Chapter 303 The construction of the aircraft carrier begins
The aircraft carrier is a product of modern science and technology. It is a large-scale maritime fighter mobile base platform that uses carrier-based combat aircraft as its main weapon and integrates communications, intelligence, combat information, anti-submarine and anti-missile equipment and logistics support. Depending on the aircraft carrier, a country can
Far away from its territory, it does not rely on local airports to exert military pressure and conduct combat operations. The world's first aircraft carrier was completed in May 1918, and was officially incorporated into the British Royal Navy in September of the same year. The ship's displacement
It is 14,459 tons and can carry 20 aircraft. Its birth marks a revolutionary change in the world's maritime power from sea control to air control, and a combination of sea control.
The main mission of a modern aircraft carrier is to use its carrier-based aircraft formation to seize air and sea supremacy in naval battle zones and offshore land edges. Modern aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft have become high-tech and intensive military system engineering. The aircraft carrier is the core ship in an aircraft carrier battle group.
ship, usually also serves as the flagship of an aircraft carrier battle group
The first ship to provide a runway for simultaneous take-off and landing operations of aircraft was the British cruiser HMS Fury. Its transformation was completed in April 1918. A 70-meter-long flight deck was laid on the front half of the superstructure in the middle of the hull for aircraft to take off.
An 87-meter-long flight deck was installed at the bottom, and a simple landing arresting device was installed for aircraft landing. The first aircraft carrier to install an all-passage flight deck was the British aircraft carrier HMS Hundred Eyes (a strange name) that was converted from a passenger ship.
), its transformation was completed in September 1918. The flight deck is 168 meters long and there is a hangar below the deck. There are multiple elevators that can lift aircraft to the deck. On July 19, 1918, seven aircraft took off from the aircraft carrier Fury to attack Germany.
Parked at the airship base in Tongdeen, this is the first time to attack the aircraft carrier HMS God (also translated as "Hermes") from the mothership. The bridge, mast, chimney, etc. are used for the first time.
Island-shaped superstructure on the starboard side of the flight deck. The first ship that was designed as an aircraft carrier from the beginning was the Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho. It entered service in December 1922. Since then, it has a fully-through flight deck and an island-shaped superstructure.
The aircraft carrier has become a model for aircraft carriers in various countries.
The first aircraft carrier in the United States was the USS Langley (gleycv-1), which was officially commissioned on March 22, 1922. The USS Langley was not built as an aircraft carrier from the beginning. Its predecessor was the USS Jupiter, which was launched in 1913.
Supply ship (ussjupite In 1917, the British designed and built the ac-3 according to the aircraft carrier standard). The U.S. Navy saw that it had sufficient belly capacity for carrying coal, so it was converted into an aircraft carrier.
After the end of World War I, the "Washington Naval Treaty" signed by various naval powers in 1922 strictly controlled the construction of battleships, but the treaty allowed each contracting country to use some of the warships that had been suspended to rebuild aircraft carriers. For example: the US Lexington-class aircraft carrier, Japan's
The Akagi and Kaga aircraft carriers were equipped with heavy artillery on the aircraft carrier. This was a characteristic of the development of aircraft carriers at this stage. However, at that time, many adults in the navies of various countries adhered to the old ideas and regarded heavy artillery giant ships as the main force for winning naval battles, while aircraft carriers were only
Auxiliary force of the fleet, its main task is reconnaissance
The "Ark Royal" aircraft carrier built by the United Kingdom in the 1930s adopted a fully enclosed hangar, an integrated island superstructure, a powerful flight deck, and a hydraulic catapult. It was known as the "prototype of a modern aircraft carrier." According to the 1936 "Washington Navy"
The Treaty expired and the naval powers launched a new round of arms race. The American Yorktown-class aircraft carriers, Japan's Shokaku-class aircraft carriers, and the British Glory-class aircraft carriers were masterpieces of this period.
The aircraft carrier was first widely used in World War II. It is a small floating air station that carries fighters and bombers far away from the country to perform the task of attacking enemy targets. This allows the aircraft carrier to attack land and sea from the air.
Targets, especially those far beyond the normal range of aircraft launched from aircraft carriers, are constantly changing naval combat doctrine. Hostile fleets must now engage each other without seeing each other's ships.
Fighting over long distances ended the battleship's dominance as the most powerful warship on the sea.
The first achievement of an aircraft carrier in the war was on November 11, 1940. The British Navy's "Glorious" aircraft carrier dispatched a torpedo bomber formation to attack the Italian Navy in the Port of Taranto and sank one and damaged three battleships.
Make the United States and other maritime powers aware of the advent of the aircraft carrier era
In World War II, aircraft carriers played a decisive role in the Pacific War battlefield, from the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, to the Battle of the Coral Sea where the two fleets never met, to the decisive battle at Midway Island where aircraft carrier formations were used
In naval battles, aircraft carriers replaced battleships and became the backbone of the modern ocean-going fleet. The United States built a large number of Essex-class aircraft carriers to form a huge aircraft carrier formation and became the protagonist of naval battles. During the war, cheap small escort aircraft carriers were built in large quantities and put into anti-submarine escort operations.
Qin State started relatively late, and has not even successfully built a cruiser. Now it will start building two aircraft carriers at the same time, and they will be the main aircraft carrier, not the escort aircraft carrier. They will be completed in about two years. All aspects of its appearance and characteristics are similar to
Today’s aircraft carriers are almost the same
In addition, it also has many functions of later aircraft carriers: operating, maintaining and supporting combat aircraft, allowing aircraft types to be updated during its service life, and jet aircraft will definitely develop in the future; providing basic command and control functions; having sufficient maneuvering speed and certain
The self-protection capability; the ability to effectively take off and land combat aircraft; the ability to take off and receive and land fighter aircraft at the same time; the ability to conduct rapid air warning sorties; allowing long-term continuous air missions; allowing air missions to be performed even when power output is reduced
Task
While the aircraft carrier is being built this time, a large number of auxiliary ships also need to be built. It can be said that the pressure is very high. However, Qin's fleet is mainly used for inland sea and offshore operations. There is an opportunity for ocean warfare, but it is estimated to take 5
, 6 years later, when the time comes to capture Oceania and attack South America, we will need the support of the fleet. However, I believe that the fleet will already have some combat experience by then, and as long as Japan attacks the United States, those fleets in South America will not be a concern.
, but everything is still hypothetical. Just like Wang Jiuling hopes to build a nuclear bomb now, but it is impossible. There are no successful examples and no experience to learn from. Wang Jiuling is not sure when it will be released soon.