Arthur was so pleased with the ship's design that he named it the Doomsday-class battleship.

The meaning of this represents is not only the end of a large battleship like the Doomsday class battleship, but also the end of the crazy construction of such a large battleship.

Because only two Doom-class battleships were to be built, Arthur gave them to Secretary of Defense Thomas for supervision after agreeing to the construction plan.

And what Arthur really cares about is actually the other warship designs on his desk, such as aircraft carriers, Empire-class aircraft carriers and Doom-class aircraft carriers.

Again, World War II is uncertain when it will break out, but it's definitely very close.

Australasia's warship replacement was slow, which meant that in the middle of World War II, the fleet was still dominated by the current design.

Moreover, the long construction time of warships is also one of the important reasons for restricting the replacement of warships.

Even if there are already designs related to battleships and aircraft carriers, it will be a year and a half at the earliest, when specific products are launched for testing.

If you count at least a year of naval testing and the time it takes the soldiers to become proficient with the ship, it would take at least two and a half years.

If it is built in large quantities, the design of the first-class warship will take at least five years to build.

This is also the reason why warships are being replaced slowly. We can't all eliminate these warships that started construction five years ago, right?

Newly designed warships also require a long construction and testing phase, which dooms the life of any warship to start in 10 or even 20 years.

Nothing else is guaranteed. Now the design of these warships, if their finished products had not sunk in World War II, what awaits them may be several successive modifications, and then decommissioning in twenty or thirty years.

Eyes return to two aircraft carrier designs in Australasia.

The Imperial-class aircraft carriers and the Doom-class aircraft carriers still adopt functional classifications similar to those of the Hercules and Hurricane classes.

As can be seen from the blueprints of the Imperial-class aircraft carrier, this is a rather large and spectacular aircraft carrier.

The Doom-class aircraft carriers, on the other hand, look more compact and exquisite, and pursue speed rather than volume.

Let's start with the Imperial-class aircraft carriers.

It can be seen from its naming that the designers of the warship have put extraordinary effort into it.

This is indeed the case. Adhering to the principle of bigger and stronger, the Imperial-class aircraft carrier has a total length of 271 meters, a width of 33 meters, and a draft of 7.4 meters under standard load and 8.7 meters at full load.

Compared with the Hercules-class aircraft carrier, which can only carry 36 combat aircraft, the number of aircraft that can be carried by the Imperial-class aircraft carrier has reached a terrifying 93, which is nearly three times that of the previous one.

From this aspect, it can already be judged that the role played by the Imperial-class aircraft carriers is definitely several times greater than that of the previous ones.

The more aircraft, the more combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier. This also means that aircraft carriers can choose from a wider variety of aircraft combinations, and there are more ways to deal with different enemies.

In terms of power, the Imperial-class aircraft carrier follows the power design of the Doomsday-class battleships. But because of its smaller size and weight, it surpassed the Doomsday class battleships in terms of speed.

But it's normal to think about it. Doomsday-class battleships were originally pushed targets, and in terms of importance, they are indeed not as high as current aircraft carriers.

According to the designers' estimates, the Empire-class aircraft carrier can reach a maximum speed of 31.3 knots, cruising at an average speed of 20 knots per hour, and can reach a cruising range of 9,000 nautical miles (16,668 km).

In terms of firepower, the Reich-class aircraft carriers were armed with 8 CA-1 - 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, as well as 12 CA-2-27 mm anti-aircraft guns.

Both guns were known for their high rate of fire. The former, after several refinements, has been able to reach a rate of fire of more than 90 rounds per minute.

The latter is even more terrifying, the rate of fire is already close to 110 rounds per minute.

The role of these two types of artillery is to cover with extremely terrifying firepower to achieve excellent anti-aircraft firepower.

In addition to this, the Imperial-class aircraft carrier has four missile launchers with a reserve of more than 32 missiles and is also the most powerful source of firepower.

These 32 missiles are all ship-based pigeon missiles, and the weight of a single missile is more than 10 tons. It is no exaggeration to say that once hit by any missile, the enemy's warship can only face the fate of sinking.

However, even with the ingenious design of the pigeon missile, it can only ensure that the current missile's hit rate is close to 50%, and it must be in a good climate without any weather influence.

In the event of relatively bad weather, the dove missile will not be so powerful and can only be reduced to a deterrent weapon.

From the firepower equipment of the Empire-class aircraft carriers, we can see the current design idea of aircraft carriers, that is, long-distance and battleship attrition.

The Imperial-class aircraft carriers were not equipped with any large-caliber guns, and all that remained, except for missiles, was used for air defense.

To put it simply, the Australasian aircraft carriers never wanted to confront the battleships head-on.

What an aircraft carrier should do is to discover the whereabouts of the enemy's warships in advance through a large number of reconnaissance planes on board, and then use bombers to directly sink the enemy's warships.

At the same time, aircraft carriers are equipped with fighter jets to protect against enemy aircraft. Such an aircraft carrier design idea can be understood as a shooter in a team battle, and its role is long-range output.

In order to be able to better reserve 93 aircraft, the Imperial-class aircraft carrier is equipped with a three-seat aircraft lift and a two-seat aircraft catapult for a better reserve of aircraft.

It is precisely because of the increase in the number of aircraft that the tonnage of this aircraft carrier has increased from more than 20,000 tons to more than 30,000 tons.

The standard displacement of the Imperial-class aircraft carrier has reached 31,300 tons, and the full load displacement has reached 36,800 tons, which can be regarded as a big guy among the current warships.

For the design of the Reich-class aircraft carrier, Arthur was most satisfied with the number of aircraft on board and the cruising speed of the aircraft carrier.

The increase in the number of aircraft represents an increase in the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers, and the increase in cruising speed represents the safety system of aircraft carriers in naval warfare.

The maximum speed of 31.3 knots is not the fastest among the current warships, but it should also be at the first-class level.

Coupled with the close to 100 aircraft on board the aircraft carrier, it can ensure that the Empire-class aircraft carrier retains the hope of running if it encounters any enemy.

However, looking at the Doom-class aircraft carrier next to him, Arthur felt what speed was.

Leaving aside the other data, the maximum speed of the Doom-class aircraft carrier alone is enough to make Arthur full of hope for this aircraft carrier.

The Doom-class aircraft carrier has a design power of 150,000 shaft horsepower and an estimated maximum speed of 34.7 knots.

Although it is only a 3.4 knot improvement over the Empire-class aircraft carriers, the speed advantage in naval combat is crucial.

The speed increase of 3.4 knots is equivalent to 6.3 kilometers per hour, and the speed of 34.7 knots is almost the top level of the current warship.

If the Imperial-class aircraft carriers can compete for the largest aircraft carrier and the aircraft carrier with the largest number of aircraft, then the Doom-class aircraft carriers can compete for the fastest aircraft carrier.

However, it is certain that because of the pursuit of higher speed, the Doom-class aircraft carrier will have to be abandoned in other aspects.

The first is the size of the aircraft carrier, which is a full circle smaller than the Imperial-class aircraft carrier.

According to the data, the total length of the Doom-class aircraft carrier is only 231 meters, the width is 27 meters, and the draft is only about 7.2 meters.

Because of this "petite" size, the standard displacement of the Doom-class aircraft carrier is only 22,500 tons, and the full load displacement is only 30,700 tons, which is barely a 30,000-ton giant ship.

Because of the fact that the displacement is 10,000 tons less, the Doom-class aircraft carrier not only did not have any improvement in armor protection, but even actively weakened the armor in some areas that are not easy to hit.

At the same time, the number of aircraft that can be carried on board the Doom-class aircraft carrier has also been reduced from 93 to 52 aircraft carriers of the Empire-class aircraft carrier.

However, the number of anti-aircraft firepower and missiles of the Imperial-class aircraft carriers has been retained, and even the number of missiles has been upgraded.

Doom-class aircraft carriers pay more attention to firepower. While having the same scale of anti-aircraft firepower as the Empire-class aircraft carriers, the number of missiles in reserve has been increased to 42 and the number of missile launchers has been increased to five.

Because of its high speed and larger missile reserves, when the development of nuclear weapons is completed in the future, the Doom-class aircraft carrier will have the true meaning of its name, which can be called a general force of destruction.

Yes, the Doom-class aircraft carrier has its own unique role, that is, as a nuclear strike force in Australasia.

According to the Nuclear Weapons Research and Development Group, most of the progress of nuclear weapons is now complete, and the final test of nuclear weapons is less than a year away.

If the tests can be successfully completed, Australasia will soon have its first atomic bomb.

The main aircraft carried by the Doom-class aircraft carrier is a jet bomber that can drop atomic bombs.

Because of the need to carry jet bombers, the number of aircraft that can be carried by the Doom-class aircraft carrier is almost half that of the Imperial-class aircraft carrier.

But after possessing nuclear weapons, the deterrent power brought to the enemy by the Doom-class aircraft carriers is definitely far greater than that of the Imperial-class aircraft carriers.

Moreover, when the development of nuclear weapons is completed, the corresponding nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines should also be included in the list of developments.

Compared with warships that use conventional power, this kind of nuclear power, which can use almost unlimited energy, is many, many times more important at the strategic level.

But all this, after all, we have to hope that the first nuclear test in Australasia will be successfully completed.

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