Chapter 32 Aircraft Mothership and Carrier-borne Aircraft
() The problem of aircraft carrying torpedoes has basically been solved. What is needed now is a real aircraft carrier, not that old cargo ship. After more than a month of debate, naval shipbuilding engineers finally completed the drawings of the carrier
came out.
The approximate parameters of this aircraft carrier are similar to those of the Rosalia, except that most parts have been upgraded from civilian ship standards to military ship standards.
The hull length is 200 meters, the hull width is 27 meters, the draft is 7.6 meters, the standard displacement is 16,000 tons, and the full load displacement is 20,000 tons. It is propelled by 8 steam turbines driving 4 axles, with an output power of 110
000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and a cruising range of 7,000 nautical miles at a speed of 15 knots with 3,700 tons of heavy fuel. It has a crew of 1,200 people and can carry 6 reconnaissance aircraft and 44 torpedo planes or bombers.
The deck of this aircraft carrier is not simply connected from head to tail, but has an extra angled deck on the port side. In addition to counterweighting the conning tower on the starboard side that is offset from the central axis of the ship, this extra deck also
It can land aircraft while taking off on the deck, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of the mothership taking off and landing aircraft.
This angled deck was not something Liu Fu imagined out of thin air. Although he also knew that most aircraft carriers of later generations had this kind of deck, he didn't know the specific data of this kind of deck, such as the angle, length, etc. But this was hard to come by.
Liu Fu, he took the "Ship Knowledge" magazine and found a picture of an aircraft carrier. Then he copied the general shape of the deck and gave it to the engineers to measure. The approximate angle, aspect ratio, etc. were all figured out.
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Since the aircraft at that time were biplanes with slow speeds and short take-off and landing runways, there was no power ejection device on the flight deck to help the aircraft take off, and there was no need to build a slope at the front of the deck to help take off.
The mothership has a hangar below the deck, which is 20 meters wide, 7 meters high and 170 meters long. It is divided into three parts with fireproof partition doors and can park 30 spare aircraft.
Based on the principle of hit or run, Liu Fu did not let the engineers install too heavy armor on the hull and deck of the mothership. Near the waterline, there was only less than 100mm of armor. In order to make the ship anti-sink
Even better, engineers arranged as many waterproof compartments as possible in the internal structure.
Regarding the mothership's weapons and equipment, Liu Fu was even more arbitrary and rejected several suggestions for installing naval guns of various calibers. He only required that the mothership be equipped with six twin 75mm high-level dual-purpose guns and triple 19mm cannons.
With 6 cannons, no more weapons and equipment are allowed to be installed.
Not only the naval engineers were not very optimistic about this kind of thin-skinned mothership, but even the senior naval commanders despised it. They did not care about the authority of President Liu, and several of them raised questions in person. Liu Fu
In response to everyone’s questions, I selected a few key parts to answer them.
The first is the issue of hull armor and ship weapons. Naval officers pointed out that the hull is too fragile and the caliber of the naval gun is too small to hit even a cruiser. Liu Fu's answer is that this kind of mothership will be able to fly within 100 nautical miles.
Even detect and attack enemy warships from 200 nautical miles away,
There is no problem of close combat with the enemy, and each mothership will be protected by several or even a dozen destroyers and cruisers. Instead of installing heavy armor that will not be used, it is better to simply cancel the armor and free up space.
Valuable space and weight, load more fuel or aircraft.
Secondly, there is the issue of the credibility of using such small aircraft to attack the opponent's large warships. On this issue, Liu Fu fully exerted his authority as the President of Taiwan and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and stopped this issue in one sentence.
:I say it comes true. Submarines and torpedoes are the best example.
Finally, there is the issue of the use of this mothership. Since this mode of using the mothership to carry aircraft to fight against the opponent's fleet is a bit advanced, no one in the Taiwan Navy will use this tactic, not only the Taiwan Navy, but also no one in the world's navies.
I understand, so I don’t even have anywhere to ask for advice. Regarding this problem, Liu Fu doesn’t have any good ideas to solve it. It’s just to practice more and practice more. As for the specific effect of a real fight, then ask God, this is not
It is under the control of Liu Fu.
Since the hull construction of the Rosalia has been basically completed and is now being outfitted, coupled with the experience of building the continental-class heavy cruiser and the Rosalia, this ship was named the construction-class "David" by Liu Fu.
The mothership of "No. 1" continues to be built at Keelung Naval Shipyard
The ship was built, and the construction time was shortened to about 10 months. However, the later outfitting time cannot be determined. After all, most of the equipment installed on the hull is some new equipment. Not only are the construction personnel inexperienced, but the designers also need to fine-tune it while installing it.
After solving the research, finalization and production problems of the aircraft carrier and HNA aircraft, Liu Fu still can't rest assured, because a fleet centered on the aircraft carrier not only needs a powerful aircraft carrier, but also needs speed, firepower and range.
Very suitable for destroyers and cruisers
.In the current Taiwan Navy, the upgraded model of Keelung-class destroyer has begun to be built. This destroyer has increased the displacement and range on the original basis, and the firepower on the ship has also been improved a lot. The continent-class heavy cruiser continues the original
The design only slightly strengthens the anti-ship firepower.
A total of 18 of these two new types of warships will be built by Keelung Naval Shipyard, Tainan Naval Shipyard and Hualien Shipyard in the next three years, and will cooperate with the planned construction of three construction-class aircraft carriers to form three aircraft carriers.
Ship formations to prepare for the feast of the First World War that will come in the future.
After settling the aircraft carrier matter, Liu Fu turned around and shifted the focus of his work to the Philippine Islands again. A few months ago, before Liu Fu was busy attending the coronation ceremony of George V, the Ministry of the Interior secretly controlled
The "Filipino" organization successfully entered Luzon Island, attacked the U.S. military station, and with the help of the U.S. military, eliminated a major force of the real Filipino resistance organization Caputinan, and finally successfully retreated to Leyte Island.
This operation frightened the Americans, and they quickly dispatched more than 3,000 soldiers and 2 cruisers from home to support the troops stationed in the Philippines. In this way, the American army in the Philippines reached 70,000 people, and the navy had 1 battleship.
and 4 cruisers, as well as more than 10 destroyers and gunboats. Most of these forces
Stationed on Luzon Island, although there is a lot to see, except for a few seaside port cities, other areas on Luzon Island are still very remote and backward. Coupled with the tropical climate, endless rain forests and poor traffic conditions
, still made the U.S. Governor feel that the troops in his hands were not enough, and repeatedly asked the U.S. government for help.
Fu asked for more troops.
However, the U.S. Congress is not so kind to the small Philippines. They just sent more than 100,000 troops to suppress it a few years ago, and it was barely pacified. Now, they have to increase troops. Could it be said that every island
Do they need to be full of American soldiers to be safe? Therefore, Congress did not approve the request to send additional troops to the Philippines.
If Congress doesn't pass it, no soldiers will be able to shoot. The U.S. Department of the Army doesn't think like the members of Congress. If the Governor of the Philippines says there are not enough troops, then it is definitely not enough. If the Du Li organization in the Philippines is allowed to resurgence, then
The U.S. rule on the Philippine Islands is really in question. Therefore, the U.S. Department of War once again applied to Congress. If it cannot send U.S. troops into the Philippines, can it invite the Taiwan Army to send more troops to help maintain the island?
What about the order.
As a result, this proposal was also rejected by Congress. The reason is that the Taiwanese troops on the Philippine Islands already number 20,000 and occupy 4 large islands. If they send troops to the Philippine Islands again, then the Philippines will be regarded as a colony of the United States.
Is it? Or is it considered a colony of Taiwan?
The U.S. Department of the Army has confused the members of Congress. A few years ago, these members of the Congress happily watched the Taiwanese troops land on Mindanao to fight for the Americans. How come a few years later, this tone has completely changed 180 degrees?
Ah, he actually opposed using the power of Taiwan's military to strengthen American rule in the Philippines.
