Chapter 283 Naval Detification

"Come on, send it to me."

"I'm so stupid."

"No, no! The dog said, you are playing tricks. You can't use your hands!"

"Yes."

"Inward! I'm in!"

Outside the navy dock in the Ryukyu port area, shouting and cheering were endless. Thousands of sailors surrounded the field. In the middle, two groups of blue and white players were playing football. As the football drew an arc and flew into the goal, the sailors who supported the blue team shouted, while the white group scolded. It doesn't count if you scold.

This boom immediately attracted Chen Ping and Li Mo, who had just disembarked from the ship, and dragged Fang Xianqi to speed up their pace with the cheers of everyone.

"Young master, chief of staff."

"Young master, hello, chief of staff."

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Seeing the three people, everyone quickly separated a way. Some people were still ready to salute. Li Mo was so scared that he quickly made a silent gesture, so that everyone could not make a sound so as not to miss the good show.

Because the attention around the people was focused on the court and was in the most excited shouting after scoring, Li Mo's appearance only caused the restlessness of a small number of people, and soon stopped the restlessness.

"Brother Li, is this the football you mentioned?"

Fang Xianqi saw this kind of game for the first time. Looking at the large group of men chasing a ball in the field, she only felt very funny. At this time, a team member was kicked and fell on his back. She laughed even more, but she seemed to feel very unsmoothful and quickly covered her mouth.

The surprised child's appearance almost made Li Mo forget to watch the ball. He quietly pinched Fang Xianqi's little hand with his right hand and began to explain the rules of football for her.

Being held in front of so many people, Fang Xianqi's pretty face turned red. She looked at Li Mo and snuggled up to him obediently to listen to him explain the rules of football. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel very curious that Li Mo could remember that he was so proficient in this kind of play.

The flickering big eyes almost made Master Li distracted. Fortunately, Chen Ping's laughing and scolding voice came at this time: "I knew that these kids must be messing around again!"

Li Mo finally saw clearly the two groups of people in the middle of the field. On the one hand, there are the determination sailors led by Liu Haitao, and on the other hand, there are the tenacity team members led by Gu Junhuo. On the edge of the field, Lin Tianping and Dong Fei are also preparing for the activity with their sailors. It seems that there are four ships to fight against each other. The posture.

As early as the beginning of the army in Hawaii, Li Mo sent many officers to Britain and Germany for short-term training, so this sport was also brought back by these captains and officers. It turned out to be only a small number of people playing, but as more and more soldiers and officers love this sport, and football can also increase the number of comrades-in-arms. Cohesion enhances the physique, so it is very popular in the army.

Since the first ship of the determination class was retired, the other three were also happily driven away by the Spanish. The four heavy patrol sailors who lost their beloved warships were all put into ground training, so that they had a lot of time to kick the ball and dissipated.

In addition to the sailors on these four warships, Li Mo also saw Liu Bu toad Sa Zhenbing and other officers with their own sailors. They cheered and whistled and laughed at each other from time to time. The atmosphere was more lively than the festival.

In addition to several warships patrolling, the fleet is currently in a state of rest. After the war, the Ryukyu Port has been full of warships waiting for maintenance and maintenance. Even the Honolulu Shipyard has accepted four Jinghai-class light patrols and two Arctic star battleships waiting for maintenance.

As for the six docks of the Ryukyu Shipyard, they are all full. Except for the two keels of the Jinghai-class light patrol, the other four docks have been packed by the captured Japanese battleships.

In addition to repair, they will also be replaced with new tube retreat guns, and carry out radio and other modifications. Because these four ships have just been launched for less than a year, and the new ships similar to the Duke class have a displacement of only a few hundred tons, so the general reference did not be divided into another class after consideration, but all of them were incorporated into the Duke class. The list.

Although there are no four heavy patrols, the addition of the four duke-class ships has made the naval combat effectiveness rise instead of falling. In addition, the Jinghai class has proved that there is no problem with the design in actual combat, which has achieved the expected effect. Therefore, before the Japanese surrenders, the last four ships have laid the keel of Honolulu and Ryukyu Shipyard at the same time. Because of this There is no need to hide, so most of the hulls will be installed in the dock to improve the utilization rate of the dock.

Because there are more and more skilled shippers, and this is the second batch, Tang Xiao guarantees that four Jinghai-class ships can be delivered within a year and a half at most. That is to say, before the turn of the century, the navy will have a huge formation of ten battleships, four heavy patrols and eight light patrols.

Although 22 are all 10,000-ton or quasi-ton-10,000-class warships, the eight Jinghai-class are only light patrols. It has been confirmed in this war that the best use of the 152mm naval gun is to ensure the safety of the capital ship and ground support. As it is exposed to the sight of various countries, similar or counter-new ones will soon appear. Warships, so their future is not to intervene in the fierce artillery battle between the main forces, but to use its large range and high speed, more like a sea range of all-faceted.

So the naval capital ships are still fourteen.

The six Duke-class are the latest battleships. After modification, especially after the use of pipe withdrawal technology, the power will be greater than now, so it can also guarantee the maritime advantage for a period of time, but the four Arctic stars are a little old-fashioned.

Compared with the Arctic star battleships, the four heavy patrols are more troublesome. Whether it is Chesma, Sinop, or two Russian heavy patrols, they are old warships that have been launched for more than ten years. The aging of the hull is very serious, and it is difficult to convert them into heavy patrols. The unique triple installation technology and The distance of naval warfare, which is pulled farther and farther away by themselves, will make them difficult in future battles.

And these are not the most difficult for Li Mo. At present, what bothers him most is that he is greedy. After swallowing Luzon, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, the sea territory that the navy needs to defend has been expanded by at least ten times, which makes the navy urgently need a low-cost, low-cost, and a Small warships with fixed cruising distances.

In short, it is affordable.

At present, in the navy, except for the four sky-class light patrols in the middle position, they are either tens of thousands of tons or hundreds of tons of destroyers, large and small, and the configuration is very unreasonable.

In addition to this, Li Mo also hopes that this warship, which is usually used for patrols, protecting waterways and swearing sovereignty, must also have a certain combat effectiveness and the ability to accompany the main operations.

At present, a second-class armored cruiser similar to two or three thousand tons in various countries is the best choice, but he still thinks it is too expensive. A second-class armored cruiser needs at least 150,000 pounds, so he prefers to amplify the current destroyer.

In this war against Japan, the navy took out almost all the things to watch. Except for steam turbines, radios, submarines, torpedoes and other secrets, everything else has basically been revealed to the world, especially the emergence of the backpack turret, which will certainly make countries early discover the most representative feature of this dreadnought ship. In the case that the comprehensive strength is not as good as that of the opponent, it is the best way to use the new technology that is still confidential and use a small amount of capable equipment to deter the opponent.

You should know that Nicholas II is still sharpening his knife and waiting for revenge. Although he does not think that Russia has the ability to produce 40 capital ships, more than 20 are the minimum.

It must be the stupidest to fight for the capital ship. With so much technology exposed by themselves, a new round of ship-building in Europe and the United States** will definitely come again. Maybe at this moment, some countries have begun to study triplet technology and how to improve the firing speed of naval guns. When they come up with the results, even if they can't afford the dreadnought for a while, The prototype must also appear, so if you continue to build the dreadnought at this moment, it's better to take steel directly to pave the railway. Anyway, it will be demolished in the future.

But the dreadnought is not so easy to build. At least after giving the idea to McKinson, the ship design team, which has grown to more than 500 people, is still at a loss, so we must rely on existing equipment to find ways to improve combat capabilities.

"Brother Li, it's over. What are you thinking about?" Seeing Li Mo staring at the court in a daze, Fang Xianqi quietly pulled it. Oh." After waking up, he found that several captains had come over and had to be happy for the time being.

Ryukyu is different from Lushun. Since I was expelled here, a large number of immigrants from the mainland of the Qing Dynasty have completely made this big island a Chinese world. In addition, the equality policy adopted by Ryukyu locals have regarded Chinese as compatriots since ancient times, so here and the Ogasawara Islands and Honolulu are listed as the most The safe place is the place where he can move freely. Every time he comes here, he can walk around comfortably.

In order to enjoy this rare leisure, after calming down Fang Xianqi, Li Mo chose to walk to the naval building. Although there were still several guards following him, Du Dazhuang also followed them closely, but it was much better than when he went out in Lushun.

It was already evening, and the street lights on both sides of the road began to light up. After a while, it seemed that the whole bay was bright. Countless workers on the dock were carrying and unloading goods. Ships were flowing back and going, and the factories around were noisy. The whole Ryukyu was changing little by little in this noise.

Compared with Oahu, because it is closer to the mainland and more convenient for materials to come and go, the State Council did not relocate too many factories, so the bustle here did not decline due to the great transfer of the manufacturing industry, but became busier and busier.

After a while, Li Mo came to the naval building in the north of the port area. After entering the building, he found that Chen Ping, Long Guozhang and Tan Xiaozeng had been waiting for him for a long time, and hurriedly greeted a few words to get to the point.

He came to Ryukyu this time, in addition to discussing the construction of a new destroyer with McKinson and Tang Xiao, it is also because of another very important thing, that is.

It's time for the navy to separate.

Chen Ping came straight to the point and came up with the opinion of the general counsellor. According to the proposal, the navy will be divided into two parts from the current Pacific Fleet, with the internal numbers of the first and second fleets respectively.

The First Fleet is naturally the Pacific Fleet, with four Arctic stars, four duke-class and two heavy patrols as the team, two small light patrols and six destroyers as the team, and Honolulu, Ryukyu, Hakodate and Lushun as the bases. The main combat task is to ensure the security of the sea with four major bases as the defense circle.

The Second Fleet is known as the Nanyang Fleet, mainly based on the three major bases of Luzon, Guam and Truk Island under construction. Because there are many islands in their defense circle and they are very scattered, the four ships have enough endurance, and the fast Jinghai class will all be integrated into the Second Fleet, but in order to ensure that the fleet has enough battles. Force will also be integrated into two Duke-class battleships, two Vladivostok-class heavy patrols, two small light patrols and six destroyers. Together with the original escort fleet currently stationed in Luzon, it will also be integrated into the fleet.

Because those gunboats are too small for ocean navigation, they will be mainly used for patrolling between the huge islands in the area to protect the channel and fight against pirates.

After taking out the background of the family, it is actually very simple to separate the family, but after the separation, which command mode to use, how to fight together between the two fleets, and how to divide the defense areas to ensure that it covers the current sea territory, it needs to be carefully considered.

More importantly, it is convenient to separate the fleet. You just need to drive the warships over, but the army is very troublesome. Taking Luzon to Lushun as an example, the fastest ship will take more than ten days, so how to coordinate the army and navy relations in the jurisdiction is a key step.

Chen Ping suggested to adopt the war zone system, that is, no longer take the fleet as the core, but to set up the two major war zone headquarters of the South Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to control the army and navy within its jurisdiction. However, in order to limit the power of the war zone command and avoid the situation of self-respect, the war zone command does not have a commander in non-wartime, which is called a regular mission. The work is all done by the staff of the headquarters, and the staff of the war zone headquarters are also subject to the general staff.

Only when a war occurs will the commander-in-chief of the war zone be appointed.

As soon as this idea was put forward, Long Guozhang immediately raised objections, because in his opinion, after the establishment of the war zone headquarters, the fleet was returned to the name of the war zone, and he, the naval commander, could only go home to play with Sun fishing for fun.

Li Mo laughed and explained the war zone system. The war zone system is not to divide the navy and army, because in peacetime, the navy and army are still restrained in their respective commands. Only when there is a war, will the general commissar consult with the navy and army to appoint war zone commanders, increase or draw. Which unit should be transferred to which war zone.

This is mainly to reduce command links and improve wartime command efficiency, rather than to divide the army.

After an explanation, Long Guozhang and Tan Xiaozeng gradually understood that this is equivalent to a family giving birth to two children. They each inherit hundreds of mu of land. They usually take care of each other, but when they are busy farming, they need their fathers to live more and who lives less. The distribution of labor can maximize the use of resources, and because the two sons' fields are managed by their father, and they only take over when they are busy with farming, so the power is more concentrated in the father's hands.

This is also the reason why Li Mo and Chen Ping have discussed for a long time and adopted a more concentrated war zone system of power. After solving the concept of naval division and war zone system, the four people in the fleet commander were consistent.

Commander of the First Fleet, Ji Rushan, was promoted to brigadier general.

Le Fei, commander of the Second Fleet, was promoted to Brigadier General.

If Ji Rushan became a commander because of his steady style, good overall view, and proficient in naval tactics, then Le Fei is completely because of the bold and decisive tactical style shown in this war, and his outstanding performance in grasping fleeting fighters, which makes him stand out from many captains. A triple jump.

The only similarity between the two is that they have been a foreign naval power, have received complete naval system education, and have all of them have been tested in actual combat.

When the bell rang late at night, Li Mo signed his name on the letter of appointment, which also meant that the fleet he established five years ago finally opened after five years of ups and downs...

(to be continued)