This guy was killed, but not only was he ungrateful, but he also hated him. The most important thing is that this guy now felt that he was in trouble. Although that guy Herbert was very annoying, that guy was there before.

At that time, I still had someone to consult with, but looking at the people in the organization now, there is no one who can say a few words to me. What I keep saying over and over again is that I have to consider it myself. Everything is up to me.

Yes, I need some loyal subordinates, but I also need some capable people, but look at how many of these people are useful now? Do they all want to talk nonsense?

"Mr. Robart, our satellite has observed that after Li Cong's Indian Ocean Fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea, it docked on the coast of Algeria. Are we going to take any action?" A staff officer came in and said, and people from their staff also watched.

It's not clear what Li Cong wants to do. Anyway, if his brother is surrounded, he will never be in the mood to let his fleet bask in the sun.

"Haha, Li Cong is also scared sometimes, so there is no need to make our people make a fuss. In addition, our Mediterranean First Fleet and Second Fleet are combined. Even if they are just a pile of rubbish, they still need to be able to resist at this time.

capabilities." The Second Mediterranean Fleet this guy was talking about was the original French fleet. After the establishment of Europa, the original national navy was not abolished, but generally they are not needed for major international activities.

To be honest, their warships are very outdated, but it is no problem to send them to the Mediterranean to find some pirates or something. At the moment, these two fleets, one is in the waters of southern France, and the other is in Corsica.

In the surrounding confrontation with the energy group's squadron, if the two of them merged together, they might still have some strength.

Speaking of the former French Navy, it has the same long history as the original Italian Navy, and is even more powerful than the Italian Navy in some aspects, but now these colonial empires have fallen.

The French Navy was founded in the early 17th century. In the course of more than 360 years of history, the French Navy has gone through ups and downs and a tortuous path of development. After the end of World War II, France relied on its good shipbuilding foundation and began to rebuild its navy. 20

In the 1960s, its naval development entered its heyday. In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, the French Navy improved its ocean-going offensive capabilities and became the third largest naval power in the world. Second only to the United States and Lao Maozi, but in the new century

Later, due to reasons such as the decline in its economic strength, it began to fall back from the top few. There was no progress until the establishment of Europa, but the warships were still very good among those countries, especially the quality of the sailors. It can be said that

It's very powerful.

The Naval Staff is the highest administrative and operational command organ of the original French Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff, under the leadership of the Minister of Defense, is responsible for the daily training, logistics and administrative management of the Navy. The Naval Staff has jurisdiction over the Atlantic Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, and the anti-submarine warfare force.

, Maritime Combat Forces, Polynesian Naval Forces, Indian Ocean Naval Forces, Strategic Submarine Forces, Naval Aviation Forces, Mine Warfare Forces and Marine Corps, etc. After the establishment of Europa, all squadrons were merged into the Mediterranean Fleet.

The original French Navy had a strength of 49,500. According to different natures, the combat forces were composed of three parts: the naval force, the aviation force and the marine force. The naval force was the backbone of the original French Navy. Its main combat ships were organized into surface combat groups according to their functions.

, underwater and anti-submarine warfare group, and mine clearance warfare group. The Marine Corps is the elite force of the former French Navy. It currently has 2 regiments and nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers, mainly performing amphibious warfare missions. The current strength of the naval aviation force is about

It has 7,000 people and consists of the Carrier Aviation Command and the Maritime and Air Command. After the establishment of Europa, the Marine Corps troops were directly taken away and incorporated into the Europa Marine Corps, which can be regarded as an elite force there.

In addition, the Maritime Gendarmerie led by the Gendarmerie Command is a quasi-naval force of the former French Navy. It has several coast patrol boats and several port patrol boats. Its duty is to protect naval bases and shore facilities. After the establishment of Europa

, no one wanted these miscellaneous troops, so they were simply disbanded.

The combat history of the French Navy began in the Middle Ages, but it was not until Louis XIV came to power in the 17th century that it became a major force in the French army. Under the care of the "Sun King", the French Navy received sufficient funds and sophisticated weapons.

Equipped with it, it defeated the combined Spanish and Dutch fleets at the Battle of Palermo in 1676.

In the early days of the Nine Years' War, it also defeated the British Royal Navy and the Royal Dutch Navy. However, the French Navy's funding problems eventually forced France to cede sea control to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

From the 18th to the 19th century, a big problem encountered by the French navy was that France's strategic priority was to gain control of the European continent. This meant that the status of the army was higher than that of the navy. Therefore, the navy had a higher quality of soldiers and battlefield performance.

Poor in all aspects.

The British Royal Navy has dominated the oceans since the 18th century, and has defeated the French Navy many times. However, in 1781, the French Navy defeated the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Chesapeake. This was a very meaningful victory that indirectly

It helped the French and American forces win the Battle of Yorktown. The French Revolution completely weakened the strength of the French Navy, and Napoleon's navy was defeated in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. From then until World War II, Britain

It has always been the overlord of the sea.

In the late 19th century, the French Navy gradually regained its strength and ranked second in the world after the British Royal Navy. It successfully blockaded Mexico in 1838 and defeated our country in the Battle of Majiang in 1884.

Nanyang Navy. However, the Gauls, who were showing off their power at that time, would never have imagined that their defeated enemy would blockade their warships in the Mediterranean Sea, and were even worried about when they would be sent to the bottom of the sea by those yellow people.

During World War I, the French navy performed very well. When the war broke out, the French fleet in the Mediterranean included 16 battleships, 6 cruisers and 24 destroyers, making it the largest fleet in the Mediterranean at that time.

In World War II, Britain was forced to eliminate the French navy after France's defeat to prevent it from being exploited by Germany. The French navy wanted to have two aircraft carriers, but now only has one. It has ordered new submarines and another aircraft carrier, a naval version of the Rafale

Fighters will also replace old models. But now the soldiers have some unspeakable difficulties when looking at those Rafale fighter jets, which were their greatest pride in the past. These were aircraft developed by their own people, and now they are no longer theirs at all.

Even if they need a part, they have to go to Sri Lanka thousands of miles away to buy it, because Li Cong relied on various methods to transport Dassault Aircraft Manufacturing Group to its base in Sri Lanka a long time ago.

However, the original French navy still has considerable combat effectiveness. It is definitely much more powerful than the First Fleet in the Mediterranean. Not to mention those destroyers, the most important thing is the Charles de Gaulle-class aircraft carrier, which is

Apart from the US aircraft carrier, it is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world.

The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier (Charles de Gaulle R91) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier affiliated with the French Navy (Marine Nationale). After the retirement of the Clemenceau class, it is not only the only aircraft carrier currently in operation in France, but also France's largest aircraft carrier.

The flagship of the navy, it was officially commissioned on May 18, 2001. The Charles de Gaulle is the tenth aircraft carrier in French history. Its name comes from the famous French military general and politician Charles de Gaulle. The Charles de Gaulle is not only France

The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and also the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service that does not belong to the U.S. Navy. It can be said that this is the only warship that has regained maintenance funds after the establishment of the European continent, and the others have not been scrapped.

Not bad.

In order to replace the conventionally powered aircraft carrier Foch R99 and its sister ship Clemenceau R98 built in the 1960s, France had begun planning the construction of the next generation aircraft carrier as early as the mid-1970s, but

The keel of the Charles de Gaulle was actually laid and built in April 1989 at the French naval shipyard of the Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN) in Brest. However, at the time of initial planning, the ship was originally

It was named Richelieu by the then French President François Mitterrand in accordance with the tradition of naming French naval flagships to inherit the battleship Richelieu during World War II. However, it was actually built in 1989.

It was named the Charles de Gaulle by the then Prime Minister, the Gaullist Jacques Chirac.

The "De Gaulle" has indeed taken many detours during the construction process. The first is the problem of steam catapults. Currently, only the United States in the world can provide this necessary device for aircraft carriers. France proposed in 1991 to purchase 4 sets of American-made c-

13-3 steam catapult. This catapult can accelerate a 32-ton aircraft to a take-off speed of more than 100 knots, and can eject an aircraft to take off every 30 seconds. However, the United States has long been accustomed to France's arrogance.

Jealous in their hearts, they started asking for prices. Each set of catapults was sold for as high as 12 million US dollars, which was several times higher than the domestic quotation. The French government did not believe in evil and issued an order to Dassault, a company famous for manufacturing Mirage fighter jets in China.

The "death order" requires them to come up with domestic steam catapults within 2 years, but Dassault is in the sprint stage of developing the "Rafale" fighter jets used by the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier and has no power to "start from scratch". After several battles,

, the proud "French Rooster" had to bow to "Uncle Sam".

Then the United States sold four e-2c "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft to equip the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle", and France accepted them at a "sky-high price" of US$250 million each. But the trouble was not over. When the French Navy

During the first carrier-based aircraft takeoff and landing test on the Charles de Gaulle on March 6, engineers discovered that the originally designed flight deck, which was 261.5 meters long and 64.4 meters wide, needed to be increased by 4 meters in length to accommodate the e-2c "Eagle Eye"

As a result, the Charles de Gaulle, which had already fallen far behind schedule, had to return to the shipyard to lengthen and strengthen the flight deck and weld it. The French newspaper Le Parisien, which first disclosed the scandal, said sarcastically: "This

This giant (alluding to the "De Gaulle") may not be used to the milk powder from his hometown, so he is always a little short..."

In addition, France sold the aircraft carrier "Foch" to Brazil in advance at a low price of US$14 million in March this year in order to raise construction costs that were constantly overrun. According to the original plan, it was not supposed to be decommissioned until 2004. So Brazil bought it for nothing.

With this advantage, its navy will become the force with the strongest maritime air control capability in South America.

The Charles de Gaulle was officially commissioned on June 18, 2001, five years later than originally expected. The losses caused by the delay in progress became a huge black hole in France's finances. It can be said that when it was commissioned, some people said that this was

It's an ominous sign. When Li Cong got this news, he also decided to attack this aircraft carrier. Since you are merciless, then I will knock him down and let all Europeans know who you are with.

Get it right.

The reason why the "De Gaulle" is associated with the word "nuclear" is because of its nuclear propulsion system. France originally planned to design a new naval nuclear reactor, but the entire project was complicated, coupled with the European financial crisis in 1992 and the sharp depreciation of the franc.

Under pressure, the work was at a standstill. A warship without a power system is like having no heart. At that time, the French "Le Figaro" reported with the headline: "The Charles de Gaulle is in crisis!" At this time, the French showed a high degree of confidence.

Flexible spirit, when the "Charles de Gaulle" was struggling, another darling of the French navy, the new missile nuclear submarine "Triumph", was launched at the Cherbourg shipyard on July 13, 1993. The boat adopts the modular design of K-

The i5 pressurized water nuclear reactor was well received. The person in charge of the aircraft carrier program immediately asked the manufacturer to "imitate the details" of the K-15 nuclear reactor and make its power reach a level suitable for the needs of the aircraft carrier. As a result, it took more than 2 years.

Finally, in 1995, two K-15D pressurized water nuclear reactors were "settled" on the aircraft carrier. Their total power reached 84,500 horsepower. Driven by two propellers, the aircraft carrier's top speed reached 30.84 knots. After being filled with fuel, it could

It has been sailing intermittently for 13 years and has the ability to cruise for a long time without external supplies. This is nothing to Li Cong. What Li Cong thought was that this might be the first aircraft carrier in Europe to be sunk. I don’t know if Robert can bear it by then.

What about this? If Europa doesn’t even have him, then will I be very lonely?

The Charles de Gaulle is the first aircraft carrier in history to be designed with stealth performance considerations in mind. However, since its tonnage is only half that of similar American ships, the Charles de Gaulle is only equipped with two bow catapults (U.S. aircraft carriers usually have four).

The upper limit of carrier-based aircraft is generally only about 40, which mainly include the sea-based version of the Rafale fighter (rafale, Rafale M) and the Super Tendard attack aircraft (super tendard), two French-made fighters, as well as the American-made e-

3c (2029 model) Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. The Charles de Gaulle is equipped with very advanced electronic equipment and France's most cutting-edge Aster 15 anti-aircraft missile (aster 15) and sadral (sadral) light short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, making it

The overall attack capability far exceeds the several aircraft carriers that France has owned in the past. Traditionally, the French Navy has always adopted the establishment of two aircraft carriers at the same time to ensure that even if one of them is in the factory for repairs, there will still be one on duty.

Configuration method. Therefore, in addition to the currently owned Charles de Gaulle, the French Navy still needs to build another aircraft carrier to complete the ideal organization.

However, because the construction of the Charles de Gaulle is too expensive, the French government has no plans to build another ship of the same class. In addition, in recent years, Europe has gradually become more integrated in the political, economic and military aspects. Therefore, it has adopted the same standards as other countries to save construction costs.

is a mainstream trend. In this context, the next French aircraft carrier is most likely to be built using a method developed in cooperation with the United Kingdom. Although France prefers to use nuclear power to drive ships, considering the low construction cost of the British Royal Navy

Cost requirements. In 2004, French President Chirac officially announced that France's next aircraft carrier would use a traditional power system and consider using a gas turbine engine as power. After Europa took over the entire Europe, this plan failed again. They

I think all the money should be invested in the Europa First Fleet instead of entering these second-tier Mediterranean fleets. When there are retired warships in the Europa fleet, they can be added to them. This also weakens their combat effectiveness in disguise.

.

The number of combat aircraft carried by the "De Gaulle" reached 35-40, which is quite impressive. Among them, the "Rafale" fighter jets are at the "third and a half generation" level. However, after Li Cong took away the Dassault Manufacturing Group, they chose to use

The American F35, but such an aircraft cannot be considered advanced at present. It can be used to perform air combat and ground attack missions, and mainly carries out medium-sized out-of-region missions (such as the Gulf War) and "peacekeeping" missions. It uses side strips

It has a wing-canard layout and is equipped with two M-88 engines. It has good supersonic and subsonic performance as well as over-the-horizon and close-range air combat capabilities. Although the development cost of this aircraft is only what it is known as "the world's only fourth-generation fighter"

It is about half that of the F-22, but it has 90% of the latter's combat capabilities.

The F35 is equipped with various ground attack weapons, including laser-guided bombs, and can also carry the "Storm Shadow" long-range ammunition spreader and the "Exocetus" mm-40 air-launched anti-ship missile. The former is a type of missile that can attack strong points.

It launches weapons outside the conventional fire circle of shaped targets with a range of more than 350 kilometers; the latter is an advanced anti-ship missile with automatic target recognition capability. The cockpit layout and equipment of the aircraft are also quite advanced, equipped with three color multi-function displays and a head-up

The display and multi-level menu system, as well as the steering column and throttle lever are equipped with more than 20 switches, which are said to provide about 50 functions. The pilot can even perform some command and control tasks through voice. The French Navy originally needed 60 of the latest F35 fighter jets.

So far, 80 have been ordered. After decades of use, it can currently meet the requirements of dozens of warships. But if it breaks down, I wonder if the Americans will sell them the accessories. Their relationship is not that good these days.

alright.

The defense line of the "De Gaulle" is mainly composed of 4 vertically launched 32 "Aster"-15 anti-aircraft missiles, which are divided into two groups and set up on both sides of the aircraft carrier. The missile system is controlled by 3 "Arabelle" fire control radars, which can be controlled

Several missiles can intercept 12 incoming air targets at the same time within a range of 1.7-30 kilometers. The "Aster"-15 missile uses a two-stage solid fuel device and has thrust vectoring capabilities, which can intercept super maneuverable targets. In addition, the "Charles de Gaulle"

It is also equipped with 8 20mm anti-aircraft cannons, 2 six-unit "Sadr" short-range anti-aircraft missile launchers (the carrier-based version of the "Mistral" missile), and 4 eight-unit "Dagai" jammers.
To be continued...