Chapter 392 Navy Shipbuilding Plan (Part 2)

Since the Royal Navy, which claims to be the world's number one, was completely defeated by the French Navy, the attention paid by the French Navy began to decline. In the past two years, there has been almost no main warship added. Moreover, the navy's military expenditure has also begun to decline year by year. However, this does not mean that Xiao Jie did not pay attention to the navy, and began to "scatter the birds, hide the good bows, die the cunning rabbits, and cook the dogs." But after the end of the war against Britain, France's strategic focus began to turn back to the European continent. After that, he started wars with various countries in succession, and the status of the army also rose to the protagonist, so the military expenditure inevitably began to tilt towards the army. In the past two years, the army's military expenditure has almost accounted for more than half of the total warlords, and the military expenditure of the navy and the air force has been severely compressed. Of course, this is also impossible. Fortunately, everyone can understand the current situation of the country. Although they are a little dissatisfied, they can restrain it.

Now, the rise of the US Navy and the Canadian Navy has seriously threatened France's maritime hegemony and also seriously threatened France's interests in Latin America. Therefore, at this time, Xiao Jie proposed a new shipbuilding plan. The strength of the navy must be enhanced so that they can be invincible in future wars.

Although the French Navy has not added a main warship for more than two years, the Navy Institute has never given up on the development of warships, and a large number of new warships have been developed. Whenever a new warship is developed, when the first ship is built, it is stopped after it is confirmed that there is no problem. It is preserved as a strategic weapon. In order to quickly start building according to the drawings and materials when needed.

On February 1, Xiao Jie summoned cabinet members and military leaders, Navy Commander Navy Marshal Burt and Navy Chief of Staff Navy Marshal Sucret also called from Le Havre Naval Base to Paris.

In the conference room of the Duille Palace, a meeting that determines the fate of the navy began.

"Everyone, I'll come to you today to solve the problems our navy is facing now. I believe everyone knows the results of the naval battle a few days ago. Judging from this situation, the current active battleships of our Navy are basically equivalent to those of the US Navy's active battleships. I believe everyone understands what this means. Therefore, in order to win the future war, I ask the navy to start a new round of shipbuilding plans. This time, the shipbuilding plan is not just to increase the number of warships as usual, but to start comprehensively updating the navy's warships. Among the warships used by the navy, there are not all warships built more than 10 years ago and have completely aged, which makes us suffer a lot in the naval battle." Xiao Jie looked at everyone and said, "Anyway, he has made up his mind. No matter how others oppose it, the new shipbuilding plan must be implemented.

After hearing Xiao Jie's words, everyone's reactions were different. Burt and Sucret were ecstatic because, if according to what Xiao Jie said, the strength of the navy will definitely increase greatly again, and it is entirely possible to become the protagonist of the army. Others were calm, and they all knew what Xiao Jie meant and understood that the navy should indeed implement a new shipbuilding plan. However, among them, in addition to Otov, who served as the Minister of Finance, his face was very bad. Because this means that the Ministry of Finance will pay for the new shipbuilding plan. Especially when he heard that the naval warships were to be completely updated, Otov's face turned green. According to what Xiao Jie said, the implementation of this shipbuilding plan would cost at least billions of francs, which means that the Ministry of Finance would lose a lot of money at once.

"Yesterday, the Admiralty Department had submitted a new shipbuilding plan. Let's take a look first." Xiao Jie knew. Then he ordered the secretary to send the shipbuilding plan to everyone.

After years of research, the Naval Research Institute has made great achievements and has a mature system for the theory and division of naval warships. In addition, the new weapons developed by the Shanghai Arsenal have made them even more powerful.

The shipbuilding plan submitted by the Navy mainly purchases the following types of warships:

The first is the destroyer with a displacement of less than 2,000 tons developed by the Naval Research Institute. There are two main models. One is the "Dolphin" class destroyer with a displacement of 1,350 tons. This type of destroyer is powered by steam engines and has a maximum speed of 24 knots. It can sail 3,000 nautical miles at a cruise speed (12 knots). The main weapons are 4 75mm rapid-fire guns, two 105mm naval guns, four 37mm anti-aircraft guns and four 12-point 7 mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, as well as the newly developed "Swordfish" class torpedo launcher 3 tubes. The cost of this destroyer is 5 million francs per ship. The Navy Department requires the purchase of 140 destroyers of this model. The allocation of the three major fleets is the Strait Fleet 60. The Strait Fleet is required to purchase 140 destroyers. The Navy Department requires the purchase of 140 of this type of destroyer.

The other is the Bayonet class destroyer with a displacement of 1850 tons. It is also powered by a steam engine and can reach a maximum speed of 22 knots and can sail 3,500 nautical miles at a cruise speed. The main weapons are 4 75-digit rapid-fire guns, 4 105mm naval guns, two 122mm naval guns, 4 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 4 12-point 7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, as well as the newly developed Swordfish-class torpedo launcher. The cost of this destroyer is 6 million francs each, and the Admiralty requires the purchase of 120 ships. The allocation of the three major fleets is 50 ships in the Straits fleet, 40 ships in the Atlantic Fleet and 30 ships in the Mediterranean Fleet.

The second type is the light cruiser developed by the Naval Research Institute with a displacement of less than 5,000 tons and more than 2,000 tons, and there is only one, namely the "Light Cavalry" class cruiser with a displacement of 4,350 tons. This type of destroyer is mainly powered by steam engines, with a maximum speed of 21 knots, and can sail 5,000 nautical miles at a cruise speed. The main weapons are 6 75mm rapid-fire guns and 6 105mm naval guns.

4 122mm naval guns, two 155mm naval guns, 6 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 6 12-point 7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, as well as the newly developed "Swordfish"-class torpedo launcher 5 tubes. The cost of this destroyer is 10 million francs each. The Admiralty requires the purchase of 80 destroyers of this type. The allocation of the three major fleets is 30 Strait Fleet, 30 Atlantic Fleet and 20 Mediterranean Fleet.

The third type is the heavy cruiser developed by the Naval Research Institute with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons and more than 5,000 tons. There is also only one type, namely the "Heavy Cavalry" class cruiser with a displacement of 8,150 tons. This type of destroyer is mainly powered by a large steam engine, with a maximum speed of 19 knots, and can sail 7,000 nautical miles at a cruise speed. The main weapons are 6 75mm rapid-fire guns, 6 105mm naval guns, and 6

122mm naval guns, 4 155mm naval guns, two 210mm naval guns, 6 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 6 12-point 7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, as well as the newly developed "Swordfish"-class torpedo launcher 5 tubes. The cost of this destroyer is 15 million francs per ship. The Admiralty requires the purchase of 40 destroyers of this type. The allocation of the three major fleets is 15 Strait Fleet, 15 Atlantic Fleet and 10 Mediterranean Fleet.

The fourth type is the battleship with a displacement of 10,000 tons developed by the Naval Research Institute, which is divided into battlecruisers with great speed and battleships with great firepower and resistance to strikes. The battlecruisers are the "Tiger Shark"-class battlecruisers with a displacement of 11,550 tons. This type of destroyer is powered by a large steam engine, with a maximum speed of 18 knots, and can sail 8,500 nautical miles at a cruise speed. The main weapon is 8 doors and 75 millimeters.

meter rapid-fire guns, 8 105mm naval guns, 8 122mm naval guns, 6 155mm naval guns, 6 210mm naval guns, two 240mm naval guns, 8 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 8 12-point 7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, and the newly developed "Swordfish"-class torpedo launcher 5 tubes. The cost of this destroyer is 20 million francs each. The Navy requires the purchase of 10 destroyers, which are divided into three major fleets.

It is equipped with 5 Strait Fleet, 3 Atlantic Fleet and 2 Mediterranean Fleet. The battleship is a "Giant Whale" class battleship with a displacement of 14,000 tons. This type of destroyer is powered by a large steam engine, with a maximum speed of 16 knots, and can sail 10,000 nautical miles at a cruise speed. The main weapons are 8 75mm rapid-fire guns, 8 105mm naval guns, 8 122mm naval guns, and 8 155mm naval guns,

8 210mm naval guns, 6 240mm naval guns, 4 305mm naval guns, 8 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 8 12-point 7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, as well as the newly developed "Swordfish"-class torpedo launcher 5 tubes. The cost of this destroyer is 25 million francs each. The Admiralty requires the purchase of 10 destroyers of this type. The allocation of the three major fleets is 5 Strait Fleet, 3 Atlantic Fleet and 2 Mediterranean Fleet.

A total of 140 "Dolphin" class destroyers were purchased, with a required amount of 700 million francs, 120 "Battler" class destroyers, with a required amount of 70 million francs, 80 "Light Cavalry" class light cruisers, with a required amount of 800 million francs, 40 "Heavy Cavalry" class heavy cruisers, with a required amount of 600 million francs, 10 "Tiger Shark" class battlecruisers, with a required amount of 200 million francs, and 10 "Giant Whale" class battleships, with a required amount of 250 million francs.

To complete this shipbuilding plan, a total of 3.27 billion francs are required.
Chapter completed!