In order to build these warships, the Soviet Union invested its main economy in heavy industry related to military industry. The original light industry system has not received financial support for a long time. Instead of growing, the Soviet light industry products have increased year by year. After one year of shrinkage and the backwardness of the light industry system, most of the light industry products that the Soviet people needed daily could only be imported from China, which had a more balanced industrial system.
The most critical thing is that because the navy has invested too much, and the Soviet Union has to take into account the development of nuclear weapons and strategic missiles, its investment in the army will inevitably decrease. The development speed of the Soviet army, which poses the greatest threat to China, will slow down, which means that it will not be able to compete with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, with its long border, actually posed much less threat to China,'
Even when China and the Soviet Union later turned against each other, they did not completely fall out. On the surface, the two parties were quarreling, but privately they were secretly restraining themselves. In order to balance the trade deficit, the Soviets did not even stop transferring military technology to China. , MiG-23 fighter jets, Mi-8 helicopters, Mi-24 armed helicopters, IL-62 passenger aircraft, Tu-154 long-range passenger aircraft, and a series of other aircraft that were extremely important to the development of China's aviation industry were introduced at this time.
In terms of military deployment, even when the Sino-Soviet debate was at its most intense, the Soviet army no longer had millions of troops, thousands of tanks, and thousands of aircraft stationed on the Sino-Soviet border, ready to attack at any time. The situation in Beijing has greatly reduced China's military pressure in the north.
At the same time, as the development of the national economy was held back, the Soviet Union's expansion momentum was far less intense than in its original history. Although the disintegration of the Soviet Union was not completely avoided in the end, it was a full twenty years late. , allowing China to gain sufficient development opportunities and time, without having to face the pressure of the Americans alone.
After several Soviet warships that could threaten the superiority of the U.S. Navy were put into service one after another, even if they were parked in the military port, the Americans really felt the threat. After the start of the Cold War, the Americans focused more on While the Soviets were building a huge fleet, the Americans, who focused on the Soviets, could not take China into account.
Of course, for Yang Zhen, that was already a thing of the past. Although it was really disgraceful to obtain these warships' methods of overt and covert robbery, after a lot of hard work, by the end of 1945 or the beginning of 1946, Yang Zhen had already done something for him. The Anti-Japanese Alliance has established a large-scale naval fleet, and most of its cadres have more or less gained some actual combat experience on the Soviet-German battlefield. Although the actual combat experience of these people is not enough to truly support A navy, but after all, it can be regarded as having a good foundation.
This Northeastern Military Region Navy, which was later called the foundation of the New China Navy, owned a Japanese-built light aircraft carrier, two Japanese-made heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, and one light cruiser built in the United States and transferred to the Soviet Union. and two Soviet-made cruisers.
In addition, there were 23 Japanese-made destroyers of various types, eight Soviet-made destroyers in addition to the five destroyers later handed over to the Soviet Union, and 31 American-made frigates, six of which were later secretly purchased from Hong Kong. It was built by the British during World War II. Although the weapons have been removed, the hull and other equipment are quite good and can be used directly after installing the artillery.
In addition, there are six shallow-water heavy artillery ships made by the Soviet Union and Japan, 27 Japanese-made coastal defense ships equivalent to British frigates, more than 50 ships obtained from the Soviet Navy, and various means used to sell them in the international market. After the end of World War II, the US military acquired tank landing ships and mechanized landing ships that were converted into cargo ships and sold off six Japanese-made landing ships.
There are also nearly a hundred large and small Soviet-made, American-made, and Japanese-made minesweepers, minesweepers, submarine hunting boats, and escort boats, plus more than 60 torpedo boats produced by the Soviet Union, Japan, and the United States, and more than 30 tugboats and repair ships. , supply ships, oil ships and other auxiliary ships, as well as in addition to surface ships, more than ten submarines built by the Soviet Union and Japan.
Although these ships are more or less battle-damaged and many need to be repaired, especially the two Japanese-made heavy cruisers, which were towed by other ships before they managed to return to Lushun, they are basically unable to go to sea without extensive repairs. The calibers of artillery on various ships are different. The main guns of destroyers alone have as many as three or four calibers. The number of artillery shells, especially large-caliber artillery shells, is also insufficient. Especially the means used to acquire these ships are a bit too disgraceful. .
After these ships returned to the two bases in Lushun and Jinzhou, the large and medium-sized ships, especially the Japanese-made ships, were mostly damaged in the battle, so they spent most of their time in the dock for repairs, training at sea, and escorting the transport fleet. Most of them are American-made frigates and Japanese-made coastal defense ships. The light aircraft carrier was simply mothballed in Huludao because it lacked carrier-based aircraft and could not be used.
Although we have the design drawings and complete information of almost all Japanese carrier-based aircraft during World War II, with the aviation industry capabilities that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had after the end of the war with Japan, there is no problem in producing them, but these carrier-based aircraft have fallen behind. However, considering various reasons, China's first aircraft carrier was temporarily mothballed.
Although faced with such difficulties, especially because the foundation of the shipbuilding industry is too weak and the ship maintenance capabilities are too poor, the maintenance days of those second-hand warships after entering the dock are extremely long, and most of the ships, especially Japanese-made ships, It was immediately sealed after repairs.
Yang Zhen put more energy and funds into laying a solid foundation for future development, and put limited resources into the liberation war until the country was liberated, the civil war came to an end, the New China Navy was formally established, and After the personnel completed retraining, the mothballed ships were unsealed again and organized into the three major fleets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.
But thanks to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, at least in name, it has a navy that after the defeat of the original three naval powers of Germany, Italy and Japan and the loss of all ships, apart from the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, even the French after World War II could not match it. Moreover, those warships that are sealed after repairs and can be unsealed at any time when necessary, and equipped with personnel that can quickly form combat effectiveness, can also replenish the entire fleet at any time.
Yang Zhen used all means to acquire this fleet, which included more than a hundred small ships, mainly minesweepers and anti-submarine ships, which only received assistance from the United States. The real combat ships only had a few escort destroyers, and the large warships were only provided by the British. A light cruiser and a destroyer were considered large ships in the Nationalist Government Navy, and they were almost going crazy with jealousy.
After learning about the size of the navy of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the National Government Navy couldn't help but lament why the National Government did not have such shameless soldiers. Apart from making money and having such shameless behavior, its own officials at all levels did not do anything else. It's just procrastination. If I had such people, I wouldn't be able to get the Soviet goods in those warships, but there would be no problem with the Japanese ones.
But now, I can only drool when looking at the huge fleet. Although I have received a large number of ships aided by the United States, due to the difference in overall combat strength and the size of the ships, although Yang Zhen will Part of it was sealed, but the remaining strength remained throughout the Liberation War, blocking the Nationalist Government's navy in several military ports such as Shanghai and not daring to leave.
However, they believe that the remaining ships of the Japanese Navy should be used as compensation materials to pay compensation to all Americans who participated in the war against Japan. However, they are very dissatisfied with the Anti-Japanese Alliance's approach of striking first and gaining the upper hand. The only remaining Japanese naval ships in Southeast Asia are Forget about small ships, they are powerful. There are dozens of aircraft carriers and battleships alone. The Americans naturally look down on the old Japanese ships, which in their eyes have no use other than targets.
However, those warships in Japan, especially two aircraft carriers and one battleship, which were all large warships that the Americans had ordered to be destroyed, were also taken away by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which made the Americans very angry. Although they had no use for these ships, Yes, but I don't want it to fall into the hands of others.
What is even more unacceptable to the Americans is that Yang Zhen actually stole a similar Soviet mouth on a large ship after being plundered by the war in order to keep himself under the eyes of others, to calm the anger of the Soviets, and go behind the back of the Americans. Actually, one of the aircraft carriers and one battleship were all handed over to the Soviets.
They did not expect that after the Soviets obtained the Japanese aircraft carrier, they mobilized as many personnel as possible to repair the Katsuragi aircraft carrier in the shortest time. The Americans were still thinking about the damaged ship. Forget about the aircraft carrier, leaving it to the Soviets, given their inexperienced shipbuilding industry, there is no telling when they can be repaired.
Moreover, in the eyes of the Americans, even if the Soviets barely repaired it, the Soviets did not have suitable carrier-based aircraft and experience in using them. When it was actually put into service, we still don’t know the year, but that ship was equipped with eight 410mm aircraft. The main gun of the Nagato, whose caliber was even larger than that of the main battleships of the United States, was handed over to the Soviets, but the Americans felt a real threat.
In order to induce Yang Zhen to give up the idea of dealing with the Soviets and hand over this giant ship to the U.S. government, the Americans offered generous terms. The Americans privately promised that as long as the Anti-Japanese Alliance handed over the warship to the U.S. Navy or It is to find some means to blow it up, and the U.S. government will provide the Anti-Japanese Alliance with a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser, and five destroyers as compensation.
Even as long as Yang Zhen guarantees that the warships handed over by the Americans will not be transferred to the Soviets or that they will not be exposed to the Soviets, the generous U.S. Navy can also consider using the two light aircraft carriers built during the war to equip all carriers. After the machine was acquired, it was also transferred to the Anti-Japanese Alliance for free.
In order to prevent the Soviets from obtaining these two warships, the Americans also hinted, intentionally or unintentionally, that if the CCP prepares to establish a political power in advance, the United States may consider giving up its support for the National Government and instead recognizing Yan'an. This effort by the Americans is not unreasonable. However, after careful consideration and many discussions with the central government, Yang Zhen still rejected the American suggestion.
After Yang Zhen rejected his suggestion, the angry Americans immediately launched retaliatory actions. They not only accelerated the rearmament of the Nationalist Government, but also donated more than a hundred warships to the Nationalist Government in one fell swoop. All the supplies for the Anti-Japanese Alliance that were promised but have not yet arrived.
Even when the People's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River and marched to the south of the Yangtze River, the US Navy, which had openly betrayed itself, openly sent warships to join forces with the British Navy to prevent the People's Liberation Army from crossing the river in the name of protecting overseas Chinese, and took the lead in firing without any provocation. , bombarded the People's Liberation Army Army positions on the north bank, and immediately had a fierce river battle on the Yangtze River with the fledgling People's Liberation Army Navy that rushed over.