Guo said that the Air Force is a money-burning machine. Then the navy is a gold-swallowing monster. Required by the national strategy, the republic certainly needs a navy strong enough to defeat any adversary. After Yuan determined the overall strategic policy of the country, the importance of the navy became more prominent. Whether it is a short-term goal, that is, to deal with India, or a long-term goal, which is to challenge the United States, the importance of the navy is among the three most important.

As a matter of fact, long before the "conflict in southern Tibet," the navy accelerated the pace of military expansion.

Since "Huaxia. After the class, the "Beijing" class aircraft carrier, which was designed in full accordance with the standards of future naval warfare, began construction in the year of the dish, that is, shortly after the end of the Japanese war. It was launched at the end of the year and was not officially launched until the end of the field.

The reason for the slowdown in the construction of the two aircraft carriers is simple: the technical indicators have changed.

When designing the "Beijing" class, the navy took into account the application prospects of unmanned fighters and clearly required that it could carry at least two unmanned fighter groups, so many basic support facilities were prepared according to the standards of unmanned fighters. If the Ji Ge beater has not changed, the ship loading and sea trials will be completed in the "Beijing", that is, in the middle of the concave year, in the "Brahma." The carrier-based unmanned fighter developed on the basis of the technical verification aircraft will be officially put into service and included in the naval combat sequence together with the "Beijing" aircraft carrier. Affected by the change in the "Brahma" plan, the navy's carrier-based unmanned fighter development plan has suffered a serious setback, and the tactical indicators of the "Beijing" class aircraft carrier have been comprehensively adjusted.

After the adjustment of tactical indicators, the design indicators of the aircraft carrier must also be adjusted. The basic support facilities previously prepared for unmanned fighters can only be dismantled and replaced with those prepared for ordinary carrier-based fighters. Other corresponding designs, such as the maximum height and area of the hangar, the layout and maintenance capacity of the maintenance workshop, the size and lifting capacity of the fighter take-off and landing aircraft, the power and ejection efficiency of the catapult, the volume and layout of the aviation fuel depot, the volume and layout of the ammunition depot, the recovery capacity and layout of the landing system, the aviation combat system, and so on, must be redesigned in accordance with the new indicators.

It is not only the "Hebei" and "Henan" that are affected, but also the installation of the "Beijing" was completed at the beginning of the year.

Comparatively speaking, the "Hebei" and "Henan" were much luckier, because the construction of the slipway was not yet completed, so they were able to adjust the hull structure. "Beijing. The ship had already completed the construction of the slipway, and it was not possible to make extensive modifications to the hull, so it could only be reluctantly improved. It is precisely for this reason that many people believe that the "Beijing" is a single class, and the latter ones are a new class, that is, the "Hebei" class aircraft carrier.

In any case, the impact of this change on the Navy is very large.

According to the original plan, the "Beijing" class will be built in three batches, the second batch of three "Heilongjiang", "Jilin" and "Liaoning". The number will be at the end of the milk beater, that is, "Hebei." No. with "Henan." After the launch of the ship, the official start of construction is mainly limited by the construction capacity of the slipway and shipyard. As a result, due to design changes, it was delayed until the end of the year when the construction was officially started, and it was not until the beginning of the 7th year at the earliest, and the perching was completed at the end of the year, and the sea trials could be completed in the first half of the year, and it was already very remarkable to be delivered to the navy.

To do this, the Navy had to make a second large-scale refinement of the "Republic", extending its service life.

According to the original plan, the "Republic" was supposed to be decommissioned in the middle of the Libi year, that is, after the "Beijing" was put into service, due to the limitations of the proper basic design.

Because the commissioning of the "Beijing" was postponed to the middle of the drug year, the Navy gave way to the "republic" in the new year. returned to Jiangnan Shipyard for a 2-year overhaul. In addition to replacing all electronic equipment, increasing the air defense system and the fleet's combat command system, the hull of the ship will also be comprehensively maintained, and the fission reactor will be replaced by a controllable fusion reactor, so that the power of the whole ship will be increased, and it will be mainly used to support the laser interception system that requires higher energy. As a result of this improvement, the "Republic" has been greatly improved except that its carrying capacity has not been substantially increased, but has been reduced, and its maximum carrying capacity has been reduced by aircraft, including medicine frame fighters, three early warning planes, and vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The problem is that there are big problems with the basic design of the "Republic", and no amount of improvement can change the problem of its low combat effectiveness. In the second year, after the "Republic" was put back into service, the Navy still incorporated it into the South China Sea Fleet, and its main task was to train carrier-based fighter pilots and aircraft carrier officers and men for the Navy. In other words, the "Republic" became a "training ship".

That is, by June of the calendar year, the Navy of the Republic had only aircraft carriers in service.

At this point, the Navy of the Republic became the second largest in the world. The three new aircraft carriers "Republic" have never participated in any combat operations except for their performance during the Southeast Asian War, so they have not been included in the Navy's combat sequence, which means that three new aircraft carrier battle groups have been added. A complete aircraft carrier battle group also includes dozens of combat aircraft and more than a dozen escort warships.

Calculated at the currency value of the concave year, "the support is jumped by the thugs, equipped with a laser interception system and an electric contact cannon, and the Qinghai Lake is broken." The destroyer class is an improved version of the "Taihu" class, which can be regarded as a reduced version of the "Kunlun" class cruiser, three "Zhoushan Island" class frigates, second-generation all-electric frigates, and a trimaran surf hull, capable of carrying three vertical take-off and landing "Erluo machines", two "killer whale" class attack submarines and the first generation of the Ozhao-class nuclear submarine. The total purchase price of the aircraft carrier battle group composed of the second-generation hybrid attack submarines developed after the "Dolphin" class is the Navy carrier-based and Wangkou-type carrier-based early warning aircraft of the Kou series of fighters. Dachi is a carrier aircraft, equipped with a multi-functional phased array radar for the protection of the type, which is used to fully replace the old power carrier-based early warning aircraft, 4 ... Tear tilt-rotor carrier-based transport aircraft, 6 units. The mother-type vertical take-off and landing electronic warfare aircraft is based on the platform, and the total purchase price of the carrier-based aviation wing composed of the same as the vertical take-off and landing antisubmarine patrol aircraft on the escort warships is 100 million yuan. The same exchange rate is based on the concave year, which is equivalent to the US dollar.

Although this price is only for the US military to support the aircraft carrier battle group, it is still difficult for the Republic Navy to bear.

To be precise, the Republic Navy has procured three aircraft carrier battle groups, which should be seven years, which is considered the normal maintenance cost of six aircraft carrier battle groups within four years, and the Navy's expenditure on aircraft carrier battle groups is close to the hitter's yuan. In other words, the Navy spends about the cost of Nuanwan's equipment on aircraft carrier battle groups.

If, according to the exhibition plan drawn up by Lin Xiaolei, the Republic wants to have an aircraft carrier battle group before the year of the year, it will need to invest at least 100 million yuan in procurement and maintenance costs, and according to the Navy's military expenditure, the expenses spent on the aircraft carrier battle group will account for more than the total cost of naval equipment, and this will have a serious impact on the comprehensive development of the Navy.

Only 3 aircraft carriers were built, and the discussion about whether to build more aircraft carriers became a hot topic in the republic.

At the beginning of the century, the plenary congress of the republic rejected the military budget submitted by the Ministry of Defense for that year, mainly because of the sharp increase in naval expenditure, too much money was spent on aircraft carrier battle groups, which had a negative impact on the construction of other military forces. After months of bargaining, and after the Navy budget was cut back, the plenary congress finally approved the defense budget for that year.

Affected by this, the construction progress of the second batch of three ships of the "Beijing" class has been delayed again, and it will not be launched until the next year at the earliest.

When he saw this, Pei Chengyi muttered in his heart.

War is imminent, why should Yuan make concessions to the plenary congress on the defense budget?

The military budget of the first hundred years of the sword has only increased by less than that of the concave year, and the increase in military spending in the first three years has been around the beating Ni, and the growth rate of the comprehensive start of the dressing work in the first year has reached an astonishing old gray.

There must be a reason for the sudden reduction in military spending.

Pei Chengyi's first thought was war.

In peacetime, the military budget adopts the principle of "being as lenient as possible in and tight as out," that is, being as lenient as possible in making a budget and being as cautious as possible in spending. If done well, there will still be a surplus of about gills by the end of the year, and under normal circumstances, the surplus funds will be automatically included in the next year's national defense budget. During the war, the military budget adopted the principle of completely opposite, and when making the budget, try to be cautious, and do not focus on the needs of the war when spending; basically every war is fought, there is a huge gap in the budget, for example, the war budget gap in the southern Tibet conflict is as high as 100 million yuan, and the war budget gap in the peninsula war is as high as Shi Yuan.

Yuan "cuts" the defense budget, definitely preparing for war.

Thinking of the navy's shipbuilding plan, Pei Chengyi confirmed his guess.

Unlike the army and air force, the navy has a longer construction period, "it takes at least seven years from the start of construction to the commissioning of an aircraft carrier, and it takes about a total of about two years to form combat effectiveness." Even if the navy had begun to expand its armaments before the four, it would not be effective until after the strength year. There is no doubt that Wang Yuanqing will not delay dealing with India until after Yo Nian, because he will step down in Tian Nian.

The point is, will the Republican Re Navy be able to take on the heavy responsibility?

Giving priority to the development of the navy is not only for long-term goals, but also for practical reasons.

After the "Southern Tibet Conflict", India fully surrendered to the United States, with the help of the United States, Rurajapani stabilized the domestic situation, also with the help of the United States, India began to expand its military crazily, the first expansion is to deal with the Republican Navy's large aircraft carrier battle group!

At the end of the year, India bought the aircraft carrier "Prince of Wales" from Britain at an extremely low price.

This is not a newly built aircraft carrier, but two aircraft carriers that have already been in service with the British Navy for the old years. The reason why India chose the "Prince of Wales" is also very simple, because the "Vikramaditya" and "Vikrant" and "Prince of Wales" are sister ships, and the performance is basically the same, and the Indian Navy can quickly master the "Prince of Wales". What's more, the "Prince of Wales" is not very old, far from aging, and if nothing happens, it will at least serve in the Indian Navy for an ugly year.

Although Britain sold the "Prince of Wales" to India for 100 million yuan in the name of "reducing military spending," that is, the equivalent of the cost of the ship, Britain was by no means a foreign deal to "ask for surplus equipment," and the Prince of Wales could no longer adapt to future naval wars, and its performance was already backward. The sale of the "Prince of Wales" would not only earn pounds, but also save the British Navy nearly a second year in maintenance costs. If you include Feng Yiying, who sold carrier-based fighters, and Tian Yiying, who sold escort warships, the British Navy can use the obtained fighter to build a brand new aircraft carrier and scatter escort warships.

After the "Prince of Wales" was added to the Indian Navy and changed to "Virat", the Indian Navy was not satisfied, because the three aircraft carriers are all medium-sized aircraft carriers, and their aircraft-carrying capacity is far inferior to that of large aircraft carriers, and their comprehensive combat capability is far inferior to that of large aircraft carriers. According to the Indian Navy's assessment of mixed water, the combat capability of three medium-sized aircraft carrier battle groups is equivalent to two large aircraft carrier battle groups at most. According to the assessment of the Navy of the Republic of China, if calculated only on the basis of carrying out naval supremacy combat missions, the combat effectiveness of the three medium-sized aircraft carrier battle groups will not reach the level of two large aircraft carrier battle groups at all.

With the launch of the "Beijing"-class aircraft carriers, the Indian Navy needs a more powerful aircraft carrier.

The Navy of the Republic could not overcome the troubles caused by the construction cycle, and India, which has almost no capacity to build large warships, could not solve this problem.

The only way to do this is to try to get it from the outside world.

The only one that can provide India with large aircraft carriers is the United States.

In the year of the thugs, shortly after the end of the "Southern Tibet Conflict", India entered into negotiations with the United States. Although the United States has promised to provide the "Nimitz"-class aircraft carriers that are in a mothballed state "free of charge" and the escort warships, which are also in a mothballed state, including the "Virginia"-class attack nuclear submarines, the United States has not promised to provide carrier-based fighters "free of charge," and India does not want to be eliminated by the US Navy. The key is the price of carrier-based fighters; India has proposed to purchase the first carrier-based fighter to be finalized and mass-produced, and the comprehensive substitution of medicine will be used as a series of fighters, and the United States will invest in medium-sized carrier-based multi-role fighters for the United States alone, and the United States has agreed to sell them, but the unit price is as high as 100 million US dollars, which is a concave times the price offered by the Indian Navy.

The Indian Navy purchased the aircraft carrier "Prince of Wales" from Britain in the year of the year, and the tip has the meaning of demonstrating to the United States.

The negotiations ended at the beginning of the year: the United States provided India with the aircraft carriers "Eisenhower", "Carl Vinson" and "Roosevelt" free of charge, as well as an air defense cruiser, a multipurpose destroyer, an anti-submarine destroyer, and six hybrid attack submarines to form three aircraft carrier battle groups; India has procured from the United States a "package" worth as much as $100 million to build three carrier-based aircraft wings, and on the basis of fish, carrier-based fighters specially developed for India's special situation, this has mainly strengthened the ability to carry out combat missions in low-latitude tropical waters. The carrier-based early warning aircraft developed on the basis of the inclined rotary-wing aircraft is used to completely replace the blade frame such as the inclined rotary-wing anti-submarine patrol aircraft. The foundation is uglier than the old shelf. Tilt-rotary-wing transport aircraft.

Relatively speaking, this drug purchase is still relatively calculated.

In order to win over India, the United States not only did not charge for the refurbishment of aircraft carriers and other warships, but also promised to upgrade its electronic and command systems free of charge. The purchase price of carrier-based aircraft is not too expensive, and the unit price of the 4 crucian carp is only 2.8 billion US dollars, which is only about a paste higher than the purchase price of the US Navy.

What's more, all three carrier battle groups were delivered to the Indian Navy by the end of the calendar year.

If it were replaced by other countries, such as Oris, even if India doubled the price, it would not be possible to get 3 aircraft carrier battle groups at the beginning of Shu.

If India's purchase of the "Prince of Wales" is just a petty fight, then the purchase of three aircraft carrier battle groups from the United States is a big move.

After the Republic has 6 aircraft carrier battle groups, India also has 6 aircraft carrier battle groups.

Although the combat effectiveness of the three medium-sized aircraft carriers is much worse, the Indian Navy pursues a strategic defense policy, basically operating under the cover of shore-based aviation, and the long-range aviation deployed on the mainland, such as the long-range maritime patrol aircraft imported from the United States, can pose a threat to the aircraft carrier battle group within a kilometer of blade power.

In this way, even if the Republic Navy's aircraft carrier battle group is more powerful, it may not be able to defeat the Indian Navy easily.

Pei Chengyi's worries are not groundless, Lin Xiaolei has blown enough cowhides, if he is planted in battle, it is a trivial matter for the naval commander to lose his black gauze hat, and the loss suffered by the country is a major matter.

After reading the Navy's construction report, Pei Chengyi felt that he was a little too worried.

The Navy of the Republic has not only a powerful aircraft carrier battle group, but also a powerful submarine force. Even if the Indian Navy can match the Republic Navy in terms of the number of aircraft carrier battle groups, it will not be able to build a submarine force capable of defeating the Republic. Not to mention India, even the submarine forces of the US Navy are not necessarily the opponents of the Republic.

Obviously, it is impossible for the United States to provide India with advanced attack submarines in the same way that it assists aircraft carriers.

In naval battles, which are dominated by sea dominance, submarines are no less important than aircraft carrier battle groups. It can even be said that in some special cases, submarines are even more important than aircraft carrier battle groups.

Will the Indian Navy, which walks on one leg, be an opponent of the Navy of the Republic?

Of course, the arrival of three aircraft carrier battle groups in India quickly intensified the contradictions between China and India and opened the door to war.

When he turned to the fourth document, Pei Chengyi frowned slightly and called Dongfang Wen over.