"What the hell is this *** monster!!"

Looking at the huge warship slowly sailing into the sea, Watson said with a look of disbelief

By his side, Ichiro Hirata, who was supposed to be with Watson, was also shocked.

As a demonstration of its own strength, and most importantly, to deter neighboring countries, the launching ceremony of the Lingbo class was not completely secret, and even the military attaches of various countries in China were invited during the launching ceremony.

Among them are Japan and the United States, two countries that are now dead and alive.

In fact, the relationship between the two countries was indeed the same, at least after arriving in Lushun, Watson representing the United States and Ichiro Hirata, representing Japan, had already clashed several times, and in the end the reception staff of the Communist government had to separate the two groups with Britain, France, Spain, and other countries.

To tell the truth, the United States and Japan are now more hostile to each other than Germany and Britain.

However, these two groups of people must be invited, after all, for a long time to come, these two countries will occupy a very important position in China's strategic decision-making...

But now, these two countries, who were supposed to meet and fight to the death, seemed to have abandoned their grudges when they saw the shocking hull in front of them...

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this latest aircraft carrier built by our country?"

Looking at the expressions of Watson and Hirata Ichiro and others, Sa Zhenbing on the side said with a smile.

In an era when there are many aircraft carriers less than 200 meters in length, the Limbo aircraft carrier, with its length of 331 meters and width of 86 meters, is definitely a shocking existence.

There's the Limbo class in front of you. Although the Kunlun class on the side was also in the field of vision of Watson and the others, they could only cry silently in the corner at this time.

If it is not Kunlun level, it will not be taken seriously, after all, there are still many smart people in this world, and these people know very well that no matter how big the Ling Bo level is. His size and cost determine that he cannot form a large number, and only a medium-sized aircraft carrier like the Kunlun class, which has reached a certain height in terms of cost performance, is possible.

In fact, a large aircraft carrier like the Limbo class, even the national government that is making war money, cannot support too many of them, after all, the Limbo class is already larger than the Eagle in later generations, and if you want to make a difference, it is only that the Limbo class is not equipped with a steam catapult. That's all...

However, the current Limbo class does not need a steam catapult, after all, the carrier-based aircraft of this era are still piston engines, and they can take off on the deck without a catapult at all, and even some early jet aircraft later. Let alone...

Unlike hydraulic catapults, steam catapults are so powerful that they may tear the piston engine to shreds...

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Although it is clear to anyone with a discerning eye that a cost-effective aircraft carrier like the Kunlun class is the main ship of the future National Defense Navy, when the more massive Lingbo class is in front of them. Everyone's eyes were still involuntarily focused on it.

"Mr. Minister, can you tell us about the performance of this aircraft carrier?"

After calming down his shocked mood a little, Watson asked Sa Zhenbing on the side.

Hearing Watson's question, diplomats from several other countries in China also pricked up their ears. He was not in the least prepared to miss this opportunity to pick up information―――――― no matter which country's diplomats had another task to listen to what they found useful. And now the performance of the Limbo class is undoubtedly the most useful intelligence.

In fact, with the exception of Ichiro Hirata, diplomats from almost all countries were surprised. They simply couldn't imagine that the Chinese could hide such a large aircraft carrier for so long.

Of course, this is not that the intelligence agencies of the United States, Britain and other countries are all wine bags and rice bags, after all, the movement in Port Arthur is too big, especially the shipyard generation has been carrying out all-round closed management for more than two consecutive years, and even the Americans and the British will be aware of such movements.

It's just that there was a Kunlun class as a cover at that time, and the British and American intelligence agencies thought that the Kunlun class was built in Port Arthur, and their eyes were also focused on the Kunlun class, so they naturally ignored the existence of the Limbo class―――――― which is actually not to blame them, after all, the Kunlun class with a full load of more than 4 tons of displacement is already the largest aircraft carrier in this era, and it is even larger than the Japanese Yamato-class modified Shinano, of course, this refers not to the displacement but to the length and width of the deck or something...

(By the way, the Shinano has a deck length of 266 meters and a width of meters, while the Kunlun-class has a deck length of 275 meters and a width of 45 meters, which is normal, after all, Shinano was converted from a battleship, and the Kunlun was designed for aircraft carriers ...) ）

With the Kunlun class, the world's largest aircraft carrier, how could the British and Americans have thought that the Chinese would have built such a monster as the Lingbo class?

"Is this..."

Hearing Watson's question, Sa Zhenbing smiled lightly after noticing the gazes of the people around him.

"I'm sorry, this is still a secret at the moment, the only thing I can tell you at the moment is that this aircraft carrier is named the Limbo class within the Navy, and it has a standard displacement of 62,000 tons and a full load displacement of 83,000 tons..."

"83,000 tons..."

Watson's eyes widened.

"More than twice as many as the West Virginia!"

The West Virginia, that is, the third ship of the Colorado-class battleships, has a standard displacement of 32,600 tons, and a full load displacement of only 38,400 tons, and it is also refitted, so it is correct that the displacement of the Limbo class is twice that of the West Virginia, and by the way, the West Virginia has been completely blown in two by the Japanese in Pearl Harbor, and even if it is salvaged in the end, it cannot be repaired...

In addition, the length of the West Virginia is 190 meters, and the width is only meters...

While Watson was still there expressing his shock with wide eyes, Ichiro Hirata, who was on the side, clenched his fists. Try to restrain yourself from screaming.

"Limbo level, sure enough, it's Limbo class, it's not wrong!"

Unlike Watson, who didn't know anything, before he was invited to leave, Hirata Ichiro had already learned that the national government was in addition to the Kunlun class. Intelligence on a large Limbo-class aircraft carrier is still being built. In fact, as the Japanese military attache in China, another important task of Ichiro Hirata was to obtain relevant information about the Lingbo-class.

And when he looked at the Limbo class, while he was deeply shocked, he also reflected it at the first time, this is the Limbo class that the military department has always wanted to know...

"No wonder the Chinese behave so excessively, when the people of the Black Dragon Society use airplanes to take aerial photographs, they will actually send planes to shoot down the aerial photographing planes..."

In the early years, the Japanese military department wanted to find out the specific information of the Limbo. Once let the intelligence agencies and the Black Dragon Society join forces, of course, due to the strict precautions of the Military Defense Bureau, they all failed.

Later, the Japanese also thought about it, as they did at Pearl Harbor. Aerial photography is carried out in the manner of a scenic plane. In fact, after years of construction, Dalian has become an extremely prosperous city, so it is not uncommon for sightseeing planes to be taken, but the local institutions are following the government's ban and not allowing planes to fly to Lushun.

But the Japanese have a way. For example, controlling several companies through holding and other means.

It's just that those times failed, because the pilots were all Chinese, and they followed the boss's orders to drive the plane to Port Arthur, but after receiving a warning, they continued to fly inside. There are very few such pilots.

In the end, the Japanese had no choice but to send someone to drive it themselves. This is the first and last time...

This is the time. When the Japanese pilots overpassed the Wehrmacht interception, reached the sky above the Lingbo class, took stunning photos, and were about to fly directly back to North Korea and then have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs go to the Kuomintang, they were blown up by several military planes that arrived in the air...

After all, these Japanese were all tourists and businessmen at that time, and it was undoubtedly a very excessive thing to blow up a sightseeing plane, so China and Japan even caused some contradictions, but fortunately it did not hinder the progress of the plan...

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Although Sa Zhenbing has made it clear that he will not reveal more secrets, Watson and Hirata Ichiro and others are not the kind of guys who will give up easily. So even though Sa Zhenbing had kept silent, they still surrounded Sa Zhenbing in a group to get more information.

Of course, they didn't just start from Sa Zhenbing's body, they were also guessing the specific data of the Lingbo class and the Kunlun class, and their entourage was also using their own cameras to shoot―――――― in addition to them, there were many reporters on the scene, and it was allowed to take pictures or something, after all, it was already a public thing...

"With such a huge hull, it can carry at least one hundred and fifty planes..."

While pestering Sa Zhenbing, Watson silently estimated in his heart.

"It seems that just building the Essex class is no longer useful, and the information here must be reported to Congress as soon as possible..."

In the past, Watson always felt that the more than 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers approved by Congress were enough, after all, there were only four large aircraft carriers in Japan, and each of the more than 10 Essex approved by the US Congress was larger than Japan's large aircraft carriers.

But now, it's not enough...

"But the new aircraft carrier program ......... I don't know if I'll be able to make it in time..."

Although the US Congress has always been the biggest enemy of the US military in the past, even in later generations, the US Congress did not dare to delay as it did in the past when it entered a state of war, especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor, as evidenced by the more than a dozen Essex-class aircraft carriers that were approved not long ago.

It's just that the Essex class has been designed before Pearl Harbor after all, and even has already started, and if you want to design a new aircraft carrier that is the same as the Limbo class, or even more than the Limbo class, it will not only take a lot of time, but even the construction time will be the same...

And now, after Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet has been completely destroyed, and the existing strength of the Atlantic Fleet is not very large, even if a new aircraft carrier construction plan is really approved...

Is it too late...

Until now, Americans have been worried about the Japanese landing on the west coast of the United States.

Compared to Watson. Ichiro Hirata, who was on the side, was obviously more worried...

That's right, the Essex-class that the United States is building now is indeed not an opponent of the Limbo-class, and even the Kunlun-class can't be compared, but at least the Americans have the capital. There is capital for the construction of a new aircraft carrier of the first rank, but Japan's...

Although Japan has just received approval for the construction of the Yunlong-class aircraft carrier, although it has received an order for the construction of 16 aircraft in one go, the Yunlong-class aircraft carrier, which is called a medium-sized aircraft carrier in Japan, has a standard displacement of only more than 2 tons, and a full load displacement of only more than 22,000 tons.

The length of the deck is only one meter, and the width of the ship is only 27 meters...

As for carrier-based aircraft? It's only 65, and because the hangar can't contain so many. There are 11 more to be placed on the deck. Although the current situation in Japan is much better than in history, especially after taking the Nanyang Peninsula, Japan can be regarded as a landlord class to some extent.

But the carrier-based aircraft are piled on the deck due to environmental factors such as sea water. The life of carrier-based aircraft will be affected. Therefore, such a thing as using the deck as a hangar can only be done by local tyrants like China and the United States, as for Japan?

Although the conditions in Japan are much better now, the poor Japanese are still very stingy, plus some habits in the past...

Of course, none of this matters. After all, the Yunlong class is poor, and it is still a good aircraft carrier in this era, and the key is that the United States has the capital to redesign the aircraft carriers of the first class and the Lingbo class. But what about Japan?

"Could it really be that you really have to rely on that Yamato's plan?"

Thinking of this, Hirata Ichiro smiled bitterly.

As for the trend in Japan that sees China as a "civilization of East Asia". Hideki Tojo and others are still very vigilant, after all, Hideki Tojo and others are out-and-out militarists. Bringing China down to them is the ultimate goal!

Therefore, in addition to the requirement to have a deep understanding of China, the conditions for a position like a diplomat in China are also about people like Hideki Tojo and others...

After all, if you get a rape in the past, maybe people will sell their country...

Although Ichiro Hirata is not like Hideki Tojo and others, he is still a Japanese supremacist and also has a deep vigilance against China, so after seeing the Limbo class, Ichiro Hirata's heart is filled with a deep sense of powerlessness...

"Can such a country really be fought against by Japan alone?"

Looking at the Yan Guang in the distance, Ichiro Hirata faintly thought in his heart...

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While Watson and the others were still surrounding Sa Zhenbing, Yan Guang was standing on a high platform for the launching ceremony.

In fact, the ceremony is also very simple, that is, to look at the microphone, to the guests below to review the past, look forward to the future, and then carry out the naming ceremony, everything is k...

Although Yan Guang's speech was unremarkable―――――― after all, he was not a beard who made a fortune from his speeches, and he was not accompanied by someone like Goebbels.

Although Yan Guang's speech was unremarkable, for various reasons, the audience below gave a warm response, and it was in this response that Yan Guang completed the launching ceremony.

Not long after Yan Guang stepped off the high platform, the dock began to fill a large amount of seawater, and after turning on the slip stop, the hull used its gravity to slide slowly along the lubricant-coated slipway towards the sea...

"It's spectacular!!

Standing on the top of a building more than thirty stories high on the side of the dock, Yan Guang exclaimed while holding a glass of juice while looking at the launching aircraft carrier.

It's really amazing, especially when you look at it from a building that's more than 30 stories tall.

By the way, this building of more than 30 floors was built for today, after all, if you look at it from the ground, it is estimated that you can only see one propeller, so even if the Limbo is huge, it will not be able to produce the shock it deserves...

"Today, I finally shook these guys."

Looking at the other side of the railing, the foreign envoy who was watching the launching process intently with a telescope, Yan Guang said with some smugness.

"It's nature," Sa Zhenbing smiled as well. You must know that not only them, but even me, who has been here many times, is also shocked..."

Sa Zhenbing is telling the truth, after all, the aircraft carrier staying quietly in the dock and the aircraft carrier sliding into the water are two different feelings, not to mention that at this moment they are still standing on a 30-story high-rise building...

"Anyway, tomorrow the newspapers of various countries will finally have a headline that has nothing to do with the war..."

"yes..."

Just as Yan Guang thought, by the next day, almost all the headlines in the world were occupied by the launch news of the Limbo, and even the second-level pages were occupied by the Kunlun.

And those foreigners with newspapers in their hands were also shocked by the huge aircraft carrier in the newspaper―――――― especially when there was a Kunlun next to it to make a comparison.

"The largest ship in history..."

This was the headline in the newspapers of the time in various countries.

After finally getting some slightly more specific information, the maniacs of the Japanese military department clamored for the construction of an aircraft carrier larger than the Limbo class. The Americans on the other side are discussing whether the newly designed first-class large aircraft carrier will be able to catch up with the war in time?

Just as the Japanese are wary of China, the Americans are also deeply wary of China...

Don't forget, at this moment, China is still leaning towards the Axis powers, and the Americans have to be wary of this and prepare in advance for confrontation with China.

Therefore, it is more important to build a first-class aircraft carrier that can confront the Limbo.

It's just that it's already the beginning of 42, and the design of the new aircraft carrier alone may take more than a year, and even the Americans don't know if they will have time ...

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It's the same as in the work.,I'm wronged.,tt is not finished.