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628 live-fire exercise

With Ye Qingshan’s financial resources at this time and the large number of shipyards owned by Ye Qingshan.

It is also possible to buy a batch of large cargo ships and then spend some time converting them into escort aircraft carriers.

It is much easier than getting it from the Americans or building a large main aircraft carrier by ourselves.

This is also the most cost-effective solution for Ye Qingshan to build his own aircraft carrier fleet at present.

Ye Qingshan wrote all of these in his fleet construction plan.

It needs to be completed step by step.

However, it seems that the fleet construction plan is progressing much faster than Ye Qingshan expected.

Moreover, the situation was better than Ye Qingshan had expected.

The performance of Wang Chuying and his men in the Battle of the Coral Sea is the best proof.

"To all the soldiers of the expeditionary fleet, let me use water instead of wine tonight to toast your bravery and fearlessness.

I hope that you will continue to work hard and kill the Japanese in the future."

"Dry!"

"Cheers, Commander!"

In the cafeteria, thousands of soldiers from the expedition fleet raised their glasses and drank the cup with water instead of wine.

Just here, Ye Qingshan was having fun with the fleet soldiers.

At the U.S. military's Pearl Harbor base, Frank was holding an internal meeting with a group of senior officials of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The meeting was of a high standard, as it was chaired by Fleet Commander-in-Chief Kimmel himself.

For example, Nimitz, Spruance and other senior US military generals also participated.

The meeting summarized the Battle of the Coral Sea, assessed the strength of the Japanese naval fleet, and their fleet's next offensive plan.

"Commander-in-Chief, our fleet has transferred two aircraft carriers and seven other warships to support the British.

Our fleet had just recovered its strength, but it was severely weakened again.

This is not conducive to our fleet's subsequent battle with the Japanese in the Western Pacific.

If a decisive battle breaks out with the Japanese naval fleet, we must not fail this time.

Therefore, we should, at all costs, strengthen our fleet before the decisive battle with the Japanese naval fleet."

Frank said this to the senior officers of the US fleet at the meeting.

"So, Frank, do you have any good ideas for quickly increasing the strength of our fleet?"

Kimmel asked.

"I have."

Frank laughed. He said so much just to get the top management to agree to incorporate Ye Qingshan's expedition fleet into their combat fleet.

"Commander-in-Chief, generals.

In the Battle of the Coral Sea, General Ye's expeditionary fleet from China has proven their capabilities.

Worthy of being our ally.

Therefore, I think it is a waste of talent to continue to let General Ye’s fleet only perform escort missions.

It would be better to take this opportunity to incorporate them into the combat forces.

In the future, we will cooperate with our main fleet to carry out combat missions against the Japanese naval fleet."

Upon hearing Frank's proposal, some of the senior generals of the US fleet in the conference room frowned and some nodded.

“What Frank said makes some sense.

It is indeed a way to increase the strength of our fleet."

After a moment, Nimitz spoke first.

Frank was overjoyed to see that Nimitz agreed to his proposal.

Nimitz has a lot of say in their Pacific Fleet.

There are even private rumors that Nimitz will replace Kimmel as the new commander-in-chief of their Pacific Fleet next year.

If Nimitz agreed to his plan, then there was a great chance that it would pass.

"Just relying on their few broken ships? I don't think it's reliable.

Just one win is not enough to prove that these people are trustworthy teammates.

You know, on the battlefield, bad teammates are sometimes more terrifying than the enemy.

I think Frank's proposal is worth considering and we should continue to investigate this Chinese expeditionary fleet.

As for joining our combat fleet, cooperating with our main fleet and fighting jointly.

There is no need for this at the moment."

General Spruance, standing by, expressed a different opinion.

The main reason was that Spruance looked down upon the few old warships in the expeditionary fleet.

This is also the view held by other US military generals.

"I agree with General Spruance.

I have seen that Chinese fleet.

The warships used are all obsolete ones, and it is hard to say what use they can play in naval battles.

As for the Battle of the Coral Sea, they made such a great contribution.

This was mainly due to Frank's spiritual command and the unexpected strategy of sending this fleet to Guadalcanal.

What they collided with was the Japanese landing fleet which had no protection capabilities.

Even their old warships were enough to sink the Japanese landing ships.

As for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, it was luck.”

Then, another American general spoke up.

“Also, they seem to have got two escort aircraft carriers in the waters off Lanai Island, and they’re conducting carrier-based aircraft training every day.

We also apply for two live-fire exercises every month.

The frequency of live-fire training is higher than our flights, which is simply funny.

Later, I directly rejected their applications.

It's such a waste of our ammunition. I don't believe these Chinese people can train any good pilots.

These people are still fit to work for us as laborers, digging tunnels and building railroads on the West Coast, just like their pigtailed ancestors did.”

"Bulwer, you are going too far."

After hearing the last words of the American major general, Frank stood up and scolded him.

This American major general clearly had serious discrimination and prejudice against Ye Qingshan and his group.

"How did I go too far? I was just telling the truth."

"you……"

Just as Frank was arguing with the American major general, Kimmel received a whispered report from an officer.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet."

Next, Kimmel interrupts an argument between Frank and Bulwer.

"The command center just received the application sent by Ye Qingshan.

They applied to have their carrier-based aircraft pilots conduct a live-fire exercise the day after tomorrow.

What do you think? "

“Ye is our ally after all, this request is not excessive.

You should agree to it."

Nimitz next to him nodded.

"Another waste of ammunition."

Bulwer said with disdain, but he did not object.

"In that case, then reply to them and approve their application.

Live-fire exercises can be conducted.

It can also be considered as our gift to the young Chinese general.

They were in the Coral Sea and helped us a lot after all.”

Kimmel finally nodded and agreed to Ye Qingshan's application for live-fire exercises.

Frank was a little frustrated at the moment. He felt that his proposal might not be passed this time.

So Frank could only look at Nimitz with pleading eyes.

Nimitz and Frank's father were comrades-in-arms, so it was natural for him to help Frank at this time.