The capital, the presidential palace.

As soon as Xiao Zhenlei put down the phone, the secretary Xiao Gao knocked on the door and walked in to report: "President, the railway from the capital to Ili has been completed, and the railway department asks if you have time to attend the opening ceremony!" ”

The railway line from Beijing to Ili is more than 4,000 kilometers long, and the government used more than 100,000 Japanese troops and a large number of heavy machinery to build this railway line, which took two years to complete, and used tens of millions of Chinese dollars.

The railway passes through Zhangjiakou, Datong, Taiyuan, Linfen, Weinan, Xi'an, Baoji, Tianshui, Lanzhou, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Hami, Dihua and finally to Yili.

After the completion of the construction and opening of this railway, the central government's control over the western Xinjiang region will be strengthened, and even if there is any change in the western Xinjiang region, the national defense forces can rush through this railway in time.

In addition to this railway, the government also built several huge railway projects in the past two years, including the railway from Beijing to the northeast, from Beijing to Kulen in Mongolia, and now from Kulen to Beihai (Irkutsk), and the railways of the southern provinces were built before 1916 to make travel between the provinces more convenient and faster.

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Have they already set a time?" ”

"Not yet, if you can attend, they will make it according to your schedule."

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said: "That's it, let them wait for two days, there are four aircraft carriers launched by the navy for sea trials in the past two days, and I have to rush over to participate in the launching ceremony."

Xiao Gao agreed, "Okay, big president." I'll let them know! ”

"Besides, you prepare, tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, I will leave for Naval Base 2!"

"Okay!"

The next morning. Xiao Zhenlei set off for the No. 2 large military base, and Sa Zhenbing and other admirals accompanied him. The special plane landed at the No. 2 military base airfield, and was greeted by several people in charge of the base, the principal and deputy officers, and dozens of senior military officers, who were also heavily guarded at the airport.

Sa Zhenbing is the commander of the navy, he is obviously very familiar with this place, and often comes to inspect, Xiao Zhenlei did not want to rest, and directly asked the generals to go to the base shipyard.

When I arrived at the shipyard, I saw a large dry dock lined up on the seashore, and walked into the dry dock on the far left. Sa Zhenbing introduced: "President, this is the largest dry dock in the base, and the maximum number of warships with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons and less than 60,000 tons can be built!" You see that this battleship has been fully completed, and it is waiting to be launched, and the officers and men have been waiting for a long time."

The space in the dry dock is huge, the roof is tens of meters high, the length is more than 400 meters, and the width is more than 50 meters. If the dock is not working, it will appear very empty, but at this time the dock platform is flanked by naval officers and marines.

Xiao Zhenlei said as he walked: "Let's introduce the situation of this aircraft carrier first!" ”

Four aircraft carriers were launched at once, which had never been done before. This time it took a long time and a lot of money.

"Yes!" Sa Zhenbing began to introduce as soon as he agreed: "This aircraft carrier, we name it the Jingcheng, has a standard displacement of 22,000 tons. It has a full load displacement of 28,000 tons, a total length of 246 meters, and a flight deck width of 33.8 meters. When draining at full load, the waterline is 233 meters long and 25.8 meters wide. The draft is 9.6 meters, 9 boilers, four large steam turbines, four-shaft drive, the output power of the main engine can reach 120,000 horsepower, the maximum speed can reach 32.5 knots, the endurance can reach 15,000 nautical miles, equipped with eight 120 mm rapid-fire guns, four quadruple 25 mm machine guns, and 24 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, which can carry 92 carrier-based aircraft! The full crew of the ship is 2,218 people.

We are equipped with the latest successfully developed anti-air and sea-to-sea search radar systems and active and passive detection sonar systems on these four aircraft carriers, unlike the aircraft carriers we have built before, these four aircraft carriers are not equipped with torpedoes, and on these four aircraft carriers, we have adopted a number of the latest technologies, so that as long as our technology is not leaked, even after another 30 years, these four warships will still not be outdated! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "Yes, this aircraft carrier is probably the most advanced warship in the world at present, right?" We must pay attention to secrecy in technology, and if our technology is stolen by foreign spies, will we not be making wedding clothes for others? In this way, for the time being, these four aircraft carriers will be turned into a fleet, and then equipped with corresponding cruisers and other ships as their frigates and supply ships, this fleet will not be visible to the public for the time being, and no one will be allowed to take pictures, and all relevant performance parameters must be kept secret, especially when conducting training, the speed must be the same as that of the current ships, if it is known that it has a terrifying speed of 32.5 knots, it will frighten Westerners! ”

Sa Zhenbing hurriedly agreed: "Understood! ”

Under Sa Zhenbing's introduction, Xiao Zhenlei also learned about the other three aircraft carriers, they are "Shanghai", "Nanjing", and "Chongqing", these three aircraft carriers are the same class of aircraft carriers as the Beijing, and there is almost no difference in overall performance, the only difference is that they are slightly different in internal and external design.

Up to now, if we count these four aircraft carriers that are preparing to be launched, the Chinese Navy has a total of 16 aircraft carriers, including 18 new-style battleships, 68 cruisers of various sizes, and 86 destroyers, not counting the captured Japanese Navy warships, as for the hundreds of other small auxiliary ships, in addition to the British Royal Navy, the total tonnage of the Chinese Navy has ranked second in the world!

In Xiao Zhenlei's view, China's current economy may not be able to catch up with the United States, but it is almost the same, and if a country wants to ensure that its own interests are not damaged, it must first have a strong armed force, and only on the premise that it has a strong armed force can guarantee its own interests can it develop its economy with peace of mind and do a good job in the national economy with peace of mind, and this is also his original intention of sparing no effort to support the development of armaments and the building of the armed forces in recent years.

It took one day for Xiao Zhenlei to personally preside over the secret launching ceremony of four aircraft carriers equipped with the most cutting-edge technology; this time the four aircraft carriers were launched, and about 10,000 naval officers and men were in service; in order to escort these four aircraft carriers, the Admiralty had already ordered eight cruisers and 12 destroyers, as well as various torpedo ships, submarines, and supply ships from other shipyards, and now these ships have all completed their sea trials, and all of them are waiting for the four aircraft carriers to be launched on the sea outside the base to form a fleet.

After presiding over the launching ceremony of the four aircraft carriers, Sa Zhenbing said to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, I don't know the report I sent you last time, have you read it?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a moment and asked, "Is that the report requesting the reformation of Zhen's entire naval fleet?" ”

Sa Zhenbing said: "Yes, although the current command system of our naval fleet is very smooth and the management can still keep up, but at present, our sphere of influence is getting bigger and bigger, and there are overlapping quadrants in the patrol and defense of many sea areas, and there are no fleets and warships to patrol in many sea areas, so it has come time to regroup."

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Sa Zhenbing's words and pondered, Sa Zhenbing only considered the situation of cruising and garrisoning and promoting national prestige, and he had to consider more than that, if the entire naval fleet was to be reorganized, then many generals in the navy would have to move their positions, this is not a trivial matter, and it is not a trivial matter to restart the matter involving official positions and interests, and it is easy to get into trouble if it is not good.

However, what reassures Xiao Zhenlei is that in recent years, he has been consciously eliminating the phenomenon of mountains in the navy, eliminating the phenomenon of holding together that has always existed because of the general's origin, after several years of subtle actions, these phenomena no longer exist in the navy, which is a very good result.

After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Zhenlei said: "Okay, notify me, and then I will hold a military meeting above the rank of lieutenant general at the Navy Headquarters, and I will personally preside over it at that time, and you will first come up with a preliminary reorganization plan for me to see!" ”

Sa Zhenbing hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll prepare it as soon as I go back."

Xiao Zhenlei stayed at the base for one day, and according to the telegrams sent back by the four aircraft carriers, the trial voyage of the four aircraft carriers was very good, and all the performance indicators reached the expected results; after the four aircraft carriers sailed out of the base port, 368 carrier-based planes took off from the base airfield one after another, and each fighter plane landed on the aircraft carrier in relatively good condition, and these carrier-based aircraft pilots were all veteran pilots who were transferred, and some of them were transferred back from the European battlefield.

All 368 carrier-based aircraft landed safely on the four aircraft carriers, and the fleet carried out a series of tests, first letting the carrier-based aircraft enter the warehouse, and then letting the ground crew refuel and load the carrier-based aircraft, and then let the carrier-based aircraft rise from the hangar to the deck, complete the take-off from the deck, and then land one by one.

In the early morning of September 4, before dawn, Xiao Zhenlei got up, and he first called Yang Yongtai and asked him to inform Sa Zhenbing and ask Sa Zhenbing to come over to report on the trial trials of the four aircraft carriers during the period of yesterday afternoon and yesterday night.

After washing, Sa Zhenbing just arrived, he reported to Xiao Zhenlei the specific situation of the sea trial, "Although these four aircraft carriers have more or less some problems in yesterday's sea trials, but they are not a big problem, after maintenance and commissioning, now the problems have been solved, according to our plan, the fleet will go to Guinea Island, and then return from the Marshall Islands, the whole journey is more than 10,000 nautical miles, although the distance is a little long, but this is just to see the situation of the four aircraft carriers, if there is a problem with the design, As long as the problem is not large, we can also make small adjustments, if it is just some mechanical problems that have occurred before the new ship has been run-in, we believe that with the maintenance technology of the fleet itself, it should be able to solve it, as long as there is not a major problem with the entire hull, further adjustment can be carried out in the middle of the voyage."

Xiao Zhenlei was relieved when he heard this, and he said, "If there is any problem, report it to me in time!" ”

"Yes!" (To be continued......)