"This is really a big ship." When Yan Boxun came to the Armstrong Shipyard and saw the huge hull of the Hood-class fast battleship's sibling, the Hao, he couldn't help but exclaimed. "This is a very good hull.

, we will help your country build it into the most outstanding aircraft carrier of its generation." Yan Boxun said, looking at this behemoth with a waterline length of 262 meters and a width of 33 meters.

China finally decided to help the British complete the two aircraft carriers improved from the Admiral-class fast battleships. Although this resulted in the leakage of some of China's design concepts, after careful consideration, China believed that it would exchange limited advanced concepts for practical

The design and construction experience is very valuable. More importantly, the United Kingdom will be the main force to resist the Allies' eastward advance in the future. On this issue, the interests of China and the United Kingdom are consistent. The arrival of Yan Boxun and others finally made the British

The original design plan was almost redone.

"The strongest attack power, the strongest defense power, the best combat endurance! Appropriate speed, strong endurance!" At the first meeting between Chinese and British designers, Yan Boxun wrote these English words on

on the blackboard. Then he started the following speech that has influenced the history of aircraft carrier design for more than ten years!

"There is no doubt that the attack power of an aircraft carrier is reflected in the number of aircraft that can be prepared and launched at one time! So we need an oversized hangar and an oversized deck. Thank God, the embryos your country has provided us are very suitable for building a perfect aircraft carrier.

, he has just laid the keel, the huge part of the superstructure

The aircraft carrier and the hull have not been built yet, so we have a blank piece of paper to play with! For this reason, we believe that in order not to waste the huge hull of this aircraft carrier, it must have at least a huge deck with a length of 270 meters and a width of more than 35 meters.

!The size of this deck will be larger than that of an American aircraft carrier!”

"In terms of hangar, we have a lot in common. First of all, we will choose a double-layer hangar. The height of the upper hangar is set to 6 meters and the lower level is 5.5 meters. This gives us sufficient height to carry out aircraft maintenance. In

In terms of specific data, I think our aircraft carrier

The area of ​​the upper hangar should be at least 170 meters long and 24 meters wide! The width of the lower hangar can be smaller, between 21 meters and 22 meters. A huge hangar will provide sufficient air force for this aircraft carrier

to maintain every type of aircraft imaginable."

"God, with such a large deck and such a huge hangar, it is hard for me to imagine what kind of aircraft needs such luxurious configurations now. Whether it is a torpedo aircraft or a heavy bomber that may be installed in the future, this hangar is

It's too big." said a British naval designer. He was right,

This hangar area is already ranked second in the world on a double-decker aircraft carrier. You must know that this does not include the elevator area. It is a hangar area purely used to park aircraft. In history, except for the Shinano bt, Taiho's

The upper hangar is only 150 meters * 20 meters. The width of the lower floor is only 18 meters.

"Actually, I don't know why Boss Xu wants such a huge hangar." The British technician's private words reached Yan Boxun's ears, and Yan Boxun was also very dissatisfied with such a design that now seems a bit too extravagant.

Solution. Xu Jie didn’t explain too much about this, because even if some things are explained, it would be in vain! After all, there is still a 20-year technical gap!

The purpose of Xu Jie insisting on such a huge hangar is actually to prepare for the launch of twin-engine aircraft in the future. Well, except for the air raid from Shangri-La in the second battle in history (it was the revenge of American bombers on Tokyo after Pearl Harbor

Sexual bombing.) There is no record of a large number of twin-engine aircraft taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier, and even this attack could only be launched but not received, and due to weight restrictions. The B25s dismantled almost everything that had nothing to do with bombing, and even

For all self-defense machine guns.

From a historical point of view, the lack of twin-engine aircraft on ships does not seem to have much impact on the war. Well, for the Japanese and German navies in history, the US imperialism can crush them to death no matter how hard it is. After all, where is the strong national power?

, but on this plane, facing the German fleet and other Allied forces, which are almost as powerful as the U.S. Navy, if the British are not given some support beyond the times, I am afraid the result will be really hard to say. Then the twin-engine aircraft can provide

What benefits did the British bring?

A larger bomb load? A more powerful attack aircraft? The Allies don't seem to need it. According to the current development of technology, the technology in this plane is more than 4 years ahead of history. In other words, if it is still the same as in history

If there is time for a second war, the American A1 Skyraider attack aircraft will definitely be able to catch up with the battlefield. This aircraft is a terrifying existence that can hold up to 3 to 4 torpedoes. As the last piston warrior, this stuff is used.

The Vietnam War! It is enough to prove its success.

Aircraft carrier night combat aircraft? It seems that there is no need, because there are also single-engine night combat aircraft in World War 2, such as the F6F and F4u equipped with radar. (Here I pay homage to the terrifying technical advantages of the American emperor in World War 2.) What is really needed is a twin-engine aircraft.

It is anti-submarine electronic warfare and air surveillance. (This is true for the United States, but with German technology, if you want an aircraft to fire 2 to 3 torpedoes, it must be a twin-engine aircraft.)

At the end of World War II, the standard anti-submarine mode for aircraft carriers in the United States was like this. Three aircraft formed a formation, one aircraft was equipped with radar and sonobuoys or other detection equipment, another aircraft was equipped with homing torpedoes, and the third aircraft

Equipped with depth charges or rockets or something. (The author notes here

I'm not sure. If I'm wrong, please correct me.) If you look at the weight alone, one torpedo plus a mess of sonobuoys or bombs doesn't seem to be too much, at least it won't be heavier than four torpedoes. If theoretically

It seems that a1 can take on this task. And the latter has enough racks.

If you look at it purely from the perspective of load capacity, it is indeed possible, but radar operation requires people! In addition to installing a sea search radar on the aircraft, 1 or 2 people must be arranged to operate the radar. The size of the AD

It can be used, but it would be really difficult to install a bunch of weapons in this situation. Anyway, there is no such thing in history.

In this way, even after World War II, before the S2 anti-submarine aircraft entered service, at least two aircraft were required to perform anti-submarine missions, one responsible for searching the submarine for the depth of the snorkel with radar, and the other responsible for attack. And the tactical flexibility of such an aircrew

It is obviously worse, and the deck area occupied by two single-engine aircraft is definitely larger than that of a small twin-engine aircraft.

As for early warning aircraft? Historically, there have also been single-engine aircraft equipped with radars and converted into early warning aircraft. However, these single-engine aircraft can only hang the radar on the belly of the aircraft. The space itself is tight, and the lower-mounted radar will be affected by sea clutter.

Impact. So it was eventually replaced by a twin-engine aircraft. Historically, the first twin-engine carrier-based early warning aircraft in the United States was modified from the S2 anti-submarine aircraft. Naturally, everyone is very clear about which strategy is better.

So the last question now is whether such an aircraft can take off from an aircraft carrier. The answer is very easy. Even according to historical technology, the H4-1 hydraulic catapult used by the USS Midway can launch a 28,000-pound aircraft at 71

At speeds of knots popping up, coupled with synthetic deck winds, propeller aircraft can easily

It took off, and historically the power of the S2 anti-submarine aircraft was not very high. It seemed that it did not even have 1,800 horsepower, which is enough to prove that this aircraft is still very friendly to the aircraft carrier. As for landing? It is not a big problem, because the S2 is not very heavy, and

The landing speed of propeller aircraft is also very low, so it is possible to land on such a large aircraft carrier.

Whether it is anti-submarine aircraft, early warning aircraft or electronic warfare aircraft, they will be very important in future battles. After all, neither the Allied Powers nor the Central Powers in this dimension can match the strength of the Axis Powers in history. If China wants to go further, it must

Make full preparations for war, and of course, think more about potential allies. Although Xu Jie thought a lot about the British, he still kept a lot of it in the end. The cat taught the tiger to know how to save a hand, let alone treat

It's British!

"Dear General Yan, I would like to ask, in your plan, is it too little to equip the Wrath-class aircraft carrier with only 2 elevators? As far as I know, the Americans have prepared 3 elevators for their aircraft carriers, and

Whether we are on the deck or in the hangar

Both are larger than their aircraft carriers. Can two elevators maintain the dispatching operation of so many aircraft?" If the British can understand a large hangar as holding more aircraft, then they feel quite uncomfortable with such a layout of elevators.

What a surprise.

"First of all, two elevators are basically enough. If it is in actual combat, the first wave of attacks should be completed before daytime. One wave of attacks in one night is completely enough. One less elevator is not a big problem.

Moreover, the function of the elevator is actually to communicate between the hangar and the deck. It takes less than 1 minute to

An upgrade can be completed within a short period of time. The bulk of the preparation time is replenishing fuel and ammunition and warming up the engine. The upgrade does not take much time. Therefore, the number of lifts has little to do with the length of the preparation time." Yan Boxun explained. Historically,

The Taiho aircraft carrier also has two elevators, but the maintenance speed is not much slower.

"What are the benefits of having one less elevator? First, it can save a lot of hangar area. The size of our elevator is about 15*15, which is 225 square meters, and you still have two floors, which is 450 square meters.

Coupled with the waste of corner space,

Moreover, the middle elevator has a negative impact on the aircraft carrier's defense layout and maintenance of combat effectiveness. Since this gentleman has talked about this issue, then we can first talk about the Fury-class aircraft carrier and its defense and how to maintain combat effectiveness." Yan Boxun made the following remarks.

a topic.
Chapter completed!