In the morning, Chen Shao and Xie Yuxin, accompanied by Chen Shaokuan and others, watched the living conditions of the officers and men on board the aircraft carrier and the operation of various equipment. At noon, he enjoyed an afternoon meal in the canteen with the officers and men. The Navy's food is very good, much better than that of the Army. Each warship has its own galley, and all kinds of food are replenished regularly. Sometimes, in order to cooperate with the training at sea, special frozen food supply vessels are also provided.

After lunch, on the aisle back to the control tower, Chen Shao asked: "Officers and soldiers, the training at sea is very boring, are there any entertainment programs for everyone to relax?" ”

"Yes, once every half a month, the sea barbecue conference, each conference also arranges a lot of entertainment programs, eating, eating, barbecue, singing, fishing, and there is a special exercise room on the aircraft carrier, and there is also a small sports field in the hangar, where you can play ball, engage in some sports programs, or leisure activities such as competitions." Chen Shaokuan.

"Well, without affecting training and operations, it is necessary to mediate the emotions of officers and men and ease their homesickness, and these problems cannot be ignored."

"Yes."

In the afternoon, the training officially began.

Although the current aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft have not yet been fully loaded, each aircraft carrier has been loaded with a lot of carrier-based aircraft.

The first thing to start training was when the deck crew pulled planes up from the hangar and ran them one by one. Three elevators were operating at the same time, and the carrier-based aircraft were quickly brought up, and ground crews began to check the runway and the condition of the aircraft. The refueling truck began to refuel the plane, and the ammunition personnel also pulled out various types of aerial bombs and loaded them on the aircraft. The pilots are also in the cockpit to check the various indicators of the aircraft. Lowering the folded wings, the carrier-based aircraft began to start the engines, preparing for takeoff.

When everything was ready, the ground crew left the runway. In the flight control center in the command tower, instructions for the take-off of the aircraft began.

"Aircraft No. 1, aircraft No. 5, can take off, can take off."

One on a right-angled runway and one on an oblique runway; After receiving the take-off order, the two planes increased their horsepower, and the wheel plates on the wheels were lowered, and the two planes began to taxi rapidly. The beveled runway has no angles, the runway is relatively long, and it can take off fighters and dive bombers. Torpedo planes are bulky and have to take off on right-angled runways. The right-angled track is shorter, but has a 14° slope.

After accelerating, the two planes climbed smoothly as they were about to leave the deck. After that, fighter planes and dive bombers also began to repeat this action, one aircraft carrier can take off 60 carrier-based aircraft at a time, and three aircraft carriers can take off 180 carrier-based aircraft at a time to form the first batch of attack formations, and the entire take-off process takes half an hour to complete, with an average of one plane taking one minute. Chen Shao is very satisfied with this.

The half-hour take-off of the three aircraft carriers was completed, and the carrier-based aircraft also completed the formation over the fleet. The carrier-based aircraft in formation flew away from afar, and half an hour later, the carrier-based aircraft returned, but at this time. The fleet began to sound the alarm, and all the naval officers and men hurriedly put down everything they were doing and ran to their posts, and the doors on both sides of the aircraft carrier hangar were slowly closed. Air defense cruisers and destroyers, as well as aircraft carrier battleships, anti-aircraft weapons were aimed at the planes in the sky. The planes did not show weakness either, and under the leadership of the leader, the fighters began the first round of dives, suppressing the anti-aircraft fire of the fleet, and the dive bombers and torpedo planes followed the fighters and also dived down.

The air guns on the fleet's air firing points began to fire, red mist burst through the group, and as the planes got closer, the anti-aircraft machine guns began to fire. Carrier-based aircraft were also unceremonious, and aviation machine guns fired quite a few bullets.

In the face of the dense air artillery, many planes were covered with red dots, and those planes covered with red dots could only reluctantly withdraw, climb at a high angle, and leave the battlefield. The ammunition used in this battle is all drill shells, which have no lethality, and will produce red numbers when concentrated, and after the person is hit, there is only slight pain.

There were also quite a few anti-aircraft fire points on warships, and as soon as the red dots reached a certain number, anti-aircraft fire had to stop firing.

Although the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were dense, in the face of the stubborn air force, many dive bombers dived down, and one battleship did not dodge, and a single aerial bomb hid directly on the bridge, and the entire bridge was covered with red. However, the dive bomber was also hit and withdrew from the battlefield.

Chen Shaokuan's face was not very good when he saw this picture, if this was a real battlefield, the battleship would have suffered heavy casualties, especially the one-ton high-explosive bombs equipped with the current dive bombers, and the battleship was basically finished.

Chen Shaokuan grabbed the intercom and said angrily: "Pay attention to me, increase the firepower, and shoot me down." ”

At this time, Xu Jinghai laughed and said: "Lao Chen, don't make a fuss, the era of battleships is almost over, this is a fact." Whoever calls it too big a target and is expensive, don't look for it to recruit anyone. ”

Regarding Xu Jinghai's words, Chen Shaokuan did not refute them. It's not because of Chen Shao's relationship by his side, but also because he knows that this is the truth. How much is an airplane, how much is a battleship, and now the money for building a battleship can build almost two aircraft carriers, not including, of course, carrier-based aircraft.

At this time, Chen Shao also spoke: "Don't worry, it's already very good that the fleet can have such airpower, more than a hundred planes, and I am already very satisfied with the record of attacking for a long time." Later we will have better air defense cruisers in service, and then carrier-based aircraft will not be so easy to get. ”

Chen Shaokuan became interested: "Chairman, what kind of cruiser?" ”

"You've all seen the Phalanx at the military academy!"

Both nodded at the same time.

"The next type of air defense cruiser will be equipped with this air defense phalanx, but it will be a few years away." Chen Shao said lightly.

"Great, now our defense capability can be greatly strengthened." Chen Shaokuan said excitedly.

Chen Shao shook his head and said: "Don't be too happy, it will only be built next year, and it will take a few years to equip it, don't think about these things now, try to bring the navy well, bring me more naval officers and sailors, and our warships will be more in the future, I don't want to have a situation where there are no ships." ”

"Guaranteed to get the job done."

"Jinghai, your task is also very heavy, there will be no actual combat missions in the fleet in the past few years, but your task will be heavier, and in the future, we will have more and more aircraft carriers, and we need more excellent naval aviation. And when the time comes, our aircraft will become more and more advanced, and all kinds of equipment will exceed your imagination. Think of that book, it's all real, and some of it is already in the lab. ”

"Chairman, I'll do my best, but Chairman, you said that everything in the book is true, and the things on the last page are also true, is there anything so powerful?"

Chen Shao thought of the book he had written, the last page was nothing else, and the thing recorded on that page was the Red Alert weapon. Chen Hong said that weapons can be produced, but what conditions must be met! No hints, nothing. I don't know when it will come out.

"It's true, that book is used as a higher textbook of the Chinese Military Academy, only some simple things will be open to the cadets, and you have permission to see more content, which is naturally true, but now it is still far from those things, and you don't think about those things."

"Yes."

None of the three spoke again, continuing to look at the battle. At this time, the battlefield is becoming clearer and clearer. Chen Shaokuan's shouting played a very important role, and the anti-aircraft fire suddenly became much more intensive, and many planes that could not evade were shot one after another and withdrew from the battlefield.

However, the carrier-based aircraft were not vegetarians, the two dive bombers covered each other and approached the other battleship, although the carrier-based aircraft in front was hit, but the other dive bomber approached the battleship under its cover, and a bomb hit accurately.

The dive bombers and fighters went well, and although there were many casualties, the results were also brilliant. There were many tragedies in the torpedo planes, the bulky models could not effectively break through the fire net, except for two that successfully dived to the sea, dropped torpedoes, and hit a frigate, the other torpedo planes had no chance to shoot at all. Originally, the target of the torpedo was the aircraft carrier, and the frigate saw the torpedo heading towards the aircraft carrier, although the aircraft carrier was already evading, but it was obviously too late, and the frigate directly increased its horsepower, blocked the torpedo channel, and destroyed a torpedo, but it itself was hit by a torpedo.

As the signal for the end of the exercise was raised, the sea immediately fell silent, and the sound of gunfire and whistling just now all disappeared.

The ships began to count the losses, and the planes were ready to start landing on the carrier.

The planes began to slow down to a certain speed, and as the indicator lights on the aircraft carrier began to land one by one, each plane that had landed immediately folded its wings and drove away. The ground crew began to get busy again, pulling the landed plane into the hangar in a small trailer. However, at this time, the planes did not all land, there was still a dive bomber circling over each aircraft carrier, and when the crew transported the planes off the deck, two elevated aircraft were raised on the deck of the aircraft carrier, and a truck pulled a bundle of large nets to the deck. All the ground crews ran forward, dragged the big net off the truck, straightened it and hung it on the shelves, many ground crews straightened the big net, and the two shelves were slowly raised, so that a big net was erected on the runway of the aircraft carrier. A fire truck and medical vehicle were parked next to it.

The ground crew immediately withdrew from the runway, and the control tower also issued an order to land urgently, and the dive bomber did not slow down, but landed directly on the runway, crashing into the big net, the propeller was stuck by the big net, and the strong impact force brought the big net forward a few meters, and the fire truck immediately came over and sprayed fire squeezes on the plane. Medical personnel also reported the pilot off the plane.

This emergency landing was a drill in case the plane malfunctioned and could not land normally.

By the time Chen Shao left the fleet, the aircraft carrier and battleship had been named one after another.

Emperor-class aircraft carriers: The First Emperor, the Henkel, the Overlord.

Kunlun Mountain class battleships: Kunlun Mountain, Taishan.