The training is going well, and the modification of the aircraft carrier's guns is also underway...... Originally, the US Navy was reluctant to make any modifications to the "Pinghai" because the US Navy was not familiar with the structure of Japanese aircraft carriers, and any modification was very likely to cause unexpected troubles.

But on the one hand, the condition proposed by Zhang Chi is reasonable, and on the other hand, the artillery modification is not complicated, and it can even be said that it is quite easy...... The guns were located in the lower salients on either side of the carrier, and all the engineers had to do was dismantle them, then lift them on a crane and secure them. Logistically, of course, all that was to replace all Japanese shells with American shells.

Because the aircraft carrier was being refitted during this time, the training of destroyers was at the forefront.

In this regard, the Chinese Navy has learned very quickly, and it is even somewhat surprising that some of the knowledge of navigation is more abundant in Chinese sailors than American instructors, and American instructors are often dumbfounded when asked questions.

However, this is not surprising, because these Chinese sailors have also sailed warships in the past, and some of them have even served on the relatively advanced "Ninghai" and "Pinghai".

For example, the captain of the "Ziqiang", Chen Yu, used to be the sonar chief on the "Ninghai", as the name suggests, he was responsible for the sonar equipment on the "Ninghai", and his status is also quite important for a warship...... Of course, the sonar chief did not matter to the Chinese navy, because at that time the Chinese navy had no power to fight the enemy at sea, and its role was to deter local warlords, as mentioned above.

In this sense, the "Ninghai" ship actually only needs to find a random person to be the sonar chief, and it will be the same anyway.

But Chen Yu was not an ordinary person, the reason why he was able to become the sonar chief of the "Ninghai", which was known as the strongest combat effectiveness of the Chinese Navy at that time, was because he had studied in Japan, and he studied shipbuilding...... From the end of World War I to World War II, many Chinese went to Japan to study, such as the well-known Lu Xun went to Japan to study medicine, and President Jiang also graduated from the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and because of this, President Jiang has a considerable understanding of the Japanese army and tactics, and he even admires the Japanese army's style of resolutely obeying orders regardless of casualties.

Principal Jiang even always remembered one thing, that is, when he was studying at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, a group of Japanese cadets encountered a snowstorm during the exercise, because they did not receive an order to suspend the exercise, so the two squads insisted on marching in the snowstorm, and as a result, more than 100 people came back alive and only seven of them.

The impression that this incident gave to President Jiang can only be described as shocking, so that he often has a style of ignoring the situation in the command of the battlefield, and during the Nujiang Battle of the Expeditionary Force, it was obviously raining and the river was surging, but President Jiang's instructions were two simple words: "No rain".

These are all off-topic.

There are still hidden dragons and crouching tigers among the Chinese crew, for example, this Chen Yu asked the American instructor several times.

At first, Zhang Chi thought that Chen Yu was very good, but later he learned that Chen Yu was very good on the one hand, and the American instructor Taicai was on the other hand.

Because of Chen Yu's outstanding performance, it was natural to become the captain of the "Ziqiang".

On this day, Zhang Chi and White were on the "Self-improvement...... It was the twentieth day of training, and White intended for the Chinese crew to complete a voyage on their own.

"Zhang ......" White handed Zhang Chi a cigarette and said, "I have to say that you Chinese learned very quickly, and the progress exceeded our imagination. ”

"Can I say they've sailed a warship before?" Zhang Chi didn't intend to hide: "Of course, it's only part of it!" ”

"I know!" White replied, "But even so, it was surprising to me that they were able to sail independently in twenty days, especially since they had basically mastered the use of weapons and equipment!" ”

What White doesn't say is that it would take at least twice as long for Americans to do these things.

Of course, this is not that the Americans are stupid, but that the Americans do not have that sense of urgency and enthusiasm, and some Americans even have the idea of delaying the progress to go to the battlefield as late as possible.

And Chinese...... White would not have understood the eagerness of the Chinese crew to go to war to seek revenge on the Japanese.

"Colonel!" When Zhang Chi and White were looking at the scenery outside the ship, they heard Chen Yu shouting: "I found a submarine, I can't be sure if it's our submarine!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi and White couldn't help but be surprised, and as soon as they threw away the cigarette butt, they ran in the direction of Chen Yu.

"There......" Chen pointed to the sea.

Looking in the direction indicated by Chen Yu, there was a periscope cutting through the water and slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

"Damn, it's a Japanese submarine!" White yelled, "Quick, get ready for battle!" ”

White guessed correctly, it was indeed a Japanese submarine, it was the Japanese Lu-35 submarine.

Koga has been haunted since his withdrawal from Rabaul, not only because he lost the strategic location of Rabaul, but also because he also left behind an aircraft carrier......, the "Shozuru", in Rabaul.

You must know that the "Shozuru" is one of the few remaining main aircraft carriers in the hands of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and it was not even gloriously sunk by the enemy in a naval battle, but was captured by the enemy on the shore, which was a great shame for the Japanese army, so Koga Mine removed the two large commanders who were responsible for the defense of the port in one fell swoop.

But Koga Feng knew in his heart that this failure was written by himself, and no matter how many Dazuo he removed, it was always the darkest stroke on his merit.

For some time before, Koga Mineichi had been organizing the rescue of Japanese troops scattered across the Solomon Islands...... Koga Fengyi did a very successful job at this point, which also shows his unique psychological quality: if it were someone else, he was afraid that he would be defeated at this time, or even a desperate counterattack.

But Koga Mineichi was very calm and did everything he could to minimize the losses of the defeat.

It wasn't until he got the information that the Sino-US coalition was planning to reactivate the "Xianghe" that he could no longer do it.

"Bastard!" Koga Fengyi said to himself: "If the American ghost beast is allowed to drive the 'Xianghe' in front of the imperial army, how much damage will it deal to our military morale?!" ”

Koga Mine could not tolerate this, so he sent a submarine to reconnoiter the situation of the "Shozuru".

This submarine is the Lu-35.

Coincidentally, Lu 35 had just approached the port and raised its periscope when it was discovered by the "Ziqiang" that was driving on.

(To be continued.) )