The original Jihua displacement of the Mackensen was 31,000 tons, and the full load displacement was 35,300 tons, but because there was no main gun when it returned to Mukden, the Mackensen before the transformation was less than 30,000 tons.

However, after the transformation, the full load displacement of the Mukden approached 40,000 tons, which is a complete behemoth, a little larger than the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga of the same era, and only a little smaller than the American Lexington-class aircraft carrier. However, at this time, the aircraft carrier Lexington had not yet been launched, and the Mukden has now become the largest aircraft carrier on Shijie.

In fact, in World War II, the number of British aircraft carriers was still the second, but in terms of performance, it has been far left behind by the United States and Japan, if it weren't for the fact that the Germans didn't have aircraft carriers, I was afraid that the British Empire's bottoms would have to be torn off.

It can be said that in the field of aircraft carriers, only the United States and Japan can compete, and with the completion of the refit of the Mukden, China has also jumped into the top club of aircraft carriers.

In the early days of the development of aircraft carriers, countries were not very clear about the future use of aircraft carriers, so they took many detours, and some designs proved ineffective in battle.

With Zhang Tinglan as a guide, the refit work was on the right track from the beginning, and the Fengtian adopted a more solid closed bow, an all-through deck, an island superstructure, a two-story hangar, two elevators, a maximum speed of 32 knots, and was able to carry 90 aircraft, and the entire structure was almost the same as that of a modern aircraft carrier.

Just a month earlier, the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga had been launched, but the Japanese had cleverly adopted a three-section deck, with two hangars connected to the deck for direct take-off and landing. However, doing so will make the deck too short to adapt to the larger and newer carrier-based aircraft, and it will be a complete failure.

The Mukden is a direct single-deck with a flight deck length of 270 meters. It can not only meet the take-off and landing of fighters, but also ensure the take-off and landing of torpedo attack aircraft, and you must know that at this time, torpedo planes are still the most threatening weapon for large warships. Moreover, the single-deck simplifies the operation, improves the efficiency of use, and greatly enhances the combat effectiveness.

In addition, a lot of work has been done on the ship island, such as the American Lexington is an example, the chimney and the ship island are separated, all placed on the starboard side, taking up a lot of space. There is obviously something wrong with this design as well. Therefore, the Chinese side directly integrated the ship island and the chimney, according to Zhang Tinglan's idea, it was to be placed in the right rear, which minimized the interference of aircraft take-off and landing.

However, since the Mukden was converted from a battle cruiser after all, it also had to take care of the hull structure. Therefore, the island could only stay in the central part of the island. But compared to other aircraft carriers of the same era, it is already much smaller.

Then there is the shipboard armament aspect of aircraft carriers. In the early days, American and Japanese aircraft carriers were armed with naval guns of more than 200 mm. It is also to prevent aircraft carriers from colliding with other warships.

However, it turns out that these designs are all useless, the mission of the aircraft carrier is to carry aircraft, other tasks are responsible for other ships, as for the aircraft carrier, the most important thing to equip is anti-aircraft firepower.

The Mukden was equipped with 12 127 mm caliber L/25 high-level dual-purpose guns. 8 127mm L/38 anti-aircraft guns (twin four), 60 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 20mm cannons. The aircraft carrier's own firepower alone is enough to deal with an average aircraft attack.

Moreover, the Mukden also inherited the consistent characteristics of German-made warships. The survivability is quite strong, although it is not comparable to the battleship, but it still has a considerable advantage over the Japanese aircraft carrier, which is thin and stuffed.

According to Zhang Tinglan's estimates, the level of the Fengtian has reached the level of an aircraft carrier in the early stage of World War II, and as long as the performance of the aircraft can be improved, it can fully support China's Great Wall of China in the next 20 years!

In the cheers of the crowd, the huge body of the Fengtian floated steadily on the sea, looking majestic and majestic. And Zhang Tinglan and others personally boarded this behemoth. The wide deck is particularly comfortable, and the Chinese's aircraft carrier dream has been done for too long, and the pursuit of the ocean has been too long.

Compared with later generations, China at this time was quite lucky, and it was able to decisively keep up with it when the era of aircraft carriers had just arrived, which was a great luck.

Zhang Tinglan is also full of ambition, with an aircraft carrier, he has sea power, and with sea power, he has everything. There seems to be a definite number in the dark, the current Fengtian is the Liaoning of the future, it can be said that the two aircraft carriers with the same name carry China's determination to go to the ocean, and no one can reverse this step!

"Commander Shen, Captain Chen, the launch is just the beginning, you must seize the time, complete the sea trial mission, find out the key to the cooperation of the ship and aircraft, and strive to make the Fengtian form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time."

Jiang Fangzhen also said with a smile: "The aircraft carriers of various countries are in the exploration stage, and all the experiments you are doing now can be said to be unprecedented, and any experience is the key to the next step in the development of aircraft carriers, and a complete set of effective specifications must be formed to open the way for the next step in the development of more aircraft carriers." ”

As soon as he heard Jiang Fangzhen's words, Chen Jiliang, the first captain of the Fengtian, suddenly lit up: "Chief of Staff, you said that more aircraft carriers will be built, is this true?" ”

"Of course it's true, if you don't believe me, ask the vice president."

Zhang Tinglan smiled and nodded: "An aircraft carrier needs to be trained and maintained, how can it ensure that it is always on combat duty, I have issued 30 million bonds, mainly for the development of aircraft carriers, and the next step is to start construction of two aircraft carriers together, and strive to form a three-aircraft carrier battle group as soon as possible." But when exactly to start construction, it depends on you, I need you to find problems in use, find out the direction of improvement, these experiences are the key to the next generation of aircraft carriers. ”

When Zhang Tinglan said this, he also showed a smug smile on his face: "Anyway, we haven't signed the Washington Treaty, and the arms restrictions of the great powers can't limit our heads, so let's let go of our courage and let them go in a hurry!" ”

There is no need to build two more aircraft carriers, just the launch of the Mukden will be enough to detonate public opinion on Shijie. Before that, all countries knew that China would definitely transform the Mackensen, but almost everyone thought that the Chinese would adopt a more conservative strategy and equip the Mackensen with main guns and turn it into a battle cruiser.

And judging from China's actions of purchasing and building its own warships, China is also building a maritime sabotage fleet. High speed and long range are a feature of China's new warships. According to everyone's judgment, the Chinese should have targeted Japan and wanted to use the Mackensen to threaten Japan's maritime lifeline.

This has almost become a Shijie consensus thing, but when the Mukden is launched, it is completely broken. The Chinese actually converted the Mackensen into a huge aircraft carrier, which is too shocking.

What are the Chinese thinking, is it possible that aircraft carriers are more powerful than battle cruisers? The most embarrassing thing was the Japanese, in order to guard against the Mackensen, and at the Washington Conference, they made a big fuss, and finally won the place of two battle cruisers, which were almost completed at this time.

But at this time, the Chinese suddenly told them, buddies don't play with you anymore, we are going to build aircraft carriers.

When the mighty figure of the Mukden appeared in the newspaper, this huge warship instantly became a thorn in the side of the Japanese, a thorn in the flesh, and it was extremely uncomfortable.

In a small courtyard in Tokyo, a wizened old man sat under a grape trellis, and a young girl in her twenties sat in front of him, gently beating his legs.

"Fumiko, it's been more than half a year, and my illness has been good and bad, but I'm afraid I won't last long."

There was a look of panic in the girl's eyes: "Father, you will be fine, mother said that you are a person who does great things, and your classmates also said the same." That warlord can't deceive the people forever, sooner or later he will be overthrown, and you are the only leader. ”

Sun Wen patted Fumiko's hand and said with a smile: "That's what ordinary Japanese people really say. ”

"That's right, I recently found a lot of books in bookstores, which all say that China's economy is about to collapse, they flatter the outside world, bully the people internally, all the economic data are fake, the railroad can't run the train, the ship is iron-clad......"

Listening to his daughter's words, Sun Wen gradually showed a happy smile on his face: "I really didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to come to this point, even people of insight in Japan know about his perverse behavior, it seems that Zhang Tinglan, the warlord leader, is not far from the end, I want to cheer up, make a comeback, and take back everything that belongs to me." ”

Sun Wen was talking, from outside Da Yue Xun walked in, Sun Wen abandoned her back then, I thought I would never see each other again in this life, who knew that just a few years ago, the Japanese government suddenly sent someone to find her, and also took her daughter Fumiko, who was fostered in someone else's home, back.

The Japanese asked the mother and daughter to accompany Sun Wen, who had come to take refuge from Hong Kong. The husband and wife father and daughter met again after more than ten years, Da Yuexun was only 14 years old at the time, and now he is middle-aged, and Sun Wen has aged prematurely under repeated blows, and he no longer has the original demeanor.

However, Otsuki still adheres to the obedience of Japanese women and takes good care of Sun Wen. In the first two years, many Japanese dignitaries still came to Sun Wen to discuss things, but gradually the front of the door was also cold, and those people also left.

It was rare for the family to live a peaceful life, Da Yuexun came back from shopping for vegetables outside, and when she saw Sun Wen spinning around on the ground a few times with the support of her daughter, she also showed a happy smile on her face.

"Sir, are you well?" She said in surprise, looked down at the vegetable basket, and immediately felt a little panicked: "I'll go out again and buy a fish and come back!" ”

At this moment, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Wang Jingwei and a bald man hurriedly ran in, holding a newspaper in Wang Jingwei's hand.

"Sir, something is wrong, the giant ship that China has transformed has been launched."

Sun Wen's body shook suddenly, and he hurriedly took the newspaper, and after seeing the huge picture of the Fengtian, he suddenly felt dizzy: "Didn't you say that China was going to collapse?" ”

As soon as he said a word, his body fell softly. (To be continued......)