Compared with the construction of the army and air force, the speed of the construction of the Iranian Navy can be described as godfast! There is no need to wait for equipment, no need to pay in advance, and even the quality of the crew is not required, just find a ship to pull these people to Huaxia, anyway, they will receive all-round systematic study and training in Longtai City, starting from the most basic, and completely accept the tactical and strategic system of the Huaxia Navy. According to Xu Jie's words, the final result of the training is to make them a group of people who believe in Allah, have big beards, wear Iranian naval uniforms, and uphold the techniques and tactics of the Chinese navy!

The personnel problem was solved, and even the composition of the fleet and the strategic problems of the Navy remained. Huaxia's guiding principle is to make this fleet sufficient, but it is not easy to meet this seemingly low-demand standard. "If the Allied fleet were to do it at all, they would be able to concentrate at least six or so fleet carriers plus six aviation cruisers and a dozen or so battleships in the Persian Gulf. Not to mention seizing sea supremacy in the Persian Gulf and supporting ground battles, it is easy to clean up the British fleet in India by the way. At a naval meeting, Yang Yonglin pointed out the seriousness of the situation in one sentence.

In the Italian War, in addition to the fact that the African Sword Air Wing later arrived in East Africa made some achievements, the Italian fleet that began to be deployed in East Africa except for sinking a light cruiser and a dozen merchant ships in the Indian Ocean, the remaining huge part of the time was driven away by the Turkish fleet. Moreover, with the German fleet choosing to sail close to the coastline, the air force of less than 3 air cruisers was not at all able to fight against the surrounding land-based aviation. And with long sea voyages and reconnaissance, the aviation cruiser's aviation fuel reserves were quickly depleted. After all, an aviation cruiser is not an aircraft carrier, not only the number of carrier-based aircraft is small, but even the amount of fuel and bombs is not much. Thus, the actions of the Italian East African Fleet were in addition to pinning down the Turkish fleet and preventing it from entering the Mediterranean. Tactical significance is more limited.

"Enough means that even if it can put some pressure on the Germans, at least not the pressure that can be solved by just two small boats, understand? Go ahead and do it. When Xu Jie heard Yang Yonglin actually ask what the standard of his use was, Xu Jie said impatiently. I am very busy every day, so I have so much time to develop the development plan of the Iranian Navy. In Xu Jie's opinion, Yang Yonglin is not needed to formulate this plan, and it is over to find a general.

"Boss, did you consider the cost we had to pay when you promised to help the Iranians build a fleet?" Yang Yonglin wiped his sweat and said. "Of course, before it has been put into practice, it is too late for us to regret it, according to our estimates, if we are to meet the standard of adequacy you are talking about. Then the Iranian fleet will be armed with at least two aircraft carriers! Two second-class aircraft carriers A have less than 1 carrier-based aircraft and about 1 spare aircraft. Then we have to equip this fleet with other warships, and battleships will not be needed, but cruisers are indispensable, so let's have a heavy cruiser, plus 1 to one aviation cruiser for anti-submarine and reconnaissance, and at least two formations of 8 destroyers, it should be about the same. ”

"It's a loss!" Xu Jie had these two words in his mind. At the beginning, it was just that he wanted Britain to confront Germany as soon as possible, and he planned to let the Iranians make some trouble for Germany, and according to the original idea, he would just get some submarines and be done. Why do you still use the aircraft carrier of the fleet!

"It's not impossible to have a submarine, but the premise is that you have a stable base, and the submarine's fuel, fresh water and even food can be easily replenished. But torpedoes are not easy to replenish! According to the current technology, torpedoes need to be resupplied in the port, do you think that in terms of the strength of the defense of Iranian ports, it will be possible to hold out until the submarine returns to the port for the first time to resupply? Yang Yonglin paused and then said: "In addition, the ships of the Germans going to the Far East are all fast merchant ships. With a speed of more than 1 knot, Iranian submarines lack intelligence and aviation support, making it difficult to track high-speed fleets, and the proximity of the route to the mainland makes it easy to obtain protection from land-based aviation and long-range seaplanes, and submarines cannot use naval guns to deal with these targets. Only torpedoes can be used. Moreover, the distance from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea is not too long, and the Allied navy is very strong. Therefore, if you rely solely on submarines and break the diplomatic relationship without the support of the system. It would be very inefficient. It's not pressure at all! ”…

Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare is actually a kind of system warfare, first of all, Germany needs to determine the ship schedule and route through espionage and radio monitoring and positioning, and then the submarine cruising in the ocean needs to search for prey near the route, and after finding the prey, it will contact the command on the shore through the long-wave radio, and then the command will call other submarines to coordinate the attack. Sometimes submarines are also assisted by large maritime patrol aircraft like the F, and there are large ocean-going supply submarines to replenish fuel and things for other submarines. After returning to the port, you can hide in the submarine cave, and the heavy reinforced concrete fort is helpless by ordinary bombshells. It can be said that the brilliant achievements of Germany's unrestricted submarines in history are also the result of systematic operations.

And look at what Iran has in this plane? It seems that except for a few submarines, other auxiliary forces can't count on anything! Whether it's supplies, bases, or soft power like intelligence, there is no way to compare Iran and historical Germany. In terms of anti-submarine capabilities, because the Allied fleet is much more powerful than the British fleet in history, and the sea area that needs to be escorted is much smaller, Yang Yonglin and others really have little expectation for the effect of Iran's submarine force in breaking diplomatic relations.

So what is now in front of Xu Jie is nothing more than two roads, one way is to give Iran a few submarines to make do, and what kind of results can be played depends on luck. The other way is to seriously draw up a fleet plan, and if necessary, send Chinese officers to command the fleet to fight. Posed some real threat to the Germans. The second was clearly better in terms of China's strategic needs alone, as China needed to flex its muscles to force the Allies to abandon parts of Iran, while also focusing the Germans' early offensive efforts to southeastern Iran. Therefore, the better the Iranian Navy performs in the war, the more it meets the needs of China. But the only problem with doing so is money and time!

The problem of money is very easy to understand, if the little thing Yang Yonglin said is converted into US dollars, the construction cost alone will not be less than 100 million US dollars! This money was paid in advance by the Chinese government! If you add in maintenance, repairs and modifications, plus some carrier-based aircraft. Then the cost is estimated to be even more boundless! Thinking that he was okay and gave away 100 million dollars, Xu Jie was depressed in his heart! And the time is also very tight, and the aircraft carriers currently owned by Huaxia will not be sold out, because it is necessary to ensure the size and combat effectiveness of the Huaxia fleet. Then Iran will only be offered new ships. According to the current progress of the project in Huaxia, it will take 18 months for a second-class aircraft carrier to start construction and complete it. Then the Iranians went to pick up the boat and train. It will take no less time. Of course, the final problem is that Yang Yonglin only made a suggestion, and even if Xu Jie agreed, it would take months from arranging the shipyard and raising materials to officially start construction. God knows whether the Germans gave China such a long time to prepare. As soon as he thought of this, Xu Jie felt that his head was big.

However, Yang Yonglin next to him seems to be definitely not strong enough. "Well, actually, money and time are not too big a problem, although 100 million US dollars is a little more, but it is still within the affordable range, and the time problem is not big, if we hand over the two second-class aircraft carriers under construction to Iran, then it is not difficult to form combat effectiveness before the war. Anyway, we will not be directly involved in the war in the short term. The most important thing is people, you think, an aircraft carrier probably needs one officer and men, and a heavy cruiser needs no less than one person. If we count the capital ships according to one aircraft carrier and three cruisers, this is at least about 7 people, plus the personnel on the destroyers, this fleet alone will cost 10,000 people. And that's not counting the port personnel and the land-based air fleet to which the Navy belongs. Add in the bureaucrats at the top or something, this number will be quite terrifying. Can Iran find so many people? Yang Yonglin was very skeptical about this. …

Faced with such a high price, Xu Jie hesitated. Looking at this, at the critical moment, China has to pay money and send people and ships to help Iran fight. And because the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, maybe the entire fleet will be destroyed if you are not careful, and maybe you will be directly hit by the opponent's main fleet before you can fight a few merchant ships. Why are camouflage assault ships useful? It is because it is enough to deal with merchant ships, and the target is small, and it does not hurt when it sinks, and it is the most cost-effective. But if the fleet is used for guerrilla warfare, then the target cannot be limited to low-value ordinary merchant ships.

"When it should be encountered, it must be encountered, if we don't try it now, sooner or later we will have to fight head-on with the Allies, we will lose at most two medium-sized aircraft carriers, if it is not easy to be careful, I am afraid that it will be two large fleet aircraft carriers or even more." Seeing Xu Jie's hesitation, Yang Yonglin said slowly, although his tone was very calm, but it made Xu Jie very convinced, sooner or later he would meet, this is absolutely unavoidable, it is better to try the other party's catties and taels first, and prepare for the decisive battle later!

"Very good idea, but I think that the Iranian Navy can't let us take all of it, I'll go find a few shareholders!" Xu Jie said with a sneer.

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