Chapter 78 Where there is an end, there is a beginning
() Now the territory of the South China Sea Federation has expanded from the waters east of Taiwan to the Gulf of Thailand and the Sulu Sea, and further to the west is the Malay Peninsula and the Strait of Malacca. Compared with the original waters near Taiwan, the waters on the east side of the Malacca Strait exit here
But it was much more lively.
Due to its geographical location, this is a strategic location connecting East Asia and the Indian Ocean. Before the start of the European War, it had always been the territory of the British, including the Malay Peninsula and northern Borneo, all under British jurisdiction.
In order to strengthen the western defense of the South China Sea Federation, in a new round of military construction, Cam Ranh Bay in Annan Province and Manila Naval Base in Luzon Province will be constructed as key military ports in the western part of the South China Sea Federation, and three aircraft carriers are planned
Two of the formations will also be stationed in these two military ports.
Arriving here ahead of the aircraft carrier formation was the South China Sea Federation's Third and Fourth Submarine Groups, a total of 60 submarines. They will reach southern Annam in the north, Borneo in the south, the Malay Peninsula in the west, and Palawan in the east.
The island's waters were divided into four parts, and soon
In the future, four submarine bases built in southern Annan and western Luzon will be used to conduct all-weather patrols and monitoring of the waters here, and we will begin to monitor the waters near Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.
Conduct surveys and mapping.
In addition to the navy, military airports will be built in Palawan, Saigon, and Mindanao. In addition, the first civil air transport company won by a Taiwanese businessman will also be built in Luzon Province, Zamboanga Province, Anbei, Annan, etc.
Land, use loans to build civilian airports, and the construction standards of these airports will be built in accordance with the standards given by the Ministry of National Defense. In wartime, they can be easily converted to military use.
In the blink of an eye, it came to the end of 1916. While Liu Fu was busy sorting out his new territory in the East, the European War was already at its peak.
The Battle of Verdun, which began in early 2016, has basically entered its final stage. In the 10-month period, Germany, France and Britain invested a total of more than 2 million troops and more than 1,000 cannons, resulting in more than 700,000 casualties.
, as a result, neither party gained any advantage.
In July, the British and French forces also launched a larger battle against the German army on the Somme River in northern France, attempting to break through the German defenses and force Germany to retreat on the Western Front.
As a result, the British and French forces invested 86 divisions, and Germany invested 67 divisions. The two sides fought for four months, using poison gas, tanks, and aircraft. However, the final result was that the British and French troops only advanced less than 10 kilometers. However,
The coalition forces suffered nearly 800,000 casualties and more than 800 aircraft and tanks, while the German army also suffered 530,000 casualties.
Although the British and French forces on the Western Front suffered relatively heavy losses, they also consumed a lot of Germany's vitality. Compared with the Western Front, the Russians were beaten to pieces by the German Army on the Eastern Front. Only before August 2016,
The Russian army has lost more than 1 million troops. Due to excessive blood loss too quickly, the Russians who looked strong but were actually very weak even turned pale.
In addition to competing on land, Britain and Germany also staged a battleship-to-battleship battle in the North Sea for the world to see.
In this largest battleship naval showdown in human history, the navies of both sides used their incomparable sense of honor and the belief that they would never surrender to dedicate a poem of blood and fire to audiences around the world, although the ending was a bit unsatisfactory.
Perfect.
At that time, both sides used textbook tactics. First the battlecruisers met, and then there were all kinds of seductions and teases, all in an attempt to lure or drag the other side into the course of the main battleship formation behind them. The result was still the German Navy's.
The overall quality is slightly higher,
After 100 rounds of the war, it sank 3 battlecruisers, 3 armored cruisers and 8 destroyers of the British Navy, totaling 110,000 tons; and it lost 1 Dreadnought-class battleship, 1 battlecruiser, and 4 light ships.
cruiser and 5 destroyers, totaling 60,000 tons.
From the data point of view, the Germans won this battle with a loss of 1:2. However, since the British navy far exceeded the German navy, even if they exchanged warships with Germany at a ratio of 2:1, the German navy would
They would also be dragged down. Therefore, strategically speaking, the British achieved victory. They successfully continued the German naval blockade in the port, unable to go to sea to fight, and became an existing fleet.
These battlefield data transmitted back from the European War by agents and intelligence personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs using various methods have become essential teaching materials for military command departments and military academies at all levels of the South China Sea Federation. Both the army and the navy are used in various exercises.
, deliberately imitating the strength of the two warring parties, coupled with their own understanding, competing on the training ground, and then drawing various conclusions.
Liu Fu has no interest in naval battles involving giant ships and cannons, because he doesn't understand naval battles at all and has never been exposed to them. Although he also likes those huge battleships, he only likes their appearance. For fighting, they can
Never use what is easy and laborious.
In the view of Liu Fu, a military blind man, if the Germans spent all the money and materials to build battleships into submarines, they would not let the British fleet block their own fleet in the port and unable to get out. Although the German submarines did not
The South China Sea Federation is advanced, but it cannot stand up to the numbers.
That's a lot. Even if 5 submarines are exchanged for one British warship, no matter how developed the shipbuilding industry is, the British will not be able to keep up with the rate of losses, let alone scatter all these hundreds or thousands of submarines. See
The Allied ships were beaten, and within half a year, the British would have to surrender.
Of course, if they had known about it, they would have slept on the sieve, and the Germans would not have been able to foresee it. In this era, it is difficult for you to imagine what it will be like in a few decades, unless there is such a thing as time travel.
Although Liu Fu didn't have much interest in the battleship duels of this era, he paid great attention to the tank and aircraft battles that appeared in the European War. He especially asked David's company to see if he could get some tank wreckage from Europe.
and bring back the plane wreckage.
Although the South China Sea Federation has developed monoplanes and biplanes, and already has an air force as its military branch, and civil airlines are about to open, Liu Fu still wants to see what other countries' aircraft look like, if they can actually compete with each other.
, can make people feel more at ease.
In the same way, the same is true for tanks. Liu Fu has seen the appearance of British and French tanks of this era from the Internet and books of later generations. Although the specific performance is not clear, Liu Fu knows the virtues of early tanks, which is basically a
It is a display and a frightening thing. It is not only extremely slow, but also has many faults and insufficient firepower. It can only be said to be the prototype of a tank.
Although the current South China Sea Federation is not yet equipped with equipment like tanks, this army weapon has been developed for more than a year. However, due to manufacturing costs and intended use, Liu Fu has never agreed to start mass production of this weapon.
Because in Liu Fu's view, in Asia, armored vehicles can already meet the current combat missions. It is not necessary to equip tanks, which are expensive and extremely logistically consuming weapons. Moreover, Liu Fu has done research and development on
Tucker was still a little dissatisfied, at least when he saw its angular and square turret, it was very awkward.
Although Liu Fu doesn't like this kind of tank, but comparing the data of European tanks, it has to be said that if this kind of tank appears in large numbers in Europe, it will definitely change the current European trench stations. Let's not talk about its 75mm smoothbore gun and 12mm
The attack power of the heavy machine gun is only based on the 60-80 mm
With its special armor thickness, it can walk sideways in the European War unless it is directly hit by medium- and large-caliber artillery. And its powerful 12-cylinder diesel engine can push the 30-ton body to run on the road at a speed of 55 kilometers per hour.
Even in cross-country, it can run at speeds of more than 25 kilometers.
Although Liu Fu did not agree to mass-produce and equip this tank, Liu Fu knew that in future wars, this steel reptile would be the protagonist of land wars, so he ordered several research institutes to participate in the research and development of this tank at the same time.
The modification design is in progress, and several large tractor factories have been built in Anbei, Zamboanga and Taiwan Island. They usually produce construction machinery and agricultural machinery. When needed, they can soon be converted to the production of tanks.
Chassis and bodywork.
Just as 1916 was coming to an end, something not big or small happened in Europe. A man left this world on November 21st.
86 years ago, a little boy was born in the luxurious Vienna. He was of noble blood and a direct descendant of the 600-year-old Habsburg family. 18 years later, this young man became the emperor of the second largest empire in Europe.
. He is extremely diligent, working more than 12 hours a day, taking cold showers, sleeping on camp beds, fluent in eight languages of his people, and married a beautiful queen. They live a life of talking like a prince and princess.
But when his 68-year reign came to an end, everything suddenly seemed like a dream. His brother was shot dead in South America, his wife was stabbed to death by an Italian in Geneva, his son committed suicide at a young age, and the chosen heir...
His nephew died in Sarajevo again.
He was very angry, and I launched a retaliatory war for this. But what he didn't know was that this huge war, which later generations called the First World War, not only caused tens of millions of people to fall in a pool of blood, but also caused
The empire he fought for all his life was in turmoil. This man was the tragic emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the uncle of Archduke Ferdinand, Franz Joseph I.
Like many of the last emperors in Chinese history, it's not that they didn't work hard. On the contrary, they were often very diligent and open-minded. If they hadn't caught up with that era, they might have been regarded as wise emperors. However, there are no buts in history.
