Compared with the reform of the army, which mainly focuses on the construction of armored forces and the construction of army aviation, the reform of the navy is much more troublesome! The three fleets of the Imperial Navy include capital ships, aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, and frigates.
Thousands of ships, including landing ships, transport ships, gunboats and patrol boats! In addition, the previous organization of the Home Fleet, Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet is no longer suitable and needs to be changed! In addition, after the emergence of aircraft carriers
In the changes caused by the war, the navy will no longer be centered on capital ships, but will be centered on aircraft carriers. The construction plan for aircraft carrier formations, etc., are all very complicated! The General Staff and the Navy jointly spent half a month on
time, period chief of general staff
Marshal Cai Yun and Navy Minister Marshal Zhang Cheng also met with Emperor Wang Yuze several times to seek his opinions before finally finalizing the navy's reform plan. This process alone exhausted the generals and staff officers of the two departments.
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On January 8, 1914, Emperor Wang Yuze and Crown Prince Wang Zirui attended a naval meeting held at the Ministry of the Navy. The navy's reform plan will also be announced to the navy generals at this meeting!
"Your Majesty, after discussion, the Navy has decided to reduce the number of capital ships to 10,000. The remaining capital ships include two 'Imperial-class' battleships, four 'Tang-class' battleships, six 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships, and six
'Han-class' battleship, a captured US Navy ship 'Pennsylvania'
Sub-class battleship USS Massachusetts, one Nevada-class battleship USS Arizona, one New York-class battleship USS Texas, two Wyoming-class battleships USS Wyoming and Lewis
Anna', a captured British naval ship Elizabethan
King-class battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, five "Iron Duke-class" battleships, including HMS Iron Duke, HMS Ben Bow, HMS Canada, HMS Marlborough and HMS Erin,
4 'King George V class' battleships, including 'King George V', 'Aja'
USS 'X', 'HMS Audacious' and 'Centurion', one of the 'Orion-class' battleships 'Thunder', a total of 34 ships, including two battleships with a caliber of 406 mm and a caliber of 381 mm
There are 6 battleships, and the rest are battleships with a caliber of 343 mm!
In addition, there are 3 'Qin-class' battleships, 4 'Zhonghua-class' battleships and 3 'Baiqi-class' battlecruisers, as well as 4 captured battleships of the French Navy, 13 battleships of the US Navy and the British Navy.
1 battleship, 4 battleships of the Italian Navy! The main guns of these battleships have a caliber of only 305 mm! Therefore, the Navy Ministry decided to mothball these battleships or sell them to friendly countries!
In terms of heavy cruisers, the Imperial Navy only retains the 'Jianghe-class' heavy cruisers, now totaling 32. In terms of light cruisers, it only retains the 'Ningbo-class' light cruisers, now totaling 62. In terms of destroyers, it only retains the 'Fuqing-class' destroyers, now totaling 32.
Of the total 106 ships, 60 'Lop Nur-class' frigates are all retained! At the same time, these warships will gradually undergo modern modifications, mainly to enhance the power system, install sonar systems and air defense weapons, and enhance the warships' anti-air and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
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In addition, according to the new fleet organization with aircraft carriers as the core, the Navy will build a large cruiser specially used for air defense, as well as a new heavy cruiser! The Navy will cancel the development of light cruisers and use large destroyers to replace light cruisers. This
This large destroyer will have the functions of both a light cruiser and a destroyer! The design of a new frigate will also be launched to further enhance anti-submarine and anti-air combat capabilities!" Marshal Zhang Cheng introduced to the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze and important generals of the navy!
Wang Yuze has long been aware of the specific reform plan of the Navy. Many of the suggestions were put forward by him! For example, canceling light cruisers, etc. In a fleet with aircraft carriers as the core, it is required that the maximum speed of the fleet must be increased to 30
Festival. Therefore, supporting warships need to be redesigned. When China's enemies also begin to develop aviation power on a large scale, dedicated air defense large cruisers that provide protection for aircraft carriers become even more important! This type of large air defense
Cruisers do not need to have strong anti-ship or land attack capabilities. Their main duty is to serve as the aircraft carrier's personal bodyguard. Once the aircraft carrier fleet is attacked by enemy fighter planes, it will use its powerful anti-air firepower to shoot down the enemy fighter plane.
Protect the aircraft carrier! When necessary, even serve as a human shield, sacrificing yourself to protect the aircraft carrier! At the same time, because China’s enemies are already very powerful in submarines, it is also very necessary to strengthen the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the fleet!
The naval generals who attended the meeting felt somewhat uncomfortable when they heard that more than 20 battleships and battlecruisers would be mothballed or sold! Many of their generals came from the era of giant ships and cannons.
Battleships have special feelings. Compared with using planes to sink enemy battleships, the battle between battleships makes their blood boil even more! However, even if
It is to seal up and sell these battleships with a caliber of 305 mm. The number of remaining battleships is still as high as 34. This is already the world’s largest main fleet! Of course, according to the character of the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze, if other countries are willing to purchase these main battleships
Wang Yuze will definitely sell the ships and only keep about a dozen large-caliber battleships to undertake operations under special conditions!
Although aircraft carriers have become the dominant force in naval battles, we have to admit that in certain specific battlefields, battleships still play an extremely important role! For example, during night battles, once the aircraft carrier formation is approached by the enemy's main fleet, then
There is only a dead end! The fragile aircraft carrier is simply vulnerable to the main gun of the battleship! One shot of the 381 mm main gun is enough to cause an aircraft carrier to be severely damaged or even sunk.
!This requires that the aircraft carrier fleet must have high speed. When encountering the enemy's main fleet, it can escape with the speed advantage, and then wait until dawn before taking off fighter planes to kill the enemy's main ship! In addition, in supporting the Marine Corps
When landing, the battleship also plays a huge role! The battleship's main gun can easily penetrate the enemy's coastal defense fortress and clear obstacles for the marines. And this kind of sustained firepower cannot be achieved by an aircraft carrier!
"Submarines are also an important direction for the development of the Imperial Navy! During the war, Germany used submarines to sink more than two million tons of British and American merchant ships, almost blocking the eastern Atlantic route, which beneficially weakened Britain's war potential! Once
If a war breaks out between us and Germany, we will also be attacked by the German navy's submarine force! Don't forget, Germany has countless naval forces in the Pacific.
In colonies composed of islands, submarine docks can be built on many islands! Therefore, the Imperial Navy will also develop submarines! In the next five years, the Imperial Navy will build more ocean-going submarines, at least hundreds of them, to form a
The Imperial Submarine Force is the advantage of Germany! Once a war breaks out, the Imperial Submarine Force can also block Germany's sea lines of communication!" Marshal Zhang Cheng, Minister of the Navy, continued!
Although the Chinese Navy began to develop submarines as early as 20 years ago, as the Chinese Navy gradually surpassed other countries in surface ships, it did not pay much attention to the development of submarines. Germany is different. After being taken over by the British Royal
During the naval blockade, their surface ships could only stay in the port and were the only ones able to break through the British navy's blockade.
The only thing that can lock the line is the underwater submarine! This has greatly improved the tactics of the German Navy's submarine force and the performance of the submarine. The most famous one is undoubtedly the 'Wolf Pack' tactic! Even though the Chinese Navy has built specialized
The 'Lop Nur' class anti-submarine frigate is used for anti-submarine warfare, but you still need to pay special attention to underwater submarines!
Germany has no choice but to develop a submarine force! It was forced into a corner by the British Navy. With no other option, it had to rely on submarines! Of course, submarines cannot make Germany a maritime power. After all, submarines are only for destruction.
Type weapons, not control type weapons! To obtain a certain sea area
If we want to control the sea, we still have to rely on surface warships! Of course, now the German Navy has once again begun to vigorously develop surface ships. But we have to guard against that once China and Germany go to war and the German Navy's surface ships are annihilated, the German Navy will definitely
Will once again use submarines as a last resort!
Therefore, in addition to tit-for-tat development of submarines, the Chinese Navy must also speed up the development of anti-submarine weapons! The 'Lop Nur-class' anti-submarine frigate is the Chinese Navy's first attempt! Although the 'Lop Nur-class' anti-submarine frigate is equipped with crude
Sonar, but in the war, it still showed extremely strong combat effectiveness. When fighting the US Navy and the British Navy, it sank a large number of submarines!
To this end, the Academy of Sciences of the Chinese Navy is already developing newer sonar! These sonar will not only be equipped on anti-submarine frigates, but also on all destroyers to strengthen the anti-submarine capabilities of the fleet!
In addition, the speed of the warship is too low to quickly search the vast sea area for traces of enemy submarines! Emperor Wang Yuze has already made a request to develop a specialized anti-submarine aircraft and deploy it near the empire's coastline and overseas islands.
On the ground, cooperate with the warships on the water to form an integrated anti-submarine warfare force in the air and on the water! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)