Under the adsorption and fixation of the magnet, a large drawing of more than 1 meter long has been hung in front of everyone.

"Gentlemen, this proposal is the tender design of our William Shipyard, and I believe that it can fully meet the operational needs of the Navy." Standing in front of the drawing, Berner, with his sideburns white, told the senior officers in front of him about its main indicators, "Its waterline is 188.6 meters long, the maximum width of the water deck has shrunk from 23 meters to 20 meters, and the rated output of 80,000 horsepower, and the maximum loading capacity of 2,500 tons of heavy oil are enough for it to carry out high-speed sabotage battles in the depths of the ocean with the Königsberg-class cruisers and the A. capital ships that are about to be launched." It has an open hangar with a length of 125 meters and a width of 12 meters in the center of the upper hull, which can accommodate aircraft up to 3.8 meters in height, and is used by elevators at the front and rear ends to transport aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck. In order to give it a competitive advantage against small and medium-sized French warships, it was equipped with four twin 150mm guns on the central bridge that had been moved to the right, and had considerable protection from light cruiser strikes in the core compartment. ”

Listening to Bernard's introduction, Fang Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, he had expected that the other party would make a mistake in the technology tree before he came, and now it really met his guess. Not to mention the complicated and strange cabin division of this plan, as well as many other shortcomings, this key hangar used to accommodate the aircraft alone made Fang Yan unbearable. The ship's hangar area is only 1,500 square meters, and the height is also obviously lacking; If such a ship is really built, then not only will it not be able to accommodate the tall attack aircraft of the future, but even the fighter aircraft can only accommodate about 20 at most, and it can only be used as a defensive fighter carrier.

In fact, this is essentially a light cruiser with aviation capabilities, and Birner, who has just set foot in this field, has not jumped out of the stereotyped thinking of conducting traditional artillery battles.

Although Fang Yan was reluctant to give a damn about this form of design, he listened carefully to Berner's narration and recorded the relevant data in the booklet in order to most effectively point out the ideal flaws in the other party's design when he introduced the plan. In addition, Fang Yan must also show corresponding etiquette and give enough respect to Berner, who is in front of the stage at the moment. Several senior naval officers caught a glimpse of this scene, and their eyes slightly revealed a bit of agreement, putting aside other factors, this young officer already had enough heart and courtesy.

After about 40 minutes, Bernard finally finished his story. The senior officers on both sides of the table were full of curiosity and interest in this new warship, and their technical questions were endless, covering many areas such as the daily maintenance and training of the warship, and Berner answered them one by one. Fang Yan saw it in his eyes, and his rating of Berner increased a little, and from the perspective of carrying out the design of an aviation warship for the first time, the level that the other party considered could already be said to be quite comprehensive.

The question-and-answer session was almost as long-lasting as the initial introduction, and it took an hour and a half before Bernard finally returned to his place. He raised his head and drank the coffee in his cup, and looked at Fang Yan directly opposite him with a slightly provocative gaze, looking at that expression, it seemed that he had already won his success. The corners of Fang Yan's mouth hooked a meaningful arc, and he immediately stood up and strode to the front desk under the gaze of everyone.

"What is that, and why does the left side of the flight deck protrude out of the way?" When Fang Yan hung his general plan on the wall, the sharp-eyed officers immediately noticed the abnormality on the top view of the warship, and there was a buzz full of doubts in the originally quiet and silent venue. Sitting at the top, Raeder's eyes were full of light, and he glanced down; Everywhere the eye went, the sound died down, and all the people did not dare to move in the slightest. He slowly withdrew his gaze, and his expression returned to his normal peace and solemnity, but there was still a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"Honourable Sir, today I am presenting this tender on behalf of the Brom-Fox shipyards." Fang Yan smiled, and he didn't feel stage fright in the face of a group of people who were one or two ranks higher than him. He paused, and then elaborated on the design that carried a lot of work of his own heart.

The ship has a waterline length of 210 meters, a width of 22 meters, and a standard displacement of 13,000 tons, and thanks to the larger length of the ship to increase its natural speed, it can reach a top speed of 30 knots even with a power of only 68,000 horsepower. It is a double-storey enclosed hangar with a lift at the end connecting the hangar to the flight deck: the upper hangar covers an area of 2,016 square meters, and the lower hangar also has an area of 960 square meters. In terms of firepower, the ship is equipped with four twin 128 mm L42 guns of the same model as the Königsberg class and the A, as well as 16 37 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. The armor defense is shown in the figure, in which the horizontal defense is a single layer of 75 mm homogeneous armor, which closely protects the core cabin, the propeller shaft, and the tail servo; The vertical defense consisted of a 40 mm waterline armor fused to the hull, with an additional 40 mm of internal TDS armor overlapping it on the same trajectory. ”

Hearing this, the hearts of everyone present were already full of doubts, but with Raeder's warning just now, no one interrupted Fang Yan's words, but waited for him to finish his story. As Fang Yan introduced the division and role of each cabin in detail from deck to deck, the surprise of the senior officers became stronger and stronger; Although the other party is only a small lieutenant in the officer corps, this amazing ship engineering attainment is definitely not weaker than those cutting-edge talents who have graduated from professional colleges!

At the same time, the brilliance in their eyes gradually bloomed. The participants in the technical exchange meeting were all senior elites in the navy, and they soon found that the internal compartment division designed by Fang Yan was far more reasonable than that of Berner just now: boilers, turbine units, main generators, pumps, fans, aviation fuel, aviation ammunition, artillery shells, etc., were all carefully and meticulously distributed in various positions in the core cabin under the protection of armor, and the pedestrian passages and valve pipelines were arranged smoothly and almost perfectly. Although this is partly an advantage over lightweight gungear - not only does the ship not have complex ammunition lifting equipment that goes deep into the three or four decks, but the 128-mm shells are also fully loaded with ammunition, there is undoubtedly a clear gap in the level of the designers themselves. You know, this is a new form of warship, and the addition of aviation equipment will change the layout of warships to a great extent, but Brom-Forss still does an amazing job!

Dozens of minutes later, Fang Yan finally ended his story. Before he could take a sip of water, a middle-aged colonel couldn't wait to throw out the biggest question in people's minds: what was the asymmetrical extension on the left side of the flying armor for? Is it just to trim the overturning moment caused by the right movement of the bridge?

"Your Excellency, this is my personal research in the field of aircraft carriers: the beveled flight deck." In a calm and relaxed manner, Fang Yan had already plagiarized one of the three major aircraft carrier innovations of the British in the future.

"According to the English literature I read in the barracks library, it is very difficult and dangerous for a carrier-based aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. In addition to the roll and pitch of the aircraft carrier sailing on the sea, it is also difficult for the pilot living in the cockpit of the fighter plane to hook the landing gear to the blocking cable on the aircraft carrier in a specific position due to the view. If the plane fails to land and hook the arresting cable, the consequences will be quite serious: at least it will be violently recovered by the blocking net, causing damage to the aircraft, or at worst it will crash into the aircraft in front of the flight deck, causing an explosion of aviation fuel. In the eight years since the aircraft carrier was introduced, there have been hundreds of such landing accidents in the United States and Britain. ”

Fang Yan showed a confident look, pointed to the drawing with the thin rod in his hand and explained: "And as long as this kind of beveled deck is adopted, the serious consequences caused by the landing failure can be avoided. If the pilot does not hook the arresting line, then he can immediately accelerate and return to the go-around from the deck runway on the left side at an angle of 6 degrees to the centerline; In this way, it will not collide with the scrapped aircraft of the blocking cable, let alone the aircraft that has landed in front of the flight deck, causing the tragedy of the plane crash and death. Due to the small power of the included angle, the fighter from here does not need a large horizontal velocity component, which greatly improves the safety and feasibility of actual operation. ”

Fang Yan explained that the entire room was silent. He glanced away, and the eyes of the senior officers, including Raeder, were glowing, as if they had seen a flash of wisdom that made them feel empowered. Fang Yan was very cooperative and did not speak again immediately, but waited for them to fully digest this information, because next, he still had a lot of information to tell these people.

"Another reason is to balance the overturning moment. In order not to take up valuable flight deck space, all of the ship's superstructure was suspended on the right side of the sea, a weight that naturally had to be compensated for in reverse. Therefore, this kind of beveled deck has the effect of killing two birds with one stone. Feeling that the time had almost passed, Fang Yan said with a relaxed smile again. Although it will cost a certain amount of structural weight to do so, the benefits it brings are definitely worth the upfront investment that Fang Yan has made.