Girls und War

This entry into the imaginary battlefield was temporary, so no weapons or equipment were prepared.

A group of girls sat in the car, feeling very relaxed, as if they were on an outing.

The convoy quickly drove to the seaside and, under Xia Shu's instructions, arrived at a deep-water port near the coast.

Because this is the core control area of ​​the flower district, many large ships are docked at the port, and the rows of ships look like a forest of high-rise buildings.

After entering the ship's dock, Xia Shu quickly found the destination of this trip.

So under her guidance, the convoy stopped in front of a medium-sized flat-bed ship.

As expected, it was the 40,000-ton helicopter carrier ordered from the Navy Department!

Then the team members followed Farna's instructions and formed a team in front of the aircraft carrier.

"Dangdangdangdang—" Xia Shu danced excitedly as she introduced the treasure to the team members, "Look, this is the treasure I want to show you! Now she's ours!"

Seeing Xia Shu's face full of joy and excitement, Fafna quickly ordered, "Everyone applaud!"

"Oooohh ...

Sparse applause immediately broke out in the harbor.

Seeing this, Xia Shu immediately became confused.

Why don't these girls look excited or surprised at all?

And why do they—as if they already knew it?

So Xia Shu turned his gaze to the reckless woman.

The woman was quite honest. Seeing Xia Shu looking at her, she smiled innocently and said, "We received the news a long time ago. Everyone knows about this aircraft carrier."

Upon hearing this, Xia Shu looked at the other girls suspiciously and asked doubtfully, "You all know this too?"

"I know—" the girls answered in unison.

When Xia Shu saw this, the light in his eyes immediately disappeared.

His head also drooped, revealing a lost expression.

966. Major Commander-in-Chief and Lieutenant Colonel Captain

Seeing Xia Shu's mood starting to get depressed, Qingxian quickly said, "Of course, we are all very happy now! The special forces actually have an aircraft carrier! Hahahaha..."

As he said this, he winked at all the team members.

Seeing this, the team members also hurriedly said perfunctorily, "That's right!" "Yes, yes, that's great!" "Wow! An aircraft carrier! Great!"

Although the team members' expressions were mostly performative and the celebration was a bit perfunctory, it still helped Xia Shu feel a little better.

Seeing a relieved smile gradually appear on Xia Shu's face, the team members also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, calls came from the aircraft carrier again.

The girls looked up and saw a naval lieutenant standing on the deck greeting them.

So, under each other's guidance, everyone boarded the deck of the aircraft carrier through the elevator at the port.

After arriving on the deck, the girls saw that the officers on the aircraft carrier had gathered in front of the bridge. It seemed that they had received the news in advance and were preparing to welcome them on board.

Some members with good memories have already noticed that many of the officers on this aircraft carrier served on the heavy aircraft carrier "Saint Qilin". But somehow, they were transferred to this medium-sized helicopter carrier.

Among this group of naval officers, there are several majors.

The leader was a naval officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Seeing Xia Shu and the special forces members walking towards her, she actually raised her hand to Xia Shu first and gave a standard military salute.

Seeing this, Xia Shu also stopped and saluted in return.

Then Xia Shu smiled and said to her, "Thank you for your hard work along the way. Is Vice Admiral Kenji okay? Where is she now?"

The lieutenant colonel quickly replied, "It's not hard at all. The captain was just talking about you, saying he'd take some time to come visit us at Hangqi."

The "Aircraft Carrier No. 7" mentioned by the lieutenant colonel refers to the ship under their feet - Huaqu No. 7 aircraft carrier.

Because this aircraft carrier has not yet been officially named, only this nickname can be used.

The special forces members nearby, after hearing the conversation between the two, gradually confirmed a fact.

That is, this naval officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel really respected Xia Shu and obeyed the orders of the special forces directly.

Although the news that the special forces would be incorporated into the aircraft carrier had been circulating in the camp for a long time.

But actually seeing the captain of an aircraft carrier taking orders directly from Xia Shu was a bit shocking.

At this time, they turned their heads to observe the surrounding environment - a deck more than 200 meters long, a brand new and huge hull - such a huge sea overlord actually belongs directly to the special forces!

The feeling of surprise and wonder at being in a dream-like state filled the hearts of the team members only after they realized it.

Seeing the expressions of his teammates, Xia Shu finally showed a look of satisfaction.

The lieutenant colonel then introduced himself and the main officers of the fleet to Xia Shu.

The lieutenant colonel's name is Yixian, and he is currently the captain of the aircraft carrier and head of the staff.

Behind her were three major officers in charge of the ship.

They are Major Xiaoxue, the team leader of the management team; Major Puff, the team leader of the logistics team; and Major Wanhua, the team leader of the equipment team.

After Xia Shu met them one by one, he also introduced the two squadron leaders Qingxian and You, the combat communications team leader Fafna, and several other special forces supervisors to them.

After the two sides met, both the host and the guests were very happy.

Then Lieutenant Colonel Yixian invited them into the aircraft carrier's cabin and began their tour of the ship.

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It may sound strange that Yixian, a lieutenant colonel-level captain, has to obey the orders of Xia Shu, the major commander-in-chief, in the special operations force.

However, considering the administrative structure of the troops, this is actually not something incomprehensible.

Because before looking at the ranks of the two officers, we must first look at their positions.

Xia Shu's position is the battlefield commander of the entire special forces unit.

Although her current military rank is major, the commander-in-chief of this brigade-level unit should be an officer of the rank of colonel or above.

Although Xia Shu has not yet reached this level, the special forces were built by Xia Shu himself after all.

The core combat personnel and command structure of the special forces basically only obeyed Xia Shu's orders. Therefore, it was impossible to transfer a colonel to serve as the battlefield commander of the special forces.

The captain of a medium-sized aircraft carrier cannot be assigned to an officer with a rank lower than lieutenant colonel.

Even a captain-level officer thought his rank was too low. A medium-sized aircraft carrier like this should be captained by a naval general.

Lieutenant General Yanjie pushed the ranks of officers in various departments of the aircraft carrier to the limit, and only then did he arrange a minimum rank of Lieutenant Colonel Yixian.

So now, the result is what we see in front of us - a major-level commander-in-chief is in charge of a lieutenant colonel-level combat department.

Fortunately, this situation is not uncommon.

There have been precedents of lower-ranking military officers commanding higher-ranking military officers.

For example, a deputy regimental commander at the level of major commands a battalion commander at the level of lieutenant colonel; or, as in the North Ocean island chain battlefield, a major general commander-in-chief commands an aircraft carrier captain at the level of lieutenant general.

Therefore, the officers were able to accept the current situation.

Because of this, Xia Shu did not encounter any unpleasant scenes when he took his team members to visit the interior of the aircraft carrier.

Inside the cabin, Yixian quickly asked Xia Shu to take a look at the most important hangar first.

I have to say that the hangar of a 40,000-ton aircraft carrier is really big.

Although it is not like the Holy Qilin where you can drift inside the cabin, but looking at the warehouse capacity inside, it should be no problem to park fifty helicopters of various types.

Moreover, this helicopter carrier adopts the latest construction layout. The deck is very flat and can even take off and land light carrier-based aircraft under special circumstances.

This was also for the sake of future reconstruction, and the runway was built in advance to prepare for a rainy day. So that they could convert this helicopter carrier into a regular aircraft carrier at any time for long-distance operations.

It is for this reason that the name of this ship is "helicopter carrier" instead of "amphibious assault ship".

However, at this time, the aircraft carrier had just been shipped and had not yet been assigned any combat units. Therefore, the hangars inside were all empty, and not a single helicopter was seen.

In the hangar, only some tools could be seen cleaning the brand new ship and carefully removing the protective film from the electronic equipment.

It is estimated that after Yixian and the others took over the aircraft carrier, they did not make any arrangements and hurriedly drove to the port here to inform Xia Shu.

Xia Shu was also eager to show the toys to the team members, so he called everyone over without saying a word.

In fact, it will take another two days for helicopters and other equipment to be loaded onto the ship.

At this time, the aircraft carrier had nothing on it except half a tank of heavy oil sent by the Navy Department.

967. The Poor Fight and the Rich Fight

After Lieutenant Colonel Yixian guided Xia Shu and the others to look at the various structures in the cabin, it seemed that they couldn't find anything else to do.

So the group sat in the conference room for a while and talked about the future construction of the aircraft carrier formation and the overall development direction of the special forces.

At present, the aircraft carrier is not fully equipped.

However, after various types of helicopters and supporting equipment are put on board, this aircraft carrier will be able to serve as a mobile military base for special forces overseas, helping them conduct long-distance operations.

This will not only reduce the special forces' dependence on overseas military bases, but also form an independent combat zone with the help of aircraft carriers.

In the past, if they wanted to carry out a mission, they would first have to consider whether there was sufficient fire support during the combat.

If there is not enough fire support at the mission site, they will also ask the Air Force to airlift armed helicopters there.

However, the air transport efficiency of armed helicopters is very low. A large transport aircraft can only transport two helicopters at a time.

Moreover, it has to be air-freighted there and back again, so the cost-effectiveness is not high at all.

But from now on, they can open up new battlefields wherever they want.

There is no need to look at the eyes of the Navy Department and the Air Force Department, nor to worry about low delivery efficiency.

Because this aircraft carrier can transport and deploy a complete special forces force at a long distance at one time.

Imagine that when two armies are fighting, a special operations brigade with a large number of helicopters suddenly appears behind the enemy - that scene, wow, it's exciting just to think about it.

However, the self-defense capability of a single aircraft carrier was still too weak. So no matter what, they had to wait for the two escort destroyers to arrive before they could start to make waves.

As for the two destroyers, although the deal has been settled now, they will be transferred from the battle group of the Sheng Qilin aircraft carrier.

But Vice Admiral Yanjie has not yet completed the handover with the next captain.

They have to wait until the personnel handover between the two sides is completed before they can send the destroyer over.

Otherwise, two ships from his fleet had already been withdrawn before the new commander even took office, which seemed a bit like bullying no matter how you looked at it.

However, Xia Shu was not worried that the new captain would default on his debt, because the young commander had negotiated directly with the Navy Headquarters and had paid for the purchase of the ship.

This is a matter of paying for goods - if the new captain has any ideas, the Navy Headquarters will not let her go.

In addition, once the aircraft carrier's escort ships arrive, it doesn't mean that Xia Shu won't have to worry about anything.

In reality, the fleet's maintenance costs are also very high, estimated to be around 5% of the construction cost each year.

Maintenance costs, plus fuel costs, and regularly consumed ammunition - all of this money is a huge expense, and all of it will be deducted from the special forces' military budget.

Fortunately, now that the special forces have been incorporated into an aircraft carrier, their voice in the Army Department has gradually increased.

If necessary, Xia Shu now has the courage to speak loudly with several other bigwigs in the Army Department.

As a result, the special forces' share of military expenditure this year has reached about 15% of the Army's total military expenditure.

However, this amount of money would have to be deducted from the aircraft carrier loan mentioned by the commander-in-chief. Therefore, the funds Xia Shu received were just enough to guarantee the maintenance of various equipment.

So, although the special forces got an aircraft carrier, they are actually still poor.

It's like a social animal who earns tens of thousands of yuan but has little money left after paying off his mortgage.

As Xia Shu had no money, he naturally had no right to think about the vertical take-off and landing fighter jet that he had talked about with the young commander before.

So in the end, we are still poor.

If she had money, would she endure this?