At this juncture, the large-scale air strikes in Operation Desert Storm have basically come to an end. The next step is for the multinational forces to launch a larger-scale ground offensive into Iraq. The air raid at this stage was considered a vigorous one. Qi Yiming sat in the rear to observe the action and thought that the performance of the pLAR air force was remarkable.
More importantly, during the entire operation, no matter whether it was the Air Force, Navy or Army, the PLA did not damage a single life or a major piece of equipment, which was also the envy of experts and military colleagues from various countries.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????In addition to establishing the reputation of PLA as a courageous and capable fighter, the biggest actual beneficiary is of course Qi Yiming himself. A battle of this scale resulted in nothing but experience points. Every day Qi Yiming squatted in the office and watched the number of experience points keep rising, feeling a sense of satisfaction and happiness in his heart.
When Operation Desert Storm was officially terminated, a new message appeared on Qi Yiming's main control computer: Congratulations to the main controller for winning "Desert Storm", and the rewards are as follows:
Airspace superiority stealth coating and absorbing material technology is unlocked. The use of the above technology can increase the capability of existing stealth units by more than l times. The Black Hawk fighter's B6 can reach 00l square meters at 20 kilometers.
2. Randomly provide a red police force division-level unit with a star increase in combat power.
3. As rewards, 16 Type 052 destroyers and Type 052 frigates will be given.
In Qi Yiming¡¯s opinion, the three rewards are not that big, at least they are much worse than the magical things like freezing space that he got when he got married, but some of them are also more practical. For example, the stealth technology of the secondary red alert base has never been very mature. In fact, many of the existing stealth technologies come from the contributions of black technology research centers, and are not much different from the stealth technologies of the American BARp at the same time. This obviously makes Qi Yiming not particularly satisfied. This time the base has unlocked two key stealth technologies, stealth coating and absorbing materials, which will inevitably greatly improve the air force's combat capabilities.
What makes Qi Yiming somewhat regretful is that although the stealth technology has been unlocked, the two types of stealth fighters independently developed by the Republic, the J-2E and J-L, are still not in the list that can be manufactured by the base. However, with the three stealth weapons of the J-LL Black Hawk, Strong Defender and Boom Century, Qi Yiming was generally satisfied.
The second reward increases the combat star rating of an entire division-level unit. Qi Yiming really wants to add it to San Pei, but he has fifty divisions under his command now, so the chance of it being San Pei's turn is slim. Some of them finally fell on the 2nd Red Alert Division. Except for 3 Pei, the other 49 Red Police Divisions are all designated as the Red Police XX Division. Each division is basically a large establishment of 240,000 people, and the equipment is terrifyingly powerful. Every five divisions form an army corps, which means there are as many as 10 Red Alert Army Corps directly under Qi Yiming.
At this time, the Red Alert Corps was already similar in size to the pLAR spoon. Originally, Qi Yiming did not dare to recruit Red Alert soldiers anymore, but later the emergence of cryogenic space allowed him to recruit them unscrupulously and then send them into the cryogenic space as a piece of equipment. Reserves are sealed. Maybe such a large-scale force has no place on earth, but Qi Yiming is still playing this hamster game very nervously.
The last reward for Qi Yiming was more helpless. A total of destroyers and frigates, for a medium-sized naval power, already felt like a windfall from heaven, but the base sent 05 and 05 series. Although these two types of ships are known as 05E port 54 and have made many improvements on the original version, they are ultimately new wine in old bottles.
The appearance of the 05E-54 is almost the same as that of the original version. The changes are mainly reflected in the weapon system and avionics system. Their top-plate three-dimensional radar has been updated, and the detection range has been increased by about 30%. The 052 has changed from Thorn-l The missile was upgraded to the Thorn 4 long-range air defense missile, and the 052 increased the hangar area so that it can park two 2 helicopters. Both ships have also added fire channels and can guide B missiles to attack different air targets at the same time. The 052 has made more improvements in anti-submarine warfare, using towed sonar and other equipment with a larger detection range and higher sensitivity.
Despite these improvements, these two warships are still not comparable to the 052 and 054 currently in service in the PL Navy.
Originally, Qi Yiming thought that the navy had little interest in these two types of ships, which were neither new nor old. However, Navy Commander Li Jing still took over the twenty-four warships from Qi Yiming.
Qi Yiming asked Li Jing why he wanted these things, and Li Jing replied: "Don't you think our equipment replacement speed is too fast? Now our battleships are already 052, 0545, and 056, and many people are dissatisfied with us. Our understanding is still at the level of 05 and 05. The ships we equipped before are suddenly no longer used for two or three years. This is always a doubtful thing. Retaining a certain number of old ships can make People can see that we have a development process, which will be more convincing.¡±
Basically, these old first-class warships originally used by the navy were used for military aid, and the main target was the Nanyang Republic. Of course, the Navy of the National Defense Force of the Nanyang Republic is no different from the PL Navy. The ships are basically covered. Of the 05 given to them, only two ships can be seen.??His were all blocked in the secret military port by Qi Yiming using a crack generator.
In order to take this ship into active service, the Navy even returned some already used ships to Qi Yiming. Qi Yiming vaguely guessed that the navy would rather replace the old with the new. On the one hand, the new ship can be obtained from Qi Yiming whenever he wants it, so it is not really sent away. On the other hand, because a large number of ships need to be kept secret, they cannot be sent out for too many ocean training. This is like a young man who suddenly owns a Rolls-Royce but is prohibited from driving it on the street. If this is the case, the young man would rather drive a Rolls-Royce. The Porsche 9lI can then be shown off. The psychology of the Navy is actually roughly equivalent to this.
Maybe using 05, 05 and 052, 0545 to go out for ocean training is completely different. At least it cannot train sea-based anti-missile, cannot train to resist fleet saturation attack, etc., but it is still better than sailors squatting in the military port as a fleet presence. At present, the Navy has hundreds of main battleships, but its deployment rate is not high, which really makes the Navy scratch its head.
In the end, Li Jing and other senior naval officials also figured out that they would rather use slightly inferior ships, but be able to go out for more training. As time accumulates, their more advanced ships can also be used. There is another key factor. Judging from the equipment level of 05 and 05, it may be slightly worse than the Ticonderoga-class cruiser, but it is still a strong fighter in the world, with balanced air defense, anti-submarine and anti-ship combat capabilities. , it would be considered a luxury to use it in other countries.
Qi Yiming planned to directly recycle the 54AI frigate that he originally kept, and build a 056 cruiser and a 052 destroyer for use by his own Red Alert Fleet.
Taking this opportunity, the Navy also readjusted the rules for naming ships and hull numbers.
Class I warships include aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, and arsenal ships, which are mainly named after provinces. The second category of warships includes cruisers and destroyers. Cruisers are named after provincial capitals, municipalities, and special economic zones, while destroyers are mainly named after second- and third-tier cities and larger cities. The third category of warships is frigates and corvettes, which are named after fourth- and fifth-tier cities (prefecture-level cities). The naming method of other ship types remains unchanged.
In terms of hull number, certain adjustments have also been made: the prefix "l" means destroyer, the prefix "2" and "-" means conventional submarine, the prefix "4" means nuclear submarine, the prefix "6" and "6" means frigate, the prefix "7" means missile frigate, For minesweepers and other small and medium-sized miscellaneous ships, the prefix B means supply ship, and the prefix 9 means landing ship. Training ships use four-digit hull numbers, small boats under 60 tons use five-digit hull numbers, and main battleships above 10,000 tons use two-digit hull numbers.
The scale of this adjustment is actually quite large. The names of some battleships will be adjusted. For example, the destroyer Kunming, which is participating in the war in the Gulf, will be transferred to a cruiser, and her new name will be Yancheng, which originally belonged to The name of the frigate.
This time the adjustment of the ship names is actually a last resort. For example, the Type 056 cruiser will eventually be built to three units, and the Type 052 will be equipped with only dozens of large and medium-sized cities, which is not enough to handle. The situation is similar for frigates. The total number of classes 054 and 056 reaches 10, and some names of frigates will obviously be raised for destroyers. For example, Ningbo, Yantai, Wenzhou, Zhenjiang, etc. used to be the names of frigates. Because the cities were larger, they were upgraded.
The same goes for the hull number. The frigate level is bound to exceed 10 spoons. This is mainly because the number of light frigates will be very large, so just giving them the prefix 6 is obviously not enough. The navy of minehunters, frigates, etc. has already If it is no longer equipped, it would be appropriate to give it to the frigate.
The Navy is very realistic this time. The five-year naval development plan they compiled will expand the fleet at the rate of cruisers, destroyers and frigates every year. Many of the ships previously provided by Qi Yiming were returned and sealed because they could not be taken out for training openly. The Navy retained 2 05637 052s, 6E 0545s, and 6 05s as the main surface combat ship size. In addition, the Navy also plans to build a Type 75 nuclear aircraft carrier and a Type 75 amphibious assault ship within five years.
Compared with the previous period when the navy was at its peak, it is incomparable, but it is more practical and easier to carry out tasks on a global scale.
Qi Yiming also saw from this incident that the military is increasingly interested in breaking away from the magical but abnormal behemoth of the Red Alert Base. Relying on the Red Alert Base, many defense companies have obtained essential benefits. With the progress, many high-tech weapons can be manufactured, and now the country's economy is developing rapidly, and the military has a lot of gold and dollars in its hands. Under such conditions, the military hopes to get on the so-called right track.
"They probably thought that one day without the red alert base, the huge country and army could still operate effectively." Qi Yiming didn't mean much to this. He positioned himself more as a guide. Now in On this road, the country can already run on its own without support, and it no longer has to deliberately provide anything.