Puzhou, Jungang District.? With {dream} small ◢.1a

It was the largest commercial port in the eastern part of the empire, and it was once the largest military port, but it is still the largest and most complete shipbuilding base in the empire.

In the past few decades, the world's largest shipbuilding industry system has been built around Puzhou Port.

All the materials and equipment needed to build a large aircraft carrier can be found in an area of 300 kilometers centered on the port of Puzhou, and all the important upstream factories are built on the railway and the port, and the secondary factories are close to the main road.

To say that the shipbuilding capacity of the Puzhou area alone has surpassed that of any other country outside the Nuland Federation.

In peacetime, most of the ships built here were merchant ships.

In wartime, it must be dominated by warships, and almost all of them are capital ships.

At this moment, on the slipway in the innermost shipbuilding area of the harbor, there are four capital ships under construction, and they are all close to launching.

Even if they were more than a dozen kilometers away, they could feel the tremendous sense of oppression of the four capital ships.

Of course, there is also the question of perspective.

The battleship was on the slipway, and the slipway was already a lot higher than the water, and after the battleship was launched, the part below the waterline was below the water.

In other words, the battleship on the slipway must be more majestic than after launching.

There is no doubt that they were four capital ships with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

If it is delayed until next year, even if it is the end of this year, when a few large aircraft carriers are put into service, those guys in the Narrow Yi Imperial Kingdom may not dare to challenge the Liang Xia Empire after eating leopard guts.

On this planet, there are only two countries that can build four large aircraft carriers at the same time, and there is only one that can actually do so.

A second-rate power like the Imperial State of Sakuyi, even if it is not bad for money, its industrial strength is not enough.

What's more, four fast battleships are being built at the same time!

Not to mention the Narrow Imperial State, even the Nuland Federation, it will only be able to fight after mobilization.

"Whew-"

After the whistle sounded, Bai Zhizhan took his gaze back.

I am here today not to visit the capital ship under construction, but to welcome the "Yokoe".

Now, the "Yokoe" has entered the port and is slowly heading towards this side.

It is also a matter of angle, looking at the deep-water pier near the floating dock where Bai Zhizhan is located, the damage to the "Hengjiang" is not serious.

Actually, it's in the wrong direction.

When the "Yokoe" was pushed down the top of the barge and turned around, Bai Zhizhan saw the huge "patch" located on the right side of the aircraft carrier's hull, near the waterline.

It was a few steel plates that were stacked on top of each other and welded together.

This is something that cannot be helped, the damage caused by the torpedo is too serious, and a large hole with a length of more than 20 meters is torn in the hull, and there are no such large steel plates at all, so many steel plates can only be put together in a stacked way, and then welded together to plug the leaking gap.

In addition, the steel plates were actually removed from the flight deck.

Although it was not completely blocked, after arriving at Chengjiang Port, only the part below the waterline of the hull was repaired, and the steel plate that was temporarily plugged was not disassembled, but the water inlet speed has been controlled, plus the temporary addition of several pumping machines, there is no need to worry about sinking.

The four barges were dispatched together, and it still took a lot of effort to send the "Hengjiang" into the floating dock.

By the time it was fixed, the floating dock began to drain its water, and it was already afternoon.

At this time, the first batch of personnel boarded the "Hengjiang". It was not Bai Zhizhan who fought them, but the engineers and foremen of the Puzhou Shipyard.

According to the arrangement, they will first conduct a survey of the "Yokoe", and then give a general answer.

Bai Zhizhan took the second barge, and by the time they boarded the "Hengjiang", it was already dark, and it was almost time for dinner.

After boarding the aircraft carrier, the damage was even more invisible.

"Yokoe" was hit by only one aviation torpedo, not bombs, except for a few dismantled steel plates, the flight deck was intact.

However, there are still traces of damage management after the injury.

In addition, the deck near the island was stained red, perhaps with blood, or from fluids such as coolant and hydraulic fluid leaking from the aircraft.

Of course, it has long been done.

Inside the island, it was even more of a mess, with bandages piled up in a corner that had not been taken away, and the rancid smell emitted was disgusting.

"The people of the Southern Fleet are too lazy, right?"

Hearing this, Bai Zhizhan turned his head and glared at Zhou Yongtao, asking him to pay attention to his words. It's not that I'm afraid that the wall has ears, but it's too rude.

The Southern Fleet was the first to be bombed, and twelve capital ships were heavily damaged, where could they afford to take care of other warships?

Besides, how long has it been?

The Southern Fleet must have sent people to clean up the "Hengjiang", such as disposing of dangerous items such as ammunition, but because the manpower is really limited, it is not very thorough, and there are still many places that have not been taken care of. During repairs, the shipyard will do a major cleaning of the battleship inside and out.

Bai Zhizhan didn't walk around, but only walked around the ship island.

Although he lived on the "Longjiang" for more than 10 years, most of the time, Bai Zhizhan's range of activities was on the ship island, and at most he walked on the flight deck. Only during the New Year's holidays and when he happened to go to sea to carry out a mission, Bai Zhizhan would go to the cabin on the ground floor with a red envelope to comfort those officers and soldiers who were still sticking to their posts, send them a red envelope, and say a few words of encouragement.

If you want to say, it's just a bargain.

Maybe there is no such custom in the north, but in the south, those who can receive red envelopes during the New Year's festival are sure to have good luck next year.

The army to the north, the navy to the south.

In customs, too.

If it was in wartime, Bai Zhizhan would not go inside the battleship.

Encourage the officers and men at the grassroots level, that is the job of the captain, and it has nothing to do with the commander of the fleet, and it is impossible to do everything himself.

In terms of layout, there is no difference between the "Hengjiang" and the "Longjiang", it can be said that it is the same.

Of course, there are still some differences in the details.

For example, in the bridge of the commander's ship, there is a portrait of Liu Changxun, and there is also a heraldic flag of the Liu family next to it, which is more like a totem painting.

The use of the noble coat of arms is actually not a tradition of the empire, but a tradition of the navy, derived from the ship's coat of arms.

Speaking at the root, it also comes from the West, that is, the ship badge itself evolved from the Western aristocratic coat of arms, and has a strong cultural color.

Bai Zhizhan is not an aristocrat, so there is no such thing on his flagship.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Yongtao went to find the personnel of those shipyards and asked about the results of the survey.

By the time he got back to the bridge, night had fallen.

"How?"

"The situation is not very bad, but it is not optimistic, mainly because the hull damage is relatively serious, and even if it is repaired, it may not be able to achieve the ideal state."

"I can't do that much now."

Bai Zhizhan did not stay, and called Zhou Yongtao to come down from the ship island.

"It's about ten days, and you have to work overtime, and there is no guarantee that it will be repaired, and it can't be shorter."

"I'll go to the factory director later, you remember to contact Zheng Jiangming, tell him the situation here, and ask him to explain the situation to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible."

"No problem, I'll contact him when I get back."

Bai Zhizhan really didn't dare to delay at all, because Zheng Jiangming was still waiting for a reply from his side.