Red Alert 1895

"Your Majesty, is this sea airport useful? You said to use this aircraft for combat, so how can we be the main force? The current aircraft is only so small, but it can only fly for fifteen minutes. How can there be too many actual combats?" Effect? ​​What's more, this plane doesn't seem to have much load capacity. At most, it just has some grenades. How powerful can it be? It can hold a machine gun and it's not bad. How can it hang a 500 kg What about the bomb?" Qiu Baoren obviously didn't believe it.

After hearing Qiu Baoren's words, Wang Guorui actually knew that Qiu Baoren was born in the era of giant cannons, so he naturally recognized the idea of ​​giant cannons. And this kind of thinking is very stubborn, just like the stubborn thinking from childhood to adulthood is not so easy to change. This is actually a matter of world outlook. Once a person has formed his own outlook on life, world outlook and values, it may be difficult to change. And if you want to change it, it is tantamount to breaking and reorganizing your outlook on life, world outlook and values.

Why are the reformers since ancient times so difficult to deal with and easily scolded? In fact, in addition to some vested interest groups, there is actually another very important reason, that is, the people's outlook on life, world outlook and values ​​have adapted to the thinking of the old era, and it is difficult to reform. Although some reformers are doing this for the benefit of the people, the people don't know it! It's like if you go back to the earlier ancient times and you tell him about a democratic republic and let every common people vote, they won't support it. If after many years, those common people hear that they have the power to elect officials, prime ministers, and even the head of state to elect the emperor, then I am afraid that what they think first is definitely not feeling lucky, but feeling fear. This is a view of life, world view and values. They will probably all go crazy.

Admirals such as Qiu Baoren were obviously born in the era of giant cannon ships, and they couldn't believe that this aircraft carrier could become the mainstream of maritime operations. In this era, even airplanes have not been able to spread to the whole world, so even fewer people realize the role of airplanes. And in the original history. The conflict between battleships and aircraft carriers is still going on. The first to realize the role of an aircraft carrier was neither the United States nor the United Kingdom, nor any Western country, but Japan. The Japanese were the first to realize the important role of aircraft carriers. Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-Six of the Japanese Navy advocated the use of two aircraft carriers to fight, and as a result, considerable results were achieved at the beginning.

Wang Guorui knew that Yamamoto Fifty-Six was still a relatively good admiral if he was serious. He can be regarded as farsighted in Japan, and he is also one of the few senior naval officers in the world who really vigorously advocates the theory of aviation victory. But although he advocated aviation to win, he died on an American plane in the end. In the end, Yamamoto Fifty-Six also committed suicide. When he was in Pearl Harbor, he sank all the American battleships, and then made the Americans realize the role of the aircraft carrier. Taking advantage of the opportunity of sinking the battleships, we will go all out to develop aircraft carriers.

But Yamamoto Fifty-Six was at a disadvantage. He did not have a strong industrial motherland, which made him suffer when he was fighting the Americans. The Japanese have an aircraft carrier, so the Americans can build many aircraft carriers. In short, the Americans relied on industrial strength to defeat Japan. Although Yamamoto Fifty-Six advocated aviation to win, but in the end it succeeded the Americans and became a man for the The tragedy of others making wedding dresses.

"Old Qiu, you should know. Our aircraft cannot be like this forever. Our aircraft can only fly for ten minutes at present, and the combat radius is only within ten kilometers, but what about in the future? Our aircraft will get better and better in the future. If more weapons and equipment can be put on it, they may be able to carry larger and larger loads in the future. In the future, they can carry hundreds of kilograms of bombs, which will be very powerful. And the combat radius will become larger and larger in the future. They can From the current distance of more than a dozen kilometers to a further place, hundreds of kilometers, isn’t that completely usable for combat? At that time, my plane can be used for combat, and then go to attack the enemy’s battleship.” Wang Guorui Said.

Qiu Baoren still wanted to say something, but Wang Guorui interrupted again and said: "Old Qiu, I will abolish the research institute of battleships in the future. Then I will turn to research on aircraft carriers. I will advise the cabinet in the future, not the cabinet and the Ministry of War, and will not continue. Funds have been allocated for the battleship plan. Our battleship plan ends here, and the battleships will be maintained until they are decommissioned, and the remaining funds will be used to develop aircraft carriers."

Wang Guorui knew that this matter must be passed by force. This matter is not negotiable. Once Wang Guorui is willing to discuss it, he will definitely be strongly opposed by those officers with cannons and giant ships. We must know that after decades, the aircraft has been invented for decades, and it was still so difficult to promote aircraft carriers at that time. Can you imagine how it is in this era?

In this era, airplanes have just been developed. If you want to develop an aircraft carrier, it is unimaginable for many people to know this way. Especially for those naval officers, there is no time to accumulate hesitation. It can be said that there is currently no officer in the world who believes that an aircraft carrier can win. Airplanes have only just been invented, and no one realizes this role at all.

So Wang Guorui knew that no one would support his suggestion, even those diehards in the navy would never agree. So Wang Guorui didn't even bother to explain, and directly planned to adopt the method of compulsory approval, and would not continue to allocate a penny to those battleship research institutions, and the current battleships would not continue to design new battleships, and save those funds as Research and development funding for aircraft carriers and naval aviation. The sooner this kind of thing is researched, the better. If he still allows those funds to continue to be invested in the research of battleships, it will cost countless funds, so what a waste!

Wang Guorui had no idea of ​​wasting, so he could only force it through. There is no way to make sense of this matter through reasoning. After all, it has not been tested in actual combat. It is difficult for those naval generals to believe that aircraft carriers can replace battleships. In a sense, practice is the only criterion for testing truth, this is for sure. The use of new tactics and new weapons in war cannot be truly convincing if it has not been tested in actual combat. Starting from the rear-loading guns back then, there were always people swearing along the way, and even said that they would never eat from the "butt". But later, the rear-loading gun slapped the army using the front-loading gun on the battlefield, so it was considered acceptable.

This is true for new weapons, but Wang Guoruike can't wait for the day when he can practice on the battlefield. Because Wang Guorui also traveled from later generations, he naturally knew that this aircraft carrier could stand the test of battle, so he could study it with confidence.

And Qiu Baoren also felt bitter for a while. This Wang Guorui seemed to be determined to develop the maritime air force, but Qiu Baoren didn't know whether such a future was a blessing or a curse. But according to Wang Guorui's ability in the past, and Qiu Baoren suddenly thought of something. That is to support Wang Guorui's "organization". Since it can even produce flying equipment such as rocket loli, has it already done corresponding experiments? So Qiu Baoren wondered if the "organization" behind Wang Guorui had done corresponding experiments, and that's why he was so confident. So Qiu Baoren didn't say anything, so he didn't insist on continuing to object.

What Qiu Baoren can think about is to adapt to new tactics in the future, and then use this naval aviation as an important medium and an important means for the navy to open up to the outside world. But Qiu Baoren can also imagine that if there is this naval aviation, it will greatly strengthen the navy's ability to attack land. Because at present, the effective range of naval naval guns is only ten kilometers, and this is largely dependent on Meng. If you really want to be regarded as a real relatively accurate effective range, maybe at most two or three kilometers.

But this plane is different. If it really develops according to the future, then the plane can carry some aerial bombs to the past. The proportion of the charge of that aerial bomb can be as little as 50% or as much as 80%. And coupled with the range factor of the aircraft, it can completely give the navy the ability to attack the ground in the true sense~www.readwn.com~ And the power of an aerial bomb, just in terms of the proportion of charge, may be one The bombing effect of several bombers is comparable to the power of an artillery regiment. This is no joke. Air strikes are far more terrifying than enemy artillery.

In fact, if the Japanese navy was able to attack the ground back then, then the Japanese navy could have used ground support when it was in Taiwan, and it would not be easy for Wang Guorui to rise up. Especially if Japan had the combat capability of naval aviation back then, it was absolutely impossible for Wang Guorui to rise. Even if Wang Guorui had Tanya, it was impossible for Tanya to fight for dozens of kilometers in a row, and she would be exhausted.

Therefore, Qiu Baoren attaches great importance to the navy's ground attack capability. As long as the navy's ground attack capability is improved, it will also greatly improve the future status of the navy. If the navy can attack the ground, then they can definitely gain a higher status, especially if they have more bargaining capital with the army on land. so this

And this kind of conflict of interests between the military and arms must exist, and this kind of thing exists in any country. Didn't Wang Guorui also rely on balancing the conflicts of interests among the various services within the Military Commission, so he arranged for people from the navy to take charge of the logistics department and the equipment department in order to balance the status of their services and arms. Otherwise, the navy will suffer, and that is not conducive to the development of the navy. (To be continued.)