Super military empire

"The south has muddy terrain, many swamps, and dense water networks. However, there are few countries bordering them. The main defense direction should come from the sea. Therefore, after the upgrade of medium tanks such as Longweiyi, it can meet the needs of national defense. And the north, the surface For the enemy's huge armored group, the terrain is flat, and the ground strength is higher than that of the south. Only heavy tanks can meet the needs of national defense. What's more, heavy tanks can't be equipped with too many numbers. A few hundred are enough to serve as a sharp knife unit. "Liu Yijiu continued to promote the scheme of matching high and low weapons to the two.

The leaders of the Republic are all experienced. However, because they have experienced so many wars, they don't see the future very clearly.

To put it bluntly, it is conservative.

It is like the national army desperately developing artillery units and strategic units.

It has a lot to do with the country's defense policy.They forget that the best defense is offense.

Only with strong offensive capabilities can security in the field of national defense be guaranteed.It's not that you will invade other countries if you have offensive capabilities. If you don't even have offensive capabilities, just blindly build defensive forces, there will be no obstacles to enemy invasion.

In the later stages, the US bullied China by grasping this.

Anyway, no matter how it is done, even if a war breaks out, it will be in China's homeland, and China cannot pose a threat to the United States.

The fighter plane could not fly, and Liu Ye, who had carried the flag for half a century, could not drop the bomb on the continental United States.

The only thing that can deter the United States is some strategic missiles.

In terms of the number of these gadgets, the United States has more powerful economic capabilities than China. Once it falls to the end, China will suffer even more injuries.After all, in the subsequent conflict, no one will use nuclear bombs frantically before the last minute.

Liu Yijiu was not worried about the attitude that Li Yunlong and Long Yaohua said about their leaking state military secrets this time.

"Okay, stop selling your plans. It is impossible to change the basic national policy. We can only prepare for war, but do it carefully. Slowly develop the troops in that direction. Speaking of the navy, what do you think? Do you want to allocate one or two scientific research institutes and production units to you?" Long Yaohua didn't want to hear Liu Yijiu's words last.

Turned the topic to naval construction.

"Chief, please forgive me! The navy stuff is too money-consuming, and our Ninth Academy can't afford it. Moreover, warships are more difficult to deal with than airplanes. We don't even have any experience in airplanes, so go to the navy. Push the Ninth Court to death..." Liu Yijiu shook his head resolutely.

"Pakistan is currently discussing with the United States to purchase the Iowa-class battleships they sealed..." Li Yunlong said suddenly.

"Hope?" Liu Yijiu's eyes lit up immediately.

"The negotiation is progressing well, but in view of the current international situation, the Americans have put the Iowa and New Jersey back into service. The remaining two ships have no clear purpose. Buying both ships is basically unlikely, but If you want to buy one, if the price is right, the problem is not very big..." Li Yunlong said lightly to Liu Yijiu.

"Missouri and Wisconsin? Maybe the possibility of Wisconsin will be higher. And the price will be big. They will sell one ship and spend the money on the modernization of the other ship. It is very likely that it will Dismantle the main turret! If it is our side that asked Pakistan to proceed, we can buy two at the end, even if not, tell them not to use the main gun!" Liu Yijiu said, licking his lips.

The Iowa class is the ideal thing to transform heavy guided missile cruisers.

Once you get it back, the main gun above is useless at all.Of the Iowa-class battleships, the United States now has only four ships, two will enter active service this year, and two will return to service in 1984 and 1986.

In modern warfare, a battleship is just a huge moving target. Although its huge main gun has a long range, it cannot threaten guided missile cruisers and ship-based fighters that launch missiles from hundreds of kilometers or even thousands of kilometers away.

There are a total of 3 triple-mounted main turrets on the Iowa-class battleships, each of which weighs 1,730 tons in rotating part, two on the bow and one on the stern.Each turret is operated by 77 officers and soldiers. The entire structure of the turret can be divided into six layers, which are the turret battle room, rotating disk, power room, upper bomb room, lower bomb room, and drug bag room.

Once the main turret was demolished, a lot of space was freed up.

On these airborne landings, vertically launched ballistic missiles and even intercontinental missiles are installed.This is Liu Yijiu's preliminary idea.

As for the secondary artillery, that thing is optional. If Pakistan doesn't even need secondary artillery, the Americans will obviously doubt it.Without the artillery, why would they fight with India as long as the shells?Even the Americans will kindly persuade the Pakistanis to keep at least one main fort.

What Liu Yijiu wanted was Iowa's shell.

The Soviet Union can use four Kirov-class guided-missile cruisers to counter the US aircraft carrier fleet and the huge Ticonderoga missile fleet, and China’s two are enough.One ship to the South China Sea and the other to the East China Sea.

"It's impossible for two ships. We can't afford it. Moreover, at the beginning, Pakistan had not completely turned over with the US military, so it could only stop in the waters of Pakistan." Long Yaohua dispelled Liu Yijiu's fantasies.

The construction capability of the Chinese Navy is too poor, even worse than that of the Air Force.

The century-old navy is no joke.

The Chinese have never had experience in building large warships, and warships are not comparable to transport ships.Even if the Chinese can build a transport ship of hundreds of thousands of tons, they may not be able to build a battleship of tens of thousands of tons.

The huge recoil generated when a huge gun with a caliber of hundreds of millimeters fires will have a fatal effect on ships with unreasonable structural strength.

This is why American battleships can still have combat capabilities after half a century.Even after a hundred years, it has been modernized.

"Then get one first. Our navy needs to learn and gain experience!"

"The military has no money, but the Americans are asking for a bit high..." Long Yaohua frowned and said.

"How much?" Liu Yijiu also frowned.

If the price is too high, it is better to spend the money on the Naval Equipment Department. Even if it cannot reach that level, the Navy can still have a strong construction capability.

Li Yunlong smiled bitterly, "Their price was 400 million U.S. dollars. When it was built, it only cost more than 100 million. We only need one shell, and the cost will be done. If it is changed to a guided missile cruiser, it will be installed With a hundred missiles, plus the transformation project, there is not much possibility that there is no three or four billion dollars."

Liu Yijiu was dumbfounded.

The hearts of Americans are so black!

They don't have that much money now.

Even if there is, it is impossible to put all the money on the navy, and the transportation of large planes will soon be completely stopped.They have to prepare funds for Yunshi and increase their investment to make Yunshi an eagle in the sky of China.

"It's no more than 100 million U.S. dollars at most. If it's more, it's unnecessary." Liu Yijiu shook his head and sighed helplessly.

He is not familiar with the navy at all. The Republic is poor in this respect, and he can't spend money on it.

Army equipment, air force equipment, this must be given priority.Especially for the equipment of the Air Force, with the Yunshi, can it develop a new type of combat bombing on the basis of the Yunshi, so that Liu Ye will no longer carry the banner.

"Or, let's not buy it. You allocate 100 million US dollars to the Naval Equipment Department? Special funds are used for technical research?" Long Yaohua suggested Liu Yijiu with a sinister face. Money is thrown on the navy.

"Chief, you still don't help the Admiralty with the idea of ​​funding our hands. The money is useful. Even if the Navy has 100 million US dollars, what can it do? The foundation is too poor to study anything. It's famous. Instead of this, it might as well be used to develop a fighter with a longer range and stronger combat effectiveness. At that time, find a larger road above the South China Sea to build a military base, at least there will be no problem with defense."

Liu Yijiu casually proposed the idea of ​​building an air force base in the South China Sea, and stared at the two big men closely.

The attitude of these two bigwigs, to a large extent, represents the attitude of the military.

"Do you want to build a military base in the South China Sea? Is this possible? It is not inland. Without strong naval protection, it can only become a target!" Li Yunlong was immediately dissatisfied.

On the South China Sea, the Republic has never had much ability to intervene.

My own territorial waters have been continuously invaded and occupied by other countries, and there is no alternative but to protest.

It is also now that the relationship with the United States has improved. Many countries following the United States have gradually weakened their occupation of Chinese islands.

"The war between us and the Vietnamese has not ended. Will Vietnam give up the occupation of our islands?" Liu Yijiu said silently.

"The problem is that our fighter jets are not high enough in range and deterrence!"

"How about building a missile base? The air force base and the missile base are integrated! There are not many islands that can be built in the South China Sea. The area is too small..."

The Republic waited until the beginning of the 21st century to build a base on Yongxing Island in the South China Sea, and did not station a fighter jet group, and rarely deployed missiles on it.It is because of protests in the United States and internationally.

The South China Sea is China's inland sea!

There was originally China's territorial waters, and it has been in history.This is recognized internationally.

The Americans were arrogant over there because the Chinese navy was too weak and the air force's planes could not fly that far.Aircraft carriers and warships run into the small pond in the South China Sea to roll at any time. This is an insult to the entire Chinese people!

"You also said that the area over there is too small, and some are not suitable for building a base..."

"Reclamation of the sea and land! If the military agrees to build, our Ninth Institute will pay for it!" It seems that it is not easy to buy the shells of battleships from the Americans, so the only way to build a base on the South China Sea.

An immovable aircraft carrier!

At least, it can safeguard China's interests in the South China Sea.

"Now, the relationship between us and Vietnam is known to the entire world. With the support of the Soviet Union, the Vietnamese expand their hegemony throughout Southeast Asia. The Americans will not prevent us from building bases on our own territory, whether it is civilian or military... "Liu Yijiu continued to agitate the two big men.

Once this kind of thinking appears, it will make people crazy.

The Paracel Islands are coral reef islands, and it is not too difficult to build land over there.

The Soviet Union has less than ten years of lifeline. Within ten years, Liu Yijiu believes that the Ninth Academy will produce many big weapons.At least, an advanced fighter jet is no problem.He can't guarantee the navy.

At that time, it was not that easy for Americans to take a bath in the small pond in the South China Sea.

"I have to go back and discuss this..."

"Comrade Liu, can you tell us why you are so interested in the South China Sea?" Long Yaohua did not go back to discuss as Li Yunlong said, but asked Liu Yijiu why he was interested in the South China Sea.

Liu Yijiu can't tell them that he is to expand China's sphere of influence, and to prepare for the exploitation of oil in the South China Sea in the next few decades, right?

This kind of thing, the big guys in front of you can't understand.

They have always been cautiously worried about causing international opposition and disrupting China's economic construction plan.

"Our territory is 9.6 million square kilometers. This is what our primary school textbooks have. However, who in the Republic realizes that our territorial sea is also very broad? According to international law, the territorial sea of ​​a country is extended by 12 nautical miles. , Belongs to the territorial sea, two hundred nautical miles away, is the exclusive economic circle of a country. This can also be regarded as the territorial sea! Even if it is just a pinpoint-sized island emerging, the surrounding twelve nautical miles belong to the territorial sea, and there is a radius of two hundred The exclusive economic zone in the sea..." Liu Yijiu gritted his teeth and said.

The other big guy was stunned.

In China, it seems that not many people are aware of this problem?

"The South China Sea has been our territorial sea since ancient times. During the period of the pseudo-government, the sea has been defined internationally. The conflicts between us and Taiwan belong to the internal conflicts among the people, and the South China Sea surrounding Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and other countries Isn't it because we are constantly eroding the islands that belong to us? We are being invaded!" Liu Yijiu simply said.

"Only by building a strong military base in the South China Sea and extending our fighter combat capabilities to the south can we effectively protect our national interests! This is a matter of national defense! It was the first time I saw the South China Sea when I was in school. The map of China, I’ve been thinking about this since the first time I ate seafood. Without an aircraft carrier, we can only build a base..."

The two big men fell silent.

For a long time, Long Yaohua told Liu Yijiu something that Liu Yijiu could not think of: "The military will give you an explanation as soon as possible. However, in terms of construction, only your Ninth Institute can come forward. Anyway, you are building there. The research base, as long as it doesn’t go to the door of another country, it doesn’t matter which island you want to build..."