Long Yi is not on the Zhenyuan most of the time, so the acting captain becomes a sweetheart. The impact of a giant ship is not only that those naval chiefs are vying for the position of acting captain, but also that every position on it attracts a large number of talents to compete for it.

The positions and opportunities aboard the Zhenyuan are what every Navy can only dream of. Neither the Central Army nor any other faction can give them such an opportunity. They chose only the Vanguard Army.

With the temptation of interests is only the first step, the brand of Zhenyuan has attracted all the naval talents in Huaxia, and the rest is selection.

There is not enough struggle of interests, and some things do not manifest. The Zhenyuan gradually became the focus of naval faction fighting.

"Attract those people to the Zhenyuan, and they won't care about anything else." Meng Xiang's original intention was the same, that is, to lead the battlefield of naval faction fighting to the new Zhenyuan, and he was a cold bystander. In the battle, those talents will show their big feet, be caught by him, and justifiably take the opportunity to clean up.

The Zhenyuan that various factions are fighting for, Meng Xiang can also produce a few more ships at any time, and it is not as important as those people imagined. With Ryuichi's orthodox captain in charge, they can't get prestige.

The battleship is destined to fall, and throwing one out to attract those factions to fight for it will naturally compromise in other aspects, so that Meng Xiang can calmly select suitable talents from them to prepare for the aircraft carrier talents. Compared with the Zhenyuan, Meng Xiang is more concerned about the talent selection of the aircraft carrier.

Because most of the talents trained by the base were concentrated in the Air Force before, the clones trained by the Navy in the past six months were less than 200. Although the training is all officers, if they are distributed everywhere, there will be no shadow of these more than 100 people. So Meng Xiang mainly focused them on the aircraft carrier fleet, and in other places, it was enough to leave a few people as eyeliners.

Ark Royal-class aircraft carriers, three of which have already been produced at this base. At this time, the British Ark Royal had already entered service last year, so the cost of the base was also reduced to one-sixteenth of the original price. The well-designed and rationally laid out Ark Royal became the aircraft carrier with the highest surname price ratio at this time, so Meng Xiang produced another one.

There was more production, and no one came to indulge, and most of the clone officers of the Vanguard Army were concentrated on these three aircraft carriers. They have been training and undergoing new transformations in hidden seas, and they have not shown themselves to the world. Even if he himself only knows that the Vanguard Army has other aircraft carriers, but as for the number and surname, they don't know, and they don't even know the name.

They did not know that the Vanguard had not yet determined the name of the ship. It was only recently that Meng Xiang made a final decision and reclassified the classification of ships.

"Frigates of more than 600 tons and less than 3,000 tons are classified as corvettes, which are divided into light frigates and heavy frigates. Those within 2,000 tons are considered light protection, and they are named after general counties and cities; 2,000 to 3,000 tons are counted as heavy protection, in the name of provincial capitals and large cities. "Meng Xiang's standard for dividing this frigate is also very unexpected, at this time, more than 1,000 tons of destroyers abound.

"What kind of destroyer is one or two thousand tons? It can only be the size of a frigate, and in the future it can undertake escort, anti-submarine, alert, patrol, reconnaissance, landing combat support and other tasks. Meng Xiang still remembered the division of the later generations, if the division of the later generations was even more surprising, there were frigates of more than 4,000 tons. At this time, the function of corvettes has not yet been highlighted, and most of them are replaced by destroyers. Meng Xiang directly separated the frigate.

With a full load displacement of only 2130 tons, the Scott destroyer can only be classified as a frigate. Become the first batch of provincial and municipal guards.

At this time, there were already twelve such destroyers in the Vanguard, six of which had been remodeled, the two main guns were removed, and the upper anti-aircraft guns were replaced with two 40-mm Bofors twin anti-aircraft guns and two 20-mm Erly air defense guns. It already had two depth charge slots on it, but because it also needed to guard against its own submarine, four more depth charge droppers were added.

These twelve ships are the nomenclature of heavy protection, Jinan, Qingdao, Qidu, Xuzhou, Beiping, Tianjin, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Zhengzhou, Tangshan, Datong, Guisui these twelve big cities are named. Because the provincial capital of Hebei is Baoding at this time, Shijiazhuang is still just an emerging small city, so it is not among them.

There were also better destroyers and escort destroyers of less than 3,000 tons in World War II, such as the Fletcher-class destroyer with a full load of 2,500 tons. But the price factor made Meng Xiang still choose Scott. Because Scott is a product of the First World War, the cost of the base is very high, and even if the cost of modification is added, it is more cost-effective.

And a Scott needs more than 180 people, and Meng enjoys the Scott class mainly for military training, and these will be sold as soon as they are handed over.

"Destroyers of more than 3,000 tons and less than 6,000 tons are counted." This standard was also raised, and many light cruisers at this time were less than 6,000 tons, "destroyers are fighting in the middle and distant seas, so let's take the sea as the name." Just add the sea character to the name. Meng Xiang also named the destroyer.

At this time, there was only one type of destroyer in the vanguard army, which was the Akizuki class.

There are not many impressions in Meng Xiang's mind. As far as air defense is concerned, in addition to the destroyers of the Americans who were famous in World War II, the Akizuki class is counted as my own, and even the fighter air defense destroyers of the British are a little worse. The Akizuki-class, which is more than 3,000 tons, has become a whale-sea-class destroyer.

At this time, although the sea has been widely called, many people in China still call that sea area the whale sea according to the ancient name.

The price of the Qiuyue class is just as high, and the cost of the later transformation has reached 19.19 million yuan, but after its transformation, it only adds some radars and 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, and Meng Xiang only produced an unmodified model, which also has 12.58 million yuan.

Because the Qiuyue class was first completed in 42 years, the base only had a half-price discount, and the price comparison of the yuan was high, and it finally cost more than seven million yuan, which made Meng Xiang feel distressed for a while. The price of the Americans' ships is high, which is why Meng Xiang has not produced it. However, Meng Xiang discovered a trick in the base.

The American MK38 127-mm highland dual-purpose gun is not expensive, and it can be converted to other ships and used in the same way. Plus the base also provides separate radar equipment, and it is necessary to save some time by retrofitting ships with these weapons yourself.

Of course, the amount of work required for retrofitting is very large, and the overall design needs to be taken into account. Therefore, Meng Xiang, who does not have much talent at hand, has only changed Scott's small-caliber anti-aircraft gun so far.

"Cruisers of more than 6,000 tons and less than 20,000 tons are divided into light cruisers and heavy cruisers. Those with less than 10,000 tons are counted as light patrols, and those with more than 10,000 tons are counted as heavy patrols. "In the future, with the decline of battleships, cruisers of less than 10,000 tons will become the mainstream. Of course, it will be called a destroyer in the future, but Meng Xiang prefers to call it a cruiser. In later generations, only the United States and the Soviet Union could afford to play cruisers, and in the future, Meng Xiang would not mind cruising around the world with a few cruisers to deter others. Originally, this upper limit was to mention 30,000 tons, but at this time, many battleships were only more than 20,000 tons, and later cruisers rarely exceeded 20,000 tons, except for the Kirov class of more than 26,000 tons in Soviet Russia.

"The cruiser has its own ambitions and looks at the four oceans. Those who offend me in Huaxia will be punished even if they are far away! Cruisers should be named far away.! Meng Xiang attached great importance to the naming of the main cruiser in the future, and directly moved the far word of Beiyang.

However, the names of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were retained and prepared for battleships. Meng Xiang wanted to personally use these two names to wash away his previous shame.

At this time, there was only one cruiser in the vanguard army, and the price of each cruiser was very high, especially those of the Americans. At this time, there was a shortage of talents in the navy, so he temporarily practiced with the full handle.

And Meng Xiang already has a goal to produce. The German Admiral-Hipper-class heavy patrol had been completed at this time, and this heavy patrol of more than 80 million marks could be produced at this time with less than 10 million at this base, which was much more cost-effective than the production of the Akizuki-class destroyer.

Although the original plan was to control the 12,000 tons, the Admiral Hipper-class heavy patrol was completed to 14,247 tons, and the full load reached 18,500 tons. That's a lot more than 10 million.

Its four-seater twin-mounted 203-mm naval guns have fierce firepower and long range, and their surname can be superior. In the 41 years of shooting against the British battleships, the great power was highlighted. But in fact, what is more needed is the hull platform that the Germans are good at. Since I saw that the ships of the Americans were all high-priced goods, I was looking for ships with a better surname and price ratio. Meng Xiang chose the path of modification. Undoubtedly, the thick and durable ships of the Germans were a more suitable platform for modification.

The Admiral-level heavy patrol of the Hipper is the product of twenty years of sharpening a sword by the Germans, and it is needless to say that the surname is superior. The main artillery was retained, and Meng Xiang only worked on the anti-aircraft artillery. The six 105-mm twin anti-aircraft guns of the Admiral Hipper heavy patrol will be replaced by six American MK38 127-mm highland dual-purpose guns, while the six 37-mm anti-aircraft guns will be replaced by 12 40-mm Bofors universal anti-aircraft guns, while the eight 20-mm guns will be reduced to six.

After all, in the face of his own madness in history, those 20-mm machine guns were not effective, and even the Americans gradually reduced the number of 20-mm anti-aircraft guns in the later period.

If the situation is the case, Meng Xiang also plans to reduce the number of main guns by one and increase the number of anti-aircraft guns. Of course, the modification of the radar is also indispensable.

The shipyard in the base has already started production, and there are four ships in production. Although it costs money, after all, the next World War II is about to break out, and the lack of production capacity will become a bottleneck at that time. And one battleship and four aircraft carriers of the existing need to be escorted by cruisers.

The battleship Meng Xiang is not going to be equipped in a short time, and even if a Zhenyuan is cheap, it is a huge amount of money.

However, the aircraft carrier Meng Xiang produced those three in one go.

"Let's call it the Wuyue class, and the three aircraft carriers are Taishan, Hengshan and Songshan." Naming these aircraft carriers is a recent thing, and it is normal to say that I can't hear about it.

At this time, there were three mountains on the territory of the vanguard army. Dongyue Taishan in Shandong, Beiyue Hengshan in Shanxi, and Zhongyue Songshan in Henan. Meng Xiang printed the aircraft carrier with the word mountain.

"Every aircraft carrier is like a mountain in the sea, think about it when the aircraft carrier takes off, it is like a sword fairy rising from the high mountain in the sea and attacking the enemy for thousands of miles." Meng Xiang's Sword Immortal plot came out and said to Fan Chong and the others.

At this time, Li Shoumin, that is, the owner of Huanzhu Mansion, began to create "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" in 30 years, and was a well-known figure at this time, and was one of the four major schools in the north of the martial arts novels of the Republic of China. Although people at this time read this book a little absurdly, this legend of the Shushan swordsman is the originator of the cultivation of truth in later generations.

Meng Xiang has also seen Shushan several times, and he has always been very interested in this pearl returning mansion owner. Li Shoumin stayed in Tianjin for a long time and served as Fu Zuoyi's staff for a while.

After the invasion and occupation of North China, he said that he wanted him to co-organize a publication, but he refused to agree, and as a result, he was arrested and imprisoned for two months. After being released from prison, life was very difficult. Later, after the vanguard army conquered Beijing and Tianjin, Meng Xiang sent someone to place him in the university of Jixia School Palace and continued to complete "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman".

It's a pity to say that "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" has to have a foundation of five million, the scene is grand, and the owner of the Pearl House has a lot of foreshadowing in it. However, during the war, and later after the opening of the new dynasty, the wind of thought did not allow him to write any more, and even publicly reviewed the absurd novels about gods and monsters in the newspapers. He died in 61. "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" has never been completed.

In this regard, Meng Xiang wanted to make up for this regret, so he had this arrangement.

Now that "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" continues to be published, many people are still very familiar with this sword immortal, and they also understand Meng Xiang's metaphor.

Even Meng Xiang thought about naming it Shushan at first, naming it after Emei, Qingcheng, etc., but later thought that it was a bit inappropriate, so he used the more solemn Wuyue. At this time, Jin Daxia had not yet proposed the Wuyue Sword Sect, and Wuyue was still the Wuyue Supreme in people's minds.

There are many famous mountains and rivers in China, in addition to the beauty of Huangshan, Yandang, Lushan and other mountains, the names of those Kunlun, Tianshan, Taihang and other mountains are even more majestic, plus Penglai, Abbot, Yingzhou overseas three islands of the fairy elegant, the name is not troublesome at all.

"Dozens of aircraft carriers burst out, so that the name of China shocked the Quartet." The total number of American escort aircraft carriers in World War II reached more than 150, compared to this, Meng Xiang, who has the golden finger of the base, also kept thinking in his heart, and finally made up his mind. The more than 150 aircraft carriers of the United States are escort aircraft carriers that have been modified from more than 120 merchant ships, so there are only about 30 regular aircraft carriers.

As long as there are enough personnel, breaking this number is not a problem. But Meng Xiang was short of personnel at this time.

According to the new standards, the Vanguard now has one battleship, four aircraft carriers, a cruiser, a destroyer, plus three sunken ships of the restored devils, a total of 15 frigates, and more than 100 submarines. The total tonnage has reached more than 200,000 tons, and its strength is already the first in China. The full load displacement of more than 70,000 tons of just one Yamato-class battleship exceeded the total tonnage of 68,000 tons before the Central Navy.

And that's not even counting the logistical supply ships named after lakes, torpedo boats and patrol gunboats named after rivers, and landing craft named after amphibians.

Unknowingly, Meng Xiang also amassed a huge naval fleet. In Asia, the strength is second only to himself. Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that most of the coastal countries in Asia at this time were controlled by the great powers, and few of them had warships. If you really compare it with Yu himself, the vanguard army that lacks manpower is still greatly inferior.

At this time, Qingdao, Yantai and Tianjin each had a naval school to train naval personnel. Of the original 25,000 people of the Central Army and Navy, 15,000 people have already taken refuge at this time. Coupled with the recruits recruited by the Vanguard Army, the number of ships on board the Fifth Fleet of the Vanguard Army at this time has also reached 25,000 people. But there are less than 2,000 clones among them, and less than 200 trained dragon warriors are even more thin.

Fortunately, through their control and Chen Guan, a group of new generations of descendants who leaned towards the vanguard army were cultivated, so they were able to control the situation. However, if you want to fight a naval battle with yourself, there is a certain gap in both spirit and technology.

The navy that is not organized internally will not be able to go out of the house to fight, and besides, their skills need to be honed. The Bohai Strait was blocked by the vanguard army, and the Bohai Sea became a stage for their swimming exercises.

It's just that Meng Xiang looks at the cost of ammunition and fuel consumed every day, and the navy is a big gold eater.

Coupled with the ships that are being produced, Meng Xiang has directly invested 200 million yuan in the navy, and the 200 absolutely advanced carrier-based aircraft on the four aircraft carriers have consumed another 200 million or 300 million, and the ammunition, auxiliary facilities, and wear and tear maintenance have been calculated to nearly 300 million. And that's not even counting the shipyard's provision of military port terminal equipment, which is equally staggering. And that's not even counting their salaries.

Although the salary of the navy is not as exaggerated as that of the air force, it is still very high, which is also the reason why Meng Xiang has reduced the difference in the salary of the navy, army and air force in order to balance. After all, it didn't become the way I said that there was a huge disparity in treatment on land and sea.

Salaries are regulated by the issuance of metal military tickets and other means, and do not need to spend money on the books of the base. Oil is also partially imported directly, and it has not been transferred from the account, but even so, the annual income of more than 600 million yuan in the base account is still insufficient.

You must know that the troops that Meng Xiang has built are not only these, he also directly controls five elite troops in his hands.

One is the teaching team. The teaching corps is still retained, and Niu Yi, the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater of operations, is personally in control, and there is also the size of an army, which is also the establishment of a mechanized division.

One is the mountain troops. In the past, the mountain division has become a mountain army, and it has not been included in the official unit of the Central Army, but it has three mountain standard divisions, and it is still the commander of Wu Xinhua. Although Wu Xinhua's level was not high at the beginning, he was very serious in leading the troops, and with the help of Hu Wu, Deng Shaohu and others, the mountain troops had become an elite force in Meng Xiang's hands.

One is the Marine Corps. It has also lost the Marine Corps to the size of a division. The 20,000 men commanded by Zhao Junmai were not included in the ranks of the 25,000 men in the navy.

The other is the paratrooper unit, which at this time also has a division-level establishment, but the number is still lacking. A brigade has just been put together, and there are still a lot of rookie recruits in it. But it does not prevent the clone soldiers from acting as the absolute backbone of the paratrooper unit to grow into the trump card in Meng Xiang's hands in the future.

Meng Xiang's last directly governed force is the special forces, dragon teeth, tiger teeth and wolf teeth, although the number is not large, there are only more than 1,000 people in total, but their strength is definitely more terrifying than a division.

Although these elite troops are not many in number, they are more expensive than ordinary troops, and except for the mountain troops, the others are purely piled up with money.

The base account was insufficient, and as a last resort, Meng Xiang increased the mining efforts at home and abroad, and invested part of the funds into the base account to fill the vacancy. However, a large number of troops are still empty, weapons have not yet been replenished, and more money will be needed in the future, and it is not enough to be close to a sub-base in the Middle East. Meng Xiang had the idea of opening a new base in his heart.

Although the number of sub-bases is full, the sub-base on Kalimantan Island in the South Ocean can be utilized.

With the development of Niu Wu, Ye Zizhong and others, as well as the backbone personnel who were transferred from China to support the past, the forces on the Nanyang side have grown to 10,000 people, distributed in several regions. Large and small organizations have been established not only in Indonesia, but also in Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and other places.

No matter how low-key they are, they have made a name for themselves. Whenever a Chinese person is bullied, they will intervene to help seek justice, and sometimes even violently and directly solve it. Therefore, in the Chinese community, this organization called the Nanyang Chinese Self-Help Association has also spread.

The British and Dutch were naturally particularly concerned about the emergence of Chinese armed forces. But they can't grasp their roots and handles. It is very easy to feed people in that place in Nanyang, and with the help of the base, Niu Wu, Ye Zizhong and others are naturally not afraid of Yinghe and others coming to find trouble. Moreover, the British and Dutch at this time were not able to manage these forces that were not too dazzling. The European living room is going to be on fire, and their energy is transferred there.

The vanguard army's forces in the South Seas have barely gained a foothold, and with the support of the sub-base on the nearby island of Sumatra, they can barely protect themselves in the future.

In this way, the sub-base on Kalimantan Island can be withdrawn and another resource treasure mine can be opened elsewhere to solve the financial problems of the base.

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