Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 680 The Great Development of the Tang Kingdom's Navy
How could the arms race lose the Datang Kingdom?

In fact, the arms race in the Tang Kingdom has never stopped from the very beginning. Tang Mo has been trying to find ways to update the weapons and equipment of the Tang army, and has never stopped for a moment.

Tang's navy was not intimidated by the crazy military expansion plans of the navies of various countries, and even joined the arms race frantically.

According to the plan, the Tang State Navy will equip more than 20 submarines before the next war to cut off the enemy country's transportation and supply lines and severely damage the enemy's main fleet.

Of course, there is no need to say more about the combat effectiveness of these submarines, because the enemy is completely unaware of the existence of this thing, so there is no defense at all.

Tang Mo even felt that his submarine force could definitely enter the port and slaughter the enemy's warships!Similar to Prien's sneak attack on the battleship Royal Oak, Tang's navy can even do it many times!

As long as the Tang country doesn't sell related technologies, those countries don't even have anti-submarine means!They will not have depth charges, nor will they have any anti-submarine tactical warfare.

Just like the planes in the battle of Tang Qi, the opponent has no way to deal with the submarine, and can only watch his ship being sunk by the submarine!

In addition to submarines, Tang Mo also installed torpedoes on the newly produced standard destroyers, giving these small warships the ability to challenge large warships.

The Tang State Navy is fully equipped with torpedoes as a big killer. As a secret weapon, its power can definitely allow the Tang State Navy to give their opponents a big surprise.

It wasn't until this stage that Tang Mo finally took out a destroyer from World War II completely.

The new type of destroyer is equipped with five 5mm naval guns and a large number of anti-aircraft guns for air defense. The killer feature against large enemy warships is the torpedo tube installed in the middle of the hull.

This new type of destroyer is actually a Fletcher-class destroyer, but Tang Mo changed the torpedo launcher in the middle to a German caliber, and the torpedoes he took out were the German version.

In order to take care of the torpedoes used by the U-boat, Tang Mo had to slightly modify the torpedo tubes on the Fletcher-class destroyer. Both of them have a caliber of 533 mm, so the five-tube design was maintained. .

But on the whole, it is still the design of the Fletcher-class destroyer, with air defense capabilities, sea-facing capabilities, and anti-submarine capabilities, and all aspects are well balanced.

This is also one of the main reasons why Tang Mo chose this type of destroyer: what he needs is a balanced destroyer that can be produced in large quantities without changing the model!

As a general-purpose destroyer that planned to produce nearly [-] ships during World War II, the design of the Fletcher class is actually very reasonable.

It has a laundry room and a galley to a high specification, making it seagoing and capable of a wide variety of tasks.

At the same time, its speed is fast, its weapons are adequate, and it has no obvious defects. It can definitely be said to be a very successful destroyer.

What is even more satisfying is that the Fletcher-class destroyers are equipped with sea and air search radars, and are also equipped with sonar, which can serve as security escort missions.

Radar, as another secret weapon of Tang Mo, is also being equipped with troops on a large scale, especially naval warships.

For Tang Mo, the navy's warships are also not cheap, so he also hopes to provide the navy with the best weapons and equipment to reduce his losses.

The entire battleship has a displacement of 3000 tons, a length of 115 meters, a width of 12 meters, and a draft of 5 meters.The maximum speed can reach an astonishing 5 kilometers per hour, which is already the limit speed of a destroyer.

Even in the 21st century, the fastest speed of the main destroyers of various countries is only at this speed, and the improvement is not large.

In addition to five 5mm naval guns on the deck, it is also equipped with a double-mounted Bofors 127mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, a 40mm caliber Oerlikon machine gun, and a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns.

In addition, a large number of 12.7 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns were installed in every possible way.Tang Mo gritted his teeth this time and came up with an ammunition caliber for the navy...

He was also very helpless, because the MG42 machine gun could no longer be used to make do with it, and its power on a warship was really too small.So I had to use a 12.7mm heavy machine gun, and the naval logistics department could only recognize it with one more caliber.

At the same time, the design of the Wolf-class cruiser was completely outdated, so Tang Mo came up with a new design for a light cruiser, and completely stopped the construction of the Wolf-class cruiser.

The brand new battleship is the Cleveland-class light cruiser built by the United States in World War II. It is basically a destroyer leader and a very good air defense cruiser.

The main reason why Tang Mo chose this pre-World War II designed cruiser was that it had a suitable tonnage and could be used as a transitional warship.

He had thought about taking out the Des Moines-class cruiser directly before, but the displacement of 2 tons is the same as the Dongwan-class battleship used by the Tang Dynasty Navy, which is inevitably too wasteful.

You must know that all countries are now generally building battleships as the main force of naval warfare, and the 203mm main guns of the Des Moines-class cruisers are indeed not powerful enough.This makes the automatic loading system of the main guns on the Des Moines-class cruisers seem a bit tasteless.

So Tang Mo decided to abandon the path of heavy cruisers, and just build some light cruisers to strengthen the fleet's air defense.

After all, he knows the technology tree of aircraft carrier, and his fleet will definitely be built around aircraft carrier in the future, so heavy cruisers and battleships have been excluded by Tang Mo.

Although the cannons of large ships are romantic for men, they are too primitive compared to aircraft carriers.

But Tang Mo couldn't just produce destroyers, that would make the navy's fleet look too thin.So Tang Mo still needs some cruisers and battleships to "match up". He needs large battleships to withstand the enemy's personal attack.

After all, the early aircraft carriers had no combat effectiveness at night, and after dark they could only rely on battleships and cruisers for protection.

The Cleveland class has a displacement of [-] tons, a pure anti-aircraft gunship design, and a high speed, which fully meets Tang Mo's requirements for a "cruiser".It wasn't the best, but it was the most suitable for Tang Mo to take over. !
In addition, Tang Mo is also building two brand new battleships. Instead of using 406mm main guns, they use De San's 380mm main guns.

Anyway, it was the research and development expenses paid by the Dorne Navy, so Tang Mo decided to use it directly: Tang Mo chose the Bismarck-class battleship for the new battleship of the Tang Army!

This is actually a strange choice: In theory, there are many better battleships than the Bismarck-class battleships of the German Navy. The design ideas for comprehensive protection of German Navy battleships are not advanced, and the performance of Bismarck-class battleships is not outstanding.

But for the purpose of serving as a human shield for the aircraft carrier, Bismarck's choice is very suitable: Japan's Yamato-class battleship is too expensive, and the American Iowa belongs to the battle cruiser, which is too fragile. The Neto-class was shot into the soul once, and Bismarck looked stronger after counting.

Anyway, it is used as a meat shield, as long as it is strong enough.Tang Mo wasn't going to let his battleship act alone, and the minor problems in the details were easy to solve.

It's just that the German 37mm caliber hand pullers on the Bismarck-class battleships are really rubbish and must be replaced.Tang Mo modified a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun for his new battleship, and also installed a 20mm Oerlikon cannon.

The original 128mm caliber high-level dual-purpose gun has also been changed to 127mm, which is common to naval destroyers.At the same time, the entire battleship also modified some armor designs to improve the defense capability of the battleship, and the displacement was piled up to 5 tons in one go!
The new warship has also been equipped with a new radar and a fire control system, but all these are still on the drawing.

In order to confuse other countries, the East Bay-class battleships are still being built, but these new East Bay-class battleships are all ready for sale.Two of them will be sold to the Dorne Empire, and the existing five will also be sold in the future.

The real killer move of the Tang Dynasty Navy is the aircraft carrier that has already laid the keel on Long Island and started construction in secret.

Most of the time the sea conditions on the Endless Sea were good, so when Tang Mo chose the aircraft carrier, he didn't choose the British and German aircraft carriers with the Atlantic ship design, so Ark Royal and Zeppelin were eliminated.

The fully enclosed bow and hangar severely reduced the number of carrier-based aircraft, which Tang Mo could not bear.In the beginning, he had few aircraft carriers in his hand. If he couldn't install more carrier-based aircraft, then he would definitely turn the tables.

The chimneys built by the islanders who lived a good life were too ugly and poor in performance, so Tang Mo didn't want to use them.

So the American Essex-class aircraft carrier with the best performance and beautiful appearance became Tang Mo's first choice.Anyway, the aircraft carrier in the World War II era is actually not very technically difficult to build, and you can just copy it.

After all, the Essex-class aircraft carrier can be said to be a very successful World War II aircraft carrier design, and there is no need to search for other aircraft carriers to modify it.

As for the carrier-based aircraft, Tang Mo plans to continue to use his own FW-190 and Stuka first. After all, the performance of the early carrier-based aircraft in the beautiful country is not very good.When it is really necessary to improve the performance of the carrier-based aircraft, it will not be too late for him to come up with designs such as pirates.

Anyway, the performance of the Stuka and FW-190 Butcher fighters is definitely sufficient now, and it is also okay to maintain some commonality with Air Force aircraft.The production plant of the Stuka dive bomber built on Long Island is now hurrying up to modify the prototype so that the Stuka can carry torpedoes.As for the dive bombing, that is the old profession of the Stuka dive bomber, and there is no need for any modification at all.

(End of this chapter)