God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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However, Sun Ce was unaware of Zhou Yu's thoughts at this moment. He didn't even cling to Zhou Yu as before, but instead stayed in the shipyard, looking at everything inside, appearing lively and excited.

"Zijing, so this is the dock where the 'Ninghai-class' ships were built. I didn't expect it to be so big." Looking at the distance that would take him a second or two to run across, Sun Ce was even more excited.

The shipyard located in Qiongzhou, in a sense, was a shipyard belonging to the Southern Navy, and also their shipyard.

With the corresponding shipyards and docks, and with the corresponding manpower and workers, building new naval warships is not a problem at all.

As long as the fleet is large enough, defeating the enemy is not difficult, especially defeating Cecissian and wiping away the shame!
Sun Ce, whose life had been mostly smooth sailing, had never fought such a terrible battle before.

Being chased and beaten for nearly four thousand miles was something unthinkable in the Central Plains in the past. It was only thanks to the vastness of the sea that they could travel around freely.

With its relatively stable speed of movement and ample logistics, it finally managed to shake off the pursuing Kushan Empire naval fleet, or rather, forced the Kushan Empire naval fleet to abandon the pursuit.

"If you can't win, you can't win," was the conclusion most soldiers reached about that war, but Sun Ce didn't think so.

Soldiers having such mindsets and thoughts is a response to actual results, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But how could a general or commander give up just because he said he couldn't win?

In Sun Ce's view, the purpose of establishing a large shipyard in Qiongzhou was to better provide them with assistance and ensure the strength of the fleet.

With the help of such a force, dealing with an old man would no longer be as difficult as before.
Even if there's really no other way, then choose to delay until the other person is completely old, and then everything will usher in a new beginning.

Sun Ce, who is not yet thirty years old and is only in his twenties, firmly believes that he will definitely outlive Cecissian.

Of course, this was a last resort. If there were other ways to succeed, Sun Ce would naturally choose to do his best to achieve the victory he deserved, rather than leaving the victory to time.

Only victories achieved through one's own hard work bring true satisfaction.

Although it was indeed arduous and difficult to do so, Sun Ce truly hoped that the navy he led could defeat, or even crush, Cecilielian.

"Fortunately, the plan is to design two dry docks of the same size, as well as eight relatively smaller dry docks, within this shipyard for the production of regular and auxiliary vessels." Lu Su glanced at the list in his hand, his brow furrowing slightly before smoothing out as he gently shook his head.

Before, when he was in the government office, he didn't really feel anything, but now that he's experienced the navy firsthand, Lu Su has discovered that the navy is indeed quite unique.

Whether it's the special nature of the military, the attrition it incurs, or the manifestation of its combat effectiveness, it is vastly different from the army.

Many tactics and decision-making strategies that are effective on land are largely ineffective at sea, and may even be counterproductive. In addition, the navy's resource consumption—whether for soldiers, the army itself, or shipbuilding—far exceeds that of a normal army force.

Moreover, the loss of related training materials was extremely severe, even costly, and could no longer be handled by just a few people.

Most wars at sea are face-to-face, hand-to-hand battles, and are real wars of hard power.

Under this unique mode of warfare, decades of an empire's accumulation can be destroyed in a single day, and annihilation and being annihilated seem to be common occurrences.

Every major naval battle is like a gamble on the nation's fate. Even Lu Su, who had only recently joined the navy, felt the oppressive atmosphere of this type of warfare in a very short time.

To what extent can this oppression go?

Even the Jiangdong infantry, whose land warfare capabilities were extremely poor, were able to unleash 120% of their strength under this combat mode. They fought to the death, were fearless, and had no intention of fleeing or collapsing. All they did was persevere and keep persevering.

Lu Su once thought that Zhou Yu's training ability was so strong that he could train the Jiangdong army to be like this, which was indeed terrifying.

It wasn't until he witnessed the battles fought after the Jiangdong army landed that Lu Su was able to better understand the differences and unique characteristics of naval warfare.

The Jiangdong Army, which was fearless and relentless on the sea, showed elite combat power after landing, but completely lacked the fighting spirit that elite troops should have.

The difference in performance between those on and off the boat is particularly striking; it's hard to believe they're the same group of people.

Therefore, after gaining this understanding, Lu Su devoted a great deal of energy and time to the construction of the shipyard, the arrival of workers, and the building of ships, striving to make it as perfect as possible, and to produce the most ships and warships with the highest efficiency and speed.

Only by producing a sufficiently powerful force in a very short period of time can one gain the initiative in the war against the Kushan Empire, or in other words, ensure the survival of the army.

The two countries have invested far too much time in this area. To bridge the gap, the only solution is to increase investment and output in this area, enabling the naval forces to grow rapidly and efficiently, especially in terms of ships.

However, after the scale expanded to a certain extent, Lu Su discovered that the number of people and candidates used for recruitment had decreased significantly.

It is clear that with a large-scale recruitment of naval personnel, everyone can agree on such ideas and combat methods.

It was a completely different war, one that hadn't been won many times. Even the officers weren't confident, let alone the soldiers at the bottom. It was hard to feel any hope; all they could do was listen to the sounds, as if they could recall what had happened in the past.

"It's really good that you can build ten ships at the same time. If you continue to work hard like this, the country may be able to build hundreds of ships at the same time in less than ten years. Who knows how big your fleet will be then..." Lu Su gently closed the book containing the records, took out the blueprints from his sleeve, and showed them to the public to confirm that there was nothing special about them.

Looking at everything before him, ignoring Sun Ce's smile and interest, he explained the necessary changes and his level of approval for the plan. (End of Chapter)