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Chapter 1716 Two Choices

Time unconsciously entered 1939 AD. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Nationalist Government did not know that the Japanese army had changed its expansion strategy, and under tremendous pressure, it intensified its public opinion propaganda offensive and held a military parade in Nanjing.

The mechanized corps has three tank divisions, with a total of 270 Wolf and Leopard I tanks, 380 wheeled armored vehicles, 1,100 trucks and auxiliary vehicles. This is the first mechanized army in the true sense of the national government, and when it was read in Nanjing, it caused a huge sensation, and the Chinese and foreign media reported it, and the whole people were excited, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.

The Japanese army had long been taught the power of the Anjia Army's tank corps in Siberia, and now seeing that the Nationalist Government also had so many tanks and armored vehicles, they couldn't help but secretly pinch a cold sweat, and many Japanese generals who saw the news report secretly admired the wise decision of the base camp.

It turned out that in the second half of December, the Japanese army resumed its offensive in Burma, moved north along the Irrawaddy River, and rapidly advanced to the city of Bea, and the British army lost morale and retreated to Yebaoki and held the key pass of the Rakhine Mountains. At the same time, the combined fleet of the *** Navy actively moved westward, waiting for an opportunity to find an opportunity for a decisive battle with the British Navy's Z fleet.

Compared with the British army, which was defeated in the first battle, it was obviously much more difficult to conquer China, and many generals in North China and Shandong were eager to go to the south to make contributions.

When more than 200 warplanes flew over Nanjing City in a neat formation, cheers of landslides and tsunamis were triggered. After more than a year of continuous expansion, the Air Force has already possessed more than 1,200 fighters, all of which are advanced A25, A26, and B2 bombers; in addition to expanding the scale of the Hangzhou Central Aviation School, the Nationalist Government has also set up branches of the Central Aviation School in Nanjing, Wuhu, Jiujiang, Wuchang, Changsha, and other places, recruiting a large number of flight cadets, and now the Central Air Force has formed a relatively complete pilot reserve system.

In late October, Anyi Group reached a number of understandings with the central government on the establishment of a business.

In the field of light industry, the national government has contributed to the local chaebols, jointly guaranteed by the Bank of China and the Southwest Bank, and purchased relevant machinery and equipment from the South Sichuan Group in the form of installment payment, and set up a large number of cotton mills, silk reeling factories, brick factories, tanneries, flour mills and other enterprises with small investment and quick results.

In the field of basic industry, the capital and equipment of Anyi Group are mainly contributed by the National Government, and the Anyi Group is controlled by Anyi Group to set up power plants, ore smelters, coal washing plants, aluminum plants, cable factories, dye factories, boiler factories, cement plants, fertilizer factories and other heavy industry plants.

Now, factories and enterprises have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and a large number of resources and idle funds of the people have been fully utilized, and a kind of abnormal prosperity has appeared in the war, which has been preached by the propaganda organs of the Nationalist Government as the beginning of industrialization in the true sense of China.

It is precisely because of this series of measures that Chiang Kai-shek's fame has risen unprecedentedly and continues to consolidate his throne as the supreme commander of the Nationalist Government.

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South China, Haiphong, Cat Ba Island Naval Submarine Base.

An Yi stood on the dock with Cheng Guang, Li Weiqing, Zhao Lei, Li Yuzhen, Du Bo and other admirals, anxiously looking forward to it.

An Yi raised his wrist, looked at his watch, turned his head and asked, "When was the last contact?" The time is almost up, there is not even a shadow, there will be no problems, right? ”

Rear Admiral Du Bo, the Minister of Communications of the Navy, replied respectfully: "Chairman, our communication line has been very smooth, they have already passed Bailongwei Island an hour ago, and according to the time, they should be about to enter the port!" ”

Cheng Guang on the side said with a smile: "I think it's a matter of concern...... In this sea area and airspace, airships and ships in the sky are monitored around the clock, and if something goes wrong in this situation, the air force and navy will have to eat the board. ”

"It's really too high to be missed!"

An Yi's expression was solemn: "What the intelligence department got this time is not comparable to ordinary intelligence. The Navy is a high-tech service, and although we have received a large number of French ship designers and skilled workers, they still lack experience in designing and building aircraft carriers, and the design drawings of several aircraft carriers are not very satisfactory!

"The design and modification drawings of the 'Lexington' and 'Yorktown' class aircraft carriers sent by the submarine this time can be said to be the culmination of American shipbuilding technology, which is not a little bit stronger than those aircraft carriers designed by the French. If we can use it reasonably, we can avoid a lot of detours, and the easiest way is to do a transformation of the appearance and put it into construction.

"With the sectional manufacturing method adopted by our shipyard now, the hull can be launched in one year, and it will take another year to install power, armor, anti-aircraft firepower, and radio equipment, and by 41 years, we will have an aircraft carrier formation that truly belongs to us, and initially have the ability to fight in the ocean!"

Rear Admiral Li Yuzhen, Minister of Naval Intelligence, said with emotion: "This time the intelligence department has indeed made great contributions, but there is also the factor of Jewish help. The New York Shipyard and Newport News Shipyard in Virginia have always been closely vetted for personnel, and without the help of Freemasonry, it would be impossible for our intelligence officers to enter the shipyard, and even if they did, they would not be able to reach the core!

"You must know that the design drawings of these ships are very complicated, and there is a room of information involved in just one aircraft carrier, but fortunately, the intelligence officers we mixed in with are also ship designers themselves, and they know which information is important, otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish what is useful to us if a layman goes!

"The New York Shipyard and the Newport News Shipyard in Virginia are the main ship supply plants of the US Navy, not only aircraft carriers, but also battleships, cruisers, and submarines have been built.

An Yi nodded, and was about to say a few words, when he suddenly saw a huge wave on the sea surface of the port, and a huge submarine slowly appeared. This is a Soviet-made K-class submarine with a surface displacement of 1480 tons and an underwater displacement of 2095 tons, with a maximum range of 12000 nautical miles / 10 knots. At present, the Anjia Navy has a total of 22 submarines of this type, all of which have been converted into smuggling ships, and they will smuggle whatever they want to make money. For example, the current hot-selling nylon socks in the U.S. market have been fried to fifteen dollars a pair because of the short supply, and the cost is less than one dollar, which can be said to have ten times the profit, so smuggling nylon socks has become a natural choice.

Vice Admiral Li Weiqing, political commissar of the Navy, pointed to the submarine and said with a smile: "Chairman, look, isn't this safe arrival?" ”

Since most of the submarines produced in the Soviet Union were based on the design of World War I, the K-type submarines had an ugly ship-like shape, completely different from the shape of cigars, water droplets, and whales of later generations. The submarine slowly docked to the dock, and as the sealed cabin at the middle entrance opened, the crew members who were not wearing navy uniforms walked onto the deck one after another, and when they saw An Yi, Lu Guang and others standing on the dock, they hurriedly lined up on the deck, and then saluted together.

An Yi, Lu Cheng Guang and others ascended to the deck through the gangway and shook hands with the crew one by one.

An Yi walked up to a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his expression was a little shy, and after standing still, he asked, "What's your name?" How old is this year? Where's the man? How did you join the Navy? ”

"Report ...... Report, my name is Hu Deqi, 18 years old this year, from Nanchang, Jiangxi, I signed up for the Navy last year! The young man replied excitedly.

"Can you afford to float? That's a good name! An Yi smiled and quipped, and then asked, "Are you used to living in a submarine?" ”

The young man scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I was really unaccustomed to it at the beginning, it was very lonely to take a long flight, I couldn't take a bath, the rest room was very crowded, the air was unusually turbid, it was especially troublesome to go to the toilet underwater, there were six processes, and I had to keep an eye on the water pressure gauge carefully, in case I made a mistake, it was light to flush the back, and it would be bad to pour the sea water in!" Now I'm getting used to it, and I don't feel too bitter! ”

"Nope! You've all worked hard! ”

An Yi shook Hu Deqi's hand heavily, and said sincerely: "We will take into account these practical difficulties, and in the future, the ship will be equipped with tape recorders, and at the same time add more facilities and space, such as more scientific toilets, as well as shower rooms where you can take a bath, etc., and never let everyone down." ”

"Thank you, Chairman, for your concern!"

The young man happily saluted An Yi again.

At this time, the naval officers and soldiers waiting on the dock began to enter the interior of the submarine to carry things, and one by one the tightly nailed wooden boxes were moved out, and An Yi knew that they were filled with film. The film will be sent to the intelligence service, specially cleaned and enlarged, and then restored with drawings, at which point it will be possible to see the real face of the American aircraft carrier.

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That night, the conference room of the Haiphong Port Naval Base.

In front of the conference table, An Yi and a group of admirals each had a thick set of information, watching it in detail, and the conference room was silent, and everyone weighed the weight of these materials in their hearts.

This time I really picked up the treasure.

According to the verification of the ship designers of the Haiphong Shipyard, the design drawings of these warships are indeed first-hand information, and many of the key points of construction have been explained in detail, and what is even more rare is that the power and fire control system data of the warships have been obtained, which is of positive significance for Nanhua to build its own ships, especially aircraft carriers.

There are only two things about aircraft carriers.

Among them, the Lexington-class aircraft carrier is similar to the Akagi and Kaga of the *** Navy, which was originally designed as a battle cruiser, and then changed to an aircraft carrier due to the influence of naval conventions. Its flight deck is 268 meters long, 26 to 28 meters wide, has an average draft of 8 meters, has a standard displacement of 36,000 tons, a full load displacement of up to 50,000 tons, is driven by 16 boilers, has a total power of 210,000 horsepower, reaches an astonishing speed of 34 knots, can sail 10,000 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots, and carries 90 aircraft.

In January 30, the Lexington was ordered to supply electricity to 100,000 residents in Tacoma, Washington, whose hydropower generation had been cut off due to drought.

At present, there are two aircraft carriers of this class, one is the Lexington and the other is the Saratoga, which are the second and third aircraft carriers of the US Navy.

The Yorktown-class aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier model designed and built by US President Roosevelt during the implementation of the New Deal after the economic crisis in the United States, according to the appropriation of the Economic Recovery Act. Two sets of arresting cables are installed at the front and rear of the flight deck, allowing aircraft to land at either end of the flight deck.

The Yorktown-class aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 20,000 tons, a full load displacement of 25,000 tons, a flight deck of 245 meters long, a width of 33 meters, and a draft of 8 meters, driven by nine boilers and four steam turbines, with a main engine output of 120,000 horsepower, a speed of 33 knots, a cruising range of 12,500 nautical miles/15 knots, and a capacity of 90 carrier-based aircraft.

The armor of this class is weak, the hull below the waterline has a considerable degree of defects in the ability to protect against torpedoes, and the wooden flight deck has no armor protection, but the design of the island-style superstructure with the integrated bridge, mast and chimney on the starboard side is quite ingenious.

Currently, the U.S. Navy has three aircraft carriers of this class: the USS Yorktown, the USS Enterprise and the USS Hornet.

After reading the information, An Yi pondered for a while, and when he saw that everyone had finished reading it one after another, he asked with a smile: "Do you think these two types of aircraft carriers, which one is more suitable for our South China Navy?" ”

Vice Admiral Li Weiqing, the political commissar of the Navy, said without hesitation: "Of course, it is the Lexington class, it has thick armor, strong anti-aircraft firepower, fast speed, strong power, stable and reliable operation, if the fleet can have such a behemoth, it will undoubtedly be a huge deterrent to the enemy!" ”

"No!"

Rear Admiral Zhao Lei, Chief of Naval Operations, shook his head: "I think the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier is better, it is not a modified mothership, it caters to the characteristics of carrier-based aircraft, and has made the most scientific combination in displacement, power, speed, endurance and carrier-based aircraft loading." The displacement of the Lexington class is almost twice that of the Yorktown class, and it is too difficult to build, and the time spent on the slipway is estimated to increase a lot, which is more than worth the loss! ”

Du Bo said with some hesitation: "However, the Yorktown class has many problems in anti-aircraft firepower and armor, and once it is attacked by dive bombers, torpedo planes and submarines, the consequences are unimaginable. If the mothership can only be reduced to a live target at sea, what is the practical significance? ”

Cheng Guang glanced at the generals and found that everyone was arguing fiercely, and said: "Before discussing this issue, we must first figure out what the real purpose of the aircraft carrier is.

"Now Britain, the United States, Japan, France, Italy and Germany, the six naval powers, the giant ship artillery faction and the aircraft carrier winning faction have been arguing endlessly, from the past history and performance, for the time being, the giant ship artillery faction occupies the absolute upper hand, although all countries are vigorously developing aircraft carriers, but there are not many specific tactics around the aircraft carrier, the successful use of fighter aircraft to attack ships, and only our land-based aircraft and the *** navy in China's Haizhou Bay, the Caspian Sea our air force strikes the Soviet Navy, In the Nanbu Gulf, our air force solved the Siam Fleet and the Battle of Malacca, and the Japanese relied on dive bombers and torpedo planes that took off from land to easily defeat the British Far East Fleet. However, it is not known what role the aircraft carrier played in determining the outcome of this, and this is where the controversy lies.

"During this period of time, under the repeated requests of the chairman, I read a lot of books and thought a lot, and finally realized one point: an aircraft carrier is just a sea transport vehicle used to load fighters, and the specific battle is not completed by aircraft carriers but by carrier-based aircraft! The problems of air defense and anti-torpedo mentioned by Dubo can be completely left to other warships in the fleet formed around aircraft carriers, such as destroyers and cruisers, and I have always believed that to deal with the enemy's air strikes, we must rely on the carrier-based aircraft themselves to resist, and launching anti-aircraft artillery fire from the sea is always relatively passive!

"So, from this point of view, the shortcomings of the Yorkshire level are not their shortcomings! Let's think about it, the two aircraft carriers with a difference in displacement are both loaded with ninety aircraft, and this still doesn't make us make up our minds? ”

Li Weiqing nodded again and again, and Du Bo also showed a thoughtful expression, as if he had realized.

An Yi praised loudly: "Cheng Guang, your understanding is very profound, very good!" The most fundamental role of an aircraft carrier is the carrier of an aircraft, and the specific solution to the opponent must be completed by the carrier-based aircraft above!

"Ladies and gentlemen, with the continuous progress of radar technology, we now have a radar ranging of more than 200 kilometers, and the radar research institute in Syria is already doing research on putting radar on warships and aircraft, and I believe that when our aircraft carrier is launched, there will already be the most advanced radar detection system that can be assembled.

"In addition, if we install radar on the reconnaissance plane, our field of vision will be even more extensive. Think about it, if we can detect our opponent in advance, but the opponent doesn't know anything about us, how big of a starting point should we have in a naval battle? Most of the carrier-based aircraft have a range of more than 500 kilometers, that is to say, the battle can completely end outside the range of the battleship's guns, and once the opponent is discovered, we can evade it in time, and then frequently dispatch dive bombers and torpedo planes to destroy the enemy's battleships and cruisers! This is the essence of the victory of the aircraft carrier!

"Brethren, technology is advancing, and what was good in the past may not be suitable now. If there were no aircraft carriers, our fledgling navy, even if it caught up for a hundred years, would not be the opponent of the United States, Britain and Japan and other naval powers, but with aircraft carriers, we could use our accumulated advantages in aviation technology and our tactical lead to reverse the unfavorable situation in one fell swoop!

"Also, compared with the two types of aircraft carriers, everyone found that no, the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier is much more economical, and it is completely possible to use the resources and time to build a Lexington-class aircraft carrier to build two Yorktown-class aircraft carriers. In daily maintenance and operation, Yorktown-class aircraft carriers are more fuel-efficient, one is not obvious, so what about ten? This is also an important reason why I am optimistic about the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier! ”

An Yi's words caused the admirals to think deeply, and when Lu Guang saw that no one spoke, he asked, "Does anyone else have a different opinion?" ”

There was silence in the conference room, and Cheng Guang said to An Yi: "Chairman, the opinions of our navy have been unified, and we will choose the Yorktown class as our first aircraft carrier!" ”

"Okay!"

An Yi made the final decision: "After the information is sorted out, the engineer will take out the design drawings and budget, and we will discuss the first batch of construction quantities at that time." ”

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: Illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a thread, today the heart rate of the Son of Heaven is maintained at about 11, the condition has been relieved, but the head has been groggy, completely unable to think about the plot, this chapter is very reluctant, please forgive me!