The end of the military era

A 25-year-old battleship chief officer, there may not be many in our entire Royal Navy. "

First Officer Hao Hongwu hesitated and asked, "Captain, what about you?"

Captain Lv Dong shrugged and said, "I'm almost 50 years old this year, and this time the Royal Navy is downsizing, I'm good enough to stay.

But this is also good, my eldest daughter-in-law already has one, and after I retire, I can have grandchildren at home! "

Captain Lu Dong suddenly lowered his voice, "Hong Wu, if you want to go to the aircraft carrier, you have to hurry up and move around now.

In the future, our Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empire should mainly focus on aircraft carriers and form a fleet of aircraft carriers.

If you are reassigned to a battleship or a battlecruiser this time, it will be difficult for you to transfer to an aircraft carrier in the future. "

"Thank you, Captain, for reminding me. I must find a way to transfer to the aircraft carrier."

Hao Hongwu felt that there should be no problem when he was transferred to the aircraft carrier.

Hao Hongwu is not only a top student who graduated from the Royal Naval Academy of the Han and Tang Empire, but also has a series of dazzling military exploits on his resume. More importantly, Hao Desheng, the commander of the No.12 Fleet of the Royal Navy, is Hao Hongwu's uncle.

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Lingyang City, the capital of the Liangyan Empire, Prime Minister Lu Qing reported to Emperor Fan Yi: "Your Majesty, according to the reliable information obtained by the intelligence department.

The Han and Tang Empires were indeed undergoing major disarmament, and their army was abolished by about 9000 million at once, leaving only 150 group armies and 1000 garrison brigades, with a strength of about 4000 million.

In addition, many battleships and battlecruisers of the Han and Tang Empire Navy will be sealed up, and some old warships will be directly dismantled or used as target ships.

The air force of the Han and Tang Empires also made great efforts to disarm, and all early fighters and bombers will be retired. "

Emperor Fan Yi sighed and said: "Even if the Han and Tang Empires disarmed, their military strength is not something our Liangyan Empire can compete with.

I hope that the Han and Tang Empires will not take their ideas on our Liangyan Empire next. "

Prime Minister Lu Qing said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, although the Han and Tang Empires defeated the Nine Nations Military Alliance and annexed more than 1300 million square kilometers of the Chihu Empire's land.

However, the Han and Tang Empire must have paid a lot for this, especially in terms of military expenditures, otherwise the Han and Tang Empire would not have carried out such a large-scale disarmament.

The minister believes that the Han and Tang empires will not take the initiative to provoke wars in a short period of time, and our Liangyan empire should have a period of stable development in the future. "

Emperor Fan Yi immediately said: "Be careful that the Han and Tang Empires shift their attention to the Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire. Our Liangyan Empire still needs the forces of these three countries to contain the Han and Tang Empires." army."

Feeling the powerful threat of the Han and Tang Empires, almost all the forces of the Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire have joined the Four Kingdoms Alliance against the Han and Tang Empires.

Of course, this so-called four-nation alliance is actually not very strong. Even if almost all the forces of these three countries joined the four-nation alliance, it did not delay their mutual attack.

During the war between the Han and Tang Empires and the Nine-Nation Military Alliance, several forces that had joined the Four-Nation Alliance were annexed by other forces.

And those forces that expanded their territory also joined the Four Nations Alliance.

Prime Minister Lu Qing nodded and said: "Our Liangyan Empire has reached a consensus with some big forces in those three countries. Once the Han and Tang Empires take action, those big forces will unite with our Liangyan Empire to resist the Han and Tang Empires. invasion."

"Let the intelligence department step up the monitoring of the Han and Tang Empire, and don't let go of any troubles.

By the way, how long will it take for the Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carrier to enter service?How many super submarines are under construction now? "

The Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carrier of the Liangyan Empire has a full load displacement of 42000 tons and can carry 108 carrier-based aircraft, including 36 carrier-based fighters, 36 carrier-based dive bombers and 36 carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft.

The super submarine of the Liang Yan Empire has a range of up to 58000 kilometers and can carry 3 foldable water dive bombers.

The Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carrier and super submarine are the two trump cards for the Liang Yan Empire Navy to deal with the Han and Tang Empire Navy.

"Your Majesty, all 30 Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carriers are undergoing sea trials, and all Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carriers are performing well.

If there are no accidents, these 30 Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carriers will be delivered to the Navy one after another within the next three months.

In addition to the 3 super submarines that have been built, 68 super submarines are under construction at the same time, and construction of 12 more super submarines will start next month. "

"Does the Ministry of the Navy have a plan for the construction of a new aircraft carrier?"

"Your Majesty, the Admiralty has submitted a design drawing for a new aircraft carrier, but..."

"But what?"

"The aircraft carrier newly designed by the Ministry of the Navy has a full-load displacement of 88000 tons and can carry 180 carrier-based aircraft, but the cost is almost three times that of the Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carrier.

Of course, the survivability of the new aircraft carrier is much higher than that of the Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carrier. "

Emperor Fan Yi shook his head and said: "Our Liangyan Empire is not a big dog like the Han and Tang Empires.

Aircraft carriers mainly rely on carrier-based aircraft for operations. There are only 72 more carrier-based aircraft, and the cost is so high. It is better to continue to build the Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carrier! "

Chapter 291 Jet Fighter

Originally, the senior leaders of the Liangyan Empire believed that after the war between the Han and Tang Empire and the Nine Kingdoms Military Alliance ended, the Han and Tang Empire would at least rest for a period of time.

After all, for the Han and Tang Empire's war with the Nine Nations Military Alliance, the army alone expanded to 13 billion, plus the navy and air force, the monthly military expenditure of the Han and Tang Empire was an astronomical figure.

The disarmament of the Han and Tang Empires after the war also proved this point.

However, what is surprising is that at the end of January in Tianyuan 1552, the Han and Tang armies divided into nine groups and brazenly invaded the Qi'an Empire.

The armies of various forces in the Qi'an Empire could not withstand the attack of the Han and Tang armies at all. After all, the difference in weapons and equipment between the two armies was too great.

Many forces in the Qi'an Empire are not even equipped with fighter planes and tanks.

Even if some forces bought some fighter planes and tanks from the Liangyan Empire, their performance could not compare with the fighter planes and tanks of the Han and Tang Empires.

Since the Liangyan Empire, the Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire have formed a four-nation alliance against the Han and Tang Empires, after the Han and Tang troops invaded the Qi'an Empire, they were immediately attacked by the Liangyan Empire and the Western Qin Empire. Strong condemnation from all parties in the Qin Empire and Eastern Qin Empire.

Fan Yi, the emperor of the Liangyan Empire, also delivered a speech, strongly stating that if the Han and Tang armies did not immediately withdraw from the Qi'an Empire, the Liangyan Empire would not rule out declaring war on the Han and Tang Empire.

It's just that the Han and Tang Empire ignored the toughness shown by Fan Yi, the emperor of the Liangyan Empire, and put on a posture of "fight if you want to".

In fact, according to the treaty of the Four Kingdoms Alliance, after the Han and Tang armies attacked the Qi'an Empire, the Liangyan Empire, the West Qin Empire, and the East Qin Empire should assume the obligation of being allies and directly choose to declare war on the Han and Tang Empire.

However, the forces of the Liangyan Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire have only been strongly condemning, but they have no intention of sending troops to support the Qi'an Empire.

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Lingyang City, the capital of the Liangyan Empire, Emperor Fan Yi asked Prime Minister Lu Qing in a deep voice: "Master Lu thinks that our Liangyan Empire should declare war on the Han and Tang Empires?"

Emperor Fan Yi's face was very ugly. Not long ago, he swore that the Han and Tang Empire would not provoke wars again, but he was soon beaten in the face.

Prime Minister Lu Qing said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, our Liangyan Empire does not border the Qi'an Empire, even if we declare war on the Han and Tang Empires, it may be difficult for our Liangyan Empire to provide any support to those forces of the Qi'an Empire.

Moreover, our Liangyan Navy has only 3 super submarines in service. If we really go to war with the Han and Tang Empire, our Liangyan Navy may not pose any threat to the navy of the Han and Tang Empire. "

Emperor Fan Yi frowned and said: "But according to the treaty of the Four Kingdoms Alliance, our Liangyan Empire should declare war on the Han and Tang Empires at this time."

"Your Majesty, the purpose of signing the Four-Nation Alliance between the Liangyan Empire and the forces of Qi'an, West Qin, and East Qin is to let those forces contain the Han and Tang Empires, not to act as a protective umbrella for those forces."

Emperor Fan Yi said somewhat unwillingly: "Could it be that the Han and Tang Empires are allowed to annex the Qi'an Empire unscrupulously?