"It doesn't take that much!" Chen Shao paused for a moment before thinking about it, and responded cautiously, "48 ships are enough, of course 50 ships are better!" ”

He looked at Meng Xiang expectantly, and there was even a hint of uneasiness in his expression.

This old man, who dared to put forward a plan for 20 aircraft carriers with a cost of 1.8 billion yuan each when the economy of the Republic of China was so difficult in later generations, also knew that the plan of 50 aircraft carriers was a bit exaggerated. Even the aircraft carriers that the Americans are now known for are only this number, and most of them are escort aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships, and there are only 16 Essex-class aircraft carriers in real combat operations.

"We don't have that many naval talents for the time being!" Meng Xiang said directly, this is where he is troubled.

Now that the base has idle warship production capacity, and the base account also has enough expenses to spend, Chen Shaokuan's previous plan of 20 aircraft carriers can be easily completed, and even the big plan of 50 aircraft carriers proposed now is no longer a problem. But Meng Xiang had to face the situation of producing an unmanned aircraft carrier, or not enough HNA pilots.

Over the years, even with the addition of the clones, being able to make 8 aircraft carriers fully operational has been the result of Meng Xiang's training at any cost. No matter how many aircraft carriers there are, they can only be used by those student soldiers as cargo ships, and according to the established waterway, they can wander around and cruise around, but they can't exert much combat effectiveness, and if they are forcibly pulled out, they can only become new coordinates on the bottom of the sea.

Previously, Meng Xiang invested the largest proportion in the base training center for spies and pilots, while naval non-commissioned officers and tankmen, field doctors, etc., squeezed out the remaining 12 places in the third-level base training center.

Some complex branches of the navy still need to occupy three days of training.

In previous years, there were only about 3,000 trained clone naval officers and non-commissioned officers.

Half of them were first transferred to various naval schools to enrich the teaching staff, and the rest were distributed to various warships and submarines, which is usually a thousand people compared to a warship. is pitiful, and can only maintain the heart of the navy to Meng Xiang.

With Meng Xiang's great investment in air training, now China's air power can completely overwhelm Japan, and Meng Xiang's global primary layout has been outlined, and even the training of tank drivers can be relied on ordinary trainees.

After ensuring that a virtuous circle had been formed between the armored unit and the flight unit, Meng Xiang was transferred to the base training of naval non-commissioned officers in the past two years.

In the past year, more than 3,000 more Navy clone non-commissioned officers have been added.

These clone non-commissioned officers are no ordinary cloned sailors, except for the lack of enough actual combat. But they are enriched in the core positions of the ships, so that Huaxia can now dispatch more naval combat power.

At present, there are only seven naval academies in China, namely Vladivostok, Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou, which are specially equipped with aircraft carrier training. At present, the number of ordinary students has just exceeded 30,000.

These trainees are not as elite as the clone non-commissioned officers in the training center, most of them are only skilled sailors in their respective positions, and less than a third of the officers and non-commissioned officers remain.

After all, the navy is a technical branch, and perhaps ordinary combat sailors can be trained in a short period of time. But the operator on the aircraft carrier, it is necessary to be fully skilled. It is impossible to directly instill relevant knowledge, even if Meng Xiang has been training at any cost, he can only come step by step. If it weren't for the fact that China's 10-year compulsory education had already been carried out on a large scale, I am afraid that it would be difficult to find some soldiers who could read and write.

The lack of talents among ordinary people makes it impossible to complete a virtuous circle in echelon construction. It is also one of the reasons why Meng Xiang has been unable to attack aggressively.

Although the base has never been a moth, there is an inexplicable space-time authority above the head that can meddle at any time. Meng Xiang always has the feeling of being manipulated as a chess piece in the game. Maybe there will be no problems with the base, but Meng Xiang, who can affect the movement of the entire Huaxia with every move, has to take every step carefully, think about everything, and leave room for everything, so as not to let Huaxia fall into a place of no return.

Only all aspects can be held up by ordinary people, even if there is an accident at the base. When the chain is dropped at a critical time, Huaxia can still stand.

Meng Xiang has been refining a series of plans to replace the alternates. However, the navy is still weaker than the army and air force.

The Navy now has a strength of more than 600,000. But half of the 300,000 low-tech Marines are among them.

Among the remaining 300,000 personnel of the navy and other categories, 30,000 aircraft carrier personnel is really not much.

An aircraft carrier can easily divide more than two or three thousand people, and it is necessary to set aside normal replacement personnel and some personnel for normal replenishment and maintenance in ports and bases.

Being able to have the sustained combat effectiveness of 8 aircraft carriers in just a few years is enough to make many people proud.

But Meng Xiang was apprehensive when he thought of the terrifying strength of the more than 100 aircraft carriers of the Americans.

Even if it is impossible for the Americans to attack all of them, but the Japanese, who are in a similar environment to Huaxia, have more than 20 aircraft carriers, all of which were easily killed by the Americans who did not do their best, how can this not make Meng Xiangwei worry about Huaxia, who also occupies a vast territory and stretches the battle line?

Of course, Huaxia has the advantage of resources on the mainland, as well as the advantages of a strong army and air force, and in those mainland areas, and even in the island areas, it can protect itself, but one aircraft carrier after another can make Huaxia fall into the exhaustion of war with just one harassment tactic.

China had more than enough self-preservation and insufficient long-range offensive forces, which allowed Britain and the United States to be unscrupulous. And only when China shows its strength to threaten Britain and the United States will it make Britain and the United States soften and finally sit at the negotiating table.

With the current air power, it is difficult to maintain a trans-Pacific operation; Even if the fire in the backyard of the United States is lit, it can only make the Americans panic and lack the final blow.

And the most effective way for China to negotiate is to block the fleet at the doorstep of Britain and the United States.

China's experience in ocean-going operations is insufficient, and the aircraft carrier force that can support it is even less sufficient, so it has gone far to challenge the United States. The two or three kittens who rushed to the door of people's homes are likely to be directly surrounded and killed by Britain and the United States, who are fighting at home.

Meng Xiang also looked forward to the appearance of 50 Huaxia aircraft carriers in unison, and the scene that scared the legs and feet of Britain and the United States appeared, but the reality is always some distance from the dream.

Even the most fundamental purpose of Chen Shaokuan's plan is to let Meng Xiang pass this ten-year development plan, and he is more concerned about the aircraft carrier, and the long-term funding cost for this and the sufficient attention of the superiors to the navy, rather than the naval talents with the shortest board in China.

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"50 ships! 50 ships! ......" When Meng Xiang returned to the command center of the base, he was still thinking about this plan. I have to say, the plan is tempting. With 50 aircraft carriers that can fight in a war, Huaxia does not need to defend, as long as it keeps attacking, even the Americans have to be spared.

"Xiaohua, there won't be any restrictions on going to war with the Americans, right?" Meng Xiang couldn't help but ask again.

"Not usually!" The more humane Xiaohua's answer still made Meng Xiang speechless.

For this general, Xiaohua's explanation is that "time and space fluctuate greatly, and there is no guarantee that accidents will happen!" ”

The United States, which has always been extremely powerful in the background of red alert, also has a lot of research on space-time machines, although it is only a change in time and space, which is not enough to affect the changes in the mainstream, but who knows if a well-fed space-time authority figure will interfere with the finger in this time and space.

Although the odds are extremely small according to Xiaohua, pinning one's future on the gears of fate is always a very helpless thing.

"Get ready, go to Shanghai!" Meng Xiang, who was a little depressed in his heart, couldn't help but instruct the rat Erdao.

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Meng Xiang's special plane arrived in Shanghai, did not alarm anyone, and came to Jiangnan Shipyard directly accompanied by Yu Dawei.

Even many old Jiangnan people don't know about the No. 0 dock located on Changxing Island. Naturally, they didn't know that on Changxing Island, which was strictly guarded by the army, the largest shipbuilding base in China was being built.

At this time, Meng Xiang was standing in the No. 0 dock, which was 560 meters long and 110 meters wide, and looked at a huge warship that was slowly revealing its hideousness.

"This is the Kunlun aircraft carrier that we built completely ourselves!" Yu Dawei was also shocked by the huge battleship in front of him, and after half a sound, he whispered beside him.

"Our aircraft carrier!" For a moment, Meng Xiang groaned, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist.