readx; Kobayashi's strategy is very simple and practical, that is, to increase the air defense force on each warship by adding a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, this way is simply by increasing the small-caliber anti-aircraft firepower on the warship, and there is no need to make large-scale changes to the warship, and the cost is not too large, but the effect is excellent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, this method is also the simplest and most effective means for countries to increase their air defense from the First World War to the present, and it is simply to increase the air defense capability of warships by increasing the number of anti-aircraft firepower.

In addition to the increase in the anti-aircraft firepower of the warships themselves, Kobayashi also demanded the purchase of a large number of combat aircraft, whether carrier-based or land-based.

As mentioned above, the development of the naval aviation has not stagnated over the years, although the overall scale is inferior to the Chinese Navy, but the naval aviation has always maintained a rapid development scale, and the Fengxiang is the world's second aircraft carrier to be officially put into service, although it was later brought into the ditch by China and spent a huge amount of money to build two 27,000-ton aircraft carriers, but these still add up to the deployment of aviation forces.

It's a pity that they met the Chinese Navy with Chen Jingyun standing behind them!

When it comes to attaching importance to naval aviation, no one in the world attaches more importance to it than Chen Jingyun, and only he has always firmly believed that aircraft carriers are the main force of the navy in the future.

In the previous huge naval battle, the Chinese naval aviation unit finally lived up to Chen Jingyun's expectations, and made great achievements in this battle, and under the repeated attacks of hundreds of carrier-based aircraft, it achieved the proud record of sinking three enemy battleships. This war not only greatly improved the status of China's aircraft carrier forces, but also made the navy re-examine its naval aviation development strategy.

He said, "I am not all stupid, although in the previous seven or eight years by China's air warship theory into the ditch, but after this war, I quickly reacted, and said, "There has been a big discussion within the navy about aircraft carriers, and the theory of air warships, which was previously pinned on high hopes, has been completely abandoned, and it is said that "the navy's ship administration department has submitted a plan for a new generation of naval carrier-based aircraft platform in less than half a month after the second naval war in the East China Sea, and the initial design of the warship is based on around 1923." The several reserve plans designed before the theory of this air-lifting warship have been roughly similar to those of China's aircraft carriers after the improvement, and it will not take long for them to enter the stage of actual demonstration, and if nothing else, construction will be able to start within three months.

Of course, it is not so easy to build a new aircraft carrier, and even if everything goes well, it will take a year or two for the new aircraft carrier to be put into service, and the devil knows if the war is over by then.

The navy is a branch of the armed forces that eats its old roots, and the destroyers and cruisers in the wartime emergency shipbuilding plan are okay, but if they are large warships of tens of thousands of tons, they can rarely be completed and participate in the war in a short time. It is not possible to catch up with the war unless it lasts for more than three or four years. It is precisely because of this quality of the navy that all countries maintain a large navy in peacetime, and if the navy can be mobilized on a large scale in a short time like the army, no one will be stupid enough to spend huge sums of money to maintain a huge fleet in ordinary times.

Therefore, although the Navy has already started the construction of emergency aircraft carriers, in fact, including Takuzo Kobayashi, there is no expectation that the new aircraft carriers will be able to play a role.

And in this case, Kobayashi Tatsuzo can not use much power, the Fengxiang has been silent, and the Lin Zhen among the two aviation warships has sunk, leaving only the Longxiang. The USS Longchamp is a large 27,000-ton air warship, which, like the American air warships, was designed to circumvent the restrictions of the Washington Treaty. The emphasis of the consideration is on artillery capabilities, and aviation capabilities are nothing more than incidental. In front of the Dragon Troop are two quadruple turrets carrying eight eight-inch guns. But in fact, the base of these gun rings can accommodate fourteen-inch naval guns, in order to be able to modify them in the future. At the back of the ship, there is a small hangar and a flight deck that can accommodate about twenty aircraft.

Although this ship was also damaged in the naval battle, the damage was not great, and it was quickly repaired. Since the Longxiang is now the only air warship in the main fleet, and its main task is air defense, the sixteen planes carried by the Navy on the Longxiang are all fighters, and only three are bombers.

Obviously, relying on the Longxiang alone is not able to protect the main fleet, so Kobayashi Tatsuzo also thought of other ways, such as refitting high-speed civilian ships or cruisers, although the surname of these warships after the modification can be far inferior to the official fleet aircraft carrier, but it is better than nothing, and more importantly, the construction period of the modification is short enough, and if the shipyard works overtime, it may be able to serve within a year.

Whether it is a new aircraft carrier or a modified aircraft carrier, at least a year later, there is no need for a second aircraft carrier to be used, and in this case, if you want to conduct fleet air defense operations, then you will have to rely on land-based aviation to a large extent. Until then, Kobayashi's strategy was to avoid fighting China's air fleet in the open sea.

In addition, a large number of combat aircraft have been deployed near the Tsushima Strait in an attempt to use land-based air power to stop the blockade of the Chinese Navy.

Under such circumstances, the main force of the Chinese Navy naturally did not dare to rashly enter the Tsushima Strait, but this does not mean that the Chinese Navy will allow the passage of the Tsushima Strait unimpeded.

At 12 o'clock on the night of December 15th, somewhere in the western channel of the Tsushima Strait, there were only a few sparse stars in the dark night, and the moon had only a thin skin, but the weather was fine tonight. In the dark night, a swarthy submarine was sailing on the sea, and several letters and numbers were painted on the submarine: SS-14, and the classification and representative numbers of submarines in various countries in the world are different, the United States uses S, Germany uses U, and China uses SS. The reason why the Chinese Navy uses SS is naturally not Chen Jingyun's special preference for the SS, this is because the English of submarines is S, and the main weapons classification of the Chinese Navy is the Air Force all start with letters, and the first letter selected is generally referred to English, while the classification of the Chinese Navy is double letters, such as heavy cruiser CA, light cruiser CL, and some warships have only one letter is repeated, such as the battleship's B becomes BB, the destroyer's D becomes DD, and the submarine's S is also a single letter, So the words that are repeated become SS. And this naming method was decided by Chen Jingyun as early as 1913, and even the Americans learned the classification and naming method of Chinese ships, but then again, Chen Jingyun learned the United States in later generations, so it is not clear who learned who Chen Jingyun himself is.

This is not only the case for the Navy, but also for the Army and Air Force, which are classified by subtitles, such as the 't' in tanks, the 'f' in fighters, the 'b' in bombers, and the 'e' in reconnaissance planes.

Of course, there are some special ones, such as the shallow water inland river gunboat uses PJ, and the coastal defense ship uses HF, which is the pinyin initial.

So the SS number on this submarine has clearly indicated its identity, this is a submarine of the Chinese Navy, and its number is 6. Then, if insiders who are more clear about the development process of Chinese Navy submarines will directly tell the model to which it belongs, as well as the general surname and even the number of the unit to which it belongs.

This is a Crocodile-class submarine, Crocodile Type B to be exact, a medium-sized submarine modified on the Crocodile A submarine. The underwater displacement is 650 tons, the maximum speed on the surface is eighteen knots, and the maximum speed under water is seven knots. With a high-horsepower diesel engine, it has a maximum range of 2,000 nautical miles when cruising at 16 knots on the water. Although the range is a little short, it is enough. After all, this is only a submarine, and it is mainly a medium-sized submarine of only more than 600 tons, and the strategic goal of the Chinese Navy in the past two or three decades is mainly to say "this", so in addition to battleships and aircraft carriers, the range of other auxiliary ships of the Chinese Navy is relatively short.

The large ocean-going submarines in the Chinese Navy are Shark-class submarines of up to 2,500 tons.

Interestingly, these two series of submarines of the Chinese Navy were developed on the basis of German submarines, and during World War I, the submarines of the Chinese Navy were only in the stage of experimentation and outsourcing, although they also tried to build 250-ton Swordfish-class submarines, but they were limited by various technical factors, so the surname can be relatively backward, and even the submarines in this navy are inferior.

After World War I, China, as the victorious power, collected a lot of booty from Germany, including five submarines, and through the study of these reparation ships, especially after obtaining the technology of large marine diesel engines from Germany, China's submarine development really began. And after the successful attempt to build a 600-ton Alligator-class submarine, the German U139 large ocean-going ship was imitated and studied, and then in 1926, the Shark-class submarine was put into service, with a displacement of up to 2,500 tons, a range of up to 15,000 nautical miles, a surface speed of 18 knots, and an underwater speed of 7 knots.

This was followed in 1928 by a modification of the Alligator-class submarine, the 650-ton Alligator B-class submarine.

At this moment, the Chinese submarine on the sea in the dark night is a Crocodile Type B submarine, which belongs to the Second Submarine Detachment of the First Submarine Fleet of the Third Fleet.

On the deck of the submarine there are officers with binoculars to observe, and there are ordinary sailors walking and breathing in the fresh air. During the dreary cruise, submarines actually sailed on the water, and now although they entered the Tsushima Strait during the war, they were carefully hidden during the day, but at night they boldly exposed the surface of the sea and searched for their prey.

Suddenly, the officer who was holding the telescope to observe sighed lightly, and after adjusting the telescope in his hand, he saw a weak light in the distant sea. During the war, the Tsushima Strait became the focal point of the Chinese navy, and many foreign merchant ships bypassed this sea area, and at this time, they were able to appear in this sea area in the form of a fleet.

The officer, with excitement on his face, withdrew his binoculars and shouted, "Prepare for war!" ”

A few minutes later, two foreign Chinese naval submarines operating in the same sea area also received a telegram from SS-14, so in this dark night, the three Chinese submarines were already baring their sharp teeth and rushing towards this transport fleet.