633 Two major problems
The navy of New China is really weak. Apart from some old second-hand gunboats and civilian ships modified with warships, the only one worth mentioning is the Chongqing cruiser. Unlike history, the ship was not forced to sink after the uprising, but survived under the protection of the Northeast Red Air Force. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this cruiser with the largest and most advanced tonnage naturally became the number one ace of New China.
However, a Chongqing ship with only one barely can't beat four hands with two fists. It is unrealistic to expect her to sweep the Democratic Party Navy alone. Therefore, the Chongqing ship is mostly active in the Bohai Sea, which is safer there.
On the southeast coast, it was basically a world that would destroy the Democratic Party Navy. Especially after the deterioration of US-Soviet relations, in order to strengthen the blockade of the first island chain, the United States gave some remaining escort destroyers to Mr. Chiang.
These World War II escort destroyers may be cheap consumables for the US Navy and even other world-class or second-class navys, but they are still very advanced for the DPP. As for the T-Communist Party, they are even more powerful and powerful weapons. If it weren't for the existence of this group of escort destroyers, they would have bravely driven wooden sailboats to liberate Zhoushan Islands and Hainan Island.
So for the Communist Party, if you want to complete the reunification of the motherland, the first thing you have to do is to show a maritime force that can cross the sea to fight. So on the one hand, Duke Zhou visited the Soviet Union again, hoping that the elder brother would provide support.
t What I want to obtain is not only warships, but also hope to develop its own national defense industry. So this time, it is not only warships, but also hope that the Soviet Union can assist in building a batch of national defense industries.
The previous item was relatively simple for the Soviet Union. It may not be afforded by cruisers and destroyers, but the Soviet Union was really affordable. In order to ensure the smooth flow of the North Atlantic route, the Soviet Union built more than 200 improved frigates of 36 and 36. Now that World War II has been won, the importance of the North Atlantic route no longer exists. It is not very meaningful to continue to retain such a large amount of escort force. However, the Soviet Union is not as rich as the United States and Britain, and can dismantle this batch of new ships that have been in service for only 10 years back. Therefore, except for retaining a part, the rest is to assist or sell brother countries as much as possible or at friendly prices.
China is definitely the most important partner of the Soviet Union, so the total ranking of T-t on this gift list is very high. The first countries to accept Type 36 frigates were China, Poland, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. Among them, Poland obtained 12, Greece obtained 10, and Romania and Bulgaria each. For these, these dozen Type 36 frigates are enough, but for a big country like China, a dozen Type 36 frigates are really not enough.
Throwing more than a dozen ships on a coastline of tens of thousands of kilometers can be said to be full of holes. For China, the demand for Type 36 frigates is about 100. At least 50 frigates must be available. So when the Soviet Union expressed its sincere gratitude, Zhou Gong also said in a realistic manner: "These frigates are far from enough for us. China has a long coastline, and China basically does not have the ability to build naval ships themselves. We are also facing severe maritime threats. So we not only need more frigates, but also hope to obtain production capacity!"
This requirement made the Soviet Union a little embarrassed. The Type 36 frigates were indeed nothing to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's next key aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and destroyers, and the batch of Type 36 frigates that were in service in the 1930s also reached a high-intensity period after high-intensity use. However, the new generation of destroyers and frigates have not yet been mass-produced on a large scale. The Soviet Union still needs to maintain more than 1oo of Type 36 frigates as base patrol and offshore anti-submarine forces. According to China's needs, the remaining Type 36 frigates must also be given a small third, which is really too many.
At the beginning, the Political Bureau planned to refuse, hoping that Zhou Gong would not be impatient for a few years. When the Soviet Union's new generation of frigates were put into service on a large scale, there would naturally be more Type 36 frigates. However, under the influence of Li Xiaofeng, the Political Bureau finally decided to make changes. He gritted his teeth and transferred 12 Type 36 frigates to China, and promised that if China was willing to pay for it, the Soviet Union would be willing to produce a brand new Type 36 frigate for China and transfer technology.
This suggestion made Duke Zhou overjoyed. Although the Type 36 frigate is not so advanced, it depends on people's opinions on whether it is advanced or not. For China, which has poor naval technology, if it can obtain the production technology of the Type 36 frigate, it means that from scratch, China will be able to obtain the welding technology of military ships, medium-diesel engine technology, and small and medium-caliber artillery technology of military ships. Although this is not free, even if China was willing to spend money, there was no place to learn it!
What's more, the Soviet Union also said that China would not have to give all cash, but bartered to pay part of the money, and then the rest would be offset by low-interest loans from the Soviet Union. When this suggestion was passed back to China, Taizu quickly agreed.
Soon, another batch of 12 Type 36 frigates left Vladivostok and went to Dalian to deliver Pla. The Soviet advisers who accompanied him immediately began to train Chinese sailors, optimistically estimated that they would be able to form combat effectiveness within one year.
Of course, the 36 frigate is still too low-end, this is a low-end handyman who does dirty work and tiring work. It is only OK to bully the Miyako ship that shaves the Democratic Party, but it seems too effective when facing a higher-end destroyer.
In response to this situation, Zhou Gong also hoped to introduce Soviet destroyers. Li Xiaofeng naturally turned on the green light. However, his suggestion to Zhou Gong was: "You can introduce a small number of artillery torpedo destroyers, about four is enough. This type of ship is already behind under the conditions of new technology and will be eliminated soon. Instead of spending a lot of money to buy a bunch of backward products that will be eliminated soon, it is better to wait for the new generation of Soviet destroyers to be purchased before purchasing them."
This suggestion touched Zhou Gong very much, because when a fairy cheated Vietnam, he used to attack him, which made Ho Chi Minh say nothing good about someone. At that time, Zhou Gong thought that someone had changed and became profit-oriented. But now it seems that someone's attitude towards China remains unchanged, which is quite friendly and caring.
Some comrades may say that this is over. Someone just agreed to China to purchase the most advanced destroyer of the Soviet Union. Is it necessary to be grateful?
In fact, I can’t say that I am grateful, but there are certainly favors. Because not everyone can buy a country’s most advanced weapons. Look at the later American Imperial JSF project, which is a sign of international cooperation, which makes all allies pay for the development costs. But in the end, the F-35 flight control source code and other high-tech technologies were made public to allies?
No. When Americans should cherish their own treasures, they are not generous at all. Look at the loyal dog of the US, Japan, which really wants to buy f22, and it shows that the price is easy to negotiate. But the US would rather turn off the production line than sell it. Doesn’t this tell the problem?
So Li Xiaofeng expressed his willingness to transfer the latest destroyer to China. This is a great favor, and we have to say something.
So what is the state of this latest destroyer in the Soviet Union? First, the displacement is really not small. Most of the standard displacement of the Soviet destroyer in World War II was between 25oo tons and oo tons. The standard displacement of this latest 47 destroyer has reached 38oo tons. Don’t underestimate these 8oo tons. The 8oo tons can do a lot of things. The waterline of the ship is 141 meters long and 15.6 meters wide, the standard displacement is 38oo tons, the normal displacement is 41oo tons, the maximum flight capacity is 32 knots, and the endurance is 18 knots and 4ooo nautical miles.
The most eye-catching thing about the Type 47 destroyer is its military equipment. By World War II standards, the firepower of this destroyer is really pitifully thin. It is only equipped with a twin-mounted 1oomm gun and does not have any torpedoes. Instead, a two-armed firecracker is installed at the deck behind the front main gun to fire the naval version of the S-125 air defense missile that is still under test (that is, the NATO code-named 1 Goa air defense missile). The under-aircraft missile is equipped with 48 in the under-aircraft tray. Two quad-mounted anti-ship missiles are installed near the smoke rush in the middle of the hull to fire P-15 anti-ship missiles. The maximum range of the missile is 50 kilometers, the warhead weighs 35o kilograms, and the maximum degree is O.8 Mach. As for the tail deck, it is a helicopter hangar, which can carry the latest Sikorsky anti-submarine helicopter.
The ship changed the previous style of Su's warships stacking weapons. In addition to the huge radar and some antennas, the overall style can be said to be quite simple. So some old navy believe that the ship lacks domineering power and cannot intimidate the enemy.
Because of the application of many new technologies, especially the most advanced electronic technology, the ship's research took a lot of effort to solve problems such as radar antenna electronic compatibility, which have never been encountered before. Overall, it can be said that it has created a new style of the Soviet Navy.
The only regret of the Type 47 destroyer is that its power is relatively old and it still uses steam turbines. The reason is that more advanced gas turbines are quite unreliable. When the Type 55 destroyer is later, as lighter gas turbines are used, its weapons and equipment will be enhanced.
Of course, the more new technologies are used, the more expensive the 47 model will be. According to the Military Commission's idea, each aircraft carrier should be equipped with at least four air defense destroyers. According to the Soviet aircraft carrier vision plan, 10 aircraft carriers should be equipped with at least 40 destroyers. Including destroyers that usually perform other tasks, the Soviet Union needs at least 50 destroyers to be enough.
However, the 47 type did not produce forty or fifty ships, and the final production volume was 12 ships. The ship Fierce Fierce started construction in 1948, entered service in 1951, the last ship started construction in 1954, and entered service in 1956. It is mainly equipped with the Mediterranean Fleet in the Atlantic Fleet.
Huaxia ordered the first batch of two Type 47 destroyers in 195o, and then ordered the second batch of four in 1954, the last two were assembled at Huaxia Jiangnan Shipyard and Dalian Shipyard.
These six Type 47 destroyers with regional air defense capabilities formed the backbone of China's air defense in the entire 1950s and 1960s, and shot down invading American fighter jets in the later East China Sea sea-air conflict.
China not only increased its efforts to sign up from the Soviet Union in the navy, but also fully mechanized the Soviet Union in the 6th Army, introducing a series of weapons and equipment, including T-54/t-55 and as-assault rifles. At the same time, the Democratic Party also used the remaining supplies from the US imperialist World War II. In this round, the Scratch Army was not only behind the Pla in terms of morale but also technical and tactical aspects, and could not even take advantage of the only fig leaf US weapon before.
From mid-1948 to mid-1949, this fierce strangle war lasted for a whole year. During this period, the Democratic Party continued to try to introduce the most advanced weapons and equipment from the United States to resist the tide of unification, but neither the F-8O, the F-84 or the later F-86 could face the increasing number of MiG-15. After nearly a year of consumption, the Democratic Party finally reached the end of its territory, and the Air Force was almost wiped out, and the air supremacy on the battlefield was scattered.
Without air supremacy, the DPP tried to rely on the navy's advantages to resist stubbornly, but in the face of the 36-type frigate group that had just formed combat effectiveness, the DPP navy had no advantage. What's more, the Pla Air Force also introduced the Il-28 and the supporting P-1O air-launched anti-ship missiles from the Soviet Union. After a nearly one-sided naval battle, the DPP navy also declared annihilated. At this time, Mr. Jiang could only transfer his family to the United States, while on the other hand, digging holes around the Zhoushan Islands, trying to continue to harbor local mice.
In September 1949, after several months of preparation, the pla ground troops boarded the Zhoushan Islands in one fell swoop. In the next three months, they quickly cleared the Democratic Party troops hiding in the caves bit by bit, and completely declared the liberation of the Zhoushan Islands before the Spring Festival in 1950. As for Hainan Island, because the sea and air strength of the Guangxi clique was weaker than that of Mr. Jiang, they had already declared the liberation in mid-1949.
In other words, as of 195o, the Democratic Party regime that had ruled China for more than 20 years had officially declared its demise. Only a few senior Kuomintang officials fled to Xiangjiang before their destruction to establish the so-called exile government. But everyone in the world knows that this is meaningless to deceive themselves.
After the comprehensive unification of the motherland, the sovereignty problem faced by the Communist Party has been resolved internally. The only thing that makes the people of the whole country a little unhappy is the problem of Xiangjiang and Haojiang. Whether these two lands can be recovered is related to the honor of the Chinese nation. Only by removing these two rotten sores can the national shame since the late Qing Dynasty be considered to be a comprehensive solution.
However, it is not so easy to solve the problem of Xiangjiang Haojiang. This world has always been backed by national strength. After the Battle of Crossing the River, the breeze swept away the fallen leaves and fought all the way to the coast of Guangdong, but it stopped at Xiangjiang and Haojiang. It is not that the two people do not want to take the opportunity to take back them, but that they are not strong enough.
Even with the support of the Soviet Union, it is difficult to take back Xiangjiang and Haojiang. After all, Britain is a lean camel bigger than a horse, and not everyone can defeat the British. Therefore, Taizu and others are still very cautious about this issue. After solving the problem of slaughtering the Democratic Party, Xiangjiang and Haojiang were put on the agenda.
Taizu and the others first solicited opinions from the Soviet Union. After all, New China is still very weak and they are a little ineligible to fight the British. If there is no support from the Soviet Union, this matter will be even more difficult.
There were also different opinions within the Soviet Union on this issue. The faction with Sverdlov believed that China could understand the desire of China to restore its motherland, but believed that the timing was not ideal. It believed that British imperialism and American imperialism were still in conflict at this time. These two families were not wearing pairs of pants. They must make good use of the contradiction between these two biggest imperialisms and defeat them one by one. It is believed that as long as Britain and the United States did not completely join forces, they should not focus on Britain. Only after the most dangerous American imperialism can they attack British imperialism.
To put it bluntly, Sverdlov is not as impulsive and confident as he was in 1945. He does not think that the Soviet Union could fight Britain and the United States at the same time. Now that the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union has been fully launched, it is not advisable to offend Britain too much, otherwise the alliance between Britain and the United States will make the Soviet Union very passive. According to his ideas, they should be patient, keep a low profile, and work hard for ten years. It is more appropriate to talk about the issues of Xiangjiang and Haojiang in ten years.
It cannot be said that Sverdlov's suggestion was wrong. In fact, his suggestion was also in line with objective reality. At this time, China was too weak. Since the warlord separatist forces, civil war and war of resistance have made the country look deserted. The economy is severely difficult and there is almost no decent industry. It is indeed unwise to provoke Britain in this situation. It is better to focus on the development and challenge Britain with confidence.
If Sverdlov's meaning is based on Sverdlov's opinion, then there is no drama in the Communist Party. But at this time, the Soviet Union was no longer the leader of Sverdlov. Since the failure of the confrontation between the new economic policies, Sverdlov's voice has gradually decreased, especially as Poland's new economic policies were carried out in a lively manner, Sverdlov became more and more embarrassed.
As a certain immortal gradually dominated the right to speak, on many issues, if a certain immortal did not make a decision, he would have to hang it there to blow the cold wind. For example, on the issue of Xiangjiang and Haojiang, Li Xiaofeng's attitude is completely different from Sverdlov. He believes that it is easier to reclaim them now... (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!