Practical combat also proves that battleships have not been completely eliminated. Fast battleships have strong combat power. As the "personal bodyguard of aircraft carriers", they have a place in the fleet. The key is that in night battles, Fast battleships are the well-deserved overlords of the sea.

Whether in the Northwest-East Ocean Naval Battle, during the Atlantic Ocean offensive and defensive battle, or even the Southwest Fanyan Ocean Naval Battle, the Bay of Bengal not long ago, and now the Atlantic offensive and defensive battle, the fast battleships are one of the mainstays on the battlefield and are the most deterrent naval battle platforms after the aircraft carrier.

At night, it is even more invincible!

Obviously, more fast battleships must be built.

Here, Niz focuses on his opponent's deception strategy.

Although Liang Xia Navy has been vigorously advocating the "battleship useless theory" and is also a specific practitioner, the first to replace the main position of battleships with aircraft carriers, so far, Liang Xia Navy has obtained a total of 10 fast battleships through modification and construction, far exceeding any competitor.

The Newland Navy has only 6 fast battleships in service and under construction. Even if the funds have been granted and have not yet started construction, there are only 10.

There are only 4 ships in the Bran Navy so far, and there is another one under construction, and there is also only one planned to be built. Including the three battlecruisers, there are only 9 ships in total, and one has been sunk.

Before the defeat of the Nayi Navy, there were only four half-toned fast battleships upgraded from battle cruisers.

The Thuman Navy has only 2 ships, while the Raleigh Navy has up to 4 ships. The Locke Navy has only 5 ships including battle cruisers and semi-finished products.

The key is that there are at least 4 ships under construction in the shipyard of the Liangxia Empire, and it is impossible for the other four ships to appear on the ship platform soon.

As a result, Liang Xia's Navy had as many as 14 to 18 fast battleships.

It can be seen that Liang Xia's Navy has actually always attached great importance to fast battleships and has also built enough fast battleships.

With such a big gap, the Newland Navy must catch up.

It is precisely because Niz clearly stated that it is necessary to find ways to speed up the construction of the "Yihua" class and place the second batch of orders in advance.

Here, there is a problem that has not been solved.

The construction of the first four "Yihua" class ships was started at the beginning of the year. It was just because of the funding issue, or the first guarantee of aircraft carriers, other main warships, and even fast cargo ships, so the carrier-based costs of the four battleships have not been paid in place.

As a result, the four "Yihua" class ships were silent after they started construction.

Of course, there is nothing we can do about it.

At the same time, the construction of four "Nanda" class ships was guaranteed, and two "North Carolina" class ships were also delivered to the Navy within the specified time.

Of course, Niz emphasized the value of fast battleships.

In his words, Liang Xia's Navy was able to win several decisive naval battles in a row and control the losses within a range that could be tolerated. It not only has the role played by elite carrier-based aviation and fast battleships, but also has an uninjustable value.

The most direct evidence is that several fleet aircraft carriers of Liang Xia's Navy were able to survive because of the air defense cover provided by the fast battleship.

If those aircraft carriers fail to hold on, Liang Xia Navy will only have 4 large aircraft carriers available at most.

Don’t forget that only the three aircraft carriers of the 11th Special Fleet, "Paijing", were not severely damaged, while the "Hengjiang" that was converted to training purposes was also severely damaged.

By doing this, all the fleet aircraft carriers of the Liangxia Empire had "sinked" once.

Of course, Niz wanted more than 8 "Yihua"-class fast battleships.

Liang Xia’s Navy’s “South Zhuhai” class has already opened to the battlefield, and its combat effectiveness must have exceeded that of the “Nanda” class, and will never be worse than the “Yihua” class being built.

What to say is actually quite good.

In other words, the "Yihua" class does not have the absolute performance advantage of crushing the "Nan Zhuhai" class.

The key is that the second post-treaty rapid battleship of Liang Xia Navy has been launched, and the first batch has been started, and its combat effectiveness is definitely above the "South Zhuhai" level.

According to the latest information, the performance of this super battleship that has not yet been named exceeds that of the "Yihua" class.

Not to mention anything else, the standard displacement may exceed 55,000 tons, and the full load displacement will definitely exceed 65,000 tons.

Although it is a little lower than the "Sayi" that was not built by the Sayi Navy, as long as it is built, it will definitely be the largest tonnage battleship to date.

To be honest, the tonnage may exceed the "Sayi".

There is also information that this super battleship is equipped with a 55-caliber 450mm main gun, which can crush all today's fast battleships within the full range.

In theory, no warship can block 450mm armor-piercing bombs.

Not only the "Yihua" class, but even the "Montana" class that has not yet been finalized, the most protective design can only withstand 16-inch heavy armor-piercing bullets.

Most importantly, its construction progress has exceeded that of the "Yihua" level!

It was precisely this that Niz directly proposed to Lofos to start the construction of the BBX project, which is the Montana-class super battleship, in advance, and chose to have a design plan equipped with 9 18-inch main guns, increasing the amount of armor by reducing the speed by 2 knots.

Only in this way can we obtain a protective immune zone against 450mm armor-piercing bombs.

As for speed, after actual combat inspection, the Newland Navy had long realized that the speed indicator of more than 33 knots is meaningless. Even fleet aircraft carriers rarely run so fast when avoiding attacks. As long as it can reach 30 knots, it is enough.

For battleships, every time the speed decreases, it means that the armor can be increased by 1,500 to 2,000 tons!

Relatively speaking, thick armor is still the most fundamental guarantee of survivability.

Regarding the number of Liang Xia’s new battleships built by the Liangxia Navy, Niz proposed that the first batch of at least 4 ships, preferably 8 ships, otherwise the second batch would be up to 8 ships.

In short, the number of construction must not be less than 12 ships.

If this is not enough, the number of constructions of the "Yihua" class must continue to be increased. Moreover, the third batch of "Yihua" class should be greatly modified and adjusted to the hull structure, such as shortening the hull to reduce the structural tonnage, and replacing three compact turrets equipped with 3 18-inch main guns.

In short, even on the fast battleship, the Newland Navy still had to catch up.

As for construction costs, investment in other aspects can be appropriately reduced, such as reducing the size of the Marine Corps and reducing the number of landing ships.

The reason is very simple: in the foreseeable future, the Newland Navy has no possibility of launching a strategic counterattack, so there is no need for too many Marines and landing ships.

As for island defense, the Army can do it without Marines.

In fact, there are many army troops on the island of Serbia and the transit island, and the Marine Corps does not invest too much force.

In the southwest and eastward, the army is also the main force guarding the islands.

Of course, the key is actually landing ships and various transport ships that must be used in large-scale landing operations.

Even though the construction cost of landing ships and transport ships is too high, the overall cost is not small.

Save this money enough to build several battleships.
Chapter completed!