In late April, Dalian Lushun Port is already full of spring, and the breath of spring has decorated the port with a spring atmosphere.
Su Tong and Navy Commander Chen Shaokuan were walking on the pier that had not been cleaned up. Su Tong glanced at the energetic Chen Shaokuan and said with a smile: "Mr. Fu, look at the geographical environment of Port Arthur. The geographical environment of Port Arthur is really unique.
The hills surround the harbor and guard the harbor here. It is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder the Japanese and Lao Maozi both took a fancy to it and even fought over it."
Chen Shaokuan snorted coldly, "No matter how good the port is, we must be able to defend it, otherwise it will only attract the prying eyes of bandits. The Lushun Massacre that year is a living example. After those beasts captured Lushun, they attacked the residents of the city.
The killings continued for four consecutive days, and no one, including the old, weak, women and children, was spared. After the massacre, only 36 people were left in the city to bury the bodies of their compatriots, and more than 20,000 people were killed. Isn't this tragedy enough to alert us? There is no such thing as a powerful navy.
If we protect China, we will never be able to become a powerful country."
Su Tong looked at this stubborn old man with a bad temper and could only smile bitterly: "Okay, my commander, two American heavy cruisers and four light cruisers will arrive in a few days, so don't nag in front of me.
Sorry."
"Humph, how can a cruiser compare to an aircraft carrier? Why didn't you want a few aircraft carriers to come over when you were negotiating with that American?" Chen Shaokuan did not accept Su Tong's sentiments, but stubbornly put forward his own plan.
It can be said that Chen Shaokuan is China's first aircraft carrier. As early as 1928, Chen Shaokuan, then commander of the Second Fleet of the Chinese Navy, wrote a letter requesting that 20 million yuan be spent to build China's first aircraft carrier, hereafter referred to as
Aircraft carrier. The news of building an aircraft carrier is definitely a bombshell in China's military circles. Everyone is talking about it. Building an aircraft carrier is of course a good thing, but does China have the strength? At this time, Chairman Chiang neither wants to spend money nor lose people's hearts.
, they resorted to the word "drag": five years, ten years, fifteen years, and they drew a big pie for Chen Shaokuan. In the blink of an eye, when the War of Resistance Against Japan came, Chen Shaokuan's little fortune in the Chinese navy was lost, and Chen Shaokuan
Kuan is still dreaming of his dream of becoming a naval power: dividing China into four theaters from Liaodong to the Sino-Vietnamese border in the South China Sea, and building twenty aircraft carriers. Each aircraft carrier costs about 1.8 billion French currency. This is really a "big plan" and will suddenly transform China.
The navy's practice and ideals in the next few decades have all been said. The opposite of persistence is stubbornness. In Chen Shaokuan's view, he is practicing his dream of a powerful navy; in the eyes of others, this is stubbornness and idiotic dreams. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek
After seeing Chen Shaokuan's plan, they all clicked their tongues. Chen Shaokuan, Chen Shaokuan, are you crazy to not only lose all your wealth, but also to burn money to build an aircraft carrier? From this moment on, Chen Shaokuan's career began to be unlucky.
Already.
Later, after Chen Shaokuan joined Su Tong, he still had a deep love for the aircraft carrier. He made reports all day long to establish an aircraft carrier formation, which made Su Tong experience the pain of the chairman of the committee.
Su Tong looked at this old man who had worked diligently for China's aircraft carrier dream all his life and was so innocent that he was almost cute. He secretly sighed in his heart, since Chiang Kai-shek can't fulfill your wish, then let me fulfill your dream.
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Thinking of this, Su Tong smiled and said: "Master Fu, you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Now that we are just about to build everything, we are very short of personnel. I plan to expand the size of the submarine force to one hundred ships before the end of the year.
, the scale of surface ships has been expanded to 300,000 tons. The prerequisite for completing this expansion is a large number of manpower. Mr. Fu, can you complete it for me?"
Sure enough, when he heard about expanding the size of the navy, Chen Shaokuan got excited. He patted his chest and said, "Okay, no problem. As long as our navy can be expanded, I will be exhausted even to death."
Su Tong smiled: "Mr. Fu, you must not be exhausted. If you are exhausted, where can I find such a good naval commander?" After saying this, the two looked at each other and laughed.
The two of them walked to the end of the pier and saw the rough waves under their feet. Su Tong pointed to the ring-shaped arms on both sides of the port and said: "This time the Japanese evacuated in a hurry, but their navy has not been hit yet, so the Japanese
There is no telling when the Japanese will come. So our top priority is to station shore-based aircraft here, at least the size of a division, and to build shore defense guns here and expand the port. Wait until the Americans next month
After the two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers arrived, we stationed them here. We must not let the days when our country has no defenses at sea happen again." Finally, Su Tong looked deeply into Chen Shaokuan's eyes,
As if questioning his determination.
Chen Shaokuan stood at attention with his chest raised, looked at Su Tong with a serious look and loudly reported: "Sir, please rest assured, I will do my best for my humble position and die for myself."
Just when Su Tong and Chen Shaokuan were drawing up the blueprint for the future Chinese Navy, a submarine was sailing quickly on the sea five hundred kilometers away from Peter the Great Bay. Long Yu stood in the control tower and listened carefully to the sonar officer's continuous
Report the position of nearby surface ships.
"Report, sonar echo of a large ship came from the northwest, ten kilometers away. The target speed is sixteen knots per hour."
"Okay" Long Yu ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately notify the other ships of the enemy's position and ask them to come quickly and wait for the attack after dark. Now the sonar soldiers continue to lock the position of the enemy ships."
A fleet of ships flying the ointment flag is cruising on the sea. The flagship is a huge battleship. It is the battleship Fuso that is performing patrol and blockade missions. The captain, Captain Ozawa Jisaburo, is still standing where he likes
The idle bridge looked out at the sea.
Next to him was Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Fukuda. Ozawa Jisaburo sighed quietly and said, "Fukuda-kun, the Imperial Army was completely defeated in Manchuria. General Umezu Yoshijiro ran to North Korea with 200,000 remaining soldiers. You know what this means.
What are you wearing?"
Without waiting for Lieutenant Colonel Fukuda to answer Ozawa Jisaburo, he said to himself: "This means that the mainland policy that the empire has been operating for nearly half a century will undergo fundamental changes. Our empire has reached a crossroads again. This decision affects our empire.
What’s your fate in the future?”
Lieutenant Colonel Fukuda gloated on the sidelines and said: "Those armies are useless. There are 800,000 army troops and more than two million imperial immigrants. They actually let the Chinese forcefully fight back to Korea. General Umezu Yoshijiro should commit suicide by caesarean section to thank him."
"Chinese"
"idiot"
As soon as Lieutenant Colonel Fukuda finished speaking, he was scolded by Colonel Ozawa Jisaburo, "Although our navy and the army are not compatible, after all, we are all subjects of His Majesty the Emperor. If there is no army to expand the territory for the empire, no matter how powerful our navy is,
Can you still drive warships to land? Our navy and army are like His Majesty the Emperor’s feet, both are indispensable. You have to remember that a person who walks on only one foot cannot go very far.”
"Hai is sorry." Seeing his boss getting angry, Lieutenant Colonel Fukuda quickly bowed his head and confessed.
"Alas," Colonel Ozawa Jizaburo sighed softly, "Manchuria has been lost, and there is not much point in our patrol here. We can only waste fuel. I guess the telegram to recall us will arrive before there is any need."
Time passed little by little, and Colonel Ozawa Jisaburo and Lieutenant Commander Fukuda didn't know that just as they were talking, on the seabed not far ahead, a dark underwater killer was already staring at his prey with sharp eyes.
, even though the size and scale of this prey are countless times its own, it is not afraid.
"Good guy, this big guy is the battleship Fuso. We have met a big guy." Long Yu stared at the huge chimney of the Fuso in the periscope, unable to suppress the surprise in his heart.
"Well, what happened? Why did those Japanese change their course again?" At this time, the Japanese fleet in the periscope began to turn and sail in another direction.
"Captain, the Japanese fleet seems to be returning." The sonar soldier who had been listening reported.
Seeing the fleet in the periscope turning in a different direction and heading into the distance, Long Yu couldn't help but feel anxious. It seemed that he couldn't wait for the arrival of other ships before attacking. It would be unrealistic for submarines to compete with surface ships in speed.
of.
"Tou, are we still fighting?" the first mate on the side asked gently.
This is a difficult choice. It is very dangerous to attack a large surface fleet during the day without the cooperation of friendly forces. You may even get involved in it.
At this time, everyone in the command tower was looking at Long Yu. Long Yu looked at the clear ship in the periscope and the ointment flag on it, and ordered with a heart: "Fill the torpedo cabin with water immediately, load the torpedoes, and increase the depth to two
Ten meters.”
"Yes, fill the torpedo room with water and load the torpedoes." The order was quickly conveyed, and the killer ship on the seabed started to get busy like clockwork.
Soon, all departments reported, "The torpedo is ready and can be launched at any time."
"The battleship Fuso is 1,800 meters away from our ship."
"Okay, bearing 020, the target is the enemy battleship Fuso. The torpedoes are set at a depth of two meters. Torpedoes No. 1 to 6 are launched in a fan shape. Shoot one, two, three, and six."
Not long after, the submarine shook slightly and then the torpedo room reported: "Report to the captain, the torpedo launch has been completed."
"Lower the periscope and dive quickly to 80 meters, and evacuate immediately."
After the torpedo was launched, the submarine's huge body turned around like a frightened whale and dived quickly into the deep sea. But everyone in the submarine knew that the arduous battle had just begun.