Aircraft carrier USS Han Dynasty.

Summer rainstorms in the Indian Ocean are coming. The sky was still clear just now, and the clouds were thick in a moment.

"Attention all ships, hurry up and store the aircraft, enter the anti-storm procedure, and pay attention to the ...... against thunderstorms" An order from Rear Admiral Xi Muyun, commander of the coalition aircraft carrier formation, soon came from the flagship.

"Quick, get the planes back to the hangar!Clear the deck, prepare for the storm!Hurry up, get moving!" the deck commander hurriedly yelled to the teams.

"Hurry, hurry...... Let's all move!" the ground staff in various vests went about their work like a fire burning their butts.

"Hurry up, get the planes closer together and make as much space as possible. The hangar commander is also anxiously directing the ground crews to clear the hangar. "Who's that, hang that bobtail eagle for me!"

The entire Han Dynasty was busy. The ground crews took the planes parked on the deck and returned them to the hangar one by one through the elevator. Not only are they busy, but several other aircraft carriers are doing the same.

The wind tightened again, and the dark clouds overhead rolled and galloped, pressing down on the surface of the sea like thousands of horses. The last few planes in the air landed as if they had fled, and when the landing hook of the last J-14 "Bobcat Eagle" hooked the blocking cable, a dazzling lightning bolt crossed the sky, and after the lightning, a thunder that shook the world exploded on the head, and the rain began to pour down.

"The hangar can't stop, and the planes that can't be sent back are fixed on the deck! They are all quickly fixed with steel cables!" The deck commander pointed to the six "Bobtail Eagles" on the deck.

This time, the Han Dynasty used the maximum loading mode, and originally some of the planes were to be parked on the deck. In the propeller era, the Han Dynasty-class aircraft carrier could easily accommodate hundreds of aircraft of various types, but in the jet age, the aircraft became larger and larger.

After the naval holiday, the Han Dynasty class was completely modernized, the armored flight deck was upgraded, the hangar space was optimized, the underwater anti-torpedo structure was added, and the hull was lengthened, so that the standard displacement rose from 33,200 tons to 41,500 tons, and the full load displacement rose to 52,000 tons. This body is definitely not small, it can barely be regarded as a heavy aircraft carrier in the world, and even in later generations, it can already be regarded as a medium-sized aircraft carrier. But even then, its carrier capacity has been drastically reduced.

At present, the usual aircraft configuration of the Han Dynasty class is: 30 J-14 "Short Tail Eagle" combat attack aircraft, 4 Dian-2 "Roaring Eagle" electronic warfare aircraft (electronic warfare version of the J-14), 4 Air Police-1 "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft and 6 Z-4 "Seahorse" anti-submarine helicopters. Together with 4 spare "Short-tailed Eagles", there are a total of 48 aircraft, including 34 combat aircraft.

Although the number of carrier-based aircraft has decreased, the combat effectiveness has increased instead of decreasing, and the performance of the third-generation jet aircraft is a qualitative leap compared with the propeller.

But the problem now is that there is no room in the hangar, and even if you use a "hanging ticket" for some aircraft, you can't accommodate all the planes in the hangar. These last six planes could not be squeezed in anyway, and could only be tied to the deck.

Thunderstorms followed, and cherry-like raindrops fell whirlly, falling on the deck with a loud horn. The wind was stronger, the rain was more violent, sweeping the entire sea, and the sky and the sea were suddenly white.

A group of ground crews hurriedly dragged the plane to the parking position in the pouring rain, closed the brakes, and then tied the plane's front wheel carrier, side wheel carrier and landing hook with steel cables, and then hung the steel cables on the fixing bolts protruding from the deck. There is also a fixed position for deck mooring, and there is a set of fixed entry and exit sequences, and this set of operating procedures and methods are all military secrets. On a decommissioned aircraft carrier, you can't see the deck markings drawn, and you can't see the fixing bolts.

Some people are busy to death, some people are idle, the ground crew is busy on the deck in the heavy rain, and a group of pilots who have already parked the plane are leisurely spectators. In the pilot's lounge on the island, they held teacups or cans of drinks, watched the rain and chatted leisurely.

"Hey, this Han Dynasty level is still small, and it's getting more and more insufficient......"

"Yes, the planes can only be short-tailed eagles, and even the sea eagles can't be installed, and there are no heavy planes!"

"Don't step on the heavy machine, okay?" Lieutenant Colonel Huang Jiahui, the more he listened, the more angry he became. "Lao Tzu has been brought to drive a short-tailed eagle, so don't think about heavy machines!"

Lieutenant Colonel Huang may now be the depressed person on the Han Dynasty, much more depressed than the group of staff officers who complained about the Japanese warships on the Xianghe.

Because he was originally flying a J-13 "Sea Hawk" heavy fighter on the Shanghai nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but last month he was kicked by his superiors to drive a medium-sized aircraft on the Han Dynasty. Well, although the rank and position have been promoted by one level, and the original major captain is now the lieutenant colonel captain, he is still very unhappy in his heart, he would rather stay in Shanghai and continue to be the captain than be the captain of the Han Dynasty.

Because of the displacement of the Han Dynasty, the 34th Wing above is a trumpet wing, and there are only 48 aircraft in total plus helicopters. Not much more than the brigade on the Shanghai. Well, this is only a secondary reason, the main one is that he had to leave his favorite "Sea Eagle". Lieutenant Colonel Huang is a heavy "heavy machine controller", he believes that only the heavy machine is the gray machine that the master drives, and the magnificent momentum of the heavy machine is the "short-tailed eagle" This medium-sized machine can never be compared. The most important thing is that the slanted vertical tail of the "bobtail eagle" can't play with the "scalpel", well, this sentence is a mouthpiece.

However, this transfer was ordered by the Navy Command, and no matter how unhappy he was, he had to come over. Fortunately, his superiors also promised him that this time was just a transition, and when he reached the official service of the Guangdong level, he would let him go back and continue to drive heavy aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Huang's political sense has always been more than that, and he also thought that someone deliberately manipulated him, but Wen Zewu, the younger brother who came with him, told him that the truth was just the opposite, and this was the plan to promote him, especially to let him, the "idol" of HNA, come over to gild.

Although I felt better knowing the truth, I was still very depressed. Well, with his political data, it is difficult to understand the balance of this thing. If all the heads are brushed by the Shanghai, what will happen to the other aircraft carriers? It is impossible for all of them to eat meat, and the others will not even be able to get soup, right?

Of course, it is much more convenient to transfer pilots, so in this operation, the pilots on the two aircraft carriers of the Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty have changed a lot, and these newcomers are all key training objects selected from various wings, and they are gilded and brushed here.

"You say, like this Han Dynasty, it was completed in 1918, this ship is 24 years old, older than me, it should be decommissioned...... "A round-faced ensign pilot said: "According to the Washington Treaty, the ship can be decommissioned for more than 18 years, and this is an old ship of more than 20 years......"

Major Wen Zewu, the captain next to him, pursed his lips and said: "How is it possible to retire from the Han Dynasty? Now the upper authorities are not enough aircraft carriers." The Han Dynasty level is a veteran who has to go up, and he can't retire, at least in the past few years. Our boss Wang wants to take a back seat and change them to helicopter carriers or anti-submarine aircraft carriers, and then replace all the vacated positions with Guangdong-class ones. ”

"Captain, why didn't it work out?" asked the round-faced lieutenant.

"Our boss Wang's plan was withdrawn by Chairman Liu of the Finance Federation, that's it......" Wen Zewu said with a smile: "Of course the Guangdong level is good, but the money spent will be lost." ”

It is said that Marshal Wang Tiezhu, commander-in-chief of the Navy, and a group of his subordinates have carried out an ambitious plan for the construction of the navy, one of which is to build 30 Guangdong-class nuclear-powered supercarriers, plus four Shanghai-class and four Shandong, to form 19 super-nuclear-powered twin aircraft carrier formations, and all conventional-powered aircraft carriers will be relegated to the second line. However, as soon as this plan was sent to the Finance Federation, it was immediately shot by Comrade Liu Yang, and a secretary who sent the plan to the past was confused by Chairman Liu. Afterwards, at a central summit, Wang Tiehammer was sprayed bloodied by Chairman Liu. The last 30 Cantonese-class ships were cut to only eight.

His Excellency Marshal Wang Tiehammer's "all-nuclear aircraft mother" plan went bankrupt, so he could only hit these conventionally powered aircraft carriers that he was originally planning to retreat to the second line. Six Han Dynasty-class and four Liaoning-class ships entered the dock again for modernization and refit, and even the four Shandong-class ships had to be overhauled. Because when these three aircraft carriers were in service, they were equipped with propeller carrier-based aircraft, and in order to adapt to larger jet carrier-based aircraft, they must be modified accordingly. If it weren't for the fact that the four Xia Dynasty-class ships were too small and lacked room for improvement, Mr. Wang wouldn't even be ready to let go of these four old ships.

"No matter how the Han Dynasty class should be, it can only be a medium-sized aircraft, in fact, I think that the Han Dynasty class can be transformed into an ......amphibious assault ship," said one pilot.

Huang Jiahui shook his head: "The aircraft carrier and the amphibious assault ship just look alike, but the internal difference is very big, just the direct dock below is not good, the cost of changing it is too great, it is better to build a new one." ”

"Hey, the rain has stopped...... one of the pilots shouted.

Everyone looked at it, isn't it, the sky that was thunderstorm just now has cleared. Several deck cleaning vans are already starting to clean up the deck.

"Okay, everyone has rested enough, ready for the next air strike...... Huang Jiahui threw the can in his hand after drinking, and accurately threw it into the trash can in the corner.

"Boss, did you make a mess this time? Are we still bomb trucks?" asked a captain.

"How do I know if those guys' planes will come, or if it's like last time, one-third of the air superiority payload, two-thirds attack load-up. The 30 planes came in three groups to see who was lucky...... Wong said.

HNA's short-tailed eagle has two models, single and two, although both single and double can perform air supremacy and bombing missions, but there is still some emphasis, generally speaking, single air dominance, two-seat attack. However, that refers to the situation that the opponent is presentable, and now the opponent does not have any decent air force at all, so naturally it is good to do anything.