Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Liugong Island, Beiyang Navy Admiralty.

Since Director Xiao returned to Weihai from the Indochina Peninsula, he keenly discovered that the state of his comrades was not quite right.

In daily work and training, everyone's words and deeds were a little more impatient, even the French advisers were no exception. The calm style of the past seemed to disappear overnight.

There is no way, anyone who is forced into the state of "friendship in trouble, stand still like a mountain" will be very tormented.

If it were a younger army commander, he would be so anxious that his mouth would blister now.

"Comrades, let me make a long story short. The northern end of the Jinpu Road has been fighting fiercely since the beginning of September. The air force soldiers are working hard to stop the enemy day and night."

In order to stabilize the situation, Director Xiao had to hold a meeting temporarily.

But before he finished his opening remarks, the combat meeting room exploded. The comrades were furious, and it was obvious that they were aggrieved because they could not participate in the war.

Seeing this, Director Xiao pressed down his hands, signaling everyone to stay calm.

He pointed to the tactical strategy board covered with cloth behind him, and then continued in a soft tone:

"I know that comrades are holding their breath in their hearts, and they can't wait to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. But for us now, completing the training tasks on time and in quantity is the primary goal."

"Of course, our North Sea Fleet can't stay in the anchorage for a lifetime. I have made a plan these days, which is a plan to assist the army in attacking important cities."

After speaking, Director Xiao directly pulled down the dust cloth. I saw that on the tactical strategy board behind him, there was a coastal sea map around Tianjin.

In this battle, as long as the Shandong Provincial Military Region can directly defeat the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army coming south.

Then the next stage of the strategic goal of the border area and the headquarters must be to pursue the victory and take advantage of the enemy's defeat to recover the two major provinces of Chahar and Hebei, and further expand the area of ​​the liberated area.

Chahar is an inland province, and the North Sea Fleet is naturally out of reach. But Hebei Province has many coastal cities, and the comrades have more or less the opportunity to show their skills.

All the people present are veterans with rich combat experience. They understood what Director Xiao meant after a little thought.

So, the combat meeting room was full of voices again.

"Good! Good idea! When the Japanese attacked Tianjin, their navy sent a small fleet to provide support. We should give the enemy a taste of being attacked by land and sea."

"Yes! With the current strength of the fleet, we are fully qualified to cooperate with the air force to block the sea."

"When we besiege Tianjin, we must let the Japanese feel the feeling of crying to the sky and the earth for help."

Seeing that the morale of the comrades has returned to the peak again, Director Xiao nodded with great satisfaction. Thanks to the trip to the Indochina Peninsula, he now feels that he is terribly strong.

After all, the Viet Minh can handle a series of problems well, so there should be no military problems in the world that can stump him again.

Thinking of this, Director Xiao couldn't help but look out the window.

At the military dock not far away, a steel behemoth with a full load displacement of nearly 10,000 tons was slowly leaving the port, about to start a new day of training.

That's right, Director Xiao was not idle when he returned to his mother's home this time. He took the flagship of the French Far East Fleet, the second ship of the Duguet-Trouin class, La Motte-Piquet, back home.

As a light cruiser designed in the interwar period, the full load displacement of La Motte-Piquet is 9,350 tons. She is equipped with four twin 155mm main guns and four triple 550mm torpedo tubes.

In terms of air defense, the original cargo is a 75mm anti-aircraft gun with poor power and sustainability, coupled with a French heirloom 13.2mm anti-aircraft machine gun.

This weak combination was difficult to move even in the Pacific Ocean in 1940, and the TG, which had experienced strong winds and waves, naturally looked down on it.

When the La Motte Picquet arrived at Liugong Island, the comrades immediately changed into the Mle1933/42 type, 55-caliber 100mm anti-aircraft gun plus Bofors and Oerlikon suit.

Coupled with the world's most advanced radar technology, this old French firepower light cruiser was transformed and rejuvenated with a new look of an anti-aircraft cruiser.

As if he noticed Director Xiao's distraction, the legendary captain Philip followed his gaze and looked at the port.

After seeing the La Motte Picquet, he smiled and patted his ally on the shoulder and congratulated him:

"Xiao, I didn't expect you to have an unexpected gain in this trip to Indochina. It seems that the Vichy people are not all idiots, otherwise this ship would not have returned early."

"It's a pity that there are still a few gunboats and torpedo boats left there. Although they can't fight in the ocean, they can definitely be used as training ships for students to practice."

Unlike Philip's regretful mentality, Director Xiao has always been a person who knows how to be content.

In his opinion, he could bring back a light cruiser without any effort, which was the best solution under the current situation, and there was nothing to regret.

Besides, you can't chew more than you can chew.

Even if he could pack up the entire French Far East Fleet, he didn't have enough manpower to drive more warships. It would be better to let the ship stay where it is, which could more or less confuse the Japanese.

"Well, the advisory group we sent to aid Vietnam made a lot of noise in the Indochina Peninsula some time ago."

"Especially in Siam, the main force of this devil's vassal state has suffered a lot of casualties recently."

"The above military actions may have given Jean Degou hope of restoring his country, so the admiral handed over the warships without hesitation."

To be honest, Philip actually has a lot of feelings for the cruiser La Motte Pict. After all, she is now the only warship in France that has sunk an Axis surface ship head-on.

In the eyes of the legendary captain, it is definitely a good thing for her to leave the Vichy camp and join the North Sea Fleet.

If she continues to stay in Indochina, even if this light cruiser is not forcibly requisitioned by the Japanese Combined Fleet, it will most likely sink under the bombs of the Ugly Navy in the future.

Alas, this is what a puppet state is like, neither inside nor outside.

Seemingly realizing that he was a little depressed, the legendary captain Philip forced his wild thoughts to end. After a while, his face returned to a smile again.

"In short, you Eighth Route Army should treat her well. After upgrading from inside to outside, the La Motte-Pickett should be qualified to confront the light and heavy cruisers of the Combined Fleet head-on."

"Even if we can't beat Tone, Atago and Mogami, we can definitely pinch the soft persimmons like Aoba and Furutaka."

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IJN's cruisers can basically be regarded as the epitome of thin skin and big filling. Even in the magic world of the white-haired guy, the HP of a Japanese silver coin heavy cruiser is surprisingly low.

As long as the angle is right, even a 127mm naval gun can make them drink a pot, not to mention a light cruiser equipped with 155 front firepower.

Hearing this, Director Xiao nodded, obviously very confident in the new ship. He was in a very good mood and even made a little joke.

"Philip, what you said just now is a bit like destroying your own morale and enhancing the prestige of others. What is a mere Japanese cruiser? We should look at the long-term."

"I believe that La Motte Picquet alone can sink the Italian battleships with naval guns in the Mediterranean."

Hearing that Director Xiao wanted to use cruiser guns to sink battleships, the legendary captain Philip was really a little confused for a moment.

He is familiar with Italy, which is the only imaginary enemy of the Toulon fleet in the Mediterranean.

Although the opponent's navy is not very strong, there are two Littorio-class, two Andrea Doria-class and two Count Cavour-class.

Theoretically, as long as it is not a large cruiser like Alaska or a battlecruiser like Scharnhorst, ordinary cruisers basically have no possibility of sinking battleships with frontal artillery, even the iron cuckolds of World War I.

Facts have proved that Philip's idea is very correct.

In the night battle of Guadalcanal, Achou's Nan Pang was bombarded for a long time by various 127, 155, 203 and even Kirishima's 356. The superstructure was destroyed beyond recognition, but he could still fight back.

On the other hand, the North Carolina II fired three salvos in seven minutes, and killed Kirishima with nine hits.

High-speed battleships can't withstand 406 super-heavy shells, let alone light and heavy cruisers.

After creating enough atmosphere, Director Xiao didn't keep it a secret. He looked at his allies who were thinking hard with a smirk, and then directly announced the answer:

"When I was studying before, I found that the Italian Navy actually has a seventh battleship in service. Its name is Vespucci."

As soon as this was said, Philip rolled his eyes immediately, but soon laughed out loud.

Vespucci is indeed a battleship, and it is a cutting-edge surface ship that was launched in 1930. But the problem is that this thing is a sailing battleship.

Let alone a light cruiser, the North Sea Fleet can sink the other side by sending a Benson.

This kind of strange thing may only be difficult for the future 815 and 055. Well, the radar of the former cannot capture the signal, and the latter is afraid of the walking cultural relics to take the initiative to touch porcelain.

"I am convinced, really convinced, I didn't expect your knowledge to be so wide."

Just as Director Xiao and the legendary captain were laughing and joking, a sharp and piercing air defense alarm suddenly rang over Liugong Island.

To be honest, although Xiao and Fei are old comrades, neither of them has suffered an air raid as a navy.

After a very brief panic, the two ran directly to the door of the conference room.

"Everyone, return to your posts immediately! Didn't you always dislike the lack of war before? Now the devil's planes are here, let me test your training results!" (End of this chapter)