On January 23, 1914, half a month after the end of the Naval Conference and two days before New Year's Eve, China's Navy Minister Marshal Zhang Cheng, together with Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of General Staff, and Marshal Jiang Xingguo, Minister of National Defense, met with the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze! This is
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The general parameters of several main warships that will form the aircraft carrier battle group in the future designed by the Ministry of Navy will be submitted to Wang Yuze! As well as the design plan of a new class of aircraft carrier! However, after seeing the plan submitted by the Ministry of Navy, the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze was a little dissatisfied.
So satisfied!
The new first-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Navy is named the 'Island-class' aircraft carrier. The 'Island-class' aircraft carrier is a newly designed aircraft carrier by the Empire after summarizing the previous 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers and 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carriers. According to war requirements
, and some suggestions put forward by the military were newly designed. The aircraft carrier adopts a closed bow, an armored flight deck, and a thickened bottom below the waterline.
The thickness of the ground armor. The design of the internal compartments has been improved. There are thousands of watertight compartments in the whole ship. The design of small subdivisions has improved the survivability of the aircraft carrier after being hit. In addition, the main deck (the level of the hangar)
The deck) also adopts an armor design, which, combined with the armored flight deck, greatly improves the horizontal armor defense of the aircraft carrier. The displacement of the aircraft carrier has increased to 38,000 tons, and even the light load displacement has reached 32
000 tons, far exceeding the first two aircraft carriers. The increase in ground displacement was not used to increase the number of aircraft carriers, but most of it was used to improve defense. Among them, the armor weight of the aircraft carrier reached 4,500 tons. The hangar adopts
The three-stage structure and the number of elevators increased to three, which increased the dispatch rate of aircraft carriers and also improved the carrier's sustained combat capability after being damaged. The aircraft carrier's air defense firepower has been comprehensively strengthened.
Strong, 24 80mm anti-aircraft guns, 56 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 48 20mm machine guns, and later hundreds of small-caliber machine guns were added. This greatly improved the aircraft carrier's ability to resist bombing. The number of aircraft carriers carried reached
It has 108 aircraft (carrying 120 aircraft during combat and adding 12 reconnaissance aircraft), but the increased hangar can accommodate more advanced fighters, which provides the basis for later replacement of new fighters.
Frankly speaking, the 'Island Class' aircraft carrier designed by the Ministry of Navy is already considered a very advanced aircraft carrier! However, there is still a certain gap between Wang Yuze's expectations! The full load displacement of 38,000 tons is larger than that of the 'Wuyue Class'
An aircraft carrier is not much bigger! Although it is
In order to make the design more reasonable, the number of carrier aircraft has been increased a lot! But in Wang Yuze's view, this is just a small change on the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier! What Wang Yuze needs is a brand new one that can be used in the next war.
An aircraft carrier that truly undertakes main operations!
Marshal Zhang Cheng, the Minister of the Navy, felt a little uneasy when he saw Wang Yuze's face. After getting the 'Island Class' aircraft carrier from the Battleship Design Institute, although he was quite satisfied with it, he also knew that it seemed to be some way from His Majesty the Emperor's requirements.
Gap! It is not clear whether Emperor Wang Yuze will adopt this class of aircraft carrier from the Ministry of Navy! However, it seems now that the 'island class' aircraft carrier may be vetoed by Wang Yuze!
"Although the design of the 'Island-class' aircraft carrier is much more advanced than the 'Wuyue-class', in my opinion it is not enough! I hope the Navy Department can redesign an aircraft carrier, a true heavy-duty aircraft carrier! No matter what
Whether it is defensive power, anti-strike power, or attack power, it must be one level higher than the 'Wuyue-class'! The 'Island-class' aircraft carrier will serve as the Imperial Navy in the next
As the main battle weapon in this war, I hope this aircraft carrier can be at least ten years ahead of its opponents!" Wang Yuze said solemnly! It is no secret that the German Navy has built another aircraft carrier! And, according to some information obtained by the Military Intelligence Bureau
According to the data, the Germans are making very fast progress in the design of aircraft carriers! They have almost completely taken over the British shipyards, navy and battleships.
With the addition of design talents, Germany's naval strength has been greatly improved! In particular, the German Navy also obtained some aircraft carrier design plans from China through some covert means, which further smoothed the road for Germany's aircraft carrier construction.
Quite a few! There are quite a few German engineers and scientists in China. Although many of them have nothing to do with shipbuilding, we have to deny that China has
At the beginning of the construction of the Chinese Navy, the most important warship design engineers were Germans! Although the Chinese Ministry of Homeland Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau have made a lot of efforts, it is still very difficult to completely solve Germany's intelligence spying on China!
Under such circumstances, the Chinese Navy can only continue to maintain its superiority by making continuous progress and developing aircraft carriers that are more advanced than the German Navy!
According to the assessment of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the first-class aircraft carrier built by the German Navy is only an experimental aircraft carrier. But its performance is very close to the Chinese Navy's 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carrier! Of course, this experimental aircraft carrier still has many loopholes.
, the real combat power is far from the Chinese Navy's 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carrier! However, it cannot be
What is denied is that once the navy solves these problems in the construction and use of aircraft carriers, they will be able to build an aircraft carrier that can rival the Chinese Navy's 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carrier! In the future, it will build an aircraft carrier that can rival the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier.
Aircraft carriers are not a big problem! This forces China to be more vigilant!
"Yes, Your Majesty! The Navy Ministry will redesign it!" Marshal Zhang Cheng, Minister of the Navy, said quickly!
"According to the information obtained by the Military Intelligence Agency, the Germans' first aircraft carrier will be commissioned in the middle of next year! Although this is only an experimental aircraft carrier, it cannot be underestimated! In terms of Germany's current shipbuilding capabilities,
They are not much worse than us! If we cannot maintain the performance advantages of warships and fighter planes, it will be very difficult to defeat the Germans in the future!" Wang Yuze reminded!
Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Zhang Cheng, Minister of the Navy, and Marshal Jiang Xingguo, Minister of National Defense all nodded! Germany is China’s biggest enemy in the future and a stumbling block for China to consolidate its position as world hegemon. This has been recognized by the cabinet and the military.
Agreed! And for a long time to come,
Suppressing Germany and ultimately defeating Germany is also an important goal of the Chinese cabinet and military! Of course, the military must continue to maintain military advantages, while the cabinet's focus is to restore the country's strength as soon as possible and continue to develop
, and prepare for the next war!
"Your Majesty, do you have any specific requirements for the new class of aircraft carriers?" Chief of General Staff Marshal Cai Yun asked! After all, if Wang Yuze puts forward some specific requirements, such as parameter indicators, it will certainly make the design of the Navy Ministry
We encountered some difficulties, but we finally have a research plan! At least it’s much better than the Navy Department trying to figure it out alone!
Wang Yuze was a little hesitant. He has been proposing a big development direction for the navy, army and air force, and then the army, navy and air force will work hard according to the development direction he proposed! This will certainly save the army, navy and air force a lot of detours, but there are also
The danger of overthrowing one's talents! Of course, now facing the threat from Germany, defeating Germany is the most important thing. The future situation can only be considered at that time!
"The next-level aircraft carrier of the Imperial Navy should preferably have a full load displacement of more than 50,000 tons! The maximum speed should be more than 33 knots, the endurance should be more than 15,000 nautical miles, and it can carry at least 130 fighters. The armor of the flight deck should be 80 mm.
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More than 80 mm, waterline armor is more than 160 mm! In addition, it is necessary to carry as many anti-aircraft weapons as possible! Once the enemy's fighter planes break through the defense circle of the aircraft carrier battle group, the aircraft carrier's own anti-aircraft weapons must do their best to shoot down the enemy's aircraft.
Fighter!" Wang Yuze said!
However, when Wang Yuze mentioned these indicators, the Minister of the Navy, Marshal Zhang Cheng, already had a sad face! Although Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the General Staff, and Marshal Jiang Xingguo, Minister of Defense, did not know much about the navy's warships, they also knew that Wang Yuze's request seemed to be
Too high!
"Your Majesty, it is very difficult to achieve these parameters with current technology! Among other things, the displacement of 50,000 tons is already larger than the Imperial Navy's 'Imperial Class' battleship. The Imperial Navy has never built such a
A big warship! Not to mention making such a huge warship sail at a speed of more than 33 knots! This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for the empire's shipbuilding industry!" Marshal Zhang Cheng, the Minister of the Navy, said with a bitter face!
"Challenges bring motivation. We still have five years. I believe the Imperial Navy will be able to do it!" Wang Yuze said!
At Wang Yuze's request, the Imperial Navy did not come up with the design plan for the 'Island Class' aircraft carrier until two years later! After several modifications, the parameters of the 'Island Class' aircraft carrier are as follows. The standard displacement is 45,000 tons, and the full load displacement is
56,000 tons. 295 meters long and 41 meters wide
.5 meters, with a draft of 10.06 meters. It is powered by 12 large oil-fired boilers and 8 1,200-watt steam turbines. The power is 210,000 shaft horsepower, and the maximum speed is 33 knots (it ran 34 knots during the trial). It usually carries 120 fighters.
, it can carry up to 140 fighter aircraft during wartime.
The flight deck is 88 mm thick, the armor of key parts is 180 mm, and the waterline armor is 165 mm! At the same time, the aircraft carrier has very powerful anti-aircraft firepower, equipped with 6 twin-mounted 120 mm high-level dual-purpose guns and 24 twin-mounted 88 mm anti-aircraft guns.
, 32 seats double installation 40mm
Anti-aircraft guns, 24 twin-mounted 20 mm machine guns, and hundreds of 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine guns. Including pilots, there are more than 3,500 members on the entire aircraft carrier! (To be continued. Please
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