"Since the Kamchatka Peninsula was ceded by the Soviet Union in the last war, our fleet has been stationed there. The Russian Empire's fleet is mainly composed of a 75,000-ton aircraft carrier as its flagship, and also includes a Shandong-class battleship...cruiser..."

When Tang Xiaoan looked at the stack of information about the navy, Kolchak introduced him to the scale of the Russian Royal Navy at this moment.

Strictly speaking, this is an army with medium quality but severely insufficient quantity. It is not that it is in a state of shortage, but that among the four major military branches of land, sea, air and sky, the Navy is the second-ranked purely burning military branch, which is slightly better than the Tianjun.

"... So, I'm worried that if we want to make the Royal Navy medium scale, we still need two to three large aircraft carriers, and three to five medium aircraft carriers. Otherwise, our navy will..."

After Tang Xiaoan became the Tsar, he learned from the bearded Prime Minister Mr. Pepelyaev that although the Russian Empire occupied Ukraine, the treasury was really unable to afford the cost of large-scale wars. Only in the navy, if he participated in the war, the number would need to be greatly expanded.

The Russian Empire is not like the German reservation on Ili Island, where the primary processing industry provided a lot of money for the German Emperor William III. In addition, just like Tang Yunyang's earliest consultation with William III, 10% of the old German arms giants in the Chinese Federation earned 10% of every penny they earned belonged to the German Emperor William III.

So in comparison, the Russian Empire inherited by Tang Xiaoan, which was about to participate in the war, was not rich. The 800 tons of gold that Kolchak once brought from the Kazan treasury was almost gone after more than 10 years of consumption. Even many treasures in the treasury have been sold in large quantities. But for building a powerful army, this is far from enough.

"General Kolchak, if that's the case, I think we may not need a fleet on the Pacific side. You know that the warships in Kamchatka are actually guarding its eastern border for the Chinese Federation. For our Russian Empire..."

Kolchak was a little shocked when he heard Tang Xiaoan's words. He did not expect that Tang Xiaoan would draw a "boundary" with the Chinese Federation so quickly. In fact, the four northern islands at this time had no relationship with the Russian Empire at all. Now the Soviet Union has lost almost the entire southern territory, so the reason for the existence of the Russian Empire's Pacific Fleet has become much smaller.

"But... the Navy..."

Kolchak didn't want to hear from Tang Xiaoan what some people said, "the navy is empty" argument. Such an idea has been discussed on the military channel of the Chinese Federation. The general idea is that when the Chinese Federation has a powerful air fleet, the increasing development of long-range precision strike means will lead to the demise of the navy.

This is certainly not a completely correct idea, but it is not completely impossible. But for now, the use of air fleets does not replace the role of surface ships. For example, the 75,000-ton aircraft carrier can carry almost more fighter jets than the entire air fleet.

In particular, the navy is offensive. However, if the air fleet does not have absolute air supremacy, it will be extremely vulnerable to attacks from the other party. According to his point of view, it is probably only possible to use it in the whole world, such as the Chinese Federation, which is leading in technology and can maintain absolute air supremacy on any battlefield.

As he believes, the future navy should be similar to the practice of Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey, the U.S. Navy. The surface fleet is supplemented by the air fleet, taking into account both the speed and control area. The air fleet conducts off-domain attacks under the protection of the powerful combat capabilities of the surface ships.

This is the stop that was provided to everyone at this moment of World War II. Germany achieved a lot of results in the use of air fleets in land warfare. The United States mixed aircraft carrier formations with air fleets in the Pacific naval warfare, and also formed a powerful strike force.

So what kind of military establishment route should the navy that revives the Russian Empire take?

In fact, after Tang Xiaoan returned to the military academy, in addition to quarreling with his father, as two soldiers, he would also discuss and study these things.

"Russia does not need an overly powerful naval force, it does not mean that the Russian Empire does not need a naval force, but does not need to compete with other countries in naval competition. Because if it becomes a strategic ally, the interests of the Russian Empire in the Pacific will be mainly borne by the Chinese Federal Fleet.

However, because the Russian Empire and Europe have a large number of channels on land, the Russian Empire's strategy for building an army should be based on land warfare and air force as its main goal. In this way, the Chinese Federation and the Russian Empire have strengths and complementary roles in combat capabilities!"

"And, the advantage of this is that everyone can save a lot of money!"

Of course, the latter sentence was not what Tang Yunyang or Tang Xiaoan said. The latter sentence appeared on the lips of Mike Lang. Since resigning as federal president, Mike Lang has been busy with his business, but his main life is to accompany his best friend, Tang Yunyang.

His words just illustrate another thing. It is that the relationship between the Russian Empire and the Chinese Federation in the future must be based on the complementary force of military power. That is, Russia's powerful land and air, the Chinese Federation's powerful sea, air, and sky forces.

If we had to compete, it would be like a person's hands. But how should we tell Kolchak, who is eager to expand the navy?

"Your Majesty, can I make a fuss?"

The speaker is Tang Xiao'an's personal consultant - Richterhoven Jr. Just like the position given to him by Tang Xiao'an, he is Tang Xiao'an's think tank in terms of military and political affairs. At this time, he was committed to selecting some former politicians, soldiers and other professionals to organize an institution similar to the "International Affairs Institute" of the Federation of China.

He was not familiar with Richter Hofen Golchak, but he was very famous for his father. Therefore, when Richter Hofen spoke, he acted very seriously.

"Of course, Your Excellency Consultant, if you have any comments, I think your Majesty and I will listen carefully!"

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In a word, Kolchak, who was full of hope for the expansion of the navy, sank his face. However, the words of Little Richthofen gave him another hope.

"I think the Royal Navy needs more amphibious combat ships. In addition to amphibious landing ships that have loaded landing troops, I know that the Chinese Federation also has a warship modified using the past 35,000-ton aircraft carrier. It does not carry landing troops, but only takes seagull attack boats. You know, this kind of thing can take off directly on the sea, plunder the ground, and fly and attack in the sea! The navy has added some such warships, and at the same time has an air fleet dominated by long-range strikes. This will not cost much, but the combat effectiveness..."

The amphibious assault ship was used to replace the large main battleship, and the air battleship was used to expand the range and ability of the long-range attack of the fleet. This was about enough, although just like Kolchak, he felt satisfied. However, Little Richthofen immediately proposed another plan to be happy Kolchak and Tang Xiaoan frowned.

"I admit that Seraph - the Saraph piston fighter attack aircraft is good, but our Navy's target of dressing up should be the y-d/a4 Hell Eagle fighter attack aircraft. That type of fighter aircraft has a good combat aircraft regardless of the ammunition capacity, range, and speed! With the escort of this fighter, our air warships can easily attack any target in a radius of 500 to 1,000 kilometers!"

The y-d/a4 Hell Eagle fighter uses turboprop technology. Of course, the bomb load and range are better than the Seraph Piston fighter fighter, after all, the engine is already fundamentally different.

Although this was a lot of money, Tang Xiaoan immediately thought that the seraphic angel, the retreating Navy's Piston-type combat attack aircraft, could be supplemented for the army. His mind was finally balanced, but if the army was expanded, the Russian Empire's lack of funds would not be effectively alleviated.

Satisfied Kolchak got the letter of intent he needed and began to prepare the entire plan, but Tang Xiaoan started to have a headache about money again.

He lives in a family that does not need to be troubled by money. Since he was a child, he basically did not spend much money in the supply system of military academy. Even the "International Media Group" of his grandfather Meilin's family will become his industry in the future.

But now he is extremely short of money, but Ukraine is his father's territory, and he will have to pay back the taxes here in the future. He can't be the Tsar, the first thing he does is to deprive his father of his territory!

But soon, the person who gave him money came. Although the money was not much, he could feel the other party's sincerity.

As the door to his Russian Tsar's office was opened, his fiancee Adelaide appeared before him. Along with Princess Adelaide, her father, Carl I.
Chapter completed!