The great emperor of crossing

Zhao Lie now began to turn his attention to another person, Li Hongzhang who had been sitting in the back row.

"Li Hongzhang, why didn't you say a word at today's meeting? As the current Secretary of the Navy, don't you have any ideas?"

"Didn't Your Majesty keep talking about the army? So I will stop talking for now."

"That is to say, you have already planned the navy's thinking, don't you?"

"That's true. In fact, I came prepared this time."

Li Hongzhang finally appeared in front of everyone at this time, and she looked very energetic when she was young.

Zhao Lie also had a feeling of caring for her, because he knew that in the memory of his previous life, Li Hongzhang worked so hard for the Beiyang Navy that he was scolded as a traitor in the end. In fact, he was the most wronged, because no matter what In any case, he also needs to listen to the Empress Dowager Cixi. At that time, the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu had already chosen to surrender. If he continued to fight, he would be a rebel in the Qing Dynasty at that time.

So when he signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", he was also very uncomfortable.

But the current Li Hongzhang is completely different from the Li Hongzhang in his own memory, because he can completely bring out his own thoughts.

"Tell me about your vision for the Navy. This time I will not speak, and see if you have any good ideas."

"Actually, this time I have begun to pay attention to the development of the world's navies. It can be said that Western Europe and the Americas are developing the fastest. What surprised me the most is that our neighbors, although they are an island country, have also begun to build In such a situation where the industry is relatively scarce, we should seize all the time to buy large warships, and he will try his best to equip a very powerful fleet, so it can be said that that is our current serious concern."

At such a time, Li Hongzhang fully explained the current situation of the empire.

"The development trend of the world is completely different now, and the sea area of ​​our empire is very vast, so it is absolutely impossible for a fleet to achieve the corresponding development, so my suggestion is to directly set up three to four quite powerful fleets. At the same time, we must seize all the time to declare our presence here, which means that our current navy must seize the time to change from wooden ships to iron ships, and like the army, it must be equipped with very advanced artillery. "

"Is this the kind of warship you're talking about?"

Zhao Lie suddenly put his warship design in front of Li Hongzhang, which made Li Hongzhang very surprised.

"Yes, yes, this is a cruiser. It would be great if we could have a few more fleets like this."

"In fact, the navy's project has already started. At present, the empire has begun to purchase steel that can be used overseas. It can be said that the cost of each warship is very expensive now, and I want to tell you one thing , the army will set up a very large aircraft carrier battle group in the future.”

This is a very advanced concept. It can be said that there is no such statement in the world at present.

"Your Majesty, what is an aircraft carrier battle group?"

"It is a fleet headed by an aircraft carrier. Basically, two aircraft carrier battle groups together can form relative combat effectiveness. The so-called aircraft carrier is a ship that can carry aircraft on a warship. In other words, such an aircraft carrier can not only play Landing planes, and being able to arrange missiles and other methods, you can understand it as a combat platform at sea."

Such an advanced concept made Li Hongzhang completely overwhelmed. It seems that his current strategy is still relatively backward compared to Zhao Lie's.

"But we don't have an air force yet!"

"So I ask you to build a naval aviation force immediately. In the future, we will not only build so many troops, but also have helicopters to take off and land. We must also have marines. Their main task is to land on the beach!"

"We already have the Marine Corps. Didn't Yue Fei form a temporary beach landing force at that time?"

"The beach landing force is different from the Marine Corps. The former is a large force, while the latter is a small force. In other words, we need a special force with real combat effectiveness, and this concept can also be established in the army, so I hope you will do the same."

It seems that the construction of the navy is not as simple as Li Hongzhang imagined, it is a very systematic concept.

"But I have a very big question, is this Marine Corps just doing beach landings?"

"Of course not. For example, if you are engaged in a very fierce naval battle, and the two sides are fighting fiercely, such a person, the Marine Corps, may be led by the helicopter and go directly to the opponent's warship to harass. Auxiliary and the entire warship."

However, before Li Hongzhang could react, another new picture appeared in front of him.

"This thing is called a submarine. It can fight underwater. Now countries are still hurrying to remodel all their warships, but they haven't noticed that underwater is also a battlefield. For example, during naval battles, the warships of both sides have already fought. However, the emergence of submarines may cause fatal blows to all warships underwater, so many warships will be directly hit and sink under inexplicable circumstances!"

"There are airplanes in the sky, warships on the sea, and submarines in the sea. The basement hopes that our navy can achieve the Holy Trinity?"

"The answer is correct. Only when the army is three-dimensional can it achieve the effect of saturation and attack, so for your navy, it really has a long way to go."

In fact, the current navy is already ahead of the army and the air force, because they are originally an eclectic branch, so they used various advanced methods when they were first built, and Zhao Lie just now When the navy was first established, some relatively advanced training methods have been used, so in some cases, what they do can already be called very professional.

"Your Majesty, I know what I should do, but I don't know how much the country plans to invest in the army every year. I'm talking about the navy. At least we should hurry up and buy some foreign warships at this stage. When faced with the possible invasion of the enemy, it may be helpless."

"This matter can be approved, but I only agree that you can buy foreign warships to equip a fleet!"