Huang Zhe said: "The improvement of armored cruisers is mainly in terms of firepower. It turns out that the secondary guns of the Red Tu-class armored cruisers are like those of the Ganjiang-class battleships. There is also a large gap in firepower levels. Moreover, the role of the 200mm main gun and the 155mm secondary gun is too repetitive. The role of the 155mm secondary gun on the battleship is mainly to supplement the slow fire rate of the main gun. In combat, attack targets on the deck of the enemy ships, and in addition to dealing with 3,000-5,000-ton warships; but on armored cruisers, these functions overlap with the 200mm main gun, because in terms of fire rate, the advantages of the 155mm secondary gun and the 200mm main gun are not big.

, and in dealing with warships of 3000-5000 tons, although the 200mm main gun has some excess firepower, it is not considered a slaughter. On the contrary, the 120mm level cannon has a faster firing rate than the 155mm cannon, and it also has a certain lethality against warships of 3000-5000 tons. The armor of warships of Bijing will not be very strong. Therefore, the secondary gun configurations of our new armored cruisers are: 4 dual-equipped 155mm cannons, 8 dual-equipped 125mm cannons, 4 dual-equipped 100mm cannons, 8 dual-equipped 75mm rapid-fire cannons, and 6 dual-equipped 50mm caliber rapid-fire machine guns."

Wang Hailong nodded and said, "Okay, no matter how it is changed, I just want to know how many of these two types of warships are planning to build in this five-year cycle?"

Huang Zhe looked at Shang Jinfeng and saw Shang Jinfeng nodding, so he said, "These two types of warships will each build two. The battleships are still named after ancient swords, named Longquan and Zhanlu respectively; the armored cruisers are also named after the horses, named Wuqiu and Huangpu respectively. In this way, the Red Rabbit class can be formed into a combat formation with the Ganjiang class and the Chitu class built earlier."

Wang Hailong touched his chin and said, "This is great. The Ganjiang-level and the Chitu-level are indeed not equipped with other warships. So what warships will be built in the future?"

Huang Zhe ordered people to replace the board for the third time and said, "This is all the warships to be built in this five-year plan." Someone also distributed a document to everyone attending the meeting.

Wang Hailong received the document, but saw the cover that read [Five-year Shipbuilding Plan 1907-1911] (first draft), which was about 10 pieces of paper. Wang Hailong turned a page and only wrote on the paper:

Two battleships: Ganjiang-class improved type;

Four armored cruisers: two improved Red Tu class and two Jinan class;

Eighteen cruisers: two Qingzhou-class ships, four Qingzhou-class improved ships; four Dongchang-class improved ships, eight Dongchang-class improved ships;

36 destroyers; (omitted)

16 submarines; (omitted)

8-10 Marine warships are reserved, with tonnage of 40,000 tonnes.

Wang Hailong turned to the second page again, which detailed the pattern and parameters of the warships to be built. Ganjiang-class improved battleships and Chitu-class improved armored cruisers were introduced just now. There are other Qingzhou-class improved models, Dongchang-class improved models, and newly designed destroyers, etc. Wang Hailong turned a few more pages, but did not look at it anymore, saying: "Is it too few that only built 2 battleships in the past five years? We only have 8 battleships in total, and the Ocean and Ouyang are basically sure to retreat to the second line. Then, after the five-year cycle of the right, we still have only 8 battleships, and at most can be organized into two teams. With the sea areas and islands we control now, 8 battleships are definitely not enough."

Huang Zhe said: "This is because the Ganjiang-class improved warship is essentially a transitional warship. It is mainly to accumulate technology and experience for the construction of battleships. It is impossible to build many. Moreover, we consider that some of the captured battleships can be put into service after maintenance, so that our number of battleships is sufficient. Therefore, only two Ganjiang-class improved battleships are built, and the battleships that will be put into service after maintenance are at the back."

After hearing this, Wang Hailong hurriedly turned to the back. Sure enough, he saw that the last two pages were repair warships, including: British Brutal, Majestic, Mars; French Sufferen; Russian Glory, Letvizan, Victory, Peresvet, and Poltava. Armored cruisers include: British Berwick, French Kleber, and Russian Warriors. There are protective cruisers, destroyers, etc. behind them, so Wang Hailong did not look closely, but just calculated silently in his mind.

Wang Hailong is the commander of the fleet, of course he is very familiar with the situation of the fleet. Most of the warships of the People's Army Navy are captured, and there are 6 battleships, namely: Leyang, Ocean, Weiyang, Boyang, Feiyang, and Fuyang. Among them, the Leyang, Ocean is too old and will be retreated to the second line during this naval reorganization, and the other four are still considered the same year; and the armored cruisers include: Tuohai, Kaihai, Baohai, Jinhai and Bahai, which are basically available.

In addition, the 9 battleships prepared for maintenance, 3 armored cruisers, and 4 battleships built by East China **, and 8 armored cruisers. After this five-year shipbuilding cycle, the People's Army Navy will have 17 battleships and 16 armored cruisers, which can be organized into 4 squadrons. Although this scale and configuration cannot completely satisfy Wang Hailong, it is acceptable to be strong.

However, Wang Hailong certainly didn't want to compromise so quickly, so he thought about it and said: "After the end of this 5-year cycle, it was 1911. According to the development of the old time and space, the super-dreadnought ships should have appeared at this time. The battleships we captured were all former dreadnoughts. The four self-built battleships can only be considered small dreadnoughts. This means that after the end of this 5-year cycle, all the battleships of our Navy will be backward products. I wonder if you have considered this when formulating this plan? Can you consider building a few more Ganjiang-class improved models, such as building 4-6 ships. Although this type of warship is a little worse, it can be considered a dreadnought."

Huang Zhe said: "We have considered this. First of all, our shipbuilding capacity is limited. If we only build Ganjiang-class and Chitu-class improvements, then these two types of warships can only build up to 4 each, and there is basically no time to complete the restoration warships. After the end of this five-year cycle, we only have 10 battleships available and can only be divided into two battleship teams. If we build two warships each, the other restoration warships can be completed in about 3 years, then we will have 17 battleships, 16 armored cruisers available, and all of them can be organized into 4 teams. In terms of cost, since the dreadnought type is used, the cost of Ganjiang-class improvement is 20-30% higher than that of the same level of former dreadnoughts, which is almost equivalent to the price of repairing 3-4 warships of the same level. Therefore, in terms of efficiency and cost ratio, the latter solution is more cost-effective."

"And even though we are all repairing the former dreadnoughts, after the era of the dreadnoughts was launched, the former dreadnoughts were actually still serving in the navies of various countries. During the Battle of Jutland in the old time and space, during the Battle of Jutland, Britain dispatched 10 former dreadnoughts to participate in the battle with the large fleet; and in the Battle of Sochi, all of which were dispatched by Russia were former dreadnoughts. These battle examples show that in the era of the dreadnoughts, what is the super dreadnoughts, the former dreadnoughts also had the power to fight. The former dreadnoughts had completely withdrawn from the stage of history after the Battle of First World War, so it is still valuable to repair these former dreadnoughts now."

"In addition, after this Far East War, the Russian Far East Navy was wiped out, and even the ports in the Far East were lost. The Japanese Navy was also severely damaged. Without 10 years, it would not be able to recover its vitality. Britain, France, Germany and the United States were far away from the ocean. Since the main strategic goals of Britain, France and Germany were all placed in Europe and restrained each other, it was even more impossible to put a large amount of naval forces into Asia. Although the United States did not restrain, the overall national policy of the United States is still Monroeism and did not expand externally. Moreover, the US Navy is not strong now. The first dreadnought will not be put into service until 1910. The large-scale violent soldiers were after World War I. Therefore, within 10 years, on the seas in the Far East, there was basically no military force that could threaten our People's Army Navy on the sea surface of the Far East. Moreover, we still have modern warships that have only left the **, and it is enough to defeat any fleet of this era."

After listening to Huang Zhe's explanation, everyone in the venue whispered again, obviously discussing this shipbuilding plan.

Jin Feng said in this fashion: "In the next 10 years or so, our main military opponent should be the Qing court, and military operations will be mainly used to deal with the Qing court. The possibility of foreign wars is not very high. Therefore, our navy's requirements for equipped dreadnought and large-scale shipbuilding are not very urgent. We do not need to jump-start development. We should still follow our normal steps and move forward step by step. In this five-year cycle, the navy's shipbuilding should still be mainly based on the accumulation of technology, experience and training of workers. In the next five-year cycle, the dreadnought will be officially built. Of course, whether to build a large-scale ship and what kind of warships will be built depends on our industrialization progress and the development of scientific and technological level in this five-year plan. Do you have anything to say?"

After hearing this, Wang Hailong also knew that there was little possibility of major changes to this shipbuilding plan. In terms of practicality, in the next 10 years, the maritime threat faced by East China ** is indeed not great. On the contrary, the land war is imminent. Bi Jing East China ** has made a resolution that the country will be officially established within this five-year cycle.
Chapter completed!