few torpedoes hit the enemy ship, even a huge ship of 10,000 tons will not be able to withstand it.

Mustang-class gunboats have good concealment, and their radar reflection area is very small, so they are really suitable for the Eighth Route Army that fights guerrilla warfare.

Of course, in the future, it can also be equipped with anti-ship missiles, which will be even more powerful, and can attack those large enemy ships from a long distance.

However, at present, it is still difficult to develop anti-ship missiles, after all, the current radar electronics technology is not good enough.

After Duan Peng explained this design plan, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army were very happy, and when the time came, with this kind of advanced gunboat, then the Eighth Route Army's own navy would also be established, and Duan Peng planned several larger and more advanced warships for the future of the navy, from frigates, to destroyers, cruisers, and even battleships and aircraft carriers.

So it's still very exciting to think about it, but for now, it's good to be able to build a Mustang-class gunboat, and it's impossible to achieve it in one step, after all, to build those large warships, not to mention the money, even the supporting industrial system has not yet been established.

The leader of the Eighth Route Army finally made a concluding speech, pointing out that the Mustang-class gunboat is very advanced and very suitable for a kind of ship of the Eighth Route Army, and asked the shipyard to do a good job in the design and construction of the Mustang-class gunboat.

Of course, none of this is a problem, because Duan Peng is leading the work of the shipyard.

After the project meeting, Duan Peng returned to the shipyard and was ready to lead everyone to start working, and the first thing to do was of course the detailed design work.

Now the shipyard has been built, but there are not many people, so it will take time to complete the detailed design work.

Today at the shipyard design center, Duan Peng presided over a mobilization meeting for the design of the Mustang-class gunboat, which was also attended by Yunxia, more than a dozen designers and technicians, and of course two shipbuilding technicians.

This was a very interesting mobilization meeting, and everyone felt that it was too difficult to hear Duan Peng say that the detailed design task would be completed within a month and that the construction of the first gunboat would begin.

However, it seems that it is not impossible to have Duan Peng presiding over the work, after all, the Air Force and the Army are the main side, and those advanced equipment have not been designed and developed very quickly, and now those planes have been sold to the Allies and made a lot of money, otherwise they don't even want to build warships now.

At the meeting, Yunxia also encouraged everyone to believe in Director Duan and work together with Director Duan to make the Mustang gunboats equip the troops as soon as possible.

With Yunxia's virtuous help, Duan Peng is very worry-free.

Duan Peng and Yunxia were lying together at night, just after the end of exercise, they were still very tired.

Yunxia said curiously: "Duan Peng, can we really build a warship?" I think it's okay to say about the Mustang-class gunboat, after all, its tonnage is not large, but the destroyer you are talking about, that is a displacement of several thousand tons, and the cruiser has to be tens of thousands of tons! ”

Duan Peng said with a smile: "There is nothing impossible about this, as long as we speed up the development, everything is possible, those big guys, just consume a little more steel, for design, I will definitely be able to lead everyone to do it." Of course, if we want to build large warships, we can't rely on the current equipment and manpower, we must seize the time to train more skilled workers, and when the time comes, our shipyards will reach the scale of several thousand or even tens of thousands of people, and then we will be able to build 10,000-ton giant ships. In addition, there is a large shipyard, and we will start building it as well. ”

Of course, these projects cost a lot of money, but now Duan Peng is not worried, because the current Eighth Route Army occupies such a large base area, it can be said that there are people and resources, depending on how to use them.

There is no need to think much about money at all, that is, by selling those advanced fighters, chariots, artillery, etc., which can meet all the needs of the Eighth Route Army, including the needs of building all kinds of large warships and building the navy.

For example, it costs about $5 million to build a 4,000-ton destroyer, $1,000 to $20 million for a 10,000-ton cruiser, much more expensive to build a battleship, about $30 million, and $80 million to build a 40,000-ton aircraft carrier.

Therefore, in the future, the navy of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be able to possess these equipment, because the sale of weapons and equipment to the Allies and the authorized production funds are enough to support the development, construction, and use of these equipment.

Duan Peng was still very excited when he thought about it, imagine that the Eighth Route Army had a powerful navy in the forties, what kind of concept is this?

At that time, the navy will be equipped with at least two 40,000-ton aircraft carriers, four 20,000-ton battleships, eight 10,000-ton cruisers, 12 4,000-ton destroyers, 20 2,000-ton frigates, plus 40 or 50 Mustang-class gunboats, and 10 submarines.

Although it is said that it is not comparable to the small days, but relying on the generation difference advantage of equipment, it is still able to beat the navy of small days!

Because the aircraft carrier to be built in the future can be equipped with jet carrier-based fighters, as long as the aircraft carrier formation of the Eighth Route Army is dispatched, if it dares to touch it a small day, it will only be sunk.

What's more, Duan Peng is also preparing to develop advanced anti-ship missiles for the Navy's warships, and with this thing, any warship of that little devil is useless.

Yunxia said excitedly: "Really? I believe you can do it, I think the luckiest thing in my life is to meet you, and you saved me! ”

Duan Peng said with a smile: "Comrade Yunxia, what are you talking about, we are all for the sake of resisting Japan, hehe!" ”

The two chatted happily, and the days to come are getting more and more promising.

So at this time, Duan Peng was actually thinking, when the Anti-Japanese War was won, should he retire after success, otherwise when that time comes, he will definitely be like Li Yunlong, and the end will be miserable, but where will Yun be in the future?

Thinking about it, Duan Peng finally fell in love with Xingjiapo, because it was a place for the Chinese, and it was very free, and when the time came, he would open an arms company there, specializing in manufacturing all kinds of advanced weapons and equipment, and he would definitely make a lot of money.