For the Soviets, although the deck and elevators of the Katsuragi aircraft carrier were blown up by US aircraft and had lost the ability to be used directly. But to the Soviets, this did not matter. The decks and elevators were not irreparable. The Japanese
Therefore, there was no repair because they did not want to waste the depleted resources when there were no more carrier-based aircraft for the aircraft carrier to use.
This aircraft carrier gave the Soviets their first real aircraft carrier, not to mention its huge power. Before the Yamato-class battleships were put into service, it was once the most powerful battleship of the Japanese Navy and the Nagato battleship, the symbol of the Japanese Navy. So in the end,
The Soviets even felt to some extent that they still had some advantages.
In addition to these two large ships that the Soviets had long awaited, as compensation Yang Zhen also transferred them to the Yokohama Naval Shipyard and Sasebo Naval Shipyard for free, which the Americans rated as the Japanese Navy's largest ship during World War II.
Drawings of the Shokaku-class aircraft carrier, one of the outstanding aircraft carriers.
In addition, there are drawings of the Mogami-class heavy cruiser, Kuma-class light cruiser and three types of Japanese Navy destroyers. Of course, there are also drawings of the latest Japanese Navy Gale fighter used as an aircraft carrier-based aircraft that the Anti-Japanese Alliance garrisoned in Japan.
And the only prototype.
As for the drawings of the Taiho aircraft carrier, which was also a classic heavy-equipped aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy in World War II, its performance is even higher than that of the Essex-class aircraft carrier, the main aircraft carrier of the United States in World War II, as well as the Suzuya-class heavy cruiser and the Agano-class light cruiser.
, Yanyang-class destroyers, these four are the drawings of the best ships among the various ship types of the Japanese Navy, as well as the information on various submarines. He would not hand it over to the Soviets under any circumstances.
He is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very shrewd. Although he does not know everything about the various types of Japanese navy ships, he still knows that when a Soviet person opens his mouth to ask for it, he just pushes it forward and puts all the blame on the Americans. Regardless of the Soviet Union
No matter how people ask, they say that the blueprints of these ships were destroyed by American bombers during the war.
Yang Zhen refused to spit, and in addition, they had already obtained the design drawings and all technical indicators of a considerable number of excellent ships, and the Soviets did not continue to ask further questions. Being able to digest these drawings in a short period of time was enough to seriously lack large-scale ships.
The Soviets benefited a lot from their design and construction experience.
It must be said that as an island country, Japan, which has been developing its navy for many years, has cultivated a group of excellent ship designers after nearly half a century of painstaking efforts. In fact, the quality of Japanese naval ships, except for some electronic equipment and anti-aircraft weapons,
In addition, other things are no worse than those of the Americans. In some aspects, such as the firepower and development level of the ship's main gun, it is even better than the Americans.
However, Yang Zhen was not stingy about the blueprints for the battleships that were built after the advent of missiles and had been eliminated by the navies of various countries, but the construction cost a huge amount of money. He searched for the Americans, but he was the first to get the Yamato-class battleships and Nagato.
The blueprints for the battleship were given to the Soviets in one fell swoop.
Especially the Yamato-class battleships, which only built two and a half ships and consumed almost half of Japan's national power. Yang Zhen not only handed over the drawings of the ships but even the drawings of the ship's artillery to the Soviets. From the construction of the Yamato-class
The two spare power systems for the Yamato-class battleships obtained by the Kure Naval Shipyard, in addition to keeping one for their own research, were also transferred to the Soviets along with three spare gun barrels.
Yang Zhen's act of consuming the Soviet Union's national power in disguise confuses some top Soviet officials at the time. Although the Soviet Union's current shipbuilding industry capabilities are not yet able to afford the construction of such large ships, for the Soviets,
Obtaining the blueprints and technology of the most powerful battleship in the world is undoubtedly a good thing worth gratifying.
Moreover, Yang Zhen sent the battleship Nagato and the aircraft carrier Katsuragi in addition to trying to silence the Soviets and not wanting to completely fall out. He also had an unspeakable reason. After the war with Japan ended, the outbreak of civil war was just around the corner.
In China, even if it sells iron and steel, it cannot afford to support these two large ships that are as oily as tigers.
When these two warships go to sea once, they consume enough fuel to maintain an armored division in a large-scale battle. What's more, people who lack experience in using large ships cannot find people to use these two warships.
Warships. The only way to bring these two warships and the aircraft carrier Fengxiang back to Lushun from Japan is to rely on the original Japanese navy crew members captured on land.
In order to drive these three warships back, although the last bit of the Japanese Navy's fuel reserves was consumed, it was barely enough fuel for one trip. The remaining ships could only barely return to Port Arthur from Japan with enough fuel. The second was Katsuragi.
Although the damage suffered by the ship was not serious, it was not that Huludao was the only one in hand. The Japanese army in Lushun had left it in dilapidated condition and could only be repaired by the Anti-Japanese Federation shipyards that repaired small and medium-sized ships.
And according to the trends in world naval development that I am familiar with, by the time the Chinese have the ability to build, repair, and have the economic strength to maintain these large ships themselves, the battleship, a type of ship that once dominated the oceans, will also be obsolete.
Rather than having these two ships that cannot be used or repaired, but are unfortunately abandoned, it is better to hand them over to the Soviets and use them to silence the Soviets. Therefore, among the ships in his hands, Yang Zhen saw more
Among the remaining ships of the Japanese Navy were the two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, more than 20 destroyers, as well as a large number of coastal defense ships and other light ships.
These ships are the most suitable for the inexperienced future Chinese navy. Moreover, their performance is not inferior to the World War II ships used by the United States until the 1960s. After being installed with electronic equipment such as radar and sonar, they can completely
To meet the needs of the Chinese navy in the next twenty years. Of course, he will not take any of the series of suicide speedboats such as Huitian and Cathay used in suicide attacks.
In Yang Zhen's eyes, what the Anti-Japanese Alliance should do most now is not how many warships they have on hand that can be put into actual combat immediately, nor how many fleets they can form. What needs to be done most is to lay a solid foundation for the future development of the navy. Among the Japanese,
He even built his own shipbuilding industry based on the foundation left by the young commander of the Northeast Army.
After these ships arrived in Lushun, Yang Zhen not only brought two heavy cruisers to the dock of the Japanese Naval Shipyard in Lushun for overhaul, but also mothballed a considerable number of them. In addition to one Soviet-made cruiser, three light cruisers and ten
In addition to one destroyer, sixteen frigates, and more than twenty coastal defense ships put into use, the rest of the coastal defense ships and above were mothballed by him.
Of the more than ten submarines, only the three in the best condition are left for daily training, and the five are engaged in offshore patrols. However, those that are about to start a full-scale civil war can escort supplies, ammunition and equipment from the northeast to other battlefields.
Small gunboats, escort boats, and gunboats are basically not mothballed. All torpedo boats are also put into use.
However, Yang Zhen invested heavily and relied on naval officers kidnapped from Japan, instructors from the Naval University, naval engineers, senior cadres who participated in the naval aid to the Soviet Union, and shipbuilding engineers from several major Japanese shipyards to establish separate establishments in Yingkou, Jinzhou and Tangshan.
It has a series of naval academies such as the Naval Engineering and Technical College, the Naval Command College, the Naval Aviation School, and the Naval Military and Political Cadre School.
To train a large number of army cadres who were transferred to the navy, and to cultivate their own naval engineering and basic command talents. And for those who only learned warship driving, fire support, landing training, mine clearance, and the most basic formation command in the Soviet Union,
But those cadres who have never engaged in formal naval battles need to be systematically trained again.
And in the original Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, now the People's Liberation Army Institute of Technology, based on the first three batches of students from the Soviet Union who returned to study shipbuilding and power design, as well as some engineers invited from Japan, the Department of Shipbuilding Industry and Shipbuilding were newly established.
R&D center.
At the same time, huge sums of money were invested in the reconstruction of Lushun and Huludao, the two former Japanese Navy ship repair yards. In addition, shipbuilding equipment stolen from Japan and North Korea were upgraded to shipyards relying on shipbuilders and engineers robbed from Japan.
.For Yang Zhen, a century-old navy is not just as simple as having warships. What is more important now is to lay a solid foundation for future naval development.
The reason for selecting personnel from the Japanese Navy to teach in naval schools at all levels is because it lacks naval talents, which can even be described as a blank. Even if it wants to send overseas students to study in the navy, it has nowhere to send them.
situation. Because the two warships handed over to the Soviets had completely fallen out with each other, the United States and Britain would never accept overseas students from the Anti-Japanese Alliance to study military affairs.
Moreover, even the Soviets will not accept personnel selected by the Anti-Japanese Federation to stay in the Soviet Union to learn naval command and tactics. Under such circumstances, if you want to truly build your own navy, Japan has become a defeated country and is close to China.
Navy personnel were the only other candidates.
In Yang Zhen's view, the Japanese Navy's tactical application and combined command still have considerable merits. Although the Japanese Navy's strategic vision during World War II was indeed a bit too short-sighted, after years of painstaking management and development, in addition to establishing a large
In addition to the Japanese navy, it also formed its own set of effective tactics that suit itself. In the Pacific War, the Japanese navy did not lose in tactics and the quality of its crews, but in strategy and national strength.
and the use of the navy throughout the war.
Regarding the strategies and tactics adopted by the Japanese Navy in previous naval battles, taking the dross and taking the essence can still be used as a reference for China's future naval development. In particular, the Japanese Navy's training of grassroots officers is quite effective and efficient.
Taking the enemy as a teacher and extracting its essence is not an embarrassing thing in Yang Zhen's opinion.
Compared with the conservative use of naval tactics by the Soviet Navy, the spirit of the British in naval use, the strict training of the Japanese Navy, and the extremely high quality of sailors and basic officers are what the Anti-Japanese Alliance needs to learn most. Only by gathering people
In the end, with a blank sheet of paper, creating a set of strategies and tactics suitable for your own navy is what you should do most at the moment.
As for the current large ships and cannons, they are really not suitable for the current navy. Moreover, when most of the commanders and crews have only received basic training, it is not appropriate to put all the ships into use at present.
In Yang Zhen's view, those commanders and crew members who were trained in the Soviet Union still need further training.
However, Yang Zhen transferred two unprecedented giant ships of the Chinese Navy to the Soviet Navy. Not to mention that the Soviets who always thought they were smart fell into the trap. Even many people in the party and the military did not understand.
Our country has just started, and for a long time it will not even be able to manufacture destroyers. It can only imitate some frigates, minesweepers, submarine hunters and other light ships. It does not even have the most basic repair capabilities for large and medium-sized ships. The shipbuilding industry.
These two ships are the largest in history since the Beiyang Navy established China's modern navy. They are also ships that the domestic shipbuilding industry has not been able to produce for a long time. They have become a favorite in the eyes of some people. In the domestic shipbuilding industry, it is very likely that in the 20th century
Since large-scale ships cannot be built within this year, in their eyes, these two warships can be said to be extremely important to the future development of the Chinese navy.
However, the transfer of these two aircraft carriers and battleships, which are very important to the development of the Chinese navy, to the Soviets has caused many people in the military who also covet these large ships to have objections. There is no doubt that the current dream of big ships and big guns is
It still fills the minds of many people. Since they can't make it themselves, then these two captured giant ships are regarded by many people in the military as nothing more than a windfall from heaven.
For Yang Zhen to hand over these two ships to the Soviets, the opposition within the party and the military was very strong. If he had not communicated with Yang Zhen in advance, he would already have a good understanding of Yang Zhen's thoughts and clearly know
With the current strength of the party, it is simply impossible to support the chairman and boss of these two giant ships. It is really difficult for Yang Zhen to suppress the opposition.