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Volume 2: Managing Beiyang Chapter 706: Arms Race

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    Faced with the rapid rise of the German economy, the Chinese Empire naturally increased its vigilance.

    To this end, the Chinese Emperor Wang Chenhao convened a special imperial meeting. In view of Hitler's militaristic nature, the Chinese Empire decided to provoke a new round of arms race, forcing the German Federation to join the arms race, thus dragging down the German Federation's economy.

    If you want to force Hitler to join the arms race, you must make him afraid.  As a result, the Imperial Chinese military disclosed for the first time its nuclear arsenal, as well as the nuclear strike force of the Imperial Chinese Strategic Artillery Force (also known as the Second Artillery Force).

    In the forty-seventh year of Guanghua, the Chinese Empire possessed 1,450 nuclear weapons.  Among them, 720 were air-dropped nuclear warheads, with a minimum explosion yield of 100,000 tons and a maximum explosion yield of 1.7 million tons.  The missile carries 700 nuclear warheads with an explosion yield of 50,000 to 300,000 tons.  It can fire 30 nuclear warheads with an explosion yield of 7,600 to 34,000 tons.

    In the 47th fiscal year of Guanghua, the Imperial Congress of China passed a decision to increase the military budget on a large scale. The defense expenditure of the Chinese Empire increased by 210% compared with the previous year, reaching 20.953 billion dragon coins, accounting for 33.3% of fiscal expenditures.  At a time when countries all over the world are disarmament on a large scale to cope with economic difficulties, the Chinese Empire suddenly increased its military spending on a large scale, like a huge boulder dropped on a calm lake, immediately causing ripples around the world.

    The Imperial Chinese military announced the purpose of the surge in military spending.  It is mainly used to increase the reserve of nuclear warheads, increase the attack radius and accuracy of strategic artillery missiles, increase the strike range of the strategic air force, and increase the number of naval nuclear aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines.

    Since the whole of Europe is united, the NATO military group headed by the German League controls the entire European continent.

    Before World War I, the British Navy had always blocked the German Navy's strategic channels into the ocean.  Now after two world wars, Britain, an old naval power, has declined. The Imperial Chinese Navy can only replace the British navy and continue to block the German navy from entering the ocean.

    Therefore, the Chinese Imperial Navy had to intensify its efforts to blockade the German Alliance and NATO, preventing its military power from expanding to the whole world, and could only lie in the coastal waters of Europe forever.

    In order to prevent the German Navy from re-emerging as a blue sea navy, the Imperial Chinese Navy became a key development force after World War II.

    ?Due to the two world wars.  The role of aircraft carriers far exceeds that of battleships. The BB faction within the Chinese Imperial Navy gradually gave way to the CV faction. The aircraft carrier was officially recognized by the Imperial Navy as the core force of the naval fleet.

    The Imperial Chinese Navy has confirmed the huge war potential of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers through long-term actual combat tests.  Its feature of not needing to replenish fuel is particularly important during wars, as it can conduct operations deep into enemy-occupied areas for a long time without the need for supplies from the rear.

    The Taishan nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Imperial Chinese Navy that served during World War II, and the other four Taishan-class aircraft carriers that served in succession at the end of World War II [cvn-38] Hengshan, [cvn-39] Songshan, and [cvn-40] Hengshan  and [cvn-41] Huashan.  These five nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have become the core force of the Imperial Chinese Navy, ensuring that they will continue to patrol all sea areas of the world after the war and maintain the deterrent power of the Imperial Chinese Navy in all sea areas around the world.  No other country can do this, because the fuel money their warships burn every day has become a serious drag.

    The advantages of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are very obvious.  Therefore, in the 47th year of Guanghua's reign, the Imperial Chinese Navy once again allocated funds to start the construction of three nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

    There are three Lushan-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers built in the same class, named after three famous mountains in the Chinese Empire, namely [cvn-42] Lushan, [cvn-43] Huangshan and [cvn-44] Yandangshan.

    The Lushan-class aircraft carrier has a design quasi-displacement of 78,400 tons and a full-load displacement of 101,600 tons, which is slightly larger than the Taishan-class aircraft carrier.  However, the overall layout has not changed much. It is an improved version based on the Taishan-class aircraft carrier.

    The ship is 332.3 meters long, 40.1 meters wide, and has a draft of 11.56 meters.  Its flight deck is 332 meters long and 77 meters wide. It uses a pressurized water nuclear reactor with better stability and lower cost as the power source. It is propelled by four shafts and four propellers. It has a maximum speed of 33.4 knots. It can carry all types of fighter jets of the Imperial Chinese Naval Aviation, such as  There are about 122 various jet aircraft such as F6, F8, A5 and so on.  It can carry up to 150 aircraft.  The B2 tactical bomber is no longer required to board the ship, because after World War II, it was shown that the B2 tactical bomber is not very useful, it is difficult to land on the ship, and accidents often occur. Therefore, the Navy switched to the A5 attack aircraft to replace the ground attack function.

    The entire ship requires more than 3,400 people to operate the ship, plus more than 2,500 naval aviation personnel, the full complement of the ship is nearly 6,000 people.  The ship's supply self-sustainability is about 150 days.  The aircraft carrier has a self-sustaining capacity of refueling once every fifteen years.

    The shipbuilding budget of the Lushan-class aircraft carrier is 705 million dragon coins, which is more than 70 million yuan higher than the Taishan-class aircraft carrier.  The armament system of the Lushan-class aircraft carrier is still equipped with the Net-40 Vulcan Phalanx system for close-range air defense, but the electronic warfare system is much more advanced than that of the Taishan-class aircraft carrier.  The aircraft carrier is equipped with a more advanced radar array, with 320 radar devices of various bands, which can provide the carrier-based aircraft battle group withFor air and sea target parameters within a radius of 500 kilometers, the distance and azimuth error is about 10 meters and 3 mils.  Simultaneously tracks 160 air and sea targets and is able to lock onto 25 of them simultaneously.

    Since the Chinese Empire wants to launch a new round of arms race and maintain high military pressure on the German Alliance and NATO, the construction of three Lushan-class aircraft carriers has started at the same time in order to stimulate the enemy to join the arms race, thereby achieving the goal of economically defeating the enemy.  ultimate strategic purpose.

    Nuclear power is the main direction of the Chinese Empire¡¯s massive increase in military spending. Therefore, in addition to the construction of three new nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines have also become a new combat force of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

    At the imperial military meeting, Wang Chenhao gave important instructions.  He pointed out that the most powerful strategic deterrent in the future will not be aircraft carriers on the sea, nor strategic bombers in the sky, nor strategic nuclear missiles with a range that can reach Berlin. Because these weapon platforms are exposed on the surface, the enemy can carry out targeted attacks in advance.  Defense deployment.  The real killer weapon comes from submarines under the sea, because submarines can lurk underwater for a long time, quietly approach the enemy without being discovered by the enemy, and suddenly attack important enemy targets, making it difficult for the enemy to effectively defend.

    Since the Imperial Chinese Navy built the first nuclear-powered submarine in human history, the USS Nautilus, before World War II, the Imperial Chinese Navy has completed the feat of crossing the Arctic Ocean under the sea for the first time. This has a significant impact on the overall layout of the Sino-German Cold War and the Warsaw Pact and NATO military confrontation.  This is very beneficial to the Chinese Empire, because the nuclear submarines of the Chinese Empire can cross the Arctic Ocean and suddenly appear in the strategic rear of the German Alliance. If they carry nuclear missiles, they will play a great role after approaching the important political, economic and military towns of the German Alliance.  Decisive strategic role.

    Based on Wang Chenhao¡¯s strategic will, the General Staff of the Chinese Empire and the Navy jointly prepared a strategic nuclear submarine force.  The General Staff requested that nuclear submarines be placed under the command of the Strategic Command, but the Navy Ministry refused to relent and insisted that nuclear submarines be placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Naval Fleet Command.  The lawsuit between the two parties eventually reached the Forbidden City.  In the end, Wang Chenhao made the decision.

    The nuclear submarine force of the Chinese Empire is divided into two submarine forces: strategic nuclear submarines and attack nuclear submarines.  Strategic nuclear submarines are under the direct command of the Strategic Command, and attack nuclear submarines are under the command of the Naval Fleet Command.

    According to the classification rules proposed by Wang Chenhao, nuclear submarines are divided according to their mission and weapons.

    Strategic submarines are specially used to perform strategic missions, and their main mission is to attack the opponent's land strategic targets (cities, military bases, transportation hubs, etc.).  Attack submarines perform operational and tactical missions.  It mainly conducts mobile naval battles, including escort, anti-submarine warfare, attacking surface ships, laying mines, reconnaissance, transporting frogmen, etc. It can also attack close targets on land.

    The main attack weapons of strategic submarines are medium- and long-range ballistic missiles and intercontinental missiles, most of which are nuclear warheads.  Torpedoes and anti-aircraft missiles are self-defense weapons.  Therefore, strategic missile submarines serve as a country's deterrent force and are a powerful weapon to improve the country's status and ensure national security. They are placed under the command of the Strategic Command.

    The main weapons of attack submarines are torpedoes, cruise missiles, mines, anti-aircraft missiles, frogman transport cabins, etc.  If necessary, with the consent of the Strategic Command, it can also be equipped with nuclear torpedoes, nuclear missiles and nuclear mines.

    Because the weapon carrying platforms and combat purposes are different.  The displacement of strategic missile submarines of the Chinese Empire is defined as at least 8,000 tons.  The water surface has strong ability to withstand wind waves and sea surges.  There is a stable nuclear missile launch platform.

    Since Wang Chenhao finally became the Holy Judge, the dispute between the General Staff and the Navy ended naturally.  Regardless of whether both parties are happy or not, Wang Chenhao's will cannot be changed.  As a result, the Strategic Command and the Naval Fleet Command began to prepare their own nuclear submarines.

    In the early days of World War II, the Chinese Empire commissioned the Nautilus, the first Yuan-class nuclear submarine, in accordance with new regulations.  The USS Nautilus nuclear submarine is classified as an attack nuclear submarine and belongs to the Department of the Navy.

    Therefore, the Navy Department subsequently based on the Nautilus nuclear submarine.  It is planned to continue to build the remaining 17 Yuan-class nuclear submarines in 20 years to cooperate with the Navy's 99th Fleet, that is, each aircraft carrier battle group will be equipped with two attack nuclear submarines.

    The USS Nautilus nuclear submarine has undergone five years of sea trials. The Naval Administration Administration has made in-depth discussions on various performance indicators of the USS Nautilus nuclear submarine and the necessary innovations to adapt to future wars. On this basis,  , the follow-up Yuan-class attack nuclear submarine design was soon released.

    In order to adapt to the needs of the Cold War between China and Germany.  The Imperial Chinese Navy will start building four Yuan-class attack nuclear submarines in the next five years. In fact, it is to accumulate experience.  After the Lushan-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group forms combat effectiveness, the corresponding electronic equipment will be greatly improved. At that time, the Navy will start building a subsequent series of Yuan-class attack nuclear submarines.

    FourAll Yuan-class attack nuclear submarines are similar. Taking the cn-ssn-703 Sturgeon as an example, the boat is 84.9 meters long.  It is 9.6 meters wide and has an underwater displacement of 4,300 tons. The power plant is the same as the Nautilus. In order to reduce noise, it uses a single-axis propulsion method. The maximum underwater speed is 30 knots and the number of personnel is 127.  For the first time, this class of boats uses high-strength Chinese special steel labeled hy-280, which increases its safe diving depth to 300 meters. In fact, the maximum diving depth can reach 410 meters.  In terms of propulsion system, it uses three sets of main, auxiliary and emergency devices for the first time.  Its torpedo tubes were reduced to 4, increasing the number of spare torpedoes, 6 more than the Nautilus, reaching 54.

    ??The nuclear attack submarine has a ready-made Nautilus for reference, so the progress is very smooth.  However, for strategic nuclear submarines, the progress is much slower.  This is reflected in the installation of ballistic missiles currently in service in the Chinese Empire on nuclear submarines, which requires changes in all aspects.

    According to the naming rules of the Chinese Empire¡¯s warships, strategic nuclear submarines are uniformly classified as the Ming class.  Still named after the fish.

    The Ming-class strategic nuclear submarine was finally designed and completed in the 49th year of Guanghua, and the first batch of four ships was built.  Name the four famous fishes of the Chinese Empire respectively, cn-ssn-801 Yangtze River Shad, cn-ssn-802 Yellow River Carp, cn-ssn-803 Songjiang Perch, and cn-ssn-804 Taihu Whitebait.

    Taking the finally built Silver Fish strategic nuclear submarine as an example, the boat is 116.3 meters long, 10.1 meters wide and has a draft of 8.8 meters.  The water displacement is 6100 tons and the underwater displacement is 7670 tons.  Cruising speed is 16 knots on the water and 28 knots underwater.  The standard diving depth is 213 meters, the maximum diving depth is 302 meters, the self-sustaining capacity is 60 days and nights, and the rated number is 132 people.

    The power plant of the Silver Fish uses an S5W2 pressurized water reactor manufactured by Beiyang Heavy Industries Electrical Branch.  The main engine is a gear reduction steam turbine manufactured by Southern General Electric Company, with a power of 16,400 shaft horsepower.

    The main weapons and equipment are 6 533mm hydraulic red-head torpedo launch tubes with 48 ammunition.  The 16 "Julang" ballistic missile launchers are arranged vertically in two rows, with 8 in each row.  It uses the Julang-1 intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 3,200 kilometers.  However, due to the poor progress in the development of the Julang-1 ballistic missile, in fact, most of the time the Silver Fish strategic nuclear submarine was in service, it was not equipped with ballistic missiles for actual combat.  This has also become a top military secret of the Strategic Command of the Chinese Empire. It even hid it from the Imperial General Staff for seven years. It also successfully deceived the German intelligence organization into believing it and feared the strategic nuclear submarines of the Chinese Empire.  many years.

    In order to blockade the German Alliance and NATO, the Chinese Empire, in addition to preparing a powerful naval force for what is actually a naval blockade, has once again put the island chain blockade strategy on the agenda.  Since this trick was very effective against the United States at that time, it was also used by the Chinese Empire to deal with the German Federation.

    The Chinese Empire joined forces with the member states of the Warsaw Pact to massively expand military bases in the United Kingdom, Iceland, Alaska, Turkey, Kuwait, Armenia, Cyprus, Gibraltar and other places, surrounded Europe from all sides, and began to deploy nuclear weapons, making the Chinese Empire's Mistral series  Nuclear missiles can directly strike European countries, and their military intentions against the German Federation and NATO are very obvious.

    With such high-profile military preparations, it is impossible for the German Alliance and the NATO group to remain peaceful.
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