Chapter 1064: Chittagong
Chittagong is located on the northeast shore of the Bay of Bengal, above the equator, bordered by the Indian Peninsula to the west, the Indochina Peninsula to the east, Myanmar to the north, and the Indian Ocean to Sumatra Island in the south, and the Gulf of Siam and the South China Sea through the Strait of Malacca. Written in the 16th century, the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is a natural harbor of extraordinary strategic significance, when all kinds of strategic goods are flowing into India, Burma and China through it.
Because this is about to become the aircraft carrier base of the Chinese Navy, the military port has been replaced with Chinese soldiers, and the thousands of people brought by Chen Shaokuan have already arrived in Chittagong, and under the command of Stilwell, they have taken over all the defense of Chittagong, and the follow-up troops are still marching here.
According to Jiang Haoran's plan, the navy must complete its rearmament within three months and must form combat strength by the end of the year, which is undoubtedly a big challenge for an army that has no experience in aircraft carrier operations.
Stilwell returned to Imphal the next day, and the two aircraft carriers on the mission also had to send the officers and soldiers of the United States to Midway, complete the handover process with Nimitz, and then return to Chittagong, so it would take a few days to come back, which meant that Jiang Haoran still had some time to leave in Chittagong.
Taking advantage of the past few days, Jiang Haoran traveled all the areas around Chittagong, and took a group of staff generals to draw maps and measure everywhere.
Ten days later, the "Zhongshan" and "Jiezhong" aircraft carriers entered the port, the blue sky and white sun flags on the flagpole were hunting, and the navy soldiers on the shore lined up to salute the soldiers who had returned triumphantly.
When Chen Shaokuan and Yang Honglie walked off the deck with a group of staff officers, the officers and men on the shore and on the aircraft carrier all had tears in their eyes and their expressions were agitated.
The Chinese Navy is burdened with too much humiliation and blood and tears, and they are too eager to have their own aircraft carriers, and at this moment all this has finally become a reality, and these iron-blooded men have mixed feelings in their hearts.
When Chen Shaokuan walked in front of Jiang Haoran, he was already in tears, stood still in front of Jiang Haoran, stood up and saluted very formally, and said in an almost choked voice: "Commander-in-Chief Jiang, on behalf of the Chinese Navy, I thank you, without you, there would be no Chinese Navy today, and there would be no two aircraft carriers behind you." At the same time, thank you for fulfilling my dream of aircraft carriers, you can rest assured, as long as I Chen Shaokuan still has a breath of air, I will definitely drive these two aircraft carriers into the China Sea! ”
Of course, Jiang Haoran could understand the agitation in Chen Shaokuan's heart at this time, in fact, he was not excited. Quickly stepped forward, and as soon as he grabbed Chen Shaokuan's hand, Jiang Haoran smiled and said: "Brother Houfu (Chen Shaokuan) is serious, I believe you will be able to bring out a steely navy, but this is not enough."
Jiang Haoran said and pointed to the narrow coastline, and continued: "I also want you to build this place into a first-class military port, and at the same time, I also want to correct you, you are not two aircraft carriers in your hands now, but four. ”
"Yes, by next year there will be four." Chen Shaokuan smiled knowingly, and thought that Jiang Haoran was referring to the fact that the United States would have to return two aircraft carriers of the same level to China next year, although Jiang Haoran would return the two aircraft carriers in advance, but the lease contract did not stop, and the contract expired next year, and the "rent" of the United States would have to be paid.
Jiang Haoran didn't break it, waved his hand to Chen Shaokuan, and motioned for him to go back to the headquarters.
Along the way, Chen Shaokuan and Yang Honglie talked about the experience of this expedition, which really benefited a lot and sighed a lot, and at the same time praised Nimitz for the authenticity, and promised to equip the aircraft carrier with the same cannons, and all of them are the latest, F6F Hellcat carrier-based aircraft are currently only thirty, but within a month, there will be a hundred more to be shipped, and various torpedo planes and dive bombers will also be supplemented accordingly.
In this regard, Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, and told them that Nimitz gave them much more than that, and there would be a group of naval backbones to help train the army, so that they could become familiar with aircraft carrier operations as soon as possible and quickly form combat effectiveness.
As soon as they heard that there was such a good thing, the two of them were immediately overjoyed, but after the joy, Chen Shaokuan looked a little worried. Although there are aircraft carriers in front of us, there is no shortage of commanders of various arms and grass-roots units, and logistics bases are also guaranteed, these aircraft carriers alone are still unable to form combat effectiveness, and a standard aircraft carrier battle group must also have a certain number of submarines, cruisers, frigates, destroyers, and a corresponding number of transport and supply ships.
In this regard, Jiang Haoran showed his signature smile, and happened to walk in front of the convoy outside the port, Jiang Haoran patted Chen Shaokuan's shoulder and motioned him to get in the car, and these questions will be discussed back to the headquarters.
The convoy galloped on the road for nearly half an hour, entered a mountainous area, and after ten minutes stopped, a magnificent complex of buildings appeared in front of everyone.
This was originally the headquarters of the British army in Chittagong, and now it has been fully taken over by the Chinese army, and on the green grass square, a blue sky and white sun flag is waving in the wind, and the Chinese officers and soldiers shuttling between the buildings can be seen everywhere, with a momentum of stepping on the right track and being in order.
The crowd of people who followed Jiang Haoran into a building in the center, took the elevator to the top of the fifth floor, and entered a spacious room, with a huge sand table on the ground in the center of the room, and the topography, roads, and buildings of Chittagong jumped on it, like a condensed version of Chittagong.
As soon as I entered the door, a staff officer immediately stepped forward quickly, opened the huge floor-to-ceiling curtains, and a blue sea rushed to my face, the sea under the sun was choppy, hundreds of ships were competing for thousands of sails, countless seagulls were flying freely, and in the military port, two aircraft carriers were quietly moored, and the left and right were the narrow coastline of Chittagong.
"How is it, Brother Houfu is still satisfied with your headquarters?" Jiang Haoran spread out his hands and smiled at Chen Shaokuan.
"Oh" Chen Shaokuan seemed to be startled, and replied in a hurry: "Satisfied, satisfied, so satisfied." ”
Jiang Haoran showed a smug smile on his face, and then waved at Mei Xin, Mei Xin seemed to understand, quickly opened the black document bag she was carrying, took out a document from it and handed it to Jiang Haoran.
Jiang Haoran didn't answer, and casually pushed Chen Shaokuan, who had already come to look in front of a high-powered telescope, and said, "Brother Houfu, don't be busy looking outside, let's see the big surprise I gave you?" ”
Chen Shaokuan turned around, took the document from Mei Xin's hand, and said casually: "What, this is?" ”
After only a glance, Chen Shaokuan's expression suddenly became nervous, and even his breathing was a little short, and then the document began to shake in his hand, making the staff officers around him a little overwhelmed, not knowing what kind of document this was, which actually made the commander-in-chief of the navy, who had always been calm and calm, so agitated.