Chapter 322 Commercial Fleet
Having a real navy is Yang Feng’s biggest dream, and in fact, there is no need to be too large. Six heavy cruisers, twelve light cruisers, and thirty large destroyers are enough. Then build thirty large landing ships, so that you can land in Japan. Then you can use your own transport fleet to play a simplified version of the Overlord Operation.
As for what these warships are built, this is very simple. Anyway, if you want to quickly, you must be the current mature ship type. It is best to be built by the British. If you have heavy cruisers, it is OK. In fact, according to China's current combat needs, it is best to be the General Hippel level. Thinking about the terrifying intensity that Prince Eugen can survive both of his big mushroom experiments, this guy feels a little salivating.
Unfortunately, Xiaoxi would not agree to contribute his most advanced warship design drawings and let the workers of his number one enemy family build it, so he had to make do with the Norfolk class, which would save construction time.
As for light cruisers, this is a good choice. Southampton-class is completely suitable. This thing is a new light cruiser even in the UK.
It is this destroyer that needs to be chosen carefully. What he wants most is of course a fantasy, but the problem is that first of all, the French may not provide drawings, and the British have never built it, so it will definitely waste time. You must know that your time is not much. It is now 1940 years. Even if World War II is still on the original schedule, he will only have four years at most. In such a short time, he will have to build eighty warships, and the time to build a shipyard has to be deducted. Yang Feng found that his time was really very tense.
In this case, it’s better to be honest with the tribe level. Although this thing is almost done, fortunately it can be made with it, and the British warship manufacturing technology is still trustworthy.
In this way, Yang Feng determined all the warships he needed to build in the shortest time. As for the landing ship, this was relatively simple. Go back and get the drawings of the domestic 072-class tank landing ship, and then build a few supporting diesel engines. There is nothing to say about the construction. Although the manufacturing of warships in the 1970s was mainly based on welding, this point was not under much pressure for the workers in Pingjin. In fact, the factories here have already begun to eliminate riveting technology, so Yang Feng will not lack excellent welders.
After this guy decided on what he wanted, he immediately began to prepare to take action. However, before that, he still had to solve the nature of the fleet. Investment was nothing. To be honest, he only invested it alone. These hundreds of millions of pounds were not unbearable. Over the years, the money he earned was enough to build such a fleet from the Spanish Civil War and the British.
But what form this fleet exists requires careful consideration.
Shandong, Hebei, Chahar, Suiyuan, Ningxia, which is now under his control. In addition, the Reliao Autonomous Region where the Northeast Army currently lives, the finances are under the logistics department of the First War Zone. Because the bald man does not pay military expenses here, he simply discussed with him to give him a fixed number of taxes every year, and the rest is to deal with the military expenses of the First War Zone by himself.
At present, all expenses of all northern armies, including the New Army and the Air Force, are responsible for the remaining taxes. However, once overseas operations are carried out, Longteng Company will be responsible for all combat expenses, and of course, as a reward, Longteng Company has exclusive development rights in the occupied areas.
However, there is no navy within the first war zone. Even the old-fashioned warships of Qingdao's Third Fleet are directly under the Navy. As for its submarine, there is no record, so the expenses are all subject to Jinyuan Company itself, including the submarine unit that is being trained in the Philippines, which has no record. Even the Liuye aircraft group is Jinyuan's own.
Now that he wants to build such a huge fleet, he naturally cannot be considered as the head of the national zhengfu. He can only follow the Longteng Company model and build a commercial fleet. After confirming this, he quickly gathered all the bosses behind the scenes in the north.
"Forty docks, six 20,000 tons, ten 10,000 tons, twenty-four 3,000 tons, and twenty-four 3,000 tons. And while building docks, we must start construction of warships, build one dock, start construction of one. Within three years, I must build eighty warships.
However, these warships cannot be counted as the navy. After all, we do not have a naval organization, so we must put it under the name of Longteng Company in the form of a commercial fleet. All investments, including shipyards, are responsible by Longteng Company and the finances of each province in a shareholding form. After completion, the fleet is handed over to the First War Zone Command for use in the form of leasing, including personnel configuration and daily maintenance, and are responsible by the War Zone Logistics Department.
The shipyard is handed over to Longteng Company for its management.
We will log in to Japan in the future. What can we use to log in without a ship? Don’t forget that there are countless factories waiting for us to accept them. There is no need to do more. As long as we can get Kyushu and the south side of Honshu, the investment will basically be worth it.
There are also Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Are you not interested in these places? Not to mention how much oil in Borneo alone is worth? Without the navy, we will not have the capital to grab." Yang Feng said.
A group of capitalists and old warlords were almost confused by him, but the navy was a dream of several generations of Chinese people. The investment of several hundred million pounds was a bit cruel for the north at this time, but when they went back, they would issue some public debts. No matter what form they were made, it was true that the Chinese had a real large fleet.
Since it is a commercial fleet, there is naturally no need for anyone to approve it. After being busy, a large number of budget personnel quickly calculated the total investment required, and then after bargaining, they determined the investment ratio needed by each province and Longteng Company. Under the commission of Longteng Company, European JY Company began to travel to countries such as Britain and France to recruit shipbuilders on a large scale. At the same time, engineers from major British shipyards organized by the British zhengfu also flew to China by plane, and an unprecedented shipbuilding major began.
Of course, there are people besides ships. In major middle schools in the north, and even the new army, there are batches of students selected from the new army, and start to go to the United States. Yang Feng has contacted Roosevelt. These students will be trained in American naval schools. Of course, they cannot be considered studying abroad. They are only one-year training and will be sent to the same type of warships of the British Navy in one year. As for whether a few will die in the battle with the Germans, there is no need to consider these. In addition, a group of instructors will be hired from Europe and the United States, and a group of naval academy will be established in Qingdao, and a group of students will use Shen Honglie's broken warships for training.
As for the issue of steel supply, there is no need to worry about this. In less than a year, China has built four large steel plants, including Lai Steel built by Han Fuju, Handan Steel built by Yu Xuezhong, Ma'anshan Steel Factory of Bald Lao, Taiyuan Steel Factory of Yan Xishan, and Hanyang Steel Factory that has been re-invested after rectification. These can produce ship-made steel. In addition, two of the two cities in Peiping and Chongqing now mainly produce special steel. The current China's steel industry is not only large, but also has quality.
Looking at China at this time, Yang Feng also felt a little accomplished, including steel, arms, oil, automobiles, aircraft, aluminum, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, special metals... It can be said that a truly industrialized country is rising. Although the Japanese army still occupies Northeast China, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, this is no longer a concern. To be honest, just the Japanese army in the south, if it weren't for the bald man who didn't want to consume his strength, he would have let him take it away long ago.
In the world outside China, although more and more countries are involved in the war, the battlefield is becoming more and more calm. In addition to the Germans and the British, they are still fighting to the death, and even the Japanese have stopped attacking in India. Now they have even lifted the siege of New Delhi. Of course, the Japanese army has been lifted, and the puppet troops such as the Indian army and the Vietnamese and Malaysia have not been lifted. However, they also lack the courage to take the initiative to attack, especially after He Jifeng's troops entered New Delhi, these guys have even less courage.
The two armies formed by Pakistan on the Western Front have crossed the Indian-Pakistan dividing line and have begun to fight a large-scale battle with the Indian army. The Thunder improved fighter jets purchased from China, which were purchased by the British, have begun to defend the Pakistani sky under the pilots of Pakistan, and have cooperated with the Chinese and British Air Force in New Delhi to firmly grasp the air supremacy of northern India.
The Japanese were working hard to develop Indian iron ore, and now they have started production. High-grade iron ore is being transported to Japan, desperately repairing the trauma caused to them by Yang Feng. However, what surprised Yang Feng was that the Yamato super battleship he was looking forward to was gone. The Japanese changed Yamato Musashi to an aircraft carrier, but repaired the Queen Elizabeth and the Malaya, who were captured by them, and then re-instated. In addition, the construction plan of the Yamato-class third ship Shinono was cancelled, but turned it into two fleet aircraft carriers. So far, on the Japanese ship platform, there were ten aircraft carriers under construction alone.
Chapter completed!