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The Offshore Fleet, which had been conducting exercises in the harbor, moved south a little and began to free up the Pacific Fleet.

The Soviet fleet that withdrew from Lianlu Port poured into the port, instantly gathering four destroyers and more than a hundred small ships.

Their strength is equal to that of Sugang's coastal fleet, and with the support of troops in the naval port, there is really no way to continue the blockade.

The Soviet Union's Pacific Fleet returned to its original naval base.

It feels like home, but I feel uncomfortable everywhere I look.

After all, the harbor is not as fragrant as the travel port.

The sea area is not wide enough and the draft is not deep enough.

After Wang Tao's 57th Army strengthened the coastline defense, it proposed the idea of ​​near-shore defense. It is not enough to rely solely on the passive defense of the troops on the shore, but also necessary to strengthen the near-shore combat area.

The brigade commander had no warships and no experience in near-shore combat, so he threw the problem to Jin Xiaoer and the Russian adviser behind him.

A while ago, Ding Wei used the Skyrocketing Monkey to force back the Eagle Sauce's aircraft carrier fleet.

There is a temporary vacancy in the coastal waters, and some small ships can be deployed to strengthen the coastal defense. Some submarines, torpedo boats, and minelayers can be added.

Jin Xiaoer didn't have any warships either. He looked at the Russian advisor and put on a harmless look.

We can only rely on the big brother to solve it, because the big brother has warships.

This is when the difference between the eldest brother and me is revealed.

Sell ​​us a 17 ton destroyer.

Instead, they gave Jin Xiaoer a batch of small ships for free.

It’s free, not costing a penny.

8艘潜艇、15艘猎潜艇、12艘鱼雷快艇、2艘运输船、2艘通讯船，外加4艘浅水重炮舰。

Ships and boats are often distinguished according to their displacement of 500 tons. Those with a displacement of more than 500 tons are called ships, and those with a displacement of less than 500 tons are called boats.

The Russian bear’s shallow-water heavy gunboats are quite classic and also quite funny. Some of them are even equipped with tank guns.

Just highlight that he is tough and has good weapons.

At one time, four Zheleznyakov-class inland shallow-water heavy gunboats were given. They were launched in 4 and had a full load displacement of 36 tons.

I just said that ships over 500 tons are called ships, and ships below 500 tons are called boats. This is the classification based on the tonnage of the ship.

However, our division is not static.

Sometimes it is also divided according to function and positioning.

At the inland river level, the Russian Bear calls a gunboat with a displacement of 260 tons an inland shallow-water heavy gunboat. What can you do?

The conning tower has 40 mm armor, the rest is 15 mm armor, and the main weapon is a twin 102 mm gun.

2 45mm secondary guns.

It is indeed majestic in the inland river, but in the coastal area, it is really not majestic at all.

The Russian Bear does have shallow-water heavy gunboats of more than 500 tons; it even has the Hassan-class shallow-water heavy gunboats with a displacement of more than 2000 tons.

Its firepower is even stronger than that of a destroyer.

The Fengxue class, also known as the Typhoon class shallow-water heavy gunboat, has a full load displacement of about 900 tons.

The reason why Ding Wei was so clear about this was that when he obtained the inland ship information in the early stage, there were very clear gunboat technologies of various countries, as well as manufacturing drawings of different tonnages.

The other party had studied the situation of Tujiang River carefully. It had accumulated silt for many years and no one was maintaining it. When the Japanese were there, they even blocked the waterway, so that only small boats of 200 to 300 tons could pass through.

In addition, there are basically no ships in the Tujiang River estuary area.

The four shallow-water heavy gunboats are quite intimidating when deployed.

Another meaning of this generosity is that the Russian bear wants to protect its own seaport and does not want Ding Wei's forces to interfere.

They gave away 43 ships in one go. They are really rich and powerful.

The purpose was also very clear, to guard the Tumen River estuary and several important coastal ports of the Northern Dynasty.

Big Brother's strategic vision was still online. He basically saw the purpose of Ding Wei's deployment at a glance, which was clearly heading towards the northern territory.

The three parties need to sit down and have a good talk regarding the Tujiang estuary.

However, before the negotiations, Ding Wei had to pull out a strong enough inland fleet here.

Do you think you can scare people with just four submarine heavy gunboats?

This is too much of an underestimation of Manchuria's shipbuilding capabilities and Ding Wei's own abilities.

As just mentioned, the Tujiang River has a large drop in elevation between its upstream and downstream parts, and is actually not suitable for navigation. Most sections of the river are only accessible to small boats of 50 tons.

The transportation capacity is almost zero, there are only wooden boats and small iron canoes, which are good for fishing.

The most favorable part is the lower reaches, which is only about 15 kilometers from the estuary to the village of Fangchuan. This section of water is suitable for inland vessels of 300-2000 tons.

As you go further to the middle reaches, the ships that can pass through become smaller and smaller, with a draft of only 1-3 meters.

During the dry season, only ships of about 100 tons with a draft of only 0.7 meters can pass through.

If the canal is properly cleared, it will be able to allow ships of 500-2000 tons or more to pass through, at least up to Fangchuan.

By building railways and highways from Xinjing, and combining sea and land transportation, we can reach the heart of Manchuria directly.

15 kilometers out to sea area is enough.

It is convenient to directly reach the sea of ​​​​cherry blossoms and establish trade cooperation with the northern enterprise zone connected to the hills and important cherry blossom cities.

It will also be convenient for threatening the Soviet Union's Pacific Fleet to the north in the future, and to borrow Jin Xiaoer's several coastal ports to the south.

Ding Wei likes this sea outlet very much. It is our territory.

It was temporarily taken away by the Russian bear.

Now that we have the strength, of course we have to take it back.

The railway bridge connecting Russia and the Northern Dynasties has a height limit of 7 meters, which greatly affects the passage of ships.

One more reason to blow it up.

They were preparing to build a Roberts-class shallow-water heavy gunboat, which would be a model of small boat cannons and equivalent to a water fortress.

With a full load displacement of 8100 tons, it is equipped with two 2 mm naval guns.

8 102mm dual-purpose secondary guns.

There is no need to mention the other 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft guns, a total of 16 small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, which provide a good air defense capability.

It has air-to-air fire control radar and shore-to-shore fire control radar. One shot can bring peace to the whole world.

The firepower is indeed fierce, and the main gun is also exaggerated, comparable to the cannon of a battleship. With Ding Wei's current means, it is a bit difficult to build.

I’m afraid it won’t be available in a short period of time.

Especially for 381mm naval guns, there is no production experience.

The main guns on the destroyers are all being tried, so forget about the 380mm main guns.

But there is a secondary option.

The Soviet Union planned to deploy the Shile-class inland shallow-water gunboats, with a full load of 800 tons of displacement, in the middle of the Amur River, where the Second Front was located.

Construction began on the eve of World War II, and the subsequent construction process was interrupted.

After the war, it was never rebuilt. If it was put down again, it would have been scrapped. Even in the navy's records, the construction of the gunboat was still a long way off, and it was no longer needed, so there was no need to continue building it.

Ding Wei was ready to take over and bring it to Tujiang, and use it as the flagship of the Tujiang fleet to suppress the Russian bear's arrogance.

The gunboat has two 130mm twin main guns and two 2mm secondary guns.

The caliber of the secondary gun is smaller, and it can be changed to 76 mm after it is taken over.

The rest of the anti-aircraft weapons were replaced with 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft guns, and a few more anti-aircraft machine guns were added.

Just take it, assemble it and you can go into the water.