Puzhou, Jungang District.

This is the largest commercial port in the eastern part of the empire, and it was once the largest military port, but it is still the largest and most complete shipbuilding base in the empire.

In the past few decades, the world's largest shipbuilding industry system has been built around Puzhou Port.

All the materials and equipment needed to build a large aircraft carrier can be found in a radius of 300 kilometers centered on Puzhou Port, and all important upstream factories are built next to the railway and port, and the secondary factories are close to the main road.

To be honest, the shipbuilding capacity of Puzhou area is beyond any other country outside the Newland Federation.

During peacetime, most of the people built here were merchant ships.

When it comes to war, warships must be the main ones, and almost all of them are the main battleships.

At this moment, there were four main battleships on the ship platform in the innermost shipbuilding area of ​​the harbor, and they were all close to the launching state.

Even if you are separated by more than ten thousand meters, you can feel the huge oppression of the four main battleships.

Of course, there are also issues of perspective.

The warship is on the platform, and the platform is already much higher than the water surface. Besides, after the warship is launched, the parts below the waterline are below the water surface.

In other words, the warships on the ship must be more majestic than after they were launched.

There is no doubt that they are four main ships with extremely strong combat power.

If it is delayed until next year, even if several large aircraft carriers are put into service at the end of this year, those guys from the Naoyi Empire may not dare to challenge the Liangxia Empire after taking advantage of the courage.

On this planet, there are only two countries that can build four large aircraft carriers at the same time, and only one is really doing this.

A second-rate powerhouse like the Nayi Empire is not short of money and has insufficient industrial strength.

What's more, four fast battleships are being built at the same time!

Not to mention the narrow-minded imperial kingdom, even the Newland Federation must be able to fight after mobilizing.

"Woo--"

After the sound of the whistle sounded, Bai Zhizhan took his eyes back.

Today, I am not here to visit the main battleship under construction, but to welcome the "Hengjiang".

Now, the "Hengjiang" has entered the port and is slowly sailing towards this side.

It is also a problem of angle. Looking at the deep water pier near the floating dock, the damage to the Hengjiang River is not serious.

Actually, that's the wrong direction.

When the "Hengjiang" was pushing down the barge, Bai Zhizhan saw the huge "patch" near the waterline on the right side of the aircraft carrier's hull.

Those are several steel plates that overlap and weld together.

This is impossible. The damage caused by torpedo is too serious. A large hole with a length of more than 20 meters was torn into the hull. There was not such a large steel plate at all. You could only piece together multiple steel plates in a stacked manner, and then welded them to block the leaking gap.

In addition, these steel plates were actually removed from the flight deck.

Although it was not completely blocked, after arriving at Chengjiang Port, the parts below the hull waterline were repaired and the steel plate that was temporarily blocked was not removed. However, the water inlet speed has been controlled. In addition, the temporarily added several water pumps, there is no need to worry about sinking.

The four barges were dispatched together, and it took a lot of effort to send the Hengjiang River into the floating dock.

After the fixing is completed, the floating dock has started to drain, and it is already afternoon.

At this time, the first batch of personnel boarded the "Hengjiang". It was not Bai Zhizhan who fought against them, but the engineers and foreman of the Puzhou Shipyard.

According to the arrangement, they will first conduct an investigation of the Hengjiang River and then give a general reply.

Bai Zhizhan and his team took the second barge. When they boarded the Hengjiang River, it was already dark and it was almost time for supper.

After boarding the aircraft carrier, there was no more damage.

The Hengjiang River only suffered one aviation torpedo and did not get bombed. Apart from the removed steel plates, the flight deck was intact.

However, there are still traces of tube damage after being injured.

In addition, the deck near the island was dyed red, perhaps blood, or liquids such as coolant and hydraulic oil leaked from the plane.

Of course, it's been done long ago.

The island was even more messy, with bandages piled up in a corner full of unchecked bandages, and the stench odor was disgusting.

"The people in the Southern Fleet are too lazy, aren't they?"

Hearing this, Bai Zhizhan turned around and glared at Zhou Yongtao, asking him to pay attention to his words. It was not that he was afraid that there would be ears between the walls, but that he was too rude.

The Southern Fleet was first bombed, and the twelve main battleships were severely damaged. Where can they be able to take care of other warships?

Besides, how long has it been?

The Southern Fleet must have sent people to clean up the "Hengjiang", such as disposing of dangerous items such as ammunition. It was just that because the manpower was really limited, it was not very thorough, and there were still many places that were not taken care of. During maintenance, the shipyard would do a large cleaning of the warship inside and out.

Bai Zhizhan did not walk around, but only walked around the island.

Although he has lived on the Longjiang River for more than ten years, most of the time, Bai Zhizhan's activities range is on the ship island, and at most he goes to the flight deck. Only during festivals and holidays, and when he happens to go to sea to perform a mission, Bai Zhizhan will bring red envelopes to the lower cabin to comfort the officers and soldiers who are still on duty, give them a red envelope, and say a few words of encouragement.

If you want to say it, it's just a prize.

Perhaps there is no such custom in the north, but in the south, if you are celebrating festivals and holidays, you will receive red envelopes, which indicates that you will definitely have great luck next year.

The army heads north and the navy heads south.

In custom, the same is true.

If it was during war, Bai Zhizhan would not go inside the warship.

Encouraging grassroots officers and soldiers is the captain's job, and it has nothing to do with the fleet commander, and it is impossible to do everything by yourself.

In terms of layout, there is no difference between the Hengjiang and the Longjiang, and it can be said to be exactly the same.

Of course, there are still some differences in details.

For example, in the commander's bridge, there is a portrait of Liu Changxun, and there is a heraldic flag of the Liu family next to it, which looks more like a totem painting.

The use of aristocratic heraldry is not actually a tradition of the empire, but a tradition of the navy, and comes from the ship seal.

To the root of the matter, it also comes from the West, that is, the ship seal itself evolved from the Western aristocratic heraldry and has a strong cultural color.

Bai Zhizhan is not a nobleman, so there is no such thing on his flagship.

Taking this opportunity, Zhou Yongtao went to find the personnel from the shipyard and asked about the results of the survey.

When he returned to the bridge, night had already fallen.

"How about it?"

"The situation is not bad, but it is not optimistic. The main reason is that the hull is seriously damaged. Even if it is repaired, it may not be able to achieve an ideal state."

“I can’t control that much now.”

Bai Zhizhan did not stay and asked Zhou Yongtao to come down from the island last year.

"It's about ten days, and I have to work overtime. I can't guarantee that I can fix it. It can't be shorter."

"I'll wait and see the factory director. Remember to contact Zheng Jiangming and tell him the situation here, and let him go to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible to explain the situation."

"No problem, contact him when you go back."
Chapter completed!