Since the creation of various military services, competition between the various services has never stopped. The Army wants more soldiers and more tanks, the Navy wants more battleships, and the Air Force wants more aircraft...
In short, everyone hopes to be the force that determines victory or defeat on the battlefield, and everyone hopes to be the pillar supporting the national destiny.
As a country, we also have different priorities in the development of military services, which is related to national geography and other aspects. For example, island countries give priority to the navy, and mainland countries have the tradition of continental armies.
Needless to say about the navy, as long as it has its own coastline, the navy is definitely a branch of arms that should be developed. Don’t you see, some countries that don’t even have a coastline also need to maintain a navy.
What's more, all countries in the world now have to trade with the Tang Empire to some extent, and the routes on the Endless Sea are busier than in the past 10,000 years combined.
Free ships, or the steel freighters designed by Datang Group in the form of free ships, began to ignore the monsoons and ocean currents and rush on the routes, directly expanding the scale of transportation on the endless sea hundreds or thousands of times!
Because the speed of navigation has been improved and the stability of navigation has been guaranteed, countries have paid unprecedented attention to maritime routes, and almost all countries with conditions have built powerful naval forces.
The traditional naval power, the Poplar Empire, the Mirage Kingdom, Dorne, which inherited Neverwinter Port, and the emerging maritime power, the Laens Empire, all have huge naval fleets.
These countries often have ten battleships, and countless cruisers and destroyers. The navies of some countries even have hundreds of battleships, which is completely different from the past.
Not to mention the army, which is a traditional reserved item of all powerful countries: the leading empires in the world now have hundreds of thousands of standing troops and army troops with a mobilization capacity of millions.
These troops are not the motley trash that relied solely on numbers to win in the past. They are all elites formed after the army of the Tang Empire.
Although there is still a gap compared to the army of the Tang Empire, compared with their respective pasts, these troops have made great progress.
Most of these troops are now at the level of World War I. They are equipped with a large number of artillery, and the soldiers are equipped with helmets, rifles and bayonets, and their combat effectiveness is already considered good.
Moreover, these countries are equipped with a large number of vehicles and can arm their elites to a motorized level, which is more advanced than during World War I.
What's more, these countries are equipped with various types of tanks and have several or even a dozen armored divisions. The performance of the tanks is generally in the early stages of World War II, and the offensive capabilities are also amazing.
With the development of the air force, countries around the world have begun to pay attention to the air force, because no matter from which direction it is viewed, the air force is a quick means of attack.
No one wants to be on the passive side in a war, so the air force, which is easier and more direct to counterattack, has entered the eyes of many military theorists.
In several foreign wars of the Tang Empire, the air force played a decisive role, so countries around the world began to study the theory of air force victory.
Deploying hundreds or even thousands of aircraft to destroy enemy forces in great depth and destroy their industrial production capabilities has become the main direction for various countries to study the theory of large air forces.
As the bombers purchased by these countries from the Tang Empire began to be put into use, the air offensive capabilities of each country were strengthened as never before, and the theory of a large air force became popular.
In fact, this theory was born a long time ago, but at that time the basis of this theory was the airship sold by Datang Group.
After possessing airships, many countries began to have the theory of destroying other countries' will to resist with air strikes. This was the prototype of the big air force theory.
However, the theory of a large air force at that time was still too naive, and the performance of airships as a bombing carrier still could not meet the needs of the air force.
Therefore, the theory of the Grand Air Force at that time was not yet mature. To put it bluntly, it was more of a pleasure than a practical theory.
However, as the air forces of various countries have equipped biplane bombers with more advanced performance, this theory has been brought out again, and it seems to have more basis.
Later, various countries began to install the "medium bombers" sold to them by the Tang Empire. These prophets who had been clamoring for the theory of a large air force finally saw the dawn of victory.
The new bomber has twin engines, can fly more than 500 kilometers, and is very fast, giving the air force a more powerful offensive capability.
These aircraft have certain self-protection capabilities in the sky and are difficult to intercept. At the same time, they can carry more bombs than in the past... Such performance has indeed given the air forces of various countries more confidence.
If they can be concentrated and dispatched hundreds of these bombers at once, under the cover of fighter jets, they can easily destroy a city.
In just ten days of continuous fighting, the opponent's large cities hundreds of kilometers deep will be paralyzed, their industries will be destroyed, and their war potential will be weakened.
Coupled with the army's tank assault tactics, it is possible to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war at a relatively small cost. Military theorists from various countries have launched a fierce debate over which of the three arms is stronger and which is weaker.
Of course, the Tang Empire is an exception...
The Army of the Tang Empire is recognized as strong in the world. Some newspapers and publications from around the world often rank world armies in combat effectiveness. The Army of the Tang Empire has always been the undisputed number one on the list.
It's just that the first is the first, and the second is very different. Some people think that the Ice Empire with the largest army is the second in the world, and some people think that the Yangmu Empire with the best equipment is the second in the world.
Some people also think that the Lains Empire and the Dorne Empire, which have high potential, should be the second... Before the civil war in the Dahua Empire, the Dahua Empire was also often called the second.
Let’s talk about the Air Force of the Tang Empire... This is even more uncontroversial. Just look at the Butcher fighters and Flying Fortress bombers currently equipped by the Air Force of the Datang Empire. They are already far ahead of the air forces of other countries.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not to mention that the Air Force of the Tang Empire is also equipped with Stuka and Yiner attack aircraft that are not available in other countries.
In fact, other countries don't know that the Tang Empire is also equipped with JU-88 night fighters and even more powerful Type 6 fighters.
The controversy over the navy is relatively large, because the whole world is not very aware that the Tang Empire is equipped with a new type of ship such as aircraft carriers, so everyone has no intuitive concept of the power of the Tang Empire's navy.
Compared to the Air Force of the Tang Empire, which really influenced the war situation, and the Army, which actually had the ability to expand the territory, the Navy of the Tang Empire was obviously much more low-key.
The navies of various countries cannot get close to Dragon Island, so they can only collect various data on the Tang Imperial Navy warships by taking photos close to it.
So everyone knows that the Tang Empire has destroyers and cruisers, but it is not clear how many Beiyuan-class battleships (Bismarck) the Tang Empire has.
Everyone only knows that in the past few years, the Tang Empire has sold all the first-generation battleships (Dongwan class) it built before, so it is speculated that the Datang Empire has at least five or more Beiyuan-class battleships.
But in fact, the Tang Empire only had two Beiyuan-class battleships, and they served as the flagships of the first and second aircraft carrier fleets respectively.
There is no way. Compared with the aircraft carrier, the internal space of the battleship is larger, and the huge bridge makes it easier to install electronic equipment. Compared with the aircraft carrier, the battleship with a deeper draft is also more stable and more comfortable when sailing at sea.
The above are all excuses. In fact, sleeping behind a 300 mm thick steel plate makes the commander and staff feel safer...
From this we can see that the Tang Empire is strong in all three armies, so there is no need to argue. With the sufficient military expenditures of the Tang Empire, there is really no need to worry about the focus of development.
But how can anyone be satisfied? Although each branch of the military is already the strongest in the world, the commanders of the three armed forces are still not satisfied with their current status.
The Army is waiting to phase out a large number of old tanks, and is equipped with the Type 59 tank, which looks extremely powerful at first glance; the Navy is looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for jets to come on board, allowing them to become the masters of their own affairs; the Air Force is
Not to mention, they are eager to equip more Liuye, and dream of replacing all the flying fortresses in their hands with jet bombers.
The Army hopes to equip more helicopters to improve its response speed; the Navy hopes to expand the Marine Corps and improve its landing offensive capabilities; the Air Force loves money even more than life, and it is just an aerial refueling experiment they hope to complete.
They are all big projects that burn money.
Therefore, the competition between the three armies of the Tang Dynasty is still serious, and the competition is natural: whoever wins will get the most budget funds, and will realize national defense modernization next year!
The debate between the theory of a large army, a theory of a large air force, and even a theory of a large navy will continue endlessly, because before Tang Mo traveled over, there were still such debates in his world.
Originally, with the victory of the Lighthouse State in the Yinlak War, the theory of the large air force had gained the upper hand for a long time, but with the outbreak of the Great and Maoist Wars, the army once again received the attention of all countries.
The tactics advocated by the Lighthouse Nation, which rely solely on bombing by planes, seem to be a little less effective. The army cannot win, and if it loses the land, it will really be lost, and public opinion will be overwhelming.
It seems that Da Mao, the former staunch practitioner of the Continental Army Theory, has fallen, but Rabbit, who also followed the Continental Army Theory, seems to still believe that this path is correct. But Rabbit is a bit special, and the Air Force is getting bigger and bigger.
Already.
Therefore, in the foreseeable future, competition between arms will still exist, and may even become more intense. The Tang Empire will still strengthen its three armies and continue to lead the world.
