Chapter 517 Aircraft Carrier Battleship

The two planes, one in front of the other, landed at the Fuzhou Military Airport. Lao Jiang, Song Meiling, Ouyang Jian, Mei Fang, including Gong Nan and the guards, and Minister of Military Affairs Li Zongren and his wife and other entourages stepped off the plane in turn. Jiang Guangding, chairman of Fujian Province and commander of the Reserve Corps of the Eighth Route Army, came to the airport to greet him. The guests and hosts met and greeted each other in a warm atmosphere, and then Jiang Guangding, as the host, accompanied Lao Jiang and Ouyang Jian to the Fuzhou City Hotel to stay.

At noon on the same day, Lao Jiang held a press conference at the provincial government, at which Ouyang Jian presided over the meeting and solemnly announced that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet had been completed, and all reporters were welcome to visit the Mawei Military Port wharf to visit the ceremony. Such explosive news immediately aroused strong attention from Chinese and foreign reporters attending the meeting. It is understandable that China held a ceremony for the formation of its navy, and the key is the appearance of aircraft carrier warships, and two aircraft carrier warships, which immediately caused a sensation.

The reporters scrambled to ask questions, and the atmosphere was extremely warm, and Ouyang Jian answered them one by one in Chinese and English, trying to satisfy the reporter's curiosity. However, regarding the data of the aircraft carrier, Ouyang Jian refused to answer on the grounds of military secrets, which further whetted the appetite of reporters. When Lao Chiang came to inspect the aircraft carrier warships, there was no need to keep it a secret, so the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army decided to simply make it public and make it a sensation at home and in the world, so as to better cover up the nuclear test in the west.

That night, at Ouyang Jian's residence, Tao Yong, commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, came to report. "Chief of the General Staff, according to the deployment of the headquarters, the carrier-based aircraft group, under the leadership of group leader Tie Ning, has basically met the training requirements after 10 days of high-intensity landing training. At present, all 120 carrier-based aircraft are on board. In order to ensure the smooth take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft tomorrow, it was decided to dispatch five carrier-based fighters and select five of the best pilots to participate in the performance. Rest assured that nothing will go wrong, the Chief of the General Staff. ”

"I am very satisfied with your preparations, tomorrow there will be a large number of Chinese and foreign reporters on the scene, and the news will quickly spread at home and abroad, you must carefully check all the details, and there can be no mistakes!" "Yes!" "In addition, you arrange for the German submariners not to show their faces, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble." "Yes, I'll arrange it right away." "You go back to the ship tonight and take command in person!" "Yes!" Tao Yong had just left when the phone rang.

"Who's calling so late?" Mei Fang was a little dissatisfied, picked up the phone and muttered. "Ouyang, it's a call from the director of the old Jiang Guard's Office!" Mei Fang was slightly surprised. Ouyang Jian took the phone and listened for a moment and said: "Please tell the US side, we are not deliberately concealing it, the formation of the aircraft carrier fleet is completely our own business, since they want to come, we welcome it." "Ouyang, what's going on?" "Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater of Operations, Admiral Dwight D. Eisenhower of the U.S. Army is coming to visit. How can you blame us for not informing them! ”

"That's it, we have our own naval formation ceremony, why do we have to get the consent of the Americans, they are too domineering, if I simply refuse." "After all, we are allies, and there is no reason to say no! To be precise, the Americans are skeptical of the authenticity of our possession of aircraft carrier warships, and they do not believe at all that we have the ability to build warships. I want the Americans to think that aircraft carriers, including carrier-based aircraft, are produced by ourselves, so as to peek into the Americans' minds and at the same time figure out the Americans' China policy in the future! ”

Early the next morning, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff of the Chinese theater of operations, led a group of generals to fly to the Fuzhou airport. Soon, a group of black cars, American-style military jeeps, including trucks full of soldiers, headed for Mawei Military Port. About an hour later, the convoy arrived at its destination. At this time, the Mawei Military Port was heavily guarded, and all idle personnel were not allowed to enter, and domestic and foreign reporters who went to cover the port could only enter with special passes and after a strict search.

Two huge aircraft carrier warships were quietly parked at the dock berth. Colorful flags fluttered on the battleship, and all the sailors lined up on the deck to salute. The dignitaries got off the bus one by one, and the military band on the pier stopped playing, and the noise stopped. Looking at the two mighty warships, everyone was full of expressions. Lao Jiang explained through Ouyang Jian that he knew a lot about aircraft carrier warships, although his heart was a little sour, but the shocking effect of highlighting the sharp weapons of a great country made him feel more face.

"General Ouyang, I'm not dreaming, are we're our own aircraft carrier battleship?" Li Zongren's eyes were a little moist. "Brother Li, this is not a dream, this is where the dream begins!" The Americans had different ideas, and the military experts accompanying them immediately saw that this was an imitation of the Yorktown-class battleship of the US military, and they immediately opened their mouths in surprise. They couldn't believe that China actually had the ability to build large warships, and it was silent.

"Mr. Jiang, although these two aircraft carrier warships are imitations of the Yorktown-class battleship series of the United States, I believe that in the near future, your country's ocean-going fleet will occupy a place in the world." General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff of the Allied China Theater of Operations, was impressed. "Compared to your powerful navy, we are far behind." Lao Jiang is modest on the lips, but his heart is really beautiful, and his vanity is the most satisfied.

Under the guidance of Ouyang Jian, Lao Jiang took the lead in boarding the battleship. Fleet Commander Tao Yong led all the generals to greet them on the deck, and Ouyang Jian introduced the veterans in turn, and issued a letter of appointment in the majestic melody. Lao Jiang delivered an impromptu speech, and the ceremony was particularly grand and solemn, and Lao Jiang could be said to be out of the limelight. After the ceremony, all the dignitaries boarded the bridge in turn, and the aircraft carrier Zhongshan slowly sailed away from the dock.

The Americans are most concerned about carrier-based aircraft when they board the deck, and there are no torpedo planes in the carrier-based aircraft sequence, and the Americans are somewhat unimpressed, indicating that the aircraft carrier warships of the Chinese Navy do not yet have the ability to fight in real combat. To be precise, these two aircraft carrier warships can only be used as training ships, the key is that there are no escort warships, and the aircraft carrier's own protection is zero, it is obvious that the Chinese Navy has a long way to go if it wants to occupy a place in the ocean.

On the bridge, Ouyang Jian introduced two destroyers and five attack submarines in the distance. Soon, the aircraft carrier Zhongshan dropped anchor again, followed by the carrier-based aircraft flying off the deck and landing performance, which the important personnel could observe and feel up close. Tie Ning took the lead in flying off the deck, and the flight action was clean and beautiful, attracting a round of applause. The four fighters then flew off the deck in turn and formed in the sky above.

The carrier-based fighters were in the air, did a lot of difficult maneuvers, and then began to land the ship in turn. There was no danger, and the performance was a great success. After the aircraft carrier Zhongshan docked from the dock, Admiral Eisenhower proposed to visit the Mawei shipyard, but Ouyang Jian declined, citing safety reasons. Let the Americans visit the Mawei shipyard and it will be exposed. Ouyang Jian refused, the purpose was to confuse the Americans and convince them that the Mawei Shipyard was fully capable of building aircraft carrier warships.

In fact, with the intelligence capabilities of the Americans, it is completely possible to find out the truth of the matter, but the Americans' main energy is to fight against Japan, so naturally they will not spend manpower and material resources to investigate the truth. This is also the reason why Ouyang Jian is very happy to accept the Americans to visit, deliberately covering up is better than trying to capture the past, and the process of concealing the truth is more convincing, the key is to make the Americans think that China's aircraft carrier fleet is just a decoration.

On the same day, the evening newspapers of the major domestic media carried the news of the explosion of the aircraft carrier fleet, accompanied by black-and-white photos of the aircraft carrier warships. Not to mention how the domestic people spread the news, countries around the world also published major news at the first time. Naturally, all kinds of speculation and comments are also boiling.

On the same day, President Roosevelt was deeply shocked to hear the news at the White House in Washington, the capital of the United States. He said to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency: "How did you get your intelligence, it is not terrible for China to secretly manufacture aircraft carriers and warships, but what is terrible is that they have obtained our design drawings, is it not that your intelligence department is not aware of it?" "Your Excellency, the President, I was deeply surprised to hear this. In the future, it is necessary to vigorously strengthen intelligence collection in Chinese mainland. ”

"Not only that, but China's rapid progress in advanced weapons manufacturing is by no means an isolated phenomenon. Being able to build advanced tanks and combat vehicles and imitate our fighters shows that they have a complete plan. A strong China is not in America's interests in Asia, and the new post-war Asian order must be in our hands. The next step is to strictly control the export of high and new technology to China, and we must strangle this awakened East Asian lion in the cradle. ”

"Your Excellency, I will provide a detailed report on the current situation of Chinese mainland's scientific, technological, economic, and industrial development to provide a basis for formulating a new China policy!" President Roosevelt had nothing to worry about aircraft carriers and warships, but he was worried about China's scientific and technological and industrial manufacturing capabilities. The post-war world pattern has become clear, the United States and Russia have formed two major blocs, and Roosevelt did not want a three-legged world pattern.