Zhou Tongbin's design drawing for Yang Yuanzhao is just a three-view and basic introduction, Yang Yuanzhao doesn't have much research on battleships, but he also knows what the northwest needs now, turning over the main parameters, this design is a super giant ship with a full load displacement of 62,000 tons, which is at least 14,000 tons larger than the fantasy class, if you count the 16-inch gun and the improvement in protection, this increase is normal.

4-axis double rudder, in the selection of the main gun, he gave up the mature double-linked main gun and adopted 3 triple main guns, Yang Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows, turned around and asked: "Mr. Zhou, the problem of this triple artillery has been solved?" ”

The problem of the synchronization of the triple artillery has always been the biggest problem, it can stagger the salvo and fire at different frequencies, but the efficiency is always not high.

Zhou Tongbin smiled embarrassedly and said: "No, the application of the automatic filling system can minimize the harm, but it still can't be eliminated!" ”

"Then why do you still use this?"

"When we designed, we weighed for a long time, the battleship may not assume a separate combat role in the future, that is, the probability of artillery combat will be reduced, in this way, asynchronicity is not so important, the triple assembly ensures the problem of firepower, and balances the weight, it is the best choice!"

Yang Yuanzhao doesn't understand the things above the specialty, but after the aircraft carrier appeared on the battlefield, the role of the battleship was indeed greatly reduced, plus the 3 guns compared to the double, the weight can be greatly reduced, 9 main guns, maybe thousands of tons, don't underestimate this number, even if it is a giant ship with a displacement of 62,000 tons. Aside from some of the necessary weights, there aren't many weights that can be maneuvered. A few thousand more, the more things that can be done.

Keep looking down. Yang Yuanzhao understood the main points of the design, saying that it was a 16-inch battleship, in fact, the main function of this battleship has changed, and in the next selection of secondary guns, no mature secondary guns were used, but a large number of high-level dual-purpose guns were used to replace the secondary guns, starting from the 135-mm high-level dual-purpose guns, air defense became the main force. 12 132 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, is the main force of air defense, smoothly distributed in various positions of the battleship, 4 45 mm anti-aircraft guns and 25 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, a total of 150 guns, plus ordinary 20 mm or less anti-aircraft machine guns, the entire battleship actually has 250 anti-aircraft fire points, much higher than the main gun.

Seeing this design, Yang Yuanzhao's eyes couldn't help but light up. In future naval warfare, air defense will become the main body, and it is still unheard of to concentrate so much air defense. When there is such a powerful firepower and fierce air defense warship in the aircraft carrier battle group. There will be great benefits for regional air defense.

Yang Yuanzhao took a serious look at the drawings, and then briefly described them. It is precisely because of the huge air defense, the increased weight. The original design of about 53,000 tons of battleships, increased to about 62,000 tons, the original 5 twin turrets, but also changed to 3 triple, which not only ensured the overall firepower, but also increased the air defense, which is considered to sacrifice the hit rate of the main gun, improve the strength of the regional air defense, on the whole, but there are some finishing touches, the design is relatively excellent.

Seeing this, Yang Yuanzhao didn't plan to look at it anymore, he didn't understand professional things, why did he look at it, he was afraid of getting a super giant ship like the Yamato-class, with the reserves on the Northwest Power and the advantages of the naval guns, it might take 3 years to draw a Yamato-class, but what is the use of such a battleship, World War II has proved with a bloody example that a Yamato-class with a huge cannon is really inferior to an air defense cruiser, a future aircraft carrier battle group, It is necessary to sacrifice the ability of artillery bombardment, and the air defense cruiser is specially used for air defense, but in this era, it is just stuck at this pass, heavy artillery and artillery warfare have not been eliminated, with limited funds, and finally build such a batch of battleships with extremely strong air defense and strong artillery fire, it is still feasible.

"Yes, I will approve it and turn to funds for the verification of this design, once the project is approved, calculate the cost, and see how much the bottom construction can be averaged."

The cost must be calculated, the 16-inch gun, which itself is more powerful than the 15-inch, adds more than 10,000 tons of weight, which all represents the cost, and the most critical thing is the anti-aircraft machine gun, which in this era is really expensive. The cost of the 132 mm high-level dual-purpose gun is at least 5 times that of the 130 mm gun, and other anti-aircraft machine guns are similar.

This design is already relatively mature with the strength of the designer, Yang Yuanzhao is not worried that he will have problems, as long as it goes through several routine tests, finds out its problems, and modifies and makes up for its weak links, an excellent warship will appear in the sequence of the Chinese Navy.

Zhou Tongbin heard Yang Yuanzhao's approval, and his heart was also put down, as long as there is Yang Yuanzhao's approval, then this battleship is a certainty, the Northwest Naval Research Institute, now the China Naval Research Institute, for the design of warships, there is a complete set of perfect methods, he designed out the things, the bottom of his heart, although there is no comprehensive test, but what should be done has been done, the possibility of realization is very high, as long as the funds are in place, go through the test, there may be small problems, but there will be no big problems at all.

The problem of battleships has been solved, and another problem needs to be solved, that is, aircraft carriers, because the Naval Research Institute undertakes a huge task, so the research of aircraft carriers is a separate column, and a group of designers have been obtained from the Battleship Research Institute to start anew.

Compared with the battleship, the aircraft carrier design is relatively simple, after all, this is an emerging thing, Yang Yuanzhao from the pictures of later generations, the double-pass deck and jump deck, the classic setting of the classic aircraft carrier in later generations, the one-sided command tower, not equipped with artillery, limited tonnage and space, basically replaced by air defense, plus the fighters and escort warships it has, the air defense force of the aircraft carrier battle group is absolutely sufficient.

In addition to the classic design, the rest is left to the Northwest designers to design freely, as long as the airworthiness is taken into account and the speed is increased, the rest is the question of how many aircraft to accommodate, faster release of the aircraft and recovery of the aircraft, and then rely on this to design.

The aircraft carrier in the northwest, even before the fantasy class, in the dark, gradually groped, that is, in the coming of the German designer, comprehensively supplemented the weakest design link in the northwest, such as the use of tonnage, such as seaworthiness, these most basic things, can also be used on the aircraft carrier, because of this promotion, the first aircraft carrier verification ship soon appeared, and then according to this gradual progress.

Under the premise of no qualitative change, the aircraft carrier is only adjusting the carrier-based aircraft, striving to make it more suitable for the aircraft carrier, especially now, on the basis of the piston aircraft that has matured in the northwest, and the turboprop type has been proposed as the main force of the future aircraft carrier carrier-based aircraft, but it is a pity that up to now, the carrier-based aircraft suitable for the aircraft carrier has not yet come up with a mature model.

The Chinese Air Force has made a breakthrough in the turboprop engine, the practical large turboprop engine has been successfully developed, but unfortunately the miniaturization project has not been able to take down, the large twin-engine bomber, the turboprop transformation of the 4-engine bomber has begun, the new strategic bomber has begun to develop and produce, the turboprop engine relative to the piston engine, in the pure power performance, there is no particularly big improvement, but the power saving point, it is enough to change everything.

Range is always one of the most critical performance indicators of aircraft, the same fuel, the ability to fly longer distances, this is the advantage of turboprop engines, which is also the fundamental reason for the large number of adoption in the aviation field in later generations.

The carrier-based aircraft used on the aircraft carrier is more to cooperate with the aircraft carrier, rather than the aircraft carrier to cooperate with the carrier-based aircraft, as long as the difference is not too big, the impact is only the number of aircraft carried by the aircraft carrier, but the necessary communication must be carried out, and the specifications must be determined first.

After leaving the Naval Research Institute, I went to investigate the carrier-based aircraft laboratory and the aircraft carrier research institute, and the general data of the aircraft carrier has come out, and even the standards for carrier-based aircraft have come out, but there are still a few passes for carrier-based aircraft that have not been studied, as long as there is a breakthrough in those places, all the conditions that hinder the completion of the aircraft carrier no longer exist, and even the research institute has given a timetable, and it will take half a year at most to complete all the research on carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers.

After repeatedly confirming that there was no problem, the secret appropriation of the navy this time was determined, because it was Yang Yuanzhao who went from the secret account, there was no need to go through the Congress, but after the founding of China, the National Congress became the highest authority body, and some ventilation still had to be done, with Yang Yuanzhao's status, coupled with the special role of the navy, Cheng Biguang and others lobbied a little, and the plan was successfully approved.

Time passed in mid-November, when the last key official seal was stamped, Yang Yuanzhao's private foundation directly allocated the funds and allocated them to a special account, including the research institute, the Admiralty, and the shipyards, these shipyards, both the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Qingdao Shipyard, which are already mature now, as well as the shipbuilding bases to be built in the future, and even this amount of up to 500 million yuan in shipbuilding funds, is only a small part of the investment in Yang Yuanzhao's secret account in 1914. Because almost a week later, a special fund of 2.5 billion yuan was set aside from the secret account and injected into the northern and southern regions of China, in order to build a regional shipbuilding center, and there is more than one.

An impact on the entire Chinese naval construction plan, so vigorous began, and even affected the next ten years, China and even the world's shipbuilding pattern, this is a unimaginable huge plan, in one fell swoop to lay the foundation of China's position on the sea, not only the navy, but also the merchant fleet and shipbuilding share, China since then, from a land power, into a sea and land power. (To be continued.) )