Warlords: Rise of the System

Lu Tianhao was the first to break the silence, he said with a serious expression.

"According to the intelligence fed back by the reconnaissance aircraft, the enemy's combined fleet is currently about 300 nautical miles away from us.

More importantly, the enemy's combined fleet did not adopt a dispersed tactic, but instead moved in a coordinated and uniform manner.

Under such circumstances, even if we take the initiative in the battle and launch a preemptive offensive, it will probably be difficult to inflict a heavy blow on the enemy in a short period of time.

You know, there is a huge disparity in the number of warships between the enemy and us, and ours is only half of theirs.

It is almost impossible to surround them and implement a siege strategy."

At this point, Lu Tianhao paused, and then continued to analyze, "Now if we want to deal a fatal blow to the enemy, we can only rely on our carrier-based aircraft.

However, it is regrettable that the total number of our military's carrier-based aircraft is only 2400, including a considerable number of aircraft used for reconnaissance purposes.

These reconnaissance aircraft were unable to carry out bombing missions against enemy warships.

After careful calculation, there are probably only about 2200 fighter planes left that can actually carry bombs and directly participate in the bombing of enemy ships.

2200 carrier-based aircraft to bomb more than 1000 enemy warships.

On average, for each enemy warship, we only have two pitiful carrier-based aircraft capable of carrying out bombing missions.

If they were facing relatively small warships.

With the powerful firepower carried by these two carrier-based aircraft, there may still be a glimmer of hope to sink it completely.

But once you encounter a large warship of enormous size, the situation is completely different.

You know, this behemoth is equipped with a dense and terrifying anti-aircraft artillery system.

It is no exaggeration to say that if they had rashly launched an attack with only these two carrier-based aircraft, the outcome would have been almost certain - they would have been ruthlessly shot down by the anti-aircraft fire that poured down like a rainstorm!

And most importantly, don’t forget that the enemy has more than 1600 equally powerful and fierce carrier-based aircraft in its hands!

These guys are by no means just fancy stuff, but a deadly threat that can launch crazy attacks on our fighter planes.

If you calculate it this way, I think the number of our carrier-based aircraft is a bit small.

I have decided to add ten more large aircraft carriers to our fleet. Only when our number of carrier-based aircraft reaches more than 3000 can we pose a fatal threat to the enemy."

Du Xiaowei sighed deeply and said slowly, "Marshal! Building ten aircraft carriers and their corresponding warships is really a huge project!

Just adding up these warships, there are more than two hundred ships, large and small.

And if we calculate according to the most basic naval personnel staffing standards, these more than 200 warships will require at least 140,000 or 150,000 soldiers!

Given our current situation, where can we find so many qualified naval personnel at once?

Besides, we are now on this vast and rough ocean, and we can't find a suitable place to recruit new soldiers!

So, where are these 150,000 soldiers going to come from?"

Zhao Hailong nodded slightly to show his agreement, and then he also expressed his own opinion, "That's right, Marshal.

This is a full 150,000 people, not just 30,000 or 50,000.

If we only need 30,000 to 50,000 troops, perhaps we can try to mobilize some people from each warship, and maybe we can barely put together these 30,000 to 50,000 people.

But if we ask for a force of 150,000, to be honest, given our current situation, it is really difficult to pull out so many troops to meet the demand!"

Lu Tianhao smiled and said, "I just said that we would add ten aircraft carriers, but I didn't say that we would equip other warships.

Of course I know that under our current circumstances, we simply cannot mobilize 15 navy troops.

I just thought about it. If we draw some troops from each warship, it should be easy to draw 10,000 or 20,000 people.

An aircraft carrier should have enough personnel, including pilots, at minimum 1000 people.

We are only adding ten aircraft carriers and will not equip them with other warships for the time being.

In this case, wouldn't we need so many men and horses?"

Xu Dahai stood aside and said with a firm look.

"If the situation is really as you said, Marshal, even if we add ten more aircraft carriers, we will definitely be able to mobilize enough manpower!"

His voice was sonorous and powerful, revealing full confidence and determination.

At this time, Wang Hui, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help but speak up, "Marshal, if that's the case, then why don't we just add another 20 aircraft carriers at once?

In this way, the number of our carrier-based aircraft will soar to more than 4,800!

Relying on these more than 4,000 powerful carrier-based aircraft, they launched a fierce bombing offensive against the enemy's combined fleet.

I firmly believe that it will definitely deal them a heavy blow and severe damage!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he had already seen the dawn of victory shining before his eyes.

Du Xiaowei also quickly agreed, "Marshal, if it is just about increasing the number of aircraft carriers, then I also agree to add 20 more!

I have thought deeply about this issue before.

When we engage the enemy's combined fleet, due to various complex circumstances, our warships are unlikely to meet directly.

In this way, this war may eventually turn into a bombing duel dominated by carrier-based aircraft."

Zhao Hailong nodded slightly, agreeing and said, "I hold the same view.

Perhaps the fierce battle between our two sides will turn out like this, with our carrier-based aircraft attacking their combined fleet.

At the same time, their carrier-based aircraft came to attack our naval fleet.

As for the final victory or defeat, it depends on which side's carrier-based aircraft can first sink the other side's fleet."

Hearing this, Lu Tianhao couldn't help but smile with relief.

Obviously, the naval commanders he personally promoted have already understood the core essentials of naval warfare.

As they said, in naval battles, one of the key factors that determines victory or defeat is the number of carrier-based aircraft and their performance.

Finally, a consensus was reached to add 20 aircraft carriers.

The naval soldiers and pilots needed for the twenty aircraft carriers were quickly transferred from various warships.

With 40 aircraft carriers, the generals were full of confidence in this naval battle.

As the National Salvation Army's naval fleet advanced at a high speed, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, less than 100 nautical miles away.

A thrilling naval battle is about to begin.