Five-eighty-seven Yin Shang was born

The autumn wind rises. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Sitting in the garden pavilion, Li Mo could already feel the chill.

Since yesterday, heavy snow has begun to fall in Siberia and other places, the first West Siberian campaign has been completed, and hundreds of thousands of prisoners are being transported inland through three railway lines, and these Russian prisoners will serve in the country until the end of the war.

The remaining 28 Kunpeng and 46 Storm of the 2nd Air Division have also begun to transfer this morning, because the severe cold will cause metal brittleness, especially for the aircraft, so in order to avoid unnecessary losses, they will return to China to rest for a while, and then deploy to Luzon to prepare for the start of a large-scale westward expansion campaign.

The troops in the Southeast Theater under the command of Liu Hengzhen were progressing well, but they were not in a hurry to storm the attack, because in consideration of the future political division of the Southeast Peninsula, they adopted the method of consolidating and uniting with the locals to form a decentralized political sphere of influence.

Neither Li Mo nor the General Staff like to see the emergence of a huge Vietnam that continues to maintain unity, so the war in French Indochina is not so urgent, and it is a good way to fight steadily and reduce casualties when the opponent has almost no foreign aid and the geographical environment is harsh.

The ones that really need to be addressed as early as possible are Gapo and Malacca!

At present, Liu Hengzhen has sent two divisions into Burma, but judging from the news coming back and forth, the road situation there is really bad, not to mention the miasma, if there are no locals to lead the way, I am afraid that no one will know where the troops died.

It is almost impossible to open up Burma and attack India, so the attention of the General Staff has returned to the plan of attacking Malacca and opening up the Indian route.

What's more, he still has the information of the Gibraltar Conference of the Entente in his pocket, and in addition to the pressure on the third line, the United States is also really enraged.

Li Mo sighed in his heart, turned his head and asked, "How is Qiao'er?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Sister Qiao is not so weak." Fang Xianqi knew that Li Mo was restless during this time, most of which was because of Li Zhen's injury, so he hurriedly comforted: "The affairs of the family, our sisters will discuss it, you don't have to worry." ”

"That's good."

Li Mo nodded, but he was still a little worried in his heart, he originally wanted to go and see Xiaoxiao, but unexpectedly, Chen Ping had already walked into the garden. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Knowing that something must be wrong between the two, Fang Xianqi obediently let go of her seat, ordered someone to make tea, said hello to Chen Ping, and walked into the hall.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Lefei has departed from Subic and is expected to arrive off the coast of Cape Town on the 20th, he asked me to tell you, everything is at ease." Looking at Li Mo, who seemed to be a few years older, Chen Ping also knew the pressure that Li Mo was under at this time, and comforted: "We also received a telegram from Cuba just now, the 31st fleet has completed its replenishment and left there after joining the Dongting Lake, and at present, even if their fuel cannot be replenished, they can insist on returning to China."

In addition, Cuba also found a few good doctors and a large number of medicines, and sent them to Li Xiuyan by boat, according to them, the emperor was able to eat, and his injuries began to improve. ”

"Thank you!"

Li Mo looked at Chen Ping deeply, and while his eyes made the latter slightly surprised, he couldn't help but smile: "The emperor doesn't have to blame himself, although the 31st fleet is risky, it is not without gains, at least the US economy and heavy industry will recover, and I am afraid that it will not work without a year and a half, and our pressure is not so great." ”

Chen Ping said it easily, but Li Mo already knew very well that with the agreement of the Entente at the Gibraltar Conference out of the chaos, his gambling war strategy similar to that of Yamamoto Fifty-six in later generations was no longer possible, fortunately, Li Zhen's accidental injury woke him up suddenly, and even if the 31st Fleet could come back safely and boost morale, it would be a little more than worth the loss.

In retrospect, if the 31st Fleet had been strengthened to the area around the Gulf of Panama and cooperated with submarines to contain the US shipping lanes to Australia, although the effect would not have been as immediate as the shelling of New York, it would have been in line with the current course of the war, and at least the United States would not have been in a hurry to do its best.

With Le Fei's comeback, the serial number of the special mix reappeared in the naval sequence two months later, with his response, as long as Li Xiuyan does not make mistakes, don't waste time by fighting, there is no big problem to come back safely, with the first of the five enlarged Xiqin-class aircraft carriers also launched three days ago to start sea trials, you can join the navy in February next year at the latest, so you still have an advantage!

What we have to do now is to take advantage of the fact that the Entente has just begun to adjust, and use superior equipment to suffocate them in one go!

Thinking of this, Li Mo felt a little more relaxed: "You should know about the Gibraltar meeting, how are you going to fight?" ”

"Attack in the east, defend in the south, attack in the west!"

"Then go for it, don't leave a little respite!" Li Mo thought about it and said.

"Yes!" Seeing that the corners of Li Mo's mouth finally showed a smile, Chen Ping saluted and walked out of the garden, and as he left, the countdown to the first large-scale battle after the start of the war was completely encircled and annihilated.

Looking at his back, Li Mo's heart flew to the Indian Ocean.

The turquoise sky and the sea are united in the distance, and the southern Indian Ocean, which used to be rough and rough, has a rare calm weather today.

Suddenly, a puff of smoke separated the sea and the sky, like a giant dragon rising into the sky, breaking through the sea and reaching into the sky.

As a cruiser with a deck full of gun barrels suddenly jumped from the sea level, the sky gradually turned black, and a huge fleet appeared in the sky, the heron looked curiously at the two warships in the center with wide and straight decks, flapping its wings and trying to use it as a resting place, but unexpectedly, a huge figure had already made a buzzing sound and rose from above.

Behind the railing of the platform, a man dressed in a blue navy short-sleeved long shirt with two shining silver stars on his shoulders looked at the railing, and there seemed to be a hidden worry between his eyebrows.

"Report, information from the Admiralty, the two French battleships on the island of Madagascar are not in the harbor, do you want to send reconnaissance planes to confirm?"

"Don't!" Li Xiuyan decisively interrupted the staff officer's words, he knew what these staff officers who had been following him since the Honolulu were thinking, so he added: "Continue to the south." ”

The moment the staff officer turned around, a biplane attack plane quickly rose from the end of the deck, but few people know that this kind of wooden aircraft that can be listed among the best in the world and uses a 550-horsepower star-cooled engine is just a transitional product, and when it was learned that the Aviation Design Institute has made significant progress in reducing the weight of monoplane aluminum carrier-based attack aircraft, they may be quickly eliminated soon.

In order not to interfere with the take-off and landing of aircraft, the slender and narrow bridge position was placed on the right side of the deck, especially the two chimneys behind it were also designed to be flattened and wrapped in steel plates to form a unit, which looked like one behind the bridge, forming a rather strange shape to outsiders.

But for him, who has been dormant for several years and has been studying and groping for the use of aviation in naval warfare, the Yin Shang class is two steel giants that are truly born for aircraft.

The deck is 222 meters long, 29 meters wide, 75 meters draft, 16,500 tons of standard displacement, 22,000 tons at full load, four gas turbines, a total of 110,000 horsepower, can make this big guy soar to 31 knots, and the endurance has also reached 15 knots/10,000 nautical miles, or 20 knots/5,500 nautical miles.

The ship adopts a closed bow and deck design, a three-layer bottom design, 120 mm carburized armor steel is used for anti-torpedo protection walls, in addition to power, oil and other important parts have also been strengthened, the whole ship has four large generators, two of which are used for large hydraulic lifts located in front and rear of the bridge, and self-defense has four twin 130 mm high-level dual-purpose rapid-fire guns, 16 quadruple 37 mm rapid-fire guns, and 24 twin 25 mm machine guns, as well as several meters of Viper machine guns.

It has been confirmed in these years of exploration and practice that an aircraft carrier is a kind of warship born purely for attack, and the great value lies in the carrier-based aircraft on it, so the amount of aircraft carried and the performance of the aircraft itself are the focus.

The original design of the Yin Shang class carried 68 aircraft, 18 F4 "Hornet", 48 F4D "Dragon's Teeth" attack aircraft and 2 search and rescue four-seater "Hummingbird" seaplanes (not occupying the hangar, parked in the gap between the flight deck and the stern, taking off from the water).

The Hornet does not need to be repeated, as a single-wing all-metal fighter, it is a whole generation beyond the current countries in the world, and the Dragon's Tooth carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft, which was supposed to be equipped, had to be revised.

Although the Seahawk is a good aircraft, the designers deliberately shortened the length of the double-layer wings, but because they could not fold to take up space, the total number of aircraft carried has now dropped to 18 Hornets and 28 Seahawks.

Seriously, because it is wooden, the plane itself is very light, and it will be very dangerous once it encounters a crosswind of more than 10 meters per second when landing, but this wind speed is very common in the sea, and it cannot grasp the arresting cable with a tail hook like the Hornet landing, because that will directly tear off the fragile fuselage.

These deficiencies led to the emperor's reluctance to purchase biplanes, and although the Aeronautical Design Institute had considered building a biplane all-metal aircraft, it had been canceled after the dragon's tooth weight loss was expected.

Although there are many shortcomings, the installation of the Sea Eagle still solves the embarrassment of lack of attack means, and the attack aircraft are suddenly reduced by nearly half, so that he does not feel too worried, even if these aircraft face the Allied fleet that has just begun the concept of air defense, he is still sure to defeat the opponent, what he is really worried about is whether he can join up with the 31st fleet as soon as possible and protect them back!

As a veteran naval officer, he knew very well how difficult it would be to operate behind enemy lines for more than two months, and the 31st Fleet would definitely be exhausted at this time, so Li Xiuyan would choose not to go to Chile, but to go straight to the Cape of Good Hope.

They would face the British South African fleet directly, and the two French battleships that had probably arrived there from the island of Madagascar south.

With the strength of the 31st fleet, it was only a matter of time before they were defeated, but the fleet, consisting of two Yinshang-class aircraft carriers, a Beijing-class speed battleship, three Yangtze River-class light cruisers, and two oil-water supply ships, was still speeding at a speed of 20 knots.

In addition to being anxious to protect the 31st Fleet from another accident, it is also because everyone hopes that a not fierce war will be used to give Yin Shang a sacrifice flag.

RO！ ~！