In the Crescent Island Naval Base of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, Prince Zhou Jun looked at the six giant aircraft carriers docked in the harbor and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The size of these 6 giant aircraft carriers is inevitably too big, you must know that Prince Zhou Jun has been on a Jumbo-class aircraft carrier.

However, compared with the 6 giant aircraft carriers in the port, the Jumbo-class aircraft carrier even gave Prince Zhou Jun a sense of being a little bit of a monster, and these 6 giant aircraft carriers can be called real giants.

Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, who was standing beside Prince Zhou Jun, pointed to the six giant aircraft carriers and introduced to Prince Zhou Jun: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is the 6 island-class aircraft carriers secretly built by our Han and Tang Empires at the Crescent Island Naval Base.

The island-class aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of more than 320,000 tons, a maximum speed of 27 knots, and a crew of 6,460 people.

Although the speed of the island-class aircraft carriers is a little slower, the island-class aircraft carriers are super defensive, even stronger than the battleships, with waterline armor belts 450 mm to 550 mm thick, flight deck armor 300 mm thick, and hangar deck armor 200 mm thick.

It is equipped with 22 twin 100-mm high-altitude guns, 68 twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, 88 30-mm single-barreled anti-aircraft guns, and 108 13-mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

The island-class aircraft carrier can carry 136 Thunderbird carrier-based fighters, 136 Firehawk carrier-based dive bombers and 136 Snow Sculpture carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft.

These three carrier-based aircraft were independently developed and produced by our Han and Tang Empires, and at present, several other classes of aircraft carriers of our Royal Navy are also equipped with these three carrier-based aircraft. ”

Prince Zhou Jun asked curiously: "Song Shuai, how much does an island-class aircraft carrier cost?"

Did our Han and Tang Empire build these 6 island-class aircraft carriers? ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the cost of each island-class aircraft carrier, including carrier-based aircraft, is about 480 million silver coins, and at present, our Han and Tang Empires have only secretly built these 6 island-class aircraft carriers."

Then Song Limin pointed to the row of giant floating docks in the distance, "Now our Han and Tang Empire can build docks with a displacement of more than 300,000 tons, and there are only 6 floating docks. ”

Six 300,000-ton floating docks were opened by Zhou Rui from the lottery system.

It is with these six 300,000-ton floating docks that Zhou Rui will build a supercarrier that is larger than the Jumbo-class aircraft carrier.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the Han and Tang Empires can obtain tens of billions of silver coins worth of gold from the Continent of the Gods every year.

Without enough money, Zhou Rui didn't dare to make trouble.

Even now, many generals of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, including some commanders of the main fleet, still think that it is not cost-effective to build Jumbo-class aircraft carriers.

As for the construction of island-class aircraft carriers, these admirals have always expressed opposition.

After all, aircraft carriers use carrier-based aircraft as a means of attack, and the number of carrier-based aircraft also indicates the strength of the aircraft carrier's combat effectiveness.

The cost of building a Jumbo-class aircraft carrier, together with 146 jet carrier-based aircraft, is enough to build three aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 59,500 tons, and complete carrier-based aircraft.

The aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 59,500 tons was designed by the Ganyang Shipyard, because Zhou Rui later advocated the construction of the Jumbo-class aircraft carrier, so the aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 59,500 tons was not built by the six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empires.

And this aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 59,500 tons, referring to the American Midway-class aircraft carrier, can carry at least 70 jet carrier-based aircraft.

In this way, 3 ships can carry 210 jet carrier-based aircraft, which is dozens more than the jet carrier-based aircraft carried by a Jumbo-class aircraft carrier.

The cost of an island-class aircraft carrier, coupled with the 408 jet carrier-based aircraft, can even build four Jumbo-class aircraft carriers, complete with carrier-based aircraft.

You must know that the 4 Jumbo-class aircraft carriers can carry a total of 584 jet carrier-based aircraft, and completely destroy an island-class aircraft carrier.

When Prince Zhou Jun heard that the cost of each island-class aircraft carrier was as high as 480 million silver coins, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva again, it was too expensive!

"Song Shuai, will you continue to build island-class aircraft carriers next?"

Song Limin nodded, "Your Majesty has allocated funds to build another 6 island-class aircraft carriers by using the 6 giant floating docks at the Crescent Island Naval Base.

Although the cost of island-class aircraft carriers is high, each island-class aircraft carrier is like a large mobile field airfield, and its strong carrying capacity makes the air strike force formed by each island-class aircraft carrier comparable to an aircraft carrier formation.

If the Empire's finances allow, Chancellor hopes that our Royal Navy will have more island-class aircraft carriers in the future. ”

Prince Zhou Jun didn't dare to promise Song Limin anything in this regard, so he changed the topic, "Song Shuai, how many warships does our Royal Navy have in total now?" ”

Song Limin didn't hope to get any promises from the crown prince Zhou Jun, but the crown prince Zhou Jun was the heir to the throne of the Han and Tang Empires, and Song Limin still had to say what he had to say.

Hearing Prince Zhou Jun ask how many warships the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires had, Song Limin immediately said: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, at present, our Royal Navy's 12 main fleets and 36 garrison fleets have a total of 446 aircraft carriers, including 6 Island-class and 80 Jumbo-class ......."

With Song Limin's introduction, Prince Zhou Jun's expression became more and more excited, before that, Prince Zhou Jun only knew that the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires was very powerful, and as for how powerful it was, he didn't have a concept.

At present, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires has a total of 446 aircraft carriers, including 6 Island-class, 80 Jumbo-class, 160 U.S. Midway-class, 100 Bird's Nest-class, 60 U.S. Essex-class, and 40 Dongying Guoxianghe-class.

The Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires had a total of 1,700 battleships in service.

It includes 60 U.S. Nevada-class battleships, 60 U.S. New Mexico-class battleships, 60 U.S. Tennessee-class battleships, and 60 Italian Veneto-class battleships.

100 British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, 100 British Revenge-class battleships, 100 German Bavarian-class battleships, 100 British Nelson-class battleships.

80 U.S. Colorado-class battleships, 80 U.S. North Carolina-class battleships, 80 U.S. South Dakota-class battleships, and 80 Toei Nagato-class battleships.

80 American Iowa-class battleships, 80 French Richelieu-class battleships, 80 German Bismarck-class battleships.

60 Yamato-class battleships, 60 American Montana-class battleships, and 60 German Hindenburg-class battleships.

180 "Zhen" class battleships, 80 Ganyang-class super battleships, 60 German H43 super battleships.

In addition, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires still has nearly 500 mothballed battleships, and in Zhou Rui's lottery system, there are also more than 200 battleships accumulated in the past few years, which have not been extracted by Zhou Rui.

It is really that there are too many battleships in the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, and there is no need for Zhou Rui to extract all the battleships from the lottery system, not to mention that even many battleships with very good performance have been temporarily sealed.

Like the German H43 super battleship, there are still 24 in the lottery system, but Zhou Rui only extracted 60 German H43 battleships, and did not extract the new German H43 super battleship to the real world.

The German H43 super battleship is a battleship that Germany planned in 1943 during World War II but did not build, with a full load displacement of 132,000 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots.

It is equipped with 4 triple 48x caliber 530 mm main guns, 8 twin 60x caliber 150 mm secondary guns, 8 twin 105 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 10 triple 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 triple 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, and is equipped with anti-air search radar and sea search radar.

The broadside armor belt was up to 530 mm thick, the main deck armor was 203 mm, the main turret armor was 625 mm, and the crew was 2500 people.

The German H43 super battleship can be said to be comparable to the existence of the Ganyang-class super battleship.

The battle cruisers in active service in the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires totaled 600 units.

It includes 120 British Prestige-class battlecruisers, 120 British Hood-class battlecruisers, 100 American Alaska-class battlecruisers, 180 Cangzi-class battlecruisers, and 80 German Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers.

There are also more than 300 mothballed battle cruisers, and more than 100 battle cruisers that have not been extracted from the lottery system.

The German Scharnhorst-class battle cruiser is a battle cruiser built by Germany before World War II, with a full load displacement of 37,303 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots.

It is equipped with 3 triple 280-mm main guns, 12 150-mm secondary guns, 7 twin 105-mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 twin 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, and is equipped with anti-aircraft search radar and sea search radar.

The broadside armor belt was up to 360 mm thick, the main deck armor was up to 110 mm, the main turret armor was 390 mm, and the full crew was 1629 people.

In addition to the above-mentioned 446 aircraft carriers, 1,700 battleships and 600 battle cruisers, in the next 3 months, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires will have 120 Jumbo-class aircraft carriers and 120 Ganyang-class super battleships, which will enter the sequence of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

If necessary, the more than 200 battleships and more than 100 battlecruisers in the lottery system, as well as nearly 500 battleships and more than 300 battlecruisers mothballed, can all be handed over to the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

In addition to the capital ships, the Royal Navy's 12 main fleets and 36 garrison fleets also have more than 1,500 heavy cruisers, more than 1,800 large armored cruisers, more than 4,300 light cruisers, more than 5,800 destroyers, more than 1,300 submarines, more than 2,000 offshore gunboats, more than 3,000 torpedo boats, and tens of thousands of other auxiliary vessels.

After Song Limin finished introducing the family background of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, Song Limin pointed to a large container ship in the port and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is an Oriental-class container ship designed and built by the six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empires, with a full load displacement of more than 100,000 tons and a maximum speed of 30 knots.

At the beginning of the design of the Vostok-class container ship, the problem of transforming into an escort aircraft carrier was taken into account.

If the Han and Tang Empires declare war on the military alliance of nine countries, the 232 Dongfang-class container ships currently belonging to Royal Shipping can soon be transformed into escort aircraft carriers.

Each Vostok-class container ship should be able to carry more than 80 jet carrier-based aircraft, and 232 Vostok-class container ships are equivalent to one more hole card for our Royal Navy.

Of course, the escort aircraft carrier converted from the Dongfang-class container ship has a relatively poor anti-damage ability, and if it is not necessary, the minister does not want to let the Dongfang-class container ship go to the battlefield. ”

Prince Zhou Jun agreed with Song Limin's point of view, "What Song Shuai said is extremely true, the sinking of an Oriental-class container ship is equivalent to the loss of dozens of jet carrier-based aircraft and a large number of naval officers and soldiers, such losses are too great."

Moreover, the Vostok-class container ships are almost unprotected and can be easily sunk in naval battles, unless the Royal Navy completely controls sea and air supremacy. ”

Just as the crown prince Zhou Jun and Song Limin were talking, Xiang Tao, chief of the general staff of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires, walked over with a telegram.

This time, the crown prince Zhou Jun came to the Crescent Island Naval Base, and he was accompanied by Xiang Tao.

Xiang Tao said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Song Shuai, Your Majesty has just released the expansion plan of the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force, and it seems that war is inevitable. ”

Due to the later annexation of the Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire by the Han and Tang Empires, Zhou Rui restored some of the units that had been dismantled by the Royal Army.

Before the massacres of human civilians in the territory of Silver Wolf and Flying Leopard, the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires had a total of 200 group armies and 1,200 garrison brigades, with a total strength of about 52 million.

The Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires had a total of 130 air divisions, each air force division had 4 air regiments, and each air regiment had 4 flight groups, each flight group was composed of 4 flight squadrons, each flight squadron had 16 combat aircraft, and each air force division had 1024 fighters.

The fighters of the 130 air divisions, with the exception of some American B-25 medium-range bombers and American B17 long-range bombers, have all been replaced with jet fighters.

After reading the telegram brought by Xiang Tao, the faces of the two of them became a little solemn.

According to Zhou Rui's order, the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires will restore the number of 100 group armies, increasing the number of group armies of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires to 300.

In addition, the current 1,200 garrison brigades of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires have all been expanded into garrison divisions, and the establishment of garrison divisions refers to the infantry divisions of the group army.

In this way, the total strength of the imperial army of the Han and Tang Empires will increase to 100.8 million.

Zhou Rui also plans to set up another 70 new air force divisions, so that the number of fighters in the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires will be expanded to more than 200,000.

The expansion of the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires seemed to indicate that the pace of war was approaching.