The shock of Liu Guang and others after boarding the "Xianghe" aircraft carrier is indescribable.

For this, Zhang Chi is deeply aware of this.

At the end of the battle to capture Rabaul, Zhang Chi once boarded the "Xianghe" to take a look...... You must know that Zhang Chi is still a modern person, he has long known what the aircraft carrier is used for and has been mentally prepared, but when he boarded the "Xianghe", he was still shocked by the flight deck that was more than 250 meters long and 26 meters wide.

This is actually a visual impact, if it is just a warship, the cabins are separated like that, then even if the displacement is large, it will not be felt, but the aircraft carrier is an empty area, and standing on this flight deck is like standing in a football stadium at sea, giving people the feeling of standing under the shoulders of a steel giant overlooking the entire ocean. That kind of momentum, that kind of excitement, can only be experienced when you are there.

Zhang Chi, a modern person, is like this, not to mention Liu Guang and others, especially they used to be used to the old Kuomintang small cannon boats, at this time they saw that there was such a large space on the aircraft carrier, and they couldn't help but be surprised that their mouths couldn't close for a long time, and later it was said that some people had weak feet when they first went up, just like a countryman who had never entered the city, and climbed dozens of high-rise buildings for the first time, and couldn't help but tremble his feet when he looked down.

AFTER BEING STUNNED FOR A WHILE, THEY EXCLAIMED ONE BY ONE, SOME LAMENTED THE 127MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, SOME WERE CAREFULLY STROKING THE 5-INCH MAIN GUNS ON THE SHIP, AND SOME OF THE CREW MEMBERS ASKED LIU GUANGZHONG: "SIR, SUCH A LARGE DECK...... It's all empty, so why don't you decorate it more? ”

These words made Zhang Chi couldn't help but be angry and funny, but Liu Guangzhong still had some knowledge, he glared at the subordinate, and scolded: "This deck is not for guns, it is for planes!" ”

"Airplanes?" Hearing this, the crew members were stunned again.

Then there was another fuss and asked, "Can the plane be put on board?" ”

"What are you doing on the boat? Where are you going to ship? ”

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All kinds of questions only made Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi smile bitterly and shake their heads secretly...... This is not a joke, but the current situation of the Chinese Navy at this time, they do not even have a basic idea of aircraft carriers.

Liu Guangzhong, who was a little embarrassed, smiled at Wang Mazi and Zhang Chi, and said, "Let the two of you laugh!" ”

"Sir!" Zhang Chi said: "Why don't we let the crew come up and visit first, so that they can be prepared for future training!" ”

"Great idea!" Liu Guangzhong immediately asked his subordinates to pass on the order.

Needless to say, groups of crew lined up and boarded the aircraft carrier one after another...... Their performance was also as Zhang Chi hoped to see, shocked by the momentum of the aircraft carrier in front of them and all kinds of advanced equipment and weapons.

In fact, many of the equipment on the "Xianghe" aircraft carrier is very advanced in China's eyes, but it is already lagging behind the United States, such as anti-aircraft guns, and then shipborne radars.

Of course, these Zhang Chi will not tell them for the time being.

There is a saying that "for those who have been ill for a long time, we must use fierce medicine." The confidence and morale of these Kuomintang navies have been oppressed and attacked for a long time, and they are like a terminally ill patient, and if they are not given fierce medicine, they will not be able to awaken the self-confidence buried in their hearts.

And the "fierce medicine" used to awaken their self-confidence is the aircraft carrier in front of them.

Therefore, Zhang Chi let the imagination of these crew members go, and tried his best to make the aircraft carrier better...... In order to let them regain their self-confidence.

This obviously played a role, because when those crew members learned that they had come to control such an advanced "big ship" to fight the Japanese, their faces were filled with excitement and excitement, and even some of the crew members, especially the old crew members who had been repeatedly attacked, could not help but cry like Liu Guangzhong......

At this time, Zhang Chi could understand them, for many years, the grievances they held in their hearts could not be released, and they also thought that these grievances would never be released, because they thought that the Kuomintang Navy would not have a bright future.

But now, they see hope, they see the hope of being able to be ashamed, so the ups and downs of the past are welling up in their hearts, and tears flow uncontrollably.

Zhang Chi looked at these and sighed with emotion in his heart...... It's not that they are not heroic enough, and it's not that they don't want to sacrifice their lives for the country, but the backward national industry makes them not even have the opportunity to sacrifice their lives for the country, which is exactly the idiom that "there is no way to serve the country".

It can also be seen from this how important the industrial base is in war, especially in modern warfare.

The training of the Navy began only half a month later.

This is due to the fact that the US military has dragged on a little bit in this regard.

The reason for the "delay" was that they could not decide which warships to become part of the "Xianghe" aircraft carrier battle group...... As everyone knows, in order for an aircraft carrier to form combat effectiveness, it is not possible to use an aircraft carrier to carry fighter planes to the sea alone, and it must have destroyers to coordinate with it, otherwise it will be easily attacked by enemy warships or submarines.

Of course, in modern times, a complete aircraft carrier battle group still needs frigates, submarines, supply ships, etc., but at this time, all countries, including the United States and Japan, do not have enough understanding of the importance and use of aircraft carriers...... Not so long ago, they all thought that the mode of naval warfare should be that giant ships and cannons should attack each other, and the aircraft carrier was just a "shoe" floating on the sea.

Therefore, at this time, the use of aircraft carriers by various countries was not mature, and the ships of the aircraft carrier battle groups were not very comprehensive, and even many aircraft carrier battle groups were put together temporarily...... Those warships usually did not have the experience and training to cover aircraft carriers, and it was not until actual combat that they were hurriedly sent up to make up the numbers. And this is also one of the reasons why Japanese submarines can repeatedly sink and damage US aircraft carriers on the battlefield.

Therefore, the US military only plans to cobble together a few warships for the "Xianghe", after all, they do not have much hope for the "Xianghe", but they just want to waste it.

But even so, the choice of which warships to escort the "Xianghe" is still a headache for the US side.

You must know that at this time, but in wartime, the warships of the US Navy are also very tight, and the US military is not very willing to give good and advanced warships to the Chinese in this way.

However, it is not possible to send it if it is not sent, and it is not possible to send it if it is too backward, because if it is not sent or the warships that are sent are too backward, it is tantamount to sending the "Xianghe" to the battlefield to send it to death...... The Yankees are not so concerned about the lives of the Chinese, but this also means that the efforts, efforts and expectations of the American side are all in vain.

In this case, the US Navy dragged its feet and did not pick out a batch of old warships until more than half a month after the Chinese seamen were in place.

(To be continued.) )