A dispute erupted within the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.

"Admiral Kate, are you here to tell us this?"

Kate lost his position as commander of the Pacific Fleet due to the bombing of Da Nang and heavy naval losses, but he was still an admiral, and after receiving Pershing's telegram, US Interim President Roosevelt personally talked to him, asked him in detail about the situation of the Chinese Air Force, and asked him to assess whether Pershing's concerns were true. After being bombed by Da Nang, Admiral Kate was unusually wary of China's air force, and accepted Pershing's telegram speculation, believing that it was at least necessary to be prepared, and was sent here by Roosevelt for this purpose.

He looked at the newly appointed commander of the Pacific Fleet, Bailey, and sighed secretly in his heart, but said seriously: "Aren't Your Excellency worried at all? ”

Bailey smiled: "Admiral Kate, you are the former commander of the Pacific Fleet, don't you understand the geographical location of Hawaii?" ”

Kate was angry in her heart, but said, "Of course I understand. Located 3,800 kilometers from the United States mainland and 6,200 kilometers from Tokyo, it is a strategic crossroads in the Pacific Ocean. That's why we make sure it's foolproof. ”

Bailey smiled and said: "Your Excellency, when the war broke out, we had attacked China's outer island chain from here, because the range of our navy could not guarantee the victory of the battle six thousand kilometers away, which was a natural limitation that could not be overcome, and the Chinese navy was the same. At present, our Pacific Fleet is several times larger than the Chinese Navy, which has lost much strength, and we also have 600 aircraft deployed here. There are also shore defense fortress artillery, they want to attack Hawaii, that is tantamount to looking for death. ”

Kate shook her head and said, "You're too confident. I can tell you very clearly that the Chinese are very scary. ”

Bailey's face sank and said, "I see that you are frightened by the Chinese, and Pershing is the same." Aircraft carrier? It has indeed appeared, and we are also studying its feasible plan and starting to build it, but how many can the Chinese build? How many planes can fit on it. The Chinese army and air force are indeed very powerful, but the navy, they are just dolls. ”

Kate exclaimed anxiously: "The Chinese's warships are very advanced. Naval battles in the Indian Ocean, can't the 'super torpedoes' they reveal still make you vigilant? ”

Bailey said seriously: "I admit that the super torpedo is powerful. But we also organized a 'death fleet'. ”

Seeing that she couldn't convince Bailey, Kate changed her tone and said, "Your Excellency Bailey, it's always not wrong to be careful, even if you don't think about yourself." You should also think about the safety of the lives of tens of thousands of admirals. I believe in your abilities. The Chinese are certainly not your opponent if they attack head-on. But the Chinese are very cunning, and I am worried about their sneak attack. ”

Bailey saw that his tone had become tactful, so he also said, "Thank you." I will. ”

Admiral Kate breathed a sigh of relief, but just then, a staff officer rushed in.

Seeing this, Bailey shouted dissatisfiedly, "What is it? ”

The staff officer said: "Report to the commander, just now there is news from China that a small group of elite Chinese troops attacked a machinery factory on the coast of San Francisco last night and kidnapped thousands of top mechanical experts. ”

Kate Bailey was surprised, did not expect the Chinese to actually attack the US mainland?

But Kate keenly noticed the problem and immediately said, "What did you say?" Thousands of mechanical experts? How can there be so many experts concentrated there? ”

The staff officer said: "It is the Morgan consortium that funded the establishment of a high-end machinery factory, a manufacturing plant that is ready to provide high-precision parts for aircraft, tanks, etc., and hired a large number of domestic experts with high salaries, and also invited a large number of experts to observe the commissioning ceremony." ”

Keita gritted her teeth and said, "Damn, it's in trouble. ”

Bailey was surprised: "Trouble? Isn't it just a few thousand mechanical experts? ”

Admiral Kate said bitterly: "The Chinese lack high-end technical talents, and they must be preparing to get these people back to China." He asked the staff officer, "Have you rescued anyone?" Has China's small elite force been annihilated? ”

The staff officer said: "According to domestic calls, the experts disappeared, and some people saw these experts forced into the Chinese's submarine. As for the Chinese detachment, the detachment is still in the process of encirclement and suppression, although the other side has only a few dozen people, but in the night of encirclement and suppression, the other side only suffered a few casualties, including one death, while our garrison lost more than 600 people, many of whom were killed with one shot, and their marksmanship was very accurate. At present, the Chinese detachment is rapidly fleeing towards the Rocky Mountains. ”

Bailey sneered: "The army is really getting worse and worse. The garrison of San Francisco was a regiment, and two or three thousand people dealt with dozens of people, and actually lost more than six hundred people before killing one of the opponents. After a pause, he said, "What does the White House mean?" ”

The staff officer said: "We are asked to search for Chinese submarines and try our best to rescue experts, but under no circumstances can we let the Chinese get these experts back to China." ”

Kate and Bailey were shocked and understood what it meant.

After Bailey let the staff officer out, he said to Admiral Kate: "Your Excellency, do you still think that the Chinese will attack Hawaii?" ”

Admiral Kate was speechless, and there was no doubt that the Chinese would soon learn that the U.S. Pacific Fleet would send a large number of warships to search for those Chinese submarines, so that it would be difficult for the Chinese Navy to launch an attack on Hawaii even if it were dispatched.

Bailey smiled and said, "Your Excellency don't worry too much, the warships built by the Chinese themselves have not yet left the factory for sea trials." ”――

At dusk, a plane landed at Sanduao Hainan Airlines Airport.

In the Sanduao Naval Shipyard, several huge warships have already been completed, and a large number of naval officers and sailors are conducting simulated operations on the warships.

Li Bufan secretly took a plane to the Sanduao Naval Base.

In the base vehicle headquarters, Li Haijun, Sa Zhenbing, Li Jian, a warship expert, Li Air Force, commander of the Air Force, and a senior admiral of the first cadre held a secret meeting.

Before the meeting began, Li Haijun took a young naval colonel to the lounge in the conference room and introduced Li Bufan: "Commander-in-chief, this is Chen Shaokuan, you have met once, I don't know if you remember." He is the commander of the aircraft carrier battle group. ”

Chen Shaokuan didn't expect to see Li Bufan again, and saluted excitedly: "The lowly Chen Shaokuan has seen the commander-in-chief. He was extremely grateful to Li Bufan in his heart, he asked himself that all the subjects and training of the Navy were excellent, but the surname "Chen" and "Shen" were homonyms, and he had been excluded, and when he first returned to China, there was no warship willing to let him go on the warship, so he had all the ability and ambition, but he could still only do logistics, such as repairing the warship or directing the salvage of the ship. However, Li Bufan actually ordered him to be the commander of one of the aircraft carriers, you must know that this is a 10,000-ton behemoth.

Li Bufan smiled and nodded, he was very impressed by Chen Shaokuan, because Wu Di had carefully mentioned the future naval chief of the Republic of China, it is said that this is one of the first naval cattle in the world to confirm the combat capability of aircraft carriers, after the success of the Northern Expedition in history, he made a statement to Jiang Weiren, hoping to build an aircraft carrier battle group, and then it was the planning and naval deployment and equipment needs of the Chinese Navy in the next few decades, and its ambition for naval construction is simply the first in the world. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, the war in the Republic of China and the limited financial resources of the country, it is impossible to support his grand plan.

However, the current China is different, the current China is not short of money, technology, and can independently manufacture any warship, the only drawback is that the manufacturing capacity is a little worse, but this shortcoming has been filled with China's development, which can fully support his "grand plan".

Li Bufan smiled: "Chen Shaokuan." I remember, good. How is the training going? Can you go to sea and go into battle? ”

Chen Shaokuan said solemnly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the lowly and brothers dare not forget the great trust of the commander-in-chief, train hard day and night, and can enter the combat state at any time." It's just that the main means of aircraft carrier warfare is aircraft attacks, and our aircraft carriers have not yet conducted training on aircraft take-off and landing, so we are worried that there may be mistakes. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Don't worry, the training has been secretly carried out in other bases." At the same time, after the battle, each Admiral-class aircraft carrier will be equipped with two 20,000-ton light aircraft carriers to fight. Immediately after the meeting, you must head to another secret base for a short final training session, ready to fight. ”

"Yes!" Chen Shaokuan was overjoyed and responded to the order. He and Sa Shijun are good friends, although Sa Shijun is fighting on the front line, but a series of naval battles will write to tell him that after a series of huge victories, he has long been enthusiastic, eager to fly to the front line to fight side by side with Sa Shijun and others, and now, the opportunity has finally come.

Li Haijun asked Chen Shaokuan to leave, and in the lounge in the conference room, Sa Zhenbing said: "Commander-in-chief, our submarine force has just kidnapped more than 3,000 experts from the United States, and according to reliable information, the United States has ordered the US Pacific Fleet to conduct a search. Now that there are thousands of miles of U.S. Navy activity in the sea around Hawaii, it is very difficult for us to succeed in attacking. ”

Li Bufan smiled and said, "We know, then Americans will think the same way." The more they are in this situation, the less prepared they are, the more likely we are to succeed. ”

Sa Zhenbing frowned and said, "But it is a huge problem for such a large fleet of ours to get close to itself. ”

Li Haijun thought for a while and said, "It's not a problem to approach at night. Our new fleet has a speed of more than 50 kilometers, and it is not a problem to advance three or four hundred kilometers overnight and then launch an attack. ”

Sa Zhenbing was stunned and said, "Having said that, how can such a huge fleet avoid the search fleet of the US military?" Once discovered, the consequences are unimaginable. It's an impossible task. ”

"We can do it!" (To be continued......)