readx; Although the tonnage of China's destroyers is far below the upper limit of 100,000 tons, the London Treaty not only stipulates the upper limit of the total tonnage of destroyers of various countries, but also stipulates the upper limit of the tonnage of destroyers, that is, 1,850 tons. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And in addition to this limit, there is another limit, that is, the destroyers in the Navy of more than 1,500 tons cannot exceed 16% of the total number of destroyers. Although it is said that the destroyers built by various countries before the signing of the London Treaty can continue to be owned, the tonnage of new destroyers cannot exceed 1,500 tons until the proportion is reduced to 16%.

This restriction is said to be 'original, existing in China and other countries' navies, because after the First World War, the destroyers of various countries developed very rapidly, the tonnage became larger and larger, and the 1,000-ton destroyers before the First World War were increasingly unable to meet the needs of the navy, taking the Chinese Navy itself as an example, the tonnage of the first imported and later copied Suiding-class destroyers was 1,000 tons, but the tonnage of the 10,000-class destroyers built by itself later has climbed to 1,200 tons, and the Pingzi-class destroyers built by China in the early 20s have exceeded 1,500 tons. The Guozi-class destroyers built in the mid-to-late 20s already reached 1,600 tons, and the tonnage of the Guozi-class modified destroyers that were urgently built during the war after 1930 was as high as 1,700 tons. Because although none of these destroyers exceeded the limit of 1,850 tons, most of them exceeded 1,500 tons.

The proportion of destroyers of more than 1,500 tons in the total number of destroyers far exceeds the 16 percent limit, that is to say, if the Chinese Navy wants to continue to build destroyers, it can only start building destroyers of 1,500 tons at present, and it will be able to build destroyers of more than 1,500 tons only after the number of destroyers of 1,500 tons increases.

"The problem of the design and construction of destroyers and lightning cruisers is still not big, but the difficulties on the submarine side may be greater!" Cheng Biguang said: "In the last war, although the performance of our submarines was remarkable, there is still some distance from meeting the Navy's expectations for them, but the development of submarines is too limited by technological progress, and the current Department of Naval Affairs is still discussing the design!" ”

Everyone knows the role of submarines, China's submarine forces have also achieved certain results in the war, sinking a lot of transport ships and even warships, but at that time the Chinese Navy's submarines were not large, and the submarines it had were all submarines built in the twenties, which were not too advanced in terms of technology, so that the results achieved were relatively small, and their own losses were not small, the Chinese Navy lost as many as six large and small submarines in the war, and there were only six crocodile-class medium-sized submarines with high hopes. But during the blockade mission, as many as four ships were sunk.

Therefore, the navy has begun to re-examine the next development direction of submarines, and strive to design and build submarines with better surnames, otherwise they will be sunk by the enemy navy one after another, and there will be no other role than wasting money.

Chen Jingyun listened and said: "The current technology of submarines is not too mature, and it is good for the navy to be cautious, speed up the research and development of relevant technologies, and strive to build advanced submarines after upgrading the technology." By the way, I have read the merchant ship refit plan submitted by your navy last time, and this plan is still good, and the navy can continue to follow up! ”

Cheng Biguang smiled when he heard this: "This plan was proposed by Chen Shaokuan!" ”

Chen Shaokuan's plan to convert merchant ships into aircraft carriers does not mean that merchant ships should be converted into aircraft carriers on a large scale now, but for the purpose of preparing for the future. Since the Chinese Navy has used up all the tonnage of aircraft carriers, but aircraft carriers have fully demonstrated the competitiveness of the core of the fleet in the Sino-Chinese war, so although the Chinese Navy already has six fleet aircraft carriers, it still hopes to further strengthen its air force. This blatant new aircraft carrier is naturally impossible, but it can be supplemented by some other methods.

Based on these reasons, Chen Shaokuan proposed to build a number of high-speed transport ships, requiring a speed of more than 26 knots and a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons, and the hull structure must meet the standards for refitting aircraft carriers at the time of design, so that after the outbreak of war, the Chinese Navy can quickly convert these high-speed transport ships into aircraft carriers.

At that time, these modified aircraft carriers will not be able to compare with regular fleet aircraft carriers, but they can still be used as escort aircraft carriers to supplement the insufficient number of fleet aircraft carriers.

As soon as this idea was proposed, it was approved by the top brass of the Navy, and as a result, there was a plan to build two high-speed supply ships in the seventh phase of the Naval Development Plan. However, this number is still not enough, and the navy itself cannot spend a lot of money to build a large number of high-speed supply ships, so it intends to share the cost through private shipping companies, so that private shipping companies can build these high-speed merchant ships according to the standards given by the Admiralty, and then the Admiralty will give certain operating subsidies and shipbuilding subsidies, so that a number of high-speed modified aircraft carriers can also be obtained in wartime, and a lot of military spending can also be saved.

"Now that the Navy has begun to contact several domestic shipping companies, it shouldn't be a big problem!" Cheng Biguang said: "After all, even if we don't subsidize those shipping companies, they still want to build these high-speed passenger ships to compete!" ”

With China's economic development, China and foreign business ties are getting closer and closer, and the number of passengers traveling between China and the United States and Europe is increasing every year. Now that the Navy gives subsidies for ship building and operation, private shipping companies will be willing to build high-speed merchant ships in accordance with the requirements of the Admiralty.

After Cheng Biguang finished talking about these things in the navy, Shen Gang of the army also came over, and what he talked about was naturally the affairs of the army, but unlike the large-scale expansion of the navy, the army was currently reducing the scale. During the war, the Chinese army carried out a large-scale mobilization, and the number of soldiers increased by more than 1 million compared with 1930, and by the time of the armistice, the total strength of the Chinese army had reached 4 million. Naturally, these temporarily mobilized soldiers could not become a standing force, and large-scale demobilization would take place as soon as the war ended. Except for a few main divisions that will continue to maintain combat readiness, the rest of the troops will return to a state of peace, and the total number of troops is expected to be reduced to about 2.5 million.

In fact, the reduction of troops is to a large extent aimed at saving military spending and providing sufficient military spending for the army's comprehensive motorization. The war has made the army realize that the future is already the world of the motorized army, and tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles will become the master of the army, because the army has not only demanded the completion of the establishment and construction of the three armored corps, but also demanded that ordinary infantry divisions be equipped with automobiles, especially the artillery units in infantry divisions, and even more so that they should be equipped with sufficient tractor vehicles.

It's just that the changes in the army have always been made slowly step by step, and I don't want the navy to make a large-scale development plan like that. The process of motorization of the army has begun since the 20s, and after today, the army has only accelerated the pace of motorization, and this process cannot be done in more than 10 years to complete the motorization of the whole army.

After all, Chen Jingyun is not an immortal, and he can't turn the entire army into a motorized force with his mouth open, even if this kind of thing has sufficient military spending and technical support, it will take time to precipitate. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if tens of thousands of tanks are placed in front of the Chinese Army overnight, the Chinese Army will find enough soldiers to drive and command them for a while. Just like the development of the Navy's aviation forces, it takes time to precipitate, not that aircraft carriers will have combat effectiveness, but also aircraft, in fact, airplanes are nothing, and more importantly, carrier-based aircraft pilots are needed.

Feeling the shortage of carrier-based aircraft pilots in the war, China's carrier-based pilots only lost nearly 100 people during the war, but this has greatly affected the deployment of China's aircraft carrier forces, and in the follow-up operations, the number of carrier-based aircraft on each ship has declined to a certain extent, and it has not been able to make up for it until now. According to the forecast of the Admiralty, if a war with a naval power is waged for more than a year, the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier will be greatly reduced because of the excessive losses of the navy's carrier-based pilots, and it is very likely that there will be an embarrassing situation in which there are empty aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, but there are not enough pilots.

Therefore, the Navy has begun to prepare for the establishment of three other aviation academies to increase the training of pilots, and the elite pilots on active duty are not encouraged to continue to serve in the carrier-based aircraft unit, but a large number of people are selected to serve as instructors. It also forcibly stipulates that if a carrier-based aircraft pilot continues to be promoted after reaching a certain level, he must have experience as an instructor, and a number of training squadrons have been established, and the number of equipment training aircraft has been greatly increased.

In addition, in accordance with past experience, the Navy advocates that carrier-based aircraft should be more aircraft carriers, and that they should no longer be limited to the current six carrier-based aircraft wings, but are preparing to establish a seventh carrier-based aircraft wing, so that in the event of losses in carrier-based aircraft units in wartime, there will be enough carrier-based aircraft units to supplement aircraft carriers.

After the Spring Festival state banquet in 1932 came to an end, the military's navy, land and air forces were developing according to their own plans, and at this time Chen Jingyun had also turned his attention from the military aspect to the development of the country's economy. If we want to remain undefeated in the future world war and reap the benefits of the war, we must lay a solid foundation for the country's industrial economy, after all, a large number of factories can continuously build a large number of tanks and aircraft.

In 1932, China once again set off a wave of large-scale construction.

At the same time, Hitler was leading the Nazi Party in the struggle for the presidential election, and he used exaggerated words and gestures to paint a beautiful and illusory future for the German people, who would choose Hitler as their leader and lead them into an era of extreme madness.