At least during this period, the so-called Hu aircraft carriers had only a certain degree of practicality. The sea supremacy of this era was still the battleship, and not those later aircraft carriers.

Perhaps it is for this reason that people have paid a certain amount of attention to aircraft carriers, but they have never been able to compare with battleships.

Then, the question arises...

That is, there are many people in the Navy today, and they all hold the same view, that is, although aircraft carriers have a certain role, they cannot be compared with battleships in any case.

In fact, seriously speaking, during this period, the research on aircraft carriers of the National Defense Navy was far stronger than that of other countries. After all, there is also a leader in this country who attaches great importance to aircraft carriers, that is, Yan Shao.

With Yan Shao's emphasis on aircraft carriers, as early as the time when the Kuomintang government was just established, the government had begun to study such things as aircraft on ships, and before the end of World War I, the first fully through deck warship was built―――――― which was improved on the original large cruiser that was about to be decommissioned.

In order to do so, the Navy dismantled the entire superstructure of the cruiser and converted the original cruiser into a warship with only a full direct deck. There is not even a single ship island, and such an aircraft carrier is obviously unqualified in later generations, but in such an era, such a warship is so new.

It should be noted that although it was a large cruiser, it was only relative to the Wehrmacht, after all, it was in the Wehrmacht at that time. A cruiser of about 3,000 tons can already be called large, and no matter how large the Wehrmacht Navy is, it cannot be built.

It's just that...

The appearance of this aircraft carrier is certainly very eye-catching. But on the other hand, this aircraft carrier also seems to be a little bit not very good...

It's something that can't be helped. After all, the performance of ships in this period was not particularly good, and the most important thing was the performance of carrier-based aircraft, which was the most important combat force of aircraft carriers.

At that time, after all, it was still during the First World War, and the performance of airplanes was not particularly good, let alone carrier-based aircraft―――――― even seaplanes, but carrier-based aircraft were a novelty at that time.

Although the Army's aircraft can also be used on aircraft carriers, that performance is still somewhat after all.

As we all know, one of the most important reasons why aircraft carriers are so powerful is because of the carrier-based aircraft on these aircraft carriers. Without these carrier-based aircraft. With some defensive weapons of the aircraft carrier itself, it is very likely that even a destroyer cannot be compared―――――― of course, a destroyer obviously has no way to take an aircraft carrier.

After all, such large ships are usually very resistant to beating, and the destroyer's small-caliber guns, even if they run out of shells, may not be able to cause the slightest fatal injury to an aircraft carrier. At that time, those torpedoes on the destroyer are a bit threatening, but they must be hit to be useful, right?

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It was also once proposed to equip aircraft carriers with some shipborne weapons. For example, naval guns and the like, after all, in the eyes of some people, there is so much space on an aircraft carrier, if you don't get some large-caliber weapons on the ship, it will be too much of a waste of space, isn't it?

It's just that this mention was vetoed by Yan Shao. Because Yan Shao knows one thing very well, that is, the mainstream aircraft carriers of later generations will never be equipped with any anti-ship weapons on the aircraft carriers.

Later generations of Russians did this before, but that was also because the fighting system of Soviet Russia was different from that of other countries. So even aircraft carriers have to go to the front line of anti-ship operations.

And even in this case, after the end of the Cold War. Still, the Russians dismantled all the anti-ship weapons on the existing carrier, making it a real carrier.

After all, at the end of the day. The most powerful anti-ship weapons on aircraft carriers are nothing else, but those carrier-based aircraft on them, aren't they?

Then, the question arises...

Since Yan Shao understood this, how could Yan Shao allow them to do this?

150mm？ Naval guns of caliber? Or even a 210mm caliber naval gun? If you get these things, you don't know how much space you'll waste.

Of course, Yan Shao is also a reasonable person, and Yan Shao still accepted part of it. However, in the end, all of them were replaced with high-level dual-purpose naval guns, such as 30mm caliber machine guns, 75mm caliber Gaoping dual-purpose naval guns, and a series of other models, which are used for anti-ship operations, and of course, air defense operations, which are also the most important.

Anyway, when an aircraft carrier is fighting, it usually follows a large number of ships around it, and Yan Shao does not need to worry at all, the aircraft carrier will have the opportunity to fight with the enemy with bayonets.

In any case, Yan Shao's intervention still made some naval personnel feel that they had been disturbed. It's just that Yan Shao's rights and status make them dare not say more.

Under Yan Shao's vigorous promotion, in addition to the original aircraft carrier for testing, another aircraft carrier soon started construction in 18 years, that is, the year of the end of World War I, and under Yan Shao's supervision, it is now close to being launched.

This aircraft carrier will be the first aircraft carrier in the true sense of the word.

Not only does it have the standard equipment of an aircraft carrier with a full straight deck, but the displacement has also reached an unprecedented 10,000 tons. In addition to this, the aircraft carrier also has a ship island on it, which was standard in later generations, but not in this era.

The aircraft carrier itself is also equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, which ensures that it can have great air defense against the enemy at any time ...

This made this aircraft carrier the most advanced aircraft carrier in this period.

If there is any fly in the ointment, it is the poor performance of the carrier-based aircraft carried by this aircraft carrier.

And because of the backward communication methods, if these planes really fly out, there is a great chance that they may not be able to return home.

And at least at this stage, there are still relatively few pilots in the Navy who can control carrier-based aircraft. It's not that it's a matter of take-off, but landing, after all, they're going to land ships that are constantly bouncing back and forth on the sea, not an airfield on land―――――― which is easy to land. (To be continued......)