Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 341 Simple Aircraft Carrier
Even if all the seized super dreadnought battleships, a light cruiser and a destroyer are repaired, the naval fleet formed by the Yueyang Front Army is still somewhat weak. You must know that in the world of the Tang Empire and the Han Kingdom, Su Yi's The strength of the navy can all dominate the world's number one position.

However, with the many warships of the Tang Empire and the Han Kingdom, Su Yi has no way to get the world on the side of the Great Qin Kingdom. Su Yi can only think of other ways to strengthen the strength of his navy.

Su Yi said to Sun Guodong, the deputy commander of the Yueyang Front Army: "The Ice Lion Navy warships sunk by the Air Force Independent Division are all located near the port, so it should be easier to salvage. Find some professionals to evaluate the sunk ships. Let’s see which one is worth repairing for the Ice Lions Navy warships, now we have no other way to get warships, so we can only pick up some junk and build up the navy first.”

Sun Guodong nodded and said: "The number of warships in our hands is really too small. If we can salvage a few sunk warships of the Ice Lion Navy for repair, it will be very precious to the naval fleet we are about to form."

Su Yi pondered for a while and then said: "Can Minggang Shipyard transform large transport ships or large passenger ships into aircraft carriers? I can get a large number of carrier-based aircraft with good performance. If Minggang Shipyard can transform a few An aircraft carrier, our Yueyang Front Army will immediately have a powerful naval fleet, even against the aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lions Navy, we can have the power to fight."

Today, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire already has 28 self-built aircraft carriers, named by Su Yi as the Wasp-class aircraft carrier, with a full load displacement of 48 tons and a maximum speed of 36 knots. 36 black butterfly bomber, 120 moth torpedo bombers and six ladybug reconnaissance aircraft, a total of [-] six carrier aircraft.

The bamboo dragonfly fighter, black butterfly bomber, moth torpedo bomber, and ladybug reconnaissance aircraft are also carrier-based aircraft independently developed by the Datang Empire, because some of the technologies of these carrier-based aircraft come from the Han Kingdom. The world, so that these several carrier-based aircraft can even reach the world's top level in terms of comprehensive performance.

Su Yi had long thought about forming a naval fleet dominated by aircraft carriers in the world on the side of the Great Qin Kingdom, so he had already ordered several aircraft manufacturers in the Great Tang Empire that could manufacture four types of carrier-based aircraft to increase the size of the fleet. The production quantity of the four types of carrier-based aircraft, now in the world of the Tang Empire, the four types of carrier-based aircraft have been hoarded a lot, the total number exceeds [-], and the number is still growing.

"Commander, I'll have someone contact Minggang Shipyard immediately to see if Minggang Shipyard has the ability to transform large transport ships or large passenger ships into aircraft carriers?"

"I'll give you the performance parameters of several carrier-based aircraft in my hand. The modified aircraft carrier does not need any other requirements, as long as it has a flight deck of sufficient length."

After a pause, Su Yi continued: "In addition, order the various temporary armies entering the Northwest and Northeast regions, and try to drive the Ice Lion Army out of the Northwest and Northeast regions by the end of this month!"

"Commander, who will be responsible for the formation of this navy?"

"Ask Ding Haifeng, the deputy commander of the temporary 8th Division, if he would like to return to the warship? If Ding Haifeng is willing, he will be the commander of our Yueyang Front Army's independent fleet!"

Ding Haifeng was originally the captain of a former dreadnought battleship in the Northeast Fleet of the Great Qin Navy. The former dreadnought battleship under the command of Ding Haifeng was bombed and sunk in the port by the carrier aircraft of the Ice Lion Kingdom just after the war between the Ice Lion Kingdom and the Great Qin Kingdom among.

Ding Haifeng then led the naval officers and soldiers on the warship, turned them into infantry directly, and fought with the Ice Lion Army from the northeast to the capital Yueyang City. Finally, Ding Haifeng and the remaining naval officers and soldiers under his command were all recruited by Su Yi.

With the continuous expansion of Su Yi's army, and Ding Haifeng's clear willingness to be loyal to Su Yi, he has now been promoted to be the deputy division commander of the 8th Division temporarily, and he can be regarded as a high-level officer in the Yueyang Front Army.

After Ding Haifeng received a telegram from Sun Guodong, the deputy commander of the Yueyang Front Army, he immediately called back to express his willingness to be the commander of the Yueyang Front Army's independent fleet.

As the second largest shipyard in the Great Qin State, Minggang Shipyard has three docks of 20 tons, two docks of [-] tons, four docks of [-] tons, and four docks of [-] tons. Docks and more than [-] docks below [-] tons.

The Minggang Shipyard is second only to the Honggang Shipyard located in the Southeastern Province of Australia in terms of scale and technical strength. Today, the Honggang Shipyard is still in the hands of the Ice Lion Navy.

Since the Ice Lion Country is planning to completely annex the northeast region of the Great Qin Country, after occupying the Minggang Shipyard, not only did it not destroy the Minggang Shipyard, but also transported a batch of advanced shipbuilding equipment from the Ice Lion Country. Some large shipyards of Minggang Shipyard have undergone technical upgrades. The workers and engineers of Minggang Shipyard have not been persecuted by the Ice Lion Army. Now Minggang Shipyard has fallen into the hands of the Yueyang Army intact.

On the morning of April 2539, [-] in the divine calendar, in a meeting room of the Minggang Shipyard, Ding Haifeng, who had just become the commander of the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front Army, asked Zhang Mingsheng, the chief engineer of the Minggang Shipyard, eagerly: " Chief Engineer Zhang, can our Minggang shipyard transform large transport ships or large passenger ships into aircraft carriers according to the Commander's request?"

Zhang Mingsheng, chief engineer of Minggang Shipyard, said with a wry smile: "General Ding, we are old acquaintances, so I'll just say something straight. According to Commander Su's request, it's not difficult to transform a large transport ship or a large passenger ship into an aircraft carrier. But such a simple aircraft carrier does not have any survivability at all, maybe only one [-]kg aerial bomb is needed to sink this simple aircraft carrier."

Ding Haifeng did not become sad because of Zhang Mingsheng's worries, but said with joy: "Great! So our Minggang Shipyard can completely transform large transport ships or large passenger ships into aircraft carriers, then our independent fleet will soon You can have an aircraft carrier!"

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng shook his head and said, "General Ding, this kind of simple aircraft carrier can be easily sunk."

Ding Haifeng smiled and said: "The commander has already said that no matter how many simple aircraft carriers of this kind can be transformed by the Minggang Shipyard, the commander will be equipped with a sufficient number of carrier-based aircraft, and our independent air force division of the Yueyang Front Army has promised to support Give the Independent Fleet [-] pilots with combat experience and [-] flight students, as long as the Independent Fleet has enough carrier-based aircraft, the enemy navy's fleet and bombers will never be allowed to approach the Independent Fleet's aircraft carrier battle group!"

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng hesitated and said: "If this is the case, then in the process of transforming large transport ships or large passenger ships, we don't need to consider other issues. We only need to consider the length of the flight deck. Instead of steel plates, planks are used to lay the flight deck of an aircraft carrier."

Ding Haifeng nodded and said, "A wooden flight deck is also fine, but it is best to install some anti-aircraft weapons on the modified aircraft carrier, at least facing the enemy's fighter planes, there must be no resistance."

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng immediately said: "It is not a problem to install some anti-aircraft weapons. Now there are twelve large transport ships and six large passenger ships in Minggang Port, which are suitable for transformation into a simple aircraft carrier. If the flight deck is laid with wooden boards, then If we rush to work day and night, then at the end of this month, our Minggang Shipyard will be able to provide the independent fleet with four simple aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of more than 1 tons. In five or six months, we can almost send the remaining fourteen simple aircraft carriers Delivered to the Independent Fleet."

The twelve large transport ships and six large passenger ships in Minggang Port originally belonged to the Ice Lion Navy. After Minggang was captured by the Yueyang Front Army, these large transport ships and large passenger ships fell into the hands of the Yueyang Front Army.

Ding Haifeng said with a smile: "Then please Mr. Zhang, we have also seized many large transport ships and large passenger ships in other coastal ports in the northeast region. When the time comes, Mr. Zhang will see if there are any suitable for transformation." If it is an aircraft carrier, our independent fleet hopes that there will be more and more simple aircraft carriers like this!"

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng said with a sigh: "As long as the Independent Fleet does not think this kind of aircraft carrier transformed from a large transport ship or a large passenger ship is crude, our Minggang Shipyard must transform as much as possible."

Ding Haifeng then asked: "Mr. Zhang, how long will it take to repair the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen of the Ice Lion Navy?"

Chief Engineer Zhang Mingsheng pondered for a moment and said: "Although the injury of the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen is not too serious, it will take two months to completely repair the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen, but the ship with a displacement of [-] tons Destroyer, it will be repaired by the end of this month."

Ding Haifeng then asked: "Is there any value in salvaging the Ice Lion Navy warships that sank near the port of Minggang?"

Zhang Mingsheng said: "A heavy cruiser and a destroyer both sank due to severe water ingress. Only these two warships can be salvaged and repaired. The other sunken warships are no longer worth salvaging."

Ding Haifeng nodded slightly and said: "If the sunken heavy cruiser and destroyer can be salvaged and repaired, plus another captured light cruiser, our independent fleet can have a super dreadnought battleship in the future, One heavy cruiser, one light cruiser and two destroyers."

Zhang Mingsheng said: "The light cruiser seized in another port arrived at our Minggang Shipyard the day before yesterday, but the power system of this light cruiser was seriously damaged. It may take longer to repair the light cruiser. It will take longer to repair the Super Dreadnought Battleship Star."

Ding Haifeng said with some emotion: "It's a pity that the Air Force Independent Division hit too hard. The Ice Lion Navy warships that sank in other ports are not worth salvaging. It seems that our independent fleet can only rely on those remodeled aircraft carriers in the future."

In an office of the Admiralty Building in Ice Lion City, Cabinet Prime Minister Zahar said to Admiral Mochka in a deep voice: "I am not here today to pursue the responsibility for the fiasco of the fourth aircraft carrier formation, but to study how to calm the fourth aircraft carrier formation." The impact of the fiasco of the aircraft carrier formation, after all, the fiasco of the fourth aircraft carrier formation, the cabinet and the Ministry of the Navy have unshirkable responsibilities."

Admiral Mochka sighed and said: "Admiral Lolit, the commander of the fourth aircraft carrier formation, has long sent a telegram to the Ministry of the Navy and the cabinet, hoping that the fourth aircraft carrier formation can withdraw from the coast of the northeast of Great Qin. It was our hesitation that hurt the fourth aircraft carrier formation!"

Cabinet Prime Minister Zahar said with a wry smile: "Due to the rapid defeat of our Ice Lion Army in the northwest and northeast regions of Great Qin, our cabinet has been under considerable pressure from major domestic consortiums. If the cabinet and the Ministry of the Navy order the first The four aircraft carrier formations have withdrawn from the coast of the northeastern region of Great Qin, and the people from the major consortiums will definitely make more trouble."

After a pause, Cabinet Prime Minister Zahar continued: "I just didn't expect that the fourth aircraft carrier formation would be defeated so badly in the face of the attack by the air force under the Yueyang Front Army. The entire fourth aircraft carrier formation actually only had one aircraft carrier and two Dreadnought battleships, two light cruisers and four destroyers."

Admiral Mochka hesitated for a moment and said: "Prime Minister, although our cabinet and the Ministry of the Navy have to bear considerable responsibility for the disastrous defeat of the fourth aircraft carrier formation, but the current situation, the cabinet and the Ministry of the Navy can no longer take responsibility for it. Otherwise, the voice for the downfall of the cabinet will be louder, and now the only way to let Admiral Lolit bear this responsibility is in the future."

Cabinet Prime Minister Zahar sighed and said: "The current situation can only make Admiral Lolite feel wronged. Once our cabinet falls, the situation facing our Ice Lion Country will become even worse. The chief general can understand the difficulties of the cabinet."

Admiral Mochka said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, I have already communicated with Admiral Lolitter by telegram. Admiral Lolitter is willing to take responsibility for the fiasco of the fourth aircraft carrier formation for the benefit of the entire Ice Lion Country."

Cabinet Prime Minister Zahar breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Please tell Admiral Lolitter, the country will remember his dedication, and after the fourth aircraft carrier formation is rebuilt, the position of commander will still be Admiral Lolitter! "

Admiral Mochka immediately said: "Prime Minister, this fourth aircraft carrier formation is a traumatic experience. The Admiralty hopes that the cabinet will allocate a special fund to build a batch of new warships, including a medium-sized aircraft carrier. Supplement the loss of the fourth aircraft carrier formation."

"No problem, the cabinet will transfer the funds to the account of the Ministry of the Navy as soon as possible, and the cabinet hopes to add a new large aircraft carrier to the fourth aircraft carrier formation."

(End of this chapter)