After viewing the 10 small ships, the shuttle began to accelerate, passing through the busy dock work area, and came to another larger dock, where many large ships were parked, most of which were carrying the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Uprising.
The symbol of Lan Huda, an Emperor-class battleship on the largest slipway has begun to take shape. It will be one of the main ships of the future Ulan Huda fleet. In addition, there are three capital ships painted silver gray in the berthing area.
There is also the logo of the Astral Knights on one side.
"One Dictator-class cruiser and two Moon-class cruisers have also completed all system tests, and both the void navigation and subspace navigation tests have met the predetermined requirements."
The Dictator-class is actually a variant of the Moon-class. Its length and tonnage are slightly increased. The original light spear deck is completely replaced by the flight deck, but it still retains the Moon-class macrogun array, torpedo launch tubes, and armored bow.
, the shield system and engine also remain unchanged, it is just a small aircraft carrier.
The lack of support from fighter formations is the main problem of the current Immortal Army fleet. After all, the battle barge is not a professional aircraft carrier. There are actually not many flight decks and there are no professional flight control systems and departments. However, the fighter jets in the Maelstrom Expedition were very impressive in the naval battle.
The performance proved that these small combat units did not only have support value.
Especially special units like the Silent Goshawk can sometimes even turn the tide of the battle.
However, these ships were ordered to be built before the expedition. At that time, Soshyan only felt the shortcomings of the fleet, but did not have such a profound understanding.
It wasn't until he experienced the Maelstrom Expedition that he truly realized what the chapter fleet lacked in strength. This was one of the reasons why he chose the Mars-class battlecruiser after the expedition. This type of battleship itself also has certain aircraft carrier functions.
It can make up for the lack of fighter power in the Undead Army fleet.
Speaking of the Deadly Goshawk, also known as the DSB-LK project, Soshyan spoke highly of this special fighter after the Maelstrom Expedition. In addition to its unique anti-psychic function, it also has excellent speed and maneuverability.
Its excellence is that its range is shorter and it is only suitable for mid-range space operations, but this is not a fatal problem.
Soshiyan had intended to introduce this fighter from Reza, but in addition to it not being officially put into production, another problem is that it is expensive, especially the special requirements for coating and driver, which makes it difficult to mass-produce it. Reza
Frankly speaking, they cannot manufacture such weapons on a large scale, they can only "save" them bit by bit.
But this does not hinder Soshyan's determination to build a powerful carrier-based aircraft force, because this can make the fleet's tactics less monotonous. In recent centuries, many Astartes battle groups have often had to fight to the death with a single type of ship.
Single tactics have a very direct relationship.
"Director Bangura, I remember that the technical proposal you sent to the Monastery Fortress last year included a fast aircraft carrier solution?"
Hearing that Soshyan mentioned this, a servo skull flew over next to Banguli and unfolded the flexible screen of the lower jaw, and then a ship structure diagram appeared on it.
Its appearance is close to the Provocation-class light cruiser that Soshyan is familiar with, but the distribution of various weapons is completely different. It can be seen that most of the Provocation-class side defense weapons have been moved to the spine, and there seem to be only some small point defense turrets on the sides.
, there is no collision angle on the bow, and the deck looks so flat that it doesn’t look like an imperial battleship.
"This model is a new type of warship re-designed based on the platform of the Defiant-class warship. It is currently tentatively named the Rogun-class high-speed light aircraft carrier solution. It increases the engine power and the number of reactors, and adjusts the location of the flight deck and hangar, further
Unnecessary weapons and cabins have been cut, and the height of the superstructure has been raised to accommodate more detection and induction equipment, resulting in an 11.3% increase in length and an 18.1% increase in tonnage compared to the Defiant-class cruiser, which is already close to that of the Moon-class cruiser.
Standard, the hangar can accommodate 12 squadrons of fighters and interceptors or 8 squadrons of bombers."
Considering that the "non-professional" aircraft carrier Emperor-class battleships generally carry 8-12 combat squadrons, this kind of aircraft carrier is already very different from the Emperor-class at least in terms of aviation power.
"Legion Commander, this model has two very innovative designs. First, the launch platforms on the side are all slanted. The launch ports are all facing the rear of the ship at 45 degrees. Part of the launch platform is moved out of the hull, so that
The internal space of the hull is greatly saved to accommodate more fighters. The launch platforms of existing imperial ships are completely retracted within the hull. This not only takes up a large amount of space in the hull, but also makes the launch port the weakest part of the hull.
Easily invaded by enemy gangs."
Soshyan had previously wondered why there were rows of protruding nozzle-like structures on the side of the ship. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be extended launch platforms. This was indeed a very bold design. In fact, it was equivalent to sacrificing the hull to resist shelling.
The defense capability has pushed the aviation power to the limit that the hull can reach.
"...There are 12 launch platforms on each side, divided into upper and lower floors. Therefore, during combat, the Rogun-class high-speed light aircraft carrier can launch 4 squadrons of 48 fighters at one time, and it is estimated that the hangar can be cleared in 8 minutes.
All the fighter planes inside are put into combat."
Soshyan nodded and looked at the bow of the ship. Then the structural diagram also adjusted its direction. Only then did he see clearly that although the bow was still diamond-shaped, there were a total of six rows of holes similar to torpedo launch tubes distributed up and down.
"Another feature is that the bow armor has been removed and the recovery deck has been moved to the bow, so that the route of the flight deck will not be affected when recovering fighters. At the same time, the larger recovery port also prevents damaged fighters from entering narrow spaces.
Accidents that may occur on the flight deck. We have collected and counted many reports of damage to fighter aircraft in hundreds of large-scale naval battles in the Storm Star Territory recently. It shows that at least 13% of the damaged fighter aircraft crashed during return recovery.
One of the main factors is that the recovery port is too small."
Soshyan pointed at the structural diagram and said with a smile:
"It's a very bold innovation. Probably only you, Director Bangura, can preside over this project. From the outside, this is a flood of heresy... But if you think about it from the perspective of an aircraft carrier, your idea is reasonable.
Of course, this means that it can only be an aircraft carrier, and its self-protection capabilities are worse than those of the Defiant class."
"Legion Commander, what can the weak firepower of the Provocation class do in the face of real enemies? It is better to extremely strengthen the aviation power. I believe that the attack capability of one Rogun class is equivalent to that of three Provocation class ships! In addition, the Rogun class
The speed of the Scimitar-class frigate is also close to that of the Scimitar-class frigate. Although its own defense capabilities are indeed very poor, its maneuverability is good enough. At least it can run away, and it can also keep up with the covering light ships.
Or the speed at which the main fleet attacks."
Then Bangura called up a data panel.
"...In addition, after eliminating unnecessary weapons, reducing some armor plates, and undergoing a series of internal structural adjustments, the Rogun-class is larger than the Defiant-class, but it is more difficult to build and consumes less materials and man-hours than the Defiant-class.
If all the medium-sized shipyards in Ulan Huda are gathered to speed up construction, 50 ships can be built a year. When the technology and processes are fully proficient and a certain number of slipways are added, 100 ships can be built a year! It is a kind of ship that can be built in large quantities.
A cheap yet superior light aircraft carrier.”
"So will construction start now?"
"Before sending you the proposal, the first ship has been mostly completed, and some internal equipment is still being installed and debugged."