Chapter 687 Navy Adjustment

Honolulu.

First Fleet Base of the Imperial Royal Navy, Pearl Harbor.

"Ji."

The creepy shrill roar came from the window. Looking at it, I saw only a few 'Night Owl' dive attack aircraft that had just been shipped from China. They were training with an old destroyer in the middle of the port. Like a predatory osprey, they dived like an arrow and pulled up again, leaving a huge one in the air. The U word.

Diligent training is a good thing, but this sound is really cautious. Even Ji Rushan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, shouting, "Haodong, you go to the Air Wing later and tell them that the next time who develops the sound device during the training, I will hang him on the plane to dry!"

"Haha."

When Ji Rushan had a headache, Lin Tai once held a suitcase, laughed and pushed the door in. He smiled and said, "What's wrong, watching Xiao Tianzhi kill all over the world, are you jealous?"

"Hon, Chief of Staff." Tan Haodong didn't dare to joke and immediately saluted.

" OK, this is what your father and Tan Lao asked me to bring to you. You can dismantle it by yourself later."

After seeing that Lin Tai had stuffed his suitcase to Tan Haodong, Ji Rushan smiled and said, "What's wrong with my jealousy? Xiao Tianzhi said that he was still a member of our First Fleet. By the way, he came back from the meeting. What's the special news?"

"Yes, that's what I just said."

Lin Tai once smiled and handed over the documents brought back from Yanjing for the meeting, saying, "At this meeting, the military department has made it clear, and the General Staff and the Prime Minister's Office have also approved the plan to form and expand a new fleet. I heard that the parliament has also passed it."

Ji Rushan also vaguely guessed about the new fleet that the current four fleets were not suitable for future combat needs, but after opening the document and reading it, he was slightly stunned: "The Fifth Fleet? What about the fourth?"

"No, the commander said that the four words were unpleasant, and it was bypassed to avoid evil and good luck."

"What's the matter? It's not a nagging old navy." Ji Rushan curled his lips slightly, but he said that for them, the navy, the growth is the key. As for the number, how to use it.

"Now the division is clear." Lin Tai once walked to the office map and said with a smile, "We are still the same, but in the future, we will take care of the area east of Australia and the South American fleet."

The Second Fleet has more missions out of the Indian Ocean, including the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea and the Indian Peninsula. The scope of operations will include the southwest Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The main base will be moved to Guam and Singapore. In order to strengthen them, the two Hebei-class ships of the Third Fleet have also been transferred to them.

In addition to the continental barrier, the Third Fleet's combat scope includes the whole of Northeast Asia, including Japan and North Korea, plus Southeast Asia. The two sides are also the main force to ensure the maritime transportation lines of China and Australia in the future.

This time, the newly formed Fifth Fleet, with the current South American sub-fleet as the team, but Sa Zhenbing will be based in Panama in the future, and may also include Cuba as the vanguard for us to control the canal and interfere with the Atlantic Ocean, so he can get two new fast battleships and two motherships by March next year at the latest. 20 destroyers and 12 submarines.

The original Sixth Fleet, which was also the Prime Minister's Office and Parliament of the Australian Fleet, did not agree, but agreed to hand over the current three Jilin-class and three Dalian-class to them to form the Australian Squadron of the Second Fleet. At present, it mainly cooperates with the army. Two heavy carriers and two Guam-class are also temporarily handed over to them, until Australia After taking it, it will be arranged, and the commander has also been selected, that is, Xiao Tianzhi.

"This guy, good luck, Liu Bu toad and others are so happy. Now the establishment is the largest, and they have robbed our people!" Ji Rushan said with a smile.

"Ha ha, that's right, you didn't see Xie Baozhang's face, and you couldn't see the wrinkled eyes." Thinking of the scene of returning to Yanjing for a meeting, Lin Tai was also happy.

"The expansion is the Seventh Fleet. Do you continue to add small destroyers?"

"How can it be? The emperor can keep an eye on the Persian Gulf. The Prime Minister and the parliament dare not say no to this matter." Lin Tai once continued to say with a smile, "You know the new commander of the Seventh Fleet. He is the boy Gu Junhuo. His mission is not easy. From the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, it is basically included. And I guess that the emperor and the chief of staff are trying to regard the Seventh Fleet as the force to go out of the Mediterranean Sea in the future. Quantity.

So this time, not only the two Guam-class of the Third Fleet were transferred to the Seventh Fleet, but also gave priority to the new ships. Therefore, before the Spring Festival, four Yangtze River-class light patrols and 20 destroyers were delivered to them in China. It is said that nearly half of the destroyers are the latest Chongming Island-class. If the speed is fast, two heavy The carrier and a large cruiser will also be delivered together.

"We have 2 motherships, 2 Guam, 4 Hebei and 8 light patrols. The Fifth Fleet temporarily has 2 Yanjing and 4 light patrols. The Second Fleet has 2 motherships, 2 Guam, 4 Hebei, 2 Yanjing and 10 light patrols, plus 3 Jilin and 3 Dalian. The Seventh Fleet has 2 Guam. Let's go. Isn't the Third Fleet empty except for three motherships and two light patrols? Tan Haodong frowned secretly when he heard it next to him.

"It's a little empty, but it's enough to wait for a while. This time we also visited Huludao, Ryukyu and several shipyards in Dalian. The latest four fast battleships are expected to be delivered by June next year. The speed of the six large cruisers is slightly faster, and all of them can be delivered by March at the latest. As for the five heavy ones. The first type of mothership is almost finished, and the air wing has been formed. It is stepping up training and is estimated that it can be delivered by the end of the year.

And our current fleet strength is the same as that of the army theater. The real battle still needs to be transferred from each fleet according to the situation and scale, but this time the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff quarreled again and said a few words to the emperor.

"Oh, what's the noise?" Ji Rushan rolled up his sleeves with a leisurely expression.

Seeing his appearance, Lin Tai once laughed. In fact, it is not the first time that the Prime Minister has quarreled with the military. The era of Li Enfu belongs to the weekly program. "What else can I do?"

Lin Tai once lighted a cigarette and said with a smile, "It's not the matter of bypassing the parliament and placing orders with the shipyard in the name of self-financing. The Chief of Staff felt that the 12 Honolulu-class light patrols a year ago were not enough now, so he asked for another 12 more. As a result, the old account was turned out. I heard that the Prime Minister was looking for Commander Long at the beginning. However, Commander Long was so clever that he hid in Vladivostok and Zhoushan to inspect. He didn't go home for a month.

"Puff." Ji Rushan spewed out a mouthful of tea. He was worthy of being a naval commander. If there was a danger, he set sail faster than anyone else.

Tan Haodong next to

is also Guan Er. In fact, this matter was exposed a long time ago. During the Empire's counterattack, the Prime Minister's Office once allocated funds for the establishment of the four special combin fleets of the navy. But in fact, two months before the official start of the war in Europe, the Chief of Staff proposed the plan to the parliament. At that time, the parliament felt that it was still early to intervene. So it was not approved. In the end, the Chief of Staff found the emperor. After the two combined, they bypassed the parliament. On the day of Germany's attack on Belgium, they misappropriated royal funds to advance the first batch of 4 fast battleships, 6 large cruisers and 5 motherships, a whole year in advance!

This matter was not discovered by the Prime Minister until Commander Long leaked a time. As a result, not only the Chief of Staff and the commander were criticized, but also the emperor was nagging by the angry Prime Minister for a few days.

The Prime Minister has the principle of the Prime Minister. Equipment manufacturing involves the lifeline of the country, especially the army, so there is no room for chaos. Everything must be carried out under the supervision of the political axe. Therefore, the emperor and the chief of staff really made a mistake this time, but then again, because of this mistake, the construction of the new imperial ship was a whole year earlier. If it is launched on the day of the Empire's counterattack, the navy will not be able to get these warships until at least August next year.

"The Chief of Staff said that in the future, each fleet will have at least 2 heavy carriers, 4 battleships, 8 light cruisers, more than 30 destroyers, dozens of submarines and other support warships. The motherships and capital ships are not a big problem, and the destroyers are easy to handle. It is expected that we will have at least 90 by the end of the year, the Prime Minister clearly said. At least 60 more will be delivered by June next year, but light patrols are not enough.

At present, there are only 24 Yangtze River-classes, and the latest 12 Honolulu-classes will not be delivered one after another until the Spring Festival. As for whether to build the second batch of Honolulu-classes, we have different opinions with the parliament, and the allocation has not been in place for a long time, so we have pinched it again.

"But there's nothing we can do. Our army is too big now. The military budget is more than our navy, and the air force has also entered the stage of rapid expansion. Only 617 aircraft were delivered last month, which is difficult for the Prime Minister." Lin Tai once sighed that although it is now a wartime economy and manufacturing costs have fallen sharply, how many years has it been since the founding of the People's Republic of China? The period of rapid economic growth is only more than ten years. In addition, the large number of people in China can appear in the three armies of such a strong scale, thanks to the fact that the emperor has been secretly preparing since more than ten years ago. Otherwise, I'm afraid they are not qualified to stand here at all.

"Otherwise, why do you think you want to get out of the northwest and give up the Ural Mountains?" Ji Rushan picked up the teacup again and walked to the window. He looked at the majestic warships outside the port and said in a low voice, "After all, the war is a contest of the comprehensive strength of the country. Fortunately, we have not been caught in the most time-consuming and labor-consuming tug-war, but it is hard to say next. Whether it is the general attack on Australia or the United States, everyone is I can't guarantee whether I will fall into the quagmire, so it makes sense for the Prime Minister's Office to hesitate in appropriations. I guess it is also worried about falling into anxiety and weakness, and I'm preparing in advance.

"Yes." Lin Tai once took a cigarette and said, "When I came back, the Northwest Army had begun to recycle. Before the Spring Festival, a total of 55 divisions were to be withdrawn. In addition, among the 100 divisions stationed in the Southeast Peninsula, in addition to 40 were invested in Australia, 20 have also begun to move to us one after another, including the last 70 in China. The division was also ordered to prepare for a long-distance operation within half a year.

In addition, the Prime Minister's Office has placed a new batch of orders for all factories listed in military supplies across the country, requiring them to be completed within one year. I heard that there are hundreds of millions of cans of all kinds of cans alone, and the Ministry of Equipment has also been forced to increase the current ammunition inventory from 1 million tons to 3 million tons in the next year, because of this Tang Xiaoren They are all sick. They are not only purchasing from Chile, but also preparing to make up for the gap with all the ammunition currently seized.

"Where are the Marines? After they finished playing Nouméa, it's time to free up their hands.

"In addition to the six mainland divisions expanded after the war, a total of 10 divisions of 380,000 people, 3 in Greater Kuwait and Socotra Island, 3 in Panama and the Colon Islands, 4 are attacking Nouméa, and they will land in Eastern Australia after the end."

"So, the emperor's visit to Japan and North Korea this time is also for this matter?" Ji Rushan slowly turned around and asked.

"It should be that half a year ago, North Korea and Japan formed 15 army divisions at our request, with a total of 600,000 people. In addition to the previous investment, the two countries have sent 35 divisions, a total of about 1.5 million people.

Especially the current 600,000, I can definitely prepare for landing in the United States, so the emperor gave up such a large number of islands as a reward, and also handed over the captured warships to them. Moreover, the Prime Minister's Office also provided 500 million emergency loans to the two countries last month, and also guaranteed the next two years. It provides a full amount of affordable food, and it is said that it also promises some benefits after the United States.

At this point, Lin Tai once got up and asked Tan Haodong to close the door before walking to the map and whispering, "When I came out, Chief of Staff Cheng Biguang told me that Commander Long was very dissatisfied with the last time the four American capital ships arrived in San Diego and thought we were slack.

Now the United States has delivered two more Pennsylvania and two Northampton, which are undergoing final training in the Gulf of Mexico. Intelligence says that the remaining eight may also be delivered by March next year, and the United States is using merchant ships to modify eight motherships, each of which has the ability to carry about 25 camel F2 fighters. Force.

Intelligence also said that relying on the assistance of Britain and France, the United States is recently manufacturing a new Curtiss D300 aircraft, which can not only take off and land on the mother ship, but also installs a high-power engine developed by France and has the ability to mount 450 kilograms of torpedoes. We should be vigilant and never let them arrive in San Diego. "

Ji Rushan nodded. After the last Gulf War of Panama, the United States took advantage of the First Fleet's rest to transfer two New York-class and two Florida-class ships of the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Ocean through the canal. If it hadn't been for the arrival of Sa Zhenbing, the American Fleet to block the last two Delaware-class ships and send them to the Pacific Ocean. The number of battleships will reach six.

However, he did not think that the last six battleships of the United States at that time were of any use. Facts have proved that after the heavy blow to Panama, the four new battleships and the last six old Connecticut battleships were all huddled in San Diego, and only occasionally went to San Francisco, and And it must be close to the coastline and rely on land planes to detect before we dare to go out.

On the contrary, the U.S. cruisers and submarines that have recently become active should be noticed, especially yesterday that one of them arrived 150 nautical miles east of Pearl Harbor.

"The Chief of Staff said that in addition to asking us to continue to limit the scope of activities of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and be prepared to attack San Diego, he also hoped that we could think more about it."

"Think about it? What do you think?

Seeing that Ji Rushan raised his head, Lin Tai once smoked a cigarette fiercely.

"Landing point!"

(to be continued)