On Wang Xuexin's side, although he was very excited about this victory, he still saw the shortcomings of the coastal defense regiment from this battle.

One of the shortcomings was raised by Xu Huandong.

After Xu Huandong reported the general process and results of this battle, he added a sentence: "Commander, I think our army's torpedo planes are seriously insufficient, and this may cause problems in a formal battle with the enemy. For example, in this battle, If there are more torpedo planes in our army, the Devils First Fleet may all stay here!"

Wang Xuexin said "hmm" and didn't speak.

Wang Xuexin actually knew this. During this period, the main things used to attack enemy warships were dive bombers and torpedo planes.

Dive bombers can be replaced by anti-ship missiles, but the Eighth Route Army does not need them.

But torpedo planes, which can launch torpedoes and cause fatal damage to enemy ships, cannot be replaced by anti-ship missiles.

Another question was raised by Yu Ping.

Yu Ping asked for instructions in the telegram: "Regimental Commander, I think we should equip at least two aircraft carriers. Look at the devils, there are two aircraft carriers when dispatched. In this way, the scheduling of fighter planes will be much more convenient and safer, and it may save money." Put down lots of fuel!"

These two questions are actually one question.

Because if there are two aircraft carriers, there will naturally be more torpedo planes, and the danger and limitations of a single aircraft carrier will no longer exist.

But in fact, Wang Xuexin knows that two aircraft carriers are not enough. If you want to maintain combat effectiveness, you should have three aircraft carriers.

The reason is that the aircraft carrier always needs maintenance when it breaks down.

What if there are only two aircraft carriers and one of them is under maintenance?Urgently sent to the battlefield after half of the repair?
Therefore, the normal state should be two ships preparing for battle, one at the rear for maintenance, and after the maintenance is completed, another one will be replaced for maintenance, so as to ensure that there are two aircraft carriers on the battlefield at any time, and there will be three aircraft carriers in special cases.

Only one aircraft carrier will not only limit the combat effectiveness on the battlefield, but if there is something that needs to be repaired and the devils come to challenge again, or the devils use fatigue tactics, that is, send fleets to harass without interruption, the coastal defense regiment will be in trouble .

This is a problem at the strategic level, and it cannot be solved by developing any equipment.

The most practical way is to increase the number of aircraft carriers, otherwise an aircraft carrier will not be able to be ready for war at any time.

Just like a robot also has time to refuel and recharge, not to mention an aircraft carrier on a high-salt and high-humidity sea.

However, destroyers may be imported from woolly bears, and aircraft carriers don’t even have woolly bears.

This situation gave Wang Xuexin a big headache.

Make it yourself?
Although the shipyard has experience in converting battleships into aircraft carriers, it also has complete sets of equipment that can produce small and medium-sized warships.

However, it is still powerless to produce and manufacture large ships such as aircraft carriers.

What's more, building an aircraft carrier cannot be completed in a few months...unless it has the industrial capabilities of Eagle Sauce to produce Essex-class aircraft in batches.

Continue to modify?

Modification is not impossible!
Wang Xuexin had thought about it before. When the Eighth Route Army recaptured the port, it seized several large cruise ships.

Because we have experience in converting battleships, converting these cruise ships into aircraft carriers is not a big problem... Many of the Japanese aircraft carriers were converted from civilian ships. The aircraft carriers during World War II were simply supplemented with a flight deck that could take off fighter jets.

The problem is that such an aircraft carrier is too dangerous.

It has no armor and no anti-aircraft firepower. If it is hit by an aerial bomb at random, it may cause serious problems.

Wang Xuexin didn't feel sorry for the aircraft carrier, but for the pilots on the aircraft carrier... The Eighth Route Army has only trained a few hundred pilots until now, and carrier-based aircraft pilots are even rarer. If they are sent away by one ship, their vitality will be greatly damaged.

Because of this, this type of aircraft carrier can only be called an "escort aircraft carrier" in Yingjiang, that is, it is used to escort merchant ships or transport fighter jets for the main aircraft carrier.

Just when Wang Xuexin was in trouble, Sun Erwei came to his door.

"King!" Sun Erwei looked very upset: "I thought we were friends!"

"What?" Wang Xuexin looked at Sun Erwei in confusion.

"You lied to me!" Sun Erwei said: "You already have anti-jamming missiles, but you still sell us old-fashioned missiles!"

Hearing this, Wang Xuexin understood that what Sun Erwei was talking about was about anti-interference.

"We were equipped just now!" Wang Xuexin replied nonchalantly: "Believe it or not! And this is also a military secret, not just what I want to say!"

Sun Erwei's expression softened a little after hearing this.

As an intelligence officer, he actually knows very well that the relationship between countries is not so easy to explain clearly, let alone the so-called "friends".

Even before entering the headquarters, Sun Erwei reminded himself not to mind this, but for some reason he couldn't help but show dissatisfaction when facing Wang Xuexin.

"Okay!" Sun Erwei said: "Let's not talk about this. Now that you have this anti-interference method, then... I want to know if you can use it to make a deal with us?"

Then Sun Erwei added: "I mean, we need this kind of anti-interference equipment! At the same time, I am also curious, how did you do it?"

This may not be new in modern times, but in this day and age, nothing more than a radio can be remotely controlled.

The Japs' jamming equipment is aimed at radios.

Therefore, if the missile is to be anti-jamming, it must be a means other than radio.

Eagle Sauce researchers have discussed for a long time but have not figured out what else can do this.

"Deal?" Wang Xuexin hesitated for a while, and then said, "It's okay, we want an aircraft carrier, Essex-class!"

Then Wang Xuexin stretched out two fingers and added: "Two ships!"

Sun Erwei was stunned, and then suddenly laughed: "Wang, do you know how much an aircraft carrier is worth? 4000 million US dollars, and this does not include carrier-based aircraft! Two ships are 8000 million US dollars, do you think your anti-jamming equipment Worth so much money?"

"8000 million US dollars?" Wang Xuexin thought for a while and replied: "It seems that I sold it cheaply and added one hundred 'Wildcat Fighters'!"

"Are you joking?" Sun Erwei looked at Wang Xuexin as if he was looking at a lunatic: "You should at least propose a suitable price..."

"Yeah!" Wang Xuexin nodded: "Let's do this, add thirty 'Avengers' torpedo planes, with two hundred MK15 torpedoes!"

After this, Sun Erwei didn't dare to talk anymore, he was worried that Wang Xuexin would increase the price if he bargained again.

He had never seen such a business deal, instead of giving in, he was pushing forward step by step.

But Wang Xuexin knows that the anti-interference technology is worth the price. It contains the latest laser technology, which opens a door in a new field.

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