； The north wind competed with the waves on the sea, and the strong waves crashed against each other. Striking the white waves and roaring, together with the sound of the wind, an impassioned sea march was played, and to the accompaniment of this sea march, a fleet of the Chinese navy was breaking the waves. From time to time, the ship would sink under the crest of the waves, and the deck would be soaked with the waves. But there is no doubt about the fact that all the officers and men of the fleet took this turbulent sea as normal. In the cold wind of the Yellow Sea, they exercised their will and fighting skills.

This is already the second day of the naval exercises, and the Chinese Navy's exercise fleet has been adrift in the Yellow Sea for almost a day, and this bad sea condition began last night. Until now, there is no end in sight. In addition, the weather is getting worse and worse, and it is not possible to conduct military exercises according to the original plan. Now no one can guarantee it. The only thing the officers and men could do quietly was to steer the warship and continue to advance towards the intended interception area until they saw the "enemy fleet" that simulated the attacker. ”

It was supposed to send reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter the "enemy fleet." tracks, but no kind of plane can take off in such sea conditions. So. The position of the "enemy fleet" is actually the "enemy fleet" itself reporting to the intercepting fleet.

Standing on the open-air bridge of a large destroyer, Shen Honglie was wearing a raincoat, looking to the east through the crest of the hill-sized wave, but he didn't see anything, and turned his head to look west, and the small aircraft carrier was also undulating in the crest and valley. In such sea conditions, aircraft carriers completely lose their value as airfields for maritime activities. Shen Honglie is now completely sure. In such sea conditions, such a small aircraft carrier with a displacement of several thousand tons is simply impossible to carry out operations, but needs the full protection of the escort fleet. That small aircraft carrier is the first experimental aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy, the Bohai Sea. Number. And five days ago. The aircraft carrier has just completed sea trials. This military exercise is also the first military mission of this new warship, which is converted from a seaplane carrier, because of the extremely fast modification. Even the Admiralty was very surprised.

As for the large destroyer that Shen Honglie is now on. It is another masterpiece of Chinese shipbuilding, the ship "Chang'an" in the "Gudu-class destroyer". bow

With the "Naruto level." Destroyers compared to the "Gudu class." The destroyer has a larger displacement of one and a half thousand tons. The combat effectiveness is also stronger, and it is possible to install ship guns of a larger caliber. And the range is also longer, but this is not the fundamental difference between these two destroyers, the fundamental difference between them is. The "Narujo class" was built in full accordance with the old shipbuilding specifications, and although the displacement was the same as that of the "Gudu class", the construction period was the same as that of the "Gudu class", compared to the "Gudu class" with a larger displacement. The main reason for this difference is that the "Gudu class" adopts a new shipbuilding specification. Not only does it use welding technology, but it also uses the same modular structure as the "general-purpose merchant ship", which allows different hull sections to be built in different shipyards. It is then brought together by water transport and welded to complete the final hull assembly.

The ships manufactured under this new shipbuilding code are built extremely quickly, which can ensure the manufacture of the same type of ships in large quantities in wartime, and this shipbuilding code has been proven to be extremely effective in the European war, and it is the general-purpose merchant ships built by Chinese shipbuilders that helped Britain defeat Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare.

However, in the specific use, this new type of shipbuilding has also exposed some problems. The main reason is that the hull structure is relatively thin, compared to the riveted hull. Welded hulls can cause structural defects due to stiff jointing workmanship, which can lead to hull breakage and shipwreck, especially in cold seas, where the British merchant fleet lost four of these vessels in the European War. Two of them sank. The other two were scrapped.

Because of this, the navy has some concerns about this new shipbuilding specification, so at the beginning there were only two orders, one of which was "Chang'an." At present, these two large destroyers have completed sea trials, and were immediately sent by the Admiralty to participate in this naval military exercise, the purpose of which is to test the performance of this new destroyer. See if the hull is enough for combat duty.

In order to test the performance of such a large destroyer, Shen Honglie personally boarded the "Chang'an". He led the fleet to escort the "Bohai" aircraft carrier to the sea area where it was scheduled to intercept.

Now is the high sea state, and it is a good time to test the quality of the structure of such a large destroyer. Since yesterday night, Shen Honglie has been paying close attention to the sailor's report, and so far, everything is normal. The welds at the time of those welding are intact, obviously. The welding process is well controlled, because most of the structure of the hull is welded, "Chang'an. can maintain a larger payload at a lighter dead weight, compared to the Naruto-class destroyer's spikes, which do take up a lot of payload.

He was relieved about the warship, but Shen Honglie was now worried about whether the exercise would be held on time. The reason why the Admiralty chose to hold military exercises before the start of the Spring Festival is because this area is usually calm at this time of year. But now, the weather is a little abnormal, the wind and waves are getting stronger and stronger, and the sea conditions are also bad

"Report to the Commander! There is a light signal ahead! ”

A naval officer walked up to Shen Honglie's side and shouted loudly.

The voice fell, a wave came, and the bridge was a mess again, and the officer was drenched without a raincoat.

"Little I know."

Shen Honglie nodded and glanced at the officer's embarrassed appearance. said: "Tell the fleet to meet it, and call the radio to contact it to see if it is necessary to change the exercise area?" As for you, hurry up and change into dry clothes so that you don't catch a cold. ”

"Small is".

The officer saluted and stepped back.

Shen Honglie also walked back to the cockpit. At this time, the warship shook violently from side to side, standing in the cockpit, Shen Honglie had to hold the handrail with one hand and hold the telescope with the other. Look to the east. Only when the warship is pushed up by the crest of the wave. Shen Honglie was able to see the participating fleet on the eastern sea that played the role of the "enemy fleet", which consisted of four large warships, and it was the "Green Forest" and "Red Eyebrows Yanmen Juyong". They actually played the role of the British battlefleet, and as for the fleet commanded by Shen Honglie, the largest warship was the aircraft carrier "Bohai", with a full load displacement of 6,000 tons. The second is the cruiser "Hai Analysis" with a standard displacement of 4,300 tons, and the "Sea Analysis" is ranked after the "Hai Analysis" is the "Sea Capacity, Sea Depth". The rest is the destroyer, and the flagship is the "Chang'an" that Shen Honglie is riding. destroyer, not that aircraft carrier.

What surprised Shen Honglie was. He soon realized that the imaginary enemy fleet on the opposite side was not four large warships, but five large warships, which made him a little strange, so he immediately gave an order to combat readiness, after all, the telegram sent to him by the Admiralty yesterday also said that the imaginary enemy fleet had four warships.

But soon Shen Honglie's doubts were dispelled by a telegram. The telegram was the flagship of the imaginary enemy fleet "Green Forest." According to the contents of the telegram, the reason why the hypothetical enemy fleet would have five warships was because there was a Japanese battleship mixed in, which was the battleship "Ise", which was completed two years ago, and the captain of the ship, Kanji Kato.

The reason why the "Ise" will appear in the Chinese exercise fleet is that the Chinese side agrees. In fact, the Japanese Navy battleship had come to observe the Chinese Navy's exercises, but the Admiralty did not inform You Honglie, only the commander of the hypothetical enemy fleet, Lu Ping.

Although he also knows that under the current international situation, it is indeed necessary for China to strengthen cooperation with Japan to confront the European powers, but as a naval soldier, Shen Honglie is more Chu, Japan is too close to China, and Japan's ambitions are too strong, so for Japan, we must maintain some vigilance and not raise tigers. At worst, it may not necessarily have no purpose of spying on the reality of the Chinese Navy.

As a matter of fact, Shen Honglie guessed correctly, the main purpose of the Japanese Navy sending the battleship "Ise" to observe the Chinese Navy's exercises was to spy on the reality of the Chinese Navy, especially the reality of the two aircraft carriers.

Now that the Japanese Government has decided to vigorously display its naval strength, not only with battleships and battlecruisers as the main combat force, but also preparing to build aircraft carriers, I heard that the Chinese Navy has actually built two experimental small aircraft carriers, and the Japanese Government has a little itch in its heart, so it took advantage of the opportunity of the current exercise of the Chinese Navy in the Yellow Sea to do everything possible to observe this exercise, so the "Ise" was sent over.

Now, on the "Ise", not only the captain of the ship, Kanji Kato, is looking out at the "Bohai Sea." aircraft carrier, and by his side there was another Japanese naval officer watching the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier, which was rising and falling in the waves. This man's current name is Yamamoto Isoroku, but before, his real name was Takano Isoroku.

In the last Sino-Japanese Northeast Asian War, Takano 56 became a prisoner of war of the squadron ** team and spent some time in a prisoner of war camp, and after the war, Takano 56 was released. After returning to Japan, he was ordered to retire from the Japanese Navy like the Japanese prisoners of war, and left the Japanese Navy to find a job as a clerk in a trading firm.

Because he had been a prisoner of war, Takano Isoroku was also regarded as a coward in the navy, but he was not depressed by this, on the contrary, after learning from the pain, Takano Isoroku decided to write a book. To point out the direction for the exhibition of the Japanese Navy, so, last year, he published a book "Marine Strategy and New Equipment", which talked about the value of aviation in naval warfare, and after that, the tactical value of British aircraft carriers was also proven by the European war, so, under the personal care of the naval elders, Takano 56 rejoined the Japanese Navy, and was introduced to the old Yamamoto family of the old long-net clan, and became the righteous son of the Yamamoto family, and since then changed his name to Yamamoto 56, and thus made steady progress in the Japanese Navy.

Now, Yamamoto Isoroku is Kato's staff officer, and he is also the Japanese judge who observed the exercise, and Yamamoto Isoroku made an evaluation of the tactical value and combat effectiveness of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers. A report is then formed. Submitted to the Command Department of the Japanese Navy. As an important strategic reference document.