"Eight Ga Ya Road!" In the captain's room of the Longxiang, in addition to a heartfelt curse, there were two crisp slaps, which were the captain Oka learned of the failure of the sortie to teach the flight captain Konozono Ana Shaozo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hey!" After being slapped twice, Xiao Yuan bowed his head humbly after drinking loudly, he really underestimated the China Navy, thinking that the eight ship attacks could completely sink the Ninghai, who expected that the Ninghai was extremely slippery, and the torpedoes dropped by the ship attack were bypassed in a few circles. This cannot be blamed on him, this is the first real actual combat of the Japanese naval aviation, and in last year's naval battle of Jiangyin, the Chinese fleet met the enemy after dropping anchor in shallow water. One is a fixed target, the other is a moving target, and in addition, the Longxiang Air Force was formed late, lacked experience in dealing with the enemy, and was unfamiliar with cooperation, so it was bypassed by Gao Xianshen left and right.

"Be sure to sink the Ninghai before dark!" Oka Saku glared at Kozono Ana, and squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

"Hey!!" Kozono Ana shouted again, bowed and ran quickly to the chief's office.

The previous sortie air team had just returned at this time, and there were still more than two hours before dark, and Konono Yasu's name was Captain Takahashi Ding, the captain of the shipbuilding team, and the first sentence said: "Attack immediately!" ”

"Sortie?" There were only 34 planes on board the Longxiang, and in addition to the eight shipfighters and shipblowers that had already sorted, there were also eight shipblowers and four shipfights. The returning planes are being revised, and it will take at least 40 minutes to make a sortie. Now the flight commander orders to attack, and it can only be eight ship explosions and four ship battle sorties.

"Hey." Captain Takahashi nodded without hesitation.

The 29-quarter Longxiang was pursuing the Ninghai at full speed from the moment it found it, and it took only one hour and eleven minutes for the first wave of air forces to attack and find the Ninghai, and it only took them an hour when they returned. More than two hours were enough time for the Ninghai to settle the wounded and clean up the deck, although the Japanese planes had already left, but the captain Gao Xianshen was sure that they would come back again, and the preparation of the whole ship had been going on. Armament is not the key, the most headache for Gao Xianshen is the water ingress on the starboard side, and now the Ninghai has been seriously ****, which makes the speed drop to fifteen knots, and the Holland port is far more than forty nautical miles away.

Normally, it only takes more than two hours for more than 40 nautical miles, but now it seems to be far away. The only thing that made Gao Xianshen happy was that the Ninghai had been in contact with Holland Harbor before the battle, and they had already begun to send rescue boats out of the port, and if the Ninghai was sunk by the Japanese, the whole ship would be able to abandon ship and escape.

If only I could have an aircraft carrier myself. Gao Xianshen thought so-he had read the report on the Battle of Jiangyin, and he was generally clear about the content of the naval reconstruction plan, and he had just been overwhelmed by carrier-based aircraft, and he increasingly hoped that the Longtian Maru, which had been captured by himself, could be converted into an aircraft carrier. 'The future of the navy is aircraft carriers,' this is one of the few sentences that Li Kongrong conveyed to him.

The engines roared, and the battle flag on the mast of the Ninghai flew high, behind the flag was a thick black smoke and the sun that was about to fall to the sea level. The whole ship was looking forward to the sun sinking earlier and the sky getting darker sooner, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and in the midst of nervousness and uneasiness, the lookout post once again saw the Japanese Navy carrier-based planes flying against the backdrop of the huge sun, which were like sunspots, coming in a sparse formation.

"Enemy aircraft spotted!" The lookout shouted, followed by the electric bell ready for battle.

"Kill you, come on, come on!" Gao Xianshen, facing the setting sun in the command tower, tightened his pupils, and he saw the enemy planes flying behind him clearly. Because it was against the setting sun, the wings of the plane made a strange bend, and the bombs mounted under the belly of the plane were very conspicuous.

"Why does Hansheng like to speak Chinese?" It was the sunset that shone on the Ninghai, and the starlight that shone on the Fuqing, and Li Kongrong and Fang Ying were eating dinner on the deck. As the most senior officer on the ship, as on the warship, the dining table was covered with a neat white tablecloth with fruits, bread, and honey brought from Fujian; The staple food is steak, which was brought from Cuba, and fresh and perishable foods are always eaten first, followed by bacon sausages, potatoes, onions, and the like.

"I ......" Li Kongrong looked like a Western food, holding a knife and fork in his hand, and a white napkin tucked into his neckline. I was hit on the head once last spring when I was on the boat," he said with a smile and a made-up reason, "and then I forgot a lot of things, and I opened my mouth Chinese and then I ......, what is this wine called?" Very good. ”

"This wine is ......, Hancheng wine is honey and heavy, sweet and mellow and drunk dreams, if you ask if you can't turn into jade liquid, where to get the elixir. This is the mead of Fu'an. "Fang Ying is also a family in the navy, but his uncle is Fang Bolian, who thinks he is relatively low-key, but there is still a family education - Beiyang was selected with excellent test scores, so the original batch of generals were more than civilized and lacking in heroism. Although Fang Ying is dressed in a suit, it is not inconsistent to be able to chant a poem from his mouth.

"If Hansheng likes it, you can drink more, and I brought a lot of it to sea this time." Fang Ying said.

"Forget it, I'm too bad at drinking, I guess I'll pour one glass." Li Kongrong excused himself with some embarrassment, and he remembered what happened last time in New York. "Brother Xiuruo, I want to ask some questions, what is the difference between a ship of 20,000 tons and a ship of 3,000 or 4,000 tons?"

"This, in practice, makes almost no difference." Fang Ying put down the knife and fork and skillfully wiped her mouth with a napkin. He understood what Li Kongrong meant: As a Chinese navy with a maximum cruiser of only 4,300 tons, it is a question whether it can control an aircraft carrier of 20,000 tons or 30,000 tons. "As long as the system is complete and the rules are clear, there is no difference between the big and small boats. It's just that the aircraft carrier is not an ordinary ship, it does not rely on artillery warfare to defeat the enemy, but on aircraft, and we don't know what kind of structure the aircraft carrier has and what rules and regulations should be there, so this is a little difficult for us. By the way, does the German Navy have aircraft carriers? ”

"Germany is building an aircraft carrier, but unfortunately this aircraft carrier is built in vain because the Air Force does not send aviation." Li Kongrong said. "Brother Xiuruo, if the aircraft carrier's structure and regulations are complete, in your opinion, how long will it take for the aircraft carrier to enter service?"

"Normally, it takes at least two years!" Fang Ying thought for a moment before answering this question. "An aircraft carrier is a big ship, and it is also a warship that specializes in taking off and landing aircraft and relying on aircraft to attack the enemy. The aircraft carrier fleets of the U.S. Navy, the Royal Navy, and the Japanese Navy were established more than 10 years ago, and it was really difficult for us to find a set of suitable aircraft carrier tactics, so I said at least two years, but two years is too long during the war, and it should take at least one year. ”

"What about the step-by-step process?" Li Kongrong strongly agreed with Fang Ying's prudence, but according to the schedule, he couldn't wait for a year, and the Longtian Pill might have more than a year, but the least number of aircraft carriers captured in the future was estimated to be only a few months to run in.

"Step-by-step?" Fang Ying asked puzzled, he didn't know what Li Kongrong meant by step-by-step.

"It's that the strategy and tactics are completely fixed." Li Kongrong said. "The structure and regulations can be referenced from the Royal Navy, but not completely, and if so, is six months enough?"

"Six months?" Fang Ying wanted to shake his head, but in the end he held back, he said, "It depends on whether the crew and pilots are well-trained. If the training is sufficient, just to get familiar with the aircraft carrier itself, this may be enough, but it is better not to be in such a hurry, it is really not easy for us to build an aircraft carrier, and it is too much for Meng Lang to go to sea to fight without training. ”

"Everything is aimed at the end of '41." Li Kongrong told the truth, "I judge that the Japanese Navy will launch an attack on the United States at that time. It was a sneak attack, and it was most likely Pearl Harbor. ”

"Pearl Harbor?" To this day, Fang Ying naturally didn't think that Li Kongrong was joking, he immediately became very dignified.

"Of course, the Asian Fleet of the Philippines is of no value to the Japanese, and only by attacking the US Pacific Fleet can they force peace by war and make the United States recognize its exclusive position in Asia......"

"It's impossible!" Li Kongrong was interrupted by Fang Ying before he could finish speaking, and he was surprised: "The home port of the US Pacific Fleet is in San Diego, how could it be attacked at Pearl Harbor?" ”

"If Japan moves the South Seas, US President Roosevelt will move the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor." Li Kongrong said with a smile - since Fang Ying is one of the established aircraft carrier captains, then he has to make him trust himself and obey his own judgment, and it takes time to build authority. "Once they moved to Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had a chance."

"The President of the United States is stupid!" Fang Ying thought about it carefully before she spit out this sentence, "Although the tonnage of the US Navy is three or four percent more than that of the Japanese, she is a two-ocean fleet, and the strength of the Pacific Fleet is not as good as that of the Japanese Navy. ”

"The Japanese are actually stupider." Li Kongrong still laughed, he was in some things that Fang Ying didn't know. She clearly has an advantage, but she likes to provoke Americans with such indiscriminate methods. In fact, the best choice for the Japanese was a dignified decisive battle with the Pacific Fleet off the coast of the Philippines. This will not anger the Americans and facilitate future peace talks; At the same time, at a time when the navy is completely occupied by carrier-based aviation, the Japanese Navy's air force is far superior to the US Navy in terms of individual skills, fighter performance, and the number of aircraft carriers.

In Pearl Harbor, many sailors were not on board, and even if they fell into the water, they could be saved immediately; But if it is off the coast of the Philippines at a depth of several hundred meters, this will be a complete repetition of the Battle of Tsushima 36 years ago, and the US Pacific Fleet will probably be wiped out except for submarines. More than 100,000 crew members either surrendered or perished in the ocean. After such a blow, even if the Americans intend to resist, I am afraid that it will take three or four years before they can train a new batch of crews. Of course, in the nature of a democracy, they are more likely to compromise and agree to the demands of the Japanese, so I often think that when the situation is unclear, the smart way is actually the stupidest way. ”

Seeing Li Kongrong's comparison of the US-Japan-Philippine naval battle to the Battle of Tsushima that may not occur in the future, he said in disbelief: "Is the aircraft carrier really ...... like this, and the battleships are eliminated like this?" ”

"Yes, it's indisputable today." Thinking that the 2,000 horsepower R-2800 engines have come out, Li Kongrong nodded without hesitation, "It's just that everyone can't accept it for the time being, especially many people in the navies of various countries, especially many old people in high positions, who highly respect big ships and huge guns, and for the sake of experience and interests, they probably won't admit this reality if there is no war."

Brother Xiu Ruo, I have always believed that force is the foundation of everything! Japan's existence today is all due to two decisive battles at sea, and as for saying that Japanese men are diligent and Japanese women sell themselves, they are all tricks to coax people. Of course, being raised by a big country like a woman is another situation. The Japanese invaded us, we have to resist, and the navy that is not aimed at him will never be able to win, and we will not only attack her navy, which is the foundation of the country, but also the most powerful carrier-based aviation in her navy, that is, the aircraft carrier force. With its skill, skillful coordination, tenacious soldiers, and carrier-based fighters that outwhelm almost all Allied aircraft, this is arguably the world's largest fleet, although it has occupied this position for no more than two years. We, just us, are going to beat it down! ”

"We..., can we really do it?" Li Kongrong said lyricism, but Fang Ying still had deep doubts.

"It can be done. We alone can take it down. "Li Kongrong is very serious." But everyone in the fleet must be united and united, and even more so, all distractions must be abandoned. ”

"This requires the full support of the government and the ministry." Fang Ying said lightly, he was completely aware of the internal situation of the Fujian navy, since the Fujian Navy Division sixty years ago, the fleet has not really been united. Now in order to compete for position in China, there are not a few people who flatter and intrigue. Even if the reconstruction funds are raised by the navy itself, I am afraid that Lin Xianxin and Li Kongrong will be anxious at that time.

"Brother Xiuruo, you are familiar with Brother You, how is he a person?" Li Kongrong didn't understand what Fang Ying was thinking, and instead began to ask about Gao Xianshen. And when he asked Gao Xianshen, in the Bering Sea, Gao Xianshen was floating on the sea, holding his head by Lieutenant Lin Renji, the navigator of the sea.

-- Although the Japanese aircraft did not attack this time, the shipburst carrying eight 250-kilogram bombs also brought a catastrophe to the Ninghai. The Japanese pilots were not so skillful, but in the face of the anti-aircraft fire and the dive bombardment, they still achieved results: a 250-kilogram bomb hit the position between the rear main gun and the chimney. Although the ammunition did not explode, a large hole was made under the chimney, and as soon as the chimney broke, the boiler immediately lost pressure.

In addition, two near-miss bombs landed on the side of the gunwale, which made the Ninghai, which was already flooded, even worse, the gap caused by the explosion and squeezing of the bomb was very large, and the water entered very quickly, and in less than half an hour, the sea water overflowed to the deck. Gao Xianshen had no choice but to give the order to abandon the ship, but the Japanese planes still strafed the officers and men who abandoned the ship on the sea, and even sank all the lifeboats. Gao Xianshen was also shot twice, and at this moment, he and Lin Renji were struggling to support themselves in this sea of blood full of blood and corpses. (To be continued.) )