At the end of November, after confirming that Navy Liang Xia would hold a fleet exercise, Takano led the permanent fleet to leave Dongdu Bay.

It is still the same thing in previous years, and it was announced that it would hold a joint exercise with the Newland Navy in the west.

Sending the fleet out is mainly to strengthen defense, or to prevent sneak attacks.

The Newland Navy also cooperated very well and then announced that the regional fleet stationed in the South Zhu Kingdom would be allowed to leave the port and participate in the exercise initiated by the Nai Navy.

It is said that it is a regional fleet, with two heavy cruisers, and the only two heavy cruisers can go deep into the ocean to participate in the exercises.

Unlike previous years, this exercise is not to strengthen defense.

On the first day of December, the permanent fleet arrived in the northern waters of South Zhuhai. After more than ten days of drilling, on December 14, the day after the Luosha Federation issued an ultimatum to the three countries of the Bay Sea, the permanent fleet was divided into three combat fleets. In addition to the third aviation team, which was the core of the aircraft carrier "Ruihe" and "Xianghe", the other two fleets entered the Yanhai Sea from the Shuangche Strait.

Until now, the Navy has not announced the true whereabouts of the permanent fleet to the public, and still claims to conduct exercises with the Newland Navy in South Zhuhai.

It was only on the 20th that after obtaining the information that the Liangxia Empire was preparing to use force, Takano issued an order to advance, allowing the two combat fleets to assault westward.

On that day, Takano made the last adjustment to the combat plan, which was to be precise that the trigger conditions were locked.

From this, as long as the situation develops according to the situation set by the combat plan, all fleets must remain hidden before the battle begins.

In fact, there are only two participating troops in total. The main fleet commanded by Takano and the mobile fleet commanded by Lieutenant General Lan Yun.

Strictly speaking, these two are special mixed fleets.

Takano's main fleet now has only two main battleships, the "Damen" and the "Luo", while the Nai Navy has a total of ten main battleships. The four slower ships, the "Fushang", the "Yamama", the "Yimu" and the "Rixiang" stayed in the East Ocean to perform deception missions. The four faster ships, that is, the four upgraded "Jingang" class, were all temporarily incorporated into the mobile fleet.

If you want to say it, Takano hopes to delay it for another two years.

Why?

The two super battleships have not been built yet!

If it can be dragged for two years, these two battleships with the tonnage and main gun caliber will be the largest in the world, and the speed of 27 knots will be expected to be officially put into service.

With these two super battleships, the chances of victory can be greatly increased.

The key is that the main fleet is still a bit thin.

There are only two battleships, and even if the four "Gao Bear"-class heavy cruisers that are known as the "strongest in the treaty", there are only six.

If you really fight, you can't even count as a hair.

Fortunately, it was not the main fleet that decided the outcome, but the mobile fleet rushing in front.

According to Takano's vision, the main fleet is here to give courage to the officers and soldiers of the mobile fleet. If it is the main fleet's turn to come on the field, the situation will definitely be very dangerous.

The core of the maneuver fleet is four aircraft carriers.

That's right, it's the Chicheng and Jiahe of the First Air Force, as well as the Canglong and Feilong of the Second Air Force.

In addition, there are four "Jingang"-class fast battleships.

Four fast battleships only assume the responsibility of providing air defense cover for aircraft carriers and expelling approaching enemy ships.

It is not Takano's idea to incorporate fast battleships into the mobile fleet to provide cover for aircraft carriers, but the proposal of Lieutenant General Lan Yun and Major General Yamaguchi, the commander of the Second Air Force. Strictly speaking, it is actually a model for Liang Xia Navy. Because in the past few years, Liang Xia Navy has been allowing the same upgraded fast battleships to provide cover for aircraft carriers and enhance the aircraft carrier's ability to resist strikes.

The key is that only fast battleships can keep up with aircraft carriers.

For this reason, Lan Yun even resigned to threaten the big bosses of the military command.

Takano also felt it necessary to use valuable fast battleships to escort the aircraft carrier, but he did not come forward directly.

Not to mention whether it has tactical value, it is definitely not wrong to follow Liang Xia Naijun!

In the past few decades, Liang Xia's Navy has not taken detours in arms construction, and has basically taken every step right.

Take aircraft carriers as an example. Among the four major naval powers today, the Liangxia Empire was the last to join the aircraft carrier club, but took a shortcut.

First, we used the special terms of the "Huacheng Treaty" to abandon four super-dreadnoughts and limit the displacement of the modified aircraft carrier to within 25,000 tons, and obtain an additional transformation quota of two. At that time, naval generals from other countries were mocking Liang Xia Navy and felt that this was impossible. The Navy Empire and the Newland Federation used battlecruisers to transform the aircraft carrier, which was not even 33,000 tons. After many negotiations, the tonnage limit was increased by 3,000 tons to ensure that the various performances of the aircraft carriers could meet the standards.

What kind of aircraft carrier can be produced by reducing the tonnage of about 70% of the Chicheng USS?

But what is the result?

Liang Xia's Navy not only transformed the fleet aircraft carrier within the limit of 25,000 tons, but also had no shortage of combat effectiveness!

Secondly, Liang Xia Navy first clarified the purpose of the aircraft carrier. When the Navy was still thinking about using double-layer plywood or even three-layer decks to enhance aviation combat capabilities, Liang Xia Navy had already begun to exert force on hydraulic catapults, emphasizing the efficiency of the utilization of the flight deck.

The key is that the four "Longjiang" class of Liang Xia Navy have taken aviation operations as the core from the extreme design.

What's the meaning?

These four aircraft carriers are not equipped with main guns at all, and they don't even care much about armor protection, and use tonnage in places related to aviation combat.

As a result, a standard displacement of 25,000 tons was obtained with an aviation combat capability of more than 36,000 tons.

Let’s talk about the number of carriers. When the size and take-off weight of each type of carrier-based aircraft are generally larger than that of No. 1, the carrier-based aircraft carried by the Longjiang class is about twenty more than the Chicheng. If the number is the same, the aviation operation efficiency of the Longjiang class is 20% higher than that of the Chicheng.

In addition, there are combat tactics with aircraft carriers as the core.

Not to mention anything else, Liang Xia's Navy first asked the main ship to work for aircraft carriers, and also opened the four battlecruisers that survived the last war, upgraded them to fast battleships in a manner that was almost equivalent to reconstruction, and repeatedly strengthened air defense firepower during many transformations.

From an after-the-scene perspective, no one can deny Liang Xia Navy's foresight.

Let Lanyun and Yamaguchi go to fight, and also to kill the stubborn arrogance of the military command, so that they should not be cited by the fleet's combat operations.

This battle depends on the maneuver fleet, to be precise, more than 300 carrier-based aircraft on four aircraft carriers.

It's actually a pity to say anything.

In order to deceive the enemy, the two "Ruihe"-class aircraft carriers of the third aviation team, which had the strongest combat power, had to stay in Dongwangyang to make a comeback.

In fact, the two aircraft carriers were only built at the beginning of the year and have not completed the sea test so far, and their combat effectiveness is very unstable.

Let them wander around the east ocean, and it is also a good use.

No matter what, the winner is here to fight!
Chapter completed!