538. Confusion of time and space
At two o'clock in the morning, the escort fleet that had gone out to capture the deep sea finally returned to the ocean-going carrier.
At 6 o'clock the next morning, the ocean-going carrier fleet was 500 kilometers from the northernmost point of the USN mainland, and Liaoning once again unfolded its hull and released its aircraft for reconnaissance.
At 11 a.m., there were only 200 kilometers left to the nearest island, the USN mainland.
Liaoning recovered the Jinghong, Feixiong, and Air Police 700s, and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, they officially entered the USN home waters, and at the same time radioed the USN Command.
Through Saratoga's message, the top brass of the USN Command now knows that this visit is not a single command, but the heads of several commands.
Therefore, Washington, the head of government of the USN Command, arranged a special reception fleet in advance to wait outside the northernmost island of the command.
After the convergence of the two sides, guide the ocean-going carrier to the capital of the USN, which is more than a thousand kilometers away.
The ocean-going carriers, flying full flags, as well as the flags of various commands, advanced on the shipping lanes of the USN homeland.
The high-ranking officials of Richelieu, Hood, Guanghui, Bismarck, Zeppelin, Veneto, Akagi, and other commanders also came to the deck and looked at the surrounding scene with great novelty.
Along the way, the surrounding cargo ships, fishing boats, warships, and patrol ships couldn't help but stop and watch when they saw the behemoth of the ocean carrier passing by.
As a maritime civilization and an industrialized national capital, whether it is the human beings or the ship girls here, they are particularly curious about the big ships they have never seen.
After receiving the news, media reporters from all walks of life in the USN Command were also keenly aware of the smell of the news and immediately rushed over to investigate and take pictures.
The ocean-going carrier sailed all the way inward, and the news spread faster and faster, and the number of onlookers increased.
When I passed through the port of a big city, the wharf was already crowded with people, and there were small boats floating on the surrounding sea, and many people set up cameras to record and take pictures.
The ocean-going carrier will not arrive at the capital of the USN until tomorrow at noon.
However, the TV news that night directly reported the news of the visit of the command alliance, accompanied by the footage of the ocean-going carrier, explaining the route of the ocean-going carrier.
The other side.
At noon that day, the USN delegation led by Saratoga and the ocean-going transport ship finally arrived in the southern waters of the Space Island Islands.
Saratoga and Hancock flew reconnaissance planes to the front to observe the islands.
Mu Feng built a radar observation tower in advance on the mountain in the southern part of the archipelago, and the news of the arrival of the opponent's reconnaissance plane on the space island was known as soon as possible, and the modified aircraft carrier in charge of vigilance immediately released the plane over.
Although he knew the identity of the other party, he still asked very officially as required:
"Hello to the forward group, this is the PLAN Command Space Island Fleet, you have entered our waters, please inform us of your identity and intention."
Saratoga and Hancock were a little surprised and surprised to receive the news, which was really the same as Otilia said, as soon as their plane appeared, the other party had already found out.
With Otilia's experience, Saratoga didn't dare to hold it anymore, and very solemnly explained his identity and intentions, and at the same time applied for docking and supplies at the military port on Mufeng's side.
According to Mu Feng's previous arrangement, the aircraft carrier replied to Saratoga and allowed them to come and dock, but specially reminded that all sea areas and all foreign planes in the headquarters were prohibited from flying.
Remind them to retrieve all carrier-based aircraft before driving in.
This reminder is quite direct, but Saratoga and Hancock also reacted after reading the news, and they directly used the reconnaissance plane to swagger into the other party's sea area, which was really a bit reckless.
The two hurriedly recovered the plane and followed the ocean carrier on.
At the same time, let the ocean-going transport ship get as close as possible to the islands, and observe the islands up close through the hull and the equipment on the transport ship.
Mu Feng didn't bother to care about this practice, and it was impossible not to show it to them.
Mainly, of course, there is nothing on the islands, just a radar station.
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On the morning of the next day, the ocean-going carrier on which the Liaoning group was traveling continued to penetrate deep into the interior of the USN command.
Because of yesterday's news report, the crowd of onlookers was even larger where the ocean carrier passed.
When passing through the capital city of USN, the bridges and buildings around the waterway are full of people watching and cheering.
For these images, both Hood and Ricelleu have a sense of déjà vu.
Mu Feng looked at the environment and buildings around the USN mainland through his ship's vision, and looked at those large and small billboards, his expression was a little weird.
But the simple advertising theme content is nothing, but once you notice the name of the company that ends the money, Mu Feng has a feeling of time and space confusion.
Lexington Energy, Essex Securities, Iowa Media, Shangri-La Airlines, South Dakota Agricultural Community, Hancock Insurance, Yorktown Arms Industries, Norfolk Marine, Bunker Hill Properties, Alaska Petroleum Alliance, Quincy Shipyards......
After Mu Feng swept around, he found that most of the industries of other families were relatively concentrated, but the Essex family was slightly scattered.
There are finance, aviation, insurance, real estate, they seem to do everything.
At noon, the ocean-going carrier finally arrived at the capital's largest military port, and as in the IJN, the ocean-going carrier did not dock directly, but anchored under the anchor.
Liaoning took the senior officials of other headquarters and went ashore in a speedboat in the dock cabin.
But unlike the IJN time, this is an official visit, not a simple pass-by.
A host of senior officials from USN Command, such as Corporation, Washington, Lexington, Essex, Iowa, Des Moines, Fletcher, etc., prepared a superlative welcome ceremony on the shore.
After greeting each other very formally, the representatives of both sides drove together in a special car to the office of the USN Command Headquarters and entered the banquet hall of the highest level to have dinner together.
The other side.
USN delegations from Sarato, Missouri, Hancock, Colorado, Helena, etc., arrived on Space Island at about the same time.
The atmosphere on the Space Island side is completely different from that of the USN.
It can be said that it is very deserted.
This was originally a construction site, and there were no residents around, and in addition, Mu Feng didn't attach much importance to the other party's delegation, after all, the diplomatic level was different. ,
Those who went to the USN to visit were the top leaders of multiple commands, and those who came to the space island were only a few ordinary veterans of the USN one command.
In addition, this is not their final destination, but only a temporary stop.
Mu Feng, as the commander-in-chief, did not come forward, so he asked Kunlun to lead Lexington and a few modified ship mothers to the temporary dock to greet them.