ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support to "Huaxia Sea Power"! "Finally gone!" Looking at Su Mo's departing figure, Xu Jie couldn't help wiping a cold sweat, it was too brain-consuming to discuss these issues with Su Mo in the past few days, on the one hand, it was really troublesome to discuss things, and on the other hand, it was more troublesome to convince himself that his brother-in-law was even more troublesome. After all, the things accumulated in his head are the lessons learned from decades of later generations, and this plane has not yet carried out an aircraft carrier attack operation, so Su Mo is very tired to understand, and even more tired to explain by himself. Just as he turned around and returned to the office, someone informed Minister Yang Yonglin that he had returned, "Yes, a little ghost has gone, and a Hades has come." Xu Jie frowned slightly, and muttered in his heart, it seems that he will continue to work today. I don't know what Yang Yonglin came to find him this time.

"Su Mo, that kid just left?" Yang Yonglin saw Su Mo's car when he first entered the door, most people don't know the relationship between Xu Jie and Su Mo, as a naval boss, and he is based in Beijing, he is very clear. "I guess you've been talking a lot these days. The result? How many cows were blown to death? Yang Yonglin said half-jokingly, everyone is an old brother, and there are not so many rules between each other. And the phrase "mouth cannon" was naturally brought by Xu Jie, a traverser, and then there was a more atmospheric and high-grade term, called oral ballistics!

"It's really not good to brag all day long, why don't we take a break today? Find a place to have a drink or two. Xu Jie nodded approvingly and said.

"That's not good, let's fight mouth cannon is work now, it used to be a real war, but now we can only fight mouth guns. And don't say it, it's really an important thing today. Yang Yonglin paused and said: "I always thought that at the current pace of construction, even if we have 12 fleet aircraft carriers when the war starts, it will still be insufficient. The Germans estimate that there will be between six and eight ships this year. They converted two high-speed merchant ships directly into aircraft carriers. At the same time, work began on new aircraft carriers. It's a lot of pressure for us. And taking into account the battle damage and rotation of the aircraft carrier fleet, in fact, we have a maximum of 6 ships on the battlefield, and in addition to naval battles. A large number of aircraft carriers are needed for both anti-submarine escort and ground attack, and our current construction progress will either be accelerated. Or think of something else. Yang Yonglin said.

"With the fall of Italy, the Germans can restore production at some key shipyards in a maximum of one year, and the lack of some parts manufacturers is not a problem, and German companies can make up for the lack of production of injection turbines, boilers and electronic equipment. In the future, if they exert their full force, the shipyards and slipways in Italy will simultaneously start construction of two 20,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers and one 30,000-ton armored aircraft carrier while ensuring the normal repair and maintenance of the Allied fleet. The Germans had recognized the shortage of armored aircraft carriers, and on the one hand used Italian production capacity to compensate for this shortcoming, and on the other hand began to build medium aircraft carriers. Yang Yonglin said.

"And that's just counting Italy's production capacity. The German-Austrian shipyards in the Balkans will soon be ready for production, there is still room for an increase in their production capacity, while the situation with our allies is not very optimistic, the United States and Great Britain have not yet completely recovered from the effects of the economic crisis, the French are not willing to fulfill their obligations in addition to the economic crisis, and in the coming years the construction of the fleet of the Entente is not optimistic. Yang Yonglin added.

"It is definitely not possible to build a 30,000-ton armored aircraft carrier, and our budget is relatively tight. It may be difficult to raise military spending in non-war times, and there are a lot of places to spend money, and the amount that can be increased is relatively limited. And the construction period of heavy armored aircraft carriers is a bit long. The peacetime is about 3 years. It is estimated that it will take about 18 months to reach wartime. We're going to have to think of something else. Xu Jie said. Historically, the construction period of Essex in wartime was about 14 months to 20 months, and now China's 30,000-ton aircraft carrier is larger and more complex than Essex, so the 18-month construction period is still very reasonable. …

"Eighteen months. It's been a year and a half. Yang Yonglin said with a sigh. How many slipways can we use then? Excluding the slipways used for the repair and maintenance of warships, as well as the slipways for the construction of other warships, we now have about 3 slipways that can build 30,000 tons of aircraft carriers, and counting the large slipways added by the Navy and civilian plans in recent years, it would be good to have 6 by the time the war starts. That is to say, the maximum number of 30,000-ton aircraft carriers we will start construction a year will not exceed six. According to the one-and-a-half-year construction cycle, the number of armored aircraft carriers that we replenish on average of 30,000 tons a year will not exceed four. This is still ideal. ”

"The number of slipways must be increased, six is certainly not enough. However, these things may be relatively far away, and it is difficult to say how many will be started at the same time. Xu Jie is still quite satisfied with this result, you must know that the number of Essex-type aircraft carriers that the United States started construction at the same time in 41 and 42 years in history is only 5 to 6. It was only in 43 that it increased to 9 ships, and if China could start construction of 6 30,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers at the same time in the first year of the outbreak of the Great War. This is already on the same level as the original US imperialism. But even so, Xu Jie is still keenly aware of a problem. That is, the number of Essex-type aircraft carriers in the United States in history is not enough! And in this plane, Huaxia's desire to rely solely on armored aircraft carriers to support sea-based aviation forces is also insufficient! After all, to fight a third-rate power like Japan, the United States has built a large number of Independence-class light aircraft carriers, and this time China has encountered an opponent who is several times more powerful than Japan!

"The decision to build a 30,000-ton armored aircraft carrier in peacetime is right, but in wartime, in addition to these armored aircraft carriers, we urgently need to build warships with a relatively short period and high attack power, even if they are just a crispy one, but considering the needs of the front line and the construction cycle, I think it is necessary to build some light protection aircraft carriers of more than 10,000 tons to undertake the release of AP fighters and supplement the lack of attack power." After all, the strategy of building armored aircraft carriers was set by Xu Jie, and now, Yang Yonglin's opinion obviously vetoed the other party's proposal to some extent. Xu Jie has always liked to take the elite route, but now it seems that the elite route may not be enough. After all, quantity itself is a huge advantage.

"It's me who owes it to me. I originally thought that China, the United States, and Britain and France could crush their opponents with peacetime accumulation. The fall of Italy gave the Germans complete control of the Mediterranean. The weakness of the French deprived us of a strong reinforcement. And the production capacity of the other party also exceeded our estimates. Xu Jie nodded and said, expressing his acceptance of Yang Yonglin's suggestion,

"So now the question arises, what is the standard for our mass production medium aircraft carriers? How to maximize combat effectiveness and defense while taking into account both economy and production cycle? Yang Yonglin continued.

"You can come here to me today, you will definitely have some ideas, you Navy Department bigwigs will definitely have some ideas, let's talk about it, I first brought ears today, then brains, and finally mouths, you can rest assured and boldly say it." Xu Jie said.

"It's not very mature, and in general, it's about choosing some hulls that are easier to build and transforming them into aircraft carriers. For example, large cruise ships. And the hulls of some battleships can also be modified, such as light cruisers and heavy cruisers. According to calculations, the number of aircraft carried by a 10,000-ton cruiser converted into an aircraft carrier can reach more than 30. And the 15,000-ton heavy cruiser converted into an aircraft carrier is completely comparable to our early aircraft carriers. The improved tonnage is about 17,000 tons, and even a double-storey hangar can be arranged. As for the flight deck? 210 meters long and 27 meters wide is still okay, although it is a little smaller, but it can also be regarded as having a certain attack power. It's more than the top. Yang Yonglin said. …

"Large cruise ships themselves are not easy to build, not to mention that cruise ships are civilian ships after all, and the protection and compartment division of civilian ships cannot be compared with warships, and it is also a huge workload to demolish the superstructure and change it into a hangar. Although it is possible to build it according to the standards of military warships by means of subsidies. The entire main deck can also be made straight-through, but it is not economically viable. In the past, we had to do this because of the provisions of the treaty, but now that the treaty no longer exists, there is no need for such trouble. In addition to the previously prepared aircraft carrier reserve ships, there is no need for early new reserve ships. Xu Jie first vetoed the idea of continuing to build aircraft carrier reserves in the name of large cruise ships. Because now there is no need to cover up.

"As for the other points you mentioned? I think there is a point in learning from them. As for converting an aircraft carrier with the hull of a cruiser? I think it's okay to forget about the light cruisers, these hulls are relatively narrow and long for the sake of high speed. Stability and center of gravity need to be considered when arranging the flight deck above. So the deck will be narrower and shorter. In addition, I always have a hunch that in future wars, there will be no shortage of night battles and ground support operations. We need to maintain the number of cruisers. Heavy cruisers can be changed to several. But don't change too much. Xu Jie said.

"In addition, there is the catapult, and the research and development of this thing needs to be intensified. With catapults, the release capacity of medium and light aircraft carriers will also increase considerably. It can be described as a combat power multiplier. But there are some parts that we don't produce well. I wondered if I could get in touch with the Americans and the British diplomatically," Mr. Yang added. Compared with the old British Emperor, Huaxia still has a big gap in terms of technical background.

"Go back and set up a liaison department, and leave all the external technical liaison related to the navy to you, don't look for me for such a trivial matter." Xu Jie decisively delegated power.

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