"Oh!" Alan Wilson said inexplicably, and emphasized, "Does that mean we have to sell another ship to Portugal? You must know that Goa is still in the hands of the Portuguese. In fact, if Pakistan has enough financial resources, it can be sold to Portugal.
It’s okay to give Pakistan one ship to balance it.”
Now East Pakistan is not independent. At this time when East Pakistan was not independent, the economic summary of Pakistan was that West Pakistan spent money and East Pakistan earned foreign exchange. Such a model.
From this point we can see why this country will split sooner or later. The finances of the two regions that are not bordering each other are not balanced. No wonder East Pakistan is in trouble.
No one can control this matter. Mountbatten in front of Alan Wilson warned Jinnah at the beginning that once India and Pakistan were divided, Pakistan would split sooner or later.
Everything has been said, and there is nothing anyone can do if Ali Jinnah does not listen. However, judging from the current economic level, although India was seriously heading towards becoming a great power during the Nehru period.
But Pakistanis are generally richer than Indians, and this trend is getting bigger and bigger. Indians are richer than Pakistanis. That is a matter of the 21st century.
"Let's talk about this kind of thing later!" Mountbatten obviously didn't care about India and Pakistan. That was a matter of the past for the Vice King of India. He was now the British Sea Secretary. He directly picked up the phone and called the Admiralty to ask the Admiralty to
Send the CVA-01 plan documents.
Let’s not talk about whether the cabinet will pass a budget to support the navy’s shipbuilding. It is the Ministry of the Navy’s duty to plan the design of new aircraft carriers. Failure to do so will only show that Mountbatten, the top leader of the navy, has failed in his duties.
Half an hour later, an officer from the Admiralty arrived at Mountbatten's home in military uniform and brought CVA-01 plan documents and sketches. Mountbatten asked the officer to go back. He was the Sea Lord of the Admiralty, in front of his son-in-law.
Introducing the CVA-01 plan does not require the hands of others.
"This is it." Mountbatten took out the sketch and introduced it. "The estimated cost is 30 million pounds."
Alan Wilson gasped when he saw it. He didn't know what the sketch of an aircraft carrier was about, but he could still understand the numerical units marked next to it. "It's bigger than the American Forrest-class aircraft carrier?"
"That's right, that's the idea." Mountbatten didn't think it was radical at all. After all, he was the Sea Secretary who proposed ice aircraft carriers. "British shipbuilding has always focused on innovation. This is a consistent design concept."
Alan Wilson was using his basic mathematical knowledge at this time, and after doing some calculations, he easily came to the conclusion. The tonnage should be at the same level as the improved Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier of the Forrest-class aircraft carrier.
The problem is that the Kitty Hawk class is now a drawing, and the construction sequence of the Forrest class aircraft carrier has not been completed yet? It was also after the Forrest class aircraft carrier was put into service that the United States improved it, and the Kitty Hawk class was born.
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The Kitty Hawk is definitely a concept now, and the CVA-01 plan in Mountbatten's hands is also a concept.
Mountbatten told Alan Wilson what old-style imperialism meant, and said, "Although it is not certain yet, in the ten years since the war, we can already tell that the U.S. Navy's philosophy is to make rapid and gradual improvements."
"Short steps!" Alan Wilson used a more appropriate word to describe it.
"Small steps? It's almost the same, but the batch size is larger." Mountbatten nodded and continued, "But according to our observations of American aircraft carriers, the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier itself is mainly determined by its air traffic control capabilities.
The air traffic control capability of an aircraft carrier mainly depends on its deck design. On the Forrest-class aircraft carrier, the Americans took the lead in trying to extend the deck area by adding flare to both sides of the aircraft carrier."
"The inclination angle of the aircraft carrier's oblique deck is too large, which means that when the carrier-based aircraft approaches for landing, it cannot approach from directly behind the aircraft carrier. Instead, it must first turn right and fly to the aircraft carrier about five kilometers away from the aircraft carrier.
on the extension line of the angled deck, and then turn left to aim at the angled deck itself. After that, you have to concentrate on controlling the aircraft to land on the deck that is constantly moving to the right. As long as the above process is slightly wrong, the landing carrier-based aircraft will
It is possible to hit the aircraft in the rear maintenance area on the port side and the forward maintenance area on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier. The entire landing process is very dangerous."
"The angled deck with an excessive angle also naturally divides the flight deck into two independent areas, the right front and the left rear. Such a messy division will inevitably lead to poor traffic between maintenance areas and affect the maintenance and repair of carrier-based aircraft.
The take-off and landing efficiency will further lead to the embarrassment of the left and right rear decks of the aircraft carrier."
Although Alan Wilson didn't understand a word, he frowned and nodded thoughtfully, asking as if this was really the case, "Then how to solve it? The Americans should have discovered it too."
"Whether they find out depends on the completion of this batch of construction before the next batch of improvements can be seen."
Mountbatten explained, "However, when we held a meeting at the Admiralty, we believed that efficiency could be improved by integrating the landing deck and changing the angle. This is a way to maximize the use of tonnage. The take-off and landing efficiency of aircraft carriers of the same tonnage will be improved.
However, the installation of steam catapults must also be considered. If the United States continues to expand the tonnage, we may only be able to use a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier to do 80,000-ton tasks. Optimizing design cannot solve all problems."
"That's it!" Alan Wilson said to himself. This can save 20,000 tons. What else do you want? Use a 40,000-ton aircraft carrier to do what a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier can do? Just modify the Eagle-class aircraft carrier
That's enough. Do you need to build a new one?
The deck layout of the CVA-01 plan can be divided into three parts: the take-off deck in the middle and forward part of the flight deck, the landing deck on the left side, and the maintenance deck that extends from the starboard side of the bow to the middle part of the stern.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Alan Wilson thought for a long time and asked the question in his heart, "It can't be without some shackles, right?"
"You asked about the key question. To realize this design, the standard displacement must start at at least 60,000 tons." Mountbatten said with a wry smile and shook his head, "Both the current two Queens appear to be smaller."
"No wonder this sketch is larger than the Forrester-class aircraft carrier." Alan Wilson finally understood that this design must have enough space, and even the two current Queen-class aircraft carriers are not enough.
"That's the problem." Mountbatten shrugged. "With a military expenditure of 1.5 billion pounds a year, we still need to maintain the current size of the army. We are far less rich than the Americans and can build an aircraft carrier for 200 million US dollars.
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Alan Wilson admitted that although the exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar was stable at 1:2.8, the cost of the CVA-01 project of 30 million pounds was comparable to the nearly 200 million U.S. dollars in cost of the Forrest-class aircraft carrier.
Very conscientious.
According to the principle of doubling military expenditure, selling a ship to Australia for 60 million pounds should not be excessive. The iron ore in Western Australia was discovered so many years ago and has been sold for several years. Australia's finances are now extremely healthy.
When I think of Australia in the future, with the courage to spend 90 billion to buy submarines, I simply don't pay attention to the big and impressive countries. Even if the share of blood is thicker than water is reduced by 10 million pounds, Britain squeezes itself everywhere.
It's totally fine to build two and keep one for yourself.
Besides, haven't you already thought about buying one, getting one free, and charging the modification fee for a Titan-class ship? In this way, the UK can theoretically start construction of three ships at the same time, and use Australian money to do Australian things, not to mention that they are prepared to plunder them from India.
Ichiban.
Alan Wilson's face was uncertain, and he was thinking about how to make it easy to do business in the world. General Mountbatten frowned slightly, "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about how to make Australia feel like it's a big bargain." Alan Wilson said quietly, "Father, the current information is not enough. The support of Whitehall and the cabinet is still needed at the critical moment. The Navy must come up with the upcoming
Evidence of the start of construction, so that I can sell Britain's most advanced aircraft carrier to Australia. Things are not easy. The Titan is in talks with the Indian government. Once the arms sales to Australia are leaked, the Indians may regret it. I know the Indians best.
I always want to do something for one pound at the price of one rupee, so confidentiality must be done properly."
Indians have never known what modesty is. They have always been confident that they are right. But they must not let India find out, otherwise the giant class will not be sold.
At this moment, Alan Wilson felt the heavy imperial responsibility on his shoulders. How could he, a colonial commissioner, start working for the Navy?
Mountbatten certainly hoped that the CVA-01 plan, which could hardly be approved by the cabinet, would turn around, but he still had some doubts, "Is Australia really rich now?"
"Australia's mineral resources are amazing, including gold." Alan Wilson replied nonchalantly. In this era, gold is money, and there is no need to inquire about the ranking, because in this era, South Africa is still at its peak, and there is no difference between second and tenth.
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A few decades later, gold mining in Australia would reach its peak, and the gold mines in South Africa were no longer in their prime. However, large-scale gold mines were discovered in Australia, which mined gold at a rate of 400 tons per year.
It would be amazing if Australia's gold had been completely discovered in this era of the gold standard.
Otherwise, why are the Mountbatten Group’s exploration teams still like ghosts wandering the Australian soil to this day?
The Admiralty has no problem. With the relationship between the father-in-law and Mountbatten's obsession with the Royal Navy, the CVA-01 project can be realized more than anything else. Mountbatten will not care who it is manufactured and sold to.
Alan Wilson put away the CVA-01 plan and headed to No. 70 Whitehall. If the respected Sir Norman Brooke helped in this matter, the success rate would definitely increase.