Even if the captured super dreadnought battleship, a light cruiser and a destroyer are all repaired, the naval fleet formed by the Yueyang Front is still a little weak, you must know that in the world of the Tang Empire and the world of the Han Kingdom, the naval strength under Su Yi can all dominate the first position in the world.

However, with the many warships of the Tang Empire and the Great Han Kingdom, Su Yi had no way to get the world on the side of the Great Qin Kingdom, so Su Yi could only think of other ways to enhance the strength of the navy under his command.

Su Yi said to Sun Guodong, deputy commander of the Yueyang Front Army: "Those warships of the Ice Lion Country Navy that were sunk by the Air Force Independent Division, the sunken locations are all close to the port, and it should be relatively easy to salvage, find some professionals to evaluate the sunken warships of the Ice Lion Country Navy, and see which one still has the value of repair, now we have no other way to get the warships, we can only pick up some rags and build the navy first." ”

Sun Guodong nodded and said: "The number of warships in our hands is too small, if we can salvage a few sunken warships of the Ice Lion Navy, it will be precious for the naval fleet we are about to build." ”

Su Yi pondered for a moment and then said, "Can the Minggang Shipyard transform a large transport ship or a large passenger ship into an aircraft carrier?" I can get a large number of carrier-based aircraft with good performance, and if the Minggang Shipyard can transform a few aircraft carriers, our Yueyang Front will immediately be able to have a naval fleet with good strength, even against the aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy. ”

Today, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has 30 aircraft carriers built independently, named as a Wasp-class aircraft carrier by Su Yi, with a full load displacement of 42,000 tons, a maximum speed of 28 knots, and can carry 48 Bamboo Dragonfly fighters, 36 Black Butterfly bombers, 36 Moth torpedo bombers and 6 Ladybug reconnaissance aircraft, a total of 126 carrier-based aircraft.

Bamboo Dragonfly Fighters, Black Butterfly Bombers, Moth Torpedo Bombers and Ladybug Reconnaissance Aircraft are also carrier-based aircraft independently developed by the Tang Empire, because the technology of these carrier-based aircraft, some of which come from the world of the Han Kingdom, make these carrier-based aircraft get to the world of the Great Qin Kingdom, and they can even reach the world's top level in terms of comprehensive performance.

Su Yi had long considered the formation of a naval fleet dominated by aircraft carriers in the world of the Great Qin Kingdom, so he had long ordered several aircraft factories in the Tang Empire that could manufacture four types of carrier-based aircraft, and increased the number of production of the four carrier-based aircraft, and now in the world of the Great Tang Empire, the four carrier-based aircraft have been hoarded a lot, with a total of more than five thousand, and the number is still growing.

"Commander, then I'll have someone contact the Minggang Shipyard right away to see if the Minggang Shipyard has the ability to convert a large transport ship or a large passenger ship into an aircraft carrier?"

"I'll give you the performance parameters of a few carrier-based aircraft in my hand for a while, and the transformed aircraft carrier doesn't need any requirements in other aspects, as long as it has a flight deck of sufficient length."

After a pause, Su Yi said again: "In addition, order all the provisional armies that have entered the Northwest Region and the Northeast Region, and strive to completely drive the Ice Lion Country army out of the Northwest and Northeast regions by the end of this month!" ”

"Commander, who will be in charge of this navy that has been formed?"

"Ask Ding Haifeng, deputy commander of the provisional 8th Division, would he like to return to the warship? If Ding Haifeng is willing, he will be the commander of our Yueyang Front's independent fleet! ”

Ding Haifeng was originally the captain of a former dreadnought battleship in the Northeast Fleet of the Great Qin Navy, and the former dreadnought battleship commanded by Ding Haifeng was blown up and sunk in the port by the carrier-based aircraft of the Ice Lion Country and the Great Qin State just after the war between the Ice Lion Country and the Great Qin Kingdom.

Ding Haifeng then led the naval officers and soldiers on the warship, directly turned into infantry, and fought with the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom from the northeast to the capital Yueyang City, and finally Ding Haifeng and the remaining naval officers and soldiers under his command were all absorbed by Su Yi.

With the continuous expansion of the army under Su Yi, and Ding Haifeng made it clear that he was willing to be loyal to Su Yi, and now he has been promoted to the deputy commander of the provisional 8th Division, and he can be regarded as a high-level officer in the Yueyang Front Army.

After Ding Haifeng received a telegram from Sun Guodong, deputy commander of the Yueyang Front, he immediately telegraphed back and expressed his willingness to serve as the commander of the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front.

As the second largest shipyard in the Great Qin State, Minggang Shipyard has three 50,000-ton docks, two 40,000-ton docks, four 25,000-ton docks, four 15,000-ton docks and more than 20 docks of less than 10,000 tons.

Minggang Shipyard is second only to Honggang Shipyard in Aonan Province in the southeast region in terms of scale and technical strength, and now Honggang Shipyard is still in the hands of the Ice Lion Navy.

Because the Ice Lion State is preparing to completely annex the northeast region of the Great Qin State, after occupying the Minggang Shipyard, not only did it not destroy the Minggang Shipyard, but also transported a batch of advanced shipbuilding equipment from the Ice Lion Country, and upgraded the technology of some large docks in the Minggang Shipyard, and the workers and engineers of the Minggang Shipyard did not suffer from the persecution of the Ice Lion Army, and now the Minggang Shipyard is equal to intact and fell into the hands of the Yueyang Front.

On the morning of April 12, 2539, in a conference room of the Minggang Shipyard, Ding Haifeng, who had just become the commander of the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front, asked Zhang Mingsheng, the chief engineer of the Minggang Shipyard, with an eager face: "Chief Engineer Zhang, can our Minggang Shipyard transform a large transport ship or a large passenger ship into an aircraft carrier according to the commander's requirements?" ”

Zhang Mingsheng, chief engineer of the Minggang Shipyard, said with a wry smile: "General Ding, we are also old acquaintances, and I will say some things directly, according to the requirements of Commander Su, it is not difficult to transform a large transport ship or a large passenger ship into an aircraft carrier, but this kind of simple aircraft carrier does not have any survivability at all, and it may only take a 500-kilogram aerial bomb to blow up and sink this simple aircraft carrier." ”

Ding Haifeng did not change his sad face because of Zhang Mingsheng's worries, but said with joy: "Great! In this way, our Minggang Shipyard can completely transform large transport ships or large passenger ships into aircraft carriers, and our independent fleet will soon be able to have aircraft carriers! ”

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng shook his head and said, "General Ding, this kind of simple aircraft carrier is easy to sink. ”

Ding Haifeng said with a smile: "The commander has already said that no matter how many such simple aircraft carriers can be transformed by the Minggang Shipyard, the commander will be equipped with a sufficient number of carrier-based aircraft, and the independent division of our air force of the Yueyang Front has promised to support the independent fleet of 500 pilots with combat experience and 2,000 flight trainees, as long as the independent fleet has enough carrier-based aircraft, it will not let the enemy's naval fleet and bombers get close to the aircraft carrier battle group of the independent fleet!" ”

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng hesitated for a moment and said: "If this is the case, then in the process of transforming large transport ships or large passenger ships, we don't need to consider other aspects, we only need to consider the length of the flight deck, and we can even use wood instead of steel plates to lay the flight deck of aircraft carriers." ”

Ding Haifeng nodded and said: "The wooden flight deck is also fine, but it is best to install some anti-aircraft weapons on the modified aircraft carrier, at least in the face of the enemy's fighters, it cannot be without a little resistance." ”

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng immediately said: "There is no problem in installing some anti-aircraft weapons, and now there are 12 large transport ships and six large passenger ships in Minggang Port, which are suitable for transforming into simple aircraft carriers, and if the flight deck is laid with wooden planks and then work day and night, then at the end of this month, our Minggang Shipyard will be able to provide the Independent Fleet with four improvised aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and in five or six months, we can almost deliver the remaining 14 improvised aircraft carriers to the Independent Fleet." ”

The twelve large transport ships and six large passenger ships in the port of Minggang were originally owned by the Navy of the Ice Lion Kingdom, and after Minggang was captured by the Yueyang Front, these large transport ships and large passenger ships fell into the hands of the Yueyang Front.

Ding Haifeng said with a smile: "Then please ask Chief Engineer Zhang, we have also captured a lot of large transport ships and large passenger ships in other ports along the coast of Northeast China. ”

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng sighed and said: "As long as the Independent Fleet does not dislike this kind of aircraft carrier that is transformed by large transport ships or large passenger ships, we at the Minggang Shipyard will definitely renovate as many as possible." ”

Ding Haifeng then asked, "Chief Engineer Zhang, how long will it take for the Ice Lion Navy's Super Dreadnought Battleship Xingchen to be repaired?" ”

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng pondered for a moment and said: "Although the injury of the Star Super Dreadnought Battleship is not too serious, it will take two months to completely repair the Star Super Dreadnought Battleship, but the destroyer with a displacement of 1,000 tons can be repaired by the end of this month." ”

Ding Haifeng then asked: "Are those ice lion navy warships that sank near the port of Minggang still worth salvage?" ”

Zhang Mingsheng said: "There is a heavy cruiser and a destroyer, both of which were sunk because of serious flooding, and only these two warships can be repaired after being salvaged, and the other sunken warships have no value for salvage." ”

Ding Haifeng nodded slightly and said: "If we can salvage and repair a sunken heavy cruiser and a destroyer, plus another captured light cruiser, our independent fleet can have a super dreadnought battleship, a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser and two destroyers in the future." ”

Zhang Mingsheng said: "The light cruiser captured in another port arrived at our Minggang shipyard the day before yesterday, but the power system of this light cruiser was seriously damaged, and it may take longer to repair this light cruiser than to repair the Star Super Dreadnought battleship." ”

Ding Haifeng said with some emotion: "It's a pity that the independent division of the Air Force fought too hard, and the warships of the Ice Lion Navy sunk in other ports have no salvage value, it seems that in the future, our independent fleet can only count on those modified aircraft carriers." ”

In an office in the Admiralty building in Ice Lion City, Prime Minister Zahar said to Admiral Mochka in a deep voice: "I am not here today to hold accountable for the fiasco of the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Squadron, but to study the impact of such a cabose defeat of the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Squadron, after all, the fiasco of the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Squadron, both the Cabinet and the Admiralty have unshirkable responsibilities. ”

Admiral Mochka sighed and said: "Admiral Lorit, the commander of the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation, has already sent a telegram to our Admiralty and Cabinet, hoping that the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation can be evacuated from the coast of the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, it is our hesitation that has harmed the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation!" ”

Prime Minister Zahar said with a wry smile: "Due to the rapid defeat of our Ice Lion Army's army in the northwest and northeast regions of the Great Qin Kingdom, our cabinet has been subjected to considerable pressure from the major domestic conglomerates, if the Cabinet and the Admiralty order the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Group to withdraw from the coast of the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, the people from those major conglomerates will definitely make even more trouble." ”

After a pause, Prime Minister Zahar continued: "I just didn't expect that the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation would lose so badly in the face of the attack of the air force under the command of the Yueyang Front, and the entire Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation was left with only one aircraft carrier, two dreadnought battleships, two light cruisers and four destroyers. ”

Admiral Mochka hesitated for a moment and said: "Prime Minister, although our cabinet and the Admiralty have to bear considerable responsibility for the fiasco of the fourth aircraft carrier group, but in the current situation, the cabinet and the Admiralty really can't take responsibility anymore, otherwise the voice of the cabinet will be even louder, and now only Admiral Lolit will bear this responsibility." ”

Prime Minister Zahar sighed and said: "The current situation can only make Admiral Lolit feel wronged, once our cabinet falls, the situation facing our Ice Lion Country will become even worse, I hope Admiral Lolit can understand the distress of the cabinet." ”

Admiral Mochka said: "Prime Minister rest assured, I have communicated with Admiral Lolit by telegram, and Admiral Lolet is willing to take the initiative to take responsibility for the fiasco of the fourth aircraft carrier formation for the benefit of the entire Ice Lion Country." ”

Prime Minister Zahar breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Please tell Admiral Lolit that the country will remember his contributions, and after the fourth aircraft carrier group is rebuilt, the position of commander will still be Admiral Loret!" ”

Admiral Mochka then said: "Prime Minister, this time the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation can be described as a nerve-wracking injury, and the Admiralty hopes that the Cabinet will allocate a special fund to build a new batch of warships, including a medium-sized aircraft carrier, to supplement the losses of the Fourth Aircraft Carrier Formation." ”

"There is no problem, the Cabinet will send this money to the Admiralty's account as soon as possible, and the Cabinet hopes to replenish the fourth aircraft carrier group with a new large aircraft carrier."