"Aren't you going to retire the Ark Royal?" Nathan asked.

Nathan really didn't know much about the British Navy during this time, after all, he had been fighting in Hokkaido, so where could he take care of so much.

Hearing Nathan's words, Major General Woodward in the back also looked helpless: "Yes, it was originally going to be decommissioned, but if Ark Royal is decommissioned, then we will not have a conventional aircraft carrier that can operate fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft, and we want to keep this aircraft carrier." ”

On May 3, 1943, at the height of World War II, the British Navy's R09 "Unhindered" was grounded at the Cammer-Ryder/Campbell-Ryder shipyard, and was renamed "Ark Royal" in January 1946 to commemorate the sinking of the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" in 1941, and was launched on May 3, 1950.

Because World War II was over at that time, progress was quite slow, and it was not considered a service until 55 years, followed by the first modernization in 56 years, the second modification from July 1958 to December 1959, and the third modification in 1961. The fourth refit was accepted from October 1966 to February 1970, and the fifth refit was accepted from October 1976 to May 1977.

It can be seen that the modification of this aircraft carrier has occupied most of the time, and now, the age of this aircraft carrier is more than 35 years, and it is indeed an old dragon.

It's a pity, if the Eagle, which is newer than it, is not decommissioned, it would have been able to serve for more than ten years. Damn those politicians, they are so concerned about the army that committed suicide.

"The displacement of the Ark Royal is 50,000 tons, and it is also possible for such an aircraft carrier to operate heavy carrier-based aircraft." "However, its deck is too small, and the bigger the deck is the better," Nathan said. ”

In terms of tonnage, the Ark Royal, compared to the Essex-class aircraft carriers that have been completely decommissioned and mothballed by the United States, is larger, however, its deck is not large.

The USS Ark Royal aircraft carrier is 245 meters long and 34.3 meters wide, while the Essex-class aircraft carrier, in its state before its decommissioning, has reached a length of 272.6 meters and a width of 58 meters.

The wider the deck, the easier it will be.

Since the Essex-class aircraft carrier was built relatively old and belongs to the aircraft carrier of World War II, this aircraft carrier has almost completely withdrawn from active service, however, it has a longer size, and it is certainly easier to take off and land, and it is easier to operate the Tomcat fighter on this aircraft carrier than on the Ark Royal.

Hearing Nathan's words, both of them smiled wryly, do you think we don't want to? We also want to have big aircraft carriers, like the United States, building them one after another, maintaining the scale of more than a dozen.

We don't have any money in our pockets!

Not to mention the Ark Royal, the two even thought about planning to let the Tomcat try to take off and land on the newly built Invincible-class aircraft carrier when they came.

The invincible class of 20,000-ton small goods, using the leaping deck, the Tomcat fighter, can it fly?

This proposal has not been said yet, just let Nathan try the Ark Royal, Nathan is already reluctant, and put forward his own opinion, the deck is too small, inconvenient.

The two of them were very uncomfortable, but Nathan didn't care about their feelings, and continued: "It's okay to try, but I think there's a better way, let me think about it." ”

Nathan walked back and forth with steps, and said to the two of them: "We have recently decommissioned a few aircraft carriers, and these aircraft carriers have been sealed up after they have been decommissioned, and now, these aircraft carriers will definitely be able to be unsealed at any time, I think, you can simply operate this kind of aircraft carrier!" ”

The two of them came to Nathan, in fact, they just came to ask Nathan to try to see if he could take off and land on the Ark Royal, and at the same time, they also planned to come to inspect and see how much they could order a batch of tomcats at what price.

The two of them didn't think about bringing more aircraft carriers back, Britain didn't have that strength!

"By the way, it should be called the Oriscani and the Good Man Richard, these two ships have only been sealed for two years, and I think they will definitely be put into use immediately after they are opened."

Nathan settled everything, and the two of them only smiled bitterly, and Admiral John said, "Nathan, we don't have any money." ”

We don't have that much money, how can we buy an aircraft carrier?

"Those aircraft carriers, do you still need money?" Nathan's reaction made the two of them stunned: "These two aircraft carriers were originally decommissioned, and depending on the relationship between us and the United Kingdom, I think it will be better to give them to you directly." Well, this matter, I think it's okay. ”

Here Nathan is, to put it simply, to the UK!

At the Congress, Nathan proposed to give them warships, which is okay, anyway, those who are decommissioned are useless, and when they are finally disassembled, maybe it will not be enough for the labor cost of dismantling.

On the contrary, if it is given to Britain, then Britain will definitely need to buy a batch of carrier-based aircraft! The more tomcats the UK ordered, the more welcoming the US Navy would be.

And, it's just right.

The orders placed by the BS people were simply transferred to the UK.

As for the lack of money for the British, Nathan has already thought about it and has already played several foreshadowings, and now, let the politicians negotiate.

You say send? Is this possible? The two of them didn't think it was a good thing.

"In this way, I have a good relationship with Admiral Thomas, and I can ask him for his opinion in a private way, he is a veteran of the navy, as long as he agrees, it will be easy to do." Nathan said: "Let's do this next, and now, let's move on to the tomcat, why did you suddenly decide to buy a tomcat?" ”

The British sent pilots to fly Tomcats, this is just a pure exchange activity, it does not mean that the British will buy them, after all, in history, the British have sent several batches of Sea Harrier pilots to fly Tomcats.

And now, the British have actually decided?

You know, the Falklands War hasn't started yet!

"That's right, our politicians, after reasoning, feel that the next war may come, if it is far away, it may be a year or two, and if it is near, it may be a few months." General John spoke: "So, we have to prepare for the next war, once the European mainland falls, we will be an island like World War II, and our navy, it is precisely because of this opportunity that we can share more budget." ”

The two of them smiled wryly, but Nathan was shocked.

How can they see further? It seems that not all the British are shouting for peace and committing suicide to their own army, which is also far-sighted.