Surge! Surge! Surge!

In the scorching summer, the entire Eurasian continent is like a heavy train without brakes, and such sounds can be heard from east to west. When Yang Qiu used the powerful air force he had accumulated over the years to continuously increase troops in the Persian Gulf, all the countries in the vortex began to act like crazy.

Japan accelerates the increase of troops to the rich South Seas!

The USSR increased its troops to the East and the Persian Gulf!

Britain sent more troops to France, the Persian Gulf and India!

France sends more troops to the Franco-German border!

Germany sends more troops to the borders of Danzig and Poland!

Italy sends more troops to North Africa!

Even Roosevelt, who was on the sidelines, announced that he would increase the total strength of the army to one million on the pretext of preventing the war from expanding and harming the interests of the United States! And again signed the documents for the start of construction of four South Dakota-class battleships and Baltimore-class heavy cruisers.

The production capacity of the aircraft, tanks, heavy artillery, warships, food, clothing, fuel, and ammunition industries has been calculated, and there are no longer any topics other than war that cannot be seen or heard on the newspapers and broadcasts. Billions of people are unconsciously involved, factories are working overtime, machines are working day and night, warplanes are whistling, naval guns are roaring, and flesh and blood from explosions are sprinkled all over the rainforest, desert and sea.

At this last moment, the busy Yang Qiu took time to come to Shanghai to participate in the launching ceremony of the battleship Shandong of the Navy.

In fact, the Shandong-class No. 2 ship, the Shanxi, had been secretly launched in Mawei three months ago, but the Shandong's progress was lagging behind. However, this is also related to the fact that the Jiangnan factory is too heavy a task, and politically considering the guests attending the Asian Liberation Front Conference of the National Society. In fact, from the beginning of the construction of Shandong, Yang Qiu never thought of secrecy to serve like Japan. Because at present, the total tonnage of shipping in the Republic of China has exceeded 15 million tons, and the annual shipbuilding volume has exceeded 7.3 million tons. Therefore, it is simply generous to take it out and enhance the confidence of Asian countries to follow China. After all, in this era, a super battleship is still a nuclear weapon.

In the No. 4 deep-water dock of the Jiangnan Factory, which had been closed for three years, the sluice was slowly opened, and the turbid water of the Huangpu River poured in, slowly lifting a battleship that was too large to be recovered. Because the tonnage is too large, it cannot be slid off the slipway by lubricating oil as before, and the draft of the Huangpu River is limited, so the way of towing out of the dock is adopted.

On a majestic battleship that floats little by little in red and hanging colors. A total of four triple 406 mm/L50 naval guns have been installed in place, the engine room and mast have been properly installed, and the next major outfitting work is internal facilities, fire control, air defense, radar, communications, etc. Although the slipway is a little behind, the Jiangnan plant has already completed part of the outfitting work, so it can still be guaranteed to be delivered to the navy at the beginning of 41.

Although the Shandong at this time has not yet been completed. But the huge figure had already stunned Chandra, Benaziz and others, and the Sultan of Brunei, Ahmad Dan Zudin, who had fled to Beijing in the dead country, was even more tearful and looked like he was about to hug the ship's guns and cry, which was more excited than Sa Zhenbing, who came to participate in the launching ceremony, and he couldn't drive home immediately.

Jiang Baili couldn't cry or laugh, and poked Chen Shaokuan excitedly with his fingers: "Houfu, what does this old boy mean?" You go talk about it. If you really want to, we can sell him one for the money. ”

Chen Shaokuan really wanted to beat people, the four Shandong-class battleships were treasures that the navy had been looking forward to for a long time, how could they be sold! But he was also amused by the Sultan of Brunei. smiled: "Brother Baili, you don't understand, the maximum range of our naval gun is 42 kilometers, and his point is all on the seaside, and one cannon can cover most of it." Do you think he wants to put on a good show and let the president send troops to recover the palace for him as soon as possible? ”

"Hehe, or you'll talk to him later. Didn't the president say last time that he would sell the two Lao Anhai? Although the naval guns on it are only 305 mm, they also have a range of 31 kilometers, and they can shoot down by themselves if they buy them back. Jiang Fangzhen did not give up and continued to smash Chen Shaokuan's ship.

Because in the last engagement, both Lao Anhai were attacked by a large number of near-misses, resulting in a structural fracture of the bilge beam in the middle section of the boiler and engine room. This problem is actually the reason why the United States cut corners back then, and this position is more awkward, in order to repair the entire turret and power must be completely dismantled, the cost is no less than the cost of half a ship.

Don't look at the navy built this and that a few years ago, but in fact, due to the overall military spending restrictions, life is also very tight, so it can only be reinforced simply and cannot be replaced as a whole, resulting in insufficient structural strength. Although it can fight, it is no longer suitable for platoons on the battle line. Therefore, it was only recently that the navy had abundant funds and sent the two ships to Huludao and Dalian shipyards for renovation at the beginning of the year. However, with the arrival of other capital ships, there is no longer a need for them to line up, so Bingwen proposed to simply replace them with the latest power system, appropriately reduce the armor, and transform them into air defense hunting ships with a speed of up to 33 knots, which are specially used to accompany aircraft carriers or hunting cruisers in complex island waters such as the South China Sea.

Jiang Fangzhen, like Yang Qiu, is basically blind to the navy, so he always feels that it is better to sell these two ships while they are still valuable. But Chen Shaokuan was reluctant now, and with Bingwen's new idea, especially in the face of the heavy cruiser group of the Japanese Navy in the future, the idea of selling ships had already flown out of the clouds. But just as he was about to close the big mouth next to him, a brass whistle sounded on the deck.

It's time to undock!

"Isn't that pretty? What about this pose? If you don't take pictures yet, what are you looking at! What is that?! On the sightseeing embankment along the river on the other side of the Jiangnan factory, Chen Xiaoming of Hangzhou University is preparing to take pictures of his girlfriend. But when his girlfriend put on the most beautiful posture he felt was in his own right, his eyes were suddenly attracted by the slowly opening dock across the river, and he was stunned to look at the Shandong with the help of three high-powered tugboats and several pilot boats.

Majoring in shipbuilding, he immediately realized something and raised his camera to shoot wildly. "Ahh Die, it's all over, this kind of color film is very expensive! Although the girl was sad about the film, her face was filled with a smile that was even more excited than Chen Xiaoming.

As the entire battleship was exposed to sunlight an hour later, both sides of the Pujiang River were plunged into surprise and excitement.

"Oh my God, that's Allah's warship?"

"Look! Students, come and see! is a new battleship of the Navy. Look at the cannon is too thick! ”

"Wait for me, I'll be able to get into the naval school next year!"

"I knew it! Haha, how could our president and navy lose to Japan. 12 doors! Haha has 4 more cannons than the Japanese Nagato! ”

"Anameasu is above, and finally let me keep it until it appears in secret. What are the three gates, the six gates, and the nine? 12 doors 16 inches! ”

"Jingle bell new battleship. I know. What the! Again, now it has exceeded 50,000 tons by visual inspection? 12 16-inch naval guns? Oh, God! Prepare the car, go and prepare the car! ”

Half of Shanghai was alarmed by the appearance of the Shandong, especially when the black smoke came out of the power start-up chimney, and then slowly drove along the Pujiang River to the new factory of Jiangnan Group Chongming Island, the sightseeing causeway on both sides of the river was even more crowded. Countless people, waving their arms at the battleship and shouting loudly, flickering magnesium lights were more dense than press conferences, and in the end even the road was blocked. There are even a few buses that simply stop to allow the passengers inside to enjoy the spectacle.

"Navy! It's our navy! ”

"Get up! People who don't want to be slaves! Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall!" Hundreds of students spontaneously sang the national anthem. It seems that only in this way can we vent our excitement and enthusiasm for the strength of the motherland. At this moment, Sa Zhenbing and other old Beiyang people were even more in tears. In the minds of many people. No matter how many aircraft carriers and warships are built, they cannot replace a giant ship, especially the significance of the super battleship that overshadows the old enemy Japan.

This means that from the time the Japanese Navy swept through the South Seas, concerns about coastal and national coastal defense evaporated with the official appearance of the mighty Shandong.

"Thank you. Zi'an. Standing on the viewing platform, watching the people's enthusiasm for the battleship and the joy and celebration of the national anthem, Yang Qiu couldn't help but thank Yue Peng, who persuaded him to build the Shandong class. Now that I think about it, Yue Peng is right, whether you need a battleship or not. It doesn't matter whether they are used as trump cards or not, in the era when aircraft carriers have not yet been able to seize power, even if a powerful air force has been shown to the world, there is still nothing to replace the position of a super battleship in the hearts of the people. Especially China, which is knocked on the door by others with naval artillery. A country that has suffered a fiasco in Beiyang and almost lost its national fortunes needs to use super battleships to regain its dignity!

Yue Peng smiled. Didn't speak. As always, low-key, few words, never mixed with politics, but people have a reassuring calm temperament. Yang Qiu looked at him and was very happy to have such a famous general at the level of Dinghai Shenshen.

"Let's go, go back early, maybe the door is already full of people."

After all, war is imminent, and a battleship that will take more than a year to enter service can at best serve as a deterrent to Japan, and will not help the Northwest and the Persian Gulf at all. After saying goodbye to Jin Jiu and others, who were desperate to see the powerful armed forces, and taking care of Chen Guofu to take everyone to continue to circulate in China, Yang Qiu and Yue Peng rushed back to Beijing by plane.

As soon as I landed, several enclosed black bulletproof jeeps surrounded me. After the plane stopped, Wang Zhengting and Song Ziqing greeted quickly, and the latter immediately handed over the information with a solemn expression: "President! This is information that has just been received. Yesterday evening, Stalin signed an order of the General Staff of the Soviet Army. Voroshilov was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, and Budyonny was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Army. Appointment of Kirill. Afanasievich. Meretskov is the commander-in-chief of the Caucasian Front, Konev is the commander of the Persian Front, Alexander Novikov is the commander-in-chief of the Caucasian Aviation, Lemezov is the commander of the Central Asian Front, Pavlov is the commander of the Uzbek Front, Zhukov is the commander of the Siberian Front, Kulik is the commander of the Kazakhstan Front, Tsiganov takes over from the Afghan and Indian Fronts, and Apanashchenko is the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Theater of Operations!

This is the statistics of the intelligence officers of the various services for three days. According to the statistics as of 0:00 last night, a total of 277 military columns passed through Tabriz on the Soviet-Iranian border within 72 hours! 566 columns of military columns to the east through Chelyabinsk! 312 columns of military columns to the east through the Aral Sea! 211 columns of military columns to the east through Ashgabat! 117 ships of all types sent from the port of Baku to the seaport of the Caspian Sea in Iran! 933 warplanes of all types arrived in Iran! There are also two KV1 heavy tank regiments and four tank regiments equipped with the latest T34 tanks in the central garrison of Moscow that departed yesterday afternoon. ”

"Expected target Iran!"