After the new century, the European navies invariably chose the multi-purpose path of the next generation of aircraft carriers, which is fundamentally the result of the lack of naval funds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The U.S. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier formation has a strong combat capability, and everyone on earth knows that after the carrier-based fighter group is fully staffed, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will spend about $60 billion in its 30-year service life together with construction costs, with an average annual value of $2 billion.

Even if the air-conditioning fan invented by someone was still a big hit in the whole country in the past year, the total expenditure of the three armed forces of the Republic in 1990 only barely exceeded 30 billion yuan, and even if other important auxiliary ships in the aircraft carrier formation are not considered, the aircraft carrier alone can kill more than half of the military expenditure of the Republic.

Although the Republic has a cost advantage in some aspects, if the current Americans suddenly have a convulsion and lose a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to the Republic Navy, whether the Navy can afford it with the current annual budget alone will be between two sides, let alone introduce technology, build it itself, and purchase it on its own.

Although the current Yuanjia Liang Yuan has the ability to implement his will in the entire group, there are some things that Liang Yuan can't do, such as the group spends money to introduce shipbuilding technology from overseas, and supplies the Republic Navy at cost price after the ship is built, etc., which can be interpreted as cultivating the market is acceptable both inside and outside the group, but once it touches some bottom line, even if Liang Yuan suppresses Yuanjia's internal opposition, the central government will not make a principled mistake.

It is precisely because of various objective conditions that on the first aircraft carrier of the Republic, Liang Yuan did not have the idea of doing it in one step at all, and the US Navy was not a target that Liang Yuan could consider at this time.

Preserving the greatest fruit that someone has brought to the Republic of this era, the Twin Reefs and the islands and reefs in the waters north of them, is the biggest reason why Liang Yuan firmly believes that the first aircraft carrier of the Republic must have amphibious capabilities.

Of course, in the future, the combat effectiveness and use of amphibious combat aircraft carriers against the bloody cold blades on the heads of the Chinese in the Nanyang region will definitely surpass the traditional aircraft carriers of the same tonnage.

As for the decisive battle with the US Navy in outer space, it was not in Liang Yuan's plan for the 20th century at all, and it was something that would only be considered after the beginning of the new century.

"Can a 30,000-ton aircraft carrier fly F14?" Before Ning Lei could speak, Xiong Weixin asked in surprise.

"Uncle Wilson not only has to fly the F14, but the aircraft carrier itself will not be equipped with catapults, and will use the way of gliding and jumping to release the big cat. ”

"As for whether it can be done, Uncle Wilson will ask Uncle Ning if he will know, Uncle Ning flew over the glide take-off platform built by Grumman in imitation of the Soviet aircraft carrier at the test flight base on Long Island. ”

Ning Lei didn't speak first, but thought about it for a moment before he said slowly: "The sliding deck has not been studied in China, as far as Uncle Ning's feeling of flying at that time is concerned, if you want to fly the F14, the length of the aircraft carrier flight deck must be at least 200 meters." ”

"Uncle Ning, can you get some news out, I don't believe that Uncle Ning will honestly fly in accordance with the requirements of 700 meters of take-off taxiing marked in the F14 fighter flight manual. ”

"Typical air superiority patrol mission mounting, F14 is equipped with two AIM54 long-range air-to-air missiles, two AIM7 Sparrow medium-range air-to-air missiles, two AIM9 Sidewinder infrared combat missiles, two auxiliary fuel tanks, Mach 0.87 cruise, a maximum combat radius of 945 kilometers, five minutes of medium-intensity air combat can be performed over the maximum combat radius, and the fuel tank has 20 minutes of flight fuel remaining after returning to landing, and the shortest record for Uncle Ning's take-off distance is 270 meters. ”

Ning Lei was so simple that he directly gave Liang Yuan a hard data.

Looking at Liang Yuan's stunned appearance, Ning Lei thought about it and said with a smile: "Uncle Ning also flew at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour, and the handling of the F14 is really good. ”

I'm a big hit, 150 miles, F14 flying at this speed, it is estimated that a Wuling Hongguang can be crushed in the past, fighter jets can be compared with Ferrari and other performance sports cars are not unusual, and Wuling Hongguang Biao is called rare, Liang Yuan was really stunned by the data that Ning Lei flew out.

"If the sliding deck can shorten the take-off distance by 1/3, it is not impossible for Xiaoyuan to carry the F14 on a new ship, but when he thinks of flying the F14, the width and material requirements of the flight deck will be higher. ”

The maximum take-off weight of the F35 cargo is close to 32 tons, which is not lighter than the fully loaded F14, and the multi-purpose aircraft carrier in Europe in later generations did not listen to which one could not fly, and the worst thing is that there is a great Soviet in the pit, the maximum take-off weight of the Su-33 is the same level as the F14, and Liang Yuan is not worried about the material

"Uncle Ning, I have roughly thought about it, the length of the hull is between 230 and 260 meters, and the width of the hull is between 35 and 40 meters, excluding the reserved space of 8 to 10 meters wide on the ship island, even if the flight deck runway is not designed with an external float, the actual width of the runway is about 25 to 32 meters. ”

"The wingspan of the big cat is close to 20 meters, but the wingspan of the big cat that is not close to the side of the ship island can extend out of the flight deck by 3 to 5 meters, so even if the most conservative data is used, the 25-meter-wide deck runway is enough for the F14 to take off and land. ”

Although the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy is more than 70 meters wide at its widest point, in the actual operation of the aircraft carrier, the runway area used for aircraft take-off and landing is about 25 meters wide, and the other deck spaces are either maintenance areas or tarmacs, which have nothing to do with take-off and landing.

In the event of an accident in which an aircraft fails to land, the difference between a multipurpose aircraft carrier and a Nimitz-class aircraft is nothing more than the difference between hitting the island and hitting other fighters in the process of rearmament (recovery), and the consequences are the same.

Although the sortie efficiency of carrier-based aircraft of multi-purpose aircraft carriers is certainly not comparable with that of the Nimitz class, the number of only four aircraft can be smoothly dispatched no matter how much you toss it.

The hull data that Liang Yuan and Ning Lei said roughly refer to the later Italian Navy's aircraft carrier Cavour and the Spanish Navy's Juan Carlos I strategic projection ship, but in Liang Yuan's plan, the Republic's multipurpose aircraft carrier should eventually refer more to the Spanish Navy's Juan Carlos I strategic projection ship.

Of course, Liang Yuan completely abandoned the Spanish Navy's choice in terms of power system, and the 21-knots speed of the Juan Carlos I strategic projection ship was completely dragged down by the new electric capsule thruster.

"I can't compare with Uncle Ning's professionals, but time has to go, the detailed data of the search and rescue ship is not in a hurry to implement, if Uncle Ning is able to do so, he can build a sliding take-off platform at the airport to collect some data after returning to the capital. ”

"As for whether the platform is hidden from the navy, Uncle Ning will do it himself, anyway, I won't go to the navy to take the initiative to tell the whistle. ”

Liang Yuan said with a smile at the end.