Zhang Yunfei stayed in the Tianjin shipyard for several hours, and looked carefully and seriously at the 10,000-ton hydraulic press dismantled from Japan, the more he looked, the happier he felt that with the key equipment of the 10,000-ton hydraulic press, the development process of the Tianjin shipyard will be greatly accelerated.

Until noon, Zhang Yunfei had no intention of leaving, the director of the Tianjin shipyard had looked at his watch several times, and now it was more than one o'clock after noon, the time was not early, and he felt a little hungry, but Zhang Yunfei had no intention of eating, so the director could only respectfully accompany Zhang Yunfei.

However, one of Zhang Yunfei's personal guards saw that it was almost past the time for lunch, so he carefully reminded: "Chief! It was already half past noon. ”

"Oh" Zhang Yunfei looked at the time, and sure enough, it was half past one, Zhang Yunfei patted his head gently, and then said with a smile: "Look, everyone, I'm glad that I actually forgot the time, let's go, let's not look at it, let's go eat first." ”

The accompanying personnel around him also smiled kindly, Chairman Zhang looked amiable, and everyone no longer had the original nervousness.

Seeing this, the director of the Tianjin Shipyard immediately said: "Chief! We've already prepared a meal in our factory, so we're going to eat now? ”

Zhang Yunfei asked with a smile: "Director Chen, you are not extravagant and wasteful, right?" We must follow our system and strictly control the dining standards, otherwise we can't afford to eat! ”

"Don't worry, the chief will come in strict accordance with the standards, four dishes and one soup."

After Zhang Yunfei came to power, he has introduced a series of clean policies, of which the three public consumption is the focus. Meals and meals have to be paid out of their own pockets, and the entire government department does not have a budget for public spending.

For example, Zhang Yunfei inspected the Tianjin Shipyard this time, and if he had a working meal at the Tianjin Shipyard at noon, he had to pay the market price after eating, and there was no free lunch. All this money was made by Zhang Yunfei privately.

Zhang Yunfei has always believed that without a clean government, it is impossible to realize his dream of the rise of a great power.

Zhang Yunfei and his entourage came to the restaurant under the leadership of Director Chen. Zhang Yunfei saw the meal prepared on the table, and Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but nod approvingly.

The standard four dishes and one soup, two meats, one vegetable and one soup, are very ordinary dishes, but they are very finely done. It should taste good, and in addition, there is some rice and buns on the side.

After Zhang Yunfei sat down, everyone sat down, four people at each table, Zhang Yunfei specially asked Director Chen of Tianjin Shipyard to sit next to him, which flattered Director Chen, and Director Chen sat down gently.

Zhang Yunfei looked at the food on the table and felt that he was indeed a little hungry. Zhang Yunfei picked up a bun and took a bite gently, and after taking a bite, Zhang Yunfei felt that the taste was soft and fragrant.

Zhang Yunfei took a bite of the bun. couldn't help laughing: "Director Chen, this bun shouldn't be made by your canteen!" ”

Director Chen said respectfully: "Chief, you are so powerful, this is the famous 'Tianjin Dog Bun'." We bought it from outside. ”

No wonder it tastes good.

Zhang Yunfei took a bite of the bun and saw that everyone didn't move the chopsticks, so he immediately said: "Everyone eats, just one person, everyone tastes the famous 'Tianjin Goubuli Bun'." ”

There are not many buns on the table, four per table, exactly one for each person.

After Zhang Yunfei finished eating the buns, he ate another bowl of white rice, and during the meal, Zhang Yunfei also explained some things to Factory Director Chen, the first is to pay close attention to the production of 1,000-ton landing ships, start production at full capacity, and deliver them to the troops as soon as possible.

The second is to pay close attention to the production of large transport ships, in the morning Zhang Yunfei saw the 6000-ton transport ship that has been designed, although Zhang Yunfei put forward some suggestions, but on the whole, Zhang Yunfei has been very satisfied, a little more improvement, you can start manufacturing immediately.

The third is that you can start to design light aircraft carriers, Zhang Yunfei Considering that Tianjin Shipyard has no experience in the design and manufacture of aircraft carriers, Zhang Yunfei began to prepare to start with light aircraft carriers, and then consider the design and manufacture of large aircraft carriers when the experience and technology are further mature.

At present, the 10,000-ton hydraulic press has been installed and commissioned, and some large forgings needed on aircraft carriers can also be produced, which is no longer a problem on production equipment, not to mention the production of light aircraft carriers.

Zhang Yunfei confessed the things, Director Chen naturally recorded them one by one, and guaranteed to complete the tasks assigned by the chief excellently.

Zhang Yunfei saw that Director Chen was full of confidence, Zhang Yunfei was also more satisfied, and finally, Zhang Yunfei also specially proposed that if there are any problems in the design and manufacturing process, they can be proposed to the central government, and Zhang Yunfei promised to do his best to solve them.

After receiving Zhang Yunfei's promise, Director Chen and other senior executives of Tianjin Shipyard were full of joy, and at the same time secretly made up their minds to live up to Chairman Zhang's expectations and complete the tasks assigned by Chairman Zhang in the fastest time.

It was already more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon after the inspection of the Tianjin shipyard ended, and after Zhang Yunfei finished his inspection work, he immediately returned to Beiping and came to the Ministry of National Defense to pay attention to the latest war situation.

Zhang Yunfei was in such a hurry to go to the Ministry of National Defense, not only did several of his major group armies already occupy Shimonoseki City, Japan's Honshu, but the major group armies were advancing in depth to Japan's Honshu, and more importantly, Zhang Yunfei wanted to learn in detail about the latest situation of the Pacific War.

Ten days ago, the main force of the Japanese Navy and the US Navy had already broken out the famous naval battle of the Solomon Islands, and Japan and the United States had concentrated a large number of aircraft carriers and battleships.

Two months ago, in order to cut off the connection between the United States and Australia, Japan attacked the Solomon Islands and Port Moresby one after another, and the Japanese Navy covered the land operations.

The Japanese Navy lost one light aircraft carrier and two more aircraft carriers were heavily damaged in this naval battle, while the United States lost the aircraft carrier USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown was wounded. The Japanese failed to achieve their strategic objectives, and the offensive towards Port Moresby was contained.

The Battle of the Solomon Islands, which took place more than a month after the Battle of Port Moresby, was another large-scale naval battle.

Prior to this, the Japanese Navy and the U.S. Army had already fought the Battle of Midway, and the Battle of the Lomon Islands was the third major naval battle between the two sides.

The Battle of Midway was caused by the US aircraft carrier Hornet, under the command of Vice Admiral Halsey, carrying 16 B-25 medium bombers to bomb Tokyo, Kobe, and other places in Japan. The Japanese believed that the planes were coming from Midway, and they hastily launched the Battle of Midway.

In the Battle of Midway, the Japanese forces were scattered, underestimated the American forces, and the command was chaotic, and the US forces were successfully raided, losing three elite aircraft carriers within five minutes, and their vitality was greatly damaged, although the remaining Japanese aircraft carrier successfully damaged the US aircraft carrier "Yorktown", but it was also sunk by the aircraft carrier that followed.

Later, the U.S. military began a local counteroffensive, landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, and launched a long-term battle. In the course of a month, Japan and the United States fought more than 20 naval battles, large and small, including six large-scale naval battles, in which both sides lost more than 20 destroyers and more than 20 combat vessels, and the US Navy lost about 3,300 killed and about 2,500 wounded. The Japanese Navy suffered 25,000 casualties.

Now that the battle for Kuah Island has ended, a large-scale naval battle between Japan and the United States has been going on for more than ten days, and the Japanese army has concentrated all its aircraft carriers and almost all its battleships and cruisers.

When Zhang Yunfei came to the Ministry of National Defense, a major general of the War Department gave Zhang Yunfei a detailed briefing on the latest situation of the naval battle in the Solomon Islands that China had collected.

At present, the battle is entering a climax, however, the losses of the Japanese army are much greater than those of the American army, just the planes, the Japanese have already shot down more than five hundred planes, while the losses of the American aircraft are only about a hundred.

In addition, the Japanese lost a total of 24 warships and 16 transports, including several battleships and cruisers.

Not only did the Japanese army suffer heavy losses in navy and aviation, but even the army, which had never lost since the beginning of the war, and the most elite 2nd Division, also suffered huge losses, especially the loss of large Japanese warships, planes, and skilled and well-trained pilots, which were difficult for the Japanese army to make up for.

After listening to the report, Zhang Yunfei was sure that if nothing else, the naval battle of the Solomon Islands would end in a victory for the US military.

If the defeat of the Japanese army at the Battle of Midway was a turning point in the entire Pacific War, and the tide of the war began to develop in favor of Japan and in favor of the United States, then the Battle of Kuah Island and the Battle of the Solomon Islands were the beginning of the demise of the Japanese Navy.

Zhang Yunfei knew that if nothing else, after the defeat in the naval battle of the Solomon Islands, the Japanese Navy not only did not have the ability to regain the strategic initiative, but on the contrary, as its military strength was weakened step by step, it would eventually lose the strategic initiative completely, and thus fall into a completely passive situation. From then on, the Japanese army had to switch from strategic offensive to strategic defense, fortifying everywhere, and being passive step by step until it was defeated.

Zhang Yunfei sighed: "Japan will definitely be defeated in the naval battle of the Solomon Islands this time, and once Japan is defeated, the strength of the Japanese navy will be greatly weakened. ”

As a result, Zhang Yunfei began to order the Ministry of National Defense to step up military operations in Japan and strive to occupy the entire territory of Japan before the US troops landed in Japan.

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