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

After Frank officially joined the scientific research center and started working, Ye Bai gave Frank a task on the spot, which was to conduct reverse mapping of the Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carrier and master the construction technology of this escort aircraft carrier.

In addition, the power system, hangar and flight deck must be modified and strengthened to a certain extent. Even Ye Bai has proposed specific indicators, which require a speed of more than 20 knots and a number of carrier-based aircraft equipment. 40 aircraft.

This requirement may seem a bit complicated, but in fact, it is not that complicated based on the current technological level mastered by the scientific research center. The construction technology of many advanced warships has been perfectly mastered, and the research on power systems is also not lagging behind.

It will not be too difficult to apply some technologies to the Commonsmant Bay-class escort aircraft carrier. After all, Ye Bai does not require that this escort aircraft carrier really reach a speed of more than 30 knots compared with an aircraft carrier.

The problem of increasing the number of carrier-based aircraft equipment is actually not that complicated. Mastering the technology of the angled flight deck, renovating the flight deck, adjusting the layout of the internal cabins of the ship body, and expanding the hangar area will be enough. After all, The original Commonsmant Bay-class escort aircraft carrier can accommodate 34 carrier-based aircraft. It only needs to find a way to free up a little more space to accommodate 6 more carrier-based aircraft to meet Ye Bai's requirements.

This was the first important task that Frank received after joining the scientific research center. He was full of passion. After settling his family, he moved directly into the scientific research center and led a group of scientists to conduct research around the clock.

After acquiring several Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carriers and Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers, the escort aircraft carriers originally attached to the guard fleet were already in a state of elimination. In order to facilitate the research of Frank and others, several Commonsman All the Tewan-class escort aircraft carriers were sent to the small space and used as experimental subjects by Frank and others.

In the current scientific research center, there are actually only three scientific research groups led by top scientists. Turing and his group are developing computers. This is a long-term work and there will be no results in a short time.

Only the scientific research team led by Watt and Frank could produce some results in a short period of time. After all, the Commonsmant Bay-class escort aircraft carrier is also a civilian ship, so reverse mapping is not difficult.

Upgrading carrier-based radar may be relatively difficult, but integrating airborne radar into the body is much easier. After all, there are ready-made examples such as the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets placed there for reference by Watt and others..

New warships have been launched into service one after another, and the main fleet and the guard fleet are undergoing large-scale refitting. Old-fashioned warships have been eliminated by the fleet and are temporarily sealed in a small space, waiting for the warship transaction with German Island.

Nimitz, Cunningham, Spruance, Halsey and Lütjens, who had no combat missions for the time being, all went into battle and were each responsible for the daily training of the fleet, especially the newly commissioned Essex-class medium-sized ships. Aircraft carriers, North Carolina class battleships, Cleveland class light cruisers.

As new warships, the veterans in the Chinese fleet and the large number of recruits recruited by Ye Bai from the system are not very familiar with the performance of these warships. Taking advantage of their free time, they must conduct intensive training to master the performance of the warships as soon as possible. It has combat capability.

This is not only true for soldiers, but also for senior officers. After all, as combat commanders, they also need to be familiar with the performance of these new warships so that they can better arrange their troops in battle and take advantage of the advantages of these new warships.

In addition to these normal fleet training, Nimitz was busier than anyone else. With Speer's hard work, the new warships that were newly launched into service and added to the main fleet were not just 20 Essex ships. Class medium aircraft carriers and 20 North Carolina class battleships.

It also includes a larger number of heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers. However, except for the Cleveland-class light cruisers, these battleships are rarely added to the main fleet. Most of them are used to refit the guard fleet and add the guard fleet to the main fleet. All the old warships in the fleet were eliminated.

These small and medium-sized warships seem to consume little raw material resources and have a relatively short construction period. If there are sufficient raw material resources, they can even be launched into service in large quantities like dumplings in a short period of time.

But by the same token, among the guard fleet, these small and medium-sized warships also have the largest number, with more than 300 and nearly 400 ships. If you want to refit all these warships, it will take a long time and consume a lot of raw materials. A lot of.

As the chief of staff of the Chinese fleet, Nimitz had many things to worry about. After the replacement of small and medium-sized warships in the guard fleet was completed, the subsequent small and medium-sized warships launched into service will be added to the main fleet.

After all, the proportion of battleships in the current main fleet is seriously inappropriate. There are less than 200 battleships in total, of which there are as many as 40 aircraft carriers and battleships. In more than a month, there will be 10 more powerful Yamatos. -class battleship will be launched into service.

Coupled with the Prestige-class battlecruisers, which can also be included in the category of large-scale main battleships, the number of battleships in the main fleet is as high as nearly 70. This number is terrifying just thinking about it.

If we want to make the battleship configuration of the main fleet more reasonable, we must continue to add a large number of small and medium-sized battleships such as heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers. By then, the scale of the main fleet will become unprecedentedly powerful.

The main fleet has so many warships, so of course it can no longer maintain its current organization. It needs to divide the fleet and form several squadrons.

Nimitz is now focusing a lot of energy on this. There are currently many candidates who can serve as squadron commanders. Cunningham, Spruance, Halsey and Lütjens are the four people. , which is equivalent to establishing an additional 4 squadrons.

Including the fleet under Nimitz's personal command, the total will reach a huge scale of 5 squadrons.

The squadron that Nimitz envisioned was no longer the same as Ye Bai's before, with only a few dozen battleships. Although it had the name of a squadron, it could only act alone in the copy space.

Today's great maritime world is full of wars, and various indigenous forces are expanding their armies to prepare for war. The size of any fleet is not small, and fleets with more than 200 warships are everywhere.

As the main fleet, whether it is active attack or passive defense, it faces the enemy's main fleet, which is the most powerful in terms of quantity and quality of warships.

If these planned squadrons want to be independent, their size and number must not be too bad, and they must at least have more than 100 warships.

Under such an organization, if a squadron engages in a battle with the enemy's main fleet, even if it is at a disadvantage in terms of the number of battleships, it will not suffer too much loss due to the advantages of the performance of the battleships and the performance of the carrier-based aircraft. Only if it can complete combat missions well can such a squadron have the meaning of existence.

If Nimitz's organization plan is to be followed, the 4th Squadron alone will need to be equipped with more than 400 warships, not counting the main fleet under his command.

Since it is called the main fleet, it is of course the most powerful fleet in the entire fleet. It must exceed each squadron in terms of the number of warships and actual combat capabilities. It must be equipped with at least 200 warships.

According to the data on paper, the Chinese fleet needs to equip more than 600 warships, which is still more than 400 short. To complete the construction of so many warships, let alone the time it takes, there is huge pressure on raw material resources. It can make Speer collapse, so this preparation plan can only remain on paper for the time being.

In addition to the increase in the number of fleets, Nimitz also needed to consider another issue, which was that the four senior officers suitable for the position of fleet commander had different personal abilities, command styles and even tactical abilities.

Nimitz also needed to carefully examine and study these senior officers, and adjust the warship allocation plans for each squadron based on their abilities, styles, and areas of expertise.

For example, Spruance is good at commanding aircraft carriers, so he needs to equip his squadron with more aircraft carriers and a small number of battleships and battlecruisers as"sword guards."

Lütjens is good at commanding battleship formations in close-range artillery battles, so he needs to be equipped with more battleships. Halsey (Leed's) is good at assault operations, so he needs to be equipped with fast-speed and powerful battleships.

As for Cunningham, his abilities in battleship tactics and aircraft carrier tactics are not bad, and he is relatively balanced. He needs to equip his fleet with almost the same number of aircraft carriers and battleships.

There is also the most important main fleet. Although there is the powerful Yanhuang, other battleships cannot be ignored, including aircraft carriers, battleships and battlecruisers. However, because of the Yanhuang, we can equip fewer aircraft carriers, and more More equipped battleships and battlecruisers.

These are all issues that Nimitz needs to consider. The help Ye Bai can provide is to inform Nimitz of the abilities and personalities of several senior officers based on the memory information in his mind for his reference.

Nimitz was very busy during this period. He was communicating with several officers every day, training with them, actually examining their abilities and personalities, and formulating a squadron organization plan.

This matter is the most important. Only after the rough organization plan of each fleet is determined, can a complete Chinese fleet organization plan be compiled. According to this plan, the battleship shipbuilding plan can be submitted. You can no longer be like Ye Bai, who just has a brain. If you feel hot, just make a crazy ship-building plan at will..