Face John. Admiral Jericho's questioning, Marianne shook her head good-naturedly, her eyes still gentle and confident.

"General, I think maybe you missed some details, if you see it, you will see that you can start work with a hundred factories at once, and all modules can be produced in advance. If we're right, you're just assembling it in the dockyard. I believe that as long as there are enough people, it won't even take two weeks! ”

John, who has always been suspicious of such a strange-looking "improvised aircraft carrier". Admiral Jericho had nothing to say. He could see that these warships were designed to deal with the current crisis of the Royal Navy, which made him have to have the following doubts in his heart.

"Did they know this was going to happen? Is it true that they all produced these weapons, as the rumors say? ”

Sent away Admiral John who got to get his beloved toy. Jericho, after also seeing off Don Yunyang, who had brought the charming Marianne here, Douglas. General Haig was about to prepare for the battle on the Somme.

He didn't think that the British and French forces were ready to attack, but in the face of the Marshal's Scepter and the position of commander-in-chief of the allied forces, Xia Fei was already impatient, and he even jokingly threatened Douglas. Haig.

"Dear sir, when will you be ready? Are you worried that the Germans will build more new weapons? Or is it that your soldiers are terrified in the face of the Germans? If this is the case, we French troops will have to attack alone, and even if my soldiers and I are to die in battle, we French will fall in the way of advancement! ”

Douglas. Haig's fierce, mocking words in the face of Xia Fei completely angered him. Still, when he spoke, his tone was protective of calm.

"Your Excellency, it is not a good habit to belittle your allies. And we British are very patient in doing things, after all, this is a war, can we not care about the lives of our soldiers, and attack blindly when we are not ready? ”

Xia Fei knew that he had lost his words, and he raised his hand to Douglas. Haig apologized.

"Oh, I'm sorry Sir, you know I didn't mean to say that, now that the Germans have the upper hand on the sea, we'll have to hurry up. If we can break through their defenses, then maybe we can use our air power to threaten their naval bases. At that time, the navy of the British Empire can regain control of the sea, then Germany, which lacks supplies from the sea, may be defeated by us, otherwise it will ......! ”

Xia Fei shook his head affirmatively when he said this. It cannot be denied that his theory of war of attrition is correct, and if the German supply of supplies by sea is not cut off, then the forces of Britain and France may not be able to subdue the Teutonic knights.

"General, I can understand your feelings. So be it, I will report the current situation to our Minister of War and state your opinion, and I think he will consider it. After all, you are one of his most respected French generals! ”

Time is in the midst of ridicule and controversy, and it has quickly entered the second half of June. The shipyards in the UK, as well as all the other factories with processing capacity, have received an urgent order from the military.

Most of the private factories process steel cylinders with a wall thickness of 10 centimeters and an internal diameter of 5 meters, and in the barrel body of up to 10 meters, there will be a sealing round plate every other meter, and the shelves are connected with I-shaped steel components. No one knows what they are making, only that when they are made, the Navy Ordnance Production Supervisor will come and strictly check the size.

This is the "improvised aircraft carrier" designed by the MPM Military Industry Group, which is as simple as two hulls of 73 meters long like torpedoes, with two 65-meter-long hexagonal cabins at the widest point of 8 meters and 5 meters at the highest point, which are divided into functional compartments, which are located on the battleship girder and steel structure support system above the sealed cabins on both sides. When the sealed cabins were fully submerged, the interrogation of the two cabins was only about 4 meters above the surface.

These cabins are mainly fuel and power cabins. Above are three side-by-side hexagonal compartments identical to the ones below. They are the habitation compartment and the water, ammunition, power, hangar, etc., and the cockpit is located at the very front of the battleship, below the flight deck.

The hexagonal chamber is topped by a large flight deck, about 100 meters long and 30 meters wide, with a catapult for take-off at the front and a landing arrester at the rear, and a tower as small as a watchtower on one side.

Knowing these data, I believe you can easily calculate that the full load displacement of this "improvised aircraft carrier" is 3150 tons. The height above the sea is about 15 meters, and a 1.5-meter side has been installed to protect against wind and waves at sea. After all, if the waves are higher than 10 meters, there is no need to mention the take-off operation of the plane at this time.

The actual battleship itself does not care so much about the waves, and the advantage of the catamaran's resistance to wind and waves is self-evident, and it is also incomparable with ordinary warships. Importantly, the lower capsule is fairly easy to replace, and even if it is partially damaged, it still does not affect navigation.

The warship was not equipped or armoured except for 10 twin 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. In addition to the 100 crew members, the rest are only Air Force personnel and mechanics, and the establishment list is controlled to 300 people.

Obviously, the weakness of the self-defense capability of this super rudimentary warship is worrying. But one thing that can be seen is that it can carry aircraft, and it can also make aircraft take off and land operations. For the current British "home fleet", it was enough.

The "Home Fleet," which has suffered enough from the "Mosquito" water attack planes of the German "Ocean Fleet," is building as many as 15 ships at a time, and licenses for the other five are being purchased.

The cheapness of this kind of "improvised aircraft carrier" itself is also jaw-dropping, to the point that it is only 1/10 of the battleship built. But there is no doubt that 200 fighters, with 75 attack aircraft, have already given wings to the British "home fleet".

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In addition to adding a large amount of pounds to the MPM military-industrial complex, the construction of the "improvised aircraft carrier" also has an order for 2,000 aircraft carrier versions of the "Tomcat fighter" and "Benlei" attack aircraft or their modifications.

However, the most urgent thing is that the first batch of 200 fighters and 75 attack planes used on the "improvised aircraft carrier" are urgent.

To this end, the British government is assisting the Chung Wah Association to collect all Chinese laborers in the UK, or British Chinese who are willing to join the MPM military industrial group. In addition, they are willing to provide a considerable number of Indian laborers for the "MPM military-industrial complex" for their use.