SFS Chapter 328 'Second Navy' Nanhua Global Shipping Group
Chapter 328 'Second Navy' Nanhua Global Shipping Group
After liberating the entire Pegu region in early June, the An Min Army launched attacks everywhere, taking advantage of the current chaotic times to expand rapidly.
On the western side, the three infantry divisions led by Bai Minghui used the excuse of pursuing and annihilating the Japanese 15th Army and acted like the Emperor Liu.
They borrowed without returning and directly occupied Chittagong, the easternmost port of the Sindhu colony, and refused to leave.
In order to maintain the supply of the Chittagong troops, the South China Global Shipping Group recruited Chinese sailors from all over the world and recruited naval officers and soldiers from the defeated Italy.
As a result, this emerging shipping group, which is entirely controlled by Zhang Chi, has achieved a maritime transportation capacity of more than 500,000 tons by relying on dozens of second-hand cargo ships purchased from White Eagle and the defeated Italy.
Although this tonnage is insignificant compared to the total tonnage of more than 600 million tons before the Japanese started the war, it is incomparable to the exaggerated shipping capabilities of the White Eagles and the Johns.
However, COSCO Shipping Group is the default "second navy". For the future development of the navy, Zhang Chi is still spending a lot of money on South China World Shipping Group, trying to convert a large number of Chinese fishermen and sailors in the Nanyang region into industrial workers of the shipping group.
To this end, Zhang Chi not only ordered dozens of Liberty Ships and tankers from major shipyards in White Eagle, but also placed orders for a number of ocean-going fishing vessels and refrigerated cargo ships.
Roosevelt and the Donald Trump supporters behind him were very happy about the huge order placed by Zhang Chi.
They knew well that this meant the money lent to Zhang Chi was flowing back into the U.S. market, creating more jobs.
The shipyards are even more excited and are even working overtime to ensure that Zhang Chi's orders are completed with quality and quantity as priority.
This is not because they are all good people with an internationalist spirit who ignore official orders from the United States and give priority to orders from foreigners.
It is because they know very well that once the war is over, the United States officials will not give them another order. On the contrary, the officials who have a large number of second-hand ships that need to be decommissioned will compete with various shipyards for the market.
The silly tycoons are still counting money excitedly for the prosperity of the war, while the smart tycoons have already started thinking about what will happen after the war.
In their eyes, high-quality customers like Zhang Chi are like bosses. Once a good relationship is established, there will be orders even if the war is over.
Since Bago's coastline is not very long and its traditional territorial waters overlap with many surrounding areas, these shipyards, fearing that Zhang Chi's appetite is not big enough, are even willing to offer discounts in order to get Zhang Chi to place more orders.
In fact, Zhang Chi is very ambitious. He studies the world map whenever he has nothing to do.
The 21st century before he traveled through time could be said to be the century of the ocean. The ocean could bring so many benefits to fisheries, tourism, oil industry, etc.
The South China Sea and the waters near the Kangaroo Country further south have rich fishery resources.
In this era when humans had not yet engaged in crazy fishing, there were still many large lobsters, and it could even be said that there was an infestation of lobsters.
Even in the early days, prisoners exiled to Kangaroo Island ate corn cobs and boiled lobsters for three meals a day.
There are plenty of big lobsters in the sea. Instead of leaving them for the Ansa people on Kangaroo Island, it is better to give them to our compatriots first.
From an economic perspective, spending a lot of money to build an army must always bring benefits. It is more important to find ways to gain some benefits than to prevent being invaded.
The John people launched a cod war for cod, and Zhang Chi didn't mind a lobster war with the Kangaroo Country.
Zhang Chi felt that compared to "every family can eat beef stew with potatoes", perhaps "every family can have a big lobster on the table" would also be a good propaganda slogan during the Cold War.
Of course, compared with the future of distant-water fishing, the main task of the current South China Global Shipping Group is to maintain supplies for the troops stationed in Chittagong and to ship more reinforcements by sea to prevent John's people from taking desperate measures.
In fact, there have been several sporadic clashes between the Anmin Army and John's colonial army.
In order to ensure safety, Zhang Chi not only mobilized a fighter regiment to be stationed in Chittagong, but also ordered an air defense regiment to carry the latest Qionghaojing-1 early warning radar and Wangyi vehicle-mounted field radar to Chittagong by sea.
On August 19, the Andaman Sea was calm and the sky was sunny. A small fleet was sailing from east to west.
This is the YG-11 (Yangon-Chittagong Batch 11) fleet that is carrying out a transport mission, consisting of four cargo ships of more than 4 tons and some small escort warships.
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Built by the Ansaldo Shipyard in Genoa in 1938, it was originally designed as a refrigerated freighter capable of transporting 2400 tons of military supplies and food. It is a new ship with a history of less than 7 years.
During World War II, it was requisitioned by the Italian Navy as an auxiliary cruiser, equipped with four 120mm naval guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and was responsible for secret military transportation from North Africa to Italy.
After surrendering, she was naturally disarmed by the Allied forces. The synths sent by Zhang Chi exchanged her from the White Eagle occupation forces for a small amount of cash and half a ship of cigarettes and canned pineapples.
Now her side and stern are painted with big Chinese characters "Qingchuan", which is considered the "leading lady" of the South China Global Shipping Group's current refrigerated transportation.
With the end of the Mariana Turkey Hunt, the Japanese Combined Fleet basically retreated completely.
Considering that there are probably only Japanese submarines occasionally going out hunting in the Andaman Sea, there is only one destroyer and several anti-submarine boats responsible for the escort this time.
On the Hunter-9 anti-submarine boat, Captain Fu Zhengyang stood at the side of the ship, holding the railing with one hand, looking at a dolphin jumping out of the sea in the distance.
The water of the Andaman Sea was crystal blue, and the waves were hitting the ship slowly. Fu Zhengyang didn't even feel the slightest bit of war, as if the world was so peaceful?
"You can't stay here either?" Fu Zhengyang looked at the first mate who also walked out of the armored bridge and joked.
"It's so hot! Even with the electric fan I can't bear it. I came out to take a breath." The first mate complained with sweat on his face.
Now that it is a non-combat state, the captain and the first mate naturally have to take turns on duty to save energy.
It was the first mate's duty time, and he should have stayed on the bridge.
But the further south you go, the closer you get to the equator, and the weather is already hot. In addition, the bridge is the only place on the ship that is armored and can defend against small-caliber weapons, making it even more stuffy.
Fu Zhengyang patted the railing to show his understanding: "Then let's take a break. After all, several ships are equipped with radar and sonar. If there is a problem, the radar and sonar operators will definitely report it."
With the rapid advancement of technology at the Sixth Radio Research Institute, after obtaining the SG radar on the Helena light cruiser purchased by Zhang Chi from the system, the Sixth Institute quickly imitated and improved the GSG-1 radar for ships.
Not only does it have a larger search range, but it also has better stability and lower power consumption. Unlike the original SG radar, which needs to be overhauled for several hours after being operated for one hour, it can be operated for 12 hours continuously.
This also means that among the 7 ships in the fleet, 3 radars are turned on to search at any time, and the enemy situation will basically not be missed.
Fu Zhengyang and the first mate were chatting peacefully when suddenly the radar soldier's shout came from the bridge behind them.
"At 9 o'clock, an unidentified unit is approaching from the air, estimated speed is 300km/h!"