Chapter 204 One wants to go ashore and the other wants to go to sea
This was the telecommunications secretary who had been assigned by the Telecommunications Department of the Hanlin Academy to the laboratory on the other side in advance. After receiving the wireless telegram, he immediately sent the telegram over.
Li Xuan opened it and took a look, then smiled and nodded: "Not bad!"
The above telegram is exactly today’s date!
This shows that the experiment was successful.
This wireless telegraph machine can still be used. What we need to do next is to continue to improve it and strive to transmit it over a longer distance.
When the prince Li Hao on the side saw the successful wireless telegraphy test, the first scene that came to his mind was that if there was any turmoil among the brothers who would be overseas in the future, the relevant news would be conveyed to Jinling as soon as possible. Jinling After making a decision, overseas troops can be mobilized for encirclement and suppression as soon as possible.
With such a speed of reaction, even if the overseas vassal kings really rebelled, they would be more confident in suppressing them.
Therefore, Prince Li Hao was even more happy than Li Xuan after seeing that the radio test was successful!
This is the weapon to cut down the feudal clan!
Several naval generals were also extremely excited. One of them, a vice-admiral, said: "Without further delay, we need to equip our battleships and overseas fleets with such sharp weapons as soon as possible, so that we can have real-time contact with overseas fleets." Got it!"
The army generals also gathered around and muttered: "Although this wireless telegraph machine is a bit big and heavy, it is still okay to assign it to the corps level first, and then assign it to a division later. Especially for troops deployed overseas, it must be assigned as soon as possible. equipment!"
"Yes, and we have to do it quickly. If we do it too late, I'm afraid the navy will take away all the production!"
"That's right, the output of such advanced equipment will definitely be low at the beginning. The cabinet will definitely take away part of the output, and we should try to get as much of the rest as possible!"
"Hmph, don't worry, our Army has already suffered this loss when it installed rear-mounted artillery, and we will definitely not make the same mistake again this time!"
"Our Army and the Datang Telegraph Company have always had a good cooperative relationship. This time the wireless telegraph is probably operated by them. I will make an appointment with Lao Zheng of the Datang Telegraph Company for dinner later. I must be ahead of the Navy!"
"The Navy has become more and more aggressive over the years. It wants to compete with our Army for everything, and it has even launched some kind of forward strategy. I think those people in the Navy are determined to go ashore and be evil!"
"Hmph, the navy wants to go ashore, dreaming! Our river fleet plan has already begun. After our river fleet is formed and there is no need for their navy's river warships, let them get away as far as they want!"
"Yes, the navy can just stay in the sea. The divisions on land belong to our army. There is no way for them to interfere..."
As these army generals talked, they talked over the radio about the forward strategy of the recent fierce battle between the army and the navy.
The Army has great opinions on the forward strategy developed by the Navy!
In the past, although the conflict between the army and the navy was huge, with the two sides quarreling and even stumbling upon each other for three days, they could still manage to survive.
However, in order to reverse its idle situation, the Navy developed a forward strategy. After changing the core of the Navy's strategy from fighting for sea control to using the sea to control the land, it completely detonated the contradiction between the army and the navy.
The Army immediately retaliated and proposed the Army River Division plan to further expand the Army's River Fleet. It was claimed that in the future the Army would fight in coastal, river and lake areas and would not need the Navy's shallow-water gunboats to support operations. They would have the Army's own shallow-water warships. That’s it.
However, this plan of the Army completely detonated the conflict between the Army and the Navy regarding inland river warships.
The Marine Corps of the Navy, the Maritime Transport Division of the Army, and the Inland River Division have always been the main conflicts between the Army and the Navy.
One wants to go to the sea, and the other wants to go ashore. Both want to turn themselves into a military branch that can go up to the mountains and into the sea. It is best to become a comprehensive military branch like the Guards, which has both land and sea combat capabilities.
This competition is also due to the army and navy's distrust of each other.
Many people within the navy believe that the biggest hidden danger to the future empire will definitely be those army thugs.
Because since ancient times, there have been countless generals who supported their troops and even rebelled, and most of these generals are army generals. As for naval generals, they rarely plot rebellion. Even if they do plot rebellion, it will be difficult to succeed. After all, there are no warships.
Way to get ashore.
Among the many top-secret operational plans within the Navy, and the few super-top-secret operational plans that only a few senior Navy officials know about, they are all operational plans on how to quell the army's rebellion.
Including quelling the rebellion of the army deployed overseas, independence, etc.
What is more important is to put down the local army rebellion.
You must know that the Navy has built more than a dozen shallow-water gunboats of more than 1,000 tons, and they are directly deployed in the mainland. The intended combat targets of these shallow-water heavy gunboats are definitely not the indigenous people, but the rebellious army.
Once the army rebels, these shallow-water gunboats will immediately rush into the Yangtze River, completely blockade the Yangtze River, and cooperate with the Guards to defend the capital and protect the Holy Emperor.
At the same time, this is why the Navy has always wanted to develop the Marine Corps. That is, the Navy is trying to have its own large-scale ground combat forces so that when the Army rebels in the future, it can go ashore to fight, control the capital, and protect the Holy Land.
Coincidentally, the army also believes that the navy has evil intentions. Even if there is no rebellion now, there will definitely be rebellion in the future.
Otherwise, these navies are too idle to build river warships, submersible heavy gunships, and marines. They just want to break into Jinling City!
Therefore, the Army also wants to develop maritime power. Even if it cannot compete with the Navy for sea control, it must still compliment the security of its home coast, especially the blockade of the Yangtze River.
You must know that among the many top-secret combat plans of the Army, the most top-level combat plan is also aimed at the Navy.
In order to prevent the navy's warships from rushing into Jinling City along the Yangtze River to threaten the emperor after the navy mutinied, the army painstakingly built the Jiangyin Fortress and deployed eight 300mm breech-mounted cannons on it.
There are hundreds of other artillery pieces, and a main division of troops is stationed all year round.
At the same time, multiple train guns were deployed nearby to support the Jiangyin Fortress along the railway at any time.
In the words of the Army, if there is Jiangyin Fortress, unless those rebellious officials and traitors in the Navy have wings, there is no hope of breaking through.
No, even if it has wings, the Army can knock it down.
The Army is equipped with experimental combat airships, and has also developed small-caliber artillery to attack airships and shoot in the air.
Because those rogue thieves in the navy are also equipped with airships...
The Army must have strategies and weapons to deal with it!