In the pursuit of survivability, the armor of the battleship must be thicker and thicker, and the steel plate of the main armor belt of the battlecruiser Tiger was not the thickest, the thickest was the conning tower, which reached ten inches and 254 millimeters thick.

Compared to the stupid, thick and black indestructible battleships, the aircraft carriers built by Edward's Shipyard were like a younger brother who cut corners by cutting corners, much to Winston's fury.

"The battleship is like a medieval heavy armored knight, it is to charge, so the armor must be thicker the better, the aircraft carrier is like the traditional British longbowmen, the main role is to strike at a long distance, and do not fight with the enemy in close combat at all, what do you want such thick armor for?" Roque has a word, and if the positioning is different, the natural standard is different.

Winston was depressed, and Roark used the longbowman as an analogy, and Winston, an Englishman, was not easy to refute.

During the Hundred Years' War between England and France in the 15th and 16th centuries, the longbowmen were the traditional dominant arm of the British, with a range of up to 300 meters, and at a limit distance of 300 meters, the longbowmen used conical arrows that could penetrate ordinary chain mail.

In the Battle of Crecy in 1346, 20,000 English troops with longbowmen as the core fought against 60,000 French troops with heavy cavalry as the core, and the results of the battle were unbelievable, the French army lost about 15,000 people, including 1,542 lords and knights, and the English troops suffered only more than 200 casualties.

If you only look at the exchange ratio, it is estimated that many people will think that this is the massacre of the cold weapon army by the modern army.

"These steel plates are the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, and other materials have to be laid on the steel plates, so they must be thinner, and the steel plates of the main armor belt are still relatively thick, even if they are not as good as battleships, but they are about the same as ordinary cruisers." Roque's next explanation finally made Winston feel better.

However, if Winston had known that the upper deck was only covered with a layer of planks that could be quickly replaced, it is estimated that Winston would have collapsed even more.

Traditional wooden materials have almost disappeared on modern warships, mainly because wooden materials are too easy to catch fire, and the same is true for decks, which will be repeatedly brushed with oil for antiseptic purposes, almost catching fire at the sight of fire.

"What about your improved naval aircraft?" Winston cares about all things naval equipment, and just adding that word Winston is like a chicken blood.

"Not here, in Xuanwu City." Roque didn't let him see it, the secret of the navy strong wind was in the foldable wings, and in order to cram as many planes as possible into the hangar, the wings with the largest footprint had to be folded and then unfolded when used.

This technical content is actually not very high, the main thing is to change thinking, the machine gun produced in Nyasaland can be converted between light and heavy machine guns at will after replacing the barrel and bracket, and the same is true for aircraft.

Even the aircraft carrier in front of you is the same, the aircraft carrier built by Edward Shipyard can be turned into a supply ship, a hospital ship, a transport ship, or even an ocean cruise ship with a slight change, and this is the role of the platform.

Because the aircraft carrier has not yet been built, Roque and Winston did not get on board, but a look at the scene can also see a lot of problems, although Winston is not a naval expert, but there are many naval experts in the entourage, and then Winston has more thoughts.

"Even if it's joint production, you always have to buy three or five ships, right?" Roque was unhappy that Winston's outstretching doctrine was unacceptable.

"One is 1.68 million, and you let me buy three or five? No money! "Winston simply.

"For the sake of the aircraft carrier, more than 14,000 engineers in Nyasaland have worked hard for a year and a half, and you are going to take away the design drawings now, are our engineers in Nyasaland all slaves of your Admiralty?" Roque didn't do it either, Nyasaland did have more than 10,000 engineers, but all the engineers in light and heavy weapons, engines, aircraft, and automobiles combined, not just Edward Shipyard.

Moreover, the threshold for engineers in Nyasaland is lower than that of engineers in the UK, and the technicians in charge of production in the factories are also engineers, which is different from the situation in the UK.

Compared with Roque, who attaches great importance to industrial development, Winston is a standard aristocrat who does not eat the fireworks of the world, so Winston did not react much to the number of "more than fourteen thousand", but Cody Lawrence, the head of the Admiralty in charge of technology, raised his eyebrows.

"What do you want? Let's put it bluntly. "Winston is not fooled by Roque's performance, there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

"You have to be considerate of our difficulties in Nyasaland, the steam turbines used in aircraft carriers are still purchased from the mainland, the Ordnance Industry Group can only produce artillery with a maximum caliber of ten inches, and your Admiralty would rather buy rifles from India than from us in Nyasaland, Nyasaland is not part of the British Empire-" Roque has many demands, it is impossible not to give money, even if the technology of the aircraft carrier is not given, it must be made up from other aspects.

"Enough Locke, the Royal Navy Shipyards can produce aircraft carriers now, even without the cooperation of Edward Shipyard." Winston was triumphant, there were really not many technical difficulties with aircraft carriers in this period, there was not even a catapult, the full load displacement of the battlecruiser Tiger was already 35,000 tons, and the Royal Navy shipyards really had no problem building aircraft carriers.

As soon as Winston's words fell, Cody Lawrence's eyes were about to move, obviously full of confidence, and he was looking forward to the collapse of Winston and Roque.

"Don't force me to say ugly Winston, I don't doubt the capabilities of the Royal Navy Shipyards, but Edward's Shipyard also has to survive, you Admiralty don't buy it, some people are willing to buy it." Roque didn't care about Winston's threat, don't look at Roque shouting long live the queen all day long - no, long live the king now, if the Admiralty dares to harm the interests of southern Africa, then Roque will immediately turn around and go to the Germans to cooperate.

Of course, Roque would not have openly cooperated with the Germans, but it was possible to do so through some known "secret routes", and that Southern Africa could have a railroad through Southwest Africa to Walvis Bay, and what could not be done.

"What do you mean?" Winston's face immediately turned ugly and terrifying, and Roque's words were indeed a big rebellion.

"That's what you think it means!" Roque pointed out that southern Africa is no longer the southern Africa that is bullied and has no ability to resist.

"Hey, I said-" Xiao Si, who accompanied him, saw that the atmosphere was wrong, probably trying to open his mouth to ease the atmosphere, but then looked at the appearance of Winston and Roque on top of their noses, sighed and found a corner and began to draw circles boringly.

Indeed, the atmosphere is full of gunpowder.

Winston and Roque are both attached to a large number of people, and when the two of them have a good relationship, everyone can say hello, I am hello, everyone is good, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

Now that there is a serious disagreement between Winston and Roque, the antagonism immediately spreads.

Zach Angel Barton on Roque's side stood behind Roque and stared at him, and Winston's entourage also glared at Roque with a dissatisfied face, but Cody Lawrence was full of embarrassment, and it was estimated that Winston had a lot to do with Cody Lawrence by throwing Roque alone.

"Locke, what the British Empire has given you, you can take it at any time." Winston resolutely refuses to back down, there is no affection at the level of national interests, and no matter how good the personal relationship between the two is, it cannot change the fact that the Duke of Marlborough is one of the twenty dukes of Britain.

"So the Admiralty can unscrupulously harm the interests of Nyasaland? Do you have a stake in the Royal Navy Yards or what? Roque deliberately avoided sensitive topics, George V could indeed easily revoke Roque's title, but it was no longer possible for southern Africa to repatriate all the Chinese in southern Africa to the Qing Dynasty.

To put it mildly, if the British government really dares to tear its face, then Roque will immediately unite with the Africans to drive the British out of southern Africa, and with the current industrial strength of southern Africa, it can afford to fight another Boer War, and Britain will not be able to blockade Nyasaland and Rhodesia, the Transvaal, and Bechuana as it did during the Second Boer War.

Moreover, Britain still faces a strong challenge from Germany in Europe, and compared with southern Africa, Germany is Britain's main problem, just as the Ottoman Empire preferred to abandon Tripoli and Cyrenaica for the Balkans.

"What nonsense are you talking about, how can I have a stake in the Royal Navy Shipyard?" Winston grew up in the environment of the Marlborough family since he was a child, and he is more mature than Roque, a grassroots-born viscount, and he tried his best to fight for the interests of the Admiralty just now, but Roque did not give an inch, and Winston naturally wanted to find a step.

What's more, Roque also took the initiative to send the steps to Winston.

Britain's colonial policy has also been adjusted, since the American Revolutionary War, Britain's policy towards the colonies began to change, and all the later Canada, Australia, and southern Africa were to be autonomous, and the British government would gradually loosen its control over these areas.

After the Second Boer War, Britain's policy began to change again, paying 200 million military expenses for the two Boer countries, which also overwhelmed the British government, so Britain will not easily start a foreign war now, unless it is Germany's behavior to challenge Britain's global supremacy.

"Then why do you think that? If you want benefits, Edward Shipyard can also give it, how much do you want, open a price! Roque has already made the bottom line clear, and now he will guide the topic to "kickbacks", not to mention Winston, even Winston's entourage is starting to blush.

The PR expenses of big corporations are all over the place, and Winston must take the lion's share, but Cody Lawrence will definitely be able to drink the soup too.

"Shut up, you bastard, don't tarnish my reputation." Winston's reaction was much more intense now than it had been now.

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