readx; In this naval battle, which lasted from the morning of 8 December to the morning of 9 December, the main forces of the Chinese and Chinese navies were exhausted, and except for some old ships that remained behind, the other capital ships almost all rushed to the battlefield. In 24 hours www.biquge.info, the total tonnage of the Chinese navy's direct participation in the war reached 380,000 tons, and the total tonnage of the Chinese navy reached 530,000 tons, and the total tonnage of the two navies participating in the war reached 900,000 tons. Although its scale is less than the 1.9 million tons of the Anglo-German Battle of Germany during World War I, it can still be regarded as a large-scale steel naval battle.

In addition to the gunboats, China and China used aircraft carriers on a large scale for the first time, and in the previous World War I and the mid-1923 war, although some aircraft carriers also went into battle, but the aircraft carriers at that time did not really have the ability to affect the war situation, and the main thing that rose was the reconnaissance force.

This time, however, both the Chinese naval aviation and the naval aviation of the so-called "Ben" launched an attack on the enemy's navy by carrier-based aircraft. Although it is said that the strength of Ben's naval aviation is too small, and the group of attack planes launched by them is less than 40 in total, and all of them were shot down in the first wave, this is because they are facing a powerful Chinese naval aviation, and if they are replaced by any other enemy, even the United States or the British Navy, they will be able to exert tremendous strength.

He said: "The Navy's carrier-based air force did not achieve much success in this navy, but the Chinese naval air force achieved brilliant results, and its achievements even accounted for most of the results in this naval battle, and played a decisive role in the victory or defeat of the naval battle."

Including the Sasebo air raid, it was said, "Three battleships were sunk in this battle, namely Omi, Suruga, and Nagato." One battlecruiser, Amagi, was sunk, and the battleship Kaga was heavily damaged, and several other battleships were also badly damaged. In addition to these capital ships, a heavy cruiser Kinugasa was sunk with a number of destroyers.

Almost all of these results were achieved by the Chinese naval aviation, and the only direct result achieved by the battleship formation was the heavy damage to the Kaga, and in fact the heavy damage to the Kaga was achieved by the destroyers in the First Lightning Strike Fleet. The results that were actually achieved by the main guns on the battleships were actually very few.

Most of the other victories were achieved by naval aviation, but this is not to say that the battleship formations of the Chinese Navy did not play a role in this naval battle.

In fact, in this naval battle, China's battleship formation also played a huge role, including the air defense operation on the afternoon of 8 July, when the battleship formation's powerful anti-aircraft fire also achieved the record of destroying five carrier-based aircraft.

In addition, the most important thing is that on the night of the 8th, the battleship formation blocked the main fleet of the Navy for as long as seven hours with inferior forces, during which the two sides exchanged thousands of shells, and it was the containment of the battleship formation that allowed the aircraft carriers of the First Air Fleet to smoothly leave the battlefield, otherwise it was already night, and the aircraft carriers of the First Air Fleet had almost lost all their combat effectiveness, and it was difficult to escape from the pursuit of the medium- and high-speed warships of the Navy.

You must know that in the main fleet, in addition to a large number of heavy cruisers, cruisers and destroyers, the speed of the three battle cruisers in the 3rd Squadron is also about 30 knots, and the speed of the Huatai aircraft carrier, which was commissioned in 1918, is only 32 knots.

However, the battleship formation of the Chinese Navy blocked the main fleet of the Chinese Navy, and the charging ones acted as meat shields, buying time for the First Air Fleet in the rear.

To put it simply, in this naval battle, China's aircraft carriers played the role of attackers, while battleships played the role of defenders, and the two cooperated with each other to achieve such impressive results.

"After this battle, the navy has lost nearly half of its main force, and it will be much easier to hit the navy's sea supply lines next!" Chen Jingyun smiled and looked at the detailed battle report in his hand, although his words were still calm, but Sa Zhenbing and Cheng Biguang on the side could clearly see the smile on Chen Jingyun's face.

"The navy is fortunate to have lived up to the trust of tens of thousands of people!" Cheng Biguang was also smiling, the navy had such a record, Cheng Biguang was even happier than Chen Jingyun.

This is his seventh year as chief of the navy, and although Chen Jingyun has not made it clear for the time being, he himself knows very well that he is about to retire from the position of chief of the navy. He thinks that his seven or eight years of tenure is a great trust to Chen Jingyun and thousands of people, and after such a brilliant victory, he can be regarded as a successful retirement, and his merits are no longer given to Sa Zhenbing around him.

"Next, the navy must do a good job of timely repair and replenishment of the returning fleet, and restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible!" While Chen Jingyun's face was full of joy, he did not forget to explain the follow-up matters.

"Rest assured, before the main force of the Navy goes to sea, the Admiralty has already made relevant preparations, and several major shipyards in China are ready to repair the warships, as long as the fleet returns to China, it can be repaired immediately!" Sa Zhenbing also opened his mouth at this time. Although he has retired from the position of chief of the navy, Sa Zhenbing is still a member of the Central Committee of the State Military Commission and one of the two active admirals in the navy. In front of him, Sa Zhenbing also has a share of credit.

Although the navy won a great victory this time, except for the aircraft carriers of the First Air Fleet and a small number of frigates directly under the First Air Fleet, the other ships participating in the battle were more or less injured, among which the Yandi was even more completely lost in combat effectiveness, and the other three battleships also needed to enter the factory for maintenance in time.

"When the fleet returns home, what is the next plan for the navy?" Chen Jingyun continued to ask after putting down the battle report in his hand.

Cheng Biguang said: "According to the fleet's report, although most of the ships have been injured, except for the Yandi and Zhuan and some destroyers that need a long time to overhaul, the damage, including the Yellow Emperor and Shundi, can be repaired within half a month, and the navy will take the First Air Fleet as the main force, supplemented by these two battleships, and go to sea again with other intact warships, and will try to blockade the western coast of Ben, and launch air strikes on the coastal ports of Ben at the right time." ”

Chen Jingyun frowned after hearing this: "Now that the main force of this navy has lost more than half, can't the navy block the Tsushima Strait now?'" ”

Chen Jingyun was not very satisfied with this, why did he build such a huge navy, didn't he just block the sea lines of communication, if he couldn't blockade it, even if the entire navy was sent to the bottom of the sea.

Hearing Chen Jingyun ask, Cheng Biguang next to him said with embarrassment: "Although the strength of the First Air Fleet is huge, the sea area of the Tsushima Strait is narrow, and the width from north to south is only dozens of nautical miles. In addition, although the main force of the navy has suffered considerable losses, it still has a strength that cannot be underestimated, and the strength of its battleships, especially high-speed battlecruisers, cannot be underestimated."

Cheng Biguang's meaning is already clear, that is, although the First Air Fleet is huge, its own defense capability is still weak, and once it ventures into a narrow sea area, the dangers it will face will increase exponentially, and when the time comes, it will say: 'This navy can not only dispatch capital ships to carry out night raids, but also use land-based aircraft to carry out air raids. In a word, the gain is not proportional to the effort. If this is to say, 'This navy sinks an aircraft carrier in one night, it will be a big loss.'"

Therefore, from the perspective of the Navy's own interests, they are unwilling to do this.

In Chen Jingyun's original impression, since they had already defeated the main force of the navy, and even sank the three battleships of the navy, they should be able to control the sea power, but they didn't expect it to work.

sighed in his heart, it's just that, this sea victory and defeat can't be fought in a day or two.

At this time, Cheng Biguang also continued: "However, as long as our First Air Fleet is cruising on the western coast of Ben, then it will be difficult for Ben's main fleet to go to sea from Sasebo Military Port, and once we go to sea, we will attack them, so although our main force is also contained, we can also send several cruiser formations to sneak into the Tsushima Strait to attack." ”

Sa Zhenbing on the side also said: "Yes, now that Sasebo, the main force of the Navy, and several other major military ports on the west coast, they are mainly watched, so it will be difficult for me to dispatch capital ships to escort the sea transport team, and when the time comes, as long as we send a few attack fleets, we can achieve the same results!" ”

Hearing them explain this, although Chen Jingyun still disagreed with it in his heart, since the navy said so, he couldn't force them to risk entering the Tsushima Strait, so he could only nod.

Then the three of them talked about some other plans of the navy, the most important of which is naturally the wartime shipbuilding plan, in this naval battle, China's loss of warships is not small, one Huawu sank, and several destroyers and two light cruisers were sunk, and these warships need to be replenished in time. However, because it was a wartime plan, and Chen Jingyun also estimated in his heart that this Sino-Chinese war would last a year or even less at most, so the main forces of wartime shipbuilding were not used on auxiliary ships, including destroyers, cruisers, even minelayers and submarines, etc., while the capital ship Shanghai Navy accelerated the construction of two aircraft carriers under construction, and began to plan the design of the next generation of capital warships.

As for the navy's next-generation warship design plan, Chen Jingyun feels that it is still necessary to remind them of this.