God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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The defeats on the battlefield did not damage the Han Empire's naval forces, nor did they damage the Han Empire's shipyards.

When news of the defeat at the front reached the rear, what greeted the troops was not retribution, but encouragement.

Shipyards, which had been gradually slowing down due to the size of the fleet, had to resume full-scale production in an attempt to replenish the war losses of the Northern Navy in the shortest possible time.

It was precisely this speed of construction and supply that made Mongkombu even more aware of the gap between the two countries.

With such logistical support, as long as they are not at a significant disadvantage on the main battlefield, they have already secured the final victory.

Cecissian was indeed very strong; even in his old age, Moncomb dared not say that he could rival him.

But with that level of logistical support, Moncomb would really dare to embarrass Cecissian.

What doesn't kill him only makes him stronger; this level of logistical support brings extremely high healing capabilities.

As long as his own margin for error can exempt him from Cecissarian's unilateral annihilation, then defeating Cecissarian is only a matter of time.

Just thinking about being able to defeat Cecissian on the ocean filled Moncomb with uncontrollable excitement.

In this state of excitement, he not only greatly deepened his basic collective command skills that he had previously possessed and was proficient in, but also learned the Han army's command instructions, language habits, and so on at an extremely fast pace.

In order to better integrate into the naval ranks, Moncomb quickly became one of the soldiers.

Nowadays, if it weren't for outsiders pointing it out and his appearance, probably few people would mistake Mongkhambu for a Kushan person.

Throughout the entire navy, very few people would have the time to describe Moncomb's past identity and situation.

"This reorganized Northern Navy fleet will be larger than ever before, and we need to prepare for it for at least six months..." Following Meng Kangbu's gaze, Gan Ning also saw what the other was looking at, and then explained the subsequent arrangements and plans for the Northern Navy.

Under the new logistics support construction plan, the entire Northern Navy will reach a massive scale with the full efforts of the Qinzhou Shipyard.

In order to build the corresponding naval fleet ships in the shortest possible time, the construction of civilian fishing boats was even suspended to some extent.

It was under this all-out construction effort that the established structure of the Northern Navy was replenished at an extremely rapid pace.

The fully-equipped Northern Navy will subsequently possess one Northern-class battleship, eight Ninghai-class light cruisers, forty wooden-and-steel hybrid warships, and twenty specially designed transport and supply ships.

Although their numbers were not particularly large, in terms of actual combat power, they far surpassed the former Northern Navy Fleet, or rather, the Han Empire Navy forces of a few years ago.

Fewer than seventy ships will be redeployed to nearly 100,000 naval troops.

Most of the core personnel in these naval units are soldiers who survived the South China Sea naval battles, while the rest are supplemented by naval officers and soldiers.

It can be said that the corresponding manpower was replenished in such a short period of time, and even the combat power was quite good, but Gan Ning was very clear about this.

This level of replenishment is absolutely impossible to achieve again in the short term.

If the northern navy suffers such a severe blow again, it will be impossible for it to recover within a few years. Although the Han Empire has built a corresponding naval academy, due to the special nature and high requirements of operating ships, it is not like the army where you can be trained for half a year and then thrown into the army as an auxiliary soldier, and then become a regular soldier after a few months.

The training time and cycle for naval soldiers are basically more than twice that of army soldiers.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to replenish minions in a short period of time.

Also due to the special nature of the personnel and ships, it can be said that only the Empire can afford to support naval forces, especially organized naval forces, and has the corresponding logistics and replenishment personnel.

Even the most outstanding aristocratic families in the Han Empire would have to sell everything they owned to have a qualified naval fleet.

“For the vast majority of powers, the navy is an unattainable dream…” After understanding the deeper meaning of Gan Ning’s words, Meng Kangbu nodded seriously and echoed him.

If it were a purely wooden warship from the past, many people could afford to maintain it; even small factions and pirates could maintain a large fleet.

However, once they switched to steel warships, only the Empire could afford to maintain such a fleet.

Well, to be precise, only the Han Empire could afford to support it.

Even the Kushan Empire, which was nominally an empire, could not possibly afford to maintain steel warships.

The wealth and prosperity of the Han Empire are fully demonstrated in this respect.

One steel warship after another was built, and even if they sank into the sea, there was still the ability to build the next one, continuing until the enemy was defeated.

If this situation were to occur within the Kushan Empire, the sinking of a single steel warship would be enough to wipe out a large number of people, not to mention that the Kushan Empire couldn't even build steel warships.

It's not that there's no corresponding construction technology, it's just that there's no corresponding construction resource; the latter is more terrifying than the former.

If the former has a problem, it is simply a matter of the wisdom and thinking ability of the people. If the Han Empire could build it, they could naturally build it as well.

However, when it comes to resource issues, those are problems that cannot be solved simply by finding solutions and using wisdom.

If there is no corresponding steel, then there is none. Even if there were, the Kushan Empire would not consume so much steel to build steel warships just to gain a few times, or even ten times, the improvement.

The resources and wealth required to build a single steel warship are enough to build a fleet of a thousand sails.

Under the command of an excellent commander, the combat power that a fleet of thousands of sails can unleash far exceeds that of a single Ninghai-class steel warship.

Although switching fleets in this situation requires more ships and more sailors, it is still the cheapest option for the Kushan Empire, both in terms of wooden ships and manpower.

As for steel, there isn't even enough to supply the most elite army troops, let alone to supply the navy to build steel warships—that's just wishful thinking.

Shipbuilding is a bottomless pit; even if it is made of wood, it is a huge expense.

If Cecilie hadn't been so powerful in the past, it's questionable whether the Kushan navy could have developed into what it is today. (End of Chapter)