Soshiyan was not annoyed by Bangula's self-decision, because the other party was the foundry director. Things about production and construction were originally the other party's power. The technical proposal was sent just to show Ulanhuda's obedience and respect for Soshiyan. If he had to decide whether to do anything, the foundry world would have been shut down long ago.
"Ha, you seem to be quite confident in it, let's go and have a look."
Soon, the shuttle brought Soshiyang to the nearby dock, which looked like a lively place. Many warships were forming on the gravity-free ship platform, and there was a warship with a very "unique" appearance.
Just like what you see on the structural diagram, this ship is completely different from the existing ship styles of the Empire. Of course, the Sky Eagle Emblem on the bow is still there, but it does not have the exaggerated and fierce tough style, with a little cold temperament and a little alien feeling. Although this description is not very appropriate, Soshiyang does feel that it is more like an alien warship than the Imperial warship.
"...The first ship of the Luogong class will be mainly experimental, with a large number of new equipment and new flight command and dispatch systems installed on it. After completion, it will conduct performance tests and simulated combat tests for 2-3 years to verify the combat effectiveness of this model warship. No subsequent new ships will be built until its actual performance is determined."
This is what Soshiyan admires Bangula the most. Although the casting director seems to be radical in his ideas, he is very rational and organized in actual work. This is essentially different from many mechanical heretics. Those heretics who get new technology are like children who get new toys and abuse them without testing.
Boldly imagine and cautious verification are the attitudes that technology should have. Overconservative and overly radical are not desirable.
Soshiyang said with a smile:
"I am looking forward to its performance. If this fast aircraft carrier can show sufficient combat capabilities, I believe that even if its appearance is not as consistent with the mainstream aesthetics of the Imperial Navy, it will still have the opportunity to become a classic ship type. Especially for the escort fleet that pursues speed and support capabilities, it may be a very excellent anti-pirate weapon, and it also has certain capabilities in large-scale naval battles."
As he said that, he turned around and looked at Bangura.
"And you who designed it may also be famous in history."
"Thank you for your compliments, but now it needs more verification."
After pondering for a moment, Suo Shiyang suddenly asked:
"What do you think of the Garrox Rebellion?"
The Garrox rebellion he mentioned was a very famous imperial history, and it was also one of the reasons why the idea that "the imperial navy needed a special carrier-based aircraft carrier" was hated. Every naval academy would require every student to study this history deeply.
Garrox refers to a group of senior naval officers who tried to reshape the tactical system of the imperial naval during the M36 period. The idea of ​​changing the naval inherent combat system had been brewing as early as the M34 period. The traditional theory of giant ships and heavy armored cannons became less applicable without large-scale wars. At that time, the main function of the navy was to maintain the imperial territory, maintain the unobstructed channel of various star ranges, and hunt various types of pirates and alien plunderers. This made the traditional large fleet of the empire begin to become at a loss. Ancient ships such as the retribution class began to be retired and sealed on a large scale. The crossroads facing the imperial navy were whether to transform.
Because aircraft carriers are more suitable for escort, have a larger warning range, and can strike ground targets with more accurate accuracy without serious additional damage, they have become popular, so a group of naval generals who study and advocate aircraft carrier combat have been born.
However, at the beginning, this group of people was not mainstream. Due to the deep-rooted tradition of the empire and the strict monitoring of technology by the Mechanical Society, the aircraft carrier genre was more of a research topic and some simulated combat topics in the Naval Academy.
However, with the retirement of time, more and more ancient ship types from the Great Expedition era retired from active service. Although the moon-class performance is balanced in all aspects, it is still ineffective for long-range escort alerts and small-scale suppression of the ground. The theory of aircraft carriers began to rise after a century of precipitation.
As the M36 apostate era had a great impact on the overall order of the empire, the naval generals of the aircraft carrier school began to come to the forefront, especially in the Storm Star Domain, the power of this theory began to penetrate into shipyards and naval bases, and promoted the birth of the Predator-class battleship. This type of warship belongs to the transition type of naval gun battleship to aircraft carrier battleships. The focus is to cancel all macro guns and replace them with flight platforms, leaving only the light spear turret on the ridge of the ship, which also allows it to carry almost twice the Emperor-class fighter jets. This type of warship even formulated a huge plan to build fifteen ships to replace the old main battleships of the Baka fleet in the Storm Star Domain.
This radical move eventually led to the conflict between them and traditional naval officers turning into a civil war, which was also the largest rebellion in the history of the Imperial Navy. However, in the civil war, the traditional fleet of giant ships and cannons suppressed the unformed aircraft carrier fleet in number, further stabilizing the traditional thinking of the Imperial Navy. The latter's failed remnants eventually fled into subspace, including the three raider-class battleships that had been built. At this point, the aircraft carrier schools in the Imperial Navy completely disappeared, and the relevant theories and tactical research were completely destroyed. The Baka fleet even completely abolished the carrier-based aircraft organization for a time, which also laid a fatal foreshadowing for them in the first Tyron War.
Facing Soshiyan's inquiry, Bangula replied cautiously after pondering for a moment:
"In the first Tyron battle, the Baka fleet did not have enough carrier-based aircraft cover, resulting in a large-scale raid by Tyron's small biological weapons, which led to the loss of two-thirds of its combat effectiveness and has not been completely restored. The facts have proved everything. The Baka fleet also increased the number of carrier-based aircraft formations during the reconstruction process... The past disputes did not come more profoundly than reality."
"So you think this pure aircraft carrier will not cause any trouble again?"
"As long as...handled properly, the record is the most favorable testimony after all."
Bangula's answer satisfies Soshyan because the Imperial Navy has been exploring new tactical theories, but there are too many constraints in all aspects. Using the record to prove the rationality of certain tactics is indeed the most useful.
"It's not enough to have a ship alone. If you want to use it, you need a professional aircraft carrier commander. These all take time. The Logon level is just a starting point. If we really want to open up new areas of the Imperial Navy tactics, we must maintain the rhythm of small steps and speeding up, researching, building, and improving..."
Chapter completed!