Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1667 The only way
Another reason why Wang Xuexin advocated changing the "Musashi" to an aircraft carrier is that if the "Musashi" is still put into the battlefield in the form of a battleship at the speed of the "Musashi", it will not only increase the combat effectiveness of the coastal defense regiment, but will also increase the combat effectiveness of the "Musashi". will become a burden.

The chief saw this very clearly.

As soon as Wang Xuexin sent the report on the transformation of the "Musashi" into an aircraft carrier to the chief, the chief took a telegram and said to the chief of staff: "You did the right thing, you are courageous! We are still having a headache about how to use this battleship. Now it's over. Little Northeast helped us solve this problem!"

What the chief said is not an exaggeration at all, the "Musashi" is indeed a headache.

The reason is that the top speed of the "Musashi" is only 27 knots, which is its biggest shortcoming.

If this shortcoming is placed on the Devils, it will not be obvious when fighting the Eighth Route Army, because the combined strength of the Devils' combined fleet is much stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army. This shortcoming can easily be made up for by the number of fleets.

But this short board is fatal in the Eighth Route Army.

For example, in the next naval battle, the Eighth Route Army will bring a battleship to battle, and its speed is only 27 knots, while the speed of the Eighth Route Army's destroyers is 37 knots, and the cruiser's speed is 34 knots.

How should such a speed difference work together?
Sailing a battleship at 34 knots will leave it alone.

Sailing the entire fleet at a speed of 27 knots will be dragged down by the battleships and easily surrounded by the faster destroyers and cruisers of the Devils, and then the entire army will be wiped out.

As for the tactic of "fighting backwards", it is based on the fact that destroyers and light cruisers are faster than enemy warships and cannot catch up with them. Bringing battleships into this tactic simply won't work.

Prior to this, the chief and the chief of staff had discussed this issue several times, but they couldn't find a way out for the battleship.

From a tactical point of view, adding a battleship with thick skin and so many guns will definitely increase the strength of the coastal defense regiment, but from a strategic point of view, adding a battleship to the ranks will make the coastal defense regiment have to face the enemy head-on and lose all initiative. .

So the chief came to a conclusion early in the morning: "You can't have this thing! The strength of the coastal defense regiment is still very small, and it is insignificant compared with the devil's fleet. It is not the time to face head-to-head, but to play tactics with the enemy at sea! But if you add It’s like we seized the enemy’s tanks and cannons in guerrilla warfare… It’s a good thing, but can we run all over the mountains with tanks and cannons to hide and seek with the enemy? We can only blow them up!”

"But the chief!" The chief of staff said with some reluctance: "This battleship is not cheap, and the firepower..."

"It's useless if it's not cheap!" The chief replied without even thinking about it: "We are fighting wars, not doing business. We insist on bringing it because it is expensive. It will kill our entire coastal defense regiment! What kind of firepower is something that can kill people if it can’t function? That’s not called firepower, it’s a burden!"

So the chief actually sees it very clearly.

Even if Wang Xuexin's report does not come up, the chief will not repair the "Musashi" and list it, that is, he will not use it as a battleship.

The reason is simple, it has almost no role in the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

If there is any use for it, it can only be said that it may be useful in ground support. It is really cool to hit the devils on land with dozens of large-caliber naval guns. At the same time, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns can also defend against air. Let the devil fighters dare not bomb it easily... This is almost a walking fortress.

However, there are still problems with ground support. Where do the shells of various calibers needed by battleships come from?

The Eighth Route Army did not have shells of these calibers, especially 460MM, and the ports had no reserves, only those stored on battleships.

Playing one round and one less round is not sustainable.

Is it possible to open a shell production line just to use battleships?

However, although the chief knew this, he didn't know what to do with the "Musashi" ship. He couldn't really sell this battleship worth three aircraft carriers for scrap, right?
As soon as Wang Xuexin reported a dozen, the chief knew what to do!

"That's right!" the chief said, "Just change it to an aircraft carrier. If it can be changed to an aircraft carrier, this thing will no longer be a burden and will double the combat effectiveness of the coastal defense regiment!"

There is nothing wrong with what the chief said.

Because the coastal defense regiment already has the problem of redundant range of anti-ship missiles. Obviously, anti-ship missiles can fly 200 kilometers, but because of vision and reconnaissance problems, they can only hit targets of 30 kilometers.

If the battleship is changed to an aircraft carrier, then its slow speed can be smoothed out to the greatest extent, because the anti-ship missile can hit the target at a distance of about 200 kilometers under the guidance of the fighter plane, so there is no need to consider whether it will Overtaken by enemy warships?
However, the chief of staff still hesitated. He said to the telegram: "But chief, changing the aircraft carrier...is not easy!"

"Let Xiaobei be tossing around!" The chief laughed: "Isn't something created from scratch? Take your time!"

At this time, Wang Xuexin sent a telegram to Sun Erwei and Lemon Lokoff as soon as he returned to the headquarters, and it was at the same time.

This is rare.

Although Yingjiang and Maoxiong are allies, they are competitors for Wang Xuexin.

This is the first time that two competitors have been invited to discuss business together.

Before they arrived, Wang Xuexin took some time to check the bank accounts in the system.

He found out that there were already more than 7000 million US dollars in the account of the previous business with Yingjiang and the system of military currency conversion.

Is the money enough?

Wang Xuexin is not sure!

If it is said that it is enough to buy an aircraft carrier, Yingjiang’s Essex-class aircraft carrier at this time only costs 5648 million US dollars, and more than 7000 million US dollars can not only be bought, but there are still leftovers.

But this is the price for modular mass production after the design is completed, it will spread the R&D cost and thus reduce the total cost.

Changing from a battleship to an aircraft carrier is different.

Although it has the background of battleships, it is the first time from design to construction, and it is likely to be only one time, so the cost is high!

More importantly, even improved equipment needs to be imported.

Wang Xuexin learned from Xu Huandong that at this time, the Dalian Shipyard was only capable of repairing light cruisers and destroyers, and it was difficult to repair even heavy cruisers, let alone change battleships.

If you consider the cost of equipment, plus the cost of training a team, as well as the purchase of carrier-based aircraft, etc., more than 7000 million US dollars is definitely not enough.

But Wang Xuexin insisted on doing so.

Because he has another purpose in doing this: what he wants is not only an aircraft carrier, but also the establishment of the basic industry of aircraft carriers in China and the cultivation of relevant talents.

Compared with the former, Wang Xuexin believes that the latter is more important.

Because, that is the future of a country, and it is the only way for China to become a real power!

(End of this chapter)