"My idea of the 'nine-stage operation' is that the US Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet will roughly split into two groups after the start of the war, and one group will be the Asian Fleet with light cruisers as the main force, starting from the Philippines. For this fleet, it was planned to deal with the Third Fleet, which was also dominated by light cruisers. The other U.S. fleet, the Pacific Fleet, reinforced by the Atlantic Fleet, is expected to depart from the West Coast of the United States or Hawaii and will be divided into four groups: a fleet of submarines will engage in a broken battle against the U.S. fleet; the other group, with 4 to 6 heavy cruisers as the main force, will be engaged in surprise attacks and disturbance missions; The third group, with 14 heavy cruisers as the main force, will serve as the vanguard and reconnaissance mission of the main fleet; The last group, with 15 battleships and several aircraft carriers as the main force, was responsible for the main force of the battle. ”

"I divided the battle with the U.S. fleet into nine stages: the first stage was from the west coast of the U.S. fleet to Hawaii. After that, the American fleet was to occupy part of the Marshall Islands as a bridgehead. The voyage of the U.S. fleet after its departure from Hawaii was set for the second leg and the voyage before the occupation of the Marshall Islands was the third leg. After occupying the Marshall Islands, the U.S. fleet will reach the waters of the western Pacific Ocean, which I call the 'Inner South Sea,' which is the fourth leg of the voyage. Subsequently, I envisaged that the American fleet would strike from the Marshall Islands to the predetermined area near the Caroline Islands, and that the distance would be divided into the fifth and sixth sections. The seventh stage is scheduled for the eve of the decisive battle, the eighth stage is scheduled for dawn, and the final fleet battle is the ninth stage of the war. The plan of the Navy was for the fleets to assemble at Truk in the Caroline Islands within 72 hours of the start of the war, and to use this as a base for advance. ”

"My plan predicts that war with the United States will break out in 1946, when the first and second stages will respectively use four reconnaissance cruisers, six 2,800-ton 'flagship submarines,' and 40 1,900-ton ocean-going submarines to monitor the route. The forces required for the third to sixth sections are six 'super combat ships' each equipped with 12 508 mm guns, eight 'Zuihe' aircraft carriers, two reconnaissance cruisers, four 'flagship submarines' and 30 1,400-ton 'Haida' submarines. The third and fifth sections will be attacked by the 'Haida' submarines, and the fourth and sixth sections of the US fleet will be attacked by carrier-based aircraft and land-based aircraft, respectively. In the seventh section on the eve of the decisive battle, the navy will launch a night attack with a huge torpedo force consisting of 6 submarines, 38 cruisers, and 80 destroyers. In the early morning of the following day, the eighth stage carried out supplementary strikes with 20 submarines and carrier-based aircraft. In the ninth stage of the decisive battle of the fleet, the final blow will be delivered to the main US fleet with the strength of 16 battleships, 10 aircraft carriers, and 20 submarines. ”

After listening to the introduction of the "nine-dan operation", someone laughed.

"My thinking is still so wishful thinking. Not to mention that once war breaks out and American industry is in full swing, will the strength of the US Navy be as they expected, that is, as they imagined, the Americans will be so stupid to jump into the trap they have set according to their plan? ”

"I'm always like that, they always think that they've always taken the initiative."

"Have I forgotten the existence of our Chinese Navy? Or do they think that without the 'Republic' class battleships and the 'Glorious' class battlecruisers, our Chinese Navy is nothing? ”

"Judging from the allocation of troops for the 'nine-stage operation', it has specific requirements for the warships used in each stage. As far as capital ships are concerned, since the financial resources of the treaty limited the possibility of building more warships, the navy spent 125.8 million yuan after 1923 to modernize and refit the existing capital ships. Modifications include the addition of underwater mine-protected bulge compartments, strengthening armor defenses, increasing the elevation angle of the main gun to increase the firing range, replacing the boiler to increase power, and so on. The opposition to the treaty in this navy has always held the view that "limiting armaments is more wasteful" and arguing forcefully that it is better to build new ships than to spend a lot of money on repairs to renovate old warships. However, from a technical point of view, since the project of new warships has been frozen, the existing warships that are said to be old and decaying must be modified in accordance with the progress of naval technology, otherwise they will lose in future naval battles. From an economic point of view, after entering the 'era of the navy's hypothesis,' the navy's shipbuilding costs have been greatly reduced, and the shipbuilding industry has entered a state of recession. ”

"Actually, have you noticed that I imagined that the war with the United States broke out in 1946, do they think that before 1946, they will destroy our Chinese Navy first?"

"There is a possible surname, but I am afraid that this is my wishful thinking."

"What I want to know is, what do I rely on to destroy our Chinese Navy? Our Chinese Navy does not have giant battleships and battle cruisers now, but there is no now, which does not mean that there will not be one when the war starts. One of the officers squeezed his eyes and said meaningfully.

Hearing his words, the other officers all smiled heartily.

No one knows better than these people about the true status quo of the Chinese Navy in the "era of naval hypocrisy."

"I said that I suffered a big loss in the 'Battle of Busan' last time, and they want to retaliate, either by building a supergiant ship or an aircraft carrier, relying on light ships to defeat us, that is a fool's dream."

"Yes, I now attach great importance to aircraft and aircraft carriers, and in terms of aircraft carriers, neither the Washington Treaty nor the London Treaty stipulates the total tonnage of the Navy's aircraft carriers. In 1930, the Navy already had four aircraft carriers, namely the 33,000-ton large aircraft carriers 'Pancheng' and 'Tianlong', and the 7,470-ton small aircraft carriers 'Fengxiang' and 'Longxiang', with a total tonnage of 80,570 tons. These four aircraft carriers were organized into two air fleets, which belonged to the First and Second Fleets. Among them, the large aircraft carrier is equipped with 24 carrier-based fighters and 12 carrier-based attack aircraft, and the small aircraft carrier is equipped with 6 ship-based combat and ship-attack aircraft. ”

"I claim that the standard displacement of the two ships 'Pancheng' and 'Tianlong' is 26,900 tons, and these two aircraft carriers are actually equipped with 10 8-inch guns, so the actual tonnage is larger. He said that he was building more aircraft carriers, and on the premise of the expiration and abrogation of the Washington Treaty, their 'Second Plan' decided to build two new aircraft carriers, namely the 'Canglong' and 'Feilong', as well as one replacement ship for the 'Fengxiang'. In addition, the hulls of three smaller aircraft carriers will be built, namely the submarine carriers 'Kenzaki', 'Takasaki' and 'Big Whale'. ”

"I don't think I know about the progress of our Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers. If they knew, they wouldn't have come up with these out-of-tune things. ”

In the 1918 '88th Fleet' plan, I planned to build three 7,100-ton and six 3,500-ton light cruisers. This batch of warships was to be used as torpedo cruisers and reconnaissance cruisers. The 7,100-ton light cruiser was later developed into the 'Furutaka' type cruiser, and the specifications of the 3,500-ton light cruiser were later adjusted to 4,100 tons and 5,500 tons. From 1920 to 1925, the navy successively built 14 5,500-ton medium cruisers of the 'Ball Mill', 'Nagara', and 'Kawauchi' classes, all of which were equipped with seven single-mounted 140-mm guns and three triple-mounted fish launch tubes, with a speed of 36 knots. In 1922, Hiraga Jean and Kikuo Fujimoto, designers of the Shomoto Ship Administration Headquarters, jointly trial-produced the small cruiser Yubari and achieved combat effectiveness equal to that of a 5,500-ton light cruiser with a tonnage of less than 3,000 tons. As a result of the success of this experiment, the Yubari became the mother ship of various types of cruisers in the Navy. The total tonnage of the light cruisers of the Yamamoto Navy was 74,300 tons, or 26,200 tons according to the 100,500-ton limit of 100,500 tons in the Treaty of London, so the Navy decided to use these tonnages to build four 8,500-ton Mogami class cruisers to replace the Tone-class and Chikuma-class light cruisers built in the Meiji period from 1930 to 1931. At present, the caliber of the main guns of the light cruisers of the major naval countries is mostly 6 inches, and that of Germany is 5.9 inches. For reasons of physical fitness, the Navy used 140 mm guns on early light cruisers, the weight of which was 37 kg, and the 45 kg lighter than the 6-inch shells could be carried by a single person. After the Treaty of London stipulated that light cruisers could have a maximum gun caliber of 155 mm (6.1 inches), the Navy first carried 15 155 mm guns on the Mogami-class cruisers. ”

"As far as the current Shuben Navy is concerned, the technical capabilities and armament indicators of its capital ships after refit are not much different from similar warships of other naval powers, and the newly built cruisers have clearly reflected the tendency to strengthen armaments. As far as the 10,000-ton treaty-type cruisers are concerned, the number of main guns of the 'Myoko' and 'Kaohsiung' heavy cruisers of the Navy's 'Myoko' and 'Takohsiung' types is two more than that of most heavy cruisers of the British, French, and Italian navies, and one more than the heavy cruisers of the U.S. Navy except for the 'Pensacola' class, and the number of main turrets is the largest among the naval powers at present. In addition, the armament of the ship reflects the idea of attaching importance to torpedo warfare, and the heavy cruiser is also equipped with more than 10 large-caliber torpedo tubes. However, it is said that the most thorough realization of the idea of strengthening armaments in the navy is the destroyers and other small warships used in torpedo warfare. Because in this 'nine-stage operation,' the night torpedo battle on the eve of the decisive battle was of great significance to the navy, and the establishment of a powerful torpedo force has always been the goal pursued by the navy. ”

In addition, the positioning of light cruisers in the Saiben Navy was different from that of the British Navy, because the Saiben did not have as vast overseas colonies and trade rights as Britain, so the light cruisers were used as the backbone of the torpedo warfare team, and played the role of destroyers in the British Navy. This also requires our attention. ”

"Let's talk about my own destroyer. Here are the photos. An officer turned on the slide projector and placed the processed photo on it, "The 'Blowing Snow' class large destroyer can be said to be the product of the painstaking design of the Tsurumoto Navy's technicians, and its design is led by the 'Ghost Talent' Fujimoto Kikuo, but according to the information we just received, this person has left the Tsumoto Ship Administration Headquarters. The standard displacement of the 'Blowing Snow' class destroyers is 1,700 tons, which is much higher than that of the 'Muyue' class destroyers, which was the largest in the navy (the 'Muyue' class is 1,300 tons), with a speed of 38 knots, the main guns increased from 120 mm to 127 mm, and the torpedo tubes have also been changed to nine, which is half the combat effectiveness of the previous 'Muyue' class destroyers. In addition, the increase in freeboard and the enhancement of the Lingbo surname make its nautical surname excellent, and the bridge and mast of this class of ships have also adopted a new shape, and the appearance is streamlined and lean. As you know, most of the specifications of the US and British destroyers are equipped with four 102-mm guns, four 533-mm torpedo tubes, and a displacement of about 1,000 tons. And now, both in terms of tonnage and combat effectiveness, the 'Blowing Snow' class is far superior to its opponents. In addition, in order to reduce the weight of the hull, the hull of the 'Blowing Snow' class uses a lot of welding technology instead of riveting. ”

"Looks good." Someone said.

"There are a total of 24 'Blowing Snow' class destroyers, and they and the four 'Akatsuki' class destroyers that were built later are collectively known as 'special destroyers'. Compared to the Blowing Snow, the Akatsuki-class destroyers have one less boiler and a thinner front chimney. Due to the tendency of the bridge structure and the artillery command structure to become more complex, the superstructure has become huge, and it is certainly problematic in terms of reconstruction. ”

"This is a 'Chuchun' class destroyer, which more intensively embodies the idea of strengthening armament. The destroyers of this class have a displacement of 1490 tons, a speed of 36.5 knots, and are armed with five 127-mm guns and nine 610-mm torpedo tubes. In the front, a twin turret and a single turret were arranged in a piggyback manner, and torpedo tubes No. 2 and 3 were also arranged in the middle part in a piggyback manner. In addition, in the case of destroyers, for the first time the 'Early Spring' class was equipped with a torpedo refill device, in order to arrange it, it was necessary to move the No. 2 chimney from the centerline to the starboard side, and the two chimneys had different angles of inclination. ”

"This 'early spring' class destroyer looks very innovative!"

"However, there are also problems with this 'early spring' class destroyer, you see, with a displacement 300 tons smaller than the 'blowing snow' class, shoehorning in as much heavy weapons and equipment as it is, and maintaining a high speed, there will naturally be problems in recovering the surname."

"That's right, on September 18, 1933, when the No. 2 ship of the 'Chuchun' class 'Zi Zhi Yue' was tested at full speed after launching, its maximum inclination angle reached 27 degrees, which was 10 degrees larger than that of the old destroyer, and it had to return to the factory for belly modification immediately after completion. After the shipwreck accident in March last year, it was greatly revised, and now it should be much stronger. ”

While the officers were discussing, a young Chinese naval officer sitting among them sat there silently, not saying a word.

Judging by the ranks, the young officer's rank was undoubtedly the lowest among them, he was only a second lieutenant in the navy. It is unlikely, it is unlikely that he will participate in such a meeting, and he looks like "silence is golden", but what is surprising is that in front of him, like everyone else, there are thick documents and pictures.

"Now the information on how the Yue Ben Navy will deal with our Chinese Navy has not yet arrived, but from these warships made by Yu Ben, we can roughly guess that he is not far from ten." An officer looked at the young man who was lost in thought, smiled and asked, "Isn't it, Xiao Yang?" ”

"Xiao Yang has thought of something, can you tell me?" Someone asked, and despite the smile of the questioner, the other officers around knew that he had no contempt for the young man.

"Although I have worked hard to develop aircraft carriers, they are not really 'aviation victory theorists,'" said the young naval officer. The final battle between the battleship and the US fleet at the end of this 'nine-stage operation' is proof of this. ”

"That's right." The questioning officer nodded, his eyes flashing with approval.

Yang Zhaozhong, the young naval officer and the eldest son of Finance Minister Yang Shuoming, looked at the photo of the warship on the wall and said: "But in the future, the way of naval warfare will change, and the role of aircraft will become more and more important, and no matter what plan this makes against us, as long as we grasp the right direction, victory will be ours." ”

"What Xiao Yang means is that the future naval battlefield will be the world of aircraft." Another officer said with a smile, "I forgot, many of today's young people are aviation triumphants, and my hardcore 'big ship and giant artillery party' is outdated, hehe." ”

"Xiao Yang is an aviation triumphant, and he was influenced by his father." One officer said with a smile, "After all, it costs less to build an airplane than a super battleship." ”

"Has Xiao Yang calculated, how many planes does an advanced 80,000-ton battleship need to take out?" Another asked jokingly.

"Two hundred is enough." "Of course, these planes have to be equipped with bombs and torpedoes that are powerful enough. ”

(To be continued)