This is the first time that Europeans have seen such a large aircraft carrier.
The 43,000-ton "Nelson" is only 216.6 meters long and 32.3 meters wide. The "Madagascar" is 40 meters longer and 26 meters wider. According to European standards, the "Madagascar" is standard.
Thin crust and big stuffing.
This is normal. "Madagascar" did not consider protection issues at all when designing it. The thickest part of the protective armor of the gun mount and turret of the "Nelson" class battleship reaches 380 mm, and the thinnest part is 305 mm. If "Madagascar"
According to this standard, the tonnage must be 100,000 tons, and it will scare people when built.
In fact, it is already very scary now. "Madagascar" can carry 120 fighter planes, which is more than the number of aircraft in the entire country of some European countries.
The crew of the "Madagascar" is about 3,000, which is also more than the entire country's soldiers in some European countries.
The full load displacement of "Madagascar" is 32,000 tons, which is also larger than the displacement of Calais, the warship of some European countries.
Switzerland: Can you please stop being so dirty when you curse people?
Luxemburg: I don’t think I’m scolding you.
Vatican:——
At this time, only Britain had aircraft carriers in Europe.
After "Madagascar" arrived in Saint-Roch, the French were the first to take action.
Yes, the French also hope to own an aircraft carrier, but unfortunately this wish has never been realized.
In another time and space, France transformed the Normandy No. 5 ship "Béarn" into an aircraft carrier in 1920, which was France's only aircraft carrier.
"Beyan" was also ill-fated. The aircraft carrier converted from a battleship had many problems, such as too few aircraft, slow speed, unreasonable firepower mix, etc.
After the "Béarn" was built, because the flight deck was too short to take off and land new carrier-based aircraft, it could only be used as a transport ship. During World War II, the "Béarn" performed the mission of sending French gold to Canada.
Since then, the "Béarne" has never undertaken any missions. After the surrender of France, the "Béarne" has been docked in the French West Indies. After the establishment of Free France, the "Béarne" was used as a transport ship. After the war, the "Béarne"
The "Béarn" was even converted into a barracks ship for the Toulon Port Submarine Base until it was decommissioned in 1966.
In this time and space, France had long ago sold five "Normandies" to southern Africa. "Béarn" is now Stoudemire's yacht, and its name has been changed to "Cecil Rhodes", completely unrelated to France.
According to the itinerary, the "Madagascar" will stay in Saint-Roch for a week, during which the "Madagascar" will open part of the flight deck for tourists to visit. Paul Parker and Louis Gobert from the French Navy immediately applied to visit the ship. They also
He has one mission, which is to spy on as many secrets of the "Madagascar" as possible to prepare for France to build its first aircraft carrier.
That's right, the French are also going to build an aircraft carrier.
And it was very ambitious from the beginning, aiming to compete with Madagascar in southern Africa.
No matter how weak France is, it is still an old colonial power, a victor in the world war, and one of the founders of the existing international colonial system. The French are still very proud.
Of course, if the French want to build an aircraft carrier of the "Madagascar" level, they will also face many problems, such as insufficient experience, insufficient funds, insufficient technology, and -
For example, there are no suitable carrier-based aircraft.
So after boarding the Madagascar, Paul and Louis headed straight for the only plane parked on the front deck.
This is an aircraft partially made of alloy materials. It is about ten meters long, has a wingspan of more than ten meters, and is about four meters high.
What Paul and Gobert care about most is the wings.
Because aircraft carriers have limited space, they must save space as much as possible, so the wings of aircraft carriers can be folded.
Don't underestimate this sentence, it contains technology that France has not yet mastered.
To Paul and Gobert's dismay, the Southern Africans covered the wings with a layer of skin, so the folding portion of the wings was not visible at all.
Then look at something else.
Propeller aircraft are actually nothing to look at. Road-based aircraft do not need to save space. In order to enhance firepower, aviation machine guns or cannons may be installed on the wings.
The wings of a carrier-based aircraft must be folded, and the machine gun cannot be installed on the wing. Therefore, it is generally installed behind the propeller at the nose of the aircraft. When shooting, the shooting coordinator and the propeller are relied on to coordinate their movements, so as not to interrupt the propeller.
The shooting coordinator technology was also developed in southern Africa and is now mastered by France, so there is nothing interesting about this part.
However, the caliber of the southern African aircraft's cannons still surprised Paul and Gobert.
French aircraft still use 12.7mm aviation machine guns.
Southern African aircraft have long been replaced with 20mm cannons.
This is how you can deal maximum damage.
After looking at the cannons and looking at the landing gear, they were all landing gear, but the technical content and quality were very different. Paul and Gobert wanted to use a knife to scrape off a bit of the metal from the landing gear and take it back to analyze its composition.
It's a pity that the hateful southern Africans have formed a circle with isolation ropes outside the plane. They can't even get close. They can only watch from a distance without being able to play with them. I'm very disappointed.
After walking around the plane, Paul and Gobert discovered that there was a nameplate on the ground next to it, which clearly stated the model of the plane and some data introduction.
As two professional agents, Paul and Gobert could speak Chinese, and the nameplate clearly stated that this was a "Seagull" reconnaissance aircraft.
Paul and Gobert were very disappointed. The southern Africans were so hateful that they didn't even let them see fighter jets and only brought out a reconnaissance plane. What a fool!
There was nothing interesting about the reconnaissance plane, and Paul and Gobert instantly lost interest in the "Seagull".
In fact, there are a lot of things to see. The crew of the "Madagascar" is still very friendly. Although some important locations are restricted by isolation ropes, there are still many things on display, such as anti-aircraft weapons that can be seen everywhere.
Since the end of the World War, warships in various European countries have been upgraded and transformed many times, with the focus being on the anti-aircraft firepower of warships.
Since the emergence of anti-aircraft weapons, there have been great improvements. From the original single-barreled high-level general-purpose machine gun, it is now often a double-gun and quadruple-gun. The caliber has also been upgraded from 12.7 mm to 20 mm and 40 mm. Some European countries even
Using the 120mm artillery as an anti-aircraft gun is simply insane.
The British "Elizabeth" class aircraft carriers are also equipped with anti-ship attack artillery, and the caliber is quite large.
The "Madagascar" has no anti-ship attack artillery at all, and the number of anti-aircraft weapons is not large. However, this information is not reliable, because the anti-aircraft cannon can be installed at any time, and anti-aircraft weapons can be seen everywhere on the edge of the "Madagascar" flight deck.
The installation position of anti-aircraft weapons was left, which also consumed a lot of film for Paul and Gobert.
Yes, people in southern Africa are so confident that they are not afraid to take pictures. They can take pictures casually. Since they let people go on ships to visit, they are not afraid to take pictures. If I can steal technology, I lose.
"The 'Madagascar' is the first ship of the 'Island' class aircraft carrier. After all aircraft carriers of this class are completed, we in southern Africa will have ten aircraft carriers. This will be the most powerful fleet on our planet. Please remember
Live, no matter where you are in the world, the powerful Federation of Southern Africa will always be your strong backing. Please remember that you are a citizen of Southern Africa - "The "Madagascar" has thoughtfully prepared commentators for the people who eat melons.
, and she also has blond hair with big waves that curve forward and backward, which is very in line with European aesthetics.
Of course, he also spoke very domineeringly.
The little American passport from another time and space is a joke.
In this time and space, Southern Africa has really written this sentence on its passport, and will do so.
Therefore, the commentator's words were met with cheers from the visitors. They were really proud of themselves as southern Africans.
Paul and Gobert would be frightened to hear the same words.
Ten aircraft carriers!
Not to mention that "islands" that are larger than "cities" carry more aircraft. Even if they are all "cities", if there are ten ships, the total number of aircraft carried will already reach 1,080!
1,080 fighter planes——
Moreover, it is also a carrier-based aircraft, and this does not include the larger number of road-based aviation forces.
Therefore, the British proposal to reduce the total number of aircraft to only 500 is obviously nonsense.
This figure of the British is also very stupid. The British currently have two "Elizabeths" and two more are under construction.
After the two ships under construction are completed, the four "Elizabeths" will carry more than 400 aircraft, plus about a hundred long-range bombers, perfect!
So there is no need to compare with southern Africa. Even compared with the UK, France is far behind, and this gap is all-round.
"Can you find a way to get inside and take a look?" Paul and Gobert whispered away from the crowd.
In fact, it’s not very far. There are a lot of people coming to visit the "Madagascar". The open part on the flight deck is full of people. If you want to stay away, you can only jump into the sea.
"Look at me—" Gobert had an idea.
Paul was surprised. He had been working with Gobert for a long time, and he had never found Gobert to be so smart.
Gobert directly looked for the curvy blonde with big waves.
"Ma'am, I want to go to the toilet-"
Paul wanted to give Gobert a thumbs up.
It is normal for people to have three urgent needs and go to the toilet.
"Okay sir, please come with me -" He has curvy blond hair and wavy hair. He is polite and his gestures of reaching out to guide are as standard as those of service staff at a state banquet.
Gobert was then taken to a temporary toilet enclosed by a barrier at the edge of the flight deck.
Looking at the endless sea in front of him and then at the toilet next to him, Gobert fell into deep thought.
Apart from anything else, the scenery is quite good, with an unparalleled view of the sea!
ps: My friends who had a birthday yesterday, I'm sorry, I just saw your message today, because an elder here also had a birthday yesterday, and we called it chewing disaster, and ended up getting sick, so let's wait for the afternoon——
