Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

It's just that countries don't know much about this kind of aircraft carrier that abandons large-caliber main guns and instead develops aircraft, and they don't know what kind of combat effectiveness the aircraft can exert in naval battles.

Therefore, countries are not too enthusiastic about building aircraft carriers.

Daxia, on the other hand, has long proven the important role of aircraft carriers in naval battles, so it vigorously developed them and changed the battle mode of the Imperial Navy.

This, if you look carefully, can be easily seen from the number of aircraft carriers owned by each country.

Not only that, as the first country in the world to develop aircraft, the number and quality of aircraft owned by Daxia are a mystery to all countries.

After all, for so many years, Daxia has been keeping airplanes as its trump card. It is difficult for countries to know the number of imperial airplanes.

Even Daxia's senior officials, except for non-air force senior officials, others, even the army senior officials, knew a rough number.

But Lin Yi knew very well that there were 1.5 land-based aircraft of various types in Daxia at this time, and the navy had .

Moreover, this number is not yet the final number.

According to the 1926 Imperial Military Power Development Plan set by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the number of the Imperial Air Force must reach 1930 land-based fighters by 2.4, and the Navy must reach 1.2. (Codezi’s lack of firepower occurs again)

To put it simply, Lin Yi demanded that once the empire enters a war, air superiority must be in the hands of the empire.

No matter how many men or aircraft the enemy uses, the empire must ensure that it has more fighter planes than the enemy.

In addition, the area that the empire needs to defend is too large. Although it seems that there are many aircraft, once they are dispersed, each area does not have many aircraft.

The area of ​​the empire at this time, if you include the empire's dependent countries and vassal states, then the land area has far exceeded the second-ranked John Empire.

Starting from Eastern Siberia as the easternmost point of the empire, the Gulf of Hormuz at this time has become an inland bay of the empire.

The western border has reached Bargash, turning Lake Bargash into an inland lake of the empire.

The north has turned southern Siberia into imperial territory and taken back Lake Baiga (now renamed the North Sea), which had been lost for almost two hundred years.

To the south is the Sumatra Islands. In South Asia, except for one Tianzhu, it was not in the hands of the empire, and it already bordered Persia.

Is it excessive that the empire only has 1.5 land-based aircraft in such a large area?

Not only are the number of imperial fighter planes far exceeding that of other countries, but their quality is also superior to that of other countries.

That's it. There are still a large number of bi-wing or three-wing aircraft in the air forces of various countries. And the fuselage is mainly made of wood.

But Daxia's fighter planes have long been replaced by single-wing metal fuselage fighters.

And in terms of firepower, the Daxia Empire dominated the rest with its 30mm cannon.

In terms of speed, range, firepower, and defense, the empire's fighter planes have crushing advantages in every aspect.

Moreover, this kind of aircraft is not the final one that Lin Yi wants. What he wanted was a jet fighter.

But now the engine technology is not up to par.

But Lin Yi believes that everything will improve soon.

On this side of the cherry blossoms.

They now have four battleships, and they feel that they can protect themselves enough to prevent Daxia from easily approaching the mainland of Sakura Country.

Therefore, during this period of time, Sakura Country was no longer as respectful to Daxia as before.

The biggest difference is that Sakura Country now has the courage to expel the Imperial fishermen.

The Senkaku Islands are islands within the territory of Daxia and are under the jurisdiction of Yizhou. (Daxia is called DY Island. You understand why, there are mythical beasts)

A little further outside, it is the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a vassal state of the empire.

The Ryukyu Kingdom's attitude towards Daxia is very respectful.

Long before the Ryukyu Kingdom fell for the first time, Ryukyu had requested to donate its territory to the empire and requested annexation.

But at that time, the empire was still weak, so it did not agree.

As a result, Ryukyu was annexed by the Sakura Kingdom next door.

It wasn't until the Empire regained control of the country, launched a second sea battle with Sakura Country, and defeated Sakura Country.

Only the Ryukyu Kingdom was restored again.

Considering that the King of Ryukyu and the Shang family were loyal to Daxia, Daxia supported Shangtai in restoring the kingdom and becoming the King of Ryukyu.

From that time on, Ryukyu became an important part of the empire's coastal defense.

Because the Ryukyu Kingdom has a special geographical location, right in the middle of the first island chain, it can form the last line of defense of Daxia's coastal defense with Yizhou and Sakura Kingdom.

Therefore, Daxia invested a lot in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and Ryukyu gradually turned into a military fortress.

It contains an army fortress and a naval port.

The main source of income for the entire kingdom, it also provided fresh water and a resting place for the imperial navy and garrison.

It will also provide some food to the Imperial Navy and so on. To put it simply, it is to make money from the Imperial soldiers.

The soldiers stationed here are also very willing to spend money here. As for the reason, everyone knows.

Since the Ryukyu Kingdom belongs to an independent kingdom, it is not the territory of Sakura Kingdom. (Although it has been occupied for decades, it has now been restored by Daxia.)

So it is self-evident who owns the Senkaku Islands still to the west of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, it makes sense even if the Ryukyu Kingdom wants to compete with Daxia for control of the Senkaku Islands. After all, the two countries are bordering the sea.

However, there is still the Ryukyu Kingdom Sakura Kingdom separated from Daxia. Why should they jump out and drive away the imperial fishermen fishing in this sea area?

And the fishermen in this time and space are tougher-headed than those in the original time and space.

So when faced with the Sakura Nation fishing boats that came to drive them away, the Imperial fishermen ignored them at all.

And once they get anxious, the fishermen on the empire's side will set up their boats and crash into them.

After all, we are all fishing boats and have no weapons. When they collide with each other, it depends on whose hull is stronger.

At the beginning, the fishermen of the Daxia Empire took advantage of the strength of their boats.

Even later, the fishermen of the empire were able to win every battle and even installed a collision horn directly on the front of the fishing boat.

It is the kind of weapon that adds an iron-clad log to the bow of the ship and is specially used for impact.

But this kind of thing mostly appeared in the wooden sail era. As ships have changed from wood to metal, the collision horn has been eliminated.

But I didn't expect that in this battle between fishermen, the angle would come to light again and achieve a good result.

There are more than ten Sakura-registered fishing boats sunk in the hands of Daxia fishermen.

Later, Sakura Country saw that this was not going to work, and they had to find a way to save the situation.

As a result, Sakura Country dispatched some old-era ironclad ships near the Senkaku Islands.