wW In this battleship design, Zhu Bin had almost no intervention. It was a high-level product developed by the team led by Ye Zaifu to use his years of experience, combined with the various weapons and equipment currently developed, and based on the most advanced construction technology.

Referring to the design of the most advanced "Brooklyn" class light cruiser in the United States and some of the Japanese "Kaohsiung" class designs were completed on the basis of the "Capital-class" heavy cruiser that has been in service.

This "Qingdao-class" light cruiser is 186 meters long, 21 meters wide, and has a draft of 75 meters. It uses a square stern, an outer floating flat deck and Atlantic bow with extremely high seaworthiness. It has a compact bridge and a fusion chimney structure, making the upper deck building as simple as possible, and the upper mast chimneys of similar warships of various countries cannot be seen.

On the platform with a standard displacement of 11,500 tons, four 3-mounted 52-diameter 152mm main guns were installed, and six dual-mounted 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 10-mounted 4-mounted electric drive automatic loading of 40mm Bofos anti-aircraft guns, and four 6-barrel 25mm near-proof gun systems, as well as corresponding fire control radar systems.

In addition, a four-seater multi-pipe rocket interception system of "Iron Curtain" is specially installed. Each 36-barrel 122mm rocket tower can initiate pre-interception of targets at high altitudes up to 15 kilometers away under the guidance of active air search radar and special fire control radar. The mother-and-child multi-warhead rockets launched in the air can be combined multiple times according to the calculation results to form a multi-layer barrage, forming a dense blocking net composed of tens of thousands of kill fragments and high-speed projectiles in an instant. It will cause a fatal blow to fighters with high-speed dive attacks.

Another rocket interception system for small targets such as frogman and mines was also put on the ship for trial. It is said that the experimental effect is quite good.

In order to fully utilize the design concept of a specialized and multi-energy design, this light cruiser has also been equipped with four 4-mounted 533mm torpedo launchers, and a platform is set up at the stern for a "Sea Tiger" multi-purpose helicopter to dock.

The entire warship uses ultra-light and high-strength alloys and fiberglass, Kevlar fiber composite armor, sidewalks, main guns, bridges and other key parts, all of which are above 203mm, ensuring that they have sufficient strike resistance when facing enemy heavy cruisers and light cruisers.

Using two Tesla high-temperature turbines and four diesel engines with a total of 120,000 horsepower, the two 5-blade propellers allowed the slender warship to run at a maximum speed of 37 knots and obtain a cruise capacity of 14,500 nautical miles per 18 knots, which is enough to keep up with the large force composed of aircraft carriers and battleships. It can even share a lot of work on heavy cruisers.

Zhu Bin was very satisfied with this and approved 12 construction plans in one go, ensuring that within 18 months, all four major fleets could have at least 2 in service to supplement the shortcomings of the heavy patrol.

The high-speed construction of the navy has an immediate impact on the economic pull. It is doubling the country's shipbuilding capabilities almost every year. The shipbuilding capacity is like a Pixiu, and it swallows up the growing steel and special metallurgy without limit. Every bit of profit brought by the forced fattening of economic growth has been thrown into this bottomless pit.

When Zhu Bin's huge shipbuilding plan that was almost "automatic" was finally released, even Chen Shaokuan was frightened! The total displacement of each fleet exceeded 400,000!

What is the concept of a warship with a total of more than 1.6 million tons? That is more than Japan, and it is close to the two major countries of Britain and the United States. According to the Navy Treaty, the total number of their main ships is only 5.25 million tons, and they must be far more powerful in terms of combat effectiveness... Is it really okay to build such a large fleet?

Zhu Bin disagreed with this. He said lightly: "This is far from enough. At least we can completely suppress the enemy in front of us - Japan, not only to defeat it at sea, but also to have the ability to completely disintegrate its island chain blockade and sea lifeline, and finally land on the island and destroy it completely. In addition to warships, auxiliary ships and transport ships, how can we also need a thousand? It is safe to transport 200,000 amphibious infantry ashore at one time. Well, speaking of it, our number of amphibious landing ships is far from enough...!"

Chen Shaokuan was completely speechless and calculated with his fingers. At least 2 million tons of warships, plus 10 million tons of other ships. The amount of steel alone is scary enough, let alone various equipment ten times more, and the funds needed are probably astronomical.

Such a militaristic development of maritime power is definitely a waste of power to deal with a Japan. Even with its current naval power, it can drag Japan to death. What should we do if we make it so big?

Chen Shaokuan had a very bad idea. Zhu Bin's goal is probably not just to deal with Japan. It is the real intention to get involved in the world-class war that may occur at any time. If you contact this guy, you have no idea of ​​reaching out to manage national unity and economy and people's livelihood. If you can't make a fuss, the so-called "revitalization of China" and "maintaining world peace" he said, "to maintain world peace" is just a guise to cover up his crazy and belligerent appearance!

He himself, all the navy soldiers, and even the tens of thousands of scientists and tens of millions of technicians in Guangming City are all accomplices of this guy to realize his ambitions!

However, this idea cannot be verified at all, and Zhu Bin will not admit it even if he beaten to death. And what's so bad is that Minister Chen has brought Zhu Bin to his current position with one hand and wholeheartedly helped this guy achieve the key goal of integrating the navy and stabilizing his status. When all kinds of conditions are met, as long as Zhu Bin shouts "fight against the Japanese invaders" and strives for the independence of the country and nation, countless people will willingly follow him forward!

Can't stop it!

Chen Shaokuan was worried about this, but looking at the young and strong people who almost regarded Zhu Bin as a savior, he was helpless. Looking back on the lives he said a few days ago, he couldn't help but feel like he was bound by himself.

After all, the general trend will not be changed by his own ideas. After the world storm that Zhu Bin deliberately set off, it became out of control.

All the damaged warships in the last naval battle were restored and returned. By the end of the year, two more "Taishan-class" battleships were completed and put into service. After two 30,000-ton aircraft carriers were put into service, the four earliest 20,000-ton "Hero-class" aircraft carriers were all on board for renovation. At that time, the flight deck will be widened to 51 meters, the standard displacement will also be increased to 260,000 tons, and the full load will exceed 320,000 tons, and the fuel will be greatly increased by carrier-based aircraft.

By February 1939, the last two "Taishan-class" battleships and four "Capital-class" heavy cruisers were put into service. At this point, the entire Chinese Navy had eight aircraft carriers, eight battleships, 12 heavy cruisers and nearly fifty destroyers, forty conventional submarines and several large attack submarines! The four major fleets basically formed combat power!

So many ships almost occupied several major military ports such as Weihai, Yantai, Qingdao, Guzhenkou, Shanghai, Zhoushan, Mawei, Guangzhou and Hainan. The sound of gunfire training day and night in the tens of thousands of miles of China's coastal areas made Japan on the opposite side even more nervous!

The Japanese Navy, which was beaten to pieces, was not idle either. After hurriedly searching for several 20,000-ton tankers, modified the upper deck and disguised as sinking several aircraft carriers, including the "Flying Dragon" and other aircraft carriers, they worked overtime to complete all the construction of the two "Kiyi-class" battleships and officially entered service in January. The other two ships on the platform are expected to be completed by the end of the year. By then, two giants with a maximum displacement of 70,000 tons that have been leaked will also be launched. Even if they cannot immediately form combat effectiveness, the minimum deterrent effect. Are there any?!

In addition, the work of supplementing aircraft carriers and fighter jets is also in progress. The Japanese industry, which has received almost endless orders, has been circulating around the world, giving full play to the excellent qualities of "is shameful to be idle and glorious to death" of Yamato national workers. Countless farmers have been pulled into factories. A new round of economic growth driven by military competition has begun.

The two countries expanded their arms in a crazy way, and a war that completely consumed the power of the two countries was foreseeable.

The United States, which was posing with a completely isolated act and sold all kinds of resources to make a fortune in war, just said, "Please keep restrained both countries." The British Empire wanted to continue to balance its force, but it would be better to have a slightly stronger one to hold the increasingly stronger polar bear in the north and slow down the pressure on Europe. The Germans still bet on both sides, but they are still optimistic that industrialization will last longer, and prove that their war will win the final victory and secretly sign a contract. They even began to withdraw their advisory groups and technical workers in China.

In China, Chiang Kai-shek had just transferred more than 200,000 powerful Central Army to the northwest, preparing to give a fatal blow to the "Red Bandits" who were intimidated and completely cleared out these headache-inducing guys. I don't know why the secret was leaked. The appeal of "I'm fighting with each other in the same room, why bother with each other" suddenly surged overwhelmed, catching him off guard.

The people with increasing confidence kept shouting "take the initiative and recover the country." One wave higher and the other, easily suppressing the "Sino-Japan Peace" faction led by President Wang Zhaoming.

Chiang Kai-shek had to order Hu Zongnan to continue to preside over the relevant strategies in a low-key manner, pretended to lead the teaching corps to Peiping, and mobilized the troops of several other divisions to enter one after another. He also called on Zhu Bin, Song Zheyuan, Yan Xishan, Fu Zuoyi and others to strive for courage and launch a powerful attack on the Japanese invaders occupying the Northeast.

On the Japanese side, under the plan of Kanir Ishihara, who had been determined to return to the base camp as the sub-staff officer in the second half of the year, the Kanto Army stationed in the northeast increased to more than 20 divisions. Together with the North Korean garrison, the total number was nearly 400,000, and nearly 300,000 "An" and puppet troops, along the line of the Great Wall, built a solid defense system. Almost all the elites of the entire Japanese army gathered here, ready to deal with possible wars at any time!

In early March 1939, in the western suburbs of Peking, a military exercise aimed at displaying its armed forces and collaborating with various departments kicked off. Zhu Bin and other major leaders came to watch. The war eagles roared, the iron flowed, the rumbling sound of cannons and the earth-shaking explosion made it so lively, making the celebrities and representatives in China dazzled. The media invited to report were even more happy. The enthusiastic words spread throughout the country. The posture seemed to be like waving hands and sweeping the Japanese army opposite to them, slapped them to death.

Unfortunately, the exercise is an exercise. Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan and even Song Zheyuan had no intention of really regaining their territory. Even Zhu Bin was not interested in throwing his little army power into the bottomless pit, and no one wanted to be a fool.

On March 15, a big show came to an end in a grand manner, and the troops returned to their homes. The leaders gathered together to discuss how to continue fooling around. An unexpected situation occurred - Japan and the Russians in the north actually broke out in a fierce military conflict! Welcome to your support, which is my greatest motivation.m
Chapter completed!