Since taking over the battleship, it can be said that Tao Yong knows the data of two warships, including 4 submarines. Looking at the battleship parked on the berth, Ouyang Jian's admonition involuntarily echoed in his ears: Don't underestimate this pocket fleet, he is the beginning of China's modern navy. The naval battle of the future is the era of aircraft carrier duel, and the cannon of the giant ship has no meaning for us. Its destroyers and frigates are the shields of aircraft carrier warships, and we will start with shields to build a modern navy with ********. Thinking of Ouyang Jian's sonorous words, Tao Yong walked towards the battleship with passion.

At present, the United States does not build Wicks-class destroyers, but produces destroyers with larger tonnage. The Wicks-class destroyers are 95 or 85 meters long, 9 or 30 meters wide, have a speed of 35 knots, and have a fixed crew of 149 people. At present, there is a large shortage of warships, but the number of important posts is full. The main guns of the Weeks-class destroyers are four single-barreled 4-inch guns and two triple 21-inch torpedo tubes. The anti-aircraft weapons are: 1 single-barreled one-pounder anti-aircraft gun, 3 single-barreled 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. Anti-submarine weapons: 2 depth charge throwing slots.

The S-1 class submarine is a medium-sized submarine in service with a displacement of 854 tons, a length of 219 feet, and a crew of 42 people. The submarine is armed with one 4-inch deck gun, four 533-mm torpedo tubes, and 12 torpedoes. The maximum speed of the boat is 14, 5 knots on the surface and 11 knots underwater. The power is diesel-electric propulsion, with a surface horsepower of 1200 and 1500 underwater. The depth is about 75 meters.

Time passed quickly, and the next day, all the personnel boarded the ship, and Tao Yong explained to everyone the precautions for the journey. On the morning of the third day, the docks were unusually busy and the fleet was ready to set sail. At this moment, Mei Yixuan and his wife, Wu Yaqiong's parents, Wang Kai and others stood on the dock to see them off, and Herman did not come, which was for reasons of secrecy. The two mothers wept like tears, waving their arms and waving their arms to their daughter on the deck. Mei Ting and Wu Yaqiong also waved goodbye with tears streaming down their faces.

In the atmosphere of inseparability, the battleship whistled through the sky, accompanied by the violent agitation of the propeller, the sea water continued to roll, and the battleship seemed to be reluctant to gradually leave the dock.

Tao Yong stood on the deck of the No. 112 battleship, looking at the crowd of people who saw them off, and the soldiers also stood on the deck in line and raised their hands in salute. The dock gradually blurred, and Mei Ting and Wu Yaqiong were still sobbing. Tao Yong looked at them from afar and didn't know how to comfort them, so he had to turn around and enter the cockpit. "Tell the engineer to move forward at a steady pace!" Due to the slow speed of the submarine, the battleship had to keep moving at a constant speed, which was undoubtedly destined to be a long trip.

After the battleship leaves the dock, the deck undoubtedly becomes its own territory, which makes people living in a foreign country feel like home. Mei Ting and Wu Yaqiong spent a short sad time and immediately became excited. Facing the rippling blue waves and the vast sea, the young girl's heart was quickly attracted by the scenery in front of her, and the two of them cried out loudly against the railing: "Motherland, I am here!" Although Jiang Ying is a woman, she is young after all, and she is infected by her and participates, forming a beautiful scenery on the deck in a moment.

When night came, the small fleet was still sailing along the coastline of the United States, and the narrow Miami Peninsula seemed to be in love with it, extending the distance of the United States to the south. Mei Ting, Wu Yaqiong, Jiang Ying and others in the cabin were probably too excited and tired of playing, and they entered their dreams early. In the restaurant, Tao Yong, Qian Xuesen, Qian Weichang and others are still unfinished, and there seem to be endless topics to talk about. For things in the scientific category, Tao Yong couldn't interject, so he had to listen in a daze.

Qian Xuesen looked extremely excited, and said with a radiant look: "Everyone, my mood is extremely restless at this moment. General Ouyang's strategic vision is incomparable, and he has an accurate grasp of ******** in advance. There is no doubt that the world's most advanced science and technology is in the United States. Especially after the outbreak of war, the United States attracted the best scientists from all over the world. Ladies and gentlemen, the war will end one day. Science knows no borders, but scientists have a homeland. The motherland full of devastation needs us, and we need the motherland to take root and sprout in this soil, as for whether it can grow into a towering tree, we need to spare no effort! ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Qian Wei said: "Brother Xuesen is a word, but what I want to say is that Chief of General Staff Ouyang is not only far-sighted, but also attaches great importance to talents. As far as I know, when he established a base in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, he vigorously advocated the establishment of a scientific research institute and recruited talents in an eclectic manner. It is said that when a metallurgical expert returned from the United States and arrived in Shanghai, he was "kidnapped" by General Ouyang and taken to Jiangxi, which shows how urgent his love for talent was. It is precisely because General Ouyang attaches great importance to talents and vigorously develops science and technology that a huge group of factories has appeared in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, especially the military enterprises. ”

Qian Weichang continued: "It can be said that Jiangxi's military enterprises have made great contributions to the domestic war of resistance. I heard that under the personal planning of General Ouyang, a complete industrial system has been formed in Jiangxi, and Jiangxi's higher education and various technical schools have also formed a certain scale. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Jiangxi has attracted a large number of scientific and technological talents. General Ouyang often said to people: What is the most important, talent is the most important. I'm not afraid that I can't do it, I'm afraid I can't think of it! ”

Tao Yong couldn't help but interject: "What Mr. Qian said is not wrong, when I was a guard next to the chief of the General Staff, he often dealt with foreigners, and at that time, the scientific research institutes and factories in Jiujiang recruited many foreigners and provided them with generous remuneration. At the time, I included, many people did not understand, facts speak louder than words, and now I understand. Just as Brother Wei said, what is the most important, talent is the most important. "General Tao, you might as well tell me about General Ouyang's anecdote, we are very interested!" Qian Xuesen suggested, and everyone echoed in unison.

Tao Yong said modestly: "Ladies and gentlemen, my perspective is too different from yours, and I am a primary school student in front of you. Since you are interested, in order to alleviate the boredom of the journey, I will start by entering the Jiujiang Security Corps, which are all fragments of memory, which may be helpful to you??????。 "The story is very long, and Tao Yong's wonderful description goes on and on. The next night, everyone listened, including Mei Ting, Wu Yaqiong, and Jiang Ying. They were shocked and shocked by Ouyang Jian's legendary experience, and seemed to have forgotten time.

That night, Tao Yong was still narrating, and when Ouyang Jian was talking about making trouble in Wuhan, the deputy captain walked in with a solemn face and muttered a few words in Tao Yong's ear. Tao Yong looked very calm and said: "Everyone, the journey is long, so let's talk about it here today." Tao Yong and the deputy captain came to the sonar cabin. As the saying goes, money can make the devil grind, and with Herman's help, the battleship's sonar system is now the most advanced shipboard sonar in the US Navy.

After entering the sonar cabin, Tao Yong asked, "What's the situation?" The officer on duty reported: "Captain, half an hour ago, sonar spotted a ship following us at a speed of about 15 knots. After detection by the ship's radar, it can be judged that this is a submarine. "Captain, we are currently in the waters at the southern tip of the Miami Peninsula, within the range of German attack submarine operations. We watched for half an hour and confirmed that it was a submarine. The speed of the submarine did not increase, and the distance remained at a constant distance of 5 nautical miles, indicating that the speed between them was about the same. ”

Tao Yong pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe the enemy submarine has already discovered us, but we haven't found it!" "Yes, there are too many ships around, it's hard to judge. Half an hour ago, we found out that it was a submarine trailing! The sonar replied. Captain, do we launch an attack to sink it, and take the opportunity to practice anti-submarine capabilities! "Vice-Captain, please." No, our mission is not to fight, but to get these important people back safely. Tao Yong walked a few steps: "Order to slow down, 112 and 113 tow the submarine respectively, move forward at high speed, and get rid of the German submarine!" ”

It turned out to be a U-boat attack submarine of the German Navy, which was XX1 type, with a displacement of 1,621 tons and a maximum speed of 15 or 6 knots above the surface and 12 knots underwater. The endurance is 11,150 nautical miles, the attack torpedoes are six 533-mm tubes, carrying 23 torpedoes, and the crew is 64 people. The German submarine spotted the "British" fleet before dusk, and Captain Geman, who was so excited about the treasure that he decided to follow it for an opportunity.

The British fleet could not move fast, and the key was that it was accompanied by four submarines. Geman judged that the fleet was headed for India, and good luck finally came. In the past, attacking enemy ships was an ambush, because if the enemy ships found a submarine, most of them fled at high speed. And this British fleet could not get up fast due to the drag of submarines, which created an opportunity for Geman. "Report, sonar has detected a slowdown in the enemy fleet at a speed of 8 knots!" A subordinate reports.

"Dive now and go at high speed!" Geman knew in his heart that the enemy ship had already discovered him, and if he did not dive, he would be shelled by the enemy ship. After 10 meters of diving, the submarine continued to drive at full speed at 12 knots. The sonar showed that the distance was getting closer, and Geman gave the order to go into combat readiness. At a distance of almost 1 nautical mile, Geman decisively ordered the torpedo to be ready for launch. With a torpedo saturation attack, two medium destroyers and a freighter simply could not parry. Enter the 1 km distance and the time counts down.

Just as Geman was nervous and excited, the sonar soldier reported: The enemy ship suddenly accelerated, reaching a speed of 25 knots! Geman angrily shook his fist and smashed it on the continuum. He knew that the enemy ship was fleeing at high speed, and he would not be able to catch up at all. Further south was not the range of German submarines, and Geman regretted it a little. The slowdown of the enemy ship turned out to be towing the submarine, and it was not at all a measure to meet the battle. At that time, if he did not dive and delay time, but approached the enemy fleet at high speed, the attack would not have failed. Geman judged that the commander of the enemy fleet was clever and deceived himself.

The German submarine did not continue to track, there was no danger, Tao Yong breathed a sigh of relief, and he barely closed his eyes this night. After dawn, Tao Yong ordered to continue towing the submarine and control the speed within 20 knots. After that, Tao Yong strictly ordered his subordinates not to tell everyone about the encounter with the German submarine, so as not to cause panic. During this season, the sea is calm and the waves are almost invisible. Tao Yong stood on the bridge and looked at the morning light in the east, and a trace of sleepiness hit his heart. After a night of nervousness, Tao Yong went to catch up on sleep. The sun rises over the sea level, and the guests who watch the sunrise on the deck begin their morning exercise in the glow.

At this time, Qian Xuesen and his wife Jiang Ying stood on the deck, facing the morning glow, watching the rising sun, especially the moment the sun left the sea, almost jumping out. Qian Xuesen was inspired and thought in his heart: The rising sun is more like his motherland, young and passionate, and the huge energy is once again thrown into the earth, what does it portend? Qian Xuesen decided that time was running out and he would start working now.