All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

After explaining to Nimitz, Ye Bai was about to turn around and leave the war center. He just took a few steps and stopped. He raised his hand and patted his head. He came to his desk and took out the drawer from the drawer. Two cards were taken out.

These two cards are the rewards for clearing the dungeon space this time. A random officer recruitment card and a general officer recruitment card can allow Ye Bai to get two more officers again. If he is lucky enough, he can get two more officers at once. Acquire two outstanding officers.

In the past, perhaps Ye Bai would have thought that when the scale and establishment of the Chinese fleet were small, there was no need to recruit so many outstanding officers to avoid wasting talents.

But now, Ye Bai's idea has changed a bit. First of all, the scale of the Chinese fleet has reached a certain level, and excellent officers are needed in many places. Furthermore, there are 10 shipyards in just a small space. Even if all It is used to build large capital ships with a longer cycle, and as many as 100 ships can be launched in a month.

How many officers are needed for so many battleships?

So for Ye Bai now, he doesn't worry no matter how many officers he has, the more excellent officers the better.

Holding two officer recruitment cards, Ye Bai raised his hand and tore them apart before choosing to recruit. With two white rays of light, two middle-aged officers in military uniforms with the rank of major general on their shoulders appeared on the battlefield. in the center

"Frank Jack Fletcher and Raymond Spruance report to your Excellency."

When he saw two new officers holding the rank of major general, Ye Bai could only be said to be reluctantly satisfied. He didn't even pay much attention to their names at first. After all, their full names were too long. , it is difficult for most people to react in time

"Fletcher, Spruance? -"

Just when he was about to say something casually to the two major general officers, Ye Bai recalled their last names, and then he felt happy. Isn't this the two people he had in the [Midway Naval Battle] dungeon space this time? A comrade-in-arms.

Fletcher is okay. He is a qualified military commander. He is more than enough to serve as a fleet commander and can complete various tasks and orders well.

But there is something unusual about this guy Spruance. Well, together with Halsey, they can be called the twin stars of the U.S. Navy, and unlike Halsey, who is better at fleet assault and melee combat, Spruance is better at aircraft carrier operations, and is also today's The Chinese fleet lacked naval commanders.

Now Ye Bai had to stay in the battle center temporarily, called Nimitz over, and introduced the two of them to him.

Although Ye Bai also I don’t know whether the system also copied the relationships and emotions between these famous generals on Earth when it copied them, but as a commander, Ye Bai still fulfilled his duties. The new warship has not yet been launched into service. There was no immediate arrangement for the positions of Fletcher and Spruance. Instead, they were temporarily arranged at the war situation center to assist Nimitz in his work.

Regardless of whether there was any previous relationship between the three and The emotions are there, but with their abilities, there should be no problem in maintaining the tacit cooperation in their previous lives. Moreover, with Nimitz's guidance and help, Fletcher and Spruance can get to know each other more quickly. The situation of the Chinese fleet was faster and better integrated into the fleet.

After handing Fletcher and Spruance to Nimitz, Ye Bai calmed down his somewhat excited mood and walked briskly. Walked out of the war center.

Yesterday night, while receiving a gentle massage from two nurses, Ye Bai not only studied the rewards he would get after opening hundreds of dropped treasure chests, but also took a look at his today's rewards. The itinerary and work were planned.

Ye Bai, who left the war situation center, came all the way to the small space. After meeting Speer, who had been waiting for a long time, he went straight to the scientific research center.

Ye Bai had known about it for a long time. Therefore, not only Speer, but also the leaders of some scientific research groups in the scientific research center did not enter work according to their past habits, but waited in the conference room. In the conference room of the scientific research center, Ye Bai did not Without any nonsense, he took out all the production drawings he had obtained after opening the dropped treasure box yesterday and handed them into the hands of the scientists who gathered around.

Almost all of these specially called scientists were engaged in ships, aircraft, etc. Experts in related fields spent several hours roughly studying the production drawings that Ye Bai brought. Not to say that they had completely understood them, but based on the relevant data on the drawings, they had almost understood the functions of these battleships and carrier-based aircraft. Approximate performance

"You have all finished reading it. How do you feel?"

Seeing the scientists put down the production drawings in their hands, Ye Bai was the first to ask, which started the theme of this meeting.

"Sir, these new warships are all high-performance warships. They have better performance than our current warships, so there is no problem in changing them."

There is no need to talk much about the replacement of battleships. After all, the system rewards more advanced and powerful battleships this time.

Ye Bai nodded and said:"Yamato-class battleships, Essex-class aircraft carriers, North Carolina-class battleships and Cleveland-class light cruisers. These battleships will be the focus of your next research."

"I only have one request, that is, I hope that the construction of these warships will start as soon as possible. They will become the main warships of our fleet in the next period of time and require a lot of equipment."

After a slight pause, Ye Baicai continued:"Although we will not build those battleship construction drawings on a large scale, you still have to spend time to study them thoroughly and absorb the advantages to develop more powerful battleships on your own. Make technical reserves."

The scientists in charge of ships all nodded solemnly. Although they have complete production drawings, it is not that easy to study thoroughly for behemoths such as battleships, especially large battleships. Don't talk about anything else. , just a Yamato-class battleship is enough to give them a headache. It has a displacement of more than 70,000 tons and a main gun with a diameter of 460mm. There are quite a few technical difficulties in it. It is impossible to study it clearly without spending a lot of time.

Even The supporting naval gun factories also need to be strengthened. After all, they could only produce 406mm diameter naval guns before. Now the increase to 460mm requires not only the capabilities of the personnel, but also the equipment of the factory. There is actually nothing in the battleship sector. It's funny. After all, with the capabilities of today's scientific research centers, they can only produce various warships according to the ready-made warship production drawings.

0Qiuhua really wants them to develop an advanced warship from scratch. It is indeed a bit embarrassing for a large battleship.

There are many problems here, not to mention the development of various supporting technologies. The technical reserves in battleship design alone are a big problem. Fortunately, Ye Bai Having won awards many times, Ye Bai now has a lot of battleship production drawings of different levels in his hands, which can greatly shorten the process.

Regarding the requirements for battleships, Ye Bai doesn't have much to say, he just hopes that these scientists can Despite his hard work, the Chinese fleet is still waiting to be replaced.

It is a characteristic of human beings to like the new and dislike the old, and Ye Bai is the same. There are obviously more powerful warships in front of him, so of course he does not look down on those warships. It is a weaker warship, and we want to complete the replacement as soon as possible.

Especially for large main battleships, the construction cycle is very long. The sooner we understand the relevant technologies, the sooner we can start construction, and the sooner the Chinese fleet can obtain these. Stronger battleships.

Putting all the battleship production drawings aside, Ye Bai focused on the three types of carrier-based fighters he came to the scientific research center this time, namely the Zero carrier-based fighter, the SB2C Helldiver bomber, and the F4U pirate carrier-based fighter. The drawings of the new fighter plane are placed on the table. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"The performance of these three fighters is good, but they also have their own shortcomings. I have an idea whether we can use our existing technology to modify and upgrade these three fighters to make up for some shortcomings and have stronger performance."

These scientists have already roughly studied the production drawings of these three fighter jets just now, and they already know their advantages and disadvantages. After hearing

Ye Bai's question, the scientists from the fighter R&D department He spoke first:"Sir, the Zero fighter is a light fighter with insufficient engine power. The only way to meet the design requirements on the drawings is to reduce the weight of the fuselage as much as possible. It has reached the extreme. It has been transformed and upgraded. It is not meaningful."

Ye Bai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately said:"Didn't you just say that the Zero fighter's engine power is insufficient? Then, can't we make up for this shortcoming by replacing the Zero fighter with a more powerful engine?"

This idea is not what Ye Bai came up with, but in the previous life on earth, netizens had discussed this issue, and one of them proposed to replace the engine of the Zero fighter and add armor to make up for its weak armor. defects.

Therefore, after obtaining the production drawings of the Zero fighter, this idea suddenly popped into Ye Bai's mind, otherwise he would not have taken it to the scientific research center for discussion.

"Sir, when this Zero fighter was designed, it was in pursuit of high speed, long range, and extremely high flight maneuverability. It wanted too much. Without this special lightweight aluminum alloy, it would not even be able to achieve it at all. to design requirements"

"But even so, due to the problem of insufficient engine horsepower, when the Zero fighter was designed, there was a problem of insufficient structural strength of the fuselage. This alone is a huge flaw."

"If the Zero fighter is to be strengthened and upgraded, in addition to replacing the engine with a more powerful one, the strength of the fuselage structure must also be enhanced, and many data must be recalculated, which is equivalent to re-developing a new fighter jet."