The Navy's rebuilding fleet is unstoppable, and a large group of people are watching it at home and abroad, inside and outside the military. www.biquge.info Originally, Colonel Gao Xianshen was the one with the best piloting skills and experience in leading ships in the Fujian Navy, which was also the reason why Chen Shaokuan appointed him as the first captain of the Ninghai, but Gao Xianshen died in Bering Sea, and his deputy Chen Hongtai died earlier, so Fang Ying naturally became the first aircraft carrier captain of the Chinese Navy. However, there is more than one aircraft carrier, in addition to the Tatsuda Maru, which has been refurbished in the dock and is expected to be launched in early 41, there are also four converted aircraft carriers in the cruise capture plan formulated by the Navy, and one is larger than the other, so the appointment of the captains of these five aircraft carriers has become a menstrual topic in the military, and there is no clear result in each discussion.

In terms of technology, experience, and qualifications, Li Kongrong believes that the person most qualified to become the captain of the first aircraft carrier should be Colonel Ling Xiao of the 3rd Fleet, who was the first captain of the seaplane carrier Zhenhai and once led the ship south to command the ship's operations. But this person is capricious, and later he is even more inclined to Wang - when Chang Kaishen founded the Electric Thunder School, he planned to appoint him as the principal, but due to his discipline, he finally gave up. Ling Xiao one, the commander of the 4th Fleet, Chen Ce is also good, after all, he led the Zhaohe light patrol and the Haizhou gunboat to fight a battle with the Japanese Navy in Humen, but this person is not a Fujian department, not to mention, but also a diehard loyalist of Chang Kaishen.

It is unrealistic to appoint a non-Fujian aircraft carrier captain, and within the Fujian system, the qualified to become the captain of the aircraft carrier are Captain Ouyang Ji of the Hairong, Captain Lin Jinghuan of the Haichou, Captain Chen Yongqin of the Yingrui, Lieutenant Commander Chen Bingqing of the Yixian, Lieutenant Commander Luo Zhitong of the Datong, Commander of the Jinshanwei Mine Team, Colonel Zeng Guosheng, Commander of the Jinshanwei Torpedo Team, Lieutenant Commander Ye Keyu, Commander of the Jiankang Captain Qi Cuiying, and Rear Admiral Zeng Yiding, Commander of the 2nd Fleet, Rear Admiral Jia Qin, Director of the Military and Heng Department. Rear Admiral Li Shijia, commander of Mawei Port, Colonel Wang Zhiguang, former superintendent, Colonel Lin Yuanquan of the Naval Repair Institute, and Lieutenant Commander Yan Shouhua, captain of the Tongji......

There are more than a dozen people in total, and these people either win by experience, or by military merit, or by seniority, which is really a difficult choice. The capture of the German cruise ship, the Jiankang is fully loaded - those two cruise ships need the Navy to sail to the American shipyard, so after the capture, they must be drawn from the Jiankang or the country. And the captain in charge of driving has a high probability of becoming the captain of the aircraft carrier after the conversion of these two cruise ships. In the first two months, Li Kongrong looked at the list of candidates for the captain of all aircraft carriers, and he identified about six or seven people, but he did not know who Chen Jiliang would send this time.

"I'm not going, I'm going to take over the Tongji." Fang Ying replied that his plan was to familiarize himself with the training aircraft carrier first, and then receive the first to be launched, the Ryuta Maru, that is, the Navy's tentative Xinninghai aircraft carrier. "It is said that Brother Jing Xiu and Brother Jinghuan will find a way to go abroad."

"Jing Xiu and Jing Huan?" This is Ouyang Ji, the captain of the Hairong, and Lin Jinghuan, the captain of the Haichou. "Did they come out?" Thinking of the close attention to naval officers in China, Li Kongrong was a little worried.

"Then it depends on the luck and ability of the two of you." Fang Ying smiled, and then he said, "Brother Han Sheng, annoying the Germans one after another, won't their navy really come out to pursue?" ”

"Then they have to be able to get out." Li Kongrong didn't care about the German navy, he was a little worried about the Japanese navy - these three German cruise ships were in charge of the Far East route, and they usually always had one waiting in port, sometimes two, but Chen Shunqing of the Hamburg Mariner's House could guarantee that only one cruise ship would be docked at the end of August, but he couldn't be sure where the two ships were. It is very likely that one cruise ship will just be in the English Channel and the other will just leave the port of Yokohama. The Jiankang, a modified surface warship, intercepted the cruise ship at hand, and the U-38 was very troublesome, and if it was too close to Japan, it might really be pursued by the Japanese Navy.

Thinking of the uncertainty of this operation, Li Kongrong looked at Major Liang Xuzhao, who was also the draftsman of the capture plan and had sunk the Zubing Heavy Patrol, who was also at the reception party, this guy who was later known as Zhuge on the sea, and hoped that his plan would be foolproof.

"What do you mean you can't get out?" Li Kongrong thought about the risk of action, but Fang Ying didn't know the background of Li Kongrong's words.

"Brother Xiuruo, this matter involves confidentiality, you will know when the time comes." Li Kongrong did not want to say that Germany would go to war with Poland on September 1, and two days after Britain and France declared war on Germany, and World War II broke out.

"Got it." Fang Ying nodded thoughtfully, and he finally said, "it, Brother Han Sheng, I'll wait for you to triumph." ”

"Hehe......" Li Kongrong didn't answer, he just smiled and dried the champagne in the glass with Fang Ying.

"Hansheng ......" Fang Ying left after drinking, and then Ma Deji and Ye Zaifu from the design institute came to speak. The two sides have talked a lot at the Maine shipyard, but unfortunately, the modified aircraft carrier was not designed by Ye Zaifu.

"Brother Boliang and Brother Naifen," Li Kongrong greeted and introduced to his wife, "these two are the top ship designers in China. ”

Li Kongrong's top one made Ma Deji laugh, but Ye Zaifu looked sullen. Ma Deji said: "Brother Hansheng, they are all from their own family, so don't say such things." I just want to ask one thing: Are our aircraft carriers all converted from cruise ships? ”

"The seaplane carrier was built by itself." Li Kongrong glanced at Ye Zaifu, it seemed that this question was what he wanted to know.

"You said the seaplane aircraft carrier, I said the regular aircraft carrier." Ma Deji smiled.

"Now the plan is five converted aircraft carriers, after that it will depend on the situation. To be honest, I definitely want the original aircraft carrier, who wants the modified cargo. Li Kongrong played with the wine glass and said helplessly.

"What does that depend on?" Ma Deji and Ye Zaifu's eyes were a little eager. "I'll tell you the truth, no matter how good someone else's design is, it's someone else's, and our own people must always practice."

"The situation is number one, whether we have the money or not." Li Kongrong said. "In wartime, the price is expensive, and the Americans need about 70 million dollars to build a regular aircraft carrier, which is more than the cost of refitting our five aircraft carriers, so if you want to build an aircraft carrier yourself, you can't have money, and I mean you want to build a big one, and there is no need to build a 70,000-ton ......"

"Seventy thousand tons?" Ma Deji was taken aback, but fortunately, Li Kongrong said it very seriously.

"Of course, 70,000 tons, the aircraft carrier is the carrier of the aircraft in the final analysis, the bigger the aircraft is, the aircraft carrier will inevitably get bigger and bigger, and if you want to build the latest aircraft carrier, you must naturally pay attention to the latest aircraft." Li Kongrong said, "My judgment is that after five years, it will be really outdated to build another 30,000-ton aircraft carrier, otherwise why would the Swan Island Shipyard need a dock of more than 300 meters?" If we build an aircraft carrier, the funds are one, and if there is 100 million US dollars, then I think it is possible to build a new aircraft carrier. If it doesn't work, it will be refitted again, the Japanese Navy has two battleships of 60,000 or 70,000 tons, and if they are not sunk, we can change them and see if they are changed. ”

Ma Deji listened, and Ye Zaifu also listened, they all wanted to get rid of the foreigners and support the design of the aircraft carrier. After Li Kongrong finished talking about the funds, he said: "Again, we must look at the faces of Britain and the United States, especially the US Navy. During the war, all our machinery and equipment were purchased from American companies, and they also had to build aircraft carriers, and as a result, it was very likely that they would not be able to buy anything even if they had money. ”

Although the Chinese Navy did not occupy the designated shipyards of the US Navy, and the ship's equipment did not compete with the US Navy, the US Navy still had a lot of criticism about the Chinese's own acquisition of the US shipyard to build aircraft carriers, of course, there was more ridicule in this, except for the first aircraft carrier converted from a coal carrier, the other aircraft carriers of the US Navy were all military ships.

"Brother Nafen, how is the standard merchant ship going now?" Li Kongrong brought the topic to the 'free wheel', the European war is about to begin, and the free wheel that is launched on a large scale and quickly is a weapon to make money.

"It's already being trial-built." The free wheel was completely designed by Ye Zaifu, after all, the Jiangnan Shipyard had built a 10,000-ton ship during the first war, and there was no technical gap between the free wheel and the original 10,000-ton wheel, the only difference was that the free wheel needed to be suitable for rapid construction. "We don't know how long it will take to build one like that, but we're worried that it will cost a lot of money to build it so quickly."

With its own small steel mills, plus early orders for large steel mills, and a few other preparations, a Chinese-style freeship costs less than a million dollars. One million is not cheap, and the new China Defense has now acquired five shipyards, merged or leased six others, and is still building one of its own, minus the docks occupied by the converted aircraft carriers, if one free ship is launched a month, at least eighteen ships can be launched in a year, which is 18 million dollars. At this time, the total assets of the New China Defense Corporation, re-mortgaged and re-mortgaged, were only $40 million, and I am afraid that they would not be able to withstand it for a year if they really let go of their hands and feet to build a free wheel.

Ye Zaifu's worries are also the worries of Zhi Bingyuan and Lin Xianxi, but Li Kongrong is not worried at all, he believes that the game of chess will be revitalized as soon as the shipyard starts, and the next step is to find a way to merge more shipyards and small steel plants, and then package them on the market or sell them at a high price.

"Don't worry about money." Li Kongrong repeated what he said to Chen Jiliang, Lin Xianxi, Zhou Maobai and others, "Europe will change dramatically this year, think about the shipyards in the United States during the last World War." All I'm worried about is scale and speed - the bigger the better, the more shipyards and steel mills I control, the better, and if I don't have enough money, I mortgage it, and keep mortgaging it; The faster the better, it depends on the ability of Brother Boliang and Brother Naifen, I hope you can build it smoothly, and you can launch a 10,000-ton ship in ten days. ”

mentioned that the last war was a big deal, Ye Zaifu was in the United States at the time, he knew how hot the shipyards in the United States were at that time, everyone grabbed the dock like a gold mine, didn't Jiangnan also take this opportunity to make a lot of money.

"Brother Hansheng, don't worry." Ye Zaifu seemed to have made up his mind, "I will do everything I can to speed up shipbuilding." ”

"Speed up shipbuilding at any cost! The welding workers in the shipyard should not only be trained, but also used well. Li Kongrong nagged that although the shipyard would eventually be sold, he still paid great attention to the shipyard and steel mill in his hands - this is also the reason why Zhou Maobai is not here today, he is seizing the time to merge the shipyard and the small steel mill during this time.

As if saying goodbye at the end, people from all parts came to talk to Li Kongrong, and in addition to meeting Mrs. Li, they also talked about their own work with Li Kongrong, the real decision-maker of the reconstruction of the navy, so as to listen to some opinions. After the reception was over and the guests were sent away, everyone left space for Li Kongrong and Xu Peipei.

"I didn't expect you to send me." In the captain's room of the Fuqing, Li Kongrong hugged his woman and said goodbye.

"I'll send it to you, didn't I send it last time?" Xu Peipei said that when Li Kongrong went to Europe two years ago, "I will see you again in October, and my daughter will see you too." ”

In the blink of an eye, I have a child, and if I have a child, I will naturally have a home. Li Kongrong felt that building people was more magical than building a ship - there was no chance for you to modify the original design, and the launch was quite fast, and he was outfitted into service in nine months, and then he became his father and the head of the family. This feeling ......, he didn't know about others, he only felt suddenly, as if everything was unprepared, and a daughter fell from the sky.

"What are you thinking? Xu Peipei saw that he didn't speak, and she was aware of it.

"I'm thinking...... Be kind to you and the children. Li Kongrong took a breath, he didn't dare to say, 'Wait until I finish the battle......

"It's already good." Xu Peipei happily buried her head in his arms, looking at the sea outside the porthole with all satisfaction.

"Report ......" The door was knocked, and it was Lin Zhun.

"Is it time?" Li Kongrong knew what Lin Zhun knocked on the door for.

"Yes, sir." Lin Zhun replied through the door. "The upper and lower decks of the U-38 are ready to sail, and the crew will assemble on deck in fifteen minutes."

"Okay, I got it." Li Kongrong promised Lin Zhun outside the door, but the woman in his arms suddenly moved.

"What's wrong?" Li Kongrong lowered his head. The woman looked at him with a spring on her pretty face and apricot eyes.

"Xianggong, I want to ......" Xu Peipei said with determination, and as soon as she spoke, her face flushed as if she was drunk.

The Fuqing is just an ordinary merchant ship, although the door of the captain's room is closed, but the voices of Chen Jiliang and others outside are still clearly heard......

"Stand - up, look left - Qi!" Fifteen minutes later, the deck of the U-38 was full of crews, who were waiting for their captain to review them with their heads held high.

"Report to the captain: U-38 is ready to go to sea, please advise." In the setting sun, Lin Zhun solemnly saluted Li Kongrong, and behind Li Kongrong was the merchant ship Fuqing, and everyone was watching the U-38 and the Jiankang beside her.

"Take a break." Li Kongrong greeted Lin Zhun, he looked at the crew, his gaze swept over everyone. "Are you ready?" He asked with a smile, a little lacking in Zhongqi.

"Ready, Captain!" Everyone replied loudly.

"Very good, let's kill back!" Li Kongrong shouted, his expression becoming grim, "It's all here, everyone is in place." ”

"Yes, Captain!" Another resounding answer. After that, everyone entered the cabin in an orderly manner, and Li Kongrong and Lin Zhun boarded the bridge.

The U-38 was in place, and the Jiankang next to it was also in place under Qi Cuiying's order. At this time, the band on the Fuqing played again, the whistle was also long, and the two warships started their engines and slowly sailed away from the Fuqing and the North American continent in the sunset. (To be continued.) )