After all, the Iowa-class battleships are World War II-era battleships, and although they have been modernized in the later period, the degree of automation cannot be compared with the Ford-class aircraft carriers, and this kind of battleship cannot be operated by one person.

In order to reactivate the huge battleship, it would require the technology and machinery of the starting city to be raised to a certain extent before it could be able to carry out restorative maintenance, and the work would have to be carried out in North America, and Wang Yue would not be able to make it cross the vast Pacific Ocean alone.

So the USS Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is more practical than a battleship, and in fact, the kind of gunboats in North Korea, Vietnam, or the Philippines are more practical than battleships.

The reason why I didn't get those gunboats was mainly because of logistical problems such as shells, and the current production level of the starting point city could not produce too many kinds of shells, and the many anti-aircraft shells used by the navy now had a huge stock in the country in the previous life, and it was convenient to transfer them to the original plane.

Wang Yue brought the USS Ford over to covet this giant, and at the same time, he was also secretly disgusted with the Mi Guoyan.

The USS Ford can easily carry 8,000 soldiers and baggage after emptying its hangar, and nuclear power is a perpetual motion machine, which can project military power to any corner of the globe without refueling halfway. With it, Europe and the Americas are actually not far away.

However, the performance of the aircraft carrier is still being explored, and now the power system of the aircraft carrier has been activated, that is, the A1B reactor has started to generate electricity, and the propeller propulsion system has been shut down. Most of its own power supply switches were also turned off, mainly to prevent possible sabotage by extremists among the European captives.

Several stout cables extend from the aircraft carrier to Keelung, and the power supply line has been laid to the Keelung coal mine and Keelung city, and all the way to Taipei, providing sufficient power to the area.

The total power provided by the 11 aircraft carriers of the United States alone has reached about 2 million kilowatts, and the early electricity consumption of Shanghai, Suzhou, Shandong, Incheon, Lushun and other places has been guaranteed. The second aircraft carrier will arrive in Shanghai at the end of this year, and according to the plan, the above areas will complete the gradual realization of aircraft carrier power supply within half a year. Its progress does not depend on the speed at which Wang Yue provides the aircraft carrier, but on the laying of power supply lines.

Wei Xiaoliang and other officers basically understood the meaning of the aircraft carrier, because Wang Yue often used helicopter carriers to describe dock landing ships.

"Commander, is this aircraft carrier also a helicopter carrier? This kind of plane is beautiful and looks a bit like a glider. ”

"yes, this plane looks very exciting, it's much better than a glider."

Wei Xiaoliang and the other officers looked at the streamlined F-35C aircraft and asked curiously.

The F-35C, as a fifth-generation jet aircraft, is actually the same as the USS Ford, which is tantamount to coming from an alien planet in the era of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, the starting point city is not as good as other places, and the acceptance ability of the officers is already very strong.

But if you want to fly the F-35C fighter, Wang Yue estimates that it is impossible without a year or two of work. An airplane is no better than a ship, and if an accident occurs, the ship will be damaged at most, and the outcome of an aircraft accident will be the destruction of the plane and the death of people.

Wang Yue introduced: "Helicopters are called propeller aircraft, and this is a fixed-wing aircraft, and fixed-wing aircraft I temporarily divide it into gliders, propeller planes and jets. Among them, jets are the fastest, and they are six times faster than our active helicopter gunships, reaching 1,930 kilometers per hour. ”

In fact, there are three types of fixed-wing aircraft: monoplane propeller aircraft, biplane propeller aircraft and jet aircraft, and Wang Yue just popularized science in a way that they can understand.

The starting point city has been trying to produce propeller aircraft, the engine for the later generations of car engines, later generations of flight enthusiasts have a DIY tradition, in which any engine with T can be used in propeller aircraft, of which the 2.0T engine empty-weight ratio is the most suitable for light propeller aircraft.

"So fast? It's 2.5 times faster than sound! The officers exclaimed. After two years of study, they have become rich in some military knowledge, and the speed of light and sound are the basics.

Wang Yue said with a smile: "So there is still a long way to go to start this plane, otherwise it will kill people if it is driven blindly."

There are twelve F-35Cs parked on the tarmac, three X-47B unmanned combat reconnaissance aircraft, and the rest are stored in the hangar. None of these planes are equipped with missiles, and the Tiance Army has strict military regulations, Wang Yue is not worried that a curious baby will damage the plane, and the only dangerous goods on the plane are aviation fuel.

Although Wang Yue is also learning to fly fixed-wing aircraft, his comprehension ability is of course much stronger than that of the Ming people in this time and space, so the progress is faster, but now he can't drive the F-35C, so these planes can only be placed here for the time being, and it is inconvenient to move.

After visiting the aircraft carrier for a while, the officers probably understood that the main purpose of this warship was to serve as a platform for aircraft. Judging from the actual situation of the Tiance Army Navy now, such a huge aircraft platform is not necessary, in fact, any warship of the Tiance Army is invincible in this era.

This is the initial impression of the officers of the Tiance Army on the aircraft carrier, the current purpose of the aircraft carrier is to provide electricity on land, Wang Yue also made an introduction.

After getting off the flight deck and coming to the interior of the aircraft carrier, the officers realized that the internal space of the aircraft carrier was very huge.

"Commander, if this aircraft carrier transports troops, it can transport at least three brigades. If the uppermost platform is modified, there will be no problem in transporting six brigades. Feng Yuanshan looked at it for a long time and said.

Wang Yue laughed and said: "What Yuanshan said is a bit interesting, but the aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier after all, do you still call it an aircraft carrier after changing the flight platform?" ”

Feng Yuanshan scratched his head embarrassedly by what Wang Yue said, although he had served in the Tiance Army for more than two years, but those operational concepts of later generations could not be fully applied to this time and space, after all, any country and combat target in this era had not yet been used to the point of large-scale aircraft bombing.

Wang Yue said to Li Zixiong on the side: "Chief of Staff Li, your staff department has set up a special aircraft carrier research group to study the issue of rational use of aircraft carriers.

It is impossible for an aircraft carrier to be used as an aircraft carrier in this time and space, and how to make better use of the aircraft carrier is also a new topic.

Li Zixiong said: "Yes, commander, I propose that the leader of this group be served by staff officer Li Xuewen." ”

He could see that Wang Yue let his cousin enter the staff of the Tiance Army, which should have the meaning of cultivation, so he took advantage of the situation to propose. And Li Xuewen is also his girlfriend's cousin, and Li Xuewen can be promoted as soon as possible.

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