The Forrestal class is a new class of heavy aircraft carriers designed by the United States imperialism for jet fighters after World War II, and the most significant feature is that its hull structure design has matured, and the hull adopts a closed structure, and the later Nimitz class and the latest Ford class have followed its basic structure. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Later, there were still many changes in the details of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier designed by the United States, and the structural dimensions of the aircraft carrier and some unnecessary facilities were changed to increase the space utilization rate on the aircraft carrier.

This is also the reason why Chen Xu is already satisfied with only one Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, mainly because of its hull structure, which is a summary of the experience of building warships after the US imperialists absorbed the construction technology of battleships before World War II.

As long as China surveys the Saratoga's hull, finds out the structure of the hull, and figures out the composition of the steel used in them, it is quite easy to imitate.

Although the subsequent US imperialist aircraft carriers were more advanced and the cabin layout was more reasonable, they were all improved on the basis of the Forrestal class.

The aircraft carrier is a sea monster, and its powerful attack power also exposes its weakness, that is, it has a large amount of weapons, ammunition, and fuel stored in its belly. In particular, it can hold nearly two million gallons of fuel in its oil tank, which is used exclusively for carrier-based aircraft. If these vital parts are attacked, they can cause great damage to the hull.

It is the stupidest plan to install such a large oil tank in the innermost part of the ship to protect it, it seems to be very safe, but if it really explodes, it will blow up the entire aircraft carrier into the sky.

The designers of the US imperialist were clever enough to arrange the large tanks that stored aviation fuel on the outermost side of the lower deck of the aircraft carrier, separated from the engine power compartment inside by a solid iron wall. The outer armor is much thinner, which has the advantage that even if the oil tank is attacked and a hole is blown up, the fuel will only leak to the outside, and the shock wave of the detonation will be vented to the outside without affecting the inner compartment.

Many people will consider that if all the fuel leaks, won't all the carrier-based planes on the aircraft carrier lie on their stomachs, and if the enemy's missiles or fighters have already broken through the defenses of the escort fleet and directly attack the aircraft carrier itself, the upper deck will definitely be the focus of the attack, and it is inevitable that the aircraft carrier will lose its combat effectiveness. At this time, it is no longer to consider letting the aircraft take off and land for combat, but to preserve the integrity of the aircraft carrier itself as much as possible, and after driving back, it can be repaired as soon as possible and then put into the battlefield.

Out of consideration for national security, our aircraft carriers will certainly not be built in exactly accordance with the structure of US imperialist aircraft carriers. It is necessary to improve on the basis of the Forrest class, rearrange the structural design of the cabin and the watertight compartment, and change the armor protection of the hull accordingly to increase the sinking resistance of the aircraft carrier.

In 05, the US imperialists used various advanced weapons to carry out dozens of live-fire attacks on the decommissioned USS America aircraft carrier from the sea, air, and underwater, and it took 25 days to sink the 80,000-ton giant ship. A large amount of first-hand data close to actual combat was obtained, and the effect of attacking an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier with modern weapons was understood.

Before China began to build aircraft carriers, the US imperialists had already begun to play with the decommissioned aircraft carriers, and the gap in military science and technology was undoubtedly revealed at this moment, and the hegemony of the US imperialism was still very stable at that moment.

This is not the most important thing, the point is that the US imperialists have a clear understanding of the weaknesses of their own aircraft carriers. If China's aircraft carrier is copied, people only need to fire a ship-to-ship missile according to the weakest point of the aircraft carrier, and even if it can't be sunk, your aircraft carrier will be completely scrapped, and it will not be repaired.

This also reminded Chen Xu that in the future, when the Saratoga is decommissioned, it can be used for anti-destruction tests, saturation attacks on torpedoes, ship-to-ship missiles, bombers, and submarines, to find the weakest point of the US imperialist aircraft carrier, and to accumulate actual combat data for naval battles that may occur in the future.

When the supercomputer comes out, the hull data of the Sasa ship can also be input to carry out various simulated anti-damage experiments, providing strong data support for the country to build the next generation of aircraft carriers.

The hangar is the place where the aircraft carrier aircraft are parked, running through the entire hull, which is the most spacious and largest place of the aircraft carrier, and the aircraft inside can be transported to the flight deck through several lifts.

The number of carrier-based aircraft that an aircraft carrier can carry depends on the capacity of the hangar, after all, in the harsh conditions of the ocean, it is necessary to put away all the planes in stormy weather.

But this time, when the US imperialists sent the Satan ship over, they tried to save trouble, and the hangar and the entire deck were stuffed with planes, and even the places where the runway for ejection were placed. After all, so many planes have been transported from the United States one by one, and the money for fuel and personnel is a large expense. The deck area of the aircraft carrier is the size of three football fields, and it happened to be used by the Americans to bring over a large number of planes at one time.

When he arrived at the port just now, Chen Xu looked up and saw a row of planes on the deck that were completely wrapped in tarpaulins with their tails exposed, which were really stuffed.

The largest number of F14 Panda carrier-based aircraft in the hangar are nearly fifty or so, all of which have shrunk their wings and are stacked tightly on top of each other. In the distance, you can vaguely see several helicopters with their propellers removed, and the entire hangar space is fully utilized, and there is no waste at all.

"Is it a happy worry that there are so many planes in it? How is the Navy going to get these planes to the ground. It is not a way to keep it on this seaside, not only is it humid but also the sea water is corrosive, especially the planes on the deck are wind and rain, and it will not do much to cover it with a layer of tarpaulin. "The Americans save money, but they don't save on the protection of the planes, even the planes in the hangar are wrapped in tarps, and each plane is firmly fixed in place, avoiding collisions in the bumps of the waves.

"Now the Navy has no better way, the deck of the aircraft carrier is more than a dozen stories high from the port below, and we don't have such a tall crane. It is also unrealistic to go to a civilian port to unload the planes, and now we can only find a way to repair a gantry crane to get these planes down, and then haul them to the nearest military airport one by one by truck. Tang Yi stood beside him with his hands behind his back, looking at the full plane in front of him, he was indeed both happy and troubled.

"How did the Americans cram all these planes into aircraft carriers? Especially the ones on the deck, you just have to learn them. No matter how bad you are to drive the aircraft carrier into the dock, it will be upgraded anyway, and the large gantry crane in the dock can even pull up the bridge of thousands of tons, and the fighter of ten tons is very easy. Chen Xu gave a move, after all, it is not cheap to build a gantry crane, and it is too wasteful to dismantle it only this time.

"We have thought about this problem for a long time, but the problem is that Dalian is now building two 100,000-ton docks, and we will not be able to fill in the positions until at least next year, and the other docks are too small for aircraft carriers to drive into. At that time, I also asked the US sailors who drove the aircraft carrier over, and they said that these planes were all hoisted from the airfield and put on the deck of the aircraft carrier one by one by lifting helicopters. Tang Yi frowned, bent down and pulled the steel cable used to hold the plane next to him. Since the aircraft carrier arrived in port, the navy would inspect the planes on it every day, so much so that Tang Yi had formed a habit of inspecting everywhere when he arrived at the hangar.

After all, aircraft carriers float on water, and even in the harbor there will always be ups and downs, and if the plane is not fixed and collides, the loss will be great. If a plane of tens of millions of dollars collides, it cannot be repaired in China, and it has to be sent to the United States all the way.

In this era when equipment is more valuable than people, this kind of mistake is absolutely not allowed, so the soldiers can only be diligent and check it every day to avoid small problems from expanding into accidents.

"Since the Americans are using helicopter cranes, we also learn to do it, it is nothing more than spending a little fuel money, which is better than spending so much money to build a gantry crane! We may need time to train pilots who fly fighter jets, and helicopters should be ready-made! Chen Xu got under the belly of a Tomcat F14 fighter and put his head into it to see its air intake, but it was a little dark and not clear, and he could vaguely see the rotor blades inside.

"The Americans are using heavy lifting helicopters of the Sikorsky S-64 model, which seems to have been modified and upgraded specifically to lift aircraft. It's a pity that we didn't introduce this type of aircraft, so we couldn't complete such a lifting task. We don't dare to use other helicopters to lift us, after all, there are big and small planes on the aircraft carrier, and unless they are extremely safe, we dare not casually lift the plane into the air, and no one can afford to bear this responsibility if it falls. Tang Yi shook his head and sighed beside him, these planes have now become the heart disease of the navy, and no one wants to put the family's treasures outside in the sun and rain, and it is only by taking them back into the hangar as soon as possible to make people feel at ease.

Tang Yi said that the Sikorsky S-64 Chen Xu is very clear that the recognition of this kind of lifting transport helicopter is too obvious, because it has only one nose and no cargo hold behind it.

The benefits of this beam structure without cargo compartment helicopter are obvious, without the restraint of the cabin, any form of cargo can be lifted, tanks, airplanes can be lifted, and even the giant high-voltage wire tower can be lifted to the top of the mountain.

Because there is no cabin, this is equivalent to saving a lot of dead weight, which can lift more and heavier cargo, and it is more applicable than traditional helicopters.

"Didn't we import Mi-6 heavy helicopters from the Soviet Union in 70 years! It seems that in order to ease relations between the two countries after the conflict between Zhenbao Island and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union sold some equipment, including the Mi-6. This kind of aircraft has a large load, and if the modification is carried out to lose the unnecessary load, it should be possible to lift the 18-ton Tomcat fighter. Anyway, the airport is not far from here, and the helicopter will fly over in ten minutes, and all the planes of this aircraft carrier can be transported in two or three days," Chen Xu suddenly clapped his hands and said excitedly. (To be continued.) )