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Chapter 301 Difficulties in capturing oil fields; future status of aviation
"I can't see it, but you are very family-friendly."

"Must." Zhou Changfeng replied very simply.

"Go, go and come back quickly." Zhu Lingjing raised her hand to look at her watch, waved her hand and said, "Hurry up, come here soon."

"Yes!"

The cheerful Zhou Changfeng bowed his hands in salute, and then trotted away, disappearing in a blink of an eye.

It is one thing to go home for dinner, and the other thing is to pick up the idea book that I have prepared.

If the Ming army attacked Borneo, the local British and Dutch garrisons would never hesitate to blow up oil facilities. They would rather destroy them than use them for the enemy.

Historically, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the British and the Dutch immediately ordered the destruction of local oil production and refinery plants.When the belated Japanese captured the resource-producing area, they found sadly that the oil facilities they had dreamed of had been destroyed to pieces.

In Palmersia and Daguiata, there are about 600 wells drilled in the oil fields here, which could have produced [-] million barrels of oil per year, but they were all damaged to varying degrees. The angry Japanese executed the captured Dutch as revenge.

The same is true in Balibapan. The Dutch blew up a large local oil refinery that could refine 500 million barrels of oil per year, so the prisoners of war were inevitably slaughtered.

The Japanese had to mobilize, recruit, and assemble nearly [-]% of the country's petroleum engineers and technicians, and tried their best to repair it, but it was not completed until the end of the war.

After all, how can it be easier to repair than to destroy?
Today's Ming people also have the same worries, and have proposed many and various methods to try to avoid and alleviate this situation.

For example, inserting one's own agents to wait for the opportunity to distort and conceal the delivery of orders; or to secretly dispatch surprise personnel to the local area in advance, and temporarily form a small team before the outbreak of the war to assault and delay the sabotage work.

Then, with the establishment of the paratrooper force in the past two years, the General Staff Office of the Metropolitan Government also added a new airborne assault plan. It is planned to immediately drop paratroopers on several targets as soon as the war breaks out, and quickly capture oil facilities to defeat the enemy. destructive behavior.

This plan is fine in theory, but it is very difficult to implement in practice, and the randomness is too great.

Airborne operations are very troublesome and complicated even in later generations, and weather conditions and terrain conditions can significantly restrict the progress of operations.

Moreover, there is no automatic control system and portable communication equipment these days. It takes a lot of time for paratrooper units to assemble after landing. Before that, they can only fight on their own.

In the Battle of Crete, known as the "Grave of the German paratroopers", the German paratroopers who landed were extremely embarrassed-the division commander was killed first, and the officers and soldiers were scattered and had to fight on their own. There are no submachine guns and machine guns, and you can only fight with the pistols you carry with you.

Not to mention the Japanese, the quality and level of the empty jersey is too poor to describe in words.

In contrast, the Allied Army can only be said to be on the passing line, lackluster, and the results of Operation Market Garden are also unsatisfactory.

The level of technology limits the performance of this difficult combat mode, so Zhou Changfeng does not have much expectation for airborne combat in this era.

His idea is to introduce special forces to make up for the shortcomings of the paratroopers as much as possible. Before the airborne operation begins, the elite special operations units will take the lead in infiltrating surprise attacks and disrupting the enemy's deployment and judgment.

At the same time, it is supplemented by a spy internal response. In this way, time is bought for the paratroopers who landed, so that they can calmly complete the assembly and combat preparations.

When he was in Japan before, Zhou Changfeng discussed this idea with Cai Zhichen and wrote a draft, but because it was messy and lacked logic and organization, he did not submit it.

It wasn't until these days that he sorted out and transcribed these drafts. Since the imperial meeting just now discussed the issue of seizing oil facilities, he might as well hand them over to the emperor directly.

Because of their duties, Zhou's family has now moved to the Forbidden City, which is not far away, and it only takes 10 minutes to get there by walking quickly.

After returning to his residence, he went straight to his study, and then began to rummage through the box to find the concept book that he copied a few days ago.

Xia Xiaoshi, who followed behind, asked curiously: "Sir, the imperial meeting... must be very solemn and solemn?"

Hearing this, Zhou Changfeng subconsciously recalled the previous scene, and replied with a strange expression: "How should I put it? It's official, but it's far from being solemn, and it's not like going to sacrifice."

"So what did you do at the meeting? Did you keep silent?"

"Of course I spoke, I'm the emperor... uh... I'm the number one young general in the country!"

Zhou Changfeng originally wanted to subconsciously say that he was the emperor's close minister, but soon realized that this seemed a bit weird and not something to be proud of, so he quickly changed his mind.

Since he didn't have enough time, he didn't stay at home for long, and went out again after lunch.

However, what made him speechless was that he arrived at Zhaoren Hall on time, but the attendants said that the emperor was still eating and asked him to wait a little longer.

This so-called "one meeting" took more than half an hour, and he was not able to enter until 13:11.

Zhu Lingjing was on the phone occasionally, so Zhou Changfeng stopped immediately to avoid making noise.

"...You have always had a good relationship with him, and you have very close contacts. You should be very clear about how much this matter will weigh after it is weighed, so persuade him well and make plans early."

Oh?Is someone going to be unlucky again?
Zhou Changfeng couldn't help wondering which unlucky guy was targeted by this woman?She seemed to be giving orders to someone to do something to bring the hapless creature into submission.

"Make plans early" is actually equivalent to "do it yourself", and the implication is relatively strong.

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Lingjing glanced sideways at Zhou Changfeng, and said indifferently: "The companies under the name of the rich and powerful are very large, and preparations are in full swing. These companies can no longer let themselves go. The imperial court will take some shares and send out supervisors. The group is permanent."

Bureaucratic capital relying on power will undoubtedly do a lot of absurd, violent, and shameful things in the development process. The court usually doesn't care about it.

This is a problem with Ming's system, or...a characteristic.

The emperor naturally opened his eyes and closed his eyes. How could he really kill these natural supporters of imperial power?That is a betrayal of the class, which is tantamount to rebelling against oneself, and in the end there is only the end of betrayal.

But it is different now, the war is imminent, and those with vested interests can accept making an exception, because everyone is full of confidence in the benefits that can be obtained in the future, and at the same time, they know that the emperor and the court cannot kill him.

Because Zhu Lingjing seemed to be in a good mood, Zhou Changfeng asked curiously: "Your Majesty, do you dare to ask what happened to the 'weight on the scale' just now? Can I know?"

The former sneered, and said casually: "Five years ago, the tax officer of the household department was poisoned when he went to check the tax. Fortunately, he survived. My father deliberately didn't get to the bottom of it, so he let it go. There are also some small things."

"Murdering court officials, isn't that too daring? Then... what else is trivial?"

"Do you really want to hear it?"

Um?This seems to be very important, but since it is important, why is it called a trivial matter?This is quite contradictory, right?

Some confused Zhou Changfeng nodded.

"People like you will definitely be displeased." Zhu Lingjing unscrewed the end of the pen, inserted it into the ink bottle and sucked up the ink, "Didn't there be a mining accident in Shuozhou last spring? It was announced by the government. More than [-] people were killed or injured, but the reality is far more than that.”

She scratched the ink-absorbed pen on the draft paper, and then stretched out her five fingers to make a "five", "This is just one of them."

Okay, okay, blood pressure has gone up.

Zhou Changfeng said helplessly: "Your Majesty, let's... let's get down to business."

As he spoke, he reached out and handed over the concept book he had just brought over.

Seeing that Zhu Lingjing was reading it with great interest, he explained it simultaneously.

"It's good to have one more way." Zhu Lingjing nodded slightly, "Since there is no perfect solution, we can only increase our chances of winning by taking multiple measures."

"Yes, Your Majesty, at least it can reduce the loss and speed up the repair progress. Ideally, the production capacity can be restored to the level of 400 million tons of crude oil in the second year, and at worst, it can also reach 300 million tons. "

"What about the third year?"

"Better, 600 million tons; worse, 450 million tons."

"pretty good."

The average annual oil production in the Nanyang region can reach 800 million tons. If the degree of damage is not high, it is entirely feasible to recover three-quarters of it in two years.

After a while, Zhu Lingjing suddenly thought of something, she mused: "The military department has been arguing about the role of aviation (whether it is big enough), and the navy is even more divided on this. You have so many ideas and think far ahead, what do you think? "

From the perspective of God, everyone knows that aviation plays a pivotal role, but people do not have a unified concept. Many people still think that the efficiency of bombing in formation is far less than that of artillery groups, and that slow planes cannot pose an effective threat to warships.

Those who hold opposing views refute it with the argument that "aircraft technology is changing with each passing day", and believe that it is necessary to vigorously develop the aviation force.Although the theory is correct, it is a pity that there are no actual battles to support such a theory.

So it is difficult for Zhou Changfeng to speak now, because the arguments he can say now are the same as those of the "airplane faction", and there are no practical examples.

He smiled wryly: "I definitely support the development of aviation. The prospect is very optimistic, but there is no way. There are really no real examples to support this..."

Zhu Lingjing gave a "tsk", "If you say it, you don't say it! Don't be vague."

"Yes. In today's wars, aviation has risen to become an important arm with extraordinary potential. It is no exaggeration to say that the outcome of a war can be determined sooner or later. I am sure this judgment is correct, um... I can vouch for my personality."

"Oh."

Seeing that she didn't express anything, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help asking: "So what do you think, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Lingjing took out a book from the bookcase diagonally behind, and said earnestly, "Don't always try to ask me to express my opinion, let alone this field that I don't know much about."

Seeing that she was in a good mood and not disturbed, Zhou Changfeng, who still didn't give up, said aggressively, "Your Majesty, this matter is no small matter. It is definitely beneficial and harmless to intervene forcefully. There is no need to be afraid of taking this responsibility."

Good boy, how dare you talk like that!
Zhu Lingjing closed the book she just opened with a snap, making a crisp sound.

She said rather dissatisfied: "Is this the same thing? Now there is no evidence to support the point of view. Afraid of taking responsibility? If that is the case, I would rather go on a hunger strike than obey the succession."

Facing her unhappy gaze, Zhou Changfeng cupped his hands in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, but I'm too impatient, and I'm afraid that I will make a wrong decision on key decisions and lose the country."

"Oh, thanks to your right mind, if it were someone else..."

"..."

"Go back, prepare your command these days."

"Yes."

After leaving Zhaoren Hall, Zhou Changfeng was a little depressed, because he really couldn't blame Zhu Lingjing for what happened just now. Unless most people are enlightened and far-sighted, otherwise even if the two factions are only half-hearted, they will definitely have to argue for a long time.

Unfortunately, this is the case with the Ming army.

Now two new battleships are being built on the berth of Shanghai Mansion in full swing, and the navy has the idea of ​​starting to build two more.

Even, they considered continuing to design and build the next level of larger battleships.

The battleship under construction is equipped with a 416-inch, [-]mm triple-mounted main gun, with a standard displacement of [-] tons.

This is reasonable, and it belongs to the latest level of high-speed battleship before the outbreak of the war.

Today, naval aviation cannot completely determine the outcome of a naval battle. The navy still has to consider the situation that both the enemy and the enemy continue to fight with injuries after suffering air strikes. Therefore, it is necessary to start building new battleships.

But in a few years, the aircraft of the naval aviation will have the performance to directly annihilate the main force of the opponent's fleet, so there is no need to design and build the next level of battleships.

The power of the battleship is worthy of the country's most important weapon, but the cost is also ridiculously expensive. One Yamato-class is equivalent to one and a half Shokaku-class, and one Iowa-class is also equivalent to one and a half Essex-class.

If the Ming Navy insisted on building two new battleships after the No. [-] and No. [-] ships, it would be equivalent to building three less large aircraft carriers.

At the same time, the new battleships also lack opportunities to engage in combat. If you are reluctant to use them, the opponent will not foolishly launch an artillery battle with you.

For some reason, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the scene where someone from Zhang assassinated the old astronauts.

"Hiss...it's impossible to be cruel, right? It doesn't seem like it will." He paced back and forth under the Xihua gate a few times, and sighed: "Let's wait and see what happens. It's almost enough for the entire reactor."

(End of this chapter)