"Big brother, good news!" Bai Shujie was worrying about Lu Yunlong and they accidentally sank an enemy ship, and Zhao Jinxi personally came in with a telegram: "The fleet from the United States has arrived in Guam and the two destroyers of Capone have converged!" ”

"This time we have greatly increased our strength, and the 1 aircraft carrier and 1 battleship that the Americans made for us have returned. The remaining 4 bombers, 125 FL36G attack aircraft (two-hull Black Widow attack aircraft) are all on the aircraft carrier. ”

"According to your order, only 322 FL38G all-weather fighters (Mustang fighters) were assembled with 125 carrier-based aircraft, and the rest were scattered parts and shipped back in containers."

"Because we didn't have the Americans assemble it, we saved 19 percent of the workload. However, Lan Caiqin did not ask for a return, but bought 48 FL38G all-weather fighters after conversion. According to the original standard, the spare parts are one to two, and the engine is one to one. ”

"The installation has been completed this time, that is, the remaining 14 B-17 bombers (Flying Fortresses) and 20 DC-3 transport aircraft. So this time, three 50,000-ton cargo ships were used, and they flew into two layers to complete the loading task. ”

Bai Shujie was not overjoyed, but asked calmly: "Caiqin said in the telegram that no, how are the 360 pilots we trained over there, can carrier-based aircraft fly?" ”

"Look at what you're saying!" Zhao Jinxi gave a very dissatisfied look: "125 FL36G attack aircraft, all of them flew to the aircraft carrier. The telegram said that on the way back, he kept taking off and landing training every day, saying that he wanted to adapt to flying under different conditions. ”

"It is precisely because of the large amount of training that the fuel consumption is strict. They also knew that we were short on fuel at home, so after refueling at Midway, they brought all the ships to their maximum displacement in Guam before they started to return. 124 carrier-based aircraft can be lifted into the air at any time, so you can rest assured. ”

"The problem now is that Lan Caiqin also received the external statement made by Wang Xinlan in the UK. The Americans seem to be very uninterested in our tough attitude. However, Lan Caiqin was worried that she would have a lot of dreams at night, so after Wang Xinlan remitted the money, she directly used cash to withdraw these things. ”

Bai Shujie nodded: "Caiqin is worthy of being a unique character, and her keen sense of seizing the moment is very good." This time I picked up the goods with cash, well done! In that case, you call back the fleet and give them Lu Yunlong's call sign. Let them make an appointment and return together. There are so many people, even if the little devil wants to make a ghost, he must weigh it. ”

Zhao Jinxi also smiled and said: "After joining the European team, we have 10 submarines on the bottom of the sea, five surface warships, and among them, there are two aircraft carriers and three battleships with powerful firepower, which is still relatively majestic." A fleet of little devils will definitely not be able to handle it. ”

Bai Shujie shook his head: "The fact that we have more and more equipment does not mean that our combat effectiveness has improved. Now the training tasks are getting heavier and heavier, and I have been focusing on military research recently, and I have not looked at it anymore. Gan Tong is now inspecting the training situation of various units, how is the situation? ”

"The training of heavy bomber squadrons and carrier-based aircraft squadrons started the earliest and achieved the most remarkable results." Zhao Jinxi's expression was a little depressed and said: "In order to meet the British aircraft carrier, the pilot paid a huge sacrifice. There are already 91 people who have been able to take off and land on the ground. But they all take off and land on the ground, and once they are in the sea, it is still a question whether they can land the planes on the aircraft carrier. ”

Bai Shujie said helplessly: "There is no future without sacrifice, our time is too short, and there is not enough time for us to waste." Don't worry about it, I still need to verify some numbers recently, otherwise the new equipment won't work. ”

Zhao Jinxi just wanted to leave, but suddenly turned around and said, "Also, Capone and they have done a few big votes in a row in the past half a year or so. Because of the wide range of implications, they did not dare to send it to other places to exchange money, and now they ask us what to do. ”

"What did they do?" Bai Shujie was also taken aback: "Capone is not afraid of the sky, how can there be anything he is worried about?" ”

Zhao Jinxi couldn't be sure: "They once robbed 7 oil tankers and a cruise ship of the little devils, and as a result, they robbed the Dutch Senoda oil tanker together." That time Capone did not participate, but at the new base, what is called Magu Island, it seems to be a circumferential island. ”

As a result, his subordinates went out to do the vote, and then hid eight ships on an unnamed island more than 800 nautical miles southeast of the island of Taiwan, and then sent those people to the Celebes Sea in the south of the Philippines, and threw them on an uninhabited island. For this single business, they tossed for more than two months. ”

Since Capone couldn't figure out whether the Dutchman who had been thrown on a desert island was dead or alive, he was in a hurry. Now those ships are hiding there and don't dare to move, and he's going to ask you what to do with it. ”

Bai Shujie thought for a while, walked to the front of the map and looked at it for a long time, and finally said: "Don't go to the place where the boat is hidden for the time being, since it is a desert island, no one should have gone there recently." I took the business, count him five million dollars, and I'll send someone to handle it when the time comes. ”

It turned out that Bai Shujie found the location of Capone's hidden ship, which was probably not far from the island of Bashigo. This place is now a crossroads of forces between Americans and little devils, and it also belongs to the vacuum. It's better if you don't move, as long as you move again, it's likely that both the big Americans and the little devils will be alarmed.

It's better to be still than to be still, and wait for the opportunity to talk about it.

Thinking of this, Bai Shujie was a little helpless: "Damn, the mafia godfather really doesn't have anything under his hands, he dares to do anything." According to their vote, the seven oil tankers have at least 170,000 tons of oil. ”

"Because in my memory, the Dutch tanker Seroda seems to be 60,000 tons, at least 50,000 tons of transoceanic tankers. In other words, this oil tanker alone is likely to have 50,000 tons of oil! You remember this and remind me to deal with it after a while. ”

Because he knew that the aircraft carrier was about to return, Bai Shujie had been busy blocking the problem of the cable recently. Palm rope and hemp rope have been tested many times, and steel wire rope has also been realized.

As for aircraft carriers, Bai Shujie is a layman and has never been to an aircraft carrier in his previous life. A lot of knowledge is seen from the Internet, and I can only say that I know what is going on.

Fortunately, the speed of airplanes in this era is not high, and the weight is not too large. Even if there is no blocking cable, if it is a biplane propeller aircraft, it can take off and land directly at all. Just like the last time he himself parked the plane on the Akagi.

However, in order to increase the power of the aircraft carrier, Bai Shujie is ready to use heavy attack aircraft as carrier-based aircraft, that is, to put attack aircraft with a take-off weight of nearly ten tons on an aircraft carrier. In this way, the blocking cable becomes the most important problem.

Of course, adding a steel wire to the middle of the oil-soaked hemp rope increases the strength, which Bai Shujie understands, after all, he has seen the use of oil-soaked hemp rope by large cranes before.

This kind of thick hemp rope used as a cable is definitely not possible with manual use, and if you want to add a steel wire to it, you must use rope equipment. At the same time, even if the arresting cable is not damaged, every 80-100 times of use, a pair must be replaced, and what is needed is speed.

Originally, it could not solve the problem of rubbing rope, but now the production equipment of various processing plants is complete, and after more than half a month of real life, it is no longer a problem to add steel wire to the hemp rope. The first batch of 35mm diameter blocking cables of 5000 meters has been soaked in engine oil and can be taken out and used at any time.

Having a blocking line is the first step, the bad thing is how to add a tail hook to the aircraft!

Bai Shujie sent a telegram to Lan Caiqin in the United States, asking manufacturers not to assemble the aircraft, and the fundamental reason was because of the need to increase the tail hook!

Adding a tail hook is simple to say, but this is a very complex technical problem, and even to change the structure of the aircraft!

Heavy attack aircraft, heavy fighters, and even medium bombers have a lot of inertia when they land. If the tail hook problem is not solved, it can have catastrophic consequences.

The F4U Corsair fighter created by the United States in 1942 was originally intended for army aviation, and later naval aviation also wanted it.

But the war was too tense and there was no time to redesign, so it was forced to board the ship, and when the plane landed, it was hooked by the tail hook and the blocking rope was pulled directly into two sections.

Therefore, Bai Shujie wanted to increase the strength of the fuselage and change the structure of the tail hook parts to ensure that the aircraft would not fall apart, which was the first problem he wanted to verify.

Another problem is that when the aircraft uses the arresting cable, the nose of the aircraft will be planted down, and even the nose of the aircraft will hit the deck, causing serious safety accidents.

The American F35C was a state-of-the-art high-tech fighter, but when it first started to use the arresting cable on the ground, the nose of the plane smashed the nose down and broke the nose landing gear, and then it hit the ground directly, almost destroying the plane.

In this era, airplanes basically take off short distances, and the runway length is less than 300 meters. Take the DC-3 medium-range transport aircraft that is about to return, with a maximum take-off weight of 14 tons, a take-off and running distance of 455 meters, and a landing and running distance of only 430 meters.

So now there is no catapult on the aircraft carrier, but it directly taxied and took off. It's just that when the aircraft takes off, the aircraft carrier has to go against the wind, and the relative movement of the aircraft provides a greater lift speed ratio, which is convenient for the aircraft to leave the ship quickly.

Of course, there were also catapults in this era, but they were installed on heavy cruisers and battleships to directly eject light water reconnaissance aircraft, not the kind of booster catapults that later aircraft carriers said.

However, Bai Shujie has already given the research institute a research topic to study the "special catapult for aircraft carriers", and it is necessary to complete the theoretical preparation within two years and come up with the most basic design ideas.

Specifically, it is divided into steam catapult and aerodynamic catapult, and with the continuous progress of electromagnetism, it is also necessary to study the possibility of electromagnetic catapult.

It's no wonder that Bai Shujie has nothing to do, because he knows very well that jets are about to be produced. By that time, without a catapult, it would simply not be possible to get on the aircraft carrier.

Because in less than a decade, the maximum speed of the aircraft will exceed 750 km/h, which will be increased to 1100 km/h. Then it broke through 2000 km/h and 3000 km/h in a row.

People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries.

Bai Shujie has been a human being for two lives, and it is impossible not to know the truth that if you are backward, you will be beaten. When the little devils have not yet realized the importance of aircraft carrier catapults, they must start basic research as much as possible.

The so-called 10-year trees, 100-year people. That's it.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.