Imperial Kodeshi Navy

The Imperial Kodeshi Navy or IKN (: 帝國山河海军;Dìguó shānhé hǎijūn), is the of the Empire of Kodeshia it is the branch of the Imperial Armed Forces of Kodeshia. It has an estimated of 240,000 active personnel and 155,000 in the reserve. It has 413 active-duty warships, 336 aircraft and 36 auxiliary ships.

History
The Imperial Kodeshi Navy's origins can be traced back to the early 13th century, when the Kodeshi Emperor, Emperor Zhen Long ordered the construction of the first war fleet of the empire. The fleet was based on a three line division which was used to organize the imperial navy by the emperor. This strategy was based on that the Imperial Navy is divided into three, line, or flotillas. These three divisions are organized into six fleets each. The six fleets are organized in turn into three legions, with eight ships per legion. It is noted that this military strategy is still used today as it was when the Kodeshia Empire was founded.

While the fleet is organized in three lines and six flotillas, it is also organized into three regiments and six legions. Regiments are formed from divisions while legions are formed from regiments. All regiments are assigned to a line while all legions are assigned to one of the six flotillas. Three Legions form a cohort and are the backbone of the Imperial Kodeshi Navy. There are 10 Cohorts in the Imperial Kodeshi Navy. There are two Legions at the Imperial Kodeshi Navy Academy and two more in reserve.

The naval expansion reached it peak during the Zhou dynasty and then suffered a series of losses to the rising naval power of Akiteiwa. After a naval treaty was agreed between the two powers dividing the oceans into spheres of influence this left the Kodeshi navy with a focus to the southern Kesh trade routes. By the 1500s the state of Qingcheng which was part of the Zhou empire rebelled against was they saw as over taxation and enforcement of their merchant trade routes. This conflict with greatly weaken the Zhou dynasty and drain the resources of the navy. Leading to the Liang dynasty taking over in 1531. The next hundred years were spend on costly land campaigns by the new Liang dynasty stamping out any rebel forces or opposition.

This allowed ships of Artemian Imperialist forces grow in power within the region. By 1655, the Liang Empire came into direct conflict with Tiperyn forces around the Yuhai Islands. The war was a total defeat with the badly overstretched, undermanned, underfunded and uncoordinated naval forces of Liang Empire no match for the powerful Tiperyn fleet of galleons and their well-trained musket forces. During this era the navy was not a separate entity and proved largely inadequate against pirate raids and the Tiperyn forces.

As a result of this defeat the Emperor sought to build new naval force to reclaim the islands, some efforts were put forth in this area but the Emperor died soon after in a hunting accident and efforts stalled. Further Emperors were more concerned with inland affairs and the navy remained and unfunded and generally coastal and anti-piracy force. Slowly though calls for reform were heard and by late 1700s some efforts towards a sizable fleet were put forth. The next major change was the ironclad era when by the 1870s the nearly total destruction of Selengerian forces by Akiteiwa's new iron fleet and Beifang's forceful opening of Kodeshia's ports with its iron ships led to considerable modernisation efforts.

The modern Imperial Kodeshi Navy (IKN) was founded in June 1875 and had a total of 11,600 naval personnel and 300 coastal defence vessels. The IKN became a strong naval force of the Empire when they joined the Imperial Navy in the early 20th century, in the aftermath of the Kodeshi-Beifang war of 1907. It was also under the direction of Admiral X, who was also the first commander of the newly reformed IKN.

In the first place, the navy attempted to increase the number of its ships, with a view to its expansion. The third naval armament supplement programme was to increase the number of X-class armored cruisers, and the 3rd expansion of 1892, which was followed by the introduction of the third programme.

In the second place, the navy wanted to upgrade its ships by installing modern gun-armed and armoured ships. The third expansion was also to be followed by the introduction of the second supplement programme, but the third supplement programme of 1892 was not enough to upgrade the navy, and this led to a discussion on how to improve the current ships.

In addition to the 2nd expansion of the second supplement programme, the new armaments expanded and improved the firepower of the ships and the quality of naval weapons. Moreover, the shipbuilding in the Yu'an region increased the shipbuilding capability of the Imperial Kodeshi Navy, which led to the emergence of the IKN's shipbuilding capabilities. By the beginning of the Kodeshi-Beifang war of 1907, the Yu'an region had emerged as a naval shipbuilding area, which led to the Imperial Navy moving its shipbuilding facilities in the Chenghai area.