After talking about the bombers and seeing off Marshall and Arnold, Nyze brought up the matter of the battleship.

The point, for sure, is a large aircraft carrier.

According to Niz's meaning, it is necessary to speed up the construction speed and scale of the "Ethiopian" class, in addition to ensuring that the first ship can be delivered at the end of this year and put into service at the beginning of next year, it is also necessary to ensure that the number of ships to be delivered next year is expanded from three to five, and the construction speed of the fifth and sixth ships must be accelerated. The number of ships delivered in the following year was expanded from 5 to 9, that is, the construction of the Seven Good Ships was started ahead of schedule, and the construction of the subsequent ships was started, and from the seventh ship, the front of the hull was redesigned to be elongated so that it could carry the latest carrier-based aircraft.

In addition, it is necessary to start the construction of the next large aircraft carrier in advance.

This is the large aircraft carrier that was temporarily named "CVB".

Strictly speaking, this is the ideal large aircraft carrier of the Nuland Navy. Because the full load displacement is only 33,000 tons, and the extended version is only 36,000 tons, it is only 1 larger than the "Imperial Capital" class of the Liangxia Navy, and the "Ethiopia" class should be counted as a large fleet aircraft carrier, or an improved fleet aircraft carrier.

This kind of "super" aircraft carrier, known as the "President Lofoss" class, is designed with a standard displacement of up to 42,500 tons, which exceeds the full load displacement of the "provincial" class, and its full load displacement has reached an astonishing 60,000 tons, which is 50% higher than that of the "provincial" class.

In terms of size, especially the width of the hull, it is directly compared to the No. 3 lock of the Wangxi Canal.

As for combat capability, there is absolutely no doubt.

Under normal circumstances, the carrier capacity is more than 130 aircraft, and the overload can reach 150 aircraft, which is 40% to 55% higher than the "provincial" class.

It's just that the advantages of protection are more prominent.

Strictly speaking, the "President Lofus" class is the first large warship of the Newland Navy to be built strictly according to the structure of small compartments, and it is also the first aircraft carrier to use armored deck and hangar armor when designing, using a fully enclosed hangar and bow, and comprehensively strengthening the underwater anti-torpedo compartment.

That is, the huge investment in protection has led to the skyrocketing tonnage of this type of aircraft carrier.

As a direct result of this, the cost of the "President Lofus" class is frighteningly high, and preliminary statistics are more than twice that of the "Ethiopian" class, but in fact it will be even higher.

Herein lies the problem.

Compared with the high cost, the combat capability of the "President Lofus" class, especially the efficiency of operating carrier-based aviation, has not been increased by the same proportion, and at most it has increased by 50 percent compared with the "Ethiopian" class. This is tantamount to saying that the "President of Lofus" level is very bad value for money.

Do not forget that the combat capability of aviation of the "Ethiopian" class is about the same as that of the "Provincial" class, only the survivability is somewhat worse.

In any case, 3 "Ethiopia" class will definitely be more powerful than 1 "President Lofus" class.

Not to mention those guys on the Congressional War Committee, and the red-eyed army generals, even in the Navy, there are many generals who oppose the construction of such large and inappropriate "supercarriers", and feel that more "Ethiopia" class should be built to improve the overall combat power and enhance the tactical flexibility of the fleet.

Initially, Niz was also opposed to the construction of the "President Lofos" class, feeling that resources should be used to build the more balanced "Ethiopia" class.

Interestingly, this "President of Lofus" is the cousin of the current president, Theodore? President Lofus.

It's just that, in the eyes of the outside world, the shipyard and the navy named the supercarrier "Lofus" are actually changing tricks to curry favor with the current president.

Now, in turn, Niz supports the construction of supercarriers.

In his words, it has a lot to do with the Liang Xia Navy.

Actual combat has proved that the combat effectiveness of the "provincial" class is stronger than previously predicted, and it will definitely surpass the "Ethiopian" class, and it may even surpass the extended version of the "Ethiopian" class.

That is, the "Ethiopia" is lagging behind before it is built.

Secondly, the Liangxia Navy is also building aircraft carriers with a larger tonnage.

There is enough intelligence to show that the Liang Xia Navy has abandoned the third batch of the "Provincial" class, that is, its improved version, and has chosen to directly build a supercarrier with a standard displacement of more than 50,000 tons, and its combat effectiveness is far beyond the "Provincial" class, and perhaps above the "President Lofus" class.

With the speed at which the Liangxia Navy is building an aircraft carrier, this supercarrier can be completed and put into service in 103 years of the new calendar at the earliest, and 104 years of the new calendar at the latest.

In addition to the construction of the "President Lofus" class, it is impossible to fight the supercarriers of the Liangxia Navy.

As for the tactical flexibility that the admirals had been emphasizing, Nitz proposed another approach.

Take the first post-treaty heavy cruiser, the "Baltimore" class hull under construction, design and build a quasi-fleet aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 15,000 tons, a full load displacement of about 25,000 tons, and a speed of 30 knots to ensure the number of aircraft carriers.

Because of the adoption of new technologies and equipment, the actual combat effectiveness of this "quasi-fleet aircraft carrier" is still above the "York" class, far exceeding the current "Independence" class of small aircraft carriers. As for the slightly lower speed, the impact in actual combat is actually minimal.

The key is that it is cheap.

The first batch of 4 ships of the "Baltimore" class has been delivered, and the second batch of 10 ships has already started construction, and the scale effect has been very obvious.

As expected, the next type of heavy cruiser was also a minor modification of the "Baltimore" class.

Counting the aircraft carriers of the quasi-fleet, the total number of aircraft carriers built is likely to exceed 50.

When the number of builds increases, the construction price can be reduced.

This effect of scale is reflected in the "Cleveland"-class light cruisers and the "Independence"-class small aircraft carriers.

According to Nitz's analysis, the cost of the aircraft carrier of the quasi-fleet can be controlled at the level of the "Wasp", which is lower than that of the "York" class.

A cheap, and very powerful aircraft carrier!

The point is also that this is an affordable aircraft carrier.

In addition, the construction period of a quasi-fleet aircraft carrier is much shorter than that of large aircraft carriers and supercarriers.

With the current situation, it is also possible to make a fuss about the order of construction to ensure that the aircraft carriers of the quasi-fleet can be completed in time and incorporated into the combat sequence of the Navy.

The second batch of Baltimore-class funds will be used to start construction, and after receiving additional funds from Congress, the second batch of Baltimore-class heavy cruisers will be built.

The only problem that needs to be solved is to mobilize more shipyards.

As long as it is properly arranged, then the first batch of 8, or even 12, is expected to be delivered to the Navy in the second half of next year.

At that time, at least in terms of the number of main aircraft carriers, it will be able to be equal to the Liangxia Navy, so as to gain the ability to counterattack in key strategic directions.

Just 12 quasi-fleet aircraft carriers are enough to do a big job in the Guia Ocean.

For this reason, it is necessary to get this done as soon as possible and to start construction work immediately.

In Nyze's words, if it is delayed until the fourth quarter, even if it is followed by a quick whip, the service of the quasi-fleet aircraft carrier will have to be postponed for at least a year.

If you delay for a year, I'm afraid the Nuland Federation has been defeated.

With enough Quasi-Fleet carriers, it is possible to reduce the number of small carriers and fast escort carriers.

It's just how to adjust it, that's a matter for the future.

The top priority at the moment is to let the quasi-fleet aircraft carriers start construction first, and everything else is easy to say.

Nitsu was concerned not only with aircraft carriers, but also with other major warships.