Therefore, the Military Commission also asked the Navy Department to immediately formulate a detailed five-year shipbuilding plan and determine the technical indicators of warships at all levels.

After repeated negotiations, the Technical Department of the Navy Department finally formulated a five-year shipbuilding plan based on the previously drawn design drawings:

Two fast battleships, with a displacement of about 25,000 tons, equipped with 8 350mm caliber artillery guns, powered by steam turbines, speed of 25-26 knots;

There are 4 battleships, with a displacement of about 18,000 tons, equipped with 8 305mm caliber artillery guns, with a power of steam turbines, and a speed of 23-24 knots;

Two battle cruisers, with a displacement of about 20,000 tons, equipped with 8 350mm caliber artillery guns, powered by steam turbines, and speed of 27-28 knots;

4 large armored cruisers, with a displacement of about 15,000 tons, equipped with 8 240mm caliber artillery guns, powered by steam turbines, and speed of 26-27 knots;

8 large cruisers, with a displacement of about 8,000 tons, equipped with 8 200mm caliber artillery guns, with a power of steam turbines, and a speed of 27-28 knots;

16 light cruisers, with a displacement of about 4,000 tons, equipped with 8 155mm caliber artillery guns, powered by steam turbines, and a speed of 28-30 knots;

There are 36 destroyers, with a displacement of about 1,500 tons, equipped with 8 125mm caliber artillery guns, with a power of steam turbines, and a speed of 28-30 knots;

There are 4 special submarines with a displacement of about 1,200 tons. They adopt modern technology and are equipped with 16 torpedoes. The surface power is a diesel engine, the underwater power is a battery, the surface speed is 20 knots, and the underwater speed is 15 knots;

There are 10 large submarines with a displacement of about 1,500 tons, equipped with 3 105mm caliber artillery guns, 16 torpedoes, the surface power is a diesel engine, the underwater power is a battery, the surface speed is 14 knots, and the underwater speed is 10 knots;

20 small submarines, with a displacement of about 1,000 tons, equipped with 3 75mm caliber artillery guns, 12 torpedoes, the surface power is a diesel engine, the underwater power is a battery, the surface speed is 16 knots, and the underwater speed is 12 knots;

All warships in this shipbuilding plan have a brand new design, and the start time is from 1911 to 1915. Although compared with other countries, this shipbuilding plan is still relatively conservative. After all, only 6 battleships were started in five years, which is not much. But firstly, this shipbuilding cycle coincides with the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the warship order cycle of Siam; secondly, the war threat faced by the East China government is not great, and the Japanese Navy will find it difficult to catch up with the East China government within 10 years, while Europe is full of people.

The countries compete with each other and cannot focus their main energy on the East China government. The United States has strong national strength and strong industrial and technical capabilities, and there is no restraint from other countries. It is a significant threat to the East China government. However, the United States is too far away and is separated from China in the Pacific Ocean. The United States' colony in Asia, the Philippines is in the middle of the attack between mainland China and Borneo. Moreover, the domestic isolationism is very strong, so in a short period of time, it will basically not threaten the East China government.

Of course, the Navy Technology Department also considered the most extreme situation, so it designed four special submarines, which were removed from modern warships that crossed, such as computers, sonar, diesel engines, batteries and other accessories. Among the 16 torpedoes equipped, 4 were modern torpedoes carried by modern warships that crossed, and now there are more than 40. In these four submarines equipped with modern sonar, they can theoretically launch torpedo attacks 10 kilometers away. Even if they use torpedoes of this era, they don’t need to float attacks. They can directly attack at a distance of 2,000-3,000 underwater. They are extremely concealed. It can be said that this is also the killer weapon of the Navy of the East China Government.

This shipbuilding plan is of course the first to discuss within the navy. The top leaders of the navy, as well as the commanders of each fleet and squadron all returned to Qingdao to attend this discussion. After all, this is a major decision related to the development of the navy.

Everyone has little disagreement over this shipbuilding plan. After all, this is the shipbuilding ability of the East China government. It also needs to complete the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Siam warship orders and foreign trade warships have never been only economic issues, but also important political issues. Therefore, it is indeed very good to be able to complete this shipbuilding plan. Of course, unlike the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Siam warship orders, the order must be completed within 5 years. This shipbuilding plan is enough to start construction, and the completion date can be pushed back.

The objection discussed mainly is on the technical indicators of warships, which are battleships and battlecruisers. Lu Kai first said: "The battleships jumped from 18,000 tons to 25,000 tons at once. Is the span too large? Can our technical capabilities be completed? There are also supporting engines, can the artillery keep up! We just developed a 305mm gun, and can the 350mm gun be developed at extreme times!"

Huang Zhe said: "There is no problem in technology. In terms of engines, our R&D level is basically synchronized with this era. Now we are developing more powerful engines. At that time, we will definitely keep up with the progress of warships. The uncertainty of 350mm artillery is greater, and we have only started research and development. However, if the progress cannot keep up, we can consider importing a batch from Germany first, completing these two warships, and waiting for our own R&D results for the subsequent warships."

Lu Kai nodded and said, "This is OK."

Chen Xiaojiang said: "I think the 25,000 tons of the planned fast battleship is a 25-26 knot. If that's the case, is it necessary to build another battleship? After all, the survivability of the battleship cruiser is too poor."

Before Huang Zhe could speak, Wang Hailongji said: "I think the battlecruiser can build two ships. Guan Jian depends on how to use it. As long as you don't use the battlecruiser as a battleship, it is a large armored cruiser. It is mainly used to perform cruiser tasks, and it is still very useful."

Huang Zhe also nodded and said, "Yes, we believe that battlecruisers are more useful than battleships, and have a greater advantage on armored cruisers and have the power of fighting against battleships, which can fight in formations, or disperse the formations of armored cruisers to improve the combat effectiveness of armored cruisers."

Wang Hailong continued: "I have no objection to this shipbuilding plan and technical indicators, but I have a personal suggestion besides this shipbuilding plan."

Shang Jinfeng said: "Tell me, what suggestions do you have?"

Wang Hailong said: "Everyone knows that the construction of the navy is a very long process. Although our naval strength ranks fifth in the world, this is mainly because we captured a large number of warships in the Far East War and organized into the navy after restoration, which expanded the scale of the navy. However, this is not a reflection of our shipbuilding capabilities. At present, our shipbuilding capabilities are not as good as the five countries of Britain, Germany, the United States, France and Russia, and are generally equivalent to Italy, and are stronger than the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Japan. Of course, our shipbuilding capabilities are developing rapidly. After the next five-year plan is completed, the construction of Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard and Dalian Jinzhou Shipyard will be basically completed. At the same time, the construction of new shipbuilding yards will be started. It can probably reach or be close to the level of Britain, Germany, and the United States in terms of the scale of the shipbuilding industry, surpassing Russia and France."

Shang Jinfeng said: "Old Wang, what do you want to say, just get to the topic as soon as possible, and don't talk about these irrelevant things."

Wang Hailong said: "Why is it not related? The construction of the navy is closely related to the scale of the shipbuilding industry. How can I not explain it clearly!"

Shang Jinfeng said: "Okay, just say it, but try to be more concise about the things that lay the groundwork and talk about the serious matter as soon as possible."

Wang Hailong said: "Okay, I'll try to put it simply. It's been four years since the navy entered the era of dreadnoughts. Britain and Germany have built more than 10 dreadnoughts each, and are continuing to build dreadnoughts. Other countries, France, Russia, the United States, Japan, Italy, and Austro-Hungary, have either built their own dreadnoughts or started building them. Although we have also formulated a shipbuilding plan, it will not start until next year. If all these six battleships are completed and put into service, it will probably have to wait at least 1916. It can be said that we are building no

The dread ships are obviously lagging behind other countries, and even Japan is not as good as Japan. Now Japan has started to build two dread ships. A total of four dread ships will be built within three years. At most, by 1914, Japan will have four dread ships in service. After these batches of dread ships are built, Japan will definitely continue to build new dread ships. By 1916, I estimate that Japan should have at least 8 dread ships in service. At that time, at least half of the warships we captured in the Far East War will face the decline in combat effectiveness brought about by aging, and their advantage over Japan will be greatly reduced."

Lu Kai said: "Even if that is the case, our numerical advantage is still incomparable to the Japanese Navy. And you said just now that after the next five-year plan, our shipbuilding industry will reach or be close to the level of Britain, Germany and the United States. At that time, it is time for us to build a large number of warships, and we can abandon Japan."

Wang Hailong said: "But our main opponent is not Japan, but the United States. We are not without contradictions with the United States. Because we are expanding to Southeast Asia, the contradiction with the United States will definitely deepen. As for whether it will reach the level of war, one is to look at the wisdom of our politicians, and the other is to look at the strength and military strength of our countries. However, we are not politicians, so we only discuss military strength. This year next year, the United States will start construction of 6 dreadnoughts, and with the strong industrial capabilities of the United States, it will start construction of 2-years every year.
Chapter completed!