Chapter 1288 The Empire’s Aircraft Carrier Era (Second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1288 The Empire’s Aircraft Carrier Era (Second update, please subscribe)
War, from the day when human civilization originated, human civilization has been inseparable from war, and the process of war is also promoting the development of human civilization.
Just like naval warfare, from primitive canoes and stone swords and arrows, to later multi-sail warships and forward-mounted cannons, to today's iron-clad giant ships with rear-mounted cannons.
The changes in naval warfare technology time after time are not only changing the mode of naval warfare, but also changing the process of human history.
Now in this humble place, change has begun again.
As the altitude dropped, the target became larger and closer. Although the battleship's turret base was hollow, in Lu Rende's eyes, it was still a complete battleship.
When he was still several kilometers away from the battleship, Lu Rende launched a dive directly. With a harsh whistle, a 250-kilogram bomb flew towards the battleship the moment it left its pylon.
Black bombs roared in the air and rushed straight towards the target. The heavy bombs directly smashed through the deck and rushed into the cabin.
"boom!"
With a violent explosion, the rear of the battleship was directly blown into a mess.
And this was just the beginning. Seven other planes followed closely and launched air strikes against targets on the sea.
For a time, in the violent explosion, the entire battleship was shrouded in thick smoke. In the explosion, the battleship seemed to be ignited, and flames rose into the sky. Although after successive bombings, the battleship was still floating on the water.
But everyone can see it.
The battleship has "lost combat effectiveness."
Air raid!
This is a real air raid!
"Sir, sir, this, this..."
"is this real?"
While the officers were dumbfounded by the scene before them, Cheng Bichen said seriously.
"This is true, I tell you, this... is the future!"
After the words fell, Cheng Bichen said directly.
"Calculate how many "Shenzhou-class immigration ships" the empire has, and call the Navy to request that they be converted into first-class combat reserve ships..."
What is a first-level combat reserve ship?
This is the merchant ship combat readiness sequence established as early as the Nanhua period. If civilian merchant ships are listed as "first-level combat reserve ships", then when the situation is tense - that is, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues an "orange alert", they must sail away from unfriendly
National ports, sail to the nearest friendly country port as much as possible. This is to prevent important merchant ships from being captured and requisitioned by the enemy during the war, or even becoming a tool to attack the country.
Since the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship" has such military potential, it must be classified as a "first-class war reserve ship". Once a war breaks out, it can be requisitioned and used to transform the "aircraft carrier carrier".
“It is also recommended that the Navy Ministry consider requisitioning the Shenzhou class aircraft under construction and carry out aircraft-carrying transformation, and also draft a report on establishing a naval aviation force.”
The wings of the butterfly flap very powerfully. In this world, the wings of the butterfly inadvertently set off a storm again and again, directly changing the entire world.
As the world is about to enter the last decade of the 19th century, human science and technology, driven by the Ming Dynasty, have developed by leaps and bounds. From cars to airships, they have been much more advanced than in history.
This is the acceleration of global technological iteration brought about by Ming's use of advanced technology.
And this acceleration not only affected foreign countries, but even the innovations within Ming Dynasty were unexpected.
"aircraft carrier……"
After receiving the memorial from the Admiralty, Emperor Zhu Da was stunned for a while before murmuring.
"The aircraft carrier is coming out..."
In fact, as the originator of the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship", he certainly knew that the ship was more of a "quasi-aircraft carrier" than a merchant ship. He even considered it when he proposed the concept of the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship"
It was requisitioned during wartime and transformed into an aircraft carrier.
However, due to technical and confidentiality reasons, this concept has always stayed in the mind of Emperor Zhu Da and has not been put into action at all.
But what about now?
The Navy used the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship" to successfully transform the world's first aircraft carrier, and even conducted an aviation target practice.
This is really unexpected!
"Naval aviation, aircraft carrier..."
Staring at the navy's memorial and looking at the photos included in the memorial, Emperor Zhu said to himself.
"The dreadnoughts have just been born here, and the aircraft carriers have come out over there. Now the arms race in the empire is a bit interesting..."
"Dreadnought" arms race!
Like another world, facing powerful dreadnoughts, in order to ensure their own naval superiority, the navies of Britain, Germany, the United States and other countries began to build dreadnoughts. In response, the Ming Empire, France and Russia, together with the Austro-Hungarian Empire
And third-rate countries like Italy have also begun to build "dreadnoughts." At present, the arms race in various countries around the world has entered a quite feverish state.
Unlike in history, when dreadnoughts started a craze with 12-inch naval guns, the Ming Dynasty directly used 14-inch "super-dreadnoughts" to start this naval technological revolution. Facing the empire's powerful "dreadnoughts," the British were eager to build and install more powerful
In order to catch up with the Ming Dynasty and regain its superiority in firepower, the British Royal Navy has proposed the development of a 15-inch main gun to counter the Ming Dynasty's 14-inch caliber main gun.
Of course, the proposer of this project is completely proud of the invention of the hydraulic press. Well... this is also a technology derived from the empire. However, the British have not yet solved the problem of 14-inch naval guns. They built and designed the first batch of dreadnoughts.
Almost all are 12-inch naval guns.
Regardless of whether the UK can successfully manufacture a 15-inch naval gun, one thing is certain that the race for "dreadnoughts" is now taking place in the world.
But what now?
Before the dreadnought race could reach its true climax, the Imperial Navy had just served the dreadnought bowl, and ended up smashing its own bowl. The speed at which the bowl was smashed was simply "outrageous"
.
"It's a bit difficult to handle!"
Emperor Zhu Da couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. Now that the aircraft carrier has been completed, it seems that those toy-like aircraft and the aircraft carrier without armor defense do not seem to pose any threat to the fleet. Even in the next ten years, the aircraft carrier will only be
Auxiliary warships at sea, naval battles will still be dominated by battleships and fleet artillery battles - after all, based on the experience of another world, even until World War II, battleships were an important part of the fleet. Aircraft carriers need to be provided by the battle fleet
appropriate protection.
However, now that the Empire has grasped this new peak in naval technology, it can maintain its leading level in naval technology.
"It seems that it is almost time to develop aviation!"
What Emperor Zhu Da refers to is not just aviation, but of course aircraft carriers as well."
Real sleep!
When making this decision, Emperor Zhu Da suddenly had an intuition in his mind. Maybe these aircraft carriers will change the future to a great extent. He said that what will change is not just the combat mode of future naval battles.
It will even subvert the course of human war and subvert everything that people are familiar with now. Of course, the most important thing is that he will bring victory to the empire. Let the empire win the arms race in the future, of course. At that moment, everyone
Only then will the world realize that the giant iron-clad ships they spent huge sums of money to build were just a joke.
Those huge fearless swords are just a pile of useless scrap metal...
After making the decision to develop naval aviation, Emperor Zhu Da once again looked at another briefing, which was a real-time battle report from Africa.
The contents of the battle report made Emperor Zhu Da, who was in a good mood, feel even more comfortable. He even whistled inadvertently and said proudly.
