On the vast sea, countless seagulls swooped down from the high sky and shot like arrows to the water. This is a group of birds that like to chase the sea wheels, and hunt their prey in the waves of the sea wheels.

A strange 10,000-ton sea ship is rising from the horizon of the sky, the first thing you see is a high ship island, for a long time, the ship is getting closer and closer, you can already see the whole picture, the whole ship is empty except for the ship island.

"Target found!"

The sonar crew of submarine No. 2 was the first to spot the sea ship at a very distant distance, and judging from the sonar characteristics, it was the target of this escort.

"Rise to periscope height."

The young captain suppressed his excitement, and as one of the captains of several submarines on this mission, he was eager to see what he was escorting. This is the first time that the submarine force has been dispatched as a whole, and all ten submarines have been dispatched to escort this one ship.

"Why does this ship look a bit like ......" When the captain of the second boat looked at the sea ship in the distance from the periscope, he couldn't help but wonder a little, this ship looks exactly the same as the aircraft carrier in the textbook, could it be that the political axe bought back an aircraft carrier?

"All boats are in place, and the escort mission begins now. The sonar crew pays attention to the vicinity of the listening route, and the torpedo room is ready for firing at any time. After Ding Jialing, the commander-in-chief of the operation, issued the escort order, the No. 2 submarine, like other submarines, combined far and near, escorting the entire large ship all the way to the destination.

Looking at the real 10,000-ton "sea vessel" not far away, Ding Jialing was a little looking forward and a little confused, with his level, he naturally knew that this 10,000-ton sea ship was actually an aircraft carrier, just waiting to return to the Horseshoe Bay Naval Base, and the later outfitting and sea trials would be completed within half a year, that is to say, from 1928 onwards, the Southwest Political Axe would have a modern aircraft carrier. Although the number of a single group is much smaller than that of a large group in the West, it has broken the record of zero.

Aircraft carriers or submarines, which is better or worse? Are the two in competition or in harmony with each other? Ding Jialing thought a little far, with the financial resources of the southwest political axe, there would never be a large-scale naval plan at present, and the model of using air defense ships and aircraft carriers, plus submarines, would become the idea of naval development in the future to catch up with the Western powers. Ding Jialing was worried that the submarine force would not be able to share a big share of the navy's military spending if it did not perform well, and that the aircraft carriers would not perform well, because the People's Army, which lacked cruisers and battleships, would also be in danger with its submarine forces alone.

"Report to the captain, the Kunming has sailed to the predetermined sea area."

On the bridge of the ship island, Wu Cunyi, the captain of the Kunming aircraft carrier, was looking at the horizon, holding the railing tightly, feeling that everything was so real, from a college student of Southwest University, to enter the Naval Academy established in 1920, three years later went to the United Kingdom, successfully entered the Royal Naval College of the United Kingdom, and after half a year of probation, he just returned to China. In the UK, he deeply felt the grief of the Chinese who have no defense at sea, not to mention fighting out, even unable to defend, in the years of studying abroad, he also repeatedly suffered from white eyes, some discrimination from his classmates or British classmates, but let him study hard, and finally graduated with the first place in the year and returned to China. It all seemed like yesterday, but now he was standing on the first aircraft carrier in the Southwest. He had already taken off his ordinary clothes and put on the latest matching naval uniform of the Southwest People's Army, the blue and white uniform, which was so sacred. The brand-new military uniform seems to indicate that the Chinese want to build their own brand-new navy.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters, send a telegram to General Zhang, and say that everything is ready, and ask for the exercise to begin."

Although the key equipment has not yet been outfitted, the cover on the Kunming has been completely removed, revealing a beveled flight deck, on which most of the staff dressed in blue and yellow are busy arranging arresting cables and anti-rush nets.

"Chief Zhang, that's the Kunming!"

When the 301 destroyer finally sailed to the predetermined sea area, Zhang Shusheng could see the Kunming in the distance with the naked eye. The standard displacement of more than 17,000 tons, although it is only the level of a medium-sized aircraft carrier, because of the adoption of some advanced design concepts, as well as the supporting use of inclined flight decks, effective advanced take-off and landing aircraft, the latest development of carrier-based aircraft arresting cables, and so on. This makes this aircraft carrier, which is less than 20,000 tons, quite different from the aircraft carriers of this era. It is 243.6 meters long and 34.5 meters wide, and even when construction began, an order had to be placed under the guise of an American shipping company in Hong Kong. There are also a lot of difficulties encountered in this, and the Shanghai shipyard only produced a 10,000-ton ship with just over 10,000 tons under the condition of importing key components. If it were not for the introduction of new equipment and the participation of some overseas Chinese workers, the construction of this large ship with a standard displacement of 17,540 tons would have been completed within three years, so that it could sail back to the coast of Guangxi if it had not been for the introduction of new equipment and the addition of some overseas Chinese workers, and the purchase of some important components, including steam turbines.

"Yes, it's already taking shape." Zhang Shusheng nodded, but he was thinking about some things about the development of the navy. It has to be said that the overall science and technology of the southwest still needs to be developed for another decade. For example, this kind of large-scale steam turbine unit cannot be produced in the southwest, not because there is no technology, but it is still in the laboratory stage at all. Fortunately, with the dollar in hand, through the operation of the American side, I finally found a boss who only recognized the dollar as God in order to make money, and bought this advanced turbine unit. At least in two or three years, if the southwest wants to build large ships, it will have to take this kind of import route of stealing chickens and dogs. However, if everything is in a hurry, he can only increase investment in research and development, and strive to come up with the final results in three years when the design drawings and talents are in place. "Let's get started."

"Woo......"

As soon as the order was issued, the Kunming was the first to sound the earth-shattering whistle, which resounded through the sky, and the 301 ship was not far behind.

This is the military flag adopted by the resolution of the Southwest People's Army at the end of 1926. On the bright red flag, in the upper left corner is a large yellow five-pointed star, and below it are two crossed rifles. The whole military flag looks very shocking, and from a distance it looks more like a skull flag, and when Zhang Shusheng first saw the teacher from Southwest University take out this design work, he was very satisfied.

"Salute!!" The sailors standing on the ship also changed into their naval uniforms and raised their hands in unison to salute the temples. Although both warships are understaffed, and even the Kunming currently has only more than 300 people (not yet outfitted aircraft carriers do not need so many people), they are definitely the first sailors on the warships in the southwest.

"Commander-in-chief, the carrier-based aircraft has taken off from the Horseshoe Bay Haiphong Airport!!" The communications staff officer reported in a timely manner. Two minutes later, Ge Yunsheng, the captain of the 301 destroyer, walked up to Zhang Shusheng and saluted, "Report to the commander-in-chief, the radar is working normally, and the signal was accurately captured after the fighter took off." ”

Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, radar is really a good thing, and it deserves to be an auxiliary weapon for future wars. Although he had already undergone many simulations, he was still very happy that the radar, which was designed by Tesla himself, was brought to a warship and withstood the test of the exercise. I will tell the 71-year-old man as soon as he goes back with the good news, and he needs some success as encouragement. Looking back at Ge Yunsheng, the captain of the No. 301 destroyer, he nodded and said, "Except for the escort, the destroyer's various exercises will be carried out as usual." ”

"Yes!" Ge Yunsheng didn't stay long, returned to the command room, and commanded the various departments of the destroyer to do a good job in their own exercises, such as air defense tactics with radar.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Shusheng finally saw a few small black dots from the telescope that were rapidly approaching. Under the cloudless clear sky, the fighters in the southwest approached at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then flew in a low formation over the 301 destroyer and the Kunming aircraft carrier in turn. The fighter plane then pulled up and began to circle in a big turn in the sky.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the Kunming has made all preparations and requested the fighter to land!!" The sonorous voice of Wu Cunyi, the captain of the Kunming, came from the intercom, with the excitement that he tried his best to suppress, and the joy of witnessing the formation ceremony of the Navy even Zhang Shusheng was infected.

The Kunming has already adjusted its course, just waiting for the birds in the sky to return home.

"I'm Zhang Shusheng, the landing exercise will start now, and all planes will land in an orderly manner."

As soon as I gave the order, the fighter planes that were originally flying in line in the sky were the first to fly out of the Jian-1 fighter, and this HJ-1 fighter was the first generation of fighters in the southwest, and after several years of continuous improvement, it was already a very mature carrier-based aircraft.

The HJ-1 carrier-based plane, numbered No. 1, was personally piloted by Liao Yuanhang, captain of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft unit; I saw the dexterous fighter plane, first adjusted its direction, and after performing two standard simulated landing maneuvers, the fighter plane was pulled up again, and then dived down from the direction that had already been calibrated at a large angle and swooped down toward the huge flight deck.

"Buzz ......"

The whole scene was surprisingly quiet, only the sound of the sea and the sound of warships and warplanes, and everyone held their breath, for fear that there would be any problems with the ship.

Liao Yuanhang was in the wheelhouse, staring at the flight deck of the Kunming that was getting closer and closer, at this time, he was only allowed to succeed and not to fail. Taking a deep breath, he took out the skills of many years of training, from simulated landing on land, to simulated landing on lake, and to today, he is extremely proficient in both theoretical knowledge and practical work, and he is finally going to lead the first team to land on a real aircraft carrier.

Amid the muffled sound of "bang ......," the plane landed smoothly on the deck, and then taxied along the flight line on the flight deck; immediately, the fighter plane slammed down, but the landing hook under the belly of the HJ-1 carrier-based plane was hung up by the arresting cable, and the plane slammed down, quickly slowed down, and then stopped steadily.

Crash! For a while, the people on both warships could not help but applaud with joy, and almost everyone cried with joy. As a naval man, although there is still more than half a year for the aircraft carrier to really become an army, the successful landing of carrier-based aircraft has proved that the new naval era belonging to the Chinese has begun.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, everything went smoothly during the landing exercise, the No. 1 aircraft successfully landed, the No. 1 aircraft was not damaged, and the Kunming ship was working normally."

Wu Cunyi, the captain of the Kunming aircraft carrier, almost roared the good news from the communicator, yes, the good news, a great happy event.

Zhang Shusheng did not reply, but stood there quietly, looking at the Kunming in the distance, thinking a lot: smashing the pot and selling iron by himself, almost struggling, finally built the first aircraft carrier belonging to us Chinese. The first one is there, will the second be far away? The coastal defense of the Chinese has been full of blood and tears for hundreds of years, so let me Zhang Shusheng use countless aircraft carriers and fighters to announce to the great powers the new coastal defense of our Chinese.

The new era of coastal defense belonging to the Chinese will surely be an offensive and surname coastal defense that will shock everyone.

(To be continued)