Just as the world analyzed and evaluated the impact of the Battle of Manzhouli on the Far East, the People's Army's navy had assembled in Shanghai to prepare to implement the planned landing in Japan by the East China government and the Java evacuation plan. This is also the largest operation of the People's Army Navy after the initial participation of the East China government and participated in the Battle of Tsushima.

At this time, nearly a year had passed since the Battle of Ma Hai, and compared with that time, the People's Army Navy also underwent considerable changes, adding some new ships and new organization.

First, two battleships built by the East China government, Gan Jiang and Mo Ye have been officially put into service. These two battleships and the Chitu-class armored cruiser use the same hull, but the ship width has increased by about 1 meter to ensure the stability of navigation and artillery shooting. The displacement is 12,500 tons. The weapon equipment is also arranged like the Chitu-class armored cruiser. Four double-mounted 280mm main guns are arranged along the central axis, and an integrated fire control system is installed. The secondary guns are 6 double-mounted 155mm guns, arranged along the left and right sides. Other weapons include 8 double-mounted 105mm guns, 8 double-mounted 75mm guns, and 10 50mm rapid-fire guns, and the ** launch tube is cancelled.

The Ganjiang-class battleship actually has the main characteristics of a dreadnought, with full firepower and unified fire control. However, the power system is still a reciprocating three-surge steam engine, rather than a more advanced steam turbine. The main reason is that the steam turbine jointly developed by the East China government and Germany is not yet mature, so it has not been assembled as a Ganjiang-class battleship. However, the steam turbine is not a standard configuration for a dreadnought. Moreover, through the optimization of the hull, the maximum speed of the Ganjiang-class battleship reaches 20 knots, which almost reaches the level of armored cruisers in this era. Even compared with the dreadnought, it is only one junction slower, and the gap is not big.

Although the caliber of the main gun of Ganjiang-class battleship is slightly smaller, the main gun of mainstream battleships is generally 305 mm now. This is mainly because the tonnage of Ganjiang-class battleships is relatively small. According to the old time and space standards, the tonnage of the dreadnought is generally close to 20,000 tons, and the smallest one is no less than 17,000 tons. However, considering that the naval combat distance in this era is 6-8 kilometers, it usually does not exceed 10 kilometers. Within this distance, the lethality of the 280 mm main gun can reach about 90% of 305 mm, which is completely acceptable. Moreover, the number of main guns of Ganjiang-class battleships is 1 times that of mainstream battleships, so the firepower output can reach 1.5-1.8 times that of current mainstream battleships, and the advantage is quite obvious.

In addition to these two homemade warships, the Japanese battleships Shikijima, Russian battleships Borodino, and Eagle, captured in the Tsushima Navy, had also completed the restoration work at this time and were incorporated into the People's Army Navy for service. According to the Navy of Warship Navy, Shikijima was named Shikijima, Borodino was named Borodino, and Eagle was named Feiyang, plus the three battleships that the People's Army Navy owned, the Ocean, the Odou and Weiyang. Therefore, the People's Army Navy now has a total of 8 battleships.

The Fuyang, Boyang and Feiyang were all incorporated into the original battleship detachment. In this way, the two warships, Kaihai and Tuohai, were adjusted because these two warships were originally armored cruisers, but at the beginning of the establishment of the People's Army Navy, there were actually only two battleships, the Far Ocean and the Ouyang, so they had to incorporate these two armored cruisers into the numbers. Now that there are enough battleships, these two armored cruisers are not replaced.

However, although these three battleships were officially launched, only the Boyang and Feiyang have combat capabilities, while the Fuyang still needs some training. This is because the Boyang and Feiyang are the Weiyang battleships that were first entered service, which is the improved type of the former Russian Navy's Crown Prince battleship. There are many similarities in the hull structure and operation methods. Therefore, when the Boyang and Feiyang are still under maintenance, the navy uses the Weiyang to train crews. In this way, after the Boyang and Feiyang are repaired, the crew can quickly get started and form combat power. However, the Fuyang does not meet this condition, so it is much slower to form combat power.

The other two real new battleships, Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, form a separate team. Because these two battleships adopt a brand new design, their firepower and speed are different from other battleships, and only by fighting alone can the combat effectiveness of these two warships be fully utilized.

Of course, the grouping of battleships in future wars is not fixed. After all, the Navy currently has only these battleships, and its performance is uneven, so it is impossible to use dogma. Therefore, it is still necessary to group flexibly depending on the specific situation of future wars. When necessary, it is not impossible to form a team of armored cruisers to fight.

In the past year, in addition to repairing these three battleships, the East China government also repaired two armored cruisers, the Hijin and Grombowi. The former was a Japanese ship captured in the Battle of Tsuma, while the latter was a Russian ship captured in the Battle of Vladivostok; and five protective cruisers Oleg, Avle, Svetrana, Monomach, and Emerald.

The warships restored by the East China government were basically warships captured in the Battle of Ma Hai. Although these warships were damaged in different degrees, the parts above the water surface were damaged. The power system and the lower part of the water line were basically intact, so the restoration work was relatively simple and the time was of course shorter. Therefore, in the order of the East China government to restore warships, repairs were given priority, and the People's Army also captured several Russian battleship ships, Letvizan, Postava, Victory, Sevastopol, and armored cruiser Bayan, which were originally sunk by the Japanese in Lushun Port. Due to the large damage and long repair time, they were ranked behind.

Battleships and armored cruisers are preferred among the repairs of warships, so that the navy can obtain warships with strong combat power in a short period of time and improve combat effectiveness.

According to the naming regulations of the People's Army Navy, the Rijin is named Jinhai, the Grom-Bowie is named Baohai, and the Kaihai, which is adjusted from the battleship detachment, the Takuhai is composed of the 2nd Armored Cruiser Detachment; the Oleg is named Hayor, the Avleer is named Hayfu, the Svetrana is named Haiwei, the Monomach is named Haihe, and the Emerald is named Haibao. These five warships will be organized into the 5th cruiser detachment.

In addition to these repaired warships, the East China government's own warships were not only two battleships, and several new ships were put into service, including the Qingzhou-class protective cruisers that had been completed, named Caozhou and Yanzhou respectively, and were incorporated into the 2nd cruiser team, and formed a team with four other warships of the same level.

Four Dongchang-class protective cruisers were also completed, named Hejian, Guangping, Shunde, and Daming. This is the place name of Hebei Province, because the place names of Shandong Province have almost been used up, and these four warships have been organized into the 6th cruiser team.

The Gaomi-class destroyers and Haiyang-class destroyers have also completed the construction of four ships, and are divided into the 5th and 6th destroyer teams.

Compared with a year ago, the strength of the People's Army Navy has reached a higher level. However, by this time, the construction of large and medium-sized warships of the East China government has stopped. Currently, there are only 4 destroyers and 8 inland boats are still under construction. The main energy of each shipyard is to repair warships captured in previous wars.

With the full development of the war, the economy of the East China government was greatly affected, and the government implemented controls on some materials. The production and operation of most enterprises and factories also had different degrees of impact. However, shipyards are rare factories in the East China government that are not affected by the war and start construction at full capacity, which is even an overloaded factory. There are also expansions.

At present, the East China government has two shipyards, Qingdao Shipyard and Tianjin Shipyard. After the East China government occupied Shanghai, it quickly controlled the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. This is the few large-scale new-style military manufacturing factories established during the Westernization Movement. Among them, ship manufacturing and maintenance were the main manufacturing projects of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. It was also the predecessor of the Jiangnan Shipyard, one of the four major shipyards in China before the crossing.

Although the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, like other enterprises established by the Westernization Movement, had problems of excessive costs and serious corruption, the achievements achieved were remarkable. In terms of ship management alone, the various ships built had reached more than 200 ships and could build warships of nearly 3,000 tons. After more than 30 years of operation, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has trained a considerable number of technical workers, which is the most valuable asset of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. When the East China government established the Qingdao Shipyard, it poached a group of technical workers from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. However, most of the workers still stayed in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The salary of the Bijing Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is still relatively generous, which is enough for workers to support their families. There is still a small surplus, so most people naturally refused to leave.
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