1825 My New Daming

Chapter 272 Too advanced!Aircraft Battlecruiser! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
When the Earl of Nelson sailed into the vast sea on the Indomitable-class battleship HMS Reckless, carrying the glory and dreams of the British Empire to implement the plan he and the Duke of Wellington made together to "protect the father from the pit".In the distant Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty, Zhuge Weidao had already completed all the procedures for taking over as the deputy admiral of the naval aviation and the acting admiral of the military gate in the building of the Admiralty.

After taking over the position of acting admiral of the Air Force, Zhuge Weidao wanted to discuss the matter of "Battle Cruiser Torpedo Boats" with Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong.The little devils in World War II would have boarded the heavy mine cruiser at most. Why did you get worse and come to the battlecruiser torpedo boat? Isn't this too much?

But before he could speak, Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong handed him a letter of appointment.

"Brother [-], this is the letter of appointment for the members of the Armaments Commission," Zhuge Weiyi said. "This is not the original Armaments Commission of our navy, but the Armaments Commission jointly organized by the Navy and the Army. Because the equipment of the Army and the Navy Many of them can be used in common use. Working together will not only save time and effort, but also better allocate budget and resources. After all, no one’s money is blown by strong winds, but the competition still needs to be fought. After all, budgets and resources are like this a little!"

Is this the army and navy starting to fight for budget and resources?

Zhuge Weidao took the letter of appointment, and just about to put it in his briefcase, Zhuge Weiyong handed him another one: "Brother [-], this is the letter of appointment of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Staff Department! "

"Deputy chief of the general staff?" Zhuge Weidao was stunned, and then asked again, "Me?"

This General Staff Headquarters is incredible. It is a yamen that can only be established during wartime or when a war is about to break out. It has great power and is somewhat similar to the Military Commission.Since the death of King Zhuge Wuzhong, Ming Dynasty has never fought a full-scale war until now.So the last Chief of Staff of the General Staff Department was King Zhuge Wuzhong himself!
However, the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Department is much worse than the chief of staff. First of all, there is only one chief of staff, and there are a large group of deputy chiefs of staff. Rare things are more expensive, and the chief of staff is the same.

Secondly, the Chief of General Staff is the person who makes the final decision in the military under the prime minister, and when King Zhuge Wuzhong was the Chief of the General Staff, he was also the right prime minister who held the power, so the person who made the final decision in the military in Ming Dynasty Just himself.

The deputy chief of staff sounds big, but he is actually the senior staff member and agent of the chief of staff.Sometimes the chief of staff is really too busy, so he will appoint a deputy chief of staff as his representative, or directly give the title of deputy chief of staff to the front-line generals to enhance their authority.But most deputy chiefs of staff are just the ones making suggestions—on behalf of themselves or their departments.

Zhuge Weidao is now the head of the naval aviation unit. Although the naval aviation unit is still in its infancy, it is highly valued. That's why Zhuge Weidao won the commission of the Armed Forces Commissioner and Deputy Chief of Staff.

"Then who is the chief of staff?" Zhuge Weidao asked again.

Zhuge Weiyong replied: "The Chief of the General Staff will be appointed by the Minister of the Army, the Chief of the Army, the Minister of the Navy, and the Chief of the Navy. The chief of the general staff is Liu Shangshu of the Army."

The current military system of Ming Dynasty is that the army and the navy are managed separately. There is no unified Ministry of Defense, and the traditional Ministry of War has also evolved into the Ministry of the Army. Although the official title of the Minister of the Army is still the Minister of the Ministry of War, the navy is not under the control of the Minister of War.

This system is nothing if there is no war, it is nothing more than the formation of the army and navy.Because the financial budget and industrial resources of the new Ming Dynasty are relatively sufficient, the army and navy will not fight too fiercely over the competition for funds and military industrial resources.

But now that the world war is getting closer and closer, it will not work if the navy and army are in charge of each other.Therefore, the proposal to reopen the General Staff was proposed, and it was approved by the cabinet and the Political Council some time ago.

After the re-opening of the General Staff Headquarters, the first Chief of Staff was decided by Liu Quanzhong, Minister of the Army, Li Tieshan, Chief of Staff of the Army, Zhuge Weiyi, Minister of the Navy, and Zhuge Wei, Chief of Naval Staff, by drawing lots.Liu Quanzhong of Liu Shuwang's family was lucky and "caught" a chief of staff.

"Daozi," Zhuge Weiyi acted like a juggler at this time, he did not know where to take out a folder and handed it to Zhuge Weidao, "There will be an Arms Committee meeting this afternoon to discuss the additional budget for the urgent construction of aircraft-carrying battlecruisers. Question. This is the information on the aircraft-carrying battlecruiser, you can take a look, and then you will propose it on behalf of the navy.”

What?Aircraft battlecruiser?
Zhuge Weidao was stunned when he heard the name. Could it be that this thing was written by King Wu Zhong and his old man in the heavenly book to pass on to his descendants?
Seeing that Zhuge Weidao was in a daze, Zhuge Weiyi explained with a smile: "This aircraft-carrying battlecruiser is amazing! It is a combination of an aircraft carrier and a battlecruiser of the Bazhongwang class. Can you fight artillery battles, take off and land planes, and shoot torpedoes, right?"

"It's powerful," Zhuge Weidao frowned, "Will it be too much trouble to use it? And the flight deck is required for taking off and landing an airplane. How can this be installed on a battlecruiser?"

"Dress diagonally!"

"It's really inherited from the ancestors!" Zhuge Weidao thought to himself: "There are even beveled decks!"

Zhuge Weiyi smiled and said: "The hulls of the No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, and No. 8 ships of the Bazhongwang class have not yet been completed. They can be modified to add a 130-meter-long, 15-meter-wide angled deck. .There is no need to install a steel deck, just install a wooden deck. It is very easy, but it is a little troublesome to install the lift and stern hangar. But it will not delay much time.

As for the artillery and some buildings on the stern, it is definitely not acceptable, but the two main gun turrets on the bow can still be kept, and the underwater torpedo tubes on the bow can also be kept.

In this way, this type of aircraft-based battlecruiser can not only fight with 300mm main guns, but also launch torpedoes to sink enemy ships, and can also use carrier-based aircraft to perform tasks such as reconnaissance, air strikes, and anti-airships.It's so advanced and practical.Daozi, I'm sure that the future large-scale main surface ships must be this type of aircraft-carrying battlecruiser! "

Zhuge Weiyong on the side also thought that this kind of aircraft-carrying battlecruiser was very useful, and smiled beside him and said: "Daozi, when these four ships are all in service, they will form an aviation mobile fleet together, and the first admiral will be you." !"

"Can't we just build an aircraft carrier?" Zhuge Weidao was still a little reconciled. How did the American Emperor's aircraft carrier become Mao Xiong's aircraft-carrying cruiser?
"No, no." Zhuge Weiyong waved his hand, "The flight range of the current aircraft is too short, so the aircraft carrier cannot be too far away from the main fleet, otherwise it is impossible to drive and shoot down the enemy's airship for the main fleet. If the aircraft carrier itself does not have enough firepower, Then it is easy to be attacked by enemy cruisers and destroyers, and armored cruisers have to be sent to protect them, which is not as good as building aircraft-based battlecruisers!"

"Brother 51," Zhuge Weidao said, "don't be in a hurry right now? Let's take it easy for three to five years, and we'll have time to build an aircraft carrier after the aircraft technology improves."

"It's too late!" Zhuge Weiyong shook his head, "We have received reliable information that the British are secretly building airship motherships. There are a large number of them. Dozens of them have been ordered, and ten of them have already been built!"

"What?" Zhuge Dao was taken aback.

Zhuge Weiyi said again: "What's more, Earl Nelson has just been appointed Minister of War of the Indian Empire! In addition, a large number of British warships have left the British mainland and are sailing to the Indian Ocean. The war may break out soon!"

(End of this chapter)