God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Such a huge gap was not because Zhou Yu looked down on the northern navy, but because the Jiangdong navy, which he was proud of, could not gather so many outstanding naval generals.

Under such circumstances, how could the generals in the north fill such a vacancy?

If it was an army general, Zhou Yu had no doubt that the North had such ability and strength, but the navy and the navy were completely different systems.

Therefore, Zhou Yu was very clear in his heart about the gap that Lu Su mentioned. The gap in soldiers was one aspect, and the gap in generals might not be easy either.

It is easy to get thousands of soldiers but difficult to get a good general. Naval soldiers are difficult to train, let alone naval generals, who are even rarer and can only be encountered by chance.

Whether it is Gan Ning or Taishi Ci, in Zhou Yu's eyes, the qualifications and abilities they have demonstrated can only be considered qualified.

Although Zhou Yu was not sure of winning the battle head-on due to the absolute gap in strength between the two sides, he definitely could not lose as both sides had the same number of soldiers and warships.

In naval warfare, the difference in the quality of ships can, in a sense, determine the outcome of a war, and the difference in weaponry is reflected vividly.

In Zhou Yu's opinion, the ability demonstrated by the Northern Navy was to use better warships to forcibly make up for the gap in skills.

But it has to be admitted that this method is very effective and useful. At least looking at the ships in front of him, Zhou Yu still has some hope of victory. But when he thinks about those large ships docked on the ocean, he feels really uncertain.

Especially the Yangtze River Manufacturing Plant, which received the shipbuilding drawings from the northern manufacturing plant. Zhou Yu, who had witnessed those drawings with his own eyes, was even more speechless.

If he hadn't known that the battleship had not yet been built, he would have doubted in his heart whether he was so valuable.

Is the navy he leads really worthy of the northerners driving such terrifying warships to crush him?
All in all, more than 30,000 tons, close to 40,000 tons of special alloy steel, plus other equipment of the ship, as well as daily necessities, war weapons and related military consumables, the total weight is probably close to 50,000 tons.

Judging from the weight and materials used, as long as it is properly maintained, it will definitely not be inferior to the city walls of the imperial capital. He can use his head to hit that thing.

Even if a conventional legion attack was launched, there would probably not even be a trace left. Just looking at it can make people feel despair.

From this perspective, we are quite thankful for everything that happened in the past period of time. In a sense, it also found a different path for them, a path that can witness glory.

"Let's go to Fuso!" Zhou Yu suppressed the thoughts in his heart and spoke directly while looking at the people playing and fighting around him.

The others did not object to this. They packed up their things, placed the corresponding supplies on the boat, and went down the river.

They arrived smoothly at the mouth of the Yangtze River and officially reunited with the fleet on the ocean, thus embarking on the route to the north.

During this route, with the presence of Lu Su and Zhou Yu, the analysis of celestial phenomena was very smooth.

The blessing provided by a good journey is enough to allow the ship to reach the corresponding destination with less consumption and faster speed. The first place they have to go is Donglai Port in Qingzhou, where they need to replenish supplies and make up for the consumption of being stranded on the ocean for a long time before they can set off to Fuso.

It was this replenishment that allowed Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and other Jiangdong generals to see the ships docked at the military port north of Donglai Port. The huge scale that seemed to have no end was enough to prove the war power of this place.

It is this huge number of ships that testifies to the true strength of the Northern Navy.

You can be without people, but you can’t be without equipment.

All trained soldiers will have corresponding equipment and ships the moment they complete their training. This is the concept of the navy.

Of course, because the number is so large, the construction of subsequent naval ships has actually been reduced a lot, and the military orders in the shipyard have also been reduced a lot.

So compared to the busy period of blind expansion, the current shipyard is more like a normal shipyard.

Some of the surplus technical personnel were transferred to the Southern Shipyard, while others were assigned to relevant technical colleges. Some scattered personnel were also poached by people from various families.

The Jiangdong families in particular made great efforts in this regard, hiring and poaching people with high salaries in order to improve their shipbuilding industry personnel.

The Gongsun family could only turn a blind eye to this kind of behavior and regard it as giving their colleagues a chance.

The main reason is that the military orders that were originally for ten years were completed in two or three years. Now it has naturally entered a period of decline, and the construction plant can only rely on civilian orders to ensure its existence.

Of course, there are military orders, but the quantity of these orders is added afterwards to avoid excessive loss of personnel.

Although the Gongsun family did not understand this, they did not think much about it. If the government asked them to support them, they would just support them. The Gongsun family was not short of such a small amount of money, and the navy was really rich.

In addition to military ships, the size of civilian ships has unknowingly far surpassed that of military ships and is gradually expanding.

Even with the unification of national ideas, orders for civilian ships have shown explosive growth, with shipments scheduled for more than ten years into the future.

Having learned their lesson from the last crazy expansion, which almost led to their failure, the Gongsun family remained relatively rational during this expansion process.

After all, we have to ensure the long-term survival of the workers in the construction plant, and we cannot exhaust all resources, so we choose to limit our production capacity, thereby extending working hours, etc...

Anyway, most of these orders are from wealthy families, so there is no need to rush, not at all. As for the civilian orders from ordinary people, they don’t need such a big ship at all. The production will naturally be much faster and the delivery will be much earlier. It’s normal, right?
The major families expressed their full understanding of this, then paid the deposit with gritted teeth and waited quietly.

The performance of the supply and demand relationship was extremely transparent, and the Gongsun family was not panicked at all.

In the past, they were simply at a disadvantage in politics and could not win the argument, but now it is completely different. Gongsun Zan, the pillar of the family, has stepped forward, which is enough to make most of the noble families retreat. (End of this chapter)