The good news brought by Liu Kang made the huge rock that weighed on everyone's hearts disappear. The gloom was swept away, and the atmosphere in the conference room became relaxed and lively.
No matter where the emperor bought these materials, he did not use any financial funds. What was the point of asking?
Finance Minister Fan Jie and Li Xiong looked at each other and tacitly chose to ignore it.
Fan Jie and Li Xiong didn't ask. The others didn't want to ask either. Firstly, it had nothing to do with them. Secondly, they didn't want to make the Emperor unhappy.
Speak too much and you'll lose. Don't ask for a snub.
"Ministry of Works, the Navy Equipment Department, please get ready. I have already made a new warship construction plan. Next month, we will start transferring workers to the Xianyang Port Shipyard and the Chang 'an Port Shipyard to start building new warships.”
"The warships are mainly aircraft carriers, submarines, and fast destroyer. The number of battleships and cruisers should be reduced as much as possible. My plan is to build 8 - 15 heavy aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 80000 tons in five years. They will use pure steel decks. The blueprints have been prepared for you and will be sent to the Ministry of Works tomorrow.”
What? Abandon battleships and shift their focus to aircraft carriers?
The civil officials were confused by Qin Zhen's decision. The military general couldn't sit still and immediately tried to dissuade him.
Especially the admiral, every cell in his body was rejecting it.
Deng Qi, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, who was a firm believer in the concept of large ships and cannons, stood up. He was 1.9 meters tall and had a burly physique. He gave off an oppressive feeling and his voice was very loud.
"Your Majesty! Why did they have to reduce the number of battleships? Battleships are the true rulers of the sea. We should build more battleships.”
"That's right. The aircraft carrier is only an auxiliary ship, while the battleship is the main force of the naval battle. The Battle of Jutland has already proved that the larger the caliber and the thicker the armor of the battleship, the fewer the enemy.”
Navy Commander Qi Yangsong also stood up and agreed that battleships were more important than aircraft carriers and could not be given up.
Qin Zhen had long expected their intense reaction.
Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the development of fighter aircraft had not yet matured. Therefore, although the theory of aerial victory had already appeared, the mainstream was still the theory of giant ships and cannons winning. 90% of naval generals firmly chose battleships.
The reason was simple. Battleships were the representation of large cannons. Their typical characteristics were that they were huge and sturdy, equipped with large-caliber cannons, and had fierce firepower. During a naval battle, they would be lined up in a formation and used cannons to unleash shocking power.
What kind of ship could withstand a one-ton shell?
In addition to attacking enemy ships, battleships could also provide fire support to the army.
The damage of the cannons firing on the shore was more than twice or three times higher than that of the ship-borne bombing.
"Calm down!"
" Battleships use giant cannons as weapons, while aircraft carriers use airplanes as weapons," Qin Zhen asked with a faint smile." The striking distance of airplanes is far greater than that of naval guns. As a result, battleships are at an absolute disadvantage. They can only take hits passively and cannot fight back.”
"Therefore, it is the aircraft carriers that have eliminated the battleships. In essence, it is the aircraft that has eliminated the giant cannons.”
" Think about it. When the fleet is hundreds of kilometers away, the aircraft will set off and break through at a low altitude. By the time the enemy discovers it, the aircraft will already be above their heads. If we use battleships, we will have to drive the fleet to within 40 kilometers of the coastline before we can open fire. The enemy's vigilance means can detect the fleet from 200 kilometers away.”
"After being discovered by the enemy, the fleet will have to travel another 140 kilometers. With the speed of the battleships, it will take four hours.”
"Four hours, the daylily is already cold.”
" But aircraft carriers are different. The core of an aircraft carrier's attack is the carrier aircraft. The carrier aircraft can easily reach a combat radius of 100 to 400 kilometers and can also carry bombs and aerial torpedoes.”
" Moreover, in terms of tactics, they can enter the attack route from different angles and avoid anti-air fire. Coupled with the absolute reconnaissance advantage of the aerial force, the control area of the aircraft carrier is 100 times that of the battleship. Through multiple waves of air strikes, the aircraft carrier can achieve dozens of times the attack efficiency of the battleship.”
"The last reason is the cost. If we want to build a battleship now, the displacement is 70,000 tons, and we have to take out 20,000 tons of steel to make armor. Including the development of new cannons, the price is much more expensive than an aircraft carrier, and the efficiency is far inferior to an aircraft carrier.”
"So, why choose a battleship? The aircraft carrier was the main force of future naval warfare!”
The analysis was very detailed, leaving Deng Qi and Qi Yangsong speechless.
After careful analysis, it seemed that the Emperor was right. In front of the fleet of aircraft carriers, battleships were completely live targets.
However, the problem was that with the current aircraft technology, the firepower of a carrier aircraft was far inferior to that of a battleship.
"Your Majesty, I am convinced. The future development trend of aircraft carriers is indeed better than that of battleships, but in the short term, it is still not comparable to that of battleships. The number of fighter planes carried by aircraft carriers and the number of bombs carried by the aircraft carriers are a big problem that cannot be avoided.”
Qi Yangsong spread his hands and threw out this seemingly unsolvable question.
Qin Zhen smiled and took out a stack of blueprints from the folder in front of him and threw it to Qi Yangsong.
"Take a look at the blueprints of the new aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft. The accurate data has been marked.”
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The air instantly froze. Looking at the uniquely designed but reasonably beautiful aircraft carrier on the paper, Qi Mingsong's hands trembled.
Standard displacement 60100 tons, full load displacement
86000 tons, length 323.8 meters, width 76.8 meters, draft
11.4 It had an endurance of 12000 kilometers and could carry 110 fighter jets of various types!
Hellcat carrier aircraft, single-seat single-engine flat-wing piston-type single-metal carrier fighter, maximum flight speed of 612 kilometers per hour, practical ceiling of 11369 meters, maximum range of 2462 kilometers.
The wings on both sides were equipped with six 12.7mm aerial machine guns with 2400 rounds of ammunition. They could also be equipped with 20mm cannons in the inner section of the wings. They could also mount a 900kg bomb under the belly or six rockets under the wings.
Was this a carrier aircraft? It was too terrifying!
The full-cover cockpit, the retracting landing gear, and the all-metal body and wings made Qi Yangsong, who joined the army at the age of 18 and rose all the way from an ordinary marine to a navy general, feel puzzled. This was because this was the first time he had heard of these designs.
Deng Qi, who had come over to watch, exclaimed,"What the hell? A carrier aircraft that can fly more than 2,000 kilometers? Really?"
"Also, a heavy aircraft carrier with a full displacement of 86000 tons has an all-metal deck. Is it necessary? It's very difficult to repair if it's blown up!"
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