Chapter 117: Hope of Haiphong

On the vast expanse of sea, countless seagulls dived from the high sky, and arrows shot toward the water. This is a group of birds who like to chase sea ships, preying on their prey in the waves swaying by the sea ships.
A strange 10,000-ton sea ship is rising from the horizon of the sky. The first thing I saw was a tall ship island. After a long time, the sea ship was getting closer and closer. I can see the whole picture. The island outside the ship was empty.
"Find the target!"
The sonar soldier of submarine No. 2 first discovered the sea ship in the far distance. Judging from the characteristics of the sonar, it was the target of this escort.
"Ascent to the periscope."
The young captain suppressed the excitement of 26932417065. As one of the several submarine captains on this mission, he was eager to see what he escorted. This is the first time that the submarine troops have been dispatched as a whole. Ten submarines have been dispatched just to this ship.
"How is this ship a bit like ..." When the captain of No. 2 boat looked at the distant sea vessel from the periscope, he couldn't help but wonder. The appearance of this ship was exactly the same as that of the aircraft carrier on the textbook. Did the government buy it back? An aircraft carrier?
"Each boat has its own position. The mission begins now. The sonar soldiers pay attention to the listening route, and the torpedo room is ready to launch at any time." After Commander Ding Jialing issued the order, the second submarine, like other submarines, combined distance and near , Escorting the entire ship to the destination.
Looking at the real 10,000-ton-class "sea ship" not far away, Dingjialing had some expectations and was confused. Naturally, at his level, this 10,000-ton ship was actually an aircraft carrier, only to return to Horseshoe Bay. The naval base, the later targeted outfitting and sea trials will be completed within half a year, that is to say, from 1928, the southwest government will have a modern aircraft carrier. Although the number of small ships is much smaller than that of a large group in the West, it has broken the record of zero.
Are aircraft carriers and submarines better or worse? Are the two competing or cooperating with each other? Ding Jialing thinks a little far away. With the financial resources of the Southwest Government, there will never be a large-scale naval plan. The model of air defense ships and aircraft carriers, plus submarines, will become the naval development idea of ​​catching up with Western powers in the future. Limited military expenditures will inevitably have a focus. Ding Jialing is both worried that the performance of the submarine forces is not enough to share the big cake of naval military expenditures, and that the aircraft carrier is not performing well. The People ’s Army, which lacks cruisers and battleships, is also in crisis. .
"Report to the captain, Kunming has sailed to the intended area."
On the bridge of the island, Wu Cunyi, the captain of the Kunming aircraft carrier, is looking at the Haiping Line, holding the hand of the railing tightly, feeling everything is so real, from a college student at Southwest University to the Navy that was established in 1920 The college went to the United Kingdom three years later and successfully entered the Royal Naval Academy to study abroad. After half a year of apprenticeship, he just returned to China. In the United Kingdom, he deeply felt the grief of the Chinese people's defenselessness. Not to mention beating out, he couldn't even keep it. In the years of studying abroad, he also suffered from white eyes. Some students from Japan or British students Discrimination made him study hard, and eventually graduated with the first place in the current year and returned to China. All this seems to be yesterday, but now he has stood on the first aircraft carrier in the southwest. He had already taken off his ordinary clothes and replaced them with the latest matching navy uniforms of the Southwest People's Army. The blue and white uniforms were so sacred. Brand-new military uniforms seem to herald a new Chinese navy.
"Generating electricity to the headquarters and General Zhang, said that everything was ready, and requested that the exercise begin."
Although the key equipment has not been outfitted, the covering on the Kunming has been completely removed, revealing the bevel-shaped flight deck, and the most on the deck are staff dressed in blue and yellow, busy arranging blocking cables. And anti-shock net.
"Mr. Zhang, that is the Kunming!"
When the 301 destroyer finally sailed to the intended area, Zhang Shusheng could see the Kunming in the distance with the naked eye. The standard displacement of more than 17,000 tons, although it is only a Japanese medium-sized carrier class, but because of adopting some advanced design concepts and supporting the use of angled flight decks, effective advanced take-off and landing aircraft, newly developed carrier-based aircraft blocking So, wait. This makes this aircraft carrier of less than 20,000 tons quite different from the aircraft carriers of this era. It is 243.6 meters long and 34.5 meters wide. Even when construction started, it had to place an order under the guise of an American shipping company in Hong Kong. There are also many difficulties encountered. Before the Shanghai shipyard imported a key component, it only produced a 10,000-ton-class ship. This large ship with a standard displacement of 17,540 tons, if it does not have the new equipment introduced and the participation of some overseas Chinese workers, after purchasing some important components including steam turbines, it can be completed within three years to enable it to sail back. Guangxi coast.
"Yes, it has already begun to take shape." Zhang Shusheng nodded, but was thinking about some things about the development of the navy. It has to be said that the overall technology in Southwest China needs to develop for another ten years. For example, such a large steam turbine unit cannot be produced in the southwest. It is not because there is no technology, but it is still in the laboratory stage. Fortunately, there is a dollar in hand. Through the operation of the United States, I finally found a boss who only recognized the dollar as a in order to make money and bought this advanced set of turbines. For at least two or three years, southwest China must follow this import route to build large ships. However, when everything is in a hurry, he can only increase investment in research and development, and strive to produce the final results after three years with the design drawings and talents in place. "let's start."
"Woo ..."
As soon as the order was issued, the Kunming first sounded the sirens of the sky. It rang through the clouds, and the 301 ship was not behind. While the sirens were sounded, two bright red flags were rising on the two ships.
This is the banner passed by the Southwest People's Army at the end of 1926. On the bright red flag, in the upper left corner is a huge yellow pentagram, and below it are two crossed rifles. The entire military banner looked very shocking. From a distance, it looked more like a skull flag. When Zhang Shusheng first saw the teacher from Southwest University who came up with the design, he was very satisfied.
"Salute!" Sailors standing on top of the ship also changed into navy uniforms and raised their hands to salute the temple. Although the two warships are not full, and even the Kunming currently has just over 300 people (the aircraft carrier that has not been outfitted does not need so many people), it is definitely the first sailor on the southwest.
"Chief Commander, the carrier-based aircraft has taken off from Horseshoe Bay Haiphong Airport !!" The communications staff reported in a timely manner. Two minutes later, the captain of the 301 destroyer Ge Yunsheng approached Zhang Shusheng, saluting, "Report the commander, the radar is working normally, and the signal was accurately captured after the fighter took off."
Zhang Shusheng was overjoyed when he heard what he said. Radar is really a good thing. It is indeed an auxiliary weapon for future wars. Although he has gone through many simulation experiments, he was very pleased to have this radar designed by Tesla himself on a warship and to stand the test of the exercise. The good news is to tell the 71-year-old old man as soon as possible when he is back, and he needs some success as inspiration. Looking back at the captain of the destroyer 301, Ge Yunsheng, nodded, "Except for the escort, the destroyer exercises will continue as usual."
"Yes!" Ge Yunsheng didn't wait much, returned to the command room, and instructed the destroyer's departments to do their own exercises, such as air defense tactics with radar.
Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Shusheng finally saw a few small black dots quickly approaching from the telescope. Cloudless clear skies, the fighter planes in the southwest approached at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then lined up over the 301 destroyer and the aircraft carrier Kunming at low altitudes. Everyone, including Zhang Shusheng, saluted the sky with the most standard military salute. The fighter jet then rose and began to circle around the sky.
"Reporting Chief, Kunming has made all preparations and requested the fighter plane to land !!!" A powerful voice from Kunming Captain Wu Cunyi ， came from the intercom, with the excitement of great restraint, the kind that will soon witness the naval formation ceremony Even Zhang Shusheng was infected.
Kunming has adjusted its course, waiting for the birds in the sky to return home.
"I am Zhang Shusheng. The landing exercise is now under way.
Order, the fighters that originally flew in Skyrim first flew out a J-1 fighter. This hj-1 fighter is the first generation of fighters in the southwest. After years of continuous improvement, it is already a very Mature carrier-based aircraft.
The HJ-1 ship number 1 was piloted by Liao Yuanhang, the leader of the naval carrier-based air force unit. I saw that the smart warplane first adjusted the direction. After two standard simulations of the ship's movement, the warplane was pulled up again. Then, from a direction that was already calibrated, dived at a large angle and dived down to the huge flight deck.
"Om ..."
The whole scene was surprisingly quiet. There was only the sound of the sea and the sound of warships and fighters. Everyone took a breath, for fear that there would be any problems with the ship.
Liao Yuanhang stared at the getting closer and closer Kunming flight deck in the cabin. At this time, he had no choice but to succeed. Taking a deep breath, he took out his many years of training skills, from land simulation to ship, to lake simulation to ship. Today, he is extremely skilled in both theoretical knowledge and practical operation. He will finally lead the team in The real aircraft carrier was on board.
"Bang ..." With the low voice of the ship, the plane landed smoothly on the deck, and then taxied along the flight line on the flight deck. Then, the fighter slammed, but it was under the belly of the hj-1 carrier The hook was caught by the blocking cable ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The plane suddenly slammed, decelerated quickly, and then stopped steadily.
Wow! For a time, the people on both warships could not help applauding, almost everyone cried happily. As a navyman, although it is more than half a year before the aircraft carrier can truly become an army, the successful landing of carrier-based aircraft has proven that the new naval era belonging to the Chinese has begun.
"The chief commander, all the landing exercises went smoothly, No. 1 successfully landed, No. 1 was not damaged, and the entire Kunming ship worked normally."
The communicator heard the nearly happy roar of the captain of the USS Kunming Wu Cunyi, yeah, good news, great news.
Zhang Shusheng didn't answer, but stood alone silently, looking at the Kunming in the distance, thinking about it a lot: he smashed the pot to sell iron, almost struggling, and finally created the first aircraft carrier belonging to our Chinese. The first one is there, will the second one be far behind? The Chinese people ’s coastal defense has been full of blood and tears for hundreds of years. Let me use Zhang Shusheng's countless aircraft carriers and fighters in the future to announce our Chinese new coastal defense to the powers.
The new era of coastal defense, which belongs to the Chinese, is bound to be an offensive coastal defense that scares everyone. (Octave it