Five years after the end of World War I, the aircraft carriers Liaoning and Jilin, the first fleet of the Chinese Navy, were launched one after another. This means that the development of aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy has taken a crucial step, and the two fleet aircraft carriers will be unified into one aircraft carrier battle group to carry out combat missions. During the same period, the fleet aircraft carriers of other countries in the world have also been launched and began to outfit, only from the performance point of view, the two standard displacement of the Chinese Navy is only 15,000 tons (the actual displacement is more than 17,000 tons, and some are concealed. Everybody is doing it anyway, as long as it's not too excessive. Unlike the previous Chinese Navy, which was the world's leading warship when almost new ships were launched, the performance of this class of warships was absolutely not in front of the world's first batch of aircraft carriers, so that many foreign newspapers made quite caustic comments on this.

The U.S. Navy's two Lexington-class aircraft carriers have been converted into super-large aircraft carriers USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise, with a 270-meter-long and 33-meter-wide flight deck. The standard displacement is up to 35,000 tons. Unlike the historical ones, this class of aircraft carriers is somewhat more powerful than the historical Lexington-class aircraft carriers. First of all, it has a very large hangar, nearly 200 meters long, and the 25-meter-wide hangar provides enough space for this aircraft carrier, although it is a single-story hangar, but the hangar height reaches a terrifying 6 meters or so! There is also an anti-aircraft gun deck in the upper part, on which some hangars can hang aircraft. This allows the aircraft carrier to carry almost all 100 carrier-based aircraft. (The biplanes were small at the time, and were nowhere near comparable to the Hellcats and Pirates of the late World War II.) The entire aircraft carrier has three lifts. And the hangars are all open. After warming up in the hangar, the elevator is lifted to the deck for bombing and refueling.

The Lexington-class aircraft carriers also have a very complete defense system, with horizontal armor placed on the hangar floor. The upper part of the power compartment was armored up to 5 inches thick. And the thickness of the armor in the upper part of the ammunition depot and aviation gasoline tank even reached 7.5 inches! The latter is sufficient to withstand all currently known bomb attacks. It also has 8 inches of inclined armor to protect the side chords. The depth of the underwater defense system is up to 5.5 meters. Among them, there is also a heavy oil tank with a width of about 1.5 meters, and a complete 4-layer underwater protection system makes his sinking resistance very good. And at the bottom of the hull, a mix of double and triple bottoms was used. In addition, the engine room and boiler room have been staggered, and the power maintenance is very good.

Of course, what makes Americans most proud is that the power of this aircraft carrier is very powerful, and the output of up to 200,000 horsepower can completely allow this aircraft carrier to run at a speed of more than 32 knots. This aircraft carrier perfectly illustrates the American aircraft carrier concept, with high speed. Heavy armor with an emphasis on the highest attack power. So much so that the American media described these two aircraft carriers as unparalleled in the world. Even politicians, who have always been critical of the construction of the US Navy, have expressed their support and are building another such warship.

Shortly after the launch of the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier in the United States. The lead ship of the British rage-class aircraft carriers also began to be launched and outfitted, unlike the high profile of the Americans. Britain, which has become the world's third-largest navy, is very low-key. Although his flight deck is larger, the hangar is also larger. At the same time, it was the first aircraft carrier in the world to have an armored deck, but because of the restrictions of the British government. The outside world did not know much about this battleship. And if there is no material. The media can't get it if they want to hype!

However, there is a great deal of confidence within the Royal Navy in this class of aircraft carriers. "Our Fury-class aircraft carrier is more advanced than its counterparts across the ocean, first of all, its performance on paper is no worse than that of the American Lexington-class battleships. Secondly, this is an armored aircraft carrier, which has an armored deck that can greatly maintain combat effectiveness in the face of dive bombers, and thirdly, the British and Chinese designers have done a very good job in some details, and the fuel pipes and cables are well protected. Greatly avoided 2 damage. "At an internal meeting of the Royal Navy. The head of the technical department of the British Navy explained to the top of the Navy this new weapon of the British Empire!

In terms of overall dimensions, the armored deck of the Fury-class aircraft carrier measures 272 meters long. 36 meters wide. The length of the hangar is 170 meters. The upper part of the hangar was completely covered by an armored flight deck. THE THICKNESS OF THE ARMORED DECK IS ABOUT 100MM. And at the bottom of the upper hangar, there is a relatively thin layer of horizontal armor to strengthen the horizontal defense. COMPARED TO THE YORKTOWN, THE FURY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HAS BETTER HORIZONTAL PROTECTION, BUT THE SIDESTRING PROTECTION IS MORE TRAGIC, WITH ONLY ABOUT 150MM OF INCLINED ARMOR. It was only possible to protect against the 7-inch main guns of the light cruisers. However, this main armor belt extends underwater, and at the same time, with the upper 5 layers of underwater protection system, although the depth of defense is slightly insufficient, its comprehensive underwater defense capabilities are comparable to Lexington. In terms of speed, because it only has about 150,000 horsepower, it is slower than the Yorktown. The total tonnage is also written on 35,000 tons. Of course, only the British themselves may know how much. Overall, in the eyes of the British, the biggest difference between this class of aircraft carriers and American aircraft carriers is the horizontal armor layout, hangar and interior optimization.

The Entente had three large aircraft carriers outfitting at the same time. And the Allies were not idle. The Germans' first-class aircraft carriers have also been launched and outfitting is almost over, which is not to say that German shipyards are more efficient than Anglo-Americans, but because the Nassau-class aircraft carriers, the first-class aircraft carriers built by the Germans, are smaller, how to say? The aircraft carrier Liaoning, which is very close to Huaxia. Both sides have tonnage around 15,000 tonnes (at least that's what it says on paper.) The deck dimensions of the Liaoning are 230 meters long and 28 meters wide. The deck of the Blucher is 220 meters long and 29 meters wide. Pretty much the same. However, in terms of hangars, the Liaoning is a double-deck hangar, with a length of about 120 meters per hangar, with double lifts, while the Blucher is similar to the Americans, using a large single-deck hangar with three lifts, and for the needs of sea trials, the Germans use the front closed hangar and the rear open hangar, and at the same time use a closed bow to adapt to the bad weather in the North Sea and the Atlantic.

AND IN TERMS OF DEFENSE, THE TWO BATTLESHIPS ARE ALSO DIFFERENT, HUAXIA HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY ABANDONED THE PROTECTION OF THE SIDE CHORD, AND THERE IS ONLY A LAYER OF 50MM ARMORED BOMB-PROOF MELEE (WHETHER IT CAN BE PREVENTED IS ALSO A QUESTION-!). It all depends on the distance and the power of the bomb. ALMOST ALL THE WEIGHT OF THE ARMOR WAS CONCENTRATED TO FIRST GUARANTEE THE DEFENSE OF THE AMMUNITION DEPOT AND THE AVIATION FUEL COMPARTMENT, SO MUCH SO THAT THE HORIZONTAL ARMOR THICKNESS IN THESE TWO PLACES WAS UP TO 150MM. The survivability of the power compartment is mainly solved by the staggered layout. IN ITS UPPER PART THERE IS 75MM THICK HORIZONTAL ARMOR AND DEFENSIVE MATERIAL (I.E., THE DEFENSIVE EFFECT IS BETWEEN HORIZONTAL ARMOR AND HULL STEEL. In terms of underwater defense, in addition to the common four-layer defense, with an oil tank in the middle, Xu Jie also plagiarized the design of the French, placing low-density foam rubber in the empty compartment to resist water ingress. At the same time, because of the lack of depth, Huaxia is also preparing to install a lightning protection protrusion at the right time, although it will reduce the speed, but the defense effect will inevitably increase.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BLÜCHER AIRCRAFT CARRIER HAS 100MM OF INCLINED ARMOR ARRANGED ON THE SIDE CHORD TO RESIST THE ATTACK OF THE SHIP'S GUNS, WHILE THE HORIZONTAL PROTECTION IS 50MM HORIZONTAL ARMOR OF THE POWER COMPARTMENT, AND THE 100MM HORIZONTAL ARMOR ABOVE THE AMMUNITION DEPOT AND OIL DEPOT. Its purpose is to block the attack of 250KG high-explosive shells even if the power compartment is required, and the upper part of the ammunition depot and oil depot can block the attack of 250KG armor-piercing tons. Both warships have a power of around 100,000 horsepower, which can basically guarantee a speed of more than 30 knots. From this point of view, both China and Germany do not have too high requirements for power, as long as it is enough!

Huaxia and Germany did not have fast battleships converted into aircraft carriers, so the two countries can slowly explore, first build medium-sized aircraft carriers, and then build large aircraft carriers, but another difference between Huaxia and Germany is that Huaxia can help the British accumulate experience through guò, and at the same time have Xu Jie, a large plug-in. But the Germans didn't. Large German aircraft carriers can only gain experience through the addition and correction of medium aircraft carriers. Moreover, after the launch of the new ship, it was only through many sea trials and exercises that the problems could be discovered. And Huaxia can accumulate more experience to complete the future large fleet aircraft carriers. And just as the Liaoning was outfitting. After Yan Boxun returned to Huaxia with part of the information on the Fury-class aircraft carrier, the design of Huaxia's next-class aircraft carrier was also put on the agenda.

In addition to these first-class maritime powers, second-rate maritime powers such as France, Italy and Austria-Hungary have been holding a wait-and-see attitude in the early stage, after the major powers have embarked on their own aircraft carrier roads, other countries have also begun to follow the former's pace to prepare to build their own aircraft carriers, Italy finally chose to build a medium-sized fleet aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons, this fleet aircraft carrier will be built in accordance with Yan Boxun's first kind of construction to Italy to build a single-story hangar aircraft carrier with an armored deck. Austria-Hungary, on the other hand, planned to build an enlarged version of the Blucher, an unarmored deck aircraft carrier, but with a double-deck hangar, similar to the Shozuru-type aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy in World War II.

Because the aircraft carrier that has started construction this time will become the absolute main force for a long time to come, Huaxia must be quite cautious about the entire construction plan. The Huaxia Navy has a total of 190,000 tons of aircraft carrier tonnage, and after the completion of two fleet aircraft carriers with 15,000 tons of external publicity, there are still 160,000 tons left! That is to say, this tonnage can build 4 40,000-ton aircraft carriers or 5 30,000-ton aircraft carriers, of course, considering that the treaty stipulates that China can only build 4 aircraft carriers of more than 27,000 tons, then the final plan will become 4 aircraft carriers of more than 30,000 tons plus 1 aircraft carrier of less than 27,000 tons. Faced with this issue, there were some disputes within the Admiralty.

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