Chapter 700 Taiwan and Xi'an

Hulu Island.

Several new bulletproof cars slowly drove into the factory.

The young guard looked at the license plate and suddenly remembered the explanation of the former veteran. He excitedly picked up the phone to inform the news. After a moment, the security force stationed on the site increased several times.

The convoy drove directly into the docking area. The factory director and others who got the news hurried over and got out of the car to say hello to everyone. After a few questions with concern, Li Mo took Li Enfu and McKinson to the dressing area.

The fitting-in area is located on the west side of the shipyard. There are five wharves extending to the bay, each of which is paved with rails, which not only facilitates the transportation of heavy accessories, but also these rails can also be connected to the Jingfeng Railway and connected to incoming factories across the country through this large artery.

On the wharf, giant shadows continue to grow up like young children under the care of the care of the workers. Due to the urgency of the war, Huludao Shipyard is currently building all warships. There are more than a dozen ships in the loading area alone, and the dock area is ringing 24 hours a day.

The shipbuilding base dug by Emperor Li from the mouth of the Qing Dynasty has now become one of the largest military shipyards in northern Xinhua. Although there are no particularly good deep-water conditions here, it can't withstand so many years of construction and excavation.

In addition, the Bohai Sea is the first gate to shield the heart of Yanjing. It has a good depth. From the perspective of war, it is far safer than the mainland coastal shipyards. Therefore, Li Mo not only developed Huludao, but also put the ship design institute here, and relying on Bohai Bay, it has established a series of good things including Tianjin and Yantai. Good offshore industrial infrastructure.

In those years, relying on foreign technical experts and workers to build a Honolulu shipyard purely by spending money, but now China has formed Bohai Bay (including Dalian), Yangtze River Delta (including Ryukyu), Pearl River Industrial Zone, northwest, northeast and southwest several large equipment manufacturing groups, not only with the most Strong shipbuilding enterprises account for more than 90% of the total annual tonnage of shipbuilding in Asia, and have replaced Europe and the United States as the largest supplier of equipment manufacturing in Asia. Even during the war, complete sets of railways, oil refining, generators and other equipment are still exported to the southeastern Peninsula and the Arab region.

Coupled with the three-level training system of factories, technical schools and colleges and universities, it has completely made up for the shortage of workers in front-line industries. In 20 years, with the help of these foreign students, Li Mo has outlined the most beautiful lines on a piece of white paper, and the rest is to paint beautiful colors.

So even if Li Enfu thought of the future, he couldn't help sighing.

And if you want to complete the final filling, there is only one important threshold left, which is to win the war, win the United States, and establish the country's international status in the next hundred years!

Hearing Li Enfu's exclamation, Li Mo smiled and said, "Is Mr. Li worried about the United States?"

In front of Li Mo, Li Enfu does not need to hide anything. If ten years ago, the United States was a mountain that was difficult to climb in front of him, then after stepping into the fast lane and catching up with the huge population market advantage, the United States is already down, and there is no fear of anyone, so he He shook his head with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I'm thinking about how long we have to fight."

This is also a problem that Li Mo has been thinking about these days.

Xinhua participated in the war in the evening for a year, but prepared ten years earlier. In addition, the consumption of the battle of more than a year was not too big, so I was not scared of two war of attrition similar to Verdun, but the reserves were not unlimited, and it was not only the enemy who were injured for too long.

From this moment, after winning Australia, Xinhua has the strongest strategic depth in the world!

Strategic depth is the best embodiment of how much war potential a country can have. The reason why Germany lost World War I and World War II in history is not only because of being alone, but also because it lacks sufficient strategic depth. The country is surrounded by Russia and France, and the sea is stuck by Britain in the North Sea.

However, under his almost shameless and lifeless gambling encirclement strategy, Xinhua's land strategy is unprecedented. The only thing that can pose a threat on land in the next hundred years is Russia, which is currently in a deep civil war. Russia, which has lost nearly 70% of its territory, especially Siberia and the rich areas in the west, have been bitten by Germany. After a bite, there is a long way to revive.

As for maritime defense, Li Mo has always adhered to the strategy of rather than land. In addition to the resentment of BHP Billi in later generations, which made him salivate on Australia, he really did not have much interest in many islands in the Pacific.

From his point of view, there are not many places where the two oceans of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean can be called strategic nodes. Among them, the most important ones are the Hawaiian Islands, the Aleutian Islands, the Cologne Islands, the Solomon Islands, Guamese, Noumea, the Cook Islands, Singapore, Djibouti, Socotra Island, and the Strait of Hormuz. , Andaman Islands, Tasmania, Madagascar, Panama, and Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope.

Considering the capabilities, population and other comprehensive strength of the Pacific coastal countries, the United States is a great threat at any time. Now with more than 80% of these islands and regions in the palm of their hands, Li Mo has actually built three lines of defense.

The first one is the Aleutian Islands, the Hawaiian Islands and the Cologne Islands, and Panama may be added soon. Among them, only some small islands such as Midway Island do not belong to Xinhua, but it doesn't matter. The United States can't keep it and even gives up, just waiting to receive it by itself.

The second island chain is the Chiba Islands, Japan, the Ogasawara Islands, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Lane Islands, and Polynesia. Except for some of the latter belonging to Japan and North Korea, this line is in its own hands.

Even if the United States can break through these two roads in the future, it will still face the third line of defense composed of Ryukyu, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Nouméa and other islands. This island line will be the last barrier to Xinhua's local defense.

No matter how strong the United States is, even if it has nuclear weapons, unless it is willing to die with Xinhua, it is estimated that it will be exhausted to break through these three island lines in a row in a conventional war. When it arrives in Australia and Xinhua, there will be no strength.

If there are any shortcomings in the Pacific Ocean, it must be the Panama Canal. It is not only a place that Xinhua must get, but also a place that Britain and the United States must defend, because before entering the Atlantic Ocean from the Suez Canal, there is also the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if you take the Panama Canal , out of the door is the Caribbean Sea with many islands. Considering the good relations between Cuba and China, it is difficult to trust the agreement to hand over Panama to itself.

So this time the United States released a reconciliation signal and sent a special envoy. He didn't even want to see it. It's very simple. Unless the United States gives up Panama, it will always maintain the idea of expanding and dominate the Pacific Ocean.

The only thing I'm a little worried about is the direction of the Indian Ocean. South Africa's Cape of Good Hope is not easy to take. If it is taken, after it is destined to lose India, Britain will be completely depressed and can only take advantage of Germany for nothing. Therefore, Li Mo has no intention to beat South Africa. He would rather continue to hand it over to Britain.

Madagascar Island, this place is the key point, but there is no longer a large army expedition there. When you defeat France, you can get it through political means. As long as you don't engage in colonization, learn the means of later generations of the United States, station troops in captivity, support local political forces, and maintain military deterrence.

However, even if it is not satisfactory, it is difficult for Europe to come in after it is stuck in places such as Singapore, Djibouti, the Andaman Islands and the Strait of Hormuz.

Based on these considerations, as long as the United States gives up Panama, it is not unacceptable to end the war now, but the problem is Germany!

If Germany has the initiative, there is no problem to withdraw together, because as long as Germany gets enough benefits, they are not fools who are willing to work hard. The problem is! Even if Germany has released millions of troops on the Russian Eastern Front, it is still in a weak position. According to Wang Shizhen's call, the two meat grinder-type attrition wars between Britain and France against Verdun on the east and west sides of France and the Marne River in Lower Normandy are actually just preparing for the recapture of Paris!

And it is not far from the Battle of Paris. Maybe it will start around March next year, so even Germany smelled it and quietly began the third mobilization.

It can be seen that even if you want to lose, the agreement wants to take it back to Paris first!

Because Paris is too important!

With Paris, there is France. Without Paris, the strong triangle of Britain, the United States and France has become a two-legged walk, just like Xinhua and Germany now. No matter who breaks it at the beginning of the war, it will be a disaster.

Xinhua and Germany have survived now.

With its own support, although transportation is difficult, at least Germany will not fall so soon, not to mention that so many troops deployed in Kuwait and North Africa are just in case.

So the war must still be fought, but to what extent and when it will end has become the biggest doubt in everyone's minds. Some people think that North America should be annexed, some people say that as long as the United States is not defeated, some people think that the current opportunity should be used to end.

"So what do you think?" Li Mo turned his head and wanted to hear what the former prime minister thought.

"Burn the fire to the east coast!"

Looking at Li Mo, Li Enfu smiled and narrowed his eyes like a cunning old fox, because he knew very well that the West Coast is not the core of the United States. To make the United States feel pain, it must destroy the heart of the equipment manufacturing industry on the East Coast!

"It seems that we are going to make another scene in the Atlantic Ocean." Li Mo smiled and stopped in front of several Pang warships in the middle of the set-out area.

McKinson, who had never spoken, saw "baby" and his eyes suddenly shined. He was excited to put on the safety helmet and drill in. Even Emperor Li Yanjing couldn't take care of it. In the end, even Li Enfu was disturbed by these giant ships and almost forgot the complex war and international relations. He listened to McKinson's introduction wholeheartedly.

1 Xiqin-class heavy carrier, 2 latest Taiwan-class battleships, 2 Xi'an-class large cruisers, and 6 Honolulu-class light cruisers will be delivered to the Navy within half a year.

Needless to say, the Western Qin-class mothership. Now the Allied [***] ship runs back when it sees the dragon wing logo. The Honolulu-class light patrol is actually the follow-up plan of the Yangtze River-class amplified by the Bashan class. The standard displacement has reached 12,300 tons, and the full load has also reached 15,000 tons. The military equipment has not changed much, mainly because it is strong. It has changed the anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities. At the same time, because of the amplification of the hull, the airworthiness is more outstanding, and the endurance has reached the 15 knots/16,000 nautical miles standard of the capital ship, and the speed has been increased to 33 knots!

The reason why the name was changed is to commemorate the recently retired Xinhua's first self-produced warship, the Honolulu. The Honolulu was of great significance. It was the first self-produced ship in the true sense of Xinhua, so it was renamed the Honolulu class.

However, the Taiwan-class battleships and Xi'an-class large cruisers in front of them are newly designed and are also the main battleships planned by Li Mo for the next 20 years.

Although he is a BB fan, Emperor Li must also admit that unless there is a special reason, the Taiwan-class battleship will become the last battleship of Xinhua, so he is particularly strict with this BB.

The total length of the ship is 242.35 meters, the water line is 236.00 meters long, the width is 35 meters, and the draught is 10.5 meters. Originally, Li Mo wanted to learn the Yihua class to limit the width so that it can pass through the Panama Canal, but later the test found that if the width of the current Panama Canal is used, the width must be compressed to less than 30 meters. The maximum displacement will not exceed 50,000 tons. Considering that it is unlikely to belong to the Atlantic Ocean for a long time even after the war, and the future of the navy is mainly an aircraft carrier, he finally gritted his teeth and lifted this limit, which also made Taiwan-class displacement to a frightenching extent, standard/51,500 tons, normal/56 700 tons, full load of 60,800 tons!

Such a heavy warship is too demanding for power. Finally, the design institute had to optimize the line shape again. After adopting a square stern and a new propeller, it finally reached the standard displacement of 28 knots and a minimum requirement of 26 knots full load. The endurance is 15 knots/16,000 nautical miles, 12 knots/2000 0 nautical miles, and the design department has deliberately set aside room for modification this time, and replace it when the future power progresss.

Three triple L45/406mm naval guns. When using the bottom row of ammunition, the maximum range can reach 56,000 meters. The extra-heavy one-ton alloy armor-piercing shell can penetrate any main battleship currently under construction in various countries within 25,000 meters.

The new 8-meter rangefinder, combined with the naval gun follow-up system and radar assistance, the fire control ability is higher. In order to deal with the future threat of the sky, not only the second air defense command tower has been added, but also the air defense fire passage has been strengthened again, and a large number of air-to-air observation equipment has been added.

According to the requirements of the navy, the Taiwan level should be able to deal with at least 20 to 30 naval attack aircraft in the next decade, so the design department has especially strengthened air-to-air firepower, 4 triple L52/152mm secondary guns, diagonally arranged, 8 double L47/130mm high Flat dual-purpose guns, 12 quadruple 37mm quick-fire machine tubes, 12 quadruple 25mm machine guns, and 8 double 12.7mm quick-fire machine guns. Experiments show that they can effectively deal with at least standard two waves (16 per wave) torpedo planes and dive bombers.

In addition to emphasizing air firepower, armor protection has also been strengthened. It is still a box layout of key protection. The main armor belt continues to be tilted and extends to 6.5 meters underwater, which initially solves the problem of near-losing ammunition, and the thickness has also reached 320 mm. The international protection ability has reached the caliber of the naval gun.

The stern is 152 mm, the upper part is 152 mm, and the bottom of the ship is 180 mm thick with a torpedo wall. The head tower and the front of the turret are 380 mm, the top and seat are 305 mm, the rest are 203 mm, and the turret well is 330 mm. The critical horizontal armor reaches 20. 0mm, the key part reaches 250mm. With the internal multi-layer compartment protection, it can resist the continuous penetration of special heavy 1-ton shells hit by its own naval guns at a distance of 16,000 meters.

In addition to the Taiwan-class battleships, the most eye-of-the-counter configuration area is the concept of the Alaska-class in the future. Referring to the current version of the German Dflinger-class warship, combined with Xinhua's own concept of centralized protection and other concepts, the Xi'an-class large-scale cruiser was enlarged.

Li Mo's design standard at that time was large endurance and strong survivability. It was also required to be able to serve as a flagship in low-intensity conflicts in the future, with strong air defense and anti-submarine capabilities. The requirements for the sea could suppress all known war patrols, with a speed of at least 31 knots.

According to this concept, after repeated consideration by the design department, it chose the German DFlinger-level battle patrol with a strong survival surname as the blueprint. After continuing to strengthen, it came up with a Xi'an-level plan, with a displacement standard of 27450 tons, normal/30,700 tons, and a full load of 33,000 tons.

The water line is 206 meters long, 27 meters wide and 7.8 meters of water. The standard four-axis double rudder design of Xinhua capital ship, 18 supercharged boilers, and 4 steam turbines can release 147,600 horsepower. With new technologies such as square sterns and large inclination propellers, the maximum speed has finally reached 31 knots. The endurance has reached 15 knots/18,000 nautical miles.

The reason why the endurance has increased greatly in the case of small displacement is entirely because of the adoption of a number of new technologies, which is different from the slightly conservative idea of the Taiwan level in the use of new technologies. The Xi'an level, which is led by the new generation of designers, is much bolder. On the basis of the sea radar, an experimental air-to-air radar is also installed. .

In order to meet the abnormal endurance requirements, the young Chinese designer installed two steam turbine generators for the first time. When cruising at low speed, it no longer relies on the gear gearbox to drive, but directly drives the propeller with the generator to drive the warship, making the Xi'an class the first hybrid ship, which is also The work meets the requirements of endurance design.

Originally, the designer considered using four double L50/356mm naval guns, but the navy is used to the offensive triple configuration that can shorten the hull and reduce the protective weight, and using four double 365mm naval guns, the displacement is bound to increase to 38,000 tons, greatly increasing the cost.

Just when there was a dispute, the equipment department proposed to use the latest L55/305mm naval gun, and Li Mo finally chose it.

The latest L55/305mm naval gun is not comparable to the later Alaska-class abnormal gun, but its power is also considerable. Compared with the 356, although it is 51mm smaller, the projectile power and range have dropped a lot, but in the test, it was found that the new L55/305mm gun is working. After using the latest generation of special-heavy 430 kg alloy armor-piercing shells, it is impossible to resist any known battlecruiser, and even Xinhua's own Yanjing-class battleships are difficult to deal with.

This gun also meets the standard of a 365mm naval gun in range. After using the bottom row of bullets, it has reached a terrible distance of 48,000 meters. Moreover, the equipment department is also developing a new tungsten alloy sub-caliber armor-piercing shell for it, which makes it not only used as an aircraft carrier in the future. The personal escort can also deal with battlecruisers and even threaten battleships on the sea. It can also use sharp naval guns to support the army. The multi-purpose surname is very good.

6 dual L47/130mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 8 dual 76mm high-level dual-purpose rapid-fire guns, 12 quadruple 37mm, 12 quadruple 25mm, and 12 double 12.7mm. It is completely an air defense hedgehog. With the air-to-air radar, it can advance advance for the aircraft carrier fleet. Police, it's a pity that a perverted radio proximity fuse has not been made, otherwise it can definitely reach the level of the top anti-aircraft ship in World War II.

On the armor, because it is a capital ship, it does not bear the decisive battle, and only aims at the current and rebuilt strategic cruisers of various countries, so it does not pursue too high requirements.

The main armor with a 210-meter tilt arrangement, the protection capacity is equivalent to the vertical 280mm carburizing Kryp armor, the scap and upper part are 152mm, the torpedo wall is also 152mm, the conning tower is 330mm, the front of the turret is 305mm, the top, the well and the gun seat are 203mm, horizontal The armor did not dare to relax, with an average of 152 mm, and the important parts were thickened to 200 mm, which was even comparable to that of a Hebei-class battleship.

A total of six Xi'an-class large cruisers have been ordered. Li Mo means to equip all six fleets (including the Australian Squadron) in the future as a personal escort of the aircraft carrier. At the same time, its L55/305 mm naval gun also has enough advantages in dealing with regional conflicts. After all, after the war, it is even more Regional conflicts, in the face of cruisers from many Latin American and African countries, it is more meaningful for you to stop such a warship than an aircraft carrier.

In addition, six Guam-class guns will be upgraded by the end of the year, and four Yanjing-class ships may also be replaced with L55 guns early next year, so by the end of next year, Xinhua will have at least 10 heavy aircraft carriers, 2 medium-sized aircraft carriers, 5 light aircraft carriers, and 4 406mm Taiwan-class battleships. Six 406mm Guam-class fast battleships, 8 356mm Hebei-class battleships, 4 305mm Yanjing-class fast battleships, 6 305mm Xi'an-class large cruisers, 3 305mm Jilin-class, 3 254mm Dalian-class and at least 30 light cruisers, about 150 drives A powerful maritime force, including a ship-by-ship, 70 submarines, and more than 100 auxiliary ships.

And these are Li Mo's confidence to dare to break into the Atlantic and fight the final battle with Britain and the United States!

"Mr. Li, you will send a telegram to Shaochuan later. If the United States really wants to talk, let them completely withdraw from Panama first!"

(to be continued)