"The south has muddy terrain, many swamps, and dense water grids. However, there are few countries bordering, and the main defense direction should come from the sea. Therefore, medium-sized tanks such as Longwei Type 1 can adapt to national defense needs after upgrading. In the north, facing the enemy's huge armored group, the terrain is flat and the ground strength is higher than that in the south. Only by using heavy tanks can it meet the needs of national defense. What's more, heavy tanks cannot be equipped with too many, and it's enough to have hundreds of vehicles as sharp sword troops." Liu Yijiu continued to promote the two of them to match various weapons with high and low levels.

The big men of the Republic are all experienced, but because they have experienced too many wars, they do not see very clearly about the future.

To put it bluntly, it is conservative.

Just like the national army is desperately developing artillery troops and strategic troops.

It mainly has a lot to do with the country's defense and national defense policy. They forgot that the best defense is attack.

Only by having strong offensive capabilities can we ensure the security of the national defense field. It does not mean that if we have offensive capabilities, we will invade other countries. If we don’t even have offensive capabilities and just blindly build defensive forces, there will be no obstacles to the enemy’s invasion.

In the later stages, the United States bullies China, which is to seize this point.

Anyway, no matter what, even if a war breaks out, it will be in China's local territory, 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 throw the bomb onto the United States.

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

In terms of the number of this thing, the United States has more economic capabilities than China. Once it falls to the future and dies together, China will be more injured. After all, in the later conflict, no one will be crazy about using nuclear bombs before the last moment.

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

"Okay. Don't promote your plans anymore. If you want to change the basic national policy, it is impossible. We can only prepare for war, but do it slowly. We will develop the troops in that direction. Speaking of the navy, what do you think? Should you allocate one or two scientific research institutes and production units to you?" Long Yaohua least wants to hear Liu Yijiu say.

Turn the topic to naval construction.

"Chief, please spare me! The navy is too expensive, so our Ninth Court cannot afford to play. Moreover, warships are more difficult to deal with than aircraft. We don't even have much experience in airplanes. Let's go to the navy again. Isn't this pushing the Ninth Court to the death..." Liu Yijiu shook his head resolutely.

"Pakistan is currently talking to the United States about purchasing the Iowa-class battleships they sealed..." Li Yunlong said suddenly.

"Is there hope?" Liu Yijiu's eyes lit up immediately.

"The negotiations are still going well now, but given the current international situation, the Americans have put Iowa and New Jersey back in service. The remaining two ships have no clear purpose. It is basically not possible to buy both ships, but if they want to buy one, if the price is right, the problem is not very big..." Li Yunlong said to Liu Yijiu lightly.

"Missouri and Wisconsin? The possibility of Wisconsin is higher. And they will open their lions and sell the funds for one ship to use the modernization of another ship. It is very likely that the main turret will be removed! If we asked Pakistan to start with it, we can buy two ships in the end, even if we can't, tell them not to have the main gun!" Liu Yijiu said licking his lips.

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

Once it is brought back, the main guns on it are useless at all. The United States now has only four Iowa-class battleships, two will enter the active force this year, and two will be re-entered in 1984 and 1986.

In modern warfare, battleships are just a huge mobile target. Although the huge main gun has a long range, they cannot threaten missile cruisers and carrier-based fighters that launch missiles a hundred kilometers away or even thousands of kilometers away.

There are 3 triple main turrets on the Iowa-class battleship, each turret weighs 1,730 tons. Two are arranged in a back-loaded manner in the bow and one is arranged in the stern direction. Each turret is operated by 77 officers and soldiers. The entire structure of the turret can be divided into six layers, namely the turret combat chamber, the rotation disc, the power chamber, the upper ammunition supply chamber, the lower ammunition supply chamber, and the medicine bag chamber.

Once the main turret is removed, a lot of space is freed.

On these airborne airborne, vertically launched ballistic missiles and even intercontinental missiles were installed. This was Liu Yijiu's preliminary concept.

As for the secondary cannon, that thing is also optional. If Pakistan doesn’t even need the secondary cannon, the Americans will obviously doubt it. Without the cannon, why should they fight against India? Even the Americans will kindly persuade the Pakistanis to leave at least one main cannon.

What Liu Yijiu wanted was Iowa's shell.

The Soviet Union was able to use four Kirov-class missile cruisers to compete with the United States' aircraft carrier fleet and the huge Ticonderoga missile fleet. It was enough for China to have two. One was placed in the South China Sea and the other was placed in the East China Sea.

"There is no possibility for two ships. We can't afford to support them. Moreover, at the beginning, Pakistan had no complete rebellion with the US military, and could only park in Pakistan's waters." Long Yaohua dispelled Liu Yijiu's fantasy.

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

The century-old navy is not a joke.

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

The huge recoil generated by the cannon with hundreds of millimeter caliber fires will have a fatal impact on ships with unreasonable structural strength.

This is also why American battleships can still have combat capabilities in half a century, and even after a hundred years, they have been modernized.

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

"The military has no money, but the Americans ask for a price is a bit high..." Long Yaohua said with a frown.

"How many?" Liu Yijiu also frowned.

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

Li Yunlong smiled bitterly, "They offered a price of US$400 million. When they were built, they only cost more than 100 million. We only had one shell, and the cost would be done. If we changed it to a missile cruiser, loaded with hundreds of missiles, plus the transformation project, there would be no possibility of 30 to 4 billion US dollars."

Liu Yijiu was stunned.

Americans’ hearts are so dark!

They don't have that much money now.

Even if there is, you cannot throw all the money on the navy. The large aircraft will soon stop completely. They have to prepare funds to do the transportation, and they have to increase their investment, so that the transportation will become an eagle in the sky of China.

"The maximum is no more than 100 million US dollars. If it is too much, there is no need." Liu Yijiu shook his head and sighed helplessly.

He was not familiar with the navy at all. The Republic was not in this regard, so he could not spend money on it.

Army equipment and Air Force equipment must be given priority. Especially the equipment of the Air Force. Only with Yun-Ten can a new type of war bombing be developed based on Yun-Ten, so that Liu Ye no longer continues to carry the banner.

"Or won't buy it anymore. You can share 100 million US dollars of funds to the Navy Equipment Department? It is used for special purposes. Let's use this 100 million yuan of funds to conduct technical research?" Long Yaohua suggested with a sinister look that Liu Yijiu threw the money into the Navy.

"Chief, you should not help the Navy department with the funds we have. All these money are useful. What can the Navy have if it has 100 million US dollars? It's too poor to find a name for it. Instead of doing this, it's better to develop a fighter with a longer range and stronger combat power. At that time, find a larger road in the South China Sea to build a military base, at least there is 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 bosses.

The attitudes of these two bigwigs largely represent the attitude of the military.

"Do you want to build a military base in the South China Sea? Is this possible? There is no mainland, without strong naval protection, you can only become a target!" Li Yunlong was immediately dissatisfied.

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

However, other countries have been constantly invading islands, and there is nothing we can do except protest.

It is also because the relationship with the United States has improved, and the many countries that have been involved in the United States have gradually weakened.

"The war between us and the Vietnamese has not ended yet. Will Vietnam give up invading our island?" Liu Yijiu said speechlessly.

"The problem is that our fighter jets are not high enough and their deterrent power is not sufficient!"

"Where are you 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 only started to build bases on Yongxing Island in the South China Sea after entering the 21st century, and did not enter the fighter fleet and rarely deploy missiles on it. It was because of protests from 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 around since history. This is recognized internationally.

The Americans were so arrogant because the Chinese navy was too poor and the air force planes could not fly that far. The aircraft carriers and warships could run into the small pond in China's South China Sea at any time to roll, which was an insult to the entire Chinese!

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

"Reclaim the land! If the military agrees to build the construction, our Ninth Court will pay for it!" It seems that it is not easy to buy the shells of battleships from the Americans, so then you can only build a base in the South China Sea.

An unmovable aircraft carrier!

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

"Now, the whole world knows the relationship between us and Vietnam. With the support of the Soviet Union, the Vietnamese expanded their hegemony throughout Southeast Asia. The Americans will not stop us from building bases on our own territory, whether for civil or military purposes..." Liu Yijiu continued to inspire the two big bosses.

This kind of idea will make people crazy once it appears.

The Xisha Islands are coral reef islands, and it is not too difficult to build land in the sky and sea.

The Soviet Union has less than ten years of life. Within ten years, Liu Yijiu believes that the Ninth Academy will produce many big killing weapons. At least, there is no problem with an advanced fighter. He cannot guarantee the navy.

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

"I still 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 preparing to expand China's sphere of influence and to not be disturbed in the future decades of oil in the South China Sea, right?

The big guys in front of you can't understand this kind of thing.

They have always been cautious, worried about arousing international opposition and disrupting China's economic development plan.

"Our territory is 9.6 million square kilometers, which is what our primary school students have. However, who in the Republic realizes that our territorial waters are also very vast? According to international law, a country's territorial waters have a land baseline of twelve nautical miles, which belongs to the territorial waters, and two hundred nautical miles outside, which is a country's exclusive economic circle. This can also be regarded as a territorial waters! Even if it is just an island as big as a needle tip, the twelve nautical miles around belongs to the territorial waters, and an exclusive economic circle with a radius of 200 nautical miles..." Liu Yijiu said gritting his teeth.

The boss was stunned.

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

"The South China Sea has been our territorial waters since ancient times. During the pseudo-government period, the sea areas were defined internationally. There were conflicts between us and Taiwan. However, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and other countries around the South China Sea were constantly eroding our islands, not for this? We are being invaded!" Liu Yijiu simply said that.

"Only by building a strong military base in the South China Sea and allowing our fighter aircraft combat capabilities to extend southward, can we effectively protect our national interests! This is a matter that belongs to the field of national defense! Since I was in school, I saw the map of the South China Sea for the first time, and from the first time I ate seafood, I was thinking about this issue. Without an aircraft carrier, we can only build a base..."

The two big men became silent.

After 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, you can only come forward. Anyway, you are building a research base there. As long as you don't go to the gates of other countries, there is no problem with which island you want to build..." (To be continued.)

PS: Why don’t Mao see the monthly ticket? Although we don’t compete for the monthly ticket list, at least, the monthly tickets are a little more comfortable to look at, and the gourd can be more motivated!
Chapter completed!