Chapter 1641: A Sustainable Aircraft Carrier
The escort aircraft carriers are a little missed, Yang Yuanzhao thought, whether to build a light aircraft carrier, the light aircraft carrier is also an integral part of the aircraft carrier sequence, he is not a military expert, just like he does not know that the escort aircraft carrier is an escort weapon, he does not know what the purpose of the light aircraft carrier is. www.biquge.info However, I consulted experts in the navy, especially the chief officer of the aircraft carrier battle group, and asked them if they needed a light aircraft carrier, and finally got a positive answer, no.
Light aircraft carriers, to put it bluntly, are supplemented by the premise that fleet aircraft carriers cannot produce effective scale, a fleet aircraft carrier has a maximum of 144 aircraft, and a light aircraft carrier has 45 aircraft, but the cost of light aircraft carriers is more than half of that of fleet aircraft carriers, and the most important thing is that a lot of personnel are needed.
The carrier-based aircraft of the light aircraft carrier is about half less than the aircraft carrier, but the personnel is only about two percent less than the aircraft carrier, of course, this is aside from the calculation of pilots and ground crews, China's best lack, not pilots, nor ground staff, since the emergence of aircraft, China has lasted for many years, in the whole country, large-scale flying clubs, almost under the national system, so that China's pilot team continues to expand, pilots have formed a complete set of promotion and development channels, Even in an emergency, it can be drawn from among the pilots of land-based aircraft, and with the strength of senior pilots, as long as the simulation is carried out for a period of time, it is almost possible to go on the ship.
China's most lacking is the navy, compared to the air force that has just opened, and Yang Yuanzhao's understanding of the training of the air force in later generations, with the help of huge manpower and money advantages, so that pilots bloom everywhere, but the navy can't do this, the world's navies have a long naval tradition, these can't be taught.
Airplanes can choose small planes to get started, the navy can not choose small ships to get started, in the previous hungry era, with small fishing boats to train sailors, but after this group of people entered the navy, it took two years, which changed some of their previous habits.
At present, China does not have two years, the cooperation between small ships and large ships, this is completely different, large ocean-going fishing ships and merchant ships, is the best choice for training the navy, China is about to enter the war, compared with the army and the air force, the navy is the most uneasy place for Yang Yuanzhao.
Just like Japan during World War II in later generations, relying on patchwork and madness, Japan rectified out a maritime power that shocked the world, once pressed the United States to fight, but under the premise of the strong industrialization of the United States, it slowly turned from backwardness to balance, and then occupied the absolute upper hand.
China is different from Japan, the United States during World War II is not the same as the United States in this era, but Chinese ships have not been in actual combat at all, and they have to fight to know, so on the one hand, China will definitely use its strengths and avoid weaknesses in the future, and it will definitely use the land-based air force in the future to offset the experience advantage of the United States with a large air force, on the other hand, steady and steady, which is also the key to the crazy construction of the Pacific islands, with this regional island, it is equivalent to saying that China's aircraft carrier will have a safety zone, Before all of them are removed, if China wants to take advantage, it will let the aircraft carrier be at the level and quickly come back once it is in a backward state, so that it can attack and retreat and defend.
Light aircraft carriers can not be like escort aircraft carriers, escort merchant ships, he is preparing for the decisive battle of the fleet, although there is a low difficulty in construction, fast speed advantages, but there is also a great waste, similar to the United Kingdom, there are a lot of naval personnel, limited productivity, want to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, can only make light aircraft carriers, for China, a large number of shipbuilding forces were converted into merchant ships, if you go all out, China can start construction at the same time at least 50 fleet aircraft carriers, for such productivity, Fleet aircraft carriers are the best choice.
Under the premise of the same number of aircraft, the number of personnel used by ships, the light aircraft carrier is almost 30% more, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the performance of the three light aircraft carriers is comparable to that of a fleet aircraft carrier, but the cost is much higher, and the light aircraft carrier is quite different from the fleet aircraft carrier in many aspects such as sinking resistance.
rashly proposed a light aircraft carrier, was essentially vetoed, Yang Yuanzhao not only did not have the slightest frustration, but was very happy, this is not the first time Yang Yuanzhao interfered in the history of failure, but it is the most serious of all the interference, this time fortunately did not cause serious consequences, but produced a considerable waste, for Yang Yuanzhao, he is familiar with the future development, but can not be too involved, especially in the field that he is not professional and does not understand, not to mention compared with the experienced admirals of later generations, Compared with the outstanding naval officers of this era, Yang Yuanzhao can't compare.
Similar to escort aircraft carriers, such as like this, someone has long proposed to build escort aircraft carriers, but unfortunately because of Yang Yuanzhao's order, no one passed, otherwise, China would have had escort aircraft carriers as early as 2 years ago, and even anti-submarine aircraft would have been put on the agenda, so that before the United States recovers its strength, all caravans in China have enough escort forces to escort them, and there is no need to rush to fire as now.
Even if China raises the segmented construction method to the peak, the escort aircraft carrier is relatively easy to produce, and the production time of this main project will not be less than 100 days, and then equip weapons, sun mounting, and even equip aircraft for integrated sea trials, it will take at least 3 to 4 months, that is to say, when the escort aircraft carrier forms combat effectiveness, at least in the middle and late next year, a little delay, 1917 will pass.
According to the intelligence of the German side, the construction speed of the United States is accelerating, and the large-scale ships are in service, just in 1917, maybe as early as April, which means that there are a few months of vacancy, and now, the United States did not choose to attack China's merchant shipping routes, because the United States was suddenly attacked by Europe and China, and it was a little unbearable, and it did not have the heart to think about this side. Of course, the attack on the Panama Canal was the finishing touch.
The four Fantasy class killed more than a dozen capital ships, which can only be regarded as icing on the cake, and the real decision on the strategy between China and the United States is the Panama Canal, which is equivalent to being abolished for a year, in this case, the east and west sides of the United States are equivalent to being separated, in order to combine the forces of the east and west coasts of the United States as soon as possible, the United States is more focused on restoring the Panama Canal, rather than attacking Chinese merchant ships, otherwise, even if there are more than a dozen submarines, into the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, China will pay a huge price.
Now that the strength of the U.S. fleet is about to be restored, it is very likely that the United States will attack China in advance, and at most until March 1917, before the fleet is restored, the United States will certainly try to do so.
Fortunately, the anti-submarine aircraft was determined before the escort aircraft carrier was determined, as long as this anti-submarine aircraft was well utilized, the opportunity for the Americans to take advantage of it almost non-existent, the anti-submarine aircraft was modified from the original aircraft, the technical content required in it was not high, at most a week, there will be at least 200 aircraft in place, these aircraft will temporarily stay in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Aleutian Islands, the North Pacific route, Southeast Asia, Australia and even the Indian Ocean, maybe there will be some loopholes, However, the threat is not great, and even if the United States will send submarines into these sea areas, the impact in the end of the morning will be quite small, and it will be easy for anti-submarine aircraft to find out and kill them.
The United States does not know this, and if the United States had known, it would have avoided these planes, and when the time comes, a few submarines will also make China's chickens fly and dogs jump, instead of now, where there are several layers of encirclement distributed at different levels, and the US submarines that are at a loss will definitely suffer a big loss if they collide with them.
The emergence of anti-submarine aircraft has made everyone realize the developability and sustainability of aircraft carriers, which is the difference between aircraft carriers and battleships, the standards of aircraft carriers, there may not be much change for a long time, after all, China's current production of aircraft carriers are high-speed aircraft carriers, and the speed is above 28 knots, and in the future, when the power progresses, the speed can even reach 30 knots, or even above 32 knots, such aircraft carriers, even in the 21st century, are enough.
The aircraft carrier is just a weapon platform, a weapon carrier, he is more to provide sufficient support for weapons, what really determines the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier, is the carrier-based aircraft, as long as the level of the carrier-based aircraft increases, the combat capability of the aircraft carrier, under the condition of maintaining high speed, can be improved, unlike the battleship, in the case of the change of artillery, the original can not be used.
11-inch battery, it is impossible to install a 12-inch battery in the future, but the 11-inch triplet, but it can be modified with 12-inch or even 13-inch double, which is also reserved for the usual method, but such a modification can be carried out several times, once it cannot be refitted, the original battleship can not be said to become scrap iron, but it cannot follow the pace of the times, and become backward, just like the Battle of Jutland in World War I in history, Germany brought the old former dreadnoughts in order to increase the number of artillery, these are completely useless, It's just an ornament, and it even slows down the speed of the main fleet, and the initial British Dreadnought class doesn't have much effect, it's just an additive.
But aircraft carriers are different, even if they are aircraft carriers during World War II, as long as they can be driven, park a few new planes, and take off, who dares to underestimate them. (To be continued.) )