Respectfully

Just after New Year's Day, news came from Dalian Shipyard that after more than a year of exploration, the shipyard successfully refitted a destroyer with a displacement of [-] tons. The superstructure and artillery of the hull were all removed, and the flight deck was re-laid. , for aircraft to take off and land.

On the whole, this is a typical "flat-type" aircraft carrier.

Because the cabin is too narrow, only two Black Tornado biplane fighters can be carried after modification. Engineers considered parking the aircraft on the deck, but they still couldn't fundamentally solve the problem.In the end, the shipyard could only apply to Li Jinyan to refit a "big ship".

After receiving the report, Li Jinyan didn't need to think too much, and immediately made a decision: "Change!"

Cruisers are currently impossible, and battleships are even more out of the question. Transport ships and freighters are good choices.

If the money is spent, you can earn it again. Mastering the shipbuilding technology ahead of other countries, consolidating China's coastal defense, and developing the navy are fundamental.For a country, the importance of a strong navy goes without saying.The Spanish Armada in history, the British Royal Navy, and the aircraft carrier formations of the world police are too numerous to mention.

Not long after the end of the European War, the Washington Naval Treaty has not yet been signed, and the opportunity is in front of us. If we don't take the opportunity to catch up, when will we have to wait?

If you don't pay, how can you get something in return?No matter how much money is spent, how much manpower and material resources are spent, Li Jinyan is determined to build an aircraft carrier!

When John received Li Jinyan's telegram, he had the urge to roll his eyes.The shipping company is very busy, not usually busy.Businesses in Europe and America are full. At this time, you don’t want to buy a ship, but sell it?

"Li, this is difficult. The cargo is piled up at the port, and there is not an empty ship in the company."

The Jewish businessman tried to reason with Li Sanshao, but unfortunately failed.

What Li Jinyan was sure of, even eight cows couldn't pull it back.What's more, the business in the United States is nothing at all sooner or later.Now it's not that he is worried about losing business, but that Yankees have a huge demand for Huaxia's various wines.

Compared with self-brewed "apple juice" and crudely made fake wine, Huaxia's wine can be called "cheap and good quality". After the first business was completed, Li Jinyan's goods no longer worried about sales.

"John, what I want is not a new ship, but two old-fashioned merchant ships." Li Jinyan specially ran from Guanbei to Dalian for these two ships. It doesn't make sense, shall I ask the young commander to talk to you?"

"..."

Give the boat or talk to Young Marshal Lou?

John caved.

Interview with Young Marshal Lou?It's like having lunch with a shark.

Two freighters with a displacement of [-] tons and [-] tons respectively entered the dock. With the experience of transforming destroyers, the master craftsmen did not need to do it themselves most of the time, but directed their apprentices and other technicians to repair the hull. remodel.

According to the words of the master craftsmen, if you want to build a ship, you must first learn how to dismantle it.

The first process for a freighter to enter the dock is dismantling.

"Everyone will come here. There are rules for each line. No matter how well you can memorize, you must have real work under your hands. We old guys will not be able to walk in a few years. Put this little ability on us Teach them all, and when that day really comes, we will be able to smile and close our eyes."

Looking at the wrinkled but energetic old master, Li Jinyan's eyes were sour, and the only thing he could do was to bow deeply to the old master.

It has been ten days since I returned to Guanbei from Dalian.

It wasn't that Li Jinyan didn't want to come back soon, but that Young Marshal Lou became very interested in seeing the aircraft carrier converted from a destroyer.In addition to asking for advice from the masters, he also sent a telegram to the Naval Academy in the six northern provinces, setting a plan for the April sea exercise.

The first aircraft carrier rebuilt by the Dalian Shipyard was also designated as a training ship for the military academy.Although it cannot play a greater role in actual combat, it is more than enough for naval students to familiarize themselves with ship operations and understand new tactics.

During this period, good news came from the Northern Aircraft Factory. Several young engineers jointly designed and manufactured a helicopter that can take off and land vertically and hover in the air.

In the history of human flight, the concept of helicopters was proposed earlier. China's bamboo dragonfly and Da Vinci's flight concept are precedents.

While the biplane made by the Wright Brothers was flying successfully, people's exploration of helicopters never stopped.

The Frenchman Kearney developed the first manned helicopter and successfully tested it. The single-rotor helicopter with tail rotor designed by the Russian Yuliev before World War I became the prototype of later helicopters.

Due to reasons such as manufacturing technology, helicopters with real practical value were not announced until the mid-to-late 30s.It was the Germans who built this helicopter.Although the helicopter can take off and land vertically, and can actually hover in the air, the engine in front of the fuselage and the propellers in place of the wings make it look very strange.

At this moment, the frame in front of Li Jinyan did not go anywhere normally.

A new-age aerospace vehicle with an ordinary airplane fuselage and rudder, but with four propellers... well, it's a helicopter.

It took off and landed vertically, and hovered for a distance at a height of about 300 meters.Even if the appearance is weird, it cannot deny its inner nature.

"Yan Shao, what do you think?"

Looking at the young man with a slightly red face, Li Jinyan pulled the corner of his mouth stiffly, "Very good, keep working hard!"

With this helicopter, the Black Tornado fighter jet is simply the beauty of beauties, and the bomber's title of "ghost-seeing sorrow" can also be abdicated.

Beauty, as expected, needs to be compared.

Looking at the engineers clapping their hands in celebration, Li Jinyan covered his face with one hand. He really didn't have any hope for the aesthetics of the scientific and technological staff in the six northern provinces...

Just after the successful test flight of China's first-generation helicopter "Sai Zhongkui", the troops of China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces held a massive joint exercise on the southwest border.

In addition to the 200 people sent by the chieftains in northern Myanmar, the Kashag government in Tibet also sent a team of 500 people.

In the command room, Long Yiting gave the order to start the exercise.

The rumble of cannons sounded, and the Yunnan and Sichuan troops, who had experienced the European War, wore steel helmets and held rifles and submachine guns, almost stepping on the blasting point of the shells.

Airplanes roared through the air, dense forests, rough terrain, tanks were not suitable for advancing, and the power of artillery and machine guns was brought to the extreme.The planes in the air dropped bombs one after another in front of the protective positions, and the newly issued anti-aircraft machine guns fired at the air, and the two planes withdrew from the battle.

Accompanied by the rising smoke, the attacker launched a more violent charge.

Barbed wire, mines, all kinds of traps, the firepower of machine guns, and sharpshooters ambushing behind the bunkers, the defenders also refused to give an inch.

The exercise did not predetermine the winning side, and the armies of the two provinces were also disrupted.Under the military order, if you really get angry, whoever cares whether you are the Sichuan Army or the Yunnan Army, those who shoot in front of you are all "enemies", and only those around you are "comrades in arms".

Some soldiers who lost their "combat ability" after being hit by bullets could only squat or lie on the place where they were "killed", and did not forget to shout to the charging brothers: "Revenge me!" I can understand.

If someone continues to rush forward after being "seriously injured", immediately a medical soldier rushes forward under the hail of bullets and presses down on "rescue".

Brother Bing: "I'm not dead yet!"

Medic: "Broken legs, two."

Brother Bing: "..."

The battle was extremely "intense", and the most prominent positions had changed hands three times, but neither the offensive nor the defensive had any intention of giving up.

The "friendly forces" participating in the exercise responded differently.

The Tibetan men are very excited, this is the army!

The two hundred "pro-army" chieftains in northern Myanmar were trembling in their calves, and they hid behind the bunker, refusing to move even if they were killed.

This is a drill, right?

Not really fighting, right?

The bullets in the gun are blank, right?

The British colonial government in India and the commanders of the troops stationed in India were also highly nervous at this time. The British officers drove the pineapple heads to the border and were ready to prevent the Chinese army from taking action on the Indian border in the name of exercises.

The "big money" of the Chinese army only surprised the British officers, but made the pineapple heads jump in fear.

"The cannon is coming!"

A "missed" shell landed less than 50 meters from the border, followed by the second, and the third...

The shells did not cause any direct damage to the Pineapple Heads, but the Aircraft Fleet flew by in the air, but the Pineapple Heads were completely blown up.

The whistles and whips of the British officers are no longer useful. The better ones still know how to hold guns, and the worse ones throw them all away, regardless of whether they are machine guns or rifles.I don't care about the artillery, it's important to escape!

The British officer yelled loudly, but it was useless. As a result, they were led by the pineapple heads to "retreat", and their hats were lost halfway.

The troops in Huaxia's exercise are fighting fiercely, and Ah San's side is also very lively.

The British asked China for an explanation after the incident, and the Chinese government directly produced evidence that the shells landed at least tens of meters away from the border, all of which were within their own country, and there was no ground for any accusation.

Zhan Changqing's resignation does not mean that the Huaxia Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be easy to deal with.

Zhu Erdian left, and John Bull became more and more restrained in front of Huaxia.

After the exercise, the attacker narrowly won.

The armies of the two provinces fought against each other, and it was difficult to determine who would win and who would lose.In the end, Marshal Long and Marshal Liu chatted happily, and the brothers below also sat together. How about the Sichuan accent, and what about the Dian accent?They are all Chinese soldiers!

"Soldiers never say defeat, on the battlefield, the one who shoots the gun is a hero!"

This exercise not only achieved the effect of deterring the British, but also provided a new idea for the Chinese federal government. Since then, every spring and autumn, China will hold inter-provincial military exercises, one for training and the other for running-in.

Soldiers are the weapon of the country.

Sharpen the knife every now and then, until it is sharp enough when it comes out of the sheath.