On September 7, the twenty-sixth year of Qian Sheng, the Daheng Empire officially declared war on the Kingdom of Krul. On the same day, the Kingdom of Krul also declared war on the Daheng Empire.
On September 8, the Daheng Empire announced that the empire had fully entered a wartime economic state, established a wartime economic management department to coordinate the management of wartime economic issues, and announced that it would not be able to produce its own products in the empire or have important strategic effects. Strategic materials are subject to strategic control and a rationing system is implemented.
\bOn the 10th, the Supreme Command of the Daheng Empire issued the highest-level mobilization order and began to recruit reservists on a large scale to return to active service.
In the half month after the declaration of war, the Daheng Empire successively issued a large number of wartime policies.
In fact, most of these policies are only in name.
In fact, the Daheng Empire has actually entered its second wartime production state since last year's Andorian Battle.
And because of the experience from the Heng'ao War in the past few years, wartime production went very smoothly. In just about half a year, the industrial power of the Daheng Empire was actually completely serving the war.
By the time it entered the twenty-sixth year of Qian Sheng, the Daheng Empire's output of various defense-related products had reached a level that was beyond the reach of other countries.
Let’s not talk about rifles and artillery, only those huge and expensive war machines, that is, battleships.
From the start of construction to the commissioning of a 40,000-ton super battleship, the Daheng Empire now only takes about two and a half years, and can start construction of more than ten ships at the same time, which is equivalent to an annual production capacity of about seven or eight ships.
\bIf it is a heavy cruiser of 10,000 to 20,000 tons, a secondary warship such as an aircraft carrier, it can be built in more than a year. Even including the time for sea trials, it can be put into service in at most two years, but in fact it is not needed. In two years, if there is a need for this type of warships, and without affecting the construction of capital ships, the Daheng Empire can start construction of more than 30 warships at the same time, and the average annual production capacity will reach about 20 ships.
As for light warships below 10,000 tons, more of these can be produced.
There are many shipyards in the Daheng Empire that can undertake the construction of destroyers of one to two thousand tons, and small cruisers/destroyer leaders of three to four thousand tons.
Even if it is a light cruiser of seven to eight thousand tons, there are many medium-sized shipyards in the Daheng Empire that can build it.
After the Andorian Battle, the Daheng Empire built and put into service more than sixty destroyers of various types in just over a year.
And this is not even the extreme production capacity of the Daheng Empire in building small warships such as destroyers.
In fact, the Daheng Empire Navy originally had a large number of light battleships. There were hundreds of destroyers before, and these hundreds of ships were talking about destroyers with a speed of more than 30 knots, not the early speeds. An old destroyer with only over 20 knots.
Another point that needs to be explained is that the destroyers of the Daheng Empire Navy are generally larger than the destroyers of other countries. Similarly, the performance and cost of a single ship are more powerful than the destroyers of other countries.
Many years ago, when other countries were still playing with small destroyers of a few hundred tons, the Daheng Empire Navy began to play with destroyers of a thousand tons.
Later, the navies of various countries found that little guys with a few hundred tons were useless, so they generally increased the tonnage of their respective destroyers and began to enter the era of thousand-ton destroyers. These thousand-ton destroyers are also the main destroyers of the navies of various countries.
\bBut when the World War just broke out, the Daheng Empire's new destroyers had generally upgraded their tonnage and began mass production of 1,500-ton destroyers. Now, the general-purpose destroyers built by the Daheng Empire on a large scale,
That is to say, the Blue Lake City destroyer, which was built last year, has a standard displacement of more than 1,800 tons, and a full-load displacement of more than 2,000 tons.
Since this Blue Lake City-class destroyer has the word "universal" in it, it is naturally an all-rounder.
This class of ship can reach a speed of thirty-five knots and is equipped with a central axis arrangement and a total of twelve torpedo launchers, which can effectively launch lightning strikes. It is also equipped with a depth bomb launcher for anti-submarine warfare.
Its naval gun firepower is not bad either. It is equipped with six single 120mm high and flat dual-purpose naval guns. In addition, it is also equipped with a number of 75mm, 40mm and 20mm artillery for air defense operations.
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Lightning strike, anti-submarine, and air defense, this is a new generation destroyer designed by the Daheng Empire based on the new era. Although the tonnage is a bit larger and the price is a bit more expensive, the overall combat effectiveness is much stronger than previous destroyers.
\bThis Blue Lake City-class destroyer is also based on the Daheng Empire's design ideas for light battleships in recent years.
That is to start focusing on the two major needs of air defense and anti-submarine. At the same time, we no longer pursue the extreme performance of a single ship in a certain aspect, but pursue comprehensive performance and reduce the cost of a single ship through large-scale mass production.
The same situation also occurs with the new generation of small cruisers. Well, they have been directly classified into the Qingcheng-class destroyers among the destroyer leaders. This thing is an enlarged version of the Blue Lake City destroyer, with a displacement of 3,500 tons.
Has stronger naval gun firepower and command capabilities.
The large-scale production of this class of ships was still able to achieve such a huge production capacity under the Daheng Empire's guarantee of the production of capital ships in the early stage.
This reflects the powerful military production capacity of the Daheng Empire. Looking at the entire Blue Star, no one can rival it, not even the Kingdom of Krul can match it now.
\bAnd these warships, which were built with a lot of resources, now appear in the depths of the endless sea.
This is the third mobile fleet, the main fleet in the Andorian naval battle last year.
The current composition of the fleet is different from last year. The biggest change is that it has four more Daheng-class super battleships, two Royal Princess-class battlecruisers, and two aircraft carriers.
\bThis is mainly because the mobile fleet establishment in the Daheng Empire, although it also exists in peacetime, has always been a wartime establishment. The warships it belongs to are also drawn from various administrative fleets in formations and cooperate for a long time.
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During this process, warships are constantly being transferred away due to maintenance, other tasks, etc., and other warships are also being added to fill the vacancies.
The same is true for the Third Mobile Fleet. More than a year has passed, and many of the warships that belong to the current Third Mobile Fleet are different from last year's Third Mobile Fleet.
But this does not affect the Third Mobile Fleet, which is still the most powerful mobile fleet in the Daheng Empire.
It consists of a total of six 40,000-ton super battleships and two aircraft carriers, a total of eight cutting-edge new battleships.
There are also eight Endless Sea-class battleships, four Fang Lingshan-class battleships, four Yuancheng-class battlecruisers, and two Dongcheng-class battlecruisers.
Altogether, there are sixteen battleships, eight battlecruisers, and two aircraft carriers.
In addition, the mobile fleet also includes seven heavy cruisers, 13 8,000-ton light cruisers, and more than 160 other types of small cruisers and destroyers, most of which are new fleets.
It is also equipped with a large number of high-speed supply ships.
This mobile fleet is currently the most maneuverable and most powerful in the Daheng Empire. It is also the only mobile fleet with the ability to carry out ultra-long-distance strategic strikes.
Now, this fleet is conducting radio silence for the entire fleet, quietly sailing in the depths of the endless sea more than two thousand kilometers southwest of Dongji Island.
And disappeared from the sight of the outside world!