Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Shen Wanqing asked: "You mean a new warship? What new warship?"

Lin Yuan replied: "Have you ever heard of a warship called 'Littoral Combat Ship'?"

Shen Wanqing thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard of it, what is that?"

Lin Yuan said: "It is a warship that fights near the coast. The water near the coast is very shallow. Large warships are limited by the draft and cannot sail in. Moreover, the terrain near the coast is narrow, and the maneuverability of large warships is limited. Relatively weak, very limited use in this environment."

Shen Wanqing said: "It is said that 'soldiers are expensive and fast'. The Japanese army's siege plan will definitely start in the near future, and it will only take a day or two at most. Do we have time to develop a brand new warship?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "It is impossible to develop new warships. What we need to do is to modify the existing ships. Littoral combat ships have two requirements, one is small and the other is fast. Our catamaran is the most suitable Yes, Vladivostok’s reconnaissance fleet has catamarans, and has participated in the reconnaissance of the Japanese navy. There are also many catamarans in the vast coast guard. I want to refit them and use them as littoral combat ships.”

Shen Wanqing nodded, and Lin Yuan said, "You should rest first, I will send the weapons and equipment requirements to the Vladivostok Coast Guard, and let them immediately convert the catamaran patrol ship into a littoral combat ship."

The Vladivostok Coast Guard guards the coast from Vladivostok to North Korea. Before North Korea went to war, small boats often left North Korea, headed for China, and landed on the coast. Some of these small boats were smuggling boats, some were smuggling boats, and some were transporting Japanese spies Many ships have weapons on board, so the catamaran of the Vladivostok Coast Guard is equipped with a 75mm twin-mounted naval gun and two 30mm twin-mounted cannons.

Such weapons and equipment are already considered invincible among coastal combat ships. Coupled with the speed of [-] knots of the catamaran scout ship, it is difficult for any armed ship trying to sneak ashore. However, Lin Yuan still feels that both The weapons and equipment on the body patrol ships are too small to suppress the Japanese transport ships and patrol gunboats.

So Lin Yuan asked his subordinates to install two 30mm grenade launchers on the catamaran patrol ship. Lin Yuan considered that some transport ships might be equipped with steel armor, so he ordered the ship to be equipped with two Dragon Fist rocket launchers. Come attack steel armor at close range.Lin Yuan wrote here and made a call to the Vladivostok Naval Weapons Research Institute to inquire about the development of the near-anti-aircraft gun.

Before the enemy had missiles, Lin Yuan didn't need to develop and equip close-in anti-aircraft guns. However, during the naval battle of Iki Island, the Japanese army used missiles to damage the Hoshina-class landing ship Xinshu-[-], so Lin Yuan ordered his subordinates to start developing Near-anti-aircraft guns, for Lin Yuan now, the difficulty of developing near-anti-aircraft guns is almost negligible.

The technician of the research institute told Lin Yuan: "The close-in defense gun has been developed, but the fire control radar matched with the close-in defense gun is still under development, because the fire control radar for the close-in defense gun needs to work at 12g Hz to 18g Hz. The ultra-high frequency band, which is still a difficult point."

Lin Yuan said: "I plan to use the close-in artillery to attack the transport ship. This kind of combat is usually within the visual range, so the radar will not be used."

The technician said: "If the radar is not needed, then we can add a simple sight to the near-anti-aircraft gun, and it can be used."

Lin Yuan agreed and decided to equip the Littoral Combat Ship with two six-tube 30mm close-in anti-aircraft guns. The rate of fire of these close-in anti-aircraft guns is as high as [-] rounds per minute, and they can fire armor-piercing projectiles or armor-piercing explosive projectiles. The personnel on the transport ship is definitely not a small casualty.

The improved littoral combat ship can be called the nemesis of transport ships and inland ships: Dragon Fist rockets and dual-mounted 75mm naval guns can attack large transport ships with rough skin and thick flesh, and near-anti-aircraft guns, machine guns and grenade launchers can Attack small, fast and flexible transport ships, and in the face of the Littoral Combat Ship's speed of [-] knots, no matter how fast the Japanese transport ship is, it will become a turtle and a snail.

After Lin Yuan formulated the refit plan, he ordered Li Jianfeng, the former commander of the Vladivostok Coast Guard, to serve as the commander of the Littoral Combat Ship Fleet, and then ordered Li Jianfeng to set off for the Seto Inland Sea after the refit of the warship was completed. The Seto Inland Sea has nearly 700 nautical miles, but the endurance of the Littoral Combat Ship is only 500 nautical miles, so Lin Yuan arranged for the transport fleet to set off in advance, waiting for the Littoral Combat Ship on the sea, and replenishing fuel for them.

It was July [-]th. Lin Yuan calculated and knew that the Littoral Combat Fleet would not arrive in the Seto Inland Sea until at least July [-]th. Therefore, Lin Yuan decided to let the beast-class destroyers sail into the Seto Inland Sea first. To stop the Japanese landing ship, Lin Yuan gave an order, and fleet commander Yu Feng immediately ordered the Suzaku and Xuanwu ships to sail into the Seto Inland Sea to stop the Japanese transport ships.

Then, on July [-]th, the Vladivostok Coast Guard began to refit the Littoral Combat Ship, the Suzaku and the Xuanwu began to patrol the Seto Inland Sea, and Lin Yuan continued to negotiate with Matsumoto Yunqing. Lin Yuan concluded that Matsumoto Yunqing It was here to interfere with his own judgment, so he resorted to tricks, made false claims with him, and talked nonsense. Matsumoto Yunqing knew nothing about Lin Yuan's deployment of Littoral Combat Ships, and naively thought: Lin Yuan was really captured by him. Distracted energy, so happily chatting with Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan and Matsumoto Yunqing spent a whole day, and it was not until [-] o'clock in the evening on July [-]th that Lin Yuan took the time to ask Yu Feng: "How is the blockade of the Seto Inland Sea?"

Yu Feng said: "Our main fleet has discovered ten [-]-ton oil tankers, and we are currently searching for them. I haven't heard Zhu Shiwu, the captain of the Suzaku ship, report on today's operational blockade. You should talk to him directly."

Lin Yuan then directly contacted Zhu Shiwu, captain of the Suzaku ship, and asked, "How is the blockade going today?"

Zhu Shiwu said: "Our blockade situation is not optimistic. There are a lot of ships sailing in the Seto Inland Sea. Today we found [-] ships. Most of these ships are small, and they are not afraid of death. This is a warning to us. Turned a deaf ear, although we have sunk some, but the effect is not ideal."

"The hydrological situation in the inland sea is also very complicated. The water in many places is very shallow. We dare not go there. If we go there, we will be in danger of being stranded. However, we can only operate on the Bungo Waterway, the waters between Cape Sada Peninsula and Kyushu Island. We dare not go because the water is too shallow."

Lin Yuan then said: "I am already preparing the Littoral Combat Ship, and I will arrive in the Seto Inland Sea to support you in three days. Your task now is to deter and scare the Japanese. As for sinking the Japanese small boat, it is up to you Just do it."