blood feud

Midway Island, a Polynesian island, is an unincorporated territory of the United States.Located in the central Pacific Ocean, 2100 kilometers (1300 nautical miles) northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.It is a coral atoll with a circumference of 24 kilometers (15 miles), encircling East Island and Sand Island.The land area is 5 square kilometers (2 square miles).

Beginning in 1934, that is, after President Roosevelt came to power, the U.S. Department of the Navy began to build military ports and deep-water docks here, which can dock huge ships with a draft of 15 meters.

It is now a military port of the US military, known as an unsinkable aircraft carrier.The ship maintenance dock here has all kinds of outfitting engineering machinery.

If the weapon system is not installed here, no one will be sure about the next 5000 nautical miles.Next, I will be preparing to go home, and I am afraid that there will be no peace on the road.

So first of all, all ships, including 7 freighters, must be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons, that is, the dw30mm five-tube Phalanx.

At the same time, assemble self-defense weapons for bodyguards and sailors, that is, ak47 assault rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns, so that everyone cannot be left with bare hands.

In addition, the cruisers and destroyers have left the continental United States, and should now return to their original colors.A certain weapon system also needs to be installed on it, so that those sailors who have been trained for half a year can use this long voyage for running-in training.

In this sense, although the voyage this time is not a small risk, it is very meaningful for the growth of the navy.Especially for Guan Tongchang and Navigator, and the departments under their jurisdiction, it is particularly important.

Another point is that everyone directly participates in the outfitting of the ship. This is the most rare process of getting familiar with one's own warship.Since then, basically everyone knows all parts of the warship like the back of their hands.

Zhang Jingfu took Payne's certificate issued by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Navy, and did not encounter any difficulties.After negotiating with a major at the naval port base, it was decided to stay here for a month to complete the final outfitting of 8 warships.

Because I don't know how Bai Shujie will arrange these warships, so this time the outfitting is based on the reserved turret position, and some weapons are installed according to the script, so that the warships have a preliminary self-protection ability.

Among them: 2 Atlanta-class cruisers, both of which are reserved in front of the conning tower, equipped with two double-mounted dw380mm main guns improved by Bai Shujie, with a range of 45 kilometers, a turret weight of 780 tons, and a rate of fire of 12 rounds per minute. Autoloader feeds ammunition.

Four dual-mounted dw4mm high-level dual-purpose guns are installed at the stern as secondary guns, mainly used to fight aircraft.The shooting height is 88 kilometers, the flat shooting is 10 kilometers, the rate of fire is 15-22 rounds per minute, and the automatic loader feeds the bombs.

In addition, on the left and right flanks, a total of 4 quadruple Bofors dw40mm anti-aircraft guns are installed, with a shooting height of 5000 meters, a flat shooting of 9000 meters, and a rate of fire of 240 rounds per minute; the magazine capacity is 7 rounds per clip and 8 rounds in a row. There are 12 dw30mm five-tube phalanxes, with a combat rate of fire of 300 rounds per minute, a range of 3600 meters, and 1080 rounds of ammunition boxes x 7 boxes.

6艘索墨斯级驱逐舰，分别安装了2座双联装dw88mm高平两用炮作为主炮，4座四联装博福斯dw40mm高射炮，12座dw30mm五管密集阵；2具四联装533毫米鱼雷发射管，鱼雷72条；2部深弹投射机，2座滑轨，深水炸弹36颗。

Generally speaking, Zhang Jingfu implemented Bai Shujie's requirements in the telegram: air defense operations first, anti-submarine operations second, and ship-to-ship operations third.

Speed ​​first, range first!Haiquan, within the range of Lao Tzu's cannon, everything else is fucking nonsense.

Based on the above concept, the weapon systems equipped on the six destroyers are all arranged around the two combat tasks of air defense and anti-submarine.The main attacking weapon is not the main gun, but 6 torpedoes.

The two cruisers are both heavy cruisers with a full load displacement of 2 tons, but they are not equipped with large-caliber main guns.Bai Shujie hopes to be able to run at a speed of 14300 knots, mainly to take advantage of the range of the artillery, undertake a certain frontal strike capability, and at the same time take into account air defense operations.

As for the six destroyers, there are no main guns installed at all.The main purpose is to reflect the speed advantage of the destroyer.Make sure that when you encounter an enemy situation, you can run out at a high speed of 6 knots and start a fight with the enemy.Then seize the gap to penetrate the defense and use the torpedo to kill the enemy.

Bai Shujie's concept of the current naval battle is: In the era of missiles without self-seeking, it is to use high speed to drag down the enemy and use long-range artillery fire to kill and injure the enemy's vital forces.As for whether he could sink the enemy's warship, Bai Shujie didn't care.

No matter how strong the opponent's battleship is, if there is no one on the deck, it is just an iron coffin floating on the water.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Bai Shujie thinks of Americans, whose ideas are very close to his own.The tonnage may not be the largest, but the speed has an absolute advantage.

The artillery of various calibers produced by Lan Caiqin and Zhang Jingfu's "cottage" recently was redesigned by Bai Shujie after careful consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of various artillery in this period.

The main emphasis is on one issue: artillery of all calibers must be at least five kilometers farther than the enemy's range.Letting the enemy's large-caliber artillery hit over, even a near miss is not counted.

There is only one target for my weapon: the dwarf on Monkey Island!

In the past, due to the limited processing and manufacturing capabilities and the poor quality of steel, Bai Shujie could only use the cannons of the little devils.Now with American craftsmanship, equipment and materials, the dream in my heart has finally slowly become a reality.

Bai Shujie can use this method to arrange the weapon system of the warship. The most important point is that the radar in his hand can detect 75-120 kilometers.

If the enemy can discover it first, the most reasonable countermeasures can be taken, and the enemy can fire first.Coupled with the obvious advantage of the speed of his own warship, those two moves of the little devil are not worth mentioning at all.

"The Era of Strong Ships and Giant Cannons" will soon become history, and weapons systems with higher technological content will appear soon. It is impossible for Bai Shujie to waste too much energy on this.What he needs is a weapon carrier, not someone else's ready-made weapon.

As long as the enemy's warship approaches within 50 kilometers and continues to approach despite the call, the dual-mounted dw380mm main guns on the cruiser will start warning shots.Let the enemy be under the threat of artillery before he sees himself.

For this record-setting long-distance voyage, Bai Shujie's telegrams in Pyongyang flew to Lan Caiqin one after another.

In order to deceive the public, the steam turbines, drive shafts, and propellers of the seven ocean-going freighters have all been replaced.And they are all the same as those used by future battleships, so they are called "test performance".

Although the freighter uses the high-speed turbines of the future battleship, due to the influence of the hull structure, the freighter can only reach 28 knots, but it is much faster than ordinary freighters.

Besides, with these 7 sets of power systems, as long as 7 shells can be produced and the power systems of 7 ocean-going freighters can be directly moved over, they will be destroyers, cruisers, battleships, or aircraft carriers.

Everyone can change tricks, and each has its own secrets and differences.If the freighter can use aero-engines, Bai Shujie would like to let Boeing get a few for himself and install them on the freighter.

"Mr. Capone, the 420 brothers you brought out this time should be able to operate a destroyer after this long-distance training." Looking at the busy port, Zhang Jingfu and Al Capone (Jentes) chatted aside: "My boss has specially prepared two smaller destroyers for you, and I will see you show your skills in this sea area. Haha!"

"Mr. Zhang, it is my greatest honor to meet friends like you." After all, Capone is 40 years old and has a new understanding of the future: "As your people say: One day is a brother, forever They are brothers. I am willing to be brothers with you forever."

"The Japanese killed my brothers, so I must avenge my brothers! Therefore, the Japanese are your enemies, and they are also Capone's enemies. I am not very familiar with maritime affairs, and I still need your help in this regard. Just do it."

Zhang Jingfu said straightforwardly: "It's okay. After arriving at the destination, I will ask the boss for instructions, and then I will send you a group of military instructors to carefully train a group of iron-blooded brothers who can fight tough battles."

With Zhang Jingfu and Capone as supervisors, the 8 warships finally took on a new look within a month.

With his own weapon system, Zhang Jingfu discovered that 8 warships were in front of him, and the dark muzzles immediately gave people a sense of oppression, which was indeed very deterrent.

7艘远洋货轮彼此之间相距5公里，一字长蛇阵居中航行。1艘驱逐舰在前方10公里开路，1艘驱逐舰在船队后面10公里警戒。

The two cruisers led two destroyers to form a formation, escorting them at a distance of 2 kilometers on both sides of the fleet.

Anyway, the radar does not cost money, each ship has a set of communication alert radar, and the communication between each other is unimpeded.A huge diamond-shaped fleet left Midway and headed west.

8 warships escort 7 freighters, even if they encounter pirates, they probably won't be able to please them.Let's not mention it for now.

Speaking of which, besides being busy, Bai Shujie recently had headaches.Not just a normal headache, but a very bad one!

The reason for his headache is that a person unexpectedly came to Pyongyang that he never thought of, and then pestered him every day, so he was almost bored to death!

Kong Jiali, female, aged 22, single.A native of Ningbo, the captain of the military commander.

Why did such a person appear beside Bai Shujie and annoy him so much?We have to start from the beginning.

At the beginning of this year, Bai Shujie personally presided over the modification of the weapon system and communication system of the Tianlong light cruiser and the Furong-class destroyer, and installed the shipboard radar early warning system, and then asked the fleet commander Zhang Bingyang to organize adaptive training.

Bai Shujie's original order was: "Just run 50 kilometers, and practice in the offshore."

However, Zhang Bingyang had the "most advanced" ship for the first time, and the soldiers thought it would be unreasonable if they didn't go out to show off, and they couldn't bear it on their conscience.

1938年2月19日，1艘轻巡洋舰、2艘小驱逐舰组成的一个“微型编队”，离开椒岛基地向西开了出去。

Jiaodao is only 320 kilometers away from Dalian in the west, and less than 350 kilometers away from Weihaiwei in the southwest.The maximum speed of the light cruiser Tianlong is 33 knots, and that of the Hibiscus-class destroyer is 35.5 knots.Since the performance of the battleship is to be tested, high-speed driving is an important content.

In other words, the three warships rushed out at a speed of 60 km/h and began to show off their might in the Yellow Sea, which can be called insolent.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.