The end of the military era

When Kang Huai, Minister of Industry of the Han and Tang Empire, heard that Zhou Rui was planning to increase the number of super aircraft carriers and super battleships to 80, he couldn't help saying excitedly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as the funds are in place.

Even if we build 120 super aircraft carriers and 120 super battleships at the same time, the six major shipyards of our Han and Tang Empire can do it. "

Zhou Rui couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Kang Huai, "I found that you are quite similar to those commanders of the Royal Navy. For the warships to be built, I always hope that the more the better.

Let's build 80 ships each first. If there are no problems in all aspects of performance after the two warships are built, then the second batch or even the third batch can be built according to the needs of the Royal Navy.

In short, when building warships for the Royal Navy in the future, there is no need to consider financial issues, only whether the Royal Navy needs them. "

Kang Huai nodded with a smile and said: "Your Majesty, I just want to express the current strong shipbuilding capabilities of the six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empire.

In addition, the Naval Design Bureau of Ganyang Shipyard recently submitted the design drawings of a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser, a destroyer and a submarine to our Ministry of Industry, and I also brought them to His Majesty. "

Zhou Rui then finished reading the Naval Design Bureau of Ganyang Shipyard, and nodded in satisfaction at the design of the next-level heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers of the Imperial Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empire had previously built a heavy cruiser with a full load displacement of 17800 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots with reference to the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States. Zhou Rui named it the Anzhou-class heavy cruiser.

Up to now, in the sequence of the Imperial Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, there have been more than 200 Anzhou-class heavy cruisers, and dozens of Anzhou-class heavy cruisers are under construction.

The newly designed heavy cruiser has a full load displacement of 22500 tons and a maximum speed of 34 knots. It is equipped with 4 dual-mounted 55-caliber 220mm main guns, 8 dual-mounted 100mm dual-purpose guns, and 60 40mm anti-aircraft guns. , 40 30mm anti-aircraft guns, 40 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

The side armor belt is 110mm to 150mm, the main deck armor is up to 80mm thick, the main turret armor is 200mm, and the crew is full of 1680 people.

The newly designed heavy cruisers, like the Anju-class heavy cruisers, are no longer equipped with torpedo tubes. Their main role is to provide more anti-aircraft firepower support for aircraft carriers and battleships, and provide escort for aircraft carriers and battleships.

In addition, the newly designed heavy cruiser will also be equipped with 2 catapults and 4 seaplanes, equipped with air search radar and sea search radar.

The six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empire previously built a light cruiser with reference to the American Cleveland-class light cruiser, with a full-load displacement of 14300 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots. Zhou Rui named it the Xuanzhou-class light cruiser.

The newly designed light cruiser, on the basis of the Xuanzhou-class light cruiser, has a full-load displacement of more than 1000 tons, reaching 15750 tons, and a maximum speed of 34 knots.

Equipped with 4 triple-mounted 155-fold caliber 6mm main guns, 100 dual-mounted 60mm dual-purpose guns, 40 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 30 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 13 2mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 catapults , [-] seaplanes, equipped with air search radar and sea search radar.

The side armor belt is 70 mm to 90 mm, the main deck armor is 40 mm, the main turret armor is 150 mm, and the crew is full of 1380 people.

The six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empire previously designed a destroyer with reference to the American Fletcher-class destroyer. More than 600 ships have been built, and Zhou Rui named it the Longzhou-class destroyer.

The newly designed destroyer, based on the Longzhou class destroyer, further strengthens the anti-aircraft firepower, the full load displacement is also larger, and the top speed has also increased by 1 knot.

The full-load displacement is 3550 tons, and the maximum speed is 38 knots. It is equipped with 4 dual-mounted 100mm dual-purpose guns, 12 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 30mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 2 quintuple 550mm anti-aircraft guns. The torpedo tube is equipped with air search radar and sea search radar, and the full crew is 410 people.

When Zhou Rui saw the design data of the next-level submarine, he couldn't help frowning.

"Minister Kang, Ganyang Shipyard Ship Design Bureau has designed the next-level heavy cruiser, light cruiser and destroyer. I feel that the performance in all aspects is good. Next, your Ministry of Industry can make construction plans for the six major shipyards.

However, the design of this new submarine, I think some places are not suitable, especially for a submarine, does it need to be equipped with a double-mounted 1mm rapid-fire gun? "

The new submarine originally designed by the Naval Design Bureau of Ganyang Shipyard has a full-load displacement of 2320 tons on the water and a full-load displacement of 3250 tons underwater. It is equipped with 12 diesel engines. The depth is 17 meters.

装备有1座双联装88毫米速射炮和6具550毫米鱼雷发射管，可以携带28枚鱼雷，艇员编制86人。

Kang Huai explained: "Your Majesty, the Naval Design Bureau of Ganyang Shipyard believes that due to the limited speed of the submarine, it cannot follow the existing aircraft carrier formation to fight.

The most important role of submarines in future wars is to carry out destructive engagements on the coast of enemy countries. In this case, it is still necessary to install a double-mounted 1mm rapid-fire gun on the submarine. "

Zhou Rui shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with the idea of ​​using submarines for destructive combat, but there is no need to add a double-mounted 1mm rapid-fire gun to the submarine.

Before, I asked Ganyang Arsenal to design a special sonar device for submarines, so that submarines can aim torpedoes without using periscopes.

I don't know how the design of the Ganyang Armory is going?

For the submarines of the next level of the Royal Navy, it is best to install that kind of special sonar equipment to increase the safety of the submarine. "

"When I get back, I will ask Ganyang Armory, how is the development of sonar equipment dedicated to submarines?"

At this time, thousands of miles away, in a large shipyard of the Liangyan Empire, Fan Yi, the emperor of the Liangyan Empire, and Lu Qing, the prime minister, were visiting a submarine under construction.

Geng Rong, Minister of the Navy Department of the Liangyan Empire, introduced to Fan Yi and Lu Qing: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this is a super submarine designed and built by our Liangyan Navy to deal with the threat of the Han and Tang Empires.

The full-load displacement on the water is 4350 tons, and the full-load displacement under the water is 6450 tons. It is equipped with 18 diesel engines. The maximum speed on the water is 13 knots, the maximum underwater speed is 14 knots, and the maximum diving depth is 240 meters.

One of the characteristics of this super submarine is that it can continue to operate for more than four months, its combat radius can reach any corner of the world, and its total voyage can reach 58000 kilometers.

The weapons of this super submarine include a 1mm naval gun with fifty times the caliber at the stern, 150 8mm torpedo tubes at the bow, 500 torpedoes, and a 64mm anti-aircraft gun on the conning tower. .

This super submarine is equipped with a hangar that can accommodate 3 folding seaplanes. A catapult zipline extends from the hangar mouth. Usually the aircraft is folded and put into the hangar. During combat, it is dragged to the catapult to unfold the wings. , refuel, reload and eject to take off.

After completing the task, the seaplane landed on the water near the mothership and was hoisted back to the submarine by a collapsible crane.

For this super submarine, the Royal Aircraft Factory specially designed a folding water dive bomber, which can carry 800 kilograms of aerial bombs or a 450mm torpedo.

After the completion of this super submarine, our Liang Yan Navy can carry out air strikes on the coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires by surprise. "

The Navy Department of the Liangyan Empire was separated from the Military Department of the Liangyan Empire, and the Air Force Department of the Liangyan Empire was also separated from the Military Department of the Liangyan Empire.

At present, the Ministry of War of the Liangyan Empire only governs the Army of the Liangyan Empire, while the Navy and Air Force Departments of the Liangyan Empire are under the direct management of Emperor Fan Yi.

After listening to Geng Rong's introduction from the Minister of the Navy, Emperor Fan Yi said with satisfaction: "It's very good that the navy can think of a way to overtake on this curve.

In this way, at least the navy of our Liangyan Empire can also pose a considerable threat to the mainland of the Han and Tang Empires. "

At present, the navy of the Liangyan Empire already has 118 full main gun battleships and 78 battlecruisers, and also has 10 honeycomb-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 25000 tons.

Moreover, several shipyards of the Liangyan Empire are simultaneously building 30 new aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of up to 42000 tons.

However, even so, the strength of the Liang Yan Navy is far inferior to that of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

The Liang Yan Empire developed this super submarine in order to be able to overtake on curves when facing the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

Once a war breaks out between the two countries, the Liang Yan Navy can use this super submarine as a surprise soldier.

Geng Rong, Minister of the Navy, said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, there is no way around this.

Even the joint fleet of the nine-nation navy was defeated by the navy of the Han and Tang Empires. If our Liangyan Empire fights with the Han and Tang Empires one day.

Only relying on the full main gun battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers of our Liangyan Navy, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Han and Tang Empire Navy. After all, the difference in the number of capital ships between the two sides is too great. "

Prime Minister Lu Qing sighed and said: "Although facing the threat of the Han and Tang Empires, our Liangyan Empire has formed a four-nation alliance with dozens of forces from the Qi'an Empire, Western Qin Empire, and Eastern Qin Empire.

But in terms of navy and air force, our Liangyan Empire can't count on the dozens of forces in those three countries.

If there is a real fight with the Han and Tang Empires, the dozens of forces can only contribute some force from the army. "

Geng Rong, Minister of the Navy, hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, it is said that the Han and Tang Empire is planning to build a super battleship with a full load displacement of more than 10 tons and will be equipped with a 500mm main gun. It is an unsinkable battleship.

I don't know if our Liangyan Empire can also build a few super battleships? "

Before Emperor Fan Yi could speak, Prime Minister Lu Qing said helplessly: "Minister Geng, you are also clear about the financial situation of the empire.