The end of the military era

The Feihe-class aircraft carrier refers to the Dongying Guoxianghe-class aircraft carrier, and the Feiying-class aircraft carrier refers to the American Essex-class aircraft carrier.

Today, at the Crescent Island Naval Base, there are a total of 24 Japanese Xianghe-class aircraft carriers and 30 American Essex-class aircraft carriers, which have been conducting secret training.

In addition, thanks to the blockade of the six major shipyards, there are now six orc countries and three elf countries. It is not known that the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empire will soon equip 100 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers in one go.

At this time, Zhou Rui asked Kang Huai, Minister of Industry: "In the next three months, can the carrier-based aircraft of 3 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers be fully equipped?"

Kang Huai nodded and said: "In addition to the Ganyang Aircraft Factory, the other three large aircraft factories in our Han and Tang Empire can already imitate the Wildcat fighter, the Dreadnought dive bomber and the Avenger torpedo attack aircraft, and the four aircraft The manufacturing plants have stocked many built carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, when the remaining 94 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers are delivered, the carrier-based aircraft required by these 94 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers will be delivered to the Royal Navy together. "

Song Limin immediately said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the date of the decisive battle with the joint fleet of the nine navies be postponed for another 3 months.

If the remaining 94 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers can also participate in the battle, our Royal Navy's chances of winning will be greatly improved. "

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said: "Jingzhou Military Region and Tongzhou Military Region have already made sufficient preparations for the attack by the joint fleet of the navies of nine countries, and it should be no problem to delay it for three months.

Compared with several ports being destroyed, I hope to wipe out the main force of the joint fleet of the nine navies in one battle! "

Song Limin immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our Royal Navy is confident that one battle will determine the world!"

With the addition of 100 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empire will have 154 aircraft carriers, plus 12 main fleets of battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns. The strength of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empire will definitely exceed that of the nine countries Combined Navy Fleet.

Zhou Rui asked Kang Huai, the Minister of Industry: "Whether the four aircraft manufacturers are equipped with carrier-based aircraft for the remaining 4 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers, can they produce more carrier-based aircraft? What I mean is within 94 months.

At present, the joint fleet of the nine navies is equipped with more than 200 escort aircraft carriers, that is, aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships.

If there is no problem with the production capacity of the four aircraft manufacturers, I think several shipyards can also be used to transform more escort aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. "

Minister of Industry Kang Huai hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, currently the four aircraft manufacturers are able to imitate the Dove fighter jet and the Golden Eagle bomber.

Unless the imitation of the Dove fighter jet and the Golden Eagle bomber is temporarily stopped, the production capacity of the three carrier-based aircraft cannot be increased. "

The Dove fighter refers to the French S406 fighter jet, and the Golden Eagle bomber refers to the German Stuka D dive bomber.

Zhou Rui said decisively: "Then temporarily stop the construction of the White Dove fighter jet and the Golden Eagle bomber, and let the four aircraft manufacturers fully build three carrier-based aircraft, the more the better.

In addition, immediately arrange several shipyards to transform a batch of escort aircraft carriers as soon as possible. "

Chapter 269 Countdown

As the main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires withdrew from the western continent, the joint fleet of the nine-nation navy attacked the coastal cities of the Han and Tang Empire on the western continent more frequently.

As of the end of September in 1550, the joint fleet of nine navies had turned eight coastal cities of the Han and Tang Empire into ruins.

Of course, under the complete blocking of the Royal Navy's coastal defense forces of the Han and Tang Empires and the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, the joint fleet of the nine navies also suffered considerable losses.

In the meeting room of a small two-story building in Zatvina Port, the Adjutant Raff, Minister of the Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, distributed some materials to the naval commanders of eight other countries.

Then Raff said solemnly: "According to the information that our Golden Lion Empire got from the Han and Tang Empire, several large shipyards of the Han and Tang Empire are secretly building a large number of aircraft carriers.

And it is an aircraft carrier in the true sense, not an escort aircraft carrier.

The main naval forces of the Han and Tang Empire avoided the war probably because they were waiting for these aircraft carriers to enter service. "

Admiral Bolianka of the Natural Elf Empire immediately asked: "General Raff, has the Golden Lion Empire found out how many aircraft carriers the Han and Tang Empires are building?

When will these aircraft carriers join the ranks of the Han and Tang Empire Navy? "

Raff shook his head, "Our Golden Lion Empire's current intelligence system in the Han and Tang Empire is still a little weak, and we only found out that several large shipyards in the Han and Tang Empire are building aircraft carriers.

As for how many ships to build?When will these aircraft carriers enter service?It's not clear yet.

But what is certain is that with the shipbuilding capabilities and financial situation of the Han and Tang Empires, the number of aircraft carriers built will definitely not be small. This is not good news for our joint fleet of nine navies. "

At this time, Svia, the Minister of the Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, said: "I suggest that we immediately implement the plan we discussed before, and implement the landing in the coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empire on the western mainland as soon as possible.

Try to open up the third battlefield in the Western Continent before the aircraft carriers of the Han and Tang Empire enter service! "

It turned out that the top leaders of the six orc nations and the three elf nations, saw that the main force of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires was reluctant to start a decisive battle with the joint fleet of the nine navies, so they were ready to directly implement the battle plan to open up the third battlefield.

For this reason, the six orc countries and the three elf countries have sent some additional army troops to the coalition forces on the northern and southern lines not long ago.

The total strength of the nine-nation coalition forces currently gathered on the northern and southern fronts has exceeded 5000 million. Among them, the armies of the three elf countries have increased their troops the most this time.

The elven army gathered in the Via province and Chesla province of the Red Tiger Empire has reached 1800 million, of which the natural elf empire accounts for about 750 million troops, the light elf empire accounts for about 550 million troops, and the dark elf empire accounts for about 500 million troops. The empire accounted for about [-] million troops.

After the Nine Events Alliance declared war with the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, the three elven countries began to mobilize for war. Now the armies of these three elven countries have exceeded 1000 million. Among them, the army of the elf empire , the military strength has reached 1600 million.

In the army of the elves, the proportion of male elves and female elves is almost equal, which indicates that the war potential of the three elf countries still has a lot of room for improvement. After all, in these three elf countries, women also Can go to the battlefield.

However, in the Han and Tang Empires, including the six orc nations, there were very few women in the army. Even the female soldiers were basically non-combat arms such as nurses and radio operators.

Yegor, the Minister of the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, said with some concern at this time: "It is not an easy task to implement a large-scale landing.

You have to be fully prepared, it takes a lot of time.

What if the batch of aircraft carriers built by the Han and Tang Empires appeared at sea when the coalition forces chose to land? "

Annott, the First Vice Minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's Navy, immediately said: "General Yegor, I feel that even if the navy of the Han and Tang Empires had dozens more aircraft carriers, it would not be our joint fleet of nine navies. opponent.

Although the joint fleet of our nine-nation navy cannot add real aircraft carriers in a short period of time, it has benefited from the efforts of our nine countries to build escort aircraft carriers in the recent period.

As a result, the number of escort aircraft carriers in our joint fleet of nine countries has exceeded 700. Even if the navy of the Han and Tang Empires added dozens of aircraft carriers, so what! "

Annott, the First Vice Minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's Navy, said these words with full confidence.

So far, the number of escort aircraft carriers of the Golden Lion Empire in the joint fleet of the nine nations is 94, that of the Red Tiger Empire is 72, that of the Black Bear Empire is 65, and that of the Silver Wolf Empire is 66. There are 56 escort aircraft carriers for the Flying Leopard Empire and 42 escort aircraft carriers for the Bull Empire.

Among the combined fleets of the Nine Nations Navies, there are 128 escort aircraft carriers of the Natural Elf Empire, 95 escort aircraft carriers of the Light Elf Empire, and 89 escort aircraft carriers of the Dark Elf Empire.

When the joint fleet of the nine navies attacked the port of the Han and Tang Empires, the loss of more than 20 escort aircraft carriers was not included in the above statistics.

Raff, Minister of the Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, said: "As General Annott said, the number of escort aircraft carriers in our joint fleet of nine countries has exceeded 700 with the efforts of our countries, and the total number of carrier-based aircraft is even greater. Up to 13000.

Therefore, even if the Han and Tang Empires have dozens of aircraft carriers in service, it will not change the balance of power between the two sides. I support the coalition forces to implement the landing plan as soon as possible. "

After hearing the statement of the Minister of the Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, Raff, the First Deputy Minister of the Navy of the Black Bear Empire, Murka, and the Minister of the Navy of the Bull Empire, Larion, followed suit and chose to support the landing.

The admirals of the three elf countries looked at each other and nodded.

Yegor, Minister of the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, saw that the commanders of other countries had agreed, so he shrugged and said, "Actually, I have no objection to the landing, but I just hope to be more cautious. After all, the strength of the navy of the Han and Tang Empires lies in There.

Even if the navy of the Han and Tang Empire is weaker than our combined fleet of nine navies, it is very, very difficult for our combined fleet of nine navies to eat the main force of the Han and Tang Empire's navy. "

In the end, Ralph, the Navy Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, said: "Since everyone has no different opinions, let's convey the opinions of our nine-nation naval joint fleet to the army headquarters on the southern and northern routes!"

The Nine Events Alliance was planning to implement a large-scale landing, which was soon known by the Royal Intelligence Bureau of the Han and Tang Empire. Immediately, the Jingzhou Military Region and the Tongzhou Military Region of the Han and Tang Empire immediately transferred a group of army troops to the coastal areas. And began to recruit militias in coastal areas, and formed a large number of militia battalions and militia companies to assist regular troops to resist the landing of the Nine-Power Allied Forces.