As early as the early 80s, the Shanghai Research Institute began a full-scale feasibility study project to build a light aircraft carrier with a displacement of 15,000 to 20,000 tons capable of carrying helicopters and vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft, but this plan was ultimately not realized.

Later, in 85 years, Huaxia purchased the retired 15,000-ton "Melbourne" light aircraft carrier from Australia, which was originally the British Navy's "Honorable" light aircraft carrier, although before obtaining, Australia had dismantled the steam catapult, navigation radar, power system, etc., Huaxia got just an empty shell, Huaxia's shipbuilding engineers still got a treasure, studied for five years, and then dismantled it.

In later generations, after the end of the Cold War, Huaxia even considered buying the "Kuznetsov" class "Varyag" aircraft carrier left over from the former Soviet Union that had not yet been built from Ukraine in 92, but at that time, Ukraine still wanted to sell this aircraft carrier to Russia and rejected Huaxia.

Later, around 95, the famous Spanish shipyard of Bazin approached the Chinese government for negotiations, and Spain proposed to build a low-cost aircraft carrier design scheme capable of taking off and landing traditional take-off and landing carrier-based fighters, with a displacement of about 20,000 tons. However, Huaxia was only interested in obtaining the design blueprints, but was unwilling to buy the actual ship, and in the end, the deal was also fruitless.

At the same time, the French side expressed its intention to sell its 30,000-ton "Clemenceau" aircraft carrier, which was about to be decommissioned to China, but it also ended up fruitless due to various reasons.

Later, two Chinese private companies purchased from Russia two "Kiev"-class aircraft carriers "Kiev" and "Minsk" left over from the former Soviet Navy, which had long been scrapped and then converted into floating theme sightseeing parks in Shenzhen and Tianjin. The Huaxia side also gained more knowledge of the internal structure of the aircraft carrier.

In the end, a retired officer of Huaxia bought the Ukrainian aircraft carrier that had been dismantled into empty shells in the name of a private person, and dragged it back to Huaxia after many years of hardship, and it was finally repaired after being exposed to the wind and sun in the port of Huaxia for many years. The improvement became Huaxia's first aircraft carrier, and Huaxia's dream of having an aircraft carrier was finally realized.

When the Liaoning began to gallop on the ocean, the hearts of countless Chinese military fans can be said to be full of emotion, this day has finally come, and Huaxia also has its own aircraft carrier!

And this converted Liaoning, before the refit. It's just an empty shell, the engines on it are gone, and many cabins have been destroyed, and Huaxia's transformation of such an aircraft carrier is almost the same as remanufacturing.

However, Huaxia has no choice, because the aircraft carrier uses high-yield steel. It is impossible to produce domestically, so. Only this Soviet shell can be used. In later generations, this Varyag crossed the ocean, sailed tens of thousands of kilometers, and after coming to China, it stayed at the dock for so many years, but. When the improvement was started again, it was found that the hull of the ship was still demagnetized! There's no need to re-degauss at all! It can be seen that the steel technology of the Soviets is also quite high.

There is no need to look at anything else, a single aircraft carrier steel can be stuck in many countries that are eager to build aircraft carriers, in the future generations. Ah San started to build the aircraft carrier himself, and the steel needed was still imported from Russia.

And now, this problem has been solved in advance by Mhammad, who has negotiated with the Soviet Union a few years ago to obtain the high-strength steel technology used in the other side's aircraft carrier at a high price, and has established a special steel mill in Pakistan.

Pakistan's first aircraft carrier, after several years of sailing, has trained a large number of qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots, and the navy has a high ability to operate fixed-wing aircraft at sea.

The whole plan will take about five years, and during this time, the other supporting warships escorting the ship, including nuclear submarines, will quickly mature, and Pakistan's second aircraft carrier group will have the same combat capability as the US supercarrier group.

"What displacement aircraft carrier do you intend to build?" Hearing Mhammad's words, the commander of the Navy, General Zhang, was of course interested, and immediately asked Mhammad.

Now Pakistan's aircraft carrier, with a full load displacement of 40,000 tons, is already the limit, this aircraft carrier was originally just an aircraft carrier during World War II, and it is also through the deck, and it is not easy to transform it into the current one.

"The standard displacement is more than 60,000 tons, and the full load displacement is about 80,000 tons." "With 80 fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds, such an aircraft carrier has the best cost-effectiveness ratio," Mhammad said. ”

After World War II, the Americans have been fooling, large aircraft carriers are too valuable, not worth it, or small aircraft carriers are easy to use, as a result, the British were fooled, and created such a nondescript guy as the Invincible class, and when the Falklands War broke out, the British suddenly felt that the Invincible class could not be used, and later generations returned to the road of conventional aircraft carriers, the new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, with a full load displacement of 65,000 tons.

Although the Soviets were also deceived, first developing the Moskva-class helicopter carrier, and then the Kiev-class, however, the Soviets obviously recognized their mistakes, and the aircraft carriers built later had an increasing displacement.

Mhammad also thought it out that Pakistan would not have enough aircraft carriers, and that it would have to have a second one, and that this second one, if purchased from abroad, would be almost impossible.

The United States will never sell it again, France is willing to sell, the price will make Pakistan crazy, and the Soviet Union, wait until the collapse of the Soviet Union to rob, it seems that now the Soviet Union looks as stable as Mount Tai, and the disintegration is afraid that it will be delayed.

Over the years, Pakistan's shipbuilding industry has developed rapidly, and has begun to manufacture oil tankers with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons for those oil tycoons in the Middle East, and has accumulated rich experience in shipbuilding, and in terms of warships, Pakistan is also starting to manufacture destroyers and frigates and submarines at the same time, objectively, it already has the ability to build aircraft carriers.

Now, since Huaxia has revealed its interest, it is better to pull Huaxia to do it together, during World War II, building aircraft carriers was like dumplings, because the number of construction started was large, and the scale was formed, and the cost of research and development could be minimized.

If Pakistan makes it itself, it will have to carry out a lot of demonstration and design work in the early stage, and if it is pulled into Huaxia, these costs can be shared, and Huaxia will definitely be willing to participate.

"Isn't this displacement a bit too big?" General Zhang asked cautiously, the larger the displacement, the higher the cost, after all, Huaxia has no money now, and building such a large one in the early stage will make the country feel unbearable.

According to the plans of the naval department, the displacement of this first aircraft carrier is between 30,000 and 40,000 tons.

Deng Gong is also looking at Mahmad, after all, Huaxia, the giant of the East, has been slowly waking up, the country's strength is not strong enough, but the economy is growing rapidly every year, now first demonstrate, design, a few years later, after the country's economic strength has reached, you can start construction.

The aircraft carrier is a symbol of a great power! Huaxia has never given up the dream of having an aircraft carrier! Even when the country was just founded, aircraft carriers were demonstrated!

However, what kind of aircraft carrier to have has has always been a problem that has plagued China, so hearing Mhammad's bold words, it is loaded with 80,000 tons! I immediately wondered, what did this wise leader of Pakistan think?

"According to the division of the world, light aircraft carriers with a displacement of less than 30,000 tons, medium aircraft carriers with a displacement of 3 to 60,000 tons, large aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 60,000 tons, and nuclear-powered supercarriers with a displacement of more than 90,000 tons." "At the beginning, the original intention of the emergence of light aircraft carriers was to save money with small aircraft carriers, but the result was that small aircraft carriers were the least cost-effective. Light aircraft carriers can only carry vertical take-off and landing aircraft led by the Harrier, and the Harrier is not only low in combat effectiveness and not very good in reliability, but also has a poor combat radius, which cannot be compared with fixed-wing aircraft. And among the medium-sized aircraft carriers, our Pakistani aircraft carriers, which are now fully loaded with 40,000 tons, can only carry 20 Tomcat fighters and 10 A-7 attack aircraft as the main carrier-based aircraft, the number is limited, and the combat effectiveness is not high, so we continue to increase the displacement, when it is raised to the standard displacement of 60,000 tons, we can carry forty Tomcat fighters and twenty A-7 attack aircraft, and the number of aircraft carried is more than doubled, with greater combat capability, and, with the expansion of displacement, The deck area of the aircraft carrier will be greatly increased, and we can park a lot of aircraft on the deck, which can greatly improve the efficiency of the fighter's sortie, and at the same time, it will also have two catapults on the foredeck and the beveled deck, and at the critical time, all the carrier-based aircraft can be ejected in a few minutes to form a powerful combat capability, which is far from being comparable to small and medium-sized aircraft carriers. ”

General Zhang listened very carefully, and the key to what Mahmad said was that the carrier-based aircraft must be fixed-wing fighters, and the other must have catapults! And there are two, Huaxia has none now, and Huaxia wants to build its own aircraft carrier, which is a long way to go.

However, this catapult doesn't even seem to have in Pakistan? Pakistan wants to build its own aircraft carriers, how to solve the problem of catapults? Do you still buy from the United States? I'm afraid the United States won't sell it, right? (To be continued......)