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Xu Wei, chief engineer of the Guangzhou Shipyard Design Institute, replied in a very proud tone: "Yes, the standard displacement of the Guangdong class is 102,000 tons, and the full load displacement is 116,000 tons. This is the largest warship ever built by China, and it is also the largest warship ever built by mankind!"

"Mr. Xu, why is its full load displacement only 13% more than the standard displacement, more than one-tenth, the Midway-class aircraft carrier in the United States, which started construction at about the same time as it, has a full displacement of 26% more than the standard one-fourth. Why is our Cantonese class half as theirs?" asked Shi Ziren, head of the Central Propaganda Department, who was looking around on the deck.

Shi Ziren is a very, very good propaganda minister, and under his leadership, the combat effectiveness of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CSS Party can be described as explosive. But his understanding of warships is only general, probably equivalent to the level of ordinary military fans.

"Minister Shi, you are asking professionally. Few people pay attention to the difference between standard and full rows. Xu Wei lifted his glasses and said with a smile: "This phenomenon occurs because the power is different, our Guangdong class is nuclear-powered, and the Midway Island of the United States is conventional power." As we all know, conventionally powered ships either burn coal or oil, and after World War I, coal-fired power has basically withdrawn from the front line, and today's warships are basically oil-burning. ”

"Large warships are oil tigers, and even if a warship as big as Midway is running at an economic speed, it will consume more than a dozen tons of fuel per hour, and if it is at high speed, it will be dozens of tons of oil per hour. Therefore, in order to ensure sufficient endurance, large warships need to reserve a large amount of fuel, at least a few thousand tons. Fuel oil accounts for a significant portion of the full load displacement......"

"And our Guangdong class is different, it is nuclear-powered, and it does not need fuel itself, so the difference between its full row and standard row is far less than that of conventionally powered warships. An aircraft carrier as large as our Guangdong-class aircraft carrier would have a full load displacement of nearly 130,000 tons if it were powered by conventional power. Xu Wei explained with a smile.

"Oh, I see. Shi Ziren expressed understanding. The purpose of his visit this time is to publicize this new type of warship to the outside world, of course, the detailed data and things involving secrets will certainly not be said, but it is especially to praise its magnificence and power.

The Guangdong-class is indeed an unprecedentedly huge warship, with a total length of 337 meters, a waterline width of 41 meters, and a draft of 12 meters, making it the largest warship ever built in China and the largest warship ever built by mankind.

Moreover, the Guangdong-class class is a combination of China's past six-level aircraft carrier construction and operation experience, as well as all relevant Chinese white technology, black technology, and the imagination of hundreds of thousands of scientists and engineers. Fully enclosed bow, 11-degree angled deck, four shipside lifts, multiple anti-air, sea and fire control illumination radars, and four electromagnetic catapults.

Its power system is four "Jinwu 4" breeder fast reactors, and like the previous Shanghai class, it no longer uses complex steam boiler systems and steam turbine units, which are traditional "boiler" type nuclear power. Instead, it adopts a more advanced, integrated electric propulsion model with higher efficiency and thermal energy utilization. The integration and distribution architecture of power will also be re-planned, such as setting up a zoned power supply system throughout the ship, and setting up a computer-controlled power distribution system to rationalize the distribution of power.

The breeder fast reactor is equipped with four sets of thermoelectric conversion power generation units, and part of the electric energy emitted is used to drive the electric motors and push the four groups of propellers to work as the driving force for progress. The other part of the electrical energy is transmitted to all corners of the warship through the substation and electronic control system, which is used as electricity for various equipment and life and lighting, including the four electromagnetic catapults on the flight deck.

Because of the elimination of complex boiler systems, steam turbine and reducer units and transmission systems, as well as the absence of those spider web-like steam pipes and huge fuel tanks, it not only saves a lot of space and weight, but also improves the defense power, simplifies the hull and compartment structure, makes it easier to arrange defenses, and makes it more robust.

Part of this saved space and load is used as a battery compartment. A total of 8 battery compartments were set up in the Guangdong class, and a total of 2,800 tons of Silver Dragon batteries were placed, which were mainly used for electromagnetic catapults and as backup electrical energy. When not driving at high speeds, excess energy is fed into these battery packs for storage, and these battery compartments also act as voltage regulators and insurances.

The Cantonese class is also a very mainstream four-axis propulsion, with four sets of thermoelectric conversion power generation units that can produce 270 megawatts (362,000 horsepower) of shaft power, making it extremely fast at more than 35 knots in such a surging power drive. The "Jinwu 4" breeder fast reactor gives it almost unlimited endurance. The core of the Jinwu 4 will have a service life of 50 years, so that the Guangdong class does not need to return to the dock for major surgery to replace the furnace core during the entire service period, and the service time in the life cycle is increased.

The Guangdong-class propulsion device is still a traditional propeller, and the five-blade large-dip propeller with the lowest power loss. In fact, China has developed a lot of new propulsion equipment in recent years, such as rotary pod electric propulsion, waterjet propulsion and so on. The reason why they were not adopted is not that these things are bad, but after repeated arguments by the expert group and computer simulations, it was found that these tall things are not suitable for large warships, especially large warships on the front line that want to fight a world war.

They are either too fragile (pods) or they can drastically reduce the strength of the hull (waterjet). On top of that, these advanced propulsion units have a fatal drawback, they are not easy to repair. Once they are damaged in combat, they need to be docked to be repaired, which is not conducive to immediate front-line disposal.

Similar to other aircraft carriers, the Guangdong-class has poor firepower and few weapons, all of which are used for air defense. The traditional artillery only has six 11-barreled 30 mm close-in defense guns, and four "Haihongqi-6" six-pack short-range anti-aircraft missile launchers are installed, and two sets of multi-purpose vertical launch systems are installed on the outboard platform on the left side of the stern and the right side of the bow, which can be loaded with 64 "Haihongqi-7" medium-range anti-aircraft missiles or 128 "Haihongqi-6" short-range anti-aircraft missiles. Of course, there are also lofty things, four 20-mm electromagnetic anti-aircraft guns and four laser anti-aircraft guns, and the extremely high degree of "electrification" above the Guangdong class, which will provide good prerequisites for the development of such high-energy weapons. Of course, these electromagnetic guns and laser cannons are used for air defense, and they will be able to fight planes or missiles, or torpedoes, so forget about anti-ships.

"How big is its flight deck and how much does it have to carry aircraft?" asked Wendehei. The firepower of the aircraft carriers themselves is not worth mentioning (with the exception of Maozi's thinking), and the carrier-based aircraft are their spears and shields.

"The flight deck is 332 meters long and 78 meters wide, and can carry more than 90 carrier-based aircraft, 2 squadrons of 32 J-13 Sea Hawk fighters, 3 squadrons of 48 J-14 Bobtail Fighter attack aircraft, 4-6 Dian-3 electronic warfare aircraft, 2 Air Police-1 early warning aircraft, and 4-8 Z-5 Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopters. ”

Xu Wei paused and said: "It seems that the number is not as good as the 115 aircraft carriers of the Han Dynasty class before, but this is because of the large size of the jet aircraft now, if you change to the previous propeller aircraft, the Guangdong class can carry at least 190 aircraft!" However, according to the Admiralty's assessment, with the current number of carrier-based aircraft multiplied by three times the sortie speed brought by the angled deck and electromagnetic catapults, and considering the use of jet aircraft, the combat power of this Guangdong aircraft carrier is actually at least equivalent to ten Han Dynasty-class aircraft carriers carrying propeller aircraft. If you add in the advantages of nuclear power, it is equivalent to at least fourteen Han Dynasty class ships. ”

"Well, how about the defense?" asked Wen Deji noncommittally. It is certain that the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, otherwise it would be stupid to build this expensive nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. You must know that the cost of a Guangdong-class is as high as 460 million Chinese yuan, which is already equivalent to the cost of 6 Han Dynasty-class ships, not counting the carrier-based aircraft above. However, such an expensive thing has to be strong and durable, otherwise it will be in vain.

"The Guangdong-class flight deck has three layers, the first layer is a 50 mm thick tungsten whisker composite armor plate, the second layer is a composite fiber material to prevent spalling, and there is a layer of anti-slip elastic coating on the outermost surface of the armor plate, mainly to improve the slip resistance and wear resistance of the deck, but also to prevent the penetration of water vapor and salt spray, and ensure that the metal substrate is not corroded. ”

Xu Wei replied: "Our tungsten whisker composite armor plate has a very high defensive power, 50 mm is equivalent to 300 mm of homogeneous armor steel plate. It can fully resist the attack of 2000 kg aerial bombs. Core compartments such as ammunition depots, aviation fuel depots, and power compartments are fully armored and protected. The underwater defense adopts the defense of five compartments, plus the protruding anti-torpedo structure, which is enough to defend against torpedo attacks. According to our simulation experiments, even our most powerful Fish-5 torpedo can guarantee survival if it hits seven of them. ”

Of course, although the defense of the aircraft carrier itself is important, the most important thing is the cover of other ships in the formation, and it is impossible for a heavy aircraft carrier like this to be dispatched alone. Once it is dispatched, it will definitely be accompanied by a large number of bodyguards. In addition, the biggest guarantee of the safety of an aircraft carrier is "distance", as long as it is separated by a distance of several hundred kilometers, who can have the ability to hit it?

"Yes, this is the aircraft carrier I want......" Wen Deji nodded with satisfaction.

"Mr. Wen, how much are we going to build?" Shi Ziren asked.

The Guangdong class is China's dumplings, in 1939 the construction of 2 ships, in 1940 was originally the construction of 2 ships, after the outbreak of World War II, quickly added two ships, this year another 6 ships in one go. In other words, there are a whole dozen and twelve ships of the Cantonese class under construction now!

Twelve 100,000-ton aircraft carriers, this is the real super dumpling!