In fact, if we look at the inventions and creations of the US Navy in warship design and tactical theory from history, you will understand this, and the world's first former dreadnought battleship equipped with a second-class main gun was the Americans' Indiana. The first battleships with artillery pivot deployment and knapsack were American South Carolina-class battleships. (Based on the start time). And the battleship that first adopted the key defense was the iron turtle of the Americans. During the inter-war, the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier developed by the Americans was also a classic, and the full-deck assault tactics, emphasizing the number of aircraft carriers and the ability to release aircraft carriers, also became the key to the aircraft carrier tactics of the second war in history.

And in this plane, because of the existence of the time-traveler, the Americans have lost many firsts. However, this does not hide the creativity and ideas of the US Navy. For example, this time the Americans came up with a three-in-one tactic! That is, one aircraft can take on air combat, bombing and lightning strikes at the same time! This idea is not unsophisticated. The Germans combined a dive bomber and a fighter into one, or a bomber and a torpedo plane into one, and they didn't think of merging the three into one. At least that's the case now. (There are historical drawings of FW190 carrying torpedoes, but after all, there is no mass service, so it is not considered for the time being.) Not to mention the Americans in this plane, let's just say that the Americans in history also made a three-in-one aircraft, which is the F7F, which has very little production in history. Such an aircraft is a fighter that can fight in the air and also carry torpedoes!

The Americans thought of this. At the same time, I also considered the feasibility of this setting. At this time, the initial model of the R2800 engine was ready to go into production, and the Americans, who had finally overtaken the British in terms of air-cooled engines, felt high spirits and raised their eyebrows, and began to fiddle with their new toys eagerly. With an engine with a power of more than 1800 horsepower. All the problems caused by the lack of power were greatly alleviated, and the Americans could not wait to throw aside the F4F aircraft that had been beaten into dogs by the Spitfire and began to accelerate the development of the F6F fighter of Grumman.

And when developing a new fighter, they found that the attack aircraft of the past were too slow and the performance was too tragic. The performance of the SBD bomber is so good that the Americans always have to choose between fuel and bomb load. It is simply intolerable in the eyes of the US Navy to load a 1,000-pound bomb and reduce the internal fuel. Of course, they also have the option of 500-pound bombs. But in the words of the US Navy itself. Whether these planes loaded with 500-pound bombs can blow up the deck of Essex is unknown! It's too powerful! As for the torpedo machine? Whether it is the TBF that is being used now or the TBD that is ready to be used, the Americans are a little disdainful, these torpedo machines fly too slowly!

Unlike the Germans, who were overly focused on performance, the Americans emphasized the performance of the aircraft as well as the range of the aircraft. The Germans could come up with an FW190 with 624L internal oil and a fuel load of only 500kg as a carrier-based aircraft. But the fuel capacity of the Americans' F6F aircraft was set at 250 gallons. (The amount of fuel I read is directly marked in gallons.) It should be the US gallon. However, even so, the amount of oil in the oil is about 1.5 times that of the FW190. The Americans sought a balance in performance and range, and the result was that the F6F fighter had far worse flight performance than the German FW190. Even though the R6 engine of the F2800F is a lot better than the BMW 801 of the Germans. (The R6-2800-10 engine used in the American F3 has a take-off power of 2000 horsepower, and in the case of drugs, it is 2250 horsepower.) But the flight performance of the F6F is still inferior to the FW190! After all, the total weight of the FW190A5 in air combat is only about 3.8 tons. And the F6F alone weighs nearly 4.2 tons! And the weight of the air battle reached 5.25 tons! The slight power advantage was eaten up by an overweight body. The initial rate of climb of the F6F-3 was only about 3,200 feet per minute. The maximum speed is just over 600 km/h. This performance can't be compared to the 670 km/h speed of the FW190A! Of course, the F6F has good hovering performance, while the FW190A has stronger rolling performance. Overall, the FW190A is still superior.

It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong about this choice of the United States. Although theoretically the lack of range of the aircraft can be compensated for by the auxiliary fuel tank, in practice this plug-in is not very safe, after all, you don't know when you will run into the enemy. Moreover, fierce air battles have greater requirements for fuel requirements. The theoretical range is difficult to achieve in real combat. So in the later naval battles, the German navy found that their attack was closer than expected, so they had to close the distance between the two sides even further. And because there is too little fuel for jets. Not a few times the losses of German planes were not due to being wrecked, but because they ran out of fuel when they were in line for landing! After all, the planes have to land one by one, and the planes in the back may have to wait for more than 20 minutes or even longer! Range or performance is a difficult question to juggle. The benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise!

And it is precisely because of the Americans' requirements for range that the performance of the aircraft will be slower. Even with high-power engines, the Americans' attack aircraft still did not improve much, after all, now only the initial model of the R2800 is available. In terms of fuel, there is only 100 fuel. Like the later 115 fuel has not been used. The Americans also wanted to pursue the speed of the attack aircraft group, and also thought of twin-engine aircraft. From this point of view. The United States and Germany are on the same path, but the only difference is that the BF110T sea-based twin-engine aircraft modified by the Germans is to turn the BF110 from a half-hanging twin-engine fighter into a professional attack aircraft. And the Americans are reluctant to give up the air combat capabilities of twin-engine aircraft!

The Americans' persistence in this regard was also largely influenced by the Chinese Air Force, and the all-round performance of the Foxbat fighter on the Iranian battlefield had a considerable impact on the American pilots participating in the war. It can fight in the air and bomb. With an ultra-long range and a sturdy airframe, this series of advantages has prompted the United States to equip its land-based aviation with the P38 at the same time. It also allows carrier-based aircraft units to consider deploying a twin-engine aircraft on aircraft carriers. And under this trend of thought, the f7f, which was born at an inopportune time in history, and ended in disgrace without much was created, turned over in this plane! After the Americans placed a large order for the F6F, the recruitment for the design of the F7F was officially launched. And if you want to get on a twin-engine plane, the Americans quickly find out that the size of Essex is not enough? After all, the width of the F6F after folding the wings is a little more than 16 feet, and the Americans estimate that the width of the twin-engine aircraft after folding the wings is also about 30 feet! If Xu Jie is next to him. Will definitely give a thumbs up to the Americans, they guessed too accurately! The width of the F7F is just over 33 feet!

In addition to the concept of super-leading aircraft for combat, bombing and lightning strikes. The Americans also thought about the role of twin-engine aircraft in electronic warfare and against the sea. However, it is a pity that they believe that the attack power of the existing aircraft is enough, and twin-engine aircraft are needed, but the direction of aiming is not at the warship at sea. But to the submarine at the bottom of the sea! The Americans found that their single-engine aircraft small fleet anti-submarine aircraft was too inflexible and inefficient, so they came up with a twin-engine anti-submarine aircraft, ready to serve as the backbone of the fleet's periphery anti-submarine force! As for talking about electronic warfare aircraft? The Americans pay more attention to early warning and radio lateral direction to sea targets. Combined with the already very powerful electronics industry of the Americans, it is not too difficult to come up with an electronic warfare aircraft and a warning aircraft, and even a single-engine aircraft can be used to combat the coastal alert aircraft!

Then the bigwigs of the Navy tendered for new aircraft, and at the same time found Roosevelt and said that the aircraft carrier was too small for the new generation of aircraft to use, and hoped to start construction of a new aircraft carrier! 270 meters long. Essex, which is about 30 meters away, can no longer satisfy the appetite of the US Navy, and the design and construction of a new generation of large aircraft carriers have begun. Of course, because of this plane. The Americans no longer had the opportunity to fight a life-and-death battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet at Midway, so the name of this class of aircraft carriers could not be called Midway. Instead, a simple CVX was used as the designation for the aircraft carrier.

Although this class of aircraft carriers may not be called Midway, the main size is still similar to the historical one, with a flight deck length of nearly 300 meters and a width of about 40 meters. It is equipped with four lifts, two on the left and two on the left and right. Two of the larger ones were used to lift twin-engine fighters. The length of the hangar is around 210 meters, and the width is between 27 and 32 meters. The height of the hangar has reached more than 5.5 meters. And in terms of defense. This class of new aircraft carriers has also been greatly improved. First of all, the Americans positioned the thickness of the flight deck armor by 4 inches, which was basically on the same level as the British Fury and the German Moltke-class aircraft carriers. By this standard, the Americans believed that armor of this thickness could withstand an attack from 1000 pounds of armor-piercing shells and 2000 pounds of semi-armor-piercing shells. And in addition to the flight deck armor, at the junction of the lower main armor and the side armor, there was a layer of armor up to 3 inches thick. The total thickness is close. Such a defense is already comparable to a battleship! And as an aircraft carrier, the Americans pressed a thick inclined main armor belt on him for the first time this time in order to resist the attack of cruiser-level artillery! With such a huge hull and heavy armor, the tonnage of this new ship jumped up and down, and the final calculation result was a standard displacement of 45,000 tons, and a full load displacement of more than 50,000 tons!

Although the size and weight of this aircraft carrier are unprecedented, it does not mean that it is slow and bulky. This behemoth with a flight deck length of almost 300 meters and a width of 40 meters is equipped with a crew with an output of up to 200,000 horsepower! Its maximum speed will reach more than 32 knots! In the end, the rated aircraft carrier of this class of heavy aircraft carriers was 64 F6F fighters and 64 single-engine attack aircraft. As well as more than a dozen other aircraft, if the twin-engine aircraft is successfully developed, the aircraft carrier of this aircraft carrier will definitely undergo some changes. When the Americans' aircraft carrier program first appeared, this supercarrier, codenamed CVX, was almost the most powerful aircraft carrier of the same period. In fact, this class of supercarriers, which carries too much hope for the US Navy, is also the mainstay of the US Navy in the middle and late stages of World War II and the only existence that can compete with the German Caesar-class aircraft carriers and subsequent aircraft carriers. In the course of the 2nd World War naval battle full of blood and rain, it was difficult to go on!

At a time when the U.S. Navy was expanding greatly, the British were also working hard, but compared with the United States, which had deep pockets and relatively safe homeland, the situation of the British was obviously much worse than that of the United States, not only because from the point of view of position, it would be Britain's turn to fall when France fell, but also because Britain had too many places to defend. the mainland, the shipping routes connecting the colonies, and South Asia. Although the British firmly believed that there would be no empire without the Royal Navy, the pressure on the homeland was unprecedented, and the Luftwaffe inflicted heavy losses on the British Air Force in Iran. The British, still sensibly, focused on air defense and anti-landing on their homeland. The British estimated that the United States would be responsible for providing escort forces in World War II, so even in the matter of the number of aircraft carriers that the British Royal Navy could protect, the British could only start construction of 3 aircraft carriers, one of which was a ship of the same class as the Fury class. Again, this is the result of being stimulated by the Europa-class aircraft carriers of the Germans!

The French also felt the immediate danger. Even if they are unwilling to face the painful losses in history, even if they try to avoid war, the French also know that France's security depends on Britain and the United States, and if they choose neutrality this time, then the United States and Britain will never pay for the security of a country that does not help. The French are also trying to expand their navy, but the relatively weak national strength and huge land pressure make the French naval rearmament activities seem inadequate, and when Britain announced that it will continue to complete three aircraft carriers, the French also gritted their teeth and started construction of an armored aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons.

So, on the eve of World War II, the world's major powers were making tacit preparations, and huge figures could be seen in large shipyards around the world, and countless engineers and workers were busy around these behemoths. Everyone knows each other well and tacitly prepares for this war, which is designed to determine the global landscape for decades to come. The pace of war was approaching, and the shadows were beginning to loom over the entire European continent. The interval from the Iranian War to World War II was even shorter than the Italian Civil War to the Iranian War. The Iran War had just ended in '36, and after a seemingly calm but turbulent period of '37 and the first half of '38, the situation in Europe was gradually coming to the brink of war.

"We are ready, the war can start at any time." At a cabinet meeting, General Bock assured everyone present that the Army was ready. The massive German war machine has finally completed its final step in war readiness. In 39 years, the world will remember this year, which changed the world!

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