After more than 10 years of key construction, the Horseshoe Bay Naval Base has become the most important naval base in New China by virtue of its unique geographical location, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and very suitable for carrying out security work.

In addition to the detachment of the South China Sea Fleet, which was named the submarine force of the Ryujin Force after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the rest of the entire naval base is a certain department of coastal defense, as well as a certain marine corps station, shipyard, and supporting industries in the South China Sea. In recent years, due to the needs of the large-scale shipbuilding industry, Horseshoe Bay has initially formed the scale of the city, the construction of large-scale thermal power stations, and the establishment of many shipyards and supporting factories, which not only resettled a large number of soldiers and workers' families, but also made Horseshoe Bay, which is close to Fangchenggang City, become a new star of military industry along the coast of Guangxi, and the scale has exceeded that of some counties in the interior.

As a very large naval base, the Horseshoe Bay Naval Base is an important surname, and officials from the Navy and the Ministry of Defense often come here to supervise their work, and even the Ministry of Defense has a commissioner stationed here.

However, Zhang Shusheng's arrival still made nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the entire Horseshoe Bay feel extremely happy.

After a brief speech at the airport, Zhang Shusheng went straight to the huge warship anchored in the harbor as if he were traveling with his wife and daughter. This new aircraft carrier has already undergone sea trials, and it will officially join the active service after Zhang Shusheng's arrival, and will be designated as the second task force of the Chinese Navy. In the shipyard next to it, the No. 2 ship, which is 66% complete, is also in the construction period and is expected to be launched the following year.

Zhang Shusheng took He Ning, accompanied by Cai Ye and Deng Haoqian, and followed the commander of the Horseshoe Bay base, Rear Admiral Xu Jinguang, to board this aircraft carrier, which represents the highest level of shipbuilding technology in the Republic.

"Chairman of the Committee, during the construction of this new ship, in accordance with the opinions of shipbuilding experts, we first adopted a 'modular production method', and adopted the method of producing parts for the deck and superstructure. Then, overcoming many difficulties, the watertight compartment of the internal design was realized. Judging from the whole warship, the ability to resist strikes is very strong, and the seaworthiness surname is also very good. ”

"Well, such an aircraft carrier is what our Navy is looking forward to." Zhang Shusheng nodded, patted the chart table in front of him, and it could be seen that a lot of hard work had been put into the construction of the entire warship, and the details were also very good.

In fact, when the project was first established, this large aircraft carrier was a Midway-class aircraft carrier that the US Navy would launch in 1945, the kind of super-large guy with a displacement of 45,000 tons and nearly 100 aircraft. However, according to intelligence, the construction of aircraft carriers by the Americans is also beginning to accelerate, and from the Germans and Soviets, and even the Chinese and themselves who are frantically building new ships, the United States, which fiercely straddles the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, feels the crisis.

In the end, the source of everything is the Chinese, and the Germans, who have been made stronger by the butterfly effect of the Chinese, and, of course, the Yue himself and the British, who have failed many times in the face of China. Subsequently, together they provoked a world-class arms race.

The whole new ship looks beautiful, and the design abandons the now popular method of dragging a layer of wooden deck on the warship, but adopts a fully enclosed and all-through deck design, using new deck steel, which is lighter but extremely strong. Below deck is a sealed design, with a sufficient number of lifts on either side for the fighters in the lift hangar. The entire aircraft carrier looks somewhat similar to the Midway-class that the Americans began to launch intensively around 45 years after the end of World War II.

"Our design is similar to a new type of aircraft carrier that the Americans registered just last year, but ours is more advanced." For this new ship, Xu Jinguang said proudly, "Due to the consideration of medium-sized bombers on the ship, our inclined deck is specifically equipped with a sliding take-off and elevation angle, which can meet the take-off and landing of a reduced version of the T-32 Thor bomber specially designed by the Aircraft Design Institute for the Navy, and is internally named the HT-35 Seagod bomber." The cost of this bomber is higher than that of Raytheon, because it uses a lot of new materials, which ensures that it can take off and land safely on this new ship while maintaining the weight of 2~3 tons of bomb load. ”

The establishment of the HT-35 Poseidon bomber was ordered by Zhang Shusheng, and because in his previous life, the Americans were extremely impressed by the fact that the Americans used the B-25 bomber to take off from an aircraft carrier and rush to the mainland, and in order to attack Tokyo, the US military even removed all unnecessary things on the bomber, including the aviation machine gun, and did not even dare to bring the auxiliary fuel tank. This embarrassment, he is also worried about the appearance of the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier in the future. It is necessary to design a special bomber for the Navy with sufficient bomb load and range.

This is a smaller version of the T-33 Thor bomber, which has reduced its own weight, shortened its wingspan, and reduced bomb load: Although the HT-35 Poseidon bomber is unable to bomb a moving fleet due to its high-altitude flight, it can deal with large targets, especially harbors and anchored warships, very efficiently, and it will be invincible when used to attack the enemy's mainland at sea.

This is perfect for the use of aircraft carriers to extend the combat range of medium-range medium bombers.

Immediately, Xu Jinguang introduced some basic data of this big ship, with a standard displacement of 41,500 tons and a full load displacement of 51,000 tons. Including a 305.3-meter-long and 42.5-meter-wide deck, 35 fighters were parked on the deck, 10 were on combat duty, and dozens of hangars were available, bringing the total number of aircraft to 95. Of course, if the Poseidon bomber was on board, this figure of 95 would not be reached at all.

In addition to the Poseidon bomber, the large aircraft on the new aircraft carrier also has the newly developed Tianfalcon-2 radar early warning aircraft, which is no smaller than the Poseidon bomber, and the fleet's long-range alert mission, in addition to the medium-range warning radar on the upper part of the island, is it. After all, the current radar is far less reliable than Zhang Shusheng's later generations, and the double-layer early warning network of air and warships can ensure that the aircraft carrier fleet is not touched by anyone.

You must know that in the original history, during the Pearl Harbor attack, the American radar even mistook the planes for a large flock of birds, but mistook them for a group of bombers returning from the mainland, in short, the reliable surname is just as the vice admiral said: "Their only function is to confuse the planes with seabirds." ”

Deng Haoqian took Xu Jinguang's introduction and reported to Zhang Shusheng, "Chairman of the Committee, according to your instructions, this new ship will be incorporated into the second aircraft carrier task force, and after the second ship of the same type is completed and launched in the following year, they will form an aircraft carrier battle group of two ships. The supporting Yucheng-class modified anti-aircraft cruisers and Guilin-class improved anti-submarine destroyers are being built step by step.

According to the established plan, when our fleet is fighting, it can also be incorporated into five submarines of a Ryujin squadron, but once the ocean-going operations are carried out, the current submarine of the navy is completely unable to keep up with the speed of the fleet, and is not suitable for rapid assault combat, but can be used for covert raids.

Chairman, you see, there are two Yucheng-class improved air defense cruisers, four Guilin-class anti-submarine destroyers, and two 10,000-ton supply ships, which are the formation ships of this new ship. ”

"Yes, the much-anticipated Second Task Force."

Submarines can't keep up with the speed of the fleet, and Zhang Shusheng certainly knows that although the ocean-going submarines of World War II seem to be able to run thousands of nautical miles, the speed of navigation is outrageously slow. Even if China's submarine development is much faster, it will still be difficult to overcome this huge bottleneck. However, if the submarine is used well, like the Germans and himself, it will also play a huge role, and can be used for underwater hunting and encirclement and annihilation of fleets.

Everyone visited the engine room on the lower deck of the aircraft carrier, and Zhang Shusheng even shook hands with more than 20 sailors who were working in the boiler room with dark faces. They are also preparing for the inauguration ceremony of the new aircraft carrier, which will begin at 3 p.m.

"Chairman, this, this is too dirty." A boiler soldier had just maintained a boiler, and his body was covered with heavy oil, and he shrank back slightly, not daring to shake hands with Zhang Shusheng.

"It's not dirty, you stay here every day, and you're not afraid of being dirty or tired. I am the chairman, but the premise is that I am also human. It's rare for me to come down once in ten years, and I should see you guys too. The reason why Zhang Shusheng insisted on going to the boiler room to have a look was mainly because the working environment of these sailors was the most bitter and tiring on the ship, and they were facing various dangers, so he insisted on taking a look.

After looking again, Zhang Shusheng came to the sailors' canteen on the aircraft carrier and had dinner with the sailors. Lunch was on the standard in peacetime, because the new ship was officially put into service, and the grade was raised. But Zhang Shusheng tasted it and found that the taste of meat and vegetables such as braised pork, potato roast beef, back pot meat and spinach was not bad, and the taste of soy milk was also refreshing. But he also knew that this was all in the port and near the sea, and once the ocean was fighting, the sailors ate most of the cabbage, turnips and frozen meat.

At half past one o'clock in the afternoon, the deck of the new aircraft carrier was full of sailors, and the port was crowded with base soldiers and civilians, waiting for the speech of the Führer whom he revered.

"Comrades, it is all thanks to you that I was able to come here today and see such a huge warship. Because of your hard work day and night, the republic's naval armament program can proceed smoothly.

The rise of the republic was by no means smooth, and the imperialist desire to destroy itself was never completely dead.

To the north of us, Red Russia had millions of troops, thousands of planes, more than 5,000 tanks, and their huge factories could produce more than that in a year. And then there is Germany, whose Nazi political axe is massively expanding, and millions of Nazi troops have been trained in the most Nazi style in the barracks. The same goes for the British, the Americans, and the people themselves, all of whom without exception are frantically building warships and expanding their armaments frantically.

Even me, there is always a hope that the progress of civilization can be advanced by peace. But countless historical facts tell us that the survival of the fittest in civilization is determined by war. All countries, including China, felt an unprecedentedly strong smell of war, a cloud of war that had not been so severe since World War I.

People feel that war is coming, they are all preparing for it, and in an era when war is coming, no country wants to be left behind. New China must not be left behind, so it will be eliminated from the competition and become a gluttonous feast for the imperial powers to sit at the negotiating table again and divide up.

New China has just been founded, and in these years of waste waiting to be rebuilt, we have built New China with our own hands, just as you have built this big ship with your hands. The hardships can be imagined.

As the supreme leader of the Republic, I would like to thank you for the thousands of laborers like you, whether they are peasants, workers, or businessmen, as long as they are working hard for the rejuvenation of China, they are all worthy of my gratitude.

When war comes, we need a strong navy, and a strong navy needs powerful aircraft carriers. The era of battleships has passed, and our latest aircraft carrier will be one of the strongest forces to defend China, and it and its partners will become the great wall of steel on the sea of the Republic...... Now, I officially announce that the aircraft carrier launched this time will be named the Yellow Emperor! And the brother ship of the Yellow Emperor, which is being built by the comrades, will be named the Yandi.

In the future, it will be proved that the Second Emperor of Yan and Huang will become the leading aircraft carrier of the Republic Navy, declaring to the world the new global sea power of China, re-taking the road of Zheng He, spreading civilization, and shaping the prosperity of the sea country!! ”

"Boom ......"

As Zhang Shusheng finished his speech, the two Yucheng-class air defense cruisers that had been moored outside the port raised their only 210mm main gun muzzles and fired at the airspace over the open sea, sounding the clarion call for the Yellow Emperor and the Chinese Navy's Second Task Force to officially become an army.

"All parade teams, board the plane!!"

As the pilots opened the doors of the Yellow Emperor, they shouted loudly for the pilots to board, and the pilots who had been preparing for a long time ran quickly towards the plane that had already stopped on the deck like tigers out of the cage.

Thirty fighters, 10 HH-2 naval bombers, and 20 HJ-2 fighters have been refueled. Ten of these carrier-based aircraft were lined up in five rows and were in the first take-off positions.

"Whew!"

Seeing that the signal man on the deck of the aircraft carrier next to the fighter plane was ready, he waved the command flag in his hand to the front of the flight deck, and with a loud shout, the naval pilot who had already prepared immediately started the fighter plane, accelerated rapidly, but quickly passed the flight center line on the deck, rushed towards the slightly raised bow, and then easily jumped and flew into the air.

"Hooray!! Banzai! Long live the Republic!! ……”

"Long live the chairman!! Long live the Yellow Emperor!! ……”

…… Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians near the port cheered in unison, although they had long been accustomed to seeing fighter planes taking off from the aircraft carrier, but at this moment, they still burst into tears, and the efforts of more than five years finally saw the results on this day, and the desperate work finally brought a new aircraft carrier for the republic.

Looking at the Yellow Emperor at his feet, and then looking up at the naval aviation fighters flying in a parade parade on his head, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but sigh to He Ning on the side, "Fifty years ago, we looked at the ocean and sighed. Fifty years ago, the West's strong ships and guns made it difficult for us to sleep.

At that time, we were looking forward to the warships of the West, the vast North Ocean, and we spent money but could not buy back the real navy. Fifty years later, we have relied on our own hands and worked hard in five years to build our own world-advanced large aircraft carrier, and from this day on, the Chinese Navy will truly take off!! ”

(To be continued)