On the evening of the 17th, Xiang Xiaoqiang invited Xiong Dingming to dinner in the restaurant of the fortress. He talked to him about blocking Japan and the submarine strategy.
Xiong Dingming nodded slightly while holding the vegetables:
"Well, what you said should be an unlimited submarine battle, I also thought about this. But there are a few points, I don’t know if you have considered it."
"Oh? Please talk."
"It is generally recognized that the submarine war is a helpless tactic for the weak navy to deal with the power of the navy. If the navy of the two countries is equivalent, it is generally based on the surface ship battle. Now my Ming Navy and the Japanese Navy are equivalent. Why do we use submarines?
What about strategy? "
Xiang Xiaoqiang had already thought about this problem, he laughed:
"Yes, my Ming Navy is indeed equivalent to the Japanese Navy. It is weak to say that it is weak. However, it is not possible to see the pure total tonnage and the number of ships.
Damn Daming, dug a large amount of interests from Daming. Now, the offense is frustrated, probably how the purpose has been to keep the vested interests. Probably what the people in Tokyo thinks about it, it should be fighting on the battlefield.
It ’s good to be more beneficial to the negotiating table. Keeping Manzhou and East of Mongolia, which is where we all assigned them before the war, do not cut the ground, do not pay the reamination, and retreat from the whole body."
Xiong Dingming nodded, saying that he agreed with his judgment on this.
Xiang Xiaoqiang went on to say:
"And our purpose will definitely not be satisfied with the deportation of the Japanese army out of Fengtian Province? Being invaded in vain? Then we can be a soft persimmon in the eyes of the world.
Winning its own interests, there is no loss without winning. We are not the kind of weak country. Although people do not offend me, I am not offender, but they must be paid for the other party.
The purpose is to at least get the East of Manchuria and the East of Outer Mongolia to Japan before the war, and then at least let Japan pay us a lot of money. This is the most basic.
Give us a piece, or let Ryukyu independent or something. "
Xiong Dingming also laughed:
"I said it well to the adult, and it is not an outsider anyway. We have something to say, haha. Presumably, you can see that we are so reluctant to presented to Japan before the war.
Latin Japan to participate in the war, eliminating Beiqing earlier, reducing the casualties of the soldiers. To be honest, there was still a major enemy Beiqing at that time.
It is cost -effective. But now that Beiqing is gone, think about it, so the large land is giving away, and it is not reconciled. Hehe. Now Japan actively invades us, which also gives us the opportunity to recover those land. We
It's not a fool, it will definitely not drive Japan out of Fengtian. "
Xiang Xiaoqiang also nodded and laughed:
"Haha, Lord Xiong is the same as I think. Maybe most of our Ming high -level people think so much. ... So, the purpose of our Daming is not like Japan.
It is not allowed Japan to retreat, we have to dig a large piece of meat from Japan. Then, it is definitely not possible to drive Japan out of Manchuria and Mongolia.
We died. We do n’t even take Japan completely, let alone cut the ground, do n’t even compensate. We have established a long -term enemy country in East Asia, and we will find something with us as soon as possible.
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Xiong Dingming asked:
"What do you mean by 'completely defeating Japan'?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang gritted his teeth and said harshly:
"The blockade, combined with constant bombing and strategic bombing, will last until Japan bends its knees and begs for mercy. Just blockade and bombing, the cost of our war is not high. At least compared with large-scale land war, the cost is not high. Especially
The casualties are much less. The number of casualties in ten naval battles and air battles is less than that in one land battle. We can afford to maintain it for a long time."
Xiong Dingming nodded, and then asked:
"So what does this have to do with the strength of the navy?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang said:
"If you just look at the total tonnage and number of ships, then we are almost the same as Japan. But our strategy is to blockade Japan. Since it is a blockade, we must surround the island country on all sides. The geographical location of both sides determines our
It can only be more convenient to block the west side of Japan, that is, in the direction of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. If we want to block the east side of Japan, then we must go through the dense Ryukyu island chain and go to the Pacific to fight. That is extremely inconvenient.
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Xiong Dingming nodded and said:
"Well, I understand what you mean. You are saying that the positions of the two sides are like Britain and Germany in the European War. Britain is an island country and is most afraid of blockade, so Germany is doing everything possible to blockade Britain. And Britain is to the west of Germany
, if Germany wanted to blockade Britain, it would have to bypass Britain and fight in the Atlantic Ocean further west than Britain. Yes, this
It's difficult. You want to say that precisely because Germany's surface fleet is inferior to Britain's, it is difficult to win in a head-on confrontation and even more difficult to break into the Atlantic Ocean, so Germany adopted a submarine blockade. Well, where surface warships cannot pass, submarines can.
It's easy to get through. But... sir, have you ever thought about the submarine's speed and field of view radius?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed:
"To be honest, this is also the main shortcoming of submarines. They are slow, and their speed is generally only half of that of warships. Moreover, their hulls are low, and their search radius in the ocean is relatively small. But I think the advantages of submarines can fully make up for the disadvantages of submarines.
Disadvantages. The stealthiness of submarines can precisely
It is enough to overcome the insurmountable obstacles for surface warships - passing through the Ryukyu Islands and entering the Pacific Ocean at any point. It is not easy for us to want a surface warship to enter the Pacific Ocean now. It will take a lot of trouble and prepare for an air battle. If it is
The submarine passed by quietly.
"And the biggest advantage of submarines is that they are low-cost, have a short construction cycle, and can be built in large quantities in a short period of time. As for the two major shortcomings of submarines-slow speed and narrow field of view, they can be made up for by quantity. I think if we
If a 'submarine network' is deployed on the east side of the Japanese archipelago and maintains one or two hundred submarines all year round, then..."
Xiong Dingming interrupted him. It seemed that he was not mentally prepared yet and said in shock:
"Sir Xiang, did I hear you correctly? Maintain one or two hundred ships all year round?...Then have you calculated how many ships we need in total?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was already prepared for this question and said easily:
"Including those resting at the base and those traveling between the base and the ocean, we only need about three hundred ships."
Xiong Dingming laughed in disbelief and said:
"Only about three hundred ships are enough? Mr. Xiang, do you know how much resources this will take up from us? You know how many less aircraft carriers and cruisers we will build for it."
Xiang Xiaoqiang said next:
"If we maintain 150 submarines all year round to the east of Japan, Japan will surrender within a year at most. If we completely surrender, we will give them whatever they ask for. Even if we double the number of surface ships, can we do it?"