To the South China Sea? ”

Hearing Captain Zhang's words, Chen Ming asked in a little surprise. Why are you doing this in the South China Sea? It is not an easy task for the army to move across defense zones and military regions, let alone such an eye-catching big guy as an aircraft carrier.

"Yes, and it's not one of us, but more than twenty ships in formation."

Captain Zhang forcibly suppressed a sneering smile and tried to keep himself serious.

"Aircraft carrier battle group?!"

Chen Ming was stunned by Captain Zhang's words. I only finished the training subjects of the aircraft carrier on the ship on the front foot, and even the last one has not yet been accepted for taking off and landing at night on the ship, and the aircraft carrier battle group has been brought out on the back foot?!

Especially when Chen Ming heard the news of more than 20 ships, he was even more shocked. In terms of scale, this should be the largest single-nation maritime force buildup in the Western Pacific region since the end of the Cold War, with the exception of the Bald Eagle Navy.

With the exception of the Seventh Fleet, where Bald Eagle was lying next door in Yokosuka, there was no country in the vicinity that could form such a battle group.

"Yes, battle groups. This trip to the South China Sea is not just an action of our fleet. Entering the Marine District of the Eastern Fleet, it will join their destroyers, and then enter the South China Sea to join the ships of the Southeast Fleet. ”

Captain Zhang said affirmatively.

"Of course, this trip to sea has a test of the maximum speed of any. If it's not convenient for you to take off and land at night, you can postpone it for a while. But if you can't fall at the normal cruising speed, don't blame me for taking you Chen Ming. ”

"Yes, don't worry! Captain, do you think we're going to sea this time for the other side to see? ”

After two months of intensive training in this field, Chen Ming is now full of confidence in the subject of night take-off and landing. Even I am confident that I will complete this subject, and after completing all the acceptance of the ship subject, I can be regarded as truly having the qualifications of sea-based aviation.

"Eh, you stinky boy. Remember, we are training for the run-in of our own aircraft carrier and the rest of the ships. Something else, we don't know, understand? ”

When Captain Zhang heard Chen Ming's words, his face turned pale. It's just that there is a bit of a "no silver three hundred taels here" flavor in these words.

"Yes, understood!"

Chen Mingqiang replied with a smile and left the captain's room.

Chen Ming came out of the captain's room and walked on the aircraft carrier. Now that the order has been given, the officers and men of the entire ship are busy with great interest.

Nearby, there are also officers and men who are on rest before going to sea and waiting to get off the ship, and the officers and men in charge of logistics are busy carrying and counting supplies.

Chen Ming suddenly got free again. Now that the aircraft carrier is berthed, it is naturally impossible to talk about training. His family members are also in the south, and he doesn't need to say goodbye.

Two days after salting the fish, the aircraft carrier officially set sail.

As the aircraft carrier slowly sailed out of port and into the open sea. One destroyer after another from the North Sea Fleet is slowly joining the formation, and the stars are firmly protecting the aircraft carrier in the middle of the formation.

Chen Ming did not go to the flight deck to watch the process of regional ships merging into the formation, but observed the command process of a formation commander sent down from above in the war room.

Although he is 108,000 miles away from the captain, he is fine. As the old saying goes, learn and live until you are old. Chen Ming, who was sitting in the corner of the war room as a small transparent, thought happily in his heart.

On this voyage, the speed of the entire formation was very fast. Although in front of Captain Zhang, Chen Ming was full of confidence. But after all, now that there are leaders above, Chen Ming still decided to wait for the return voyage to reduce to the normal cruising speed before conducting night take-off and landing training.

At full speed, time flies. When the aircraft carrier formation arrived at the junction of the North Sea Fleet's defense zone and the Eastern Fleet's defense area, the aircraft carrier battle group, composed of more than 20 ships, joined up with the more than 20 destroyers of the Eastern Fleet that had come to meet them for rotation.

At this time, Chen Ming couldn't sit down in the war room. Who has ever seen the scene of more than 40 combat ships gathering at sea at the same time?

When Chen Ming came to the flight deck, there were already rows of officers and soldiers standing in a neat row on the side of the ship. This time the salute was not only a farewell to the ships that had escorted the aircraft carrier before, but also a welcome to the new ships.

Chen Ming didn't go to join in the excitement of the Po Li, and quickly ran back to his flight control room on the ship island. Through the huge porthole in the flight control room, Chen Ming couldn't help but get excited when he saw the scene in front of him.

More than forty ships gathered together, standing on the high point of the ship island, looking over, as if the surrounding ocean was occupied by a torrent of gray-white steel.

The rotation of the frigates in the formation is carried out in the form of one return and one supplement, that is, if one ship withdraws from the formation, one ship will immediately fill the vacancy. The aircraft carrier has always remained in the center of the formation, without missing a flaw.

This kind of rotation method that is as steady as an old dog once again brought Chen Ming an indescribable shock. Chen Ming has always known the status of aircraft carriers in the hearts of the Chinese people. But maybe after a few years on the aircraft carrier, I don't have the enthusiasm or excitement I had when I first met.

And now, although this is the first time that the aircraft carrier has sailed in the open sea, it is still in the territorial waters of our own country. In the presence of more than 40 ships, the higher-level leaders still chose to use the slowest but most secure way to rotate the ships in formation.

This kind of attention reminded Chen Ming of his previous expansion when he was directing night take-off and landing training. His face flushed with shame, but fortunately, no one else was present in the flight control room now, and no one noticed this.

It took nearly three hours for the formation to complete its rotation. Accompanied by the whistle of the ship, the aircraft carrier, escorted by a new batch of warships, continued to move south.

Although this is the first time that an aircraft carrier has sailed away from its own defense area, it is also the first time that it has sailed away from the inland sea training area. But the biggest difference between sea and land is that even though the hydrological properties of the two seas are very different, the scenery seen on them is the same.

Of course, that kind of stormy scenery, Chen Ming said that it is better to see it or not.

I don't have to see the scenery, let's train, and there is a leader above. In addition to some daily take-offs and landings during the day, Chen Ming doesn't dare to touch them at night. What if the landing fails at full speed of the aircraft carrier? That's shameless.

"Report!"

"Please come in!"

In the flight control room, the last carrier-based aircraft was recovered. Chen Ming, who was drinking coffee with salted fish, heard a loud roar from outside the door, and subconsciously answered.

"Kiko, why are you here? Is there something wrong? Go, go out and talk. ”

Chen Ming was a little surprised to see Jiang Xizi suddenly come to him. Since he brought Jiang Xizi to the aircraft carrier, he has never taken the initiative to find himself, and this time he suddenly came, could it be that he encountered some difficulties in life?

"It's fine. It's just that it's not going to the South China Sea soon. You say, will the old platoon come? ”