Many people know that Zhang Cheng is not only an upstart in the army, but also a celebrity in the eyes of Lord Shoufu. He also has a very prominent identity, that is, a large arms dealer. Zhang Cheng's General Motors Group owns many military factories, and the largest of them is naturally the Jiangnan Shipyard obtained from the Zhang family in Songjiang Prefecture.

As the world's largest shipyard, even in the current situation of the Great Depression, it is still outrageously expensive. Zhang Cheng gave most of his wealth to get the shipyard that could lay golden eggs.

What is the most profitable ship to build in this era? Not a tanker, not a freighter, not a fishing ship or a cruise ship, and a warship!

Building warships is definitely the largest single arms business in the world. The price of large warships is often hundreds of millions, how much profit is there? Zhang Cheng wanted to know for a long time. Now, here's your chance.

Since Shousuke-sama had the idea of investing in heavy industry and expanding military power to boost the economy, it was only natural that the navy would be greatly valued. After all, as a world empire, the biggest reliance of the Ming Dynasty on dominating the world is the huge navy.

The navy, which has always regarded itself as an aristocracy, will never be ambiguous when it has money. Military spending is meant to be spent, and if you save it, it will be less next year. The wealthy Ming Navy immediately issued a tender announcement for a new aircraft carrier. As the owner of the world's largest shipyard, Zhang Cheng naturally received an invitation from the Navy. He's a well-known top weapons designer

"How the hell did your kid's head grow?" Navy Command, inside Vice Admiral Yunmo's office. Yunmo, who was wearing a summer general's uniform, looked at Zhang Cheng sitting on the sofa opposite with a strange expression, frowned, and reached out to take the cigarette handed over by Zhang Cheng, "I heard that the army's firearms reload, and the several firearms that won the bid were all designed by you?" How can you design firearms? Can you still get unanimous praise from all experts? Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Yunmo leaned over to Zhang Cheng slightly, and whispered with a tangled face, "Did you stuff them with money?" ”

"Hey." Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "General, don't be joking." Those veteran experts who have worked in the military industry all their lives must not smash your office if they hear your words? ”

"Hehe~~~" Lieutenant General Yunmo raised his hand and scratched his hair a little embarrassed. With a haha, he diverted the topic: "I'm just curious, and now you're here to design aircraft carriers again?" What school did you graduate from? ”

After Zhang Cheng returned from South Africa, the navy also made a new personnel adjustment. Vice Admiral Yun Mo, the former commander of the First Air Fleet of the Ming Navy, was transferred to the head of the Equipment Department of the Navy Command, and concurrently served as the director of naval aviation. Rear Admiral Tong Haifeng, who served as commander of the escort and blockade fleet during the war with the Boers, was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and transferred to the command of the First Air Fleet.

Tong Haifeng is a few years younger than Vice Admiral Yunmo, and he is an out-and-out naval young man. Like most admirals, he also came from a naval family.

Tong Haifeng was the first when he graduated from the Naval University. He took the golden spike saber from the hand of the first emperor. All the way to the official fortune of the staff officer of the Pacific Fleet, all the way through the destroyer captain, cruiser first mate, local fleet combat staff officer, battleship first mate, captain. During the Boer War, he served as the commander of the escort blockade fleet and performed with distinction.

After learning the news that the Army Airlines swept the Boers, Tong Haifeng took the initiative to ask to serve in the First Air Fleet and turned into a supporter of the aircraft carrier faction. The Navy is the same as the Army. Conservative forces run rampant. Before it was tested in actual combat, there were still many high-ranking naval officials who adhered to the doctrine of big ships and huge guns. It's not that they don't see the trends of the future development of the Navy, to a large extent purely for the sake of the good . It's just a choice.

Tong Haifeng's connections in the navy are no worse than those of Vice Admiral Yunmo. His grandfather had been a naval commander, and his own uncle was now the director of naval training. His request was taken seriously by the Navy. After some research, the top brass of the Navy finally decided to let Vice Admiral Yunmo return to the Navy Command, and Tong Haifeng would take over as commander of the First Air Fleet.

Vice Admiral Liu Bin, who had previously performed disappointing in the Navy's new aircraft orders, left his post gloomily. If nothing else, he will spend the rest of his military career in the Navy's archives.

The main reason why Yunmo and Tong Haifeng were not allowed to stay in the First Air Fleet together was that there was no harmony between the two. Harmonic. The same naval family origin. The same navy young man, the same well-connected. Even both of them are personable gentlemanly figures. Graceful and suave, he is a famous beautiful man in the navy.

Same-sex repulsion, excellent same-sex is even more repulsive. Once in Huan. The two people who have clashed on the field do not like each other, and if they are forcibly placed in a fleet, many incidents will inevitably arise. The Navy Command had no choice but to compromise and transfer Vice Admiral Yunmo to the Navy Headquarters to make room for Tong Haifeng.

"What kind of aircraft carrier does the Navy want?" Zhang Cheng lit a cigarette. Leaning back on the couch, he asked softly.

"The displacement is larger, the power is stronger, and the defense is significantly increased." Lieutenant General Yunmo spit out a smoke ring: "The most important thing is to have a larger carrier capacity. "As the only aircraft carrier of the Navy at the moment. The Qinghai Lake has only 58 aircraft, which is too little.

The Navy is not without purpose. Feeling. Newspaper Department. The door has been given exact information. On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Navy has officially begun the construction of a new aircraft carrier, the Yorktown-class, and the first batch of four ships is planned to be built. At the same time, the British, who were far away in Europa, also started construction of two Tejas class fleet aircraft carriers. The Germans started construction of two Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers. The French started construction of 3 Bayarn-class aircraft carriers. And there is no other surprise than the Japanese. The Japanese, who were hit hard in the midst of the economic depression, have already started construction and plan to start construction of as many as 6 new aircraft carriers!

In this situation where the whole world began to build aircraft carriers on a large scale, the Ming Navy, which had only one aircraft carrier, could not sit still. The Ming Navy, which has clearly understood the power of the new carrier-based aircraft, also chose to start its own aircraft carrier in the face of a powerful threat.

In fact, the reason why countries have started construction of new aircraft carriers is also very simple. They were all pursuers behind the Ming Dynasty, and they were simply unable to confront the Ming Navy in terms of conventional forces, such as battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and other conventional warships. Then it can only find another way and take the road that the Ming Dynasty has not taken.

Submarines that have already proven themselves in the battle for Northern Italy, aircraft carriers that have been verified by live ammunition of new aircraft have become the choice of these countries. If the strength is insufficient, then it can only be a surprise victory.

"The Japanese started to rebuild so many aircraft carriers, and the Navy just looked at it?" Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes. Ask softly.

"Don't mention it." Lieutenant General Yun Mo waved his hand helplessly: "Since the outbreak of the Great Depression, the Japanese have begun to drift away from the Ming Dynasty. After the last time I asked for money was not satisfied, the pro-Ming forces in Japan completely collapsed. With the acquiescence of that young emperor, Japan is now gradually moving away from the Ming Dynasty. And in order to get out of the economic crisis, they are desperately expanding their armaments and pulling heavy industry, which is worrying. ”

"Where did they get the money?" Zhang Cheng looked at Lieutenant General Yun Mo with a puzzled face. The Japanese are small and weak. Maintain a large fleet while also having a decent army force. With their financial resources so supported by the large-scale construction of new warships? Zhang Cheng was really curious.

"The Japanese have always had a high military budget, and they used to barely maintain the balance. However, after the economic crisis, the Japanese began to turn to the United States. During this time, the Americans lent them a lot of money, and also provided cheap materials and technical support. A haze flashed on Lieutenant General Yun Mo's face, "Japan is too close, if they really centrifuge, it will definitely be a huge threat." ”

"Isn't there a way for Shousuke-sama to deal with it?" Zhang Cheng asked with a frown.

"Shousuke-sama seems to think that it can be resolved diplomatically." Lieutenant General Yun Mo responded, "After all, it is a vassal for so many years, and Lord Shoufu may think that the Japanese will not dare. ”

"Hey!" Zhang Cheng lowered his eyelids and snorted coldly. The powerful Ming didn't care about the small actions of the Japanese. Da Ming still knows a lot about Japan, which has been a little brother for so many years. They will submit to the strong. As long as the Ming Dynasty is still extremely strong, the Japanese will never dare to deviate from Germany.

Zhang Cheng has a different view from the vast majority of Ming people. Zhang Cheng, who came here from modern time and space, knew very well in his heart that the Japanese nation was indeed accustomed to surrendering to the strong. But they also have a strong appetite for speculation. Hope and the psychology of the gambler. No one is willing to be a bloodsucked brother for the rest of his life. No matter how strong the opponent is, as long as there is a chance, the crazy Japanese will have the courage to press all the chips and fight to the death!

It is worth mentioning here that in order to accumulate funds, the Japanese organized Japanese women on a large scale in the name of the state. People go abroad to make money. It's the wind. monthly business, and the scale is not small, and the money earned is also very much.

"I have a new aircraft carrier of my own design here, and I don't know if it can meet the requirements of the Navy." The affairs of the Japanese are put aside for the time being. Zhang Cheng came here today mainly to sell his aircraft carrier.

"Oh?" Lieutenant General Yun Mo smiled and snuffed out the cigarette butt, "I know you have something good, take it out and take a look." ”

Formal drawings will definitely not be available. That's all in tons. What Zhang Cheng copied from his mobile phone is only the core key, and most of the designs are completed by many engineers and designers. Zhang Cheng's main thing is to grasp the general direction and hang up the name of chief designer. An aircraft carrier is not a rifle!

Zhang Cheng smiled and took his briefcase, took out a document and handed it to Lieutenant General Yun Mo. This is the main design performance indicator of the new aircraft carrier.

Standard displacement 22,000 tons, full load displacement 27,000 tons. The ship is 248 meters long and 33 meters wide. Draught 7.8 meters. The open bow design has a flight deck of 242 meters long and 31 meters wide. It is expected to use 4 steam turbines and 8 high-pressure boilers, with an estimated output of 130,000 horsepower. The maximum speed is more than 32 knots. It has a cruising range of more than 10,000 nautical miles at a speed of 16 knots.

In terms of defensive armament, 12 twin 105-mm anti-aircraft guns, 6 twin 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 quadruple 40-mm anti-aircraft guns and 20 quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns were used. The air defense is strong. The flight deck is an armored flight deck, and the total number of aircraft can reach 92.

"Good!" Vice Admiral Yun Mo clapped his hands vigorously, "This is what the Navy wants!" (To be continued......)

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