The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Shrill sirens rang out inside and outside Pearl Harbor. Tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers climbed up to their posts like ants on hundreds of warships of various colors moored in the excellent natural harbor. The low-ranking officers and soldiers who were on vacation on the island, They also came in a hurry by car, as if they had been invaded suddenly!

Lieutenant General William Halsey, Jr., commander of the newly formed first aircraft carrier of the Pacific Fleet, immediately went to the bridge command room of his ship "Enterprise" aircraft carrier after the meeting, and looked down through the porthole with serious eyes. Going down, seeing the young men arriving within the scheduled time in the surrounding ships, they couldn't help but nodded slightly, and their tense cheeks eased slightly.

As if guessing what was on his mind, the chief of staff deliberately smiled and said, "William, are you worried about General Hart's decision? In my opinion, there is no need for it. We don't really want to go to war with the Chinese, but It was just an unexpected confrontation! Moreover, we still have such a powerful force!"

Lieutenant General Halsey narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice: "I'm not that optimistic, George! Don't forget, our opponents never play cards according to common sense! God knows, have they already prepared the challenge? The preparations of the United States! The current strength of the Chinese navy is not something that our old warships can deal with! I always think that is not a good idea!"

George nodded in agreement. In fact, he was just for the old man's peace of mind. His real thoughts were just as heavy.

Before the Sino-Japanese naval war, no one thought that China was already strong enough to threaten the Western world. On the whole, they only had six 3.5-ton standard battleships, eight heavy cruisers, and two pocket battleships.And forty or fifty destroyers, light cruisers, and an unknown number of submarines.Things like amphibious landing ships are not a threat at all.

But in the series of conflicts last year, the countries suddenly discovered that the combat effectiveness of each Chinese warship seemed to be far beyond their expectations!In the two battles with Japan, none of the battleships were lost, but in exchange for the loss of ten Japanese ships!This gap is huge.It's dumbfounding!

And the most amazing thing is the ten aircraft carriers they built in two batches!

Originally, all countries thought that the Chinese made do with a [-]-ton freighter, and it was not a mature ship at all. After all, in this era, including the United Kingdom and the United States, no country has finalized the standard construction model for aircraft carriers. Everything is being explored, but China has enough combat experience to win in the end.This difference is huge!

In particular, China's aircraft carrier has produced two models in just a few years, and the largest is said to have a displacement of more than 3.5 tons!A total of four ships!The total tonnage of the ten ships is nearly 30 tons!The number of carrier-based aircraft exceeds 1000!This is very scary!

With such a large number of warships, it is finally possible to announce that it will replace Japan, and it can be regarded as the third in the world.In particular, the Pacific Fleet appears to be relatively weak. If China's brains twitch and suddenly launch a strike.I'm afraid they can't stand it at all!

Under such circumstances, it is very wise to maintain friendship with China, but today the people above are instigated to take the initiative to friction, God knows how much trouble will be caused!

George also knew that orders cannot be disobeyed, especially when the Congress and the President acquiesced in the peace with Japan, he shrugged helplessly and said: "Maybe some people are confused by the rumored interests! You know. Eastern Pacific The legends in the world are now making a lot of noise!"

What he was talking about was, of course, all the strange things encountered by the "Cassin", and now some people even claimed that the [-] tons of gold stolen by Britain and the United States was hidden there.There are also countless treasures piled up in the cloud by the Chinese. If they can occupy them, they will be rich and incomparable in no time!

Ten thousand tons of gold!This alone can lure people all over the world into madness and crime!Especially if it is placed near the continental United States, if you don't grab it, then you will be too sorry for their natural geographical advantage!

William Halsey Jr. sighed softly and said, "I hope some people have not been dazzled! Our aircraft carrier is seriously lacking in training and running-in, and it is difficult to play a role in rushing into the war! I don't want to just watch the young man One by one, they were shot down by the terrible Chinese anti-aircraft artillery!"

Up to now, the United States has built a total of six aircraft carriers. The first two basically have no actual combat functions, and the newly built "Enterprise" and "Yorktown" cannot form combat effectiveness for the time being. This is a very bad situation.

Looking at other ships, although there are at least six battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers piled up in Pearl Harbor, most of the models are old, and the top speed of the battleship is only 21 knots. Thinking about it is a headache. Compared with China's ships generally above 32 knots, the gap is too big!

"The Japanese are not a good thing! Their sudden warning is more like deliberately luring us into friction with the Chinese! I guess they may have suffered a big loss!" George raised doubts from the perspective of the chief of staff. Although the information given above is very vague.

Lieutenant General Halsey raised his thick eyebrows, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he sneered, "It's almost certain! Those little guys wish we could help contain the Chinese troops, they are so relieved! Last year the Chinese Make them miserable!"

George laughed in agreement, and teased: "That's true! I heard that half of Japan was blown into ruins by the Chinese! In the north of China, they lost at least 30 troops, poor guy!"

Like most Americans, George and Halsey will not feel sad about the war in Asia, no matter how many people die, it is more like a live-action movie that has nothing to do with it!However, compared to the wimpy Chinese in the past, the Japanese who have been trying to squeeze into the Western world are even more annoying. They were able to persist in insulting and humiliating, and even took the initiative to stretch their faces to let the foreign devils slap them.It's really admirable to be so humble!

Halsey twitched his mouth and didn't make any further comments.After a moment of silence, he said, "We just need to take care of our own affairs! I hope there will be no big trouble this time! Get ready to act!"

The U.S. Naval Operations Department seemed to have expected today. When General Hart announced the start of the operation, the relevant secret text was quickly distributed to the fleet captains and generals, more like tailor-made for them. of.

In the operation "Hawaii Heat", a powerful enemy is presupposed to attempt to attack the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.It's just that the intelligence was intercepted in advance, and the Navy Command decided to pre-emptively attack and take the initiative to go to sea in advance with a powerful fleet, find the opponent's trace on the vast ocean, and give a head-on blow to completely annihilate it, eliminating the crisis invisible!

Naturally, such emergency operations cannot be prepared slowly for a few days, starting with sounding the alarm.In just half an hour, with the "Enterprise", "Yorktown", "Lexington" aircraft carriers, and the "Arizona", "Nevada", "Tennessee", "West Virginia", " Six battleships including the "Maryland" and "Pennsylvania" were the main force, together with nine cruisers, more than [-] destroyers, and a dozen submarines, plus a dozen auxiliary ships, forming an unprecedented main formation.Start fires one after another!

At the same time, a dozen destroyers, four cruisers, and a dozen submarines that had been cruising in the Pacific waters took the lead.According to the information provided by the Japanese army, a dragnet search was carried out on the possible route area of ​​​​the enemy ship.And dispatched nearly [-] PBY "Catalina" water patrol aircraft, relying on the range of more than [-] kilometers for round-the-clock investigation.

In this way, the entire Pacific region was almost completely disturbed. After the Japanese army provided the last battle coordinates of the "Yingzhou", they retreated back to the mainland and waited to watch the excitement.

The information they provide is too easy to verify.It was just dawn, and there were U.S. aircraft and U.S. cruisers approaching the waters where the battle took place last night. The Japanese rescue ships that were salvaging corpses and searching for soldiers who fell into the water could not escape their eyes. Oil and debris were everywhere on the water. Wood, corpses, etc.It all proves how fierce the battles have been!

In order to seduce the Americans into being fooled, Chuichi Nagumo even authorized to reveal that one of their "Kii-class" battleships was sunk during the battle!It is conceivable that the strength of the opponent is so strong that it is likely to be the most advanced and powerful special warship of the Chinese Navy!

The Japanese are very cunning, they know that without sufficient interests, the Americans will not make a move at all.And an advanced warship that concentrates the essence of the Chinese navy and the technological achievements of the City of Light is definitely worth a bold effort!Countries all over the world, including the United States, have been coveting the secrets of China's technology and naval weapons for a long time!How can you miss this great opportunity!

The timing is also very accurate!The battle just ended early in the morning, with a large area of ​​electromagnetic shielding, as long as a reconnaissance plane or warship enters it, you can immediately know that the target enemy ship is nearby. This is no different from lighting a lighthouse!

It was broad daylight again, with good visibility and weather conditions for more than ten hours, no matter how hard a battleship with a speed of only about [-] knots could not run an aircraft ten times faster!Less than three hours after the Americans responded, two patrol planes successfully approached the area where the target warship might exist, and the surrounding ships unceremoniously surrounded it!

When it was almost noon, two warships rushed to both ends one after another, and when they were about to further contain them, the electromagnetic shield suddenly disappeared without a trace!Several reconnaissance planes and patrol planes plowed the area with a radius of [-] kilometers, but found nothing!

In fact, at this time, the "Yingzhou" had already run to a place nearly 200 kilometers away from that area, and what had been used as bait was just a [-]-ton submarine!After completing the bait task, the submarine immediately dived below [-] meters. No matter how the US ships searched, the sonar power could not keep up, so there was no way to find it!

"Hmph! It's so easy to find me there!" Zhu Bin saw the U.S. military planes passing by the air-to-air radar exploration area clearly, and sneered. It was too easy for the Americans to fool Chen Cang. !

However, he didn't dare to take it lightly. From the electromagnetic signals that suddenly gathered in the entire Pacific region, it can be found that the density of the US military's mobilization is unprecedented. Military satellites took pictures of a large number of warships in the Hawaiian naval port, and the "Yingzhou" My own radar and sonar have also found that there are more and more suspicious targets in the nearby waters. The US military is going to go to war!

"Aren't they really going to war?"

Zhu Bin was not sure for a while, although it was almost impossible, but no matter how careful he was, he couldn't overdo it.Contact intelligence immediately.Zhang Yaozu quickly responded that he had not received relevant information from the US government, the presidential palace, or the navy. That is to say, it is certain that the Americans have not decided to go to war.

The Yankees are not those hot-headed lunatics in Japan who dare to provoke wars casually regardless of orders.Their management of the military is very strict, and the Congress even guards against the president and the military as if they were thieves.

Zhu Bin knew it well, and calmly commanded the "Yingzhou" to continue sailing eastward at a cruising speed of 25 knots. In the evening, a slender warship entered the edge of the radar search from a distance with billowing black smoke. According to the map identification, It is a "Brooklyn-class" light cruiser, the US Navy!

"Report! According to the judgment. The target ship is the new cruiser 'Helena' that joined the Pacific Fleet last year! According to the data, the ship seems to be equipped with a sea-facing radar system, which meets the standards of our test ship!"

Zhu Bin couldn't help being more interested in calling out the information about the ship from the database that includes the current main ship information of the U.S. Army. He turned over to take a closer look, held his chin and pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Not bad! It's a good target worth touching. ! Then deal with them!"

Zhu Bin's database has almost collected information on naval ships from all over the world, and photos of ships taken secretly.Radar and sonar echo signal characteristics, ship structure.There are even a large amount of specific equipment data, as well as the latest photos of commanders, etc. Once encountered, they will be pulled out for comparison.

远方这艘轻型巡洋舰“海伦娜”号，是美国海军在“华盛顿海军协定”之后建造的最后一艘轻型火炮巡洋舰，装备有5座3联装mk16 152毫米主炮。4座双联装mk12 127毫米副炮，并根据中日海战的经验，加装了4座4联装40毫米博福斯高炮，24门厄利孔单管20毫米炮，满载排水量13400吨。总功率输出足有10万马力，可谓强劲有力！

It is particularly worth mentioning that the ship used the SG series 3000 MHz radar system developed by the US military for the first time, as well as the wireless inter-ship communication system, which greatly improved the overall combat effectiveness.Of course, the gadgets developed by Raytheon used a large number of electronic products imported from China and transistors and micro-tubes imitated by Bell Labs. The entire electronic system is small in size, high in power, high in precision, and reliable in quality. Can compare.

This is also the beginning of the U.S. military's electronic system transformation on large warships. All large warships from this ship, including battleships, cruisers, and aircraft carriers, have begun to use this series of radar and communication systems. Of course, this is in the confidential stage.

It's just that Zhu Bin can't hide this, but today, I can use this ship to practice my hands, test the performance of this ship, and even get a feel for the level of the Americans!

The "Yingzhou" immediately changed direction, relying on the radar system that is farther and more accurate than the opponent, quietly changed from the original forward posture to a tangent, and after forming an angle with the opponent, it began to speed up and circle around, while cruising at a speed of 15 knots. However, the "Helena" didn't know that the search target was ahead, and continued to advance calmly, relying on the four aircraft on board to take turns to search. It was getting late at this time, and the last aircraft had just fallen into the water next to the battleship and was going up. Hoisting.

Without seaplanes as eyes, the field of view of the "Helena" will be reduced by half at once. The power of the sg-1 radar is fully activated. It is much better to smear and fumble around, and the search radius of 22 nautical miles is enough to ensure the confrontation at night without losing money. The distance error of 200 yards and the angle error of 2 degrees can be used as an excellent aid for bombardment aiming.

It's just that as the captain, Colonel Max B. Dermot couldn't think of it. The guy he was looking for was less than 10 kilometers away from the radar detection distance. Slow down and approach gradually!

At 20 o'clock in the evening, the sky was basically dark, and the "Yingzhou" was fully powered down. The sound of the engine was so small that it could not even scare the sea fish away. It quietly chased the tail of the "Helena" and pushed it within [-] kilometers. Did not notice!On the one hand, it is the credit of the invisible hull and painting, and on the other hand, the Americans can't imagine the courage of the other party, it is so big!

Colonel Dermot received the order during a cruise from Pearl Harbor to Luzon Island with his ship, and stopped at Wake Island. Immediately afterwards, he did not find any suspicious traces throughout the day. At this time, He had just finished his dinner, and he was holding a pipe and frowning at the chart, trying to figure out where the other party might be hiding—he was the forerunner who was the closest and most likely to be found among all the warships, and it would be very bad if he missed it. !

It's a pity that there is too little information and the ocean is too big!Except for the sea area where he was surrounded, searched and caught blind during the day, there was at least a wide space around him within a radius of [-] nautical miles to turn around. If the opponent also had a strong radar, it would not be so easy to block him!

Especially at night, when the human eye is not good, you must be careful and careful!If one is not good, it will be exploited.I am a battleship equipped with the most advanced radar, and if something goes wrong, it can't be justified!

Thinking of this, he straightened up and wanted to tell the boys to cheer up and work carefully. Suddenly, there was a sharp howling in the sky, and then, a huge flare with a small umbrella slowly descended from the sky , The dazzling light illuminates the "Helena" clearly!

Dermot was terrified, his fingers trembled and he almost crushed the pipe, and he yelled: "No! The enemy ship has come!" (To be continued...)