"The reason why the iceberg base is bulletproof and torpedo is that it is protected by thick ice. So the Japanese thought of putting this special ice below the flight deck as armor. The density of ice is only 09, one-eighth of steel. But its hardness is related to temperature. If the special ice can be frozen to minus forty degrees, then its hardness can reach four, and six at minus fifty degrees. Regardless of the hardness is four or six, its density is only one-eighth of steel. A three-inch steel armor turns into ice armor and only twenty-four inches, which is only sixty centimeters. Such a thick ice cannot penetrate even a bomb with a thousand kilograms of ice."

"It's actually like this..." Yang Rui remembered a photo of the Battle of Japan and Russia that he had seen thirty years ago. The 80mm shell hit the Russian military fortifications covered by ice and snow. Not only did it not explode, it also started to bomb. The temperature at that time was about minus thirty degrees below zero.

"Yes, sir." Zhou Sixu said, "The Japanese Shipbuilding Headquarters have tested it. They selected 30 cm ice armor, installed one under the flight deck, one main armor, and one on the bottom deck, and only the protection of the boiler or steel armor. The source of electricity is to turn two of the eight boilers from mechanical transmission to wire-transmission. Usually, some electricity is allocated to keep the ice armor at minus 30 degrees Celsius. Before the battle, the power is fully powered, so that the temperature of the ice is close to minus 50 degrees Celsius. Such a protective force is much greater than that of the composite armor."

The method is quite clever. Yang Rui laughed: "If the power is suddenly cut off, why don't you run naked? It's troublesome to catch fire. There are two boilers left. The aircraft carrier's speed also drops sharply."

"This..." Zhou Sixu also laughed, "Sir. The three ice armors are one meter thick in total. The circuit is safe. Three of them are arranged in the bow and stern of the ship. So it is unlikely to be cut off. If the bomb is not thrown in, the protection is in place, and it is difficult to catch fire. Speed ​​is indeed a problem, but the ice armor has thick insulation measures to avoid the power supply for half a time when the enemy plane is stopped for half a time, and the temperature will not rise. The most important thing is that it is cheap. If you build 30 aircraft carriers a year, each one will save 900 million yuan a year. The Navy fully agrees with this, and the four aircraft carriers built by Japan this year are equipped with ice armor."

"Okay, you can use it well." Yang Rui said lightly. He had never believed in things he had never heard of. Fortunately, the Japanese tried it first, so let's take a look. He then pointed to the air force equipment and said, "Is the air force equipment included naval aircraft?"

"Yes. The training fees for carrier-based aircraft and carrier-based pilots are included." Zhou Sixu said. "We have calculated again that each combat aircraft, that is, a single-engine aircraft, is a single-engine, twin-engine, and four-engine, and no longer together calculates the total price. It is roughly 60,000 for single-engine combat aircraft, 100,000 for twin-engine transport aircraft, and 250,000 for four-engine bombers.

After the military expenditure adjustment, it is estimated that 50,000 combat aircraft will be produced every year and 30,000 pilots will be trained, totaling 7.5 billion; four-engine bombers will be produced every year and 60,000 pilots will be produced, totaling 6 billion; finally, there are 4,000 twin-engine transport aircraft and 1,500,000 pilots will be produced, totaling 1.5 billion. The remaining 5 billion will be used for radar, airport facilities, spare parts and jet aircraft."

He came here to look at Wang Jitong, "Mr. Xu, is it expected that the first generation of jets will be equipped in thirty years on the test site?"

"It's not thirty years in thirty years." Wang Ji and his head said immediately, "Jets are not expensive, at most twice as expensive as single-engine fighter jets. But," he looked at Yang Rui, "Don't you have to wait for the second-generation 1,500-kilogram thrust engine to come out before entering service? Now a single-engine thrust is only 1,000 kilograms, and the range is not enough..."

"The first generation produces 10,000 aircraft, and it is always necessary to train pilots." Yang Rui explained. "Propeller fighter trains a pilot of 150,000, and the price of a jet pilot doubles. Tsk tsk..." Yang Rui felt pain and said again: "Anyway, the second generation of jets must be equipped at least 10,000 aircraft a year, and the pilots must be sufficient. If you don't have enough money, you will cut the propeller. And the range must be sufficient from the west coast of the United States to the east coast, which is only 3,800 to 4,000 kilometers. The distance after landing is shorter. We can shuttle and bomb, and the bomber lands on the iceberg base. I think it is best to be escorted by jet fighters."

"It's too anxious." Wang Jitong shook his head when he saw Yang Rui's requirements so high. "According to the 31st year, the second-generation engine will take at least 30 years to mature. Even if the body design is synchronized and the test flight in 31st year, it will take 33 years to enter the service. If you are not lucky, it will probably have to wait until 34 years. Where has the army advanced at this time? I'm afraid that it will not be able to shuttle and bomb, just fly over and fly back."

Wang Jitong's Zhou thought smiled, and he agreed: "When the army occupied Arkansas, I'm afraid there will be not many US planes in the sky."

"The bauxite in the United States is really concentrated in Arkansas?" Although Wang Jitong had known the strategy, he was still a little unbelievable.

"I saw it for the first time," Yang Rui explained, "the bauxite in the United States is concentrated in Little River in central Arkansas, and it is very concentrated and even an open-pit mine. As long as it bombs here, its aluminum production will be greatly reduced during the war. It is not that there is no bauxite in other places, and there are bauxite in Georgia and Alabama next to it. But we cannot forget this fact: these two states are closer to Cuba.

Once the Americans feel that the sea control rights are not guaranteed, they will develop their own aluminum ore, that is, the aluminum ore with higher silicon in Arkansas before, because the silicon content is high and difficult to refine. Arkansas will definitely mine in large quantities during the war, but when we occupy Cuba or enter Mexico to start bombing, Arkansas can only give up, and Georgia and Alabama are also within the range of the bomber. The mine has mine belts, and it has been found that this bauxite belt is in several southern states of the United States. In the past year, the Intelligence Agency has set up bauxite mines in these states, and bombers will blow up wherever they are, ensuring that the Americans can only use wooden planes in the end!"

"There is no bauxite in Canada?" Wang Jitong looked at Zhou Sixu, saw him shook his head without hesitation, and asked again: "Then we can't air transport from Europe. The bomber with a range of 6,000 kilometers can be converted into a transport plane if they come out."

"Mr. Xu, it takes three tons of bauxite to make a ton of alumina, and two tons of alumina to make a ton of pure aluminum. This is still a rich ore. If it is a poor ore, it is likely that four to five tons of bauxite to make a ton of alumina. Five hundred thousand tons of alumina will require five million tons of bauxite. Air transport cannot be transported, not to mention that the United States also needs materials such as manganese ore and lead. Then, it takes aluminum to build aircraft. If the aluminum production suddenly drops, then it will be difficult to weigh whether to make fighter jets to defend aluminum ore or transport aircraft to Europe to transport bauxite. No matter how Americans choose, it is a key to not reaching aluminum production.

As for transporting aluminum from Europe, we cannot control only the Soviet Union and Germany. Germany does not have aluminum ore. Of course, it is a different matter for its occupation of Hungary. In addition to Hungary, Europe's bauxite is basically in France, Italy also has Yugoslavia, and aluminum smelting is in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, France and Germany. Among them, Germany's aluminum production exceeds 100,000 tons, France is more than 30,000 tons, Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Italy are all in more than 20,000 tons, and the Soviet Union's production is unknown. [Note 170]

Britain lacks raw materials to produce aluminum, France stands on our side. Italy and Yugoslavia are easy to buy, and on the Mediterranean side, if it doesn't work, we can send air forces to bomb the local bauxite. Germany and the Soviet Union, we are sure that Germany will take the opportunity to start a war. Goering's ultimate goal is the Soviet Union. If the two sides really fight, then the whole Europe is only Switzerland, which is a neutral country, can survive independently. If it doesn't work, we have signed supply and marketing contracts with the other party. If it doesn't work, we will spend money to raise the price."

Not only North America, Zhou Sixu also introduced the bauxite and aluminum smelting in Europe. When he heard this, Wang Jitong finally turned his head. He smiled and said, "Xingchu is right, aluminum is indeed the life gate of the United States!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!