Chapter 1467: 1468 postpone action
After sending Chu Muzhou away, Tang Mo summoned Marshal Loew, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Loew reported to Tang Mo on the current situation of the navy's development. Marshal Bernard was unable to return to Chang'an because he was personally supervising the construction on Long Island, so This reporting work was handled by Loew.
“The modification of the aircraft carrier is very difficult. The entire deck needs to be reinstalled, and the interior of the battleship also needs to be partially modified.” After Tang Mo asked the question, Loew briefly introduced the difficulties encountered in the aircraft carrier modification work on Long Island.
While flipping through the information, he said to Tang Mo: "The power unit needs to be replaced with the latest model, and the oil depot needs to be cleaned at the same time. This will take a certain amount of time."
This time the aircraft carrier returned to port for modification, the amount of work was indeed huge. It's almost like building a new aircraft carrier, and the workers are busy working overtime.
Although these aircraft carriers were previously designed with angled decks, the shape does require certain modifications in order to allow these new aircraft carriers to adapt to the presence of flying sharks.
The supporting lifts naturally need to be replaced. After all, these lifts were previously prepared for ghosts. Now that they have been replaced with heavier flying sharks, the power naturally needs to be increased.
Mentioning the Flying Shark, Loew also talked about another important equipment of the aircraft carrier: "In addition...the four catapults of the aircraft carrier must use the latest models. After all, the weight of the carrier-based aircraft has increased, and the latest early warning aircraft uses new models. The weight of the radar has also increased a lot.”
Tang Mo also knew that the modification of the aircraft carrier was not a small project. Even though many conveniences had been reserved for the modification before, there were still a lot of troubles in the actual operation.
“There won’t be any large-scale military operations in a short period of time, so the construction schedule doesn’t need to be too tight.” Tang Mo gave a plan to slow down the transformation: “We can only maintain the fleet size of four aircraft carriers next year.”
According to Tang Mo's plan, the four aircraft carriers that have undergone modernization and modification at Longdao will return next year. At that time, the Tang Navy will only maintain the size of four aircraft carrier fleets, and the remaining six aircraft carriers will then enter the dock for refit.
However, this is equivalent to telling the whole world that the Tang Navy is not ready for war, and the time to plot the Eastern Continent will have to wait two years at the earliest.
God knows what will happen in these two years. At least two years are enough for many countries on the Eastern Continent to build their coastlines into reinforced concrete iron walls.
"But Your Majesty, if the status quo is maintained next year, all the army's landing plans will have to be re-drawn." Loew reminded Tang Modao.
In fact, there are many people in the army who are looking forward to fighting back to the Eastern Continent. These people originally followed Tang Mo in Bunas. Now they have become rootless duckweeds in the Western Continent. Naturally, they hope that Tang Mo can Set foot on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and become the master of the world.
Only in this way can they who came from the Eastern Continent have a foundation, and can they have a guarantee that they will not be gradually eliminated by the natives of the Western Continent who joined the Tang Dynasty after joining the Western Continent.
"Is there any difficulty?" Tang Mo looked at Loew. He knew very well what the old people around him were thinking, but he really didn't have any extra strength now. At the same time, he was preparing for a huge landing operation to attack the Eastern Continent.
In the past six months of the Tang Empire, money was being spent everywhere. Even though Tang Mo was as wealthy as he was, he was already feeling the pressure. His private treasury was stretched thin, and the Tang Empire's funds were also somewhat tight. There is no other way. Dozens or hundreds of power plants are often built, and tens of thousands of kilometers of railways and roads are built. Hundreds of factories are going up, hundreds of towns are laying cable networks...
This is no joke, no matter how stubborn Tang Mo is, he cannot prepare for a war while building a country.
"The staff estimates that for every month of delay, the defense intensity in the coastal areas of the Eastern Continent will increase by 10%. If it exceeds 50%, then the materials and troops required for the landing will have to be recalculated." Loew got right to the point.
"According to the intelligence we have, all countries are strengthening their coastline defenses. Their investment is relatively primitive, most of which are trenches, bunkers and various support facilities." Loew took out another piece of information and asked Tang Mo explained.
"Every month, there will be new airports and radar stations that need to be suppressed and destroyed, and there will be new shore artillery positions that need to be paid attention to. This will inevitably increase the difficulty of landing." After he finished speaking, he paused and waited. Tang Mo's instructions.
Tang Mo also fell into deep thought. He really did not have the ability to prepare for war while building the Tang Dynasty, but he also did not want the battle to return to the Eastern Continent to become very **** and cruel.
Although Tang's satellites can identify most coastal defense facilities, Tang's advanced aircraft can also destroy targets that appear to be very solid, but once these targets become numerous, it does become a challenge.
This is a very simple truth: even if a T-34 tank is placed on the street, it is still a tank. It is much more threatening than a taxi, and it is definitely not possible to leave it alone.
However, it is obviously not cost-effective to use a large number of anti-tank missiles to destroy such tanks. Although expensive missiles can easily kill such targets, the cost is indeed too high.
Today's Eastern Continent, countries around the world are just like placing T-34 tanks on the coastline. Every once in a while, there will be more T-34s on the coastline, and the Tang Army will invest more power to clean up these low-value targets. .
It cannot be left alone, as it is expensive to deal with, and may even increase troop casualties. The accumulation of these things is indeed a trouble.
"I think our national strength and military strength should develop faster than the other side. If they build a bunker on the border, we will have an advanced fighter jet in service. In this case, wouldn't it be beneficial to us to wait? "A few seconds later, Tang Mo broke the silence and asked Loew.
Loew also thought carefully for a while, and then replied: "I agree with your Majesty's point of view. Postponing the attack time can indeed make us more fully prepared. The enemy has one more day to prepare, and we have one more day to prepare... And we One day is worth much more than the enemy’s day.”
However, he still cautiously reminded Tang Mo that war is not a simple numerical calculation: "But Your Majesty, military morale must also be taken into consideration. If the enthusiasm of the troops to fight is ignored, once morale is deflated, it will not be easy to pick it up again." ”
Tang Mo nodded, thought about it carefully, and then said to Loew: "I need time to think about it. You can make a new plan to postpone the battle and come up with it as a backup."