The "Ningbei" is the "Kirishima" of the former Japanese Combined Fleet, a battleship with a displacement of 32,000 tons, which is more powerful than most of the existing battleships of the British Royal Navy on paper. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The "Legion-class" battleship being built by the Lanfang Navy is a giant with a displacement of 35,000 tons and a main gun caliber of 406 mm.

According to the shipbuilding plan formulated by the Lanfang Navy, the first "Legion-class" battleship was built in France, and the next three were built in Lanfang, and the keel of the first ship was laid last year, and it is expected to be launched next year and delivered to the Lanfang Navy that year.

And in Cam Ranh Bay, where Lanfang leased France, two "Legion-class" battleships have begun to lay keels, and the construction progress will be much faster than the first ship.

At the beginning of the design, the "Legion-class" battleship was not actually ready to be built, it was just a cover thrown by Qin Zhiyuan, a cover to deceive the British and American navies, Qin Zhiyuan wanted to build an aircraft carrier, and the battleship was not within the scope of Qin Zhiyuan's plan at all.

The plan always can't catch up with the changes, and the entry into service of the "Vladivostok" and "Lanfang" stimulated the ambition of the Lanfang Navy, and at the strong request of the Lanfang Navy, at least two "Legion-class" battleships should be completed, so that Lanfang can have six cutting-edge battleships, which is enough to dominate the East Asian seas.

In addition to one "Legion-class" battleship under construction in France, only one of the two warships in Cam Ranh Bay that began to lay keels belonged to the "Legion-class" and the other belonged to the first aircraft carrier of the Lanfang Navy.

After the war against Japan, the torpedo aircraft fully demonstrated its value, and the value of the aircraft carrier also rose, and the aircraft really had the ability to sink the battleship, which prompted Lan Fang to speed up the research on the need for real aircraft carriers.

In fact, the current aircraft carriers are not really aircraft carriers, including the aircraft carriers that Lan Fang now has, all of them are modified with cargo ships, these modified aircraft carriers are not only slow, but also weakly armored, and basically have no survivability in the face of the battleship's giant guns, and at the same time, because of the unreasonable original design, the aircraft carrier can not carry too many fighters, an aircraft carrier can carry at most thirty or forty fighters, which cannot meet the complex tactical needs of the air, the ship, and the ground, so the current aircraft carrier is not able to match the battleshipAlthough all countries recognize the value of aircraft carriers, they do not believe that aircraft carriers can replace the value of battleships.

Qin Zhiyuan just wants to achieve this goal, if all countries develop battleships and do not pay attention to aircraft carriers, it is exactly what Qin Zhiyuan wants.

With Qin Zhiyuan, a master of model aircraft, Lan Fang's naval ship development has not taken a detour, the aircraft carrier built by Lan Fang now is based on the "Yorktown-class" aircraft carrier built by the United States before World War II, Qin Zhiyuan designed the aircraft carrier with a displacement of 25,000 tons, a speed of 30 knots, and the ship can carry up to 75 fighters, according to Qin Zhiyuan's plan, the aircraft carrier should include fighters, dive bombers and torpedo planes, the number of these three types of aircraft is 25, 35 aircraft, as well as 15 aircraft, which can maximize the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers, more than double the combat effectiveness of existing aircraft carriers, and fully meet the various needs of the Lanfang Navy.

Qin Zhiyuan still has ambitions, in Qin Zhiyuan's plan, this kind of aircraft carrier identified as "Shanyue-class" plans to build six, after the completion of the full completion, Lan Fang's two fleets will have three each, with battleships and existing aircraft carriers, to dominate the entire East Asian seas.

It is still a bit modest to dominate the East Asian seas, if it is fully completed, the Lanfang Navy will have the ability to dominate the entire Pacific waters, and even the Americans will not dare to provoke a war with Lanfang in the Pacific region at that time.

Of course, if you want to dominate the Pacific Ocean, only battleships and aircraft carriers are not enough, Lan Fang is on the battleship and aircraft carrier project at the same time, but also studying more advanced submarines and destroyers, in Qin Zhiyuan's planning, there is no place for cruisers, large destroyers will replace cruisers, responsible for breaking diplomatic missions in naval battles, submarines are special forces, they are more responsible for special tasks such as blockading ports, in the real confrontation between the two armies, there are not many times when submarines can come in handy.

According to Qin Zhiyuan's plan, within five years, Lan Fang will have six battleships, 12 aircraft carriers, with hundreds of destroyers of varying tonnage and hundreds of submarines, and Lan Fang will have the strength to confront the US Pacific Fleet and the British Far East Fleet in the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, this is on the premise that Britain and the United States do not strengthen their naval capabilities.

Considering that it was less than ten years before Lanfang was founded, this speed was already very good.

No, no, it's not good, it's very good.

Although the British did not know how many warships Lan Fang was going to build and how powerful warships they would build, Lan Fang's frequent laying of keels still made it difficult for the British to sleep.

The foundation of Britain is the navy, so in terms of the navy, the British have never lagged behind, and the British have a plan to deal with the rise of the Lanfang navy.

Although Lan Fang's construction of warships is not a provocation to the British, the British still feel threatened, even if Lan Fang and Britain have a very good relationship now, Britain still regards Lan Fang as a potential enemy, so the British Admiralty formulated a response plan is that if Lan Fang builds a battleship, Britain will build two battleships of the same class, and it is absolutely necessary to maintain naval superiority in the world.

To this end, the British have already identified their upcoming battleships of the N3 class, and the battleship drawings have been formed, just waiting to place an order with the naval shipyard.

It is estimated that this hope of the British will be disappointed, if the British Admiralty wants to complete their shipbuilding program, then they will have to spend nearly three times as much money as Lan Fang, and there is a question mark whether the British Treasury can afford this money.

Don't think that Lanfang's economic situation is very good, the economic situation of the United Kingdom will be just as good, these are two different things at all.

After the World War, Qin Zhiyuan's various bright and dark investments have established a commercial kingdom around the world, oil, automobiles, penicillin, nylon, etc., no matter which one it is, it is a gold-swallowing monster, these companies alone can provide Qin Zhiyuan with billions of funds every year, and after the war against Japan, Qin Zhiyuan is tantamount to plundering the accumulation of the Japanese since the Meiji Restoration for hundreds of years, which is enough for Lan Fang to survive.

Therefore, Qin Zhiyuan spent money quite generously, and the huge shipbuilding plan did not blink, and he built it when he said it.

And at the same time, Qin Zhiyuan understood the predicament encountered by the British, of course, in front of Lloyd George, Qin Zhiyuan would definitely not expose it, and Qin Zhiyuan wished that Britain would fall into the vicious circle of "arms race" with Lan Fang.

"Don't envy us, look at your fleet, even if you don't build any warships within ten years from now, the Lanfang Navy can't catch up with your current scale." Qin Zhiyuan said that he was praising it, and he must have praised it.

"How is it possible, those are all old fellows, different from your warships - speaking of which, compared to the navy of the British and Lanfang, it is like comparing an old man like me to your majesty." Lloyd George found a fitting metaphor.

Lloyd George is 60 years old this year, and Qin Zhiyuan is still in his prime, this analogy is indeed very appropriate.

Not counting the battleships that the British were preparing to build, the British Navy now has 23 battleships, and although only the "Hood" can catch up with the "Vladivostok" and "Lanfang" in a single tonnage, the total tonnage is more than five times that of the Lanfang Navy, which is indeed powerful.

Of course, as Lloyd George said, the British battleships were indeed numerous, but they did not have an advantage in terms of age, and these British battleships were basically built before the world war, and the latest "Hood" commissioned last month was the newest battleship, but it was only this one.

"Experience, in terms of experience, there is still a big gap between the Lanfang Navy and the British Navy, so in this cooperation negotiation, I hope that there can be further exchanges between the navies of our two countries, which will be beneficial to both of our countries." Qin Zhiyuan inadvertently pointed out the greatest pride of the British.

Again, it is people who play a more crucial role in warfare than weapons.

Compared with the British Navy, under the same quantitative conditions, the Lanfang Navy may have a certain advantage in weapons, but if you compare the quality of soldiers, the Lanfang Navy is far behind.

Britain is a traditional maritime power, its navy has hundreds of years of tradition, can be called powerful in the world, and the Lanfang Navy was established less than two years ago, although there are the world's most powerful battleships, but there is no actual combat experience, the Lanfang naval aviation unit in the war against Japan is good, but the naval battleships have not been tested in actual combat, so the Lanfang Navy can play the "Lanfang" and "Vladivostok" how much combat effectiveness, this has to play a big question mark.

Just like Qin Zhiyuan said, Lan Fang's navy knows its own shortcomings, and is trying its best to make up for its shortcomings, learning from the British, and learning from the experience of the British is the best way at present.

Lan Fang Navy does not think that it is a shame to learn from others, since the beginning of the establishment of the Lan Fang Navy, the Lan Fang Navy has learned from the French and the Germans, from the French, the Lan Fang Navy understands what the Navy means, and then from the Germans, the Lan Fang Navy has learned discipline and team awareness, and now it is the turn of the British, to be honest, Qin Zhiyuan is still looking forward to what the Lan Fang Navy can learn from the British.

"This is a question -- we have to think about it in the long run, and we have to think about it in the long run." Lloyd George looked embarrassed and did not respond positively to Qin Zhiyuan's words.

It seems that Lloyd George can't be the master of the navy, and he is really aggrieved as the prime minister. (To be continued.) )