The whole world's attention is focused on Northeast China.

Although the people of the Tang Empire, thousands of miles away, were also very concerned about China, their concern for others quickly turned into their own concerns, because the main force of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet was already on the way to attack the Tang Dynasty.

Whether the main force of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet can be defeated, this huge greeting appears in the minds of every subject of the Tang Empire. Even the Northeast Chinese refugees who have just arrived in the Fiji refugee area are concerned about this issue.

"Can you block the attack of the Japanese Navy?"

"Don't worry, we have wiped out a Japanese Navy main fleet before, and there is no problem this time!"

This conversation even asked more often than people usually use phrases, which shows the great deterrence of the Japanese Navy on the subjects of the Tang Empire.

Fortunately, the Tang Empire did destroy a powerful fleet of the Japanese Navy before, so people were much more calm and calm than when they first heard the Japanese Navy coming. However, they were still very worried. After all, the real main fleet came this time. Even other powerful people in the world were not optimistic about the winning chance of the Tang Empire, although they also analyzed this time.

It is undeniable that the subjects of the Tang Empire had a strong fighting spirit to defend their country. Although their homes and job opportunities were given to them by Zhang Meng, they really didn't want to leave the Tang Dynasty now because they had moved into the beautiful house they built by themselves, and they had already regarded it as a comfort for themselves and their families. At the same time, they also received the job opportunities and generous treatment given to them by the Tang Empire, which were dozens of times better than their previous living environment. Who would be willing to lose this home and this country?

That’s right! No one wants to go back to the past life of wandering around without covering his clothes and eating without filling his stomach!

The citizens of the Tang Empire became increasingly strong in their hearts to defend their country. They worked hard to produce as many weapons and equipment as possible for the Tang army. Even if there was one more bullet, they could destroy one more enemy and increase their chances of victory.

The enthusiasm of the people deeply infected the soldiers of the Tang Empire. Zhang Meng insisted on bringing the family members of every Tang army to the Tang Dynasty, which now proves how foresighted he was. Now every Tang army not only wants to fight for the country, but also wants to protect their families and relatives. If this invisible power can be described in words, it may be more appropriate to fight to the death.

The people were full of enthusiasm for production and soldiers were full of fighting will. For the Tang Empire, there was already a bargaining chip for three-point victory.

However, in the face of the overwhelming military strength of the Japanese joint fleet, the Supreme Command of the Tang Empire, led by Zhang Meng, did not dare to take it lightly at all.

Zhang Meng originally thought that killing Hamaguchi Yukiro's early explosion in September 18 could restrain Japan's energy, so that Japan would not have more energy to deal with the Tang Empire.

However, in the first confrontation between Tang and Ri, the Tang Empire destroyed a powerful Japanese naval fleet. That time, it sank more than a dozen main battleships of the Japanese Navy, especially four King Kong-class battlecruisers, which was equivalent to tearing off a large piece of meat from the Japanese Navy. It really hurt the Japanese Navy. They were destined to not forget the unforgettable pain and were destined to come back to take revenge.

The main force of the Japanese joint fleet went on an expedition to the Tang Dynasty, but the outcome was actually between the 55 and 55.

Zhang Meng issued an instruction at the meeting of senior generals of the Ministry of National Defense that although the Japanese joint fleet is powerful, its strength refers to his traditional surface combat ships, which are explained according to the traditional concepts of firepower and displacement of warships. In this regard, the main battleships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire are not as large as those of the other party in terms of quantity and firepower.

Starting from August, the six Linxian-class light cruisers built by Britain for the Tang Dynasty, as well as the third batch of six destroyers of the twenty-four ovarian-class destroyers built by France for the Tang Dynasty, have been delivered to the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty. By the end of December, the six Linxian-class light cruisers commissioned by Central American countries such as Ecuador to order from Britain, as well as the last batch of six ovarian-class destroyers, also arrived in the Tang Dynasty.

Since these warships were built abroad, the British and French had already done sea trials, and lasted for three months and two months respectively. Therefore, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire can be directly put into service after receiving them.

Except for the fact that the twelve Linxian-class light cruisers are much stronger than the Leander-class light cruisers in air defense firepower, there is no big change. The officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire have been proficient in operating and using the six Leander-class light cruisers they rented, so they can quickly adapt after replacing the new ship.

The six Leander-class light cruisers were returned to the British Navy as usual, but these six warships were outdated. The British Navy had earned high loan fees from the Tang Empire. Considering that the British government failed to fulfill its responsibility to protect the Tang Empire, these six Leander light cruisers were directly transferred to the Tang Dynasty.

As for the twenty-four French fuzzy-class destroyers, although the Tang Dynasty Royal Navy had no practical operation and driving experience in this area before, the basic principles and operating technology were the same. In addition, the fuzzy-class destroyers were not large warships, and they were even easier to operate than the Linxian-class light cruiser.

Zhang Meng originally bought these warships from Britain and France to form an aircraft carrier battle group. Although he had thought of having a more powerful surface fleet including battleships and heavy cruisers, it was too expensive and not very useful, so Zhang Meng still believed that the formation of an aircraft carrier battle group was more cost-effective, and also agreed with the needs of future naval warfare.

The four King-class aircraft carriers built by the San Francisco United Steel Shipyard for the Tang Dynasty Royal Navy were originally planned to be completed and delivered for use within 16 months. However, due to Zhang Meng's urge, the four King-class aircraft carriers purchased catapult slides from New York Mechanical Engineering Equipment Company according to the standards for catapulting F11C carrier-based fighters. However, when conducting the test, Tang Jun used the newly-entered Raptor Heavy Carrier-based fighters and Hellfire Heavy Carrier-based bombers to test. Due to the different track widths, it was impossible to perform traction catapults. After correcting the track width, it was found that the power of the steam catapult was insufficient, which did not work for Hellfire Heavy Carrier-based fighters at all.

Zhang Meng significantly increased the length and width of the flight decks to these four aircraft carriers in order to take off and land heavy carrier-based bombers on the aircraft carriers, because he knew that the aviation bombs that carrier-based bombers from various countries could carry in the early stages of World War II were between 200 kilograms and 300 kilograms, which was difficult to cause heavy damage to the horizontal armor of ordinary large battleships. In addition, with low hit rate and other factors, it was generally difficult to sink the enemy's large warships.

Zhang Meng didn't want to spend money in vain. He liked to do as much as possible, so he ordered Raptor Airlines to develop heavy carrier-based bombers carrying 500 kilograms of aviation bombs from the beginning, so he also made corresponding requirements for the aircraft carrier's flight deck to be extended.

The designers and engineers of San Francisco United Steel Shipyard did not understand Zhang Meng's requirements well, which resulted in the catapult's power being insufficient and the track not meeting the standards and other errors such as errors occur.

Fortunately, they discovered the problem in time, so they urgently replaced the catapult system, but this delayed the delivery time of the four aircraft carriers until the end of November.

However, the newly replaced steam catapult system is much more advanced and more efficient than the original one. This is because the aircraft of this era can take off from the horizontal deck without catapults.

Aircraft carriers in Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries also used catapult systems at the beginning, but they were soon cancelled because they were not efficient and had little effect. Therefore, when the Tianwang-class aircraft carriers required catapults, the New York Mechanical Equipment Company directly used old equipment from more than ten years ago to charge the numbers.

This old-fashioned steam catapult has too low power and efficiency, and its equipment is bloated and complex, making it not suitable for fast catapult fighters.

Therefore, Zhang Meng handed over the development and manufacturing tasks of the catapult to Quincy Air Compressor Company, which was developed by George and John Carter. Due to the tight time, Zhang Meng only gave them two months, so they used a mature gas turbocharger boiler and combined with their advanced air compressor technology to develop a high-power gas catapult system.

The power and thermal efficiency of the gas catapult system are much higher than that of steam and hydraulic catapults in this era, which is enough to eject any heavy carrier-based fighter and carrier-based bomber, but the disadvantage is that the equipment is expensive and the maintenance cost is very high.

After the report was handed over to Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng immediately approved it under great pressure to prepare for the Japanese war without shortage of money.
Chapter completed!