Winston came to Southern Africa for the newly-developed four-engine bomber in Nyasaland and the aircraft carrier being tested.

Compared with the previous bomber, the four-engine bomber that has just been replaced with a new engine has a longer range, a larger bomb carrying capacity, and at the same time, the aircraft is also equipped with six machine guns for self-defense, and now the bomber can carry a ton of bombs to attack targets 300 kilometers away, an absolute air giant.

As for aircraft carriers, this is no longer the first of its kind in southern Africa, and Eugene Erie has now completed not only the successful take-off and landing of aircraft on warships, but also the successful take-off of aircraft from moving warships, which is being studied by the British Navy in addition to the Edward Shipyard.

Just earlier this year, the British Navy converted the decommissioned cruiser Athletic into a seaplane-capable warship, and later requisitioned three ferries operating in the English Channel and converted them all into seaplane carriers.

The seaplane carriers of the British Navy are not the same thing as the aircraft carriers being studied at the Edward Shipyard, the seaplane carriers of the British Navy do not have a flight deck and can only carry seaplanes to designated positions, and then put the seaplanes on the surface before they can perform tasks.

The aircraft carrier being built at Edward's Shipyard is a real aircraft carrier, not only with an all-through flight deck, but also with a closed bow, an independent ship island, and the planes are not stacked on deck, but stored in a hangar below deck, and in order to carry as many aircraft as possible, the Nyasaland Aeronautical Research Institute has also modified the "Gale" fighter to have foldable wings.

In every sense of the word, the aircraft carriers being built at Edward's Shipyard are the most advanced aircraft carriers of our time, and they are at least a decade ahead of their time.

In another time and space, it was not until 1923 that Britain possessed these characteristics on another "Athletic God", which was also the first real aircraft carrier in the world at that time.

As for why Winston knew that Edward Shipyard was building an aircraft carrier, Roque was not surprised at all, but he still had to have the posture he should have.

"How do you know that the new warships being built at Edward's Shipyard don't even have names?" Roque is also sometimes helpless, Southern Africa staying in the Commonwealth does have many advantages, but at the same time some disadvantages are unavoidable, aircraft carriers are a good example.

"Locke, Southern Africa or Southern Africa of the British Empire." Winston did not respond positively, and Britain is also familiar with these small actions.

At least in southern Africa now, there are still many people who have deep feelings for Britain, and no one else needs to say that even Ade, the prime minister, insists on Britain's suzerainty, and Roque cannot change this in a short time.

"Well, you're right, aircraft carriers are indeed being built in southern Africa." Roque generously admitted that aircraft carriers are actually useless to southern Africa, and only countries like Britain, which emphasize sea power, can play the maximum role of aircraft carriers.

"Aircraft carrier - that's a vulgar name!" Winston was very arrogant, and his first reaction was that the name was not good.

It's really not good, if you translate it literally, an aircraft carrier is an "aircraft shelf".

It seems that it would be more appropriate to translate as "aircraft porter".

"Call it whatever you want." Roque does not want the right of authorship.

"Tell us about your aircraft carrier, then." Winston just habitually complains, and doesn't care what it's actually called.

"Don't you know what to introduce?" Roque is not angry, southern Africa has been infiltrated by the British government like this, Roque is also speechless, Bullard and the fourth division of the Ministry of Defense in charge of homeland security are estimated to be rectified.

Winston didn't speak, waiting for Roque to introduce him.

Roque simply led Winston straight to the study, which contained a model of an aircraft carrier.

"This is an aircraft carrier? No artillery? "The Lord of the Admiralty actually asked such a question—

It's also normal, after all, this is the first time Winston has seen a model of an aircraft carrier.

"Aircraft carriers do not have enough armor and firepower, so they certainly cannot act alone, they must be protected by a fleet." Roque also wants to educate Winston about the future of the navy.

"Then this survivability is very problematic." Winston's eyes immediately filled with pity.

The naval thinking of this era is stronger armor and larger caliber, so there is a saying that dreadnoughts can only be sunk by dreadnoughts.

Relatively speaking, the survivability of aircraft carriers is indeed a bit poor, and there is no need for dreadnoughts, as long as any destroyer is close to the aircraft carrier of this era, it is basically a shot into the soul.

During World War II, the U.S. Navy used hundreds of planes to attack in turn in order to sink the Japanese Navy's battleship Yamato, and the Yamato was hit by 27 torpedoes and sank.

"Why?" Roque asked succinctly.

Winston was so clever that he immediately understood what Roque meant.

"The aircraft carrier being built at the Edward Shipyard can carry eighty aircraft, and the range of the aircraft is already more than five hundred kilometers, which attack range is longer than the main guns of the battleship?" Roque didn't expect Winston to accept it right away, aircraft carriers, like airplanes, are subversive weapons for war, and it will definitely take a process to accept these new weapons.

"Eighty?" Winston couldn't believe that the tiny model in front of him could fit so many planes.

The British modified cruiser "Athletic" could only carry a pitiful two seaplanes, and the first real aircraft carrier that Britain started building in 1918, that is, another "Athletic", could only carry 20 aircraft, so Winston was directly startled when he heard the number "eighty", and thought he had heard it wrong.

Not to mention eighty, eight is too much in Winston's opinion.

"Yes, eighty!" Roque's pronunciation is still very standard, and the difference between the pronunciation of eighty and eight is still obvious.

"Why?" Winston asked an idiotic question, and then immediately reacted, "I mean how?" ”

"There are planes to be parked on the all-access deck, more can be parked in the cabin, and in order to carry as many aircraft as possible, we deliberately changed the strong wind wings to a foldable style, even if it sacrificed some performance for the occasion." Roque must be the more the better, otherwise who will pay for the hard work.

"Can a bomber carry a horse?" Winston was thinking a little too much.

"Four-shot ones can't do it, single-shot torpedo machines can." Roque also wanted to cram bombers into aircraft carriers, but unfortunately did not show them.

The performance of the aircraft of this period was still amazing, and when Eugene Erie landed on the parked Pennsylvania in a Curtis biplane, the landing platform was only 31 meters long and 10 meters wide, and it was also wooden.

The four-engine bomber studied in Nyasaland needs to glide at a distance of 650 meters when taking off, and it will never be on an aircraft carrier in this life.

"Eighty torpedo bombers—" Winston couldn't help but think.

Don't forget that warships in this era were largely devoid of anti-aircraft weapons, so Winston shuddered when he thought about a warship without anti-aircraft weapons encountering a huge group of torpedoes on the sea.

So don't say that only dreadnoughts can sink dreadnoughts, no matter how powerful dreadnoughts are, they can't escape the fate of being buried in the belly of a fish when they encounter an aircraft carrier on the sea.

"If you don't think it's enough, you can also use a two-carrier formation, and then there are 160 ships." Roarke added fuel to the fire, and these generals of the British Admiralty did not shed tears when they saw the coffin.

"Locke, I need specific parameters for aircraft carriers." As Secretary of the Navy, Winston could not ignore the value of an aircraft carrier.

Roque picked up a pamphlet and handed it to Winston.

Winston took it and looked at it carefully, not even thinking about why there was such a thing in Roque's office.

"One million six hundred and eighty thousand? That's too expensive, isn't it? Winston exclaimed, almost as much as a dreadnought.

However, the dreadnought has proven its worth in countless wars, and although the aircraft carrier seems to have a bright future, the world's first one is still on the slipway and has not yet been built, and Roark dares to ask for so much money, which is really unacceptable to Winston.

Even the British Admiralty could not afford to spend it like this, no matter how rich it was.

"And that's not including the price of the plane." Roque sharpens his knife Huohuo, it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it.

"I knew for a long time that you were a profiteer." Winston felt a little itchy in his teeth.

Roque smiled, as long as the money is earned, it doesn't matter if he is a profiteer or not.

Compared with battleships, the profit of aircraft carriers is definitely much higher, after all, aircraft carriers do not need as thick armor as battleships, they do not need expensive artillery, and the first aircraft carriers are now being built in southern Africa, and the cost is indeed a little higher, but this cost is apportionable, and the more you build, the lower the cost.

"When will that ship at Edward's Shipyard be built?" Winston also doesn't see rabbits and eagles, and always has to build the aircraft carrier at Edward's shipyard first, and whether the mule or the horse is pulled out first.

"Two more months, or three months." Roque is not in a hurry, if it is a small order, such as a destroyer, a light cruiser or the like, then Winston will buy it, and the Secretary of the Navy still has this power.

Involving millions of pounds of business, Winston also has to report, maybe through the parliament to approve, a set of processes under the variables are actually a lot.

"Can you speed it up?" Winston felt a little dizzy at this moment, Southern Africa was too far away from London, and it was not easy for Winston to visit.

"It's the fastest speed now, and you know, aircraft carriers are brand new warships, and now the technology is not mature, and the engineers are actually building while renovating, and two or three months is fast enough." Roque is also ill-intentioned, and he is determined to use the British Navy as a guinea pig.