Chapter 990: Reshaping the Great Xia Navy
Zhang Liang replied: "The fundamental solution is to find like-minded people, and form the third pole of the world with Daxia, forming a self-contained line, so as to compete with [Silver Hand] and the academic school."
If you want not to be manipulated by others, you have to jump out of the rules of the game that others have made for you.
"Okay." Ouyang Shuo's heart brightened instantly, handed the list to Zhang Liang, and said, "After going down, the Senior Advisory Council will study it carefully and see how to use this list to play a big game."
"clear!"
Zhang Liang nodded solemnly, the chance for the Zizheng Pavilion to flex its muscles finally came.
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In the next few days, the world was calm.
On January 10th of the fifth year of Gaia, Gan Ning led the Royal Fleet back to Beihai Port smoothly, accompanied by the first submarine of the Great Xia Navy—the Black Shark.
The next morning, Da Xia finally made a new move.
On this day, Admiral Zheng He of the Navy, Li Hongzhang, Minister of the Navy and Principal of the Naval Academy, Lu Su, Chief of Staff of the Naval Command, Gan Ning, Admiral of the Royal Fleet, Zhou Yu, Admiral of the Southern Xinjiang Fleet, Yu Dayou, Admiral of the Yashan Fleet, Shi Lang, Admiral of the Yizhou Fleet, Admiral of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Admiral of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet Alvaro, Admiral of the Coastal Fleet of Admiral Qi Jiguang, the ten core generals of the Great Xia Navy gathered in Shanhai City.
After making the strategic choice of "focusing on the outside and not on the inside", the first thing Ouyang Shuo has to do is to completely reshape the navy, a key military force, and work with the navy giants to formulate a development plan for the navy for the next three years , in order to cooperate with the dynasty's overseas strategy.
Among the seven major fleets, only one formation of the Royal Fleet is the most special; the Coastal Fleet was formed the latest, and so far there are only two formations, which have not yet been fully formed; the remaining five fleets are all fully formed.
The first step in reshaping the navy is to adjust its structure.
One of the biggest weaknesses of the Great Xia Navy is that it focuses on offshore waters and despises ocean waters. Leaving aside the Royal Fleet, the Southern Border Fleet, Yashan Fleet, Yizhou Fleet, and Coastal Fleet are all offshore fleets.
This may have been nothing before, but when the strategic center of gravity of the dynasty shifted outwards, and the [Yanhuang League] in the country could not pose a fatal threat to Great Xia, it seemed superfluous to deploy so many fleets in the offshore.
Not to mention wasting a lot of resources, it is also a huge burden on military expenditures.
The first adjustment is the Southern Xinjiang Fleet.
The predecessor of the Southern Xinjiang Fleet was the Beihai Gulf Fleet, which was also the first naval fleet of Daxia. After the restructuring, it entered the inland and its headquarters was located in Poyang Lake in Jiangchuan Province.
Ouyang Shuo's intention at the beginning was to let the Southern Border Fleet cooperate with the army to fight.
As the world situation gradually stabilizes, it is no longer necessary to deploy such a large fleet inland, and it can be appropriately abolished.
Coincidentally, the Binhai Fleet was not yet full, so Ouyang Shuo immediately decided to transfer the third, fourth and fifth formations of the Southern Border Fleet to the Binhai Fleet. The future southern Xinjiang fleet will only retain the configuration of two formations.
The Coastal Fleet must compete against the Handan Fleet and the Haizhou Fleet of the [Yanhuang League] in the northern waters. It is very important to ensure the dynasty's influence in the northern waters and make it reach full strength as soon as possible.
This is one of them.
The Binhai Fleet is close to Japan, and will definitely play an important role in the national war. After Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, takes office, the Binhai Fleet should reach full strength in time.
In addition to the abolition of troops, the Southern Xinjiang Fleet, as a pure inland navy, is a bit inappropriate to be included in the naval establishment. In this adjustment, the Nanjiang Fleet was renamed the Nanjiang Navy again, and officially withdrew from the naval ranks.
At the same time, the fleet admiral also adjusted accordingly.
He was dismissed from the position of admiral of the Ganning Royal Fleet and transferred to the post of admiral of the Southern Xinjiang Navy. Zhou Yu was dismissed from the position of admiral of the Southern Border Fleet and transferred to the post of admiral of the Royal Fleet.
It is equivalent to saying that Gan Ning and Zhou Yu have completed a swap.
After the disbandment of the Southern Border Navy, the strategic position plummeted. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would not let a famous general like Zhou Yu be buried along with him. It was only normal for him to be transferred to the Royal Fleet.
What's more, choosing Gan Ning as the admiral of the Royal Fleet was originally a stopgap measure.
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Following the adjustment is the Yizhou Fleet.
The Yizhou Fleet was renamed the Pacific Fleet and became the third ocean-going fleet of the Great Xia Navy. In this way, except for the Arctic Ocean in the four oceans, Great Xia has an exclusive ocean-going fleet stationed there.
The global layout is here.
After the adjustment, apart from the Royal Fleet, the jurisdictions of the other five fleets became clear.
The Yashan Fleet led by Yu Dayou took the South China Sea as its main jurisdiction, and the Binhai Fleet led by Qi Jiguang took the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea as its jurisdiction. The two offshore fleets jointly defended the mainland coastline of Daxia and safeguarded the dynasty's offshore interests.
Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, the old partner against the Japanese, one south and one north, can be described as peerless twins.
The Atlantic Fleet under the command of the famous Spanish general Alvaro is headquartered in Morocco, and its jurisdiction includes the Mediterranean Sea, the west coast of the African continent and the east coast of the American continent.
Only one Mediterranean Sea is enough to cause headaches in summer, and with the participation of countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States, the Atlantic Fleet will be in the most difficult situation among the six major fleets.
Fortunately, Alvaro, the Spanish military god, was in charge, which gave Ouyang Shuo a lot of peace of mind.
The Indian Ocean Fleet led by Pyrotechnics is headquartered in Lion City, and its jurisdiction includes parts of the ASEAN region, the east coast of the African continent, and Oceania where Australia and New Zealand are located.
Therefore, the Atlantic Fleet will withdraw from the Gulf of Aden and hand over the defense area to the Indian Ocean Fleet.
In addition to guarding strategic locations such as the Strait of Malacca, the province of Somalia, and the Auckland region, the Indian Ocean Fleet will inevitably collide with the Tianzhu Fleet in the future and compete for control of the Indian Ocean. It also has a heavy responsibility.
The legendary admiral who grew up as a pyrotechnic evildoer will also get a broader platform.
Finally, there is the Pacific Fleet under Shi Lang's command. The headquarters is still located in Yizhou County. In the future, Ouyang Shuo hopes that the Pacific Fleet can take down the Hawaiian Islands as a springboard.
It is best to establish a naval base on the American continent to complete the layout of the Pacific Ocean.
In addition to Japan in the north, the main enemy of the Pacific Fleet is the Dawson Dynasty. In addition, it also shoulders the important task of opening up trade routes between the Dynasty and South America.
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Clearly defining the jurisdictions of the five major fleets is only the first step. What is more critical is to formulate different weapons and equipment development plans based on the difference between the offshore fleet and the ocean-going fleet.
With the application of "Magic Power Submarine Manufacturing Technology", the Daxia Navy's equipment system covers battleships, auxiliary ships, artillery, muskets, submarines, carrier-based aircraft, mines, etc., and has basically been completed.
But in the new round of system updates, Gaia has greatly slowed down the manufacturing speed of weapons and equipment. Even with the developed shipbuilding and military manufacturing industries in Daxia, there must be a trade-off.
Ouyang Shuo's strategy is very simple, that is to give priority to equipping the three ocean-going fleets and refit them, and this refit is not just a simple replacement of the main battleship.
"Within three years, the three ocean-going fleets will undergo a transformation, complete the transformation from cold weapons to hot weapons, and all the soldiers on board will be changed to musketeers or artillerymen, leaving no pure swordsman or bowman. Crossbowmen." This is how Ouyang Shuo defined this extraordinary costume change.
The manufacture of muskets is still a problem, and mass production is even more difficult.
According to preliminary estimates, in order to complete this major refit, at least 500 Z1-type warships, 30,000 Z1-type artillery pieces, 20,000 Z2-type artillery pieces, and 200,000 firecrackers need to be built.
For Daxia, whose industry is still underdeveloped, this is an unprecedented large order.
Gaia ended the auction tradition, sending an obvious signal that Gaia would no longer use the auction to throw out equipment manufacturing technical manuals that exceeded the current technology tree level.
The technology tree of the game world will not make any historic breakthroughs.
Specific to the navy, sailing warships are still the mainstream warships of various navies for a long time. Even if anyone develops an ironclad ship driven by a steam engine, it is still experimental and cannot be installed on a large scale.
Among other things, the manufacturing schedule alone does not allow mass production.
It was based on this strategic prediction that Ouyang Shuo decided to make a large-scale refit of the three ocean-going fleets. Otherwise, after finally switching to the Z1 warship, Gaia launched the ironclad ship again, so it is not going to cry.
Even so, some flexibility was reserved for this changeover, it was not a one-time 100% change, and the specific change plan was naturally formulated by the military industry department in cooperation with the Navy Command, so there was no need for Ouyang Shuo to worry about it.
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Adjust the structure, delineate the jurisdiction, and formulate a fleet refit plan. After these three steps, the construction of the Great Xia Navy will enter a right track and become more scientific and reasonable.
But that's not enough.
After delineating jurisdictions, the most important issue facing the ocean-going fleet is how to build three to five naval bases in key locations in the ocean to gain control of the sea.
If there are ready-made ports, that would be great. If not, how to choose between leasing the port or directly capturing the country where the port is located is a big problem.
This is a systematic project that requires the three levels of the fleet, the Navy Command, and the Military Aircraft Department to cooperate with each other to draw up a detailed expansion plan and timetable.
It also involves the intelligence network of the Black Snake Guard, the staff of the Ministerial Cabinet, and the deployment of the cabinet. The list provided by Mr. Chen can also play a role in it.
It's complicated.
Ouyang Shuo is not a harsh "boss". He gave the command to the admirals of the three ocean-going fleets to complete the preparation of the naval base construction plan before the Lantern Festival.
How to coordinate the various departments is a matter for the three admirals.
The fleet refit plan also involves the change of arms, and then involves the remodeling of the entire fleet. It cannot be directly applied to the hot weapon era with the structure of the cold weapon era.
The establishment was reshaped, and the tactical system had to be adjusted accordingly.
The question is, in the face of such a major adjustment, can the sailors turn this corner? Is it necessary to organize formal training?
This involves another link in the remodeling of the navy - the construction of the Naval Academy. Li Hongzhang, the Minister of the Navy and the principal of the Naval Academy, will take this opportunity to gradually come to the fore.