Lin Xianxi is actually in the next big game of chess, it's really a dog!

Leaving Chen Jiliang's room, Li Kongrong lowered his head and smoked a cigarette, looking out the window at the bustling New York City. At the moment when he www.biquge.info was in Chen Jiliang's room, he suddenly felt that Lin Xianxin was very strange, but Lin Xianxi had such an idea and made him feel very reasonable-he supported himself so much, he should have this plan.

When Li Kongrong was thinking about what variables Lin Xianxi would bring to himself and the entire fleet, there was a knock on the door, and it was Chen Wenlin who came in, and he came to ask about the draft pilot training, but this draft was not discussed at all just now, and the three of them only talked about whether to leave the national government and rebuild the navy.

"Chief Chen has just arrived, and it is very important that things cannot be said in one night." Li Kongrong explained, he took out a cigar given by Fang Ying, and said with a smile: "Smoke one? Authentic Cuban goods. ”

Chen Wenlin not only asked about the aviation school, the pilots and carrier-based aircraft were under his control, and the pilot training was still being discussed, but the carrier-based aircraft was led by Li Kongrong, he took the cigar and put it down, and asked: "Brother Hansheng, it seems that the aircraft company has added another requirement, it seems that the aircraft has a detachable air refueling device?" ”

"Yes." Li Kongrong nodded, "The fuel tank of the carrier-based aircraft should be equipped with an air refueling device, which can receive fuel from the tanker and the fuselage of friends. ”

"This ......" Chen Wenlin really hadn't heard of fighter jet refueling in the air, so he was surprised by this thing, "Can you refuel in the air?" ”

"I can add. Since civil airliners can be added, carrier-based aircraft can also be added. Li Kongrong thought of the famous in-flight refueling of the Curtis Company three years ago, when the plane flew for more than 650 hours and refueled more than 400 times. If tankers can be accompanied by refueling, then their range may be increased to three thousand kilometers; If you use the very low-speed flight method......"

"Extremely low-speed flight method?" Chen Wenlin said with a smile, he felt that every time he talked to Li Kongrong, he always had endless new ideas in his head, novel and effective.

"The very low-speed flight method is that the aircraft flies at the lowest speed, which can increase the range of the aircraft by about one-third." Li Kongrong said, this is actually a method that the RB people came up with, and the zero flight range of more than two or three thousand kilometers is to benefit the RB pilots to fly at extremely low speeds. "However, this also has disadvantages, the first is that it is easy to stall when flying at very low speeds; Another is that pilots are prone to fatigue, so they need autopilots; Finally, the carburetor does not work smoothly, so two vaporizers are needed, one for very low speeds and one for normal flight. Extremely low-speed flight coupled with in-flight refueling, which, of course, requires a suitable land airfield to take off large tankers......"

In-flight refueling appeared before World War II, and there is no technical problem, and American civil aviation has been frequently used as an emergency method when airports are busy taking off and landing. The risk of crushing the fuel pipe of the propeller of a single-engine propeller aircraft is actually very small, and the lack of large-scale air refueling in World War II should be caused by the neglect of long-range air raids by countries without the restrictions of radar and navigation devices. Li Kongrong proposed air refueling because he wanted to find an opportunity to knock the RB people on the stick, but he unintentionally ignored the important issue of where the tanker plane took off.

"It doesn't have to be land-based aircraft." Chen Wenlin filled the loophole for Li Kongrong, he said: "Just use a seaplane to refuel." ”

"Yes, yes!" Li Kongrong suddenly turned his worries into joy, he thought of the German water monster BV222, but he didn't need such a giant beast, he needed a small beast with a range of about 1,500 kilometers and about ten tons of oil. In this way, each carrier-based aircraft can refuel more than 300 gallons, which means that the plane takes off from a distance of 1,000 kilometers from the point of departure with full fuel, and the range is forcibly increased by 1,000 kilometers; This is the way, if the water tanker can go 1,000 kilometers forward to receive refueling, plus the original fuel of the carrier-based aircraft, the range will definitely be more than 4,000 kilometers.

The most rare thing is refueling on the water, as long as the sea conditions allow, it can be implemented in any place, thinking of this, Li Kongrong stood up and said: "The water tanker is good, so that all problems are solved." ”

Li Kongrong was happy, Chen Wenlin couldn't close his mouth with a smile, he was happy that he could provide advice, and after laughing, Chen Wenlin said again: "But in this way, you have to buy a seaplane, which is another big amount of money." ”

"It doesn't cost much." Li Kongrong turned around and shook his head, "Isn't there a kind of water flying shear across the Pacific Ocean, with a range of more than three thousand nautical miles, which is enough yuan." It's like Boeing, and Martin also has large seaplanes that can carry at least eight to ten tons of oil when refined. A wave of attack by an aircraft carrier is more than 40 aircraft, and at most it is only 50 aircraft, and four or five tankers are enough. Four to five four-engine tankers is a maximum of one million dollars, which is equivalent to an increase in the cost of one million dollars per aircraft carrier, which is not too much. ”

"You also need a freighter to carry tankers." Chen Wenlin added. "Hansheng, how to fight with a refueling tanker?"

"Seven or eight thousand tons of freighters is enough, as long as it is a low-speed freighter, it doesn't cost much." Li Kongrong didn't think about money at all, he felt that he definitely had enough money to complete this idea, "With tankers, the combat radius of the aircraft carrier will increase by 1,000 kilometers, and with the combat radius of torpedo dive bombers of 700 kilometers, the combat radius will reach 1,700 kilometers."

We still don't know how much take-off weight the built torpedo dive bomber will have, and if the take-off weight is large, then it will definitely be possible to mount auxiliary fuel tanks on both sides of the wing, so that the combat radius will exceed 2,000 kilometers. There are really a lot of things that can be done with such a combat radius, at least we can control the sea area with a radius of 2,000 kilometers and sink all RB merchant ships in this sea area. RB is an island nation, and as long as we can sink most of its merchant ships, the RB economy will collapse. ”

Li Kongrong really hasn't figured out what a carrier-based aircraft group with a combat radius of 2,000 kilometers can do, and he has to measure the nautical chart and recall the history of the war to determine the final strategy, but the RB people will definitely be unlucky.

The idea of a water tanker made Li Kongrong temporarily forget the suffocation in Chen Jiliang's room, and considering that he was about to return to Europe, he instructed Chen Wenlin to be responsible for planning and implementing the water tanker and air refueling plan. The conversation between the two lasted until late at night, and the content of the conversation was not only refueling on the water, but also the entire pilot recruitment and training program - Chen Wenlin was worried that the daily salary of one dollar was too low, and all overseas Chinese men in the United States might not all sign up, Li Kongrong suddenly thought of the recruitment movie of the American imperialists in the later generations, but although this method is good, it involves the secrecy of the navy to form an air force, and if the RB people learn that the Chinese Navy is forming an air force, they will definitely realize that China is building an aircraft carrier fleet.

Should an aircraft carrier fleet be built in secret, or should it simply be made public? This is an important question. If it is not made public, it will be unfavorable to both internal and external countries under the guise of the Air Force like Lin Xianxi. If we don't make things clear, the insiders, especially the pilots, may really defect to the Air Force at that time; Externally, if the Navy wants to raise funds, it must always disclose to the public where these funds are used, otherwise how to get the public to buy bonds?

For five days, Li Kongrong spent five days talking with Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi about the issue of naval reconstruction. Perhaps Lin Xianxi's warning to Chen Jiliang that 'you can not do it, but don't stop others from doing it' had an effect, or that Chen Jiliang had other considerations, and on the afternoon of Li Kongrong's departure from New York, the Navy held a press conference at the Consulate General in New York.

"Ladies and gentlemen, compatriots: After serious consideration, with immediate effect, the Admiralty has decided to rebuild the ......fleet within three years." In the hall of the Consulate General, Chinese and foreign guests gathered together, and Chen Jiliang, dressed in a navy dress, stood on the podium and solemnly announced that the navy would begin to be rebuilt, including Li Kongrong, who was dressed in military uniform behind the stage, and when the participants heard that Chen Jiliang announced that he would rebuild the fleet, everyone immediately cheered, and the entire banquet hall resounded with fierce applause, and the Chinese and foreign reporters who were invited to the meeting also frequently took pictures to record this historical moment.

"The new fleet, in addition to submarines, will build several aircraft carriers." Chen Jiliang continued. "To that end, the Navy will recruit naval pilots throughout the United States. Considering that the number of overseas Chinese in the United States is less than 100,000, and the pilots have extremely high physical requirements, the Navy calls on all overseas Chinese young people in North America to come and sign up as long as they meet the requirements. In addition to pilots, we also need a group of ground staff, and compatriots who do not meet the requirements for pilots can sign up to become ground crew. Although the Ninghai was sunk, the spirit of the Ninghai will not be extinguished, and the navy will continue to fight against Japan to the end. Compatriots, please believe in the Navy and believe that the War of Resistance will be won! ”

Chen Jiliang's speech was very brief, announcing only the rebuilding of the Navy and the recruitment of pilots across the United States, but it also exalted the Chinese who had just basked in the disappointment of the sinking of the Ninghai. Chen Jiliang wanted to step down after the announcement, but the reporters immediately asked for details, and the New York Times reporter preemptively asked: "May I ask General Chen, is there a contradiction between the reconstruction of your navy and China's neutrality bill?" Does your navy use the United States as its naval base when recruiting Chinese pilots in the United States? ”

American reporters have always been difficult to deal with, Chen Jiliang glanced at Li Kongrong and said with a smile: "I don't know much about the situation in the United States, and I would like to ask Colonel Li Hansheng to answer this question." ”

Chen Jiliang was the protagonist of the press conference, and Li Kongrong did not expect that he would push the problem on himself as soon as he came, so he had to bite the bullet and say in the face of reporters: "The reconstruction of China's navy does not violate the US Neutrality Act and local US laws, and of course it will not treat the United States as a naval base." The Navy recruits pilots in the United States and does not conduct combat training in the United States, they only practice flying skills and not combat skills, in short, it is just an aviation club, which is fully in accordance with the Neutrality Act and American law. In addition, I would like to say that because neither China nor Japan has declared war, it is not suitable for the neutrality bill. Thank you. ”

"May I ask Colonel Li, the RB Navy ranks third in the world, what role can the Chinese Navy play in the war by rebuilding the fleet? Do Chinese submarines practice unrestricted submarine warfare? Another foreign reporter asked a question, and the focus of the venue had shifted from Chen Jiliang to Li Kongrong.

"The RB Navy is indeed very strong, but one Ninghai has made countless ships of the RB Navy tired in the Pacific Ocean for a year, and the RB merchant ships tremble when they hear the name of the Ninghai. War at sea does not need to be evenly matched, what we need to do is to destroy the RB people's shipping and sink their merchant ships. As for whether submarines practice unrestricted submarine warfare? Our navy believes that unrestricted submarine warfare is not civilized, and the navy will do its best to sink RB merchant ships after warning inspections in accordance with public international law, but if the RB navy takes countermeasures, such as placing weapons on merchant ships, we can only sink merchant ships without warning. ”

The first questions were all foreigners, and the third question was finally asked by a Chinese reporter, who spoke Cantonese, and Li Kongrong vaguely heard him asking how many pilots to recruit, what specific requirements they had, what the treatment was, and so on. He then said: "Pilots are the service with the highest elimination rate of all services, and in view of this, the Navy will recruit 500 people in the first batch." The age of registration is about 18 to 28 years old, and it is required to have studied in secondary school, at least be literate and arithmetic, be in good health, have eyesight above 5.0, and finally be able to endure hardships and dare to sacrifice.

Because of the difficulty of the Anti-Japanese War, pilots will be given a daily salary of one dollar after passing basic training, and the daily salary will be increased to one dollar after passing intermediate training, and so on, and the daily salary after becoming a pilot is about four dollars. Li Kongrong gave a general overview of the treatment, and then he explained why the Navy recruited pilots in the United States. The navy chose to recruit pilots in the United States out of desperation, and the coastal cities in China were basically occupied by the Japanese army, and even if the coastal areas were not occupied, they could not go to sea for training because of the threat of the Japanese army. Unlike the army aviation or the air force, the battlefield of naval aviation is in the vast ocean, and it is impossible to train qualified naval pilots if they cannot fly at sea......"

After answering the third question, the next question made Li Kongrong feel tricky, and a foreigner reporter suddenly asked about the Chinese government's attitude towards the reconstruction of the navy. When Li Kongrong was feeling that it was difficult to answer, Chen Jiliang took the question.

"Our government fully supports the rebuilding of the Navy." As soon as Chen Jiliang opened his mouth, this was it. "Since the War of Resistance Against Japan, the role played by the Navy cannot be underestimated, and the Standing Committee Chairman certainly wants to see the Navy rebuilt to destroy the RB's maritime transportation lines. RB people are blockading us, but the Navy can also oppose the blockade RB press conference ended not long after, although the Navy did not propose donations, the overseas Chinese attending the meeting still generously donated, at the end, when the financial report of the Xinzhong Company received more than 54,000 US dollars in donations, Li Kongrong and others could not cry and laugh.

"There is going to be chaos in the country!" Chen Jiliang heard that there were more than 50,000 US dollars in donations, and then thought that the things at the press conference were transmitted back to China, Chang Kaishen must be furious.

"It's a big mess, it's a big mess." Lin Xianxin didn't care, "The Navy always has to take this step to rebuild." Hansheng, are you right? ”

"Didn't you send a telegram to the ministry?" Li Kongrong said, "I hope the minister can explain clearly." ”

Li Kongrong mentioned that Chen Shaokuan only made Lin Xianxin and Chen Jiliang smile bitterly, if Chen Shaokuan can convince the Ministry of Military Affairs and Chang Kaishen, will he still hold this press conference first? (To be continued.) )