Glorious Mission 1937

Chen Feng's words caused the three naval commanders under his command to fall into deep thought. To be honest, they were very skeptical of what Chen Feng said.Although Chen Feng was an excellent general and commander, he commanded troops to win many battles and even created many military miracles, but Chen Feng used to command the army, not the navy.

There is a big difference between the army and the navy. In comparison, the navy is more professional, but the army is different.What the army cares about is the physical condition of the soldiers. To put it bluntly, as long as they are in good health, they are not fools. Just like China at the moment, although China does not have many qualified soldiers who have undergone strict training, it is still able to carry the millions of elite troops of the Japanese army. The onslaught of the Chinese Communist Party relies on China's almost inexhaustible human resources.It can be said that as long as the national government has money, let alone millions of troops, even tens of millions of troops can be formed in a very short period of time.

But the navy is different, the navy is not something that can be done by simply recruiting a person, and the knowledge of water alone makes many northerners daunted, and the operation of naval warships is much more complicated than that of rifles.Those who can play with guns may not necessarily be able to play with warships, and even artillerymen in the army may not be able to operate naval guns.

In addition, there are still many professional things to learn when fighting in the navy, especially to have a sufficient understanding of climate and oceans. Courage alone is not enough.

Chen Feng may be a very good and excellent army commander, but he is not necessarily an equally good naval commander. Moreover, the prediction that battleships will be eliminated is really not based on much.They have also read Mahan's sea power works, which are regarded as the bible by navies of all countries in the world.It is the guiding ideology of the navies of the world's major powers. How could the naval tactical thinking derived from such a book be eliminated so quickly?

Moreover, they are not very optimistic about the tactics of using naval aviation to fight battleships. Naval aviation is indeed superior in some aspects. If it is used well, it can even severely damage or even sink battleships.But to say that naval aviation will replace battle lines and become the main force in maritime operations is simply a fantasy.

Chang Zhiguo was the first to retort: ​​"Commander, what do you mean is not to use battleships, but to develop aircraft carriers and naval aviation on a large scale?"

"Well, that's what it means. Battleships are about to be eliminated. Although they look good, they are actually not very useful! Of course. It's not like I don't want one, after all, such a giant ship is too huge. , A good battleship greatly stimulates the morale of the entire navy, we cannot ignore this!" Chen Feng said.

Chang Zhiguo frowned and said: "Commander, your idea may come true in the future. But at least it won't work in a short time!" [

"Why?" Chen Feng asked with interest.

Chang Zhiguo replied: "On the one hand, it is limited by aircraft technology. Naval aviation cannot accurately locate the location of the opponent's naval ships, and aircraft cannot fight at sea for a long time. Generally, they can fly for a few hours at most. But warships There is no need to worry about this. As long as there is fuel that can be moored at sea, it can sail for ten days and half a month with this supplement, and it can even float at sea for a month with one or two supply ships."

"On the other hand, the only tactic for aviation to deal with warships is to dive and drop, and it has to fly heavy. The kind of bomb that weighs tens of kilograms is useless for large warships, even if it hits it. .This puts high demands on the pilots’ hits.”

"However, looking at the pilots of all countries in the world, the bombing of fixed targets on the ground still cannot achieve a hit rate of more than 30%, let alone ships moving on the sea. Take Li Ligang, the best naval pilot of our Yellow River Fleet. To put it bluntly, he participated in a total of 54 naval drop drills, dropped a total of 35 tons, a total of 227 true and false aircraft, but only hit 17 times, and the hit rate was less than 8%. The idea of ​​​​using naval aviation to deal with the enemy is difficult to achieve!"

Chang Zhiguo was very thoughtful, and he also said what Tian Haiyang and Jiang Haitao wanted to say. Under the current situation, it is fundamentally impossible to use the aircraft carrier naval aviation model to deal with battleships.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. The naval aviation equipment you are equipped with is old stuff from the United States and the Soviet Union. It is either a Martin bomber or an inferior product made in the Soviet Union. Since you want to develop the navy, you must Even the belt and bone are replaced, not only the navy needs to replace new ships, but the naval aviation also needs to replace new equipment. As for the problems you are worried about, it is not a problem for our navy's newly equipped fighter planes."

Chang Zhiguo asked in surprise: "Commander, can it be said that the naval fighter planes we are about to equip our troops can solve the shortcomings of short combat radius and poor hit rate?"

Chen Feng said: "With a short combat radius, a large aircraft carrier can be used as a sea deck to shorten the flight range of naval aviation and increase the combat radius. As for the problem of hit rate, our new fighters can also solve it. In addition, the accuracy of our new warships The "performance" is far beyond that of Japanese warships, even if it is a frigate, it is not a problem to deal with a Japanese cruiser."

"really?"

"Of course it's true, and the navy can't develop in such a decentralized way. The previous naval command can't play a role at all. We have to re-establish a naval command. The command is located in the Nanyang Territory. The three major fleets Putting it under the Navy Command, we also need to increase the submarine force. In addition, the training of naval personnel must also be put on the agenda, and we will establish our own Naval University.”

Then Chen Feng said: "You guys go back today first, and check your respective fleets immediately after you go back, and all ships with backward performance and low combat effectiveness will be towed back to the port for overhaul, and valuable ones can be refitted, and then incorporated into the navy Universities are used for teaching, and new ships and fighter planes will arrive in Nanyang Territory in a few days."

"Yes!"

After sending off Chang Zhiguo and others, Chen Feng was alone in the study thinking about the future development path of the Navy.Drawing lessons from the development history of major naval powers in the world, it is not difficult to find that the navy cannot do without advanced ships and excellent naval personnel if it wants to be truly strong.

The navy under his command is not only mediocre in ships, but also lacks in naval personnel. There are almost no experienced naval commanders. Although Chang Zhiguo, Tian Haiyang and others are naval commanders, in fact they are not Although a pure navy has received naval training for a period of time in countries such as the United States and the Soviet Union, it has only been less than a year.

What can be done in a year can only be regarded as the completion of recruit training. It is difficult to build a truly powerful navy by relying on these people alone. Therefore, if you want to realize the naval dream of a big country, you must introduce talents, especially Senior naval commanders must also improve their own naval personnel training mechanism. [

After thinking about it, Chen Feng thought of Chen Shaokuan, the naval commander of the National Government.Speaking of Chen Shaokuan, this veteran admiral had a difficult life. Three years ago, he took three warships including the Flying Dragon cruiser and more than a dozen 3-ton giant cargo ships from Chen Feng, and sent them to the Japanese army in the South China Sea one after another. Not a small loss was caused, so the Navy Department, the headquarters of the Japanese army, directly issued an order to destroy this hateful Chinese fleet at all costs.

Jingua Chen Shaokuan avoided fighting, but in the end he failed to keep this small fleet. After the Japanese army occupied Vietnam, Chen Shaokuan, who lost his last naval base, had to withdraw to Burma with 3 warships.

However, the British were extremely unwelcome to Chen Shaokuan, an uninvited guy. Not only did they not give help, but they urged Chen Shaokuan to evacuate from the coast of Burma many times. The Japanese warships have long been sent into the sea.

Although this is difficult, it is not a difficult hurdle for a veteran like Chen Shaokuan.What made Chen Shaokuan most depressed was the rejection of him within the party-state. The faction headed by He Yingqin didn't like him at all, and the naval command was still under the management of He Yingqin's military and political department, so Chen Shaokuan felt very depressed.

The civil engineering department headed by Chen Cheng didn't like him at all, and the relationship between the two parties was also very stiff. Chen Shaokuan's life was indeed a bit sad.

Chen Feng knew that this veteran navy admiral had an unhappy life in the National Government, so he started thinking about poaching.However, for an admiral like Chen Shaokuan, digging is also very skillful. You can't do small tricks in private. If you want to dig, you have to dig openly.Otherwise, not only would it cause dissatisfaction with Chen Shaokuan, but it would even cause dissatisfaction with Lao Jiang.

Soon, Chen Feng sent Lao Jiang a telegram, requesting that Admiral Chen Shaokuan be transferred to the eighth war zone as the deputy commander of the war zone and the commander of the eighth war zone's navy.

Chen Feng was not afraid that Chen Shaokuan would not want to come, as the saying goes, as long as the hoe is well swung, no wall cannot be dug down.Digging a man is the same as digging a woman, the person to be dug must be willing, and the original owner must be willing to let go, so that the corner can be dug well without hitting his own foot.

Chen Feng reckoned that there should be no problem with Chen Shaokuan. The old gentleman had already been so aggrieved that he didn't want to miss this opportunity if he didn't attack Chen Feng, but only aimed at the more than 100 naval ships under the command of the Eighth War Zone. Chance.

But Chen Feng was extremely worried about Lao Jiang, this old guy was too suspicious, not only worried that Lao Jiang would detain Chen Shaokuan, but also worried that Lao Jiang would use this to extend his tentacles into the navy.Although the navy is his from top to bottom (to be continued...)

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