After watching the 10 small ships, the shuttle began to accelerate, swept through the busy dock work area, and came to another larger dock, where many large ships were parked, most of which were marked by the Mechanical Cultivation and Ulanhuda. An imperial-class battleship on the largest ship platform has begun to take shape. It will be one of the main ships of the future Ulanhuda fleet. In addition, there are three main ships painted in silver-gray in the mooring area, and the logo of the Astral Knight on one side of the bow is also marked.
"A dictator-class cruiser and two moon-class cruisers have also completed all system inspections, and both Void navigation and subspace navigation tests have reached the predetermined requirements."
The dictator class is actually a variant of the moon class. Its length and tonnage have slightly increased. The deck that originally belonged to the light spear was completely replaced by the flight deck, but the moon class macro cannon array and torpedo launch tube are still retained. The armored bow, shield system and engine are also maintained, making it a small aircraft carrier.
The lack of support for fighter formations is the main problem of the current Immortal Fleet. After all, combat barges are not professional aircraft carriers. In fact, there are not many flight decks and there are no professional flight control systems and departments. The outstanding performance of fighter jets in naval battles in the Great Vortex Expedition proves that these small combat units are not only support value.
Especially special units like Dead Ghawks can sometimes even turn the situation around.
However, these ships were ordered to be built before the expedition. At that time, Soshiyan only felt the flaws of the fleet, but did not have such a deep understanding.
It was not until he experienced the Great Vortex Expedition that he truly realized what the team's strength was lacking. This is also one of the reasons why he chose the Mars-class battlecruiser after the expedition. This model of warship itself also has certain aircraft carrier functions, which can make up for the lack of fighter jets in the Immortal Fleet.
Speaking of the Dead Ghawk, which is the DSB-LK project, Soshiyan gave a high evaluation of this special fighter after the Great Vortex Expedition. In addition to its unique anti-psychic function, it is also very excellent in speed and handling. Its range is shorter and is only suitable for mid-range space combat, but this is not a fatal problem.
Soshyan had intended to introduce this fighter from Riza, but in addition to not being officially put into production, another problem is also expensive, especially the special requirements for coatings and drivers, which make it difficult to mass produce. Riza admitted that they could not manufacture such weapons on a large scale, and could only "storage" them little by little.
But this does not hinder Soshyan's determination to build a strong carrier-based aircraft force, because it can make the fleet's tactics less single. In recent centuries, many Astartes have had a very direct relationship with the single ship type and the single tactics.
"Director Bangula, I remember there was a fast carrier solution in the technical proposal you sent to the Monastery Fortress last year?"
When Soshiyan heard that when he mentioned this, a servo skull flew over Banguli and unfolded the flexible screen of his jaw, and then a ship structure diagram appeared on it.
Its appearance is close to the Provocative Class light cruiser familiar to Soshiyang, but the distribution of various weapons is completely different. It can be seen that most of the side defense weapons of the Provocative Class are moved to the ridge of the ship. There seems to be only a few small point defense turrets on the side, and the bow has no impact angles, and the deck looks flat and does not look like an Imperial warship.
"This model is a new type of warship based on the platform re-adjusted design of the Provocation-class battleship. It is currently temporarily named the Rogon-class high-speed light aircraft carrier scheme. It increases the engine power and reactor number, adjusts the position of the flight deck and hangar, further reduces unnecessary weapons and cabins, and raises the height of the superstructure to accommodate more detection and sensing equipment, making its length an increase of 11.3% compared to the Provocation-class and 18.1% tonnage, which is close to the standard of the Month-class cruiser. The hangar can accommodate 12 squadrons of fighters, interceptors or 8 squadrons of bombers."
Considering that the Emperor-class battleships of "non-professional" aircraft carriers generally carry 8-12 combat squadrons, this type of aircraft carrier is already quite different from the Emperor-class in terms of aviation power at least.
"Legislative Commander, this model has two very innovative designs. One is that the launching platforms on the side are all obliquely open, and the launching ports are all facing the rear of the hull at 45 degrees. Part of the launching platform is moved out of the hull, which can greatly save the internal space of the hull to accommodate more fighter jets. The launching platforms of the existing Imperial ships are completely retracted into the hull, which not only occupies a large amount of hull space, but also makes the launching port the weakest part of the hull, which is easy to be invaded by the enemy."
Soshiyang had previously wondered why there were rows of protruding and suspected spout structures on the side of the ship. Unexpectedly, it was an extended launch platform. This was indeed a bold design. In fact, it was equivalent to sacrificing the hull's defense ability to resist artillery attacks and piled up aviation power to the limit that the hull could reach.
"...There are 12 launch platforms on each side, divided into two layers, so during combat, the Logon-class high-speed light aircraft carrier can launch 4 squadrons and 48 fighters at a time, and it is estimated that all the fighters in the hangar will be able to be put into combat in 8 minutes."
Soshiyang nodded and looked at the bow of the ship. Then the structural diagram also adjusted the direction. Only then did he see clearly that although it was still a diamond-shaped bow, there were six rows of holes similar to torpedo tubes distributed up and down.
"Another feature is that the bow armor is cancelled and the recovery deck is moved to the bow position, so that the flight deck route will not be affected when the fighter is recycled. At the same time, the larger recovery port also avoids possible accidents when damaged fighters enter the narrow flight deck. We have collected and counted many reports of damage to fighter jets in hundreds of large-scale naval battles in the Storm Star Field recently, showing that at least 13% of the damaged fighter jets were crashed during return flight recovery, and the recovery port is too small. One of the main factors."
Soshiyang pointed to the structure diagram and said with a smile:
"For bold innovation, only Director Bangula, you can host this project. Putting it outside is like a tide of heretics curse... But if you consider it from the perspective of an aircraft carrier, your thinking is reasonable. Of course, this means that it can only be an aircraft carrier, and its self-protection ability is worse than the provocative level."
"Legislative Commander, what can the weak firepower of the Provocation Class do when facing the real enemy? It is not as good as the extreme strengthening of the power on the aviation side. I believe that the attack ability of a Rogon-class is equivalent to that of three Provocation Classes! In addition, the speed of the Rogon-class is also close to the level of a scimitar-class frigate. Although its own defense ability is indeed very poor, its maneuverability is good enough. At least it can run away and can keep up with the attack speed of light ships or main fleets that are covered."
Bangula then called up a data panel.
"…In addition, after the unnecessary weapons were cancelled, some armor plates were reduced, and after a series of internal structural adjustments, although the Logon class was larger than the Provocative Class, it was difficult to build, and consumed less materials and labor hours than the Provocative Class. If the construction of the medium-sized docks in Ulan Huda is now accelerated, 50 ships could be built a year. When the process and process are thoroughly skilled and a certain number of ships were added, 100 ships could be built a year! It is a cheap but superior light aircraft carrier that can be built in large quantities."
“So now the construction starts?”
Chapter completed!