Red Alert 1895

When Zhu Yuan was cleaning the Mongol opposition forces in Mongolia, the navy was also constantly patrolling the southern coastal areas. Because the guns, ammunition, artillery, etc. of the Taiwan army are mostly transported from Taiwan. According to the transportation route, the cargo ship is dispatched from Keelung Port in Taipei, Taiwan to Weihaiwei, Shandong Province in the north, and then the goods are unloaded from Weihaiwei and then transferred from Shandong to Beijing. Tianjin, thus forming a long supply line. Especially the supply line at sea, this supply line is very long, and the sea is rough, accidents may occur at any time. In addition, the naval strength of the Eight-Power Allied Forces is not weak, so in order to maintain this supply line, it is natural to send troops to escort.

"Captain, we were sent out to patrol this time, and nothing really happened. If there was no battle, how could we do meritorious service and get promoted?" a marine soldier said.

But the captain also sighed: "At present, the army is fighting lively with the Eight-Power Allied Forces in Tianjin, and our navy is also doing **** work here. How can we fight foreign devils for these things? Ah! Since the establishment of our navy, where can we get any chance to fight? Our navy also does some **** patrols, and we haven't been able to fight foreign devils once. It's really uncomfortable. We also dispatch the army every time Combat, ￡∑￡∑￡∑￣∑, m.∧≥m, so that our navy’s warships will be rusted. If this is the case, how can we make meritorious service. If we can’t make meritorious service, when will I be able to become a main force What about the captain of a battleship? If you can't be the captain of a battleship, what's the point?"

It has to be said that every navy in this era also hopes to become the captain of a battleship, and many ordinary naval soldiers also work hard with this goal. The status of battleships in this era is the most advanced deterrent weapon, and its status is even higher than that of aircraft carriers in later generations. In this era without nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. A battleship is also the most important deterrent weapon, and it will not be dispatched easily. Once it is dispatched, it will be a major blow to a certain country. And if he can become the captain of such a battleship, it will be regarded as having a greater development prospect in the future. Especially in this era, the naval commanders of various countries in this era must have experience as captains of battleships. It is difficult to become a naval commander, or even a fleet commander, without an admiral who has no experience as a battleship captain.

As a naval captain who wants to have a bright future, he is naturally unwilling to spend his whole life on this destroyer, and naturally wants to seek the position of captain of a battleship. But at present, he is also engaged in some **** patrols, so they are also very unwilling, hoping to gain military exploits as soon as possible to gain combat opportunities. Only after gaining military exploits can he be promoted, and then he can achieve further development.

The navy soldiers comforted: "In fact, this is also a proof of the strength of our country's navy. Because our navy is strong, no country dares to provoke us. The Japanese dare not come to provoke us. The imperial navy has been incorporated by us, and the Russians' The Far East Fleet is not strong, so they dare not take the initiative to fight with us. Next, the British navy is not strong in our east, so we don’t have to be afraid of the British at all. Germans, let alone that , their navy is equivalent to no. And Southeast Asia is also our bathtub. So what do we have to be afraid of?"

Had to, under Wang Guorui's "throwing money". Taiwan's navy is expanding very fast, especially the number of warships has begun to rise rapidly. Even the Sword-class battleships have come out now, and there are currently three Sword-class battleships. This Sword-class battleship is an epoch-making battleship. It is designed according to the design ideas of the Dreadnought-class battleship. At present, Westerners do not have much information about the Sword-class battleship. So they don't know the strength of the strategic fleet composed of sword-class battleships.

And with such a huge naval investment, Taiwan's navy is extremely powerful, with more than a dozen battleships approaching twenty, this number is the only one in the Far East! Therefore, the Japanese dare not provoke them easily, and the British are not strong in the Far East. Naturally, I dare not take the initiative to provoke. Nanyang has also become their bathtub, which can pass freely. So the navy is actually growing rapidly in this situation, but this is obviously not reassuring.

"However, if the growth is so smooth, it may not be a good thing, and it may be that the seedlings have grown. Our Taiwan navy has grown so fast, but it has not experienced many battles, and it has never experienced a strong enemy. It is all due to the so-called Training is for training, almost no one has actual combat. Even if there are a few actual combats, they are all large-scale combats and cannot be regarded as too advanced combats. Our only large-scale actual combat is against the Dutch We fought. But that time the Dutch were all iron-ribbed warships, they couldn’t stand our guns, and they were completely a living target. In this way, not many of us have actual combat experience, and they are all theoretical operations and exercises.”

"In this situation, how can we become a real navy? Our future should be a powerful navy, and this will be a perfect result. Back then, the British, their number one navy in the world, did not rely on something Just by spending money, you can win the honor of becoming the world's number one navy. They have fought over and over again. Although I know that the British are the enemy, I have to be convinced by the British, because the British navy has several With a hundred years of inheritance and a lot of actual combat experience, the result is not obtained by purely competing with warships."

"Our current warships seem to be many, but in fact many people do not have much experience in commanding fleet operations. The only one we have combat experience is the current chief of staff of the Navy, Qiu Baoren. He fought Japanese pirates during the Sino-Japanese War , That’s not bad. Although Li and the commander also participated in the battle, he was an ordinary captain before, and the warship that Li and the commander was in charge of was just a destroyer. Fleet combat command experience."

"As for General Sa Zhenbing, the same is true. Our Taiwan Navy looks very powerful, but the strength is also at the bottom, which lies in the infrastructure. We have very powerful warships, and even a group of powerful soldiers, a group of very good Sailors. But, our officers, are they really qualified for the duty of commanding the fleet to fight?"

The captain of the destroyer has grown a lot. Obviously, what he said is full of worries about the Taiwan Navy. Taiwan's navy is very "powerful" when Wang Guorui spends all his money. Even the sailors from the Red Police system have very good military qualities, and they are completely excellent sailors. However, can the high-level commanders of the Taiwan Navy really be up to the duty of commanding the naval fleet to fight? Most of the senior officials of the Taiwan Navy came from the Beiyang Navy in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, the Beiyang Navy of the Manchu Qing suffered heavy losses in the battle of Dadonggou in the Yellow Sea. Liu Buchan and Lin Zengtai, who had experience in commanding squadrons in the Beiyang Navy, also chose to commit suicide. As for the Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Beiyang Navy, although he was born in the army, he also came to the UK to study the navy later. He was barely qualified as the commander of the naval fleet, but he also chose to commit suicide.

Under such circumstances, the Taiwan Navy inherited the mantle of the Beiyang Navy, but none of them really had experience in commanding large fleets. This makes many people worried, and it is difficult to show their strength under such circumstances.

As an army, especially a very sophisticated army like the navy, what they test is not the best aspect, but the worst aspect that determines combat effectiveness. Just like the so-called barrel effect, the barrel effect determines how much water a "barrel" can hold. It is not the longest board, but the shortest board. This is mostly the case for the army. The combat effectiveness of the army is affected by three aspects, namely the decision-making level, the quality of soldiers, and weapons and equipment.

Among them, the weapons and equipment determine the tactics ~www.readwn.com~ This is not much. The quality of soldiers represents the ability to execute, otherwise good tactics and strategies cannot be implemented. However, it is difficult for the decision-making level. If there are excellent soldiers and powerful weapons, and if there is no excellent decision-making level, it is easy to have strategic problems. If there is a problem with the strategy, even a tactical victory is almost irreparable.

This is also the case in Taiwan at present. Warships are also weapons, and there is not much shortage in this regard. And the quality of the soldiers is not a big problem, especially the Red Police soldiers who are helping the soldiers at the grassroots level, and the Red Police soldiers are also very powerful, and they can play a decisive role when necessary. But the biggest problem is the decision-making level. Can the decision-making level of the Taiwan Navy, especially those fleet commanders, be competent as commanders? This completely makes everyone very suspicious, because none of them have this experience!

"Captain, I think we should stop worrying about those big bosses above. We should find a way to complete our patrol work. Soldiers take orders as their bounden duty, so we should obey the orders from above." Navy soldier road.

The captain couldn't help but nodded, and then: "Okay!"

"Captain, there seems to be something ahead, it seems to be an enemy warship, do we want to fight?" Suddenly, the lookout immediately shouted. (To be continued.)