Section 76 Dingyuan and Zhenyuan
Qinhuangdao Huaxia Naval Base
"Unlock the cables... ignite..." The entire harbor was filled with similar sounds. Now the orders above have come down. All the navy have entered the first-level combat readiness. The orders on the land are busy loading various shells and torpedoes onto warships. These warships have just been transported and have not yet been anchored here. Today, they are going to go to sea to fight. The order was issued by Mr. Mao Yuanshan, the commander-in-chief of the Shanghai Third War Zone, who is their commander-in-chief. All the naval officers and soldiers knew what this combat mission was, which was to use their new naval power to intercept a special mixed fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet at sea.
Naval combat command room.
Now the fleet of China is temporarily named the Northern Fleet, and its flagship is the battleship No. 001.
This is a exchanged Nagamon-class battleship. Although it was a bit out of date in this era, it can still hold on the seas in Asia, at least much better than the things in the Soviet Far East Fleet. So far, the latest Japanese devils' battleship is the Nagamon-class battleship.
In theory, the navy's warships should have their own names, but Mao Yuanshan has always wanted to restore the plan of the Chinese Navy, so before reaching that scale, all warships only have numbers and no names. According to Mao Yuanshan's plan, after the navy is expanded, the Beiyang Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet, the Pacific Fleet, the Indian Ocean Fleet, and even the Atlantic Fleet.
The current Northern Fleet is the prototype of the Beiyang Fleet in the future. Moreover, Mao Yuanshan, the flagship name of the Northern Fleet, had long been considered, that is, the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, which were originally terrifying overseas. As for which warships of these two warships will become the flagship of the Northern Fleet by then, it depends on their record at that time.
Moreover, in Mao Yuanshan's view, this navy is too young now and is not worthy of using these names. They must make a name for themselves before they can use the names of warships that their predecessors exchanged for their lives.
At the beginning of the fleet, Mao Yuanshan's order was issued to everyone in the fleet. If you want your fleet to have a name that can be called, if you want your warship to be assigned a warship with great merit, then start working hard from now on, and start working hard for this goal! As long as you work hard, the central government can see everyone's efforts. Combined with the entire warship, it will be exchanged for a great contribution. Each contribution is scored by the Navy General Staff. The team with the highest score can have the Zhenyuan or Dingyuan warships.
Mao Yuanshan has revealed to them that the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan warships will surely be the most powerful warships in the entire society in the future. If they were battleships, their displacement would not be less than 50,000 tons, and if they were aircraft carriers, their aircraft would not be less than 120.
All the naval officers and soldiers were struggling for this goal. Finally, today they had a combat mission. Everyone did not refuse because they adapted for a short time. Instead, everyone actively devoted themselves to this war. For them, the Japanese Navy had its own status in the world. As long as it could defeat the Japanese Navy, it could wash away the shame on themselves. The Beiyang Fleet was defeated by Japan, causing the Chinese Navy to withdraw from the world stage. Since then, the entire China has been in a sea without defense, and there has been no decent navy from the Qing Dynasty to now. Although the Republic of China government organized some navies, the total tonnage was too small, and even a squadron of the Joint Fleet could not match. How could this be considered the navy of our great power?
When Mao Yuanshan tricked the French fleet and obtained support from the US fleet, he slid down and finally had his own navy. With more than 100 submarines, he was also a good naval force in the entire Asian region. Only the joint fleet did not use its main force to attack, but could have the ability to protect itself. With the protection of the two naval aviation divisions, they had good power in the near-shore range. Unfortunately, this time, they were going to carry out a long-distance raid, and there was no use to intercept naval aviation corpses, so they could only use the strength of their fleet. This was also an opportunity for the navy to verify their capabilities. To see if they would not fight after leaving the naval aviation corpses.
"Yes. According to our reconnaissance, the Japanese fleet has passed by two heavy cruisers this time, and the rest are all destroyers. They are not our opponents at all. Don't talk about our battleships. Even if they are dispatched, our special mixed fleet can completely intercept them. The most important question now is what should we do if the joint fleet sends support? According to the sitting suggestions given by the commander-in-chief, we should learn from the Germans to use our submarines to entangle the Japanese.
The instructions of the joint fleet, and the subordinates felt that this was inappropriate. The British fleet was scattered in several places, so they could entangle them with submarines, but the Japanese joint fleet has now gathered in Kagoshima. It is not so easy for us to entangle the entire joint fleet." Lin Shaoyi, captain of the Navy No. 001 battleship, said that he was the former captain of a destroyer of the National Navy. Now that the ship has risen, he has become the captain of the battleship. There is no problem with his own knowledge.
"Major General Long Fei, is your submarine force confident that you can entangle the Japanese Combined Fleet!" Everyone turned their attention to Major General Long Fei, the commander of the submarine force. This matter was caused by your submarine force. Now your submarine force should also bear the most difficult responsibilities. The navy has just established a surface ship. The combat capability of the surface ship can be said to be very weak. Letting them go to sea to fight with the Japanese devils can be said to be a training game. If they are allowed to divide their troops to intercept the main ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, it is tantamount to hitting stones with eggs. Although the navy's submarine force is also very young, at least compared with surface ships, they still have their own certain abilities and have achieved their own results on the sea.
"Please give orders to Commander Chen. The officers and soldiers of our submarine force must be called "killing oneself and serving the country with oneself." Major General Long Fei's statement gave everyone a thumbs up in his heart. No wonder the commander-in-chief valued Major General Long Fei so much. They would not lose their chains at critical moments.
Chapter completed!