The victory of the Datang Navy in the English Channel not only earned face for Datang, but also earned full benefits. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At the same time, the information that Datang dominates the world by force has once again been stabilized. Although Britain did not use all its naval strength in this war, and its Mediterranean fleet was still very complete, the Tang Dynasty also did not go all out to fight.

The victory of the English naval battle also gave rise to another round of naval application in Datang. Both the official and military of Datang are well aware of the way of public opinion, and the true or slightly exaggerated stories on the battlefield are disclosed through the media, and the images of some outstanding soldiers in the war also appear in front of everyone. The old and resolute commander Li Xianhua and the indomitable and witty Colonel Duan Qing also inspired the new generation of naval juveniles to grow up gradually. Of course, the number of people recruited by the Navy each year is limited, and many young people do not get the opportunity to enter the Navy. However, many of them chose a maritime school and became a seaman, because the seafarers of Datang are natural naval reserves and may be called into the combat sequence at any time.

At the beginning of July after the Battle of England, the Tang Navy ushered in a new happy event. The Pengzhou-class aircraft carrier, the first aircraft carrier since the establishment of the Datang Navy, was officially delivered to the Navy.

Datang is not another country that gradually explored aircraft carrier technology in the early 20th century, and Datang's naval engineers know very well how to design an aircraft carrier's hull, how to optimize the layout of cabins and hangars, how to apply power and transmission systems, how big and where to build the island. Although an aircraft carrier is also a new thing for Datang's shipbuilding engineers, and many things are also to be tried, they are clear about the overall shape and what should be there, and there are many things that can be referred to. There will never be a situation where the Americans were cramped when they built the Raider or the Wasp.

The Pengzhou-class aircraft carrier, with a displacement of 20,000 tons, has a large all-through beveled deck, which directly skips the stage of the rectangular deck. With a 235-metre-long runway, even jet fighters are no problem taking off and landing, not to mention the fact that the Naval Air Force is now using propeller aircraft. Powered by a steam turbine, it uses eight boilers with a power of more than 100,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This also became the first large warship of the Datang Navy to break through 30 knots in addition to small ships.

The development of Datang's power technology is still very smooth, from the early imitation of some steam engines, to the later manufacture and improvement of steam turbines, and then the design and construction of gas turbines, etc., although there are some problems encountered in the middle, but the development of the route is clear, coupled with the state investment is sufficient, so it took more than ten years to restore to the level of the mid-20th century. In the past, the navy often considered the issue of economic applicability when purchasing ships, and did not use ships with excessive power, but now the navy is bent on improving the quality of equipment, so it is ready to build a number of high-speed warships.

For aircraft carriers, the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft requires the speed of the aircraft carrier itself, and naturally the speed requirements are higher.

The Pengzhou-class aircraft carrier can carry up to 90 carrier-based aircraft, and at this time, McDonnell Douglas and the Navy personally invested in the research and development of Grumman (the copycat is so faceless that it has no skin) has developed the carrier-based dive bomber Q-2 Dreadnought and the carrier-based fighter J-1 Wildcat, respectively. McDonnell Douglas is also working on the Q-4 Ravager, a torpedo attack aircraft. Just by looking at the name, you can know where these types of aircraft came from, but the Tang people are used to seeing such things, and they don't bother to blame, of course, there is actually nothing to blame.

President Baeknam and his 14-year-old son Baek Eun attended the Navy's warship delivery ceremony, and in the face of such a large ship, not only children but also adults were particularly interested. Bai Nan once boarded the No. 16 ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy to visit before the crossing, and now he has a unique feeling when he boards the aircraft carrier built by Datang himself.

Unlike when the Liaoning was put into service, the flight deck was only covered with a red carpet, and at this time, the flight deck of the Pengzhou aircraft carrier not only had sailors standing on the slope in formation, but also placed three Q-2 dive bombers and three J-1 carrier-based fighters as the background.

Deng Xiyi, as the commander of the navy, stood beside Bai Nan, and laughed at himself in a slightly joking tone: "When I didn't cross back then, I thought that I was not too old, and I could become an aircraft carrier captain later, and now we also have an aircraft carrier, but we still can't be an aircraft carrier captain." ”

Bai Nan laughed and said: "Commander Deng, your navy will have many aircraft carriers in the future, although you can't be the captain of the aircraft carrier, but you can be the captain of the aircraft carrier captains." ”

The whole ceremony was not lengthy, and it was actually not much different from the ordinary warship entry ceremony, except that Bai Nan and Deng Xiyi gave simple speeches one after another, and they did not last more than five minutes. After that, Bai Nan wore a flight jacket and a flight helmet, and sat in the cockpit of the Wildcat fighter, and the accompanying reporters immediately took pictures. In fact, Bai Nan knew that he came to participate in such a ceremony mainly to be photographed. Including the photo of him holding his son's hand and standing in front of the aircraft carrier, the photo of awarding the military flag to the captain of the aircraft carrier, and this photo of the pilot COS, which will become the national memory of Datang in the future.

Bai Nan looked at the instruments full of cockpits, and also felt a little dazzled, he had attended flight school before, but he hadn't flown for twenty years, and it was no different from not being able to fly. Of course, there is no need for the president to fly around the sky for a show.

Bai Nan got down from the cockpit of the plane and said to Deng Xiyi: "The military is finally willing to purchase serious fighter jets, I heard that there are people in Europe and the United States who are copying aircraft, this is to prevent trouble." ”

Deng Xiyi pouted and said: "Actually, our navy purchases wild cats, mainly for reconnaissance aircraft. Even if the British, Americans, or something had military aircraft, our dive bombers would be able to shoot them down from the sky, and we wouldn't need fighter jets. ”

Bai Nan smiled and didn't say much, thinking that what Deng Xiyi said was actually right. However, the Navy's research and development of the Wildcat is definitely not just for reconnaissance, it has the same good protection as the F4F in the other plane, and uses better body materials and design optimization, which makes Datang's Wildcat appear less bulky, and also enhances its endurance. All this shows that the Navy is a wildcat developed for the purpose of building a complete type of fighter.

Bai Nan asked again: "How long is it estimated that our aircraft carrier will be able to form combat effectiveness?" ”

Deng Xiyi replied: "At present, our pilots have not been trained on the aircraft carrier at all, and even if we put a little heavier burden, I am afraid it will be at least a year and a half before we can see some results." However, with the Pengzhou, we can use it as a training platform to train a large number of aircraft carrier pilots. At the same time, we will also discuss the formation of our aircraft carrier fleet for use in actual operations. ”

July is a bumper month for the Datang Navy, not only the Pengzhou aircraft carrier officially joined the navy at the beginning of the month, but also the No. 2 ship of the Datang Australia-class battleship New Zealand at the end of the month. It has a full load displacement of 24,000 tons, four twin-mounted 305-mm main guns and 16 130-mm secondary guns. Initially, the Australian class was prepared to adopt a larger caliber 356 mm naval gun, but after the naval test, it was believed that although the power increase was obvious, the rate of fire sacrifice was excessive, and it was hoped that the relevant enterprises would design newer high-rate guns with high fire rate. So in this way, the 305 mm main gun also used in the Australian class.

The lack of capital ships, which had been noisy by the Navy for a long time, also received a noticeable improvement after the commissioning of two Australian-class ships. After being commissioned last year, the battleship Australia has formed combat effectiveness after sea trials and has become the flagship of the home fleet. After the New Zealand ship was accepted, it would go to the Asia-Pacific region and join the Western Pacific Fleet, replacing the battleship Goodway as the flagship. In order to deter European countries, the battleships Hawaii and Guwei will be transferred to the Atlantic Fleet and go around Europe every now and then.

Naturally, the Tang Navy's plan to build battleships was not stopped because of the possession of four battleships, although the confidence of the British had been seriously defeated through this English naval battle, but in the case of relatively loose finances, Bai Nan still decided to let the navy have a large enough scale, and it was intimidating enough to directly make the European powers unable to resist.

The Siam-class, the third type of battleship of the Datang Navy, has completed its design and is ready to lay the keel in the near future. After receiving the support of the president, the Datang Navy ordered as many as 6 ships in one go. The Siam-class has increased from the 24,000-ton displacement of the Australian-class to 36,000 tons, becoming a super-dreadnought battleship, and the main gun is planned to be directly upgraded to 380 mm. Moreover, the Navy intends to adopt a more advanced power system, so that the Siam class will also enter the "30-knot battleship club".

At the beginning, Bai Nan was also more opposed to the construction of battleships, which cost people and money, and had low cost and efficiency, such as this English naval battle, which showed the correctness of Datang's heavy cruiser as the capital ship. But apparently the huge and arrogant battleships seemed to be more representative of the image of a country, and the British seemed to think after the war that the reason why they did not defeat the Tang Navy was because the battleships were not strong enough and the armor was not thick enough, so the British planned to build larger battleships.

There is no reason for the Datang Navy to be pressed by the British, and the ratio of the number of battleships before the war of 6:3 makes the navy and even many citizens feel humiliated, even if there are strong voices in the parliament that Datang should build more battleships. This is also a way to fool the British into constantly investing and covering up the development of Datang aircraft carrier technology. (To be continued.) )