Zhao Daling is actually vaguely aware of this problem, and in fact, the strengthening of the navy has also been advancing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoToday's "alarmism" by Deng Xiyi is actually to obtain more benefits for the navy, the army has more than doubled in size through two pioneering plans, establishing four infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments, and with the increase of the country's population, it will definitely continue to expand. And the growth of the navy has a little trickle of water and a long stream, and the improvement has always been there, but the speed seems to be a little slower.

"Lao Deng, you must have a systematic plan and plan, go back and send it to the Ministry of Defense for consideration, according to your temperament, this plan will definitely not be fully implemented, let's see what can be used, what needs to be done, and do it in a down-to-earth manner." Zhao Daling patted Deng Xiyi's shoulder and said.

Of course, Deng Xiyi knows that every time he makes something, it is a little unrealistic, but in fact, this is also a negotiation technique, the so-called sky-high asking price and paying back the money on the ground. Deng Xiyi is still very different from the commander of the Navy who wanted to build 20 aircraft carriers in the four major theaters during the Republic of China, and he himself knew that the plan he proposed could not be implemented 100%, but he just hoped to have more benefits. If you honestly make a development plan, it is likely that the above will agree casually, and there will be no more that can be taken more, so it is better for the lion to open his mouth, and then bargain well.

Zhao Daling said: "The development of the navy takes a while, and it is easy to have more problems, so small steps and fast steps are also a strategy suitable for the development of our Datang Navy." This year's national defense budget has allocated quite a lot of funds to the navy, in addition to personnel and daily expenses. The expenditure on equipment renewal reached 7.5 million Tang Yuan. More will definitely be given next year. How to make good use of military spending, you have to pay more attention. ”

Deng Xiyi nodded, and continued: "We are going to continue to purchase 6 Liberty Wind class frigates this year, and comprehensively replace the old Qi Jiguang class, although the Qi Jiguang class has achieved quite brilliant results on the east coast, but in terms of efficiency, cost, and combat ability, the Qi Jiguang class is facing the fate of elimination, and the original six frigates." We'll mothball it in case we need it. As for the Pinghai-class cruisers, after the design is completed this year, we will build them next year, and we will also build two first, and we will also build two cruisers to see the effect, and in addition, we are also preparing to carry out some life extension improvements and replace the steam boilers with more horsepower, because the next step is to cooperate with the operations of the Free Wind class and the Pinghai class. The original speed was bound to be insufficient. However, even so, it is estimated that the Yangwei-class cruisers will only be able to take on the task of base protection in the future. ”

The naval commander did not finish. In fact, by 1780, their navy planned to have as many as 16 Liberty Wind classes, which were distributed among the three major fleets of the Far East, the Pacific, and the Atlantic, with at least four ships in each fleet at their disposal, to ensure sufficient force to deal with any situation. The Pinghai class also needs to build at least 4 ships, with 2 Yangwei-class, so that each fleet has at least 2 capital ship-level warships. Excluding auxiliary ships, the navy needs at least 6,000 to 7,000 sailors for main combat ships such as cruisers and frigates.

Therefore, even if all the ship construction tasks are relatively smooth, the Navy also has a very significant pressure to recruit and train personnel, and the Navy is a technical branch of the military, which is more difficult to train than the Army. At least one in 20,000 new immigrants from Borneo, plus naturalized native Indians, would serve in the navy. The navy is different from the merchant ship, the merchant ship can recruit foreign sailors, as long as the navigation, engine and security departments are guarded, but on the warship, it is absolutely impossible to believe that foreign sailors can fight to the death for the Tang Dynasty.

As a high-speed trimaran missile boat, the White Shark is basically used to defend the coast of Los Angeles, and its seaworthiness is not enough to sail in the ocean, so it is impossible to participate in any fierce future naval battles. However, the Qilianshan, a dock landing ship of nearly 20,000 tons, has been carefully maintained by the Navy in recent years, because at least in the Dujuan plan, the Qilianshan, which can accommodate a large number of landing forces, will be the backbone of the landing operation.

It's just that when calculating naval forces in peacetime, these two ships are generally not counted.

At this time, two frigates full of colorful flags, sailors in white military uniforms are standing on the slope, starting from the free wind class, the Datang Navy has adopted a new paint on the ship, and painted a layer of white gray on the hull, which is different from the bright white paint of the modern Zhongli PLA Navy, and is also different from the almost all-gray paint used by the US and Japanese Navy, roughly in between, such a new paint is naturally more hidden than the black hull, and it is actually better. The white-gray hull corresponds to the white uniforms of the sailors on the slope, which makes people feel powerful.

There are also white broadside numbers on both sides of the bow, and the broadside number of the Datang Navy imitates the PLA Navy, as a cruiser of the capital ship, the broadside number is headed by 1 and three digits, and the two broadside numbers of the Yangwei class are 101 and 102. The frigate's board number starts from 5, so excluding the previous six Qi Jiguang class, the first ship of the Liberty Wind class has the port number of 507, and the second ship Gangfeng has the port number of 508.

The strength of the Liberty Wind class is roughly equivalent to that of the naval ships of the seventies of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, but it cannot be completely considered that this is the case, for example, the fire control equipment on the Liberty Wind class, such as rangefinders and goniometers, is more advanced than that of the naval ships at the end of the 19th century. Moreover, the Free Wind class has a relatively large aspect ratio, and it has also learned a lot of experience from later generations, so its comprehensive performance is stronger than those warships in history.

Although Zhao Daling, as president, participated in the ceremony, the work of awarding flags to naval warships was still completed by Navy Commander Deng Xiyi. The two new captains of the frigates, with three points of excitement, stood up straight, saluted Deng Xiyi, and received the military flags representing the two ships from Deng Xiyi.

The two new captains were selected to become captains after passing extremely rigorous tests and assessments, and the lieutenant commander on their shoulders had actually just been hung up. This is also something that can't be helped, the Datang Navy not only lacks sailors, but also lacks experienced officers, such as Hong Bao, Jiao Qiang, such captains, are already rare animals, although many young officers have good potential, but it will take some time to mature.

Deng Xiyi sometimes joked with Bai Nan that if Bai Nan was not a general counselor in the State Council, then at least he could be a cruiser captain. (To be continued.) )