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"Yurong, what do you think about the future Sino-Soviet war?" Wang Zixing seemed to have noticed Lin Yurong's abnormal expression.

"I have a little humble opinion." Lin Yurong smiled lightly: "In fact, the Sino-Soviet war is not only the Soviet Union can attack! China can also attack. And we also have a very good attack target - the Trans-Siberian Railway. This railway It is the lifeline of the Soviet Union to maintain the Far East, if it is interrupted, their troops in the Far East and even Eastern Siberia will be in a state of isolation and helplessness.”

Chapter 0365 of the sprout of the military (four)

The God of War is indeed the God of War!

To the point, it hits the nail on the head.The 620 million square kilometers of territory in the entire Soviet Far East is only maintained by this long Siberian Railway.If this road is cut off, can the Japanese still work with the Soviet Union to carve up China?If Japan has those 620 million square kilometers, it will be the top power in the world, er, at least it looks like this on the map.

"The border between the Soviet Union and our Mongolia is so long, and the Trans-Siberian Railway is so close to Mongolia. The nearest place is only more than 100 kilometers away. We don't need to occupy it. We just need to use the small team to infiltrate and destroy the railway. It only needs to be destroyed once. , the Soviet Union will definitely go to war and deploy heavy troops.”

At this time, the delicacies on the table were gone, but a map of Mongolia was displayed.Lin Yurong held chopsticks in his hand and pointed at the map.

Wang Zixing tapped the map with his hands, looked at the map with piercing eyes, and added: "Actually, we can attack not only the border between Mongolia and the Soviet Union, but also the railway lines around Manchuria. If the Soviet Union wants to deploy heavy troops across the board If there is no Red Army with hundreds of thousands of people, it will not be enough? And even if there are tens of thousands of people, it will not be enough, right? "

"Hundreds of thousands of troops, if the hedgehogs gather together, it will be an extremely majestic scene, but if they are scattered on thousands of kilometers of railway lines, there are only a few dozen people per kilometer. After all, these tens of thousands of troops cannot be all Combat soldiers also need transportation and logistics, command organizations at all levels, and various auxiliary arms. In the end, half of them can be sent out as ranking units to protect the road. And...these Soviet Red Army No matter how they can fight, they are still infantry, if they can send out planes to bomb, can they still fly to the sky to fight?"

The room was quiet, only the sound of Wang Zixing's fingers tapping on the table unconsciously could be heard.

"We can use planes, the Soviet Union... I'm afraid they will also dispatch air force?"

After an unknown amount of time, Gao Shaojie murmured something.

"Hmph, it depends on whose air force is stronger!" Luo Yaoguo's words revealed his confidence in his own air force, he smiled lightly, and said again:

"Our army aviation is no worse than the Soviet Air Force! Our aviation industry has fully imported German technology. The starting point is much higher than that of the Soviets. We will definitely be able to catch up by then!"

In fact, the early Soviet aviation industry was not very good, especially the manufacturing technology of aircraft engines was not good enough, and the service life was only dozens of hours.It was not until the Great Depression in the United States that many advanced technologies and machines were purchased from the Americans.On this basis, the Soviet Union produced the I-15 series of fighter jets in 16. With this fighter jet, the Soviet Air Force has a place in the world.The Yi-[-], which was manufactured in the same year, made the Soviet aviation industry at the forefront of the world for a time.Of course, this so-called forefront is built on the basis that Germany, a real air force king during World War I, was tied up by the Treaty of Versailles.It is no longer the same thing as the history of this time and space.

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Old man Sa is in a good mood these days, and he was appointed a marshal in a daze. Thinking about himself, he didn't have much credit. It seems that the old man De Shao took advantage of it, right?But... there are also some troubles.

It turned out that he was the head of the Navy Department of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, and he was in charge of the National Revolutionary Army's naval fleet, the Fujian Mawei Shipping Bureau, and he was the real top leader of the navy!But now it was brought to Beijing by Sun Yat-sen and became the Minister of the Navy of the Central Government of the Republic of China!Where does the central government have a navy now?Not to mention that the Navy doesn't even have a small sampan, only an empty shell of the Admiralty.The daily work is to play Go with Wu Peifu, the empty-shell Minister of the Army, and drink some wine to pass the time, but he is happy and carefree.

Until recently, the Kuomintang suddenly had a whim, and it is said that the navy is still the focus of what kind of military reform it wants to carry out!Is this to revive the navy?That was a dream that Old Man Sa and the Chinese Navy had dreamed for 32 years, and now it is about to come true!Now not only Mr. Sa Zhenbing couldn't sit still anymore, even his apprentices and grandchildren ran to the office of the Navy Department in Beijing one after another, and they all came to him for advice. How should the navy be revitalized?Uh, if you want to revive the navy, you can't let Luo Yaoguo, a landlubber, make up his mind, right?If so, where will the faces of the navy officers of the Republic of China be put?

The senior members of the Navy of the Republic of China believe that the first step in the revival of the Navy is to unify the Chinese Navy.Although the current Chinese navy is unbelievably weak, it is still divided into two, hostile to each other.It turned out that during the years of Sun Yat-sen's revolution, the navy of the Republic of China was also divided into a revolutionary navy and a non-revolutionary navy. Part of the navy successively joined Sun Yat-sen's national government and became the main force of the southern Kuomintang navy.The remaining Bohai Fleet loyal to the Beiyang government was annexed by Zhang Zuolin's Feng faction after the Second Zhifeng War.This part of the naval fleet and the Fengjun Navy established by Zhang Zuolin now form the Northeast Navy, and the commander-in-chief is Admiral Zhang Xueliang!It seems that he is the same person as Vice President Zhang's son.

Now the commander-in-chief Zhang of the Northeast Navy has arrived.Right now, he was sitting in the lobby of the Navy Yamen, holding a teacup while sipping tea, while chatting with Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy Department of the Nationalist Government, who came from the south.Sa Zhenbing was dressed in a long robe and a mandarin jacket, and sat in the upper seat leisurely, with an easy-going look, as if the elders of some family were mediating the conflicts between their children and grandchildren.

At this time, Chen Shaokuan and Zhang Xueliang had finished their greetings, and finally started to talk about the business of unifying the navy.I saw Chen Shaokuan with a serious face: "General Han Qing. Everyone knows the situation of China's coastal defense well. And the navy is no better than the army. It's not that the defense area is divided, and then each guards its own territory. Yes. In the Sino-Japanese War of [-], we suffered from fighting on our own, while Japan gathered its entire navy to form a combined fleet to fight us. Now China is finally going to revive its navy, so we also hope that the Northeast Navy can Come back to our team and form our China's combined fleet."

"Hahaha... Houfu (Chen Shaokuan) really knows how to joke." Zhang Xueliang's response was actually a big laugh: "What kind of combined fleet is our broken navy? Haha, all the navies of the whole country are added together. I’m afraid it’s not as big as the Nagato, is it?”

Zhang Xueliang didn't know whether he was really confused or pretending to be confused, but he listened to Chen Shaokuan's proposal as a joke.The scene suddenly became a little embarrassing, and Chen Shaokuan's face also turned blue and white.

"I'm afraid little brother Hanqing doesn't know yet? The shipyards in Shanghai and Guangzhou are currently undergoing reconstruction and expansion. China Iron and Steel Company has also imported a 1-ton hydraulic press from Germany, as well as wide and heavy plate rolling mills." Old man Sa was busy He came out to smooth things over, and smiled with his beard sticking to his face: "Even the battleships have already started designing in cooperation with the Blohm Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. It is planned to start construction of two ships at the same time next year, and the battleships of this class will never be built. The Japanese Nagato is a poor ship!"

"Hehe, is that so?" Zhang Xueliang was still smiling, with an expression of disbelief.It is true that what Sa Zhenbing said is a bit big, the family is the most powerful battleship in the world!After the second Russo-Japanese War, the flagship of the Japanese United Fleet has been known as the head of the world's seven warships!

Sa Zhenbing and Chen Shaokuan glanced at each other, knowing that it would be useless to talk to Zhang Xueliang about the merger of the naval fleet.The current Northeast Navy Combined Fleet (also known as the Combined Fleet) is the most powerful naval fleet in China, with a total of 26 ships and a total displacement of nearly 2 tons, including the most powerful cruiser Haiqi in China at that time!This cruiser once belonged to the Kuomintang that ruled Guangdong, but in the 12th year of the Republic of China, Wen Shude, the former commander of the Guangdong Fleet, was bought by the Beijing government at that time, and six warships including the Haiqi were instigated to go north, and formed the Bohai Fleet.After the second Zhifeng War, it was annexed by the Fengjun Navy, so the Haiqi also belonged to the Fengjun.This time, the admirals of the national government plan to unify the navy, probably more than half of the reason is for this precious cruiser.

Seeing that Sa Zhenbing and Chen Shaokuan were silent for a while, Zhang Xueliang just looked at them with a smile.It was extremely quiet inside.It was only at the end that I heard Sa Zhenbing cough, nodded to Zhang Xueliang, and said with a smile: "Our northern and southern navies belong to China, so there should be no distinction between them. But the current national conditions cannot be changed by our navy. After all, the Chinese army still has the final say, and the navy is just an accessory.”

"...Since the southern navy cannot be united into one for the time being, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble... it is better to follow the old example of Beiyang and Nanyang, and rename the Northeast Navy as the Beiyang Navy, responsible for protecting the northern seaports and shielding the capital. The Southern Navy is Rename it Nanyang Navy, and be responsible for the safety of the southern coastline, right?"

Old man Sa's words were quite pertinent, and he also divided the territory for the North and South Navies, so that everyone can live in peace for the time being.It's just that the responsibility of guarding the mouths of Beiyang has been thrown to the Northeast Navy.After speaking, he stroked his beard reservedly.Zhang Xueliang just smiled: "What Mr. Sa Ding said is very much in line with my father's opinion. From now on, the northern and southern navies will stand on each side to ensure that Haikou is safe."

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Warlords can't get rid of the idea of ​​supporting their own self-respect, and China's navy can't do without the way of maintaining seaports in Nanyang and Beiyang.In fact, not only the navy, but even most of the people in the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government had this brain, which made Luo Yaoguo, a soul from later generations, a headache.

At present, his position is nothing more than the Minister of Armaments, a member of the Military Commission, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee.As far as the army's affairs are concerned, there are ordinary buddies like Bai Chongxi, An Sihua, Wu Ziliang, and Li Shun'en.There are also students from the Whampoa Department, plus a group of "foreign monks" from Germany to help recite scriptures, but they can exert an extraordinary influence.

But for the navy, those Hokkien guys really don't buy his account, even if the "foreign abbot" Gunther Lütjens, who is also the principal of the Naval Academy and the principal of the Naval University, is useless to help him recite scriptures.Most of those Fujian admirals were brought up studying British classics, and they didn't look at the German abbot at all.

"...The main responsibility of my future navy should be to defend the southern and northern oceans, as well as the seaports of Guangdong and Fujian. Therefore, the best configuration of the two ships Ding and Zhen should be one for the southern and one northern navy. With this as the core, supplemented by heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, and aircraft carriers, a powerful and complete naval fleet is formed. It is always on guard and cruises between various seaports, so that the enemy has no chance to take advantage of, so as to achieve the goal of defending against the enemy outside the country. Purpose!"

The person who said this was Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy Department of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government. He is now submitting a proposal for naval reconstruction to the Military Commission on behalf of the Navy Department.And the two ships Ding and Zhen he mentioned were the two battleships that were still drawing blueprints. The Ministry of the Navy had already given them names, namely "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan"!The plan of the Ministry of the Navy is to try to unify the Chinese navy after the launch of these two warships, and then use these two warships as the flagship and core of the Southern and Northern Fleets respectively to do the great cause of defending Haikou.

Luo Yaoguo is also sitting at the moment, listening to the opinions of the Ministry of the Navy together with a group of members of the Military Commission.At the same time, he secretly looked at the expressions of the other members of the Military Commission with the corners of his eyes, seeing them all smiling and nodding, his little heart was really cold.This Chen Shaokuan also looks like a famous general, and his brows are full of vigor, but why can't his brain turn a corner?The spirit of the British Empire Navy with a head of "seeing the enemy must be destroyed".

"General Houfu, can Haikou be defended with two battleships? Japan has ten battleships!"

As soon as Chen Shaokuan finished speaking, Hu Hanmin, who was sitting at the top of the conference table, frowned and asked questions first.Hu Hanmin didn't know anything about the navy, so he simply counted the numbers. Japan had ten battleships, but we only had two when the Zhen and Ding ships came out.Battleships are quite expensive... If they are accidentally damaged, it will be very distressing.

"Chairman Hu, you should ask Minister Luo of the Armament Department about this. The shipbuilding work now belongs to the Armament Department."

After finishing speaking, Chen Shaokuan gave Hu Hanmin a neat military salute, ended his speech, and kicked the ball to Luo Yaoguo.But listening to his last tone, there was also some dissatisfaction.It turns out that the Ministry of the Navy has always wanted to get the shipyard. The Mawei Shipping Bureau originally belonged to the Navy, but now it has been taken away by the Ministry of Armaments.

It seems...the control of the navy has to be obtained!

Luo Yaoguo was thinking about the conspiracy of eliminating dissidents, but his face was smiling like a spring breeze. He stood up and saluted Hu Hanmin, Chiang Kai-shek, and Xu Chongzhi respectfully, and said with a smile: "The so-called Japanese In fact, the ten battleships are not all battleships in the strict sense. Four of the King Kong-class battleships are actually second-class battlecruisers. The current standard displacement of the King Kong-class is only more than 6000 tons. Although it has a fourteen-inch (356mm) eight main guns, the firepower is powerful, but its armor protection level is obviously insufficient. According to the experience of the Battle of Jutland, such a battlecruiser is very vulnerable when facing a real super battleship, and we The two planned battleships are real super battleships!"

"...In addition to the four battlecruisers, the Japanese Navy also has six real super battleships, two of which are Fuso-class battleships with a displacement of about 22.5 tons. These two battleships are characterized by being equipped with twelve doors and fourteen inches The main gun has six turrets! However, the speed of this class of battleships is too slow, currently only [-] knots, and the level of protection is also average. I am afraid that our battleships will be far behind in future battles? The initiative to fight or not is in the hands of our Minister Chen."

"...Japan's Ise-class battleship is actually an improved version of the Fuso-class. It also has six turrets and twelve 1000-inch main guns. The current displacement is more than 23.6 tons, the speed is [-] knots, and the level of protection It’s also mediocre, and the speed is also slow. If the result of facing our new battleship is the same as that of the Fuso-class, it’s up to me whether to fight or not! So there’s nothing to worry about.”

"...Among Japan's ten battleships, the Nagato and Mutsu are the most powerful. These two battleships are currently the latest Japanese battleships. The initial design was completed in 8, and the August 28 On November 1919, the first ship Nagato started construction at the Kure Naval Factory in Hiroshima Prefecture, and was launched on November 11, 9, and completed and delivered on November 1920, 11. The construction cost was more than 25 million yen at the time. These two battleships The 4390mm main gun with the largest caliber carried by the battleship at that time was adopted! During the Battle of Vladivostok in the Second Russo-Japanese War, it was the 410mm main guns of the Nagato and Mutsu ships that destroyed the ninth ship on Russo Island. Go to the protective wall of Fort No.410! It can be said that the Vladivostok Fortress was captured by Nagato and Mutsu. The intelligence also shows that the displacement and speed of the Nagato-class battleship are larger and faster than the data released by Japan! Its displacement is likely to reach 11 tons, and the speed is as high as 26 knots! These two battleships are The real threat of our new battleships in the future, similarly, our armaments department and the German Blom Fuss shipyard also used these two battleships as imaginary enemies to design new battleships."

As soon as Luo Yaoguo's words came out of his mouth, the leaders of the Military Commission didn't mind, but Chen Shaokuan, who was the Minister of the Navy, had an expression of disbelief.

Chapter 0366 of the germination of the military (five)

A quiet afternoon in mid-October in the 16th year of the Republic of China.Another roar came from the compound of the Military Commission by the East Lake in Wuhan!This is Chen Shaokuan, the newly appointed Minister of the Navy, furious, and the location is the small building of the Ministry of Armaments.

"Where is Luo Yaoguo!"

A roar with a little Fujian accent woke up Song Meiling again from her afternoon nap!The former No. [-] Royal Sister, now the Chairman's Wife and the Secretary-General of the Armament Department, reluctantly opened her sleepy eyes and sat up straight on the big sofa in the office.Pretending to be dignified and gentle, he smiled at the uninvited Chen Shaokuan: "Luo Fuwen flew to Guangzhou to inspect the shipyard with Mr. Ma Junwu this morning, please tell me if Minister Chen has anything .”

"Talking to you?" Chen Shaokuan's face was livid, his body was trembling slightly, and he looked like he was about to die of anger... Isn't this military department too out of tune?Get such a girl to be the secretary-general, she is the number three person in the department!And it's not the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, but... the Ministry of Armaments!Can the girls figure out about armaments?

"Or...just wait until Luo Fuwen comes back..." Song Meiling frowned slightly, a trace of displeasure slipped across her face.I guess I have already decided in my heart that I want to blow Lao Jiang's pillow and speak ill of Chen Shaokuan!

With a snap, a large stack of documents was thrown on the coffee table in front of Soong Meiling.Song Meiling looked down, and there was something "Guangzhou-class light cruiser design plan (final draft)" written on the folder.This is a new type of warship that Guangzhou Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard are about to start building, and it was designed by Blom Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany according to Luo Yaoguo's requirements.

Before Song Meiling had time to ask, Chen Shaokuan's roar rang out again, "Does your armament department understand? If you don't understand, don't command blindly! Do you know what a navy is and what a cruiser is? Eight thousand tons Such a large ship actually only has eight 127mm caliber main guns! What is this broken ship used for?"

To be honest, there is some reason for Chen Shaokuan's anger today.What about an 203-ton ship!It is bigger than the ironclad ships like Zhenyuan and Dingyuan back then!It is no problem to install a 280mm heavy gun!If Chen Shaokuan were to call the shots, he would have to install a 127mm main gun no matter what.Anyway, China did not sign the "Washington Naval Treaty", but the Armament Department actually ordered nine [-]mm main guns this time, and only nine!Isn't this... not just for appearance?What is the use?Isn't it the fate of being brutally abused by others when you drive out to meet the Japanese heavy cruiser?Is the life of our navy worthless?

Song Meiling blinked her beautiful eyes and tried to think about it: "Oh, this seems to be an anti-aircraft cruiser. It will be equipped with 18 double-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns... and the speed is also fast. If you can't beat others, you can still run away. Lost. Its main function seems to be to escort some aircraft carriers and battleships, provide anti-aircraft firepower and anti-submarine... Is that probably the case?"

Chen Shaokuan glanced at the innocent woman in front of him, and sighed heavily in his heart.Right now, I really shouldn't lose my temper with Mrs. Jiang, because this matter has nothing to do with her, and it was all made up by Luo Yaoguo, a kid who doesn't know how to pretend to understand!Uh, no, it's entirely the fault of the national government's weapons procurement system, and the Ministry of Armaments only cares about production.How come they decide what kind of weapons the army needs to equip?And not only the army weapons, but also what kind of warships the navy uses is completely controlled by the Armament Department!Can this be a joke?

And this kind of joke has been made more than once!The last time it was the design plan for the Zhonghua-class aircraft carrier, er, it was the aircraft carrier ordered from the United States.The Ministry of Armaments actually asked this aircraft carrier not to install naval guns!Not a single one, and a whole lot of anti-aircraft guns were installed.How can there be no naval guns on this aircraft carrier?What if you encounter an enemy cruiser or destroyer?Waiting to die?Aircraft carriers all over the world now have naval guns. Usually, an aircraft carrier of 203 tons is equipped with about ten [-]mm naval guns, and its firepower is definitely not weaker than that of ordinary heavy cruisers.

It seems... It is absolutely impossible not to take back the right to purchase naval armaments!Chen Shaokuan let out a long sigh, shook his head, turned and left helplessly.