This aircraft carrier will be the first aircraft carrier in the true sense of the word in Africa and even in the world.

Not only does it have the standard equipment of an aircraft carrier such as a full-through deck, but the standard displacement has also reached an unprecedented 29,000 tons. The full load displacement reached an astonishing figure of 31,000 tons. In addition, the aircraft carrier has a very well-established ship island, which was standard during and after World War II, but not necessarily in this era.

The aircraft carrier itself is also equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, which ensures that it can have great air defense against the enemy at any time. Among them, there were as many as 18 120-mm anti-aircraft guns. In addition, there were 21 4-pack 40-mm anti-aircraft guns. 18 30-mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns 20 units. In addition, the aircraft carrier can carry 128 carrier-based aircraft of the Seagull-class class.

But even this made the aircraft carrier the most advanced aircraft carrier of the period.

If there is a fly in the ointment, it is that the aircraft carrier still uses a wooden aircraft carrier deck, and the Seagull-class carrier-based aircraft is not at the level of the late World War II. But it's enough.

The communication system of the entire aircraft carrier is rather disordered, and it is more troublesome to communicate with these aircraft, but it will not fly out and not be able to come back. The radar warning system is barely good.

Even so, this radar technology is already a black technology sequence. Performance is almost not a big deal. It's just a matter of improving it slowly in the future. Because in this era, no country has radar other than itself.

The resources possessed by any branch of the armed forces are limited, even after the current African government has resources from the African continent, but the amount of exploitation is limited, so the military expenditure of the African People's Liberation Army is still limited.

Under such circumstances, it seems inevitable that the limited military expenditure will be invested in some key projects.

I have to say that Li Puyu attaches great importance to the navy, because the army has a large number of people, and it has to be equipped with a large number of individual weapons, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and other necessary equipment, so the army has taken about 50% of the big cake of military spending, while our navy still takes 35% of the remaining 50% of military spending, as for the remaining 15% of the air force accounts for 10%, and the rocket force accounts for the last 5%.

This is not surprising, after all, the size of the Rocket Force is the smallest of the four services. Another important reason is that the role of the Rocket Army is almost nil at the moment. There's nothing for him to deter. Therefore, it is the least of all the services.

In addition to the Rocket Army, the Air Force remains, because the number of air forces at this time is less than that of the Army and Navy, and the performance configuration of air force aircraft in this period is far lower than that of later fighters, so the price is also very cheap.

Even if it is the most expensive strategic bomber at present, its cost is only a little more expensive than a tank in the army, but there is absolutely no way to compare it with the large warships of the navy.

This is somewhat different from later generations, after all, in later generations, those aviation aircraft can be said to be more expensive than the other. In particular, some cutting-edge fighters, such as the American F22, cost as much as 150 million US dollars and this is still the price before the production was discontinued, considering today's prices and other issues, the American F-22 is likely to have a higher cost. It is conceivable that the price of India's purchase of French Rafale fighter jets has reached $200 million.

During this period, the cost of a state-of-the-art main battle tank would never exceed $10 million, and some of the cheaper ones would even cost only a few million dollars, or even three or four million dollars. And the French Leclerc tank is as high as 12.6 million US dollars.

As everyone knows, there is a big gap between the combat effect of a fighter and a main battle tank on the battlefield.

As for naval equipment? If only one ship has a displacement that is not very large. At the same time, if it is not a particularly advanced frigate, it is about 100 million dollars. Warships of this period used aiming binoculars or seaplanes to provide data against enemy ships.

This is not surprising, generally speaking, a fighter jet's engine also has avionics and its fire control system. It usually accounts for the vast majority of the cost of a fighter jet, but things like the fuselage are not very expensive. However, the striking capability of aircraft in this period basically relied on airborne machine guns or machine guns to complete fire strikes.

In other words, the most expensive thing on equipment such as fighter jets is his aero engine. The degree of sophistication of its avionics system and engine is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary tanks or warships.

It can be said that a tank and an ordinary warship, especially the former, have relatively high requirements for their own fire control system, but compared with a fighter, it is a drop in the bucket. What the tank pursued was nothing more than firepower, protection, maneuverability, and the fire control system that was pursued after the advent of the main battle tank. The aiming of tanks in this period was all done manually.

As for the warships of this period, it is simpler. Even if it is the cost of an aircraft carrier, it is only a few hundred million dollars, right? It's just the equivalent of a few later American F-22s.

In any case, precisely because the military expenditure of each branch of the armed forces is limited, it is necessary to devote the limited military expenditure to the most important projects. For today's People's Liberation Army Navy, the most important projects are naturally aircraft carriers and other new auxiliary warships.

As for the battleships of the sea supremacy? Although all countries in the world are still optimistic about this type of ship, everyone in the African People's Liberation Army Navy knows that aircraft carriers are the real mainstream in the future! To hell with the battleships.

But Africa still built a new type of battleship, which was built by Li Puyu to confuse various European countries and help them use the technology tree of the Pakistani Navy. In fact, Li Puyu simply took out the Yamato battleship designed and built by Japan in later generations. Because he is the largest tonnage battleship in later generations, it is absolutely shocking to take it out. I believe that European countries can easily be led into the ditch by themselves after seeing it. This class of battleship Li Puyu was simply named the African-class battleship.

Thinking of this, there was a very sinister smile on the corner of Li Puyu's mouth, which showed that the bad water in Li Puyu's stomach began to make trouble again.

(End of chapter)