All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

The Lion-class battlecruiser was successfully repaired, which is naturally good news for Ye Bai. Unfortunately, the shipyard is still studying the two Reputation-class battlecruisers, and the repair work has not yet started. Otherwise, Vice Admiral of the Chinese Fleet would have 3 battlecruisers.

However, according to Speer, the experts and engineers at the shipyard have made significant breakthroughs in related technologies. They have initially mastered the repair technology of the Prestige-class battlecruiser, and it will not take long to repair it.

Ye Bai was not too surprised by the improvement in the capabilities of the shipyard experts and engineers. Among the system rewards he had received before, the current technological level had been improved by two levels, and there were also construction drawings for the Lion-class battlecruiser. Hands, if you can't research the repair of the Prestige-class battlecruiser, then it's too much.

Never mind whether the performance of these two battlecruisers is strong or weak. After all, they are called battlecruisers, and their armor value of more than 30,000 points is not fake. Under the relatively special rules of engagement in the world of navigation, , the role it can play is no less than that of an ordinary battleship.

What's more, with the battlecruiser, the squadron envisioned by Ye Bai would have a flagship. With some light and heavy cruisers and destroyers, the squadron could be formed.

In Ye Bai's mind, this squadron will not be equipped with aircraft carriers. Even the two brave-class light aircraft carriers that have been repaired will not be assigned to the squadron, but will follow the Yanhuang..

The squadron is all conventional warships, a fleet specially used for medium-range artillery battles. The candidate for the fleet commander, Ye Bai, is ready, and it is Langsdorf, the newly recruited rear admiral.

In fact, Lütjens is no worse than Langsdorff in terms of commanding the artillery battle of the fleet. However, Ye Bai has only two generals who can take the lead, and the main fleet still needs someone to take charge. Commander, this will only wrong 070 Lütjens.

But it doesn’t matter. If in the future, excellent generals such as Spruance or Nimitz who are good at commanding aircraft carrier fleets are recruited, Lütjens can be released as the squadron commander and give full play to his strengths..

According to the naming rules previously determined by Ye Bai, secondary main battleships such as battlecruisers and light aircraft carriers will be named after municipal-level cities. Therefore, this Lion-class battlecruiser will be named Chengde and officially join the Chinese fleet. Fleet order of operations.

However, the formation of the squadron will not be so fast. After all, there are only 2 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers and 8 destroyers in the Chinese fleet. The number is too small, and the number of warships that can be allocated to the squadron is even less.

One Yanhuang, plus the two Brave-class light aircraft carriers that will be successfully repaired in the near future, there are three aircraft carriers in the entire Chinese fleet, and a sufficient number of escort warships are also needed to ensure safety. After all, at night Aircraft carriers have little combat capability.

Therefore, the establishment of a squadron can only remain on paper for the time being. It must wait for the shipyard to build more warships before it can be implemented. This time it is not only the Brooklyn-class light cruiser and the Fletcher-class light cruiser. , including the newly acquired Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, will be added to the construction queue.

The other old warships will not be built for the time being. Ye Bai must use the large amount of existing resources to give priority to replenishing the warships needed by the Chinese fleet before building those old warships for sale.

As a result, the construction tasks of the shipyards are very heavy. As many as 40 Type XXI submarines need to be built (bgfi), as well as a large number of light and heavy cruisers and destroyers. Currently, there are only two shipyards with 20 slipways. Being able to use it and how to plan it is not that easy.

However, Ye Bai no longer needs to worry about this kind of problem. Speer in front of him has already taken over these tasks. As a hands-off shopkeeper, Ye Bai can just hand over the tasks to Speer, and then wait with peace of mind. As a result, with Speer's ability, these things couldn't trouble him.

Speer had been busy for most of the night, not just to report this news. Thanks to the two-level technological level rewarded by the system this time, new results have appeared in many aspects.

What Ye Bai paid most attention to was the radar system. The scientific research center had successfully developed a level 2 radar before, and the radar manufacturer had produced the actual radar system, upgrading the Yanhuang's radar system to level 6.

Now the scientific research center has made another breakthrough. It has even made leaps and bounds. It has skipped the level 3 radar in one fell swoop and directly developed the level 5 radar. This is excellent news. Shipborne radars have made great progress. , and even airborne radar has made great progress.

Although the scientific research center has not yet officially developed an airborne radar, the scientists said that as long as they are given more time, they will definitely be able to develop an airborne radar. If they can obtain relevant technical manuals or physical objects, this Progress will be further improved.

Although Speer has just joined the Chinese Fleet, he has been busy for so long and now knows many things about the Chinese Fleet. He also knows that Ye Bai has been worried about the upgrade of the radar system, so he has asked the radar manufacturer to They are working overtime to produce radars there, and they are probably almost finished.

In addition to the most important shipyards and radar factories, other factories have made great breakthroughs. These factories include many subsystem projects, such as engines, naval guns, power equipment, fuselage structures, avionics systems, and radios. Systems, armor steel technology, etc., as well as radio proximity fuzes and rocket technology, which were also acquired not long ago, are the top priority.

It can be said that with these leap-forward technological capabilities, it only takes a small space to absorb and digest them for a period of time, and the combat effectiveness of the Chinese fleet will be doubled. Not only will the number of battleships be expanded, the key is that the technological level will also be increased. Open the gap.

Ye Bai was undoubtedly very excited about the results of Speer's busy work in the middle of the night. He praised him non-stop and even said the words"I am Xiao He", regardless of whether Speer could understand it or not.

Regarding Ye Bai's praise, Speer was quite calm. On the contrary, he was a little ashamed and said that he had not completed his task well. The small space had been upgraded two levels in a row. The system had rewarded a lot of random resource points. One more would go a long way..

There are so many new resource points, and the small space area has been expanded a lot after two upgrades. Just a few prospecting engineers wanted to collect all these resource points in half a day. It is simply unrealistic to find out.

Ye Bai knew this well, so he did not blame Speer for a moment. Instead, he comforted him and asked him to relax. The work must be done step by step, and work must be balanced with rest. He will continue to increase the number of prospecting engineers.

Anyway, there are nearly a million tons of various raw materials loaded on nearly a hundred transport ships. In the short term, it is completely enough to consume a small space. Those resource points are just for long-term considerations. Do it earlier and later. Finding them out doesn't have much impact.

It's just that one of the problems mentioned by Speer needs to be solved immediately by Ye Bai. With so many new technical manuals, more factories and production lines have been added to the small space. The original staff is already insufficient and needs to be further increased..

In addition to recruiting these new personnel directly from the system, the group of personnel captured in the activity space are also ready-made manpower.

He didn't know whether it was an extra reward from the system or a rule like this. In short, after leaving the activity space, Ye Bai found that the captives who were held in the small space were also brought out, and they didn't need Ye Bai. No matter what means and energy wasted, he joined the Chinese fleet directly. His loyalty was not low, and it was actually above 70 points.

Although this kind of loyalty is lower than the 80-point or above loyalty of personnel recruited directly from the system, it is still above the passing line, and it is still enough to supplement the fleet.

Especially after Speer temporarily took over the salary payment work for the entire fleet, he immediately paid one month's salary to all combatants and non-combatants. After all, it is a new month and it is time to pay wages..

Starting with wages, the loyalty of the new people who have just joined the Chinese fleet has been directly improved by several points, brought out from the activity space, and they are not far away from the standard of 80 points.

A large part of these captured people are crew members on transport ships. These people are not combatants in the fundamental sense. In addition to being crew members, they also have various other abilities.

Besides, with the emergence of Island No. 1, this time the small space has been upgraded to level 2. It is very likely that other small islands will continue to appear. The transportation and communication between the main base and each small island may require transport ships to complete. The number of crew required to operate these transport ships is also quite large.

In comparison, those combatants are much easier to arrange. Not to mention that the Chengde has been commissioned and requires a large number of crew members. The subsequent fleet expansion plan will have more warships in service, and the demand for combatants is not small..

Even if all these personnel are used, it is estimated that it will not be enough. Ye Bai still needs to recruit more crew members from the system to supplement the fleet's personnel needs.

After Speer left, Ye Bai immediately called Langsdorf over and asked him to select his own personnel in a small space, take over the successfully repaired battlecruiser Chengde, and seize the opportunity to run in and train.

Seeing Langsdorff leaving happily, Lütjens showed a very obvious look of envy, which made Ye Bai secretly laugh, but he did not forget to comfort him. There are still 2 Prestige-class battlecruisers in the shipyard. Repairs are being carried out, and battleships will be put into service in the future. He has plenty of opportunities..