Ouyang Yun and his party stayed at the Karachi Shipyard for about three hours. After he, Hou Debang, Lu Hanni, Chen Mingsheng and others studied the details of the "Enmity-class" modification in detail, they took a speedboat to the anchorage of the Pacific Fleet. Started his first "Pacific trip",
The Pacific Fleet came to greet him with a Fletcher-class destroyer. This type of ship has a full load displacement of 2,500 tons. Its main weapons include five single-barreled 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, two quintuple 533mm torpedo launchers, and double Equipped with three joint 40mm "Bofors" cannons and ten single-barreled 20mm "Oerlikon" cannons, there are currently seven ships of this type in the Pacific Fleet, three of which were built by Wallace Huey. The "old ship" that Turney secretly purchased from the U.S. Navy through the Skull and Bones Society,
In the Pacific Fleet, there are still four such "old ships", namely three New Orleans-class cruisers and one S-1-class attack submarine. Speaking of which, Wallace is quite interesting. The destroyer is Fletcher. class, and the cruisers are all New Orleans class. The cost of these six ships alone exceeds 100 million US dollars, which is enough to form a small fleet. It can be said that Ouyang Yun purchased these seven ships for 100 million US dollars. It's really a huge advantage,
Led by the aircraft carriers Yandi and Huangdi, there were a total of twenty-seven ships, all made in the United States. Because of the British wrangling, the French Far East Fleet ended up with a total of sixteen ships including the battleships "Richelieu" and "Richelieu". Three battleships were acquired by the Xuebing Army; coupled with the four "Admiralty V-class" destroyers provided by the British Far East Fleet, so far, the localization rate of the Xuebing Army's Pacific Fleet is zero.
The sun is setting in the west, the Arabian Sea is shining with golden light, and several silver fighter planes are flying in the sunset. It is a beautiful sunset.
Chen Shichang had already conveyed the news of the Commander-in-Chief's arrival. At this time, all the trainees, led by the Yandi and Huangdi aircraft carriers, stood on each deck of the ship and lined up along the railings. ,
"Sir, let's go around a circle first." Chen Shichang suggested,
Ouyang Yun nodded,
The entire Pacific Fleet has a personnel strength of nearly 15,000 people. Among these people, about 9,000 were recruited locally in the United States and are volunteers. Many of them grew up step by step despite being bathed in Ouyang Yun's anecdotes. , and became an excellent naval cadet, but this was the first time he met Ouyang Yun.
The speedboats slowly passed by the warships one after another. Ouyang Yun stood with his hands on the railings, raising his hands to salute the cadets standing on the ships from time to time. Beside him, Hou Debang held his hands on the railings, his body trembling from time to time. He sighed: "I didn't expect that I could see such a scene in my lifetime." "This is our fleet." "Aircraft carrier Yandi, Ouyang, thank you."
"Mr. Hou, what are you talking about? This is not my credit."
Hou Debang smiled: "Ouyang, only now do I understand what a maritime power country is."
How many years has the word "sea power" left China? It seems that after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, this word disappeared from the Chinese dictionary. Is sea power important to China? Nonsense, the sea area is nearly half of the country's land area. Can it be unimportant,
The captain of the Yandi aircraft carrier, after Ouyang Yun's personal instructions, is currently designated as Bian Jingdao, a newly minted major general. Bian Jingdao's temper has not changed at all. As soon as the speedboat entered the sight of the cadets standing on the deck of the Yandi, he shouted through the loudspeaker: "Brothers, are you ready?"
The students replied in unison: "Ready."
The speedboat came over and gradually became parallel to the hull of the Yandi. Ouyang Yun raised his hand, and Bian Jingdao shouted: "Hello, Commander-in-Chief." Then his trainees shouted in unison: "Hello, Commander-in-Chief."
The Yanti, as the Chinese version of the American Essex-class aircraft carrier, has been modified with a full load displacement of nearly 40,000 tons and can theoretically carry 73 Baijis. Although there is still a gap between it and Japan's Yamato-class aircraft carrier, looking at the world, It can definitely be said to be a giant aircraft carrier. The fighters equipped by the Yandi and Huangdi will be sent from Guangzhou by Tielin Fei. Therefore, the flight deck and hangar of the Yandi are empty at this time, with only a few purchased aircraft. Trainer aircraft from the United States,
Aircraft carrier, the symbol of the Deep Blue Fleet in later generations. In that time and space, 1.3 billion people dreamed of it, but in the end they could only purchase a semi-finished ship from the distant Black Sea, and then they went through all the troubles and were looked down upon before dragging it back to China... Looking at the slender hull of the Yandi and listening to the loud and neat greetings of the soldiers on board, Ouyang Yun had already developed a heart of stone. At this time, he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding. He squinted in the corners of his eyes and suddenly felt, No matter how much he suffered before and what kind of fate he would suffer in the future, it was all worth it. Even if he could not completely defeat the Japanese combined fleet, he at least tried hard and successfully created a ship that truly belonged to the Chinese. Aircraft carrier, no, must defeat the Japanese combined fleet. If this goal cannot be achieved, what will be the purpose of this time travel, and what will the efforts of General Chen and the others count? They just don't care about personal gains and losses, just focus on these good things in front of them. The efforts of men and the sacrifices of tens of millions of descendants of Yan and Huang, what can I do to repay their blood and trust?
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The speedboat sailed past the Yandi aircraft carrier, which took no more than two minutes. In just two minutes, Ouyang Yun thought a lot. Unknowingly, two lines of tears flowed into the wind. Something was surging in his heart. He felt a pair of tender hands on his left hand. Holding her little hand, he turned around and saw Bai Liusu's gentle face. He gently held her hand back, straightening his waist with force, and raising his right hand to the brim of the hat, he couldn't help but become stronger.
Degu stood about two meters away from him. The Frenchman could now understand some Chinese. Hearing the shouts of the students, he looked at Ouyang Yun and moved his eyes to the vast space in front of the speedboat. Looking at the boundless Arabian Sea, I couldn't help but have a glimpse of understanding: The Chinese are so obsessed with ocean-going naval power, they may really get what they want, and have a foothold among the five powers of Britain, the United States, Japan, the Soviet Union, and Germany. The navy certainly needs knowledge. But the vitality of youth is also indispensable. The Pacific Fleet may not only be a joke,
"Brother, I believe that one day, you will take me to Tokyo." Bai Liusu said softly, something sparkling in his eyes.
"Why do we set up an ocean-going navy? Why is our first ocean-going fleet called the Pacific Fleet? Everything is to defend the glory given to us by our ancestors. The vast China, the majestic China, the ancient heavenly kingdom, with an area of five million square kilometers Brothers, the descendants of Yan and Huang have always been peace-loving, but this does not mean that we are weak and can be bullied and can tolerate bandit countries doing whatever they want on our territory... Today, we want to proudly tell the world, This is our aircraft carrier, our Pacific Fleet." Ouyang Yun stood on the island of Yandi and shouted loudly into three microphones,
His voice first reached the ears of every trainee in the Pacific Fleet through the loudspeaker, and then spread to all directions with the sea breeze and waves, gradually filling the world between heaven and earth.
(Old Poison: Everything is easier said than done. One aircraft carrier is not enough, far from enough, isn’t it?)