At any time, the first task of the navy is to seize and control the sea power. The fleet must face the ocean, that is, fight with the enemy's fleet.

According to conventional routines, special mixed fleets with aircraft carriers as the core should definitely be developed.

However, for the Newland Navy, this road cannot be done.

As mentioned earlier, even if the Republic of Newland has developed rapidly for decades, its comprehensive strength is still far inferior to that of the Liangxia Empire.

If the critical population size is the basis, even if the Republic of Newland is given another century, it may not be able to catch up with the Liangxia Empire.

Here, a natural factor that no one can change is involved.

Climate environment!

Because it is located in the Beigu Continent and spans a whole continent from east to west, everyone knows that the Republic of Newland has a unique geographical advantage that other countries cannot match. But how many people know that the Liangxia Empire also has a unique geographical advantage.

The huge eastern region of the continent where the Liangxia Empire is located is the only monsoon continent on this planet!

Looking around the world, only the huge eastern region of the continent where the Liangxia Empire is located meets the conditions of the monsoon continent, with four seasons that are distinct from spring, summer, autumn and winter, and are large enough in area.

This monsoon continent not only supported the Liangxia Empire, but also nurtured Eastern civilization.

The key is that there are two world-class rivers on this continent that have a length of more than 5,000 kilometers and are basically world-class rivers that run east and west, that is, the Beihe and Nanjiang Rivers, which are called the mother river by the Liangxia Empire. The area where these two super rivers are located is the core area of ​​the Liangxia Empire.

In addition to the Beihe River and Nanhe River, there are several rivers with a length of more than 2,000 kilometers and extremely vast basin.

To be said, the climate with distinct seasons and abundant water flows have allowed this ancient oriental country to maintain its vigorous vitality for thousands of years. It is this continent that can provide 1 billion or even more people with space and resources for survival.

Relatively speaking, the climatic conditions in the Republic of Newland are significantly worse.

Fundamentally, Beigu Continent is not a monsoon continent, and is blocked by mountains on both sides of the east and west, so the climate in the central part of the continent is relatively harsh.

As for the coastal areas, they are too narrow and have a typical marine climate.

Take the eastern coastal areas as an example. Although the temperature is slightly higher than that of other areas at the same latitude and rainfall is more abundant, the hot summer and cold winter make the area not very suitable for survival and it is difficult to breed a strong civilization.

Looking at the entire Beigu Continent, this is actually the case.

It is precisely because the indigenous peoples of Beigu Continent have been unable to enter the industrial age for thousands of years.

The most realistic problem to look at the Republic of Newland is that it is simply that it cannot compete with the Liang Xia Empire by relying solely on local resources.

In this way, the geographical advantages of the Republic of Newland will have no value.

In other words, to exert the value of geopolitical advantages, the Republic of Newland must have a navy that can crush all its opponents, that is, control the global ocean, and rely on its identity as an "offshore state" to block and attack powerful empires that appear on huge lands.

The most representative one is actually the former Kingdom of Bran.

In the hundreds of years before the rise of the Liangxia Empire, the Kingdom of Bran relied on its identity as an "offshore balancer" to win over the second-rate powers on the Western Continent and attacked the number one enemy that posed a threat to its hegemony. For example, during the Locke Empire, the Kingdom of Bran won over the Kingdom of Tyman and the Luosha Empire and formed an "anti-Locke Alliance". When the Luosha Empire grew stronger, the Kingdom of Bran immediately formed an alliance with the Locke Republic, which was no longer as good as before, and supported the Ter Empire and Luosha Empire for several decades. During this period, it even joined forces with the Liangxia Empire, which was about to be released, and attacked the Luosha Empire from the east. After the Titan Empire became the number one hegemony in the Western Continent, the Kingdom of Bran repeated the same trick, winning over the Luosha Empire and the Locke Republic to form the "anti-Taman Alliance". This alliance group eventually became the source of the Western Continent for the First Global War.

It is not difficult to see that the Kingdom of Bran can be stormed for hundreds of years; if the Liangxia Empire had not emerged, especially the Liangxia Navy, led by Chen Bingxun, the unparalleled war god Chen Bingxun, had captured the Shiquan City and the Jibu Fortress in one fell swoop, seized the absolute sea control power of Fan Yanyang, and grasped the economic lifeline of the southern subcontinent; I am afraid that the destiny of the Kingdom of Bran could have been maintained for hundreds of years, at least not losing the title of overlord before the First Global War; and the basis of all this is actually the powerful navy that was invincible in the world in that era!

Without the world's most powerful navy, the small country that is still in the Bran Islands is not even a big deal!

Not to mention anything else, the local area of ​​the Kingdom of Bran is less than 70% of that of the Kingdom of Nayi, and the population size during the same period was much smaller than that of the Kingdom of Nayi.

If placed in the east, the status of the Kingdom of Bran is not as good as that of the Nayi Empire.

From this perspective, if the Republic of Newland wants to rewrite the glory of the Kingdom of Bran and suppress the huge super hegemony on land as an "offshore balancer", the first thing that needs is actually a powerful and invincible fleet in the world, and the absolute dominance in the global waters obtained from this.

Unfortunately, the best time has been missed.

From an after-the-scene perspective, the Second Global War was actually the best, or even the only chance for the Newland Federation to seize global hegemony.

According to relevant information declassified after the war, the Newland leader at that time was indeed ambitious.

To put it simply, the Newland leader tried to use the strategy of the First Global War, wait until the other great powers were fighting to the death before coming forward to clean up the mess, and take the opportunity to attack the number one enemy, that is, the Liangxia Empire, which quickly recovered its vitality by using the "20 years of truce".

As long as this path is done, even if we cannot completely defeat the Liangxia Empire, we will definitely be able to seize global hegemony.

In fact, all Newland authorities want to gain is global hegemony.

Unexpectedly, the one who led the Liangxia Empire to the war was the greatest of the era and the greatest politician in the history of the Liangxia Empire.

As a result, by the time the Newland authorities reacted, the Liangxia Empire had achieved a decisive victory.

In the words of historians, the Newland leader took off his own tricks.

From the perspective of the incident, if the Newland Federation did not delay the precious time for a year, but followed the powerful forces such as the Nayi Empire and sent troops to participate in the battle against the Liangxia Empire, then the Second Global War would likely be another ending.

The key is that when the Second Global War broke out, Liang Xia's Navy had only 6 fleet aircraft carriers, while the Navy and the Newland Navy had a total of 9 fleet aircraft carriers. Even if Liang Xia's Navy had a white war, he might not be able to make up for the gap between the three fleet aircraft carriers by one person.

Of course, this is just hindsight.

In reality, if the Newland Navy wants to dominate the world, it must first defeat the Liang Xia Navy, which is at its peak, especially the powerful aircraft carrier battle group.

Then, for the Newland Navy, it is definitely necessary to have advanced anti-ship missiles.

However, it is not only the Newland Navy that needs advanced anti-ship missiles.

Relatively speaking, the Thuman Empire faces a greater threat to maritime authority. This is that the Thuman Empire is easily blocked by sea, and after being blocked, it cannot rely on its local resources to win the global war. Even if it controls the entire Western Continent, its chances of victory are not high.

If necessary, fleet commanders prefer to allow warships floating on the sea to carry and use ballistic missiles.

The result is that in the direction of "submarine-launched anti-ship ballistic missiles", the Newland Navy has wasted more than 10 years but has not made any name for itself.

At this point, the Newland Navy actually has no choice.

As the Liangxia Empire came out of the valley, especially after Zhou Yongtao moved into the official residence of the Chief Secretary, the risk of a global war broke out increasingly.

In order to win the future fleet decisive battle, the Newland Navy had to seek medical treatment in a hurry.

It is against this background that the "Trident" C4, which had become a useless, has ushered in a new life and has once again gained attention.

The reason is also very simple. The "Trident" C4 can carry a 2,000-pound warhead and fly 1,500 nautical miles!

In addition, if the range is shortened to 1,000 nautical miles, the warhead mass can be increased to 3,000 pounds.

This range means that the Ohio class can launch attacks outside the combat radius of Liangxia's carrier-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft and even the cover area of ​​large attack submarines. As for the warhead of 2,000 pounds or even 3,000 pounds, the Trident C4 has unparalleled damage capabilities.

Such a large carrying mass means that better performance warheads can be used, such as rocket booster engines that can maneuver at the end of the ballistic, or even dive from high altitude to launch attacks, thereby greatly increasing the probability of penetration.

According to the test conducted by the Newland Navy, as long as the warhead's end speed reaches Mach 3, it can break through all the current fleet air defense systems.

Within the range of 3,000 pounds, it is not difficult to get the warhead to reach a piercing speed of Mach 3.

The key is that it does not require too much warhead to deal with a warship. Even if it is to deal with an aircraft carrier, a 500-kilogram-level warhead is enough.

Even the "Xue Yuanzheng"-class super aircraft carrier cannot withstand the direct strike of a 500-kilogram semi-armor-piercing warhead.

Besides, in anti-aircraft carrier operations, the first thing to consider is to make the aircraft carrier lose its combat capability and destroy the aircraft carrier's flight deck, and the second thing to do is to sink the aircraft carrier.

In the fierce battle, the aircraft carrier whose flight deck was damaged could only wait to be beaten.

In short, using the Trident C4 to perform anti-ship combat missions is indeed a good choice, at least making this missile worth the money.

To this end, the Newland Navy has been investing in the development of a warhead specifically used for anti-ship missions.

Perhaps in order to keep it confidential, there may be concerns that they will encounter resistance in Congress. After all, the poor performance of the "Trident" C4 has been criticized by many members of Congress, and it is difficult to obtain funding in the name of "Trident" C4. Therefore, the Newland Navy directly purchased a batch of anti-ship warheads in the name of supplementing training consumption, and replaced some conventional warheads when the submarine was overhauled.

These missiles equipped with anti-ship warheads are all carried by 10 Ohio-class ships of the Viagra Fleet.

A total of about 70 "Trident" C4s replaced the warheads, accounting for nearly 30%, but were deployed scattered on 10 submarines.

In other words, these 10 "Ohio" class cruise missile submarines not only act as strategic reserves, but also shoulder the important task of anti-ship operations.
Chapter completed!