Hearing this, Bai Zixi was puzzled. Was there a comparison between the cost of a carrier-based aircraft and a battleship?
The Feng Navy's main carrier aircraft was called the Type 1924 carrier aircraft, codenamed Hellhound. It was 8.76 meters long, 11.58 meters wide, 3.25 meters high, 2612 kilograms empty weight, and a maximum take-off weight of 3604 kilograms. It was equipped with an air-cooled engine with a maximum power of 1200 horsepower. The maximum flight speed was 512 kilometers per hour, the practical ceiling was 12010 meters, and the maximum range was 1239 kilometers.
There were four 12.7mm aerial machine guns and two 200kg bombs.
The ex-factory price was 45,000 gold coins.
The gold yuan was a banknote issued by the Flower International Bank in 1912 under the authorization of the Fengtian Military Certificate Office. Because it was golden in color, it was also called the gold yuan. 1。
A Hellhound only cost 45,000 gold coins. What about a battleship?
The cost of a Heaven-class battleship was 120 million gold coins, and a flower-class battleship was 45 million gold coins. The cost of a flower-class battleship was enough to buy 1000 Hellhound aircraft...
At the thought of this, Bai Zixi's eyes widened.
That's right!
Carrier-based aircrafts were so cheap, couldn't they just pile up battleships with carrier-based aircrafts?
In comparison to its mobility, what was the difference between a battleship and a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in front of a carrier aircraft with a combat radius of four to five hundred kilometers?
The main cannons of battleships were powerful. They had a caliber of 400 to 500 millimeters. Each shell weighed more than a ton and had a range of 40 to 50 kilometers. If an aircraft carrier was hit by one, it would be crippled if not killed.
However, the carrier aircraft could detect the battleships in advance, take off from a distance, and attack the battleships in groups.
Even if they lost dozens of aircraft to sink a battleship, it was still very cost-effective compared to the cost.
Overall, the cost performance of an aircraft carrier was much higher than that of a battleship.
It was no wonder that the commander wanted to instigate an arms race and let the western powers build battleships while he secretly built aircraft carriers. It turned out that battleships had lost their advantage.
"I understand. Marshal is wise!"
Yang Yuting and Jiang Rong weren't idiots. After some thought, they immediately understood that aircraft carriers were the future hegemons of the sea.
Jiang Rong smiled and said," Commander, we have to build the aircraft carrier secretly. We have to keep it a secret. Otherwise, we won't have any advantage."”
Jiang Yun 'an nodded." Yes, the Huludao Shipyard that the Navy has been longing for can be started. It must be completed within two years!"”
The largest shipbuilding industry group in the Feng Department was called the Northeast Heavy Industry Corporation. It had three shipyards under its jurisdiction, namely Lushun Shipyard, Dalian Shipyard, and the Second Dali Shipyard.
Of the three shipyards, the largest was the one in the city of Dalian. It had more than 100,000 engineers and technical workers, and could build 37 10,000-ton freighters or 12 warships with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons at the same time. Its shipbuilding technology was not inferior to that of the old industrial powers in the West.
Due to the price and proximity, many merchants from the south came to the Northeast shipbuilding heavy industry group to order merchant ships.
The plan to build a secret shipyard in Huludao had been established three years ago. The design drawings were probably ready, and everything was ready. All that was left was an order.
"Alright, is there anything else?"
Seeing their commander chasing them away, Bai Yixi, Yang Yuting, and Jiang Rong smiled awkwardly.
" General, our army has won the Battle of Irkutsk," Bai Zixi said." The Polar Bears are getting anxious and have begun to send more troops. I've discussed with Chief of Staff Yang and suggested that we form another army group and send them to the Western Front.”
More troops?
Was Sidari unwilling to shed tears until he saw the coffin?
Jiang Yun 'an pondered for a while and agreed with Bai Yixi and Yang Yuting's suggestion.
"Sure!"
"Right, how is Qiu Qing Quan's 16th Division? Have the two airborne divisions of the Air Force arrived?”
Thinking of Qiu Qingquan, who single-handedly turned the tide of the battle and helped the Western Front Army secure victory, Jiang Yun 'an felt very worried.
There were only 7000 soldiers left in the 18000-man division. How could they stop the attack of the 150,000-man army of the Polar Bears?
" The weather in Siberia is too bad," Bai Zixi said in a deep voice." There has been a blizzard in the past few days. The Air Force has tried many times to no avail. Xue Yue has sent Zhang Lingpu's 2nd Division to Gusvenv Town to provide support.”
"The two divisions have a total of 23000 people. The north of Gusvenv Town has the massive resources of the Polar Bear Army. The terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It shouldn't be a problem for them to hold on for ten days to half a month.”
Jiang Yun 'an sighed helplessly.
Since things had come to this, he could only leave it to fate. He hoped that Qiu Qingquan and Zhang Lingpu could turn the situation around.
At the same time, Jiang Yun 'an also felt what it meant to hate having too few soldiers when the time came.
The Western Front Army had 800,000 people, divided into three groups to attack Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, and Chita. The Northern Corps had 200,000 people, stationed at the border of the Amur River to confront the Polar Bear Far East Army!
550,000 soldiers from the eastern front, attacking Gao Li!
Currently, the forces available to the three armed forces were very limited. There were only five airborne divisions of the Air Force and four divisions of the Marine Corps.
"Use my name to send a message of commendation to the 2nd and 16th divisions. They are heroes. The 45 million soldiers and civilians of the Feng family and I are waiting for the heroes to return in triumph!”
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