Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 589 Positioning Patrol

589 Positioning Patrol

Not long after, Ye Qingshan entered the command room.

"lets go!"

As Ye Qingshan gave the order, the warship slowly moved out of the port.

Soon, this fleet of nine warships sailed south to Australia.

Half a day later, the "Tianshu" was sailing at full speed, even faster than Ye Qingshan had expected.

"It's quite fast, how many knots can it reach?"

Ye Qingshan asked Captain Wang Chuying.

"Commander, our ship 'Tianshu' can reach a maximum speed of thirty knots."

"So fast?"

Ye Qingshan was a little surprised.

Although, Ning Yongchen had previously sent Ye Qingshan the data on the transformation of each warship of his overseas fleet.

But Ye Qingshan only took a look at it at that time and did not completely remember the data of each warship.

But today, Ye Qingshan on the 'Tianshu' clearly felt that the speed was too fast.

It doesn't seem like the speed of a battleship.

For a bulky battleship, a speed of just over 20 knots is considered pretty good.

And now, the maximum speed of "Tianshu" is no less than that of a heavy cruiser.

Seeing Ye Qingshan's surprise, the first mate next to him, a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant, also explained to Ye Qingshan:

“Sir, this is mainly due to the renovation of the shipyard.

Now, the boilers and steam turbines installed on our battleship are not antiques from twenty or thirty years ago.

But our latest domestic boilers and steam turbines.

I heard that it was originally intended to be supplied to battleships topping 30,000 tons.

Now, when used on our 20,000-ton warship, the power is sufficient, so the speed can be increased to 30 knots."

After hearing the explanation of the white first mate, Ye Qingshan nodded slightly.

This is right!

It seems that Ye Qingshan's father really didn't forget Ye Qingshan's instructions.

In the modification of warships, no corners were cut, and no outdated boilers and steam turbines were purchased to save money.

They used the best boilers and steam turbines they could buy.

“Sir, in fact, this modification is too expensive.

There is absolutely no value for money.”

The first mate next to him continued shaking his head.

Although, the performance of this 'Tianshu' has been greatly improved after the modification.

But this was all bought with Ye Qingshan's real money, and it cost a lot, and was far less cost-effective than building a new ship.

Ye Qingshan did not respond to the first mate's words.

The two sides stood at different angles, and Ye Qingshan was too lazy to explain.

If he could buy a new ship, why wouldn't he buy it?

This is the most suitable route for Ye Qingshan to build a fleet at present when he cannot buy new ships.

As for spending more money, it is not a big deal for Ye Qingshan.

Now the wealth that Ye Qingshan gains every day is enough to rebuild dozens of such warships.

“It’s a good change.”

Ye Qingshan nodded with satisfaction.

In the past two years, Ye Qingshan has spared no expense in building a naval fleet overseas.

Start by buying these antique warships.

Ye Qingshan's purpose was never to expect that his fleet in the future would be supported by these old antique warships.

Even these antique warships cost him a huge amount of money to modify.

But its performance is definitely not as good as that of the new ships from the United States.

Ye Qingshan did this mainly to use these antique warships to train a group of qualified naval soldiers.

Warships have never been a problem for Ye Qingshan.

Ye Qingshan, who had strong capital and many shipyards, only lacked the warship design drawings. After this difficulty was solved.

He can definitely blow up the warship.

As for solving the problem of the warship design drawings, Ye Qingshan only needs to go to the United States for the second time to charge his mobile phone.

For Ye Qingshan, the most difficult thing is building a fleet.

It is a question of the number of officers to command operations and the number of soldiers to operate warships.

He can't recruit all retired US Navy soldiers and officers, that's impossible.

The loyalty of these people is a big problem.

Therefore, the fleet that Ye Qingshan planned two years ago has now trained a group of qualified fleet officers and soldiers for him.

This was the biggest surprise he got after seeing this fleet.

It's never these modified old antique warships.

Ye Qingshan has always believed that the intelligence and talent of Chinese men are no less than that of any other nation.

If you don't know how to command and operate a warship, then learn from the Americans. Anyway, Ye Qingshan can provide the best conditions for learning.

It’s not scary to fall behind, but it’s scary to be unwilling to learn.

As long as we don't close the country to the outside world and implement a policy of keeping the people ignorant like the Qing Dynasty did.

As long as they are willing to learn and given some time, people like Wang Chuying can definitely become excellent naval officers and soldiers.

Now, this has been verified.

Next, Ye Qingshan only needs to restore his mobile phone and obtain more advanced warship blueprints.

Then you can explode the warship.

If everything goes well, Ye Qingshan thinks.

Before the end of World War II, I should be able to build a powerful naval fleet.

Ye Qingshan knows how to make full use of the power of the greatest golden finger in his hand.

At the same time, the difficulty of naval construction in this era was much simpler than in later generations.

One by one, the development plans that Ye Qingshan had planned popped up in his mind again.

After a while, Ye Qingshan spoke again: "Then our 'Tianshu' can't be considered a battleship.

Now, its speed is slightly slower than that of a heavy cruiser, but far faster than that of an ordinary battleship.

But calling it a heavy cruiser is not quite appropriate.

After all, the armor of the "Tianshu" is much thicker than that of a heavy cruiser.

In other words, our "Tianshu" is now a warship between a battleship and a heavy cruiser.

This is a battle cruiser!"

"Well, Commander, you are right.

It is indeed not appropriate to classify our Tianshu as a battleship after it has been modified.

It also makes sense to classify it as a battle cruiser.

However, we are still different from the previous Western battle cruisers.

Mainly, we gave up a large number of naval guns and replaced them with torpedoes and anti-aircraft guns.

There has never been a battle cruise like this before."

"Haha, that's right.

In naval battles, torpedoes are more useful than artillery.

I don't expect your battleship to support ground forces in combat, and too many artillery pieces are useless."

Ye Qingshan also admitted what Wang Chuying said, that his "Tianshu" was indeed somewhat different from previous battlecruisers.

But Ye Qingshan firmly believes that future naval battles will be dominated by carrier-based aircraft and torpedoes.

This is the general trend.

Although, Ye Qingshan redefined the "Tianshu" as a battlecruiser, not an ordinary battleship.

However, Ye Qingshan did not plan to change his name.

Anyway, the battlecruiser can barely be classified as a battleship, so let's just go with it.

Later battlecruisers and battleships were named after constellations.

During the following week of sailing, Wang Chuying also commanded the fleet and conducted several exercises, allowing Ye Qingshan to test their training results.

Ye Qingshan was very satisfied.

“But no matter how good the drill is, it is not as good as actual combat.

We can find an opportunity to have Wang Chuying and his men follow the U.S. fleet and fight the Japanese navy fleet."

Ye Qingshan thought to himself.

Nine days later, the fleet arrived in Western Australia.