69novels Chapter 363
Chapter 363
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In fact, the main reason why the British Navy canceled the development plan of aircraft carriers was that the combat capability of aircraft carriers at that time was not strong, and the biggest factor restricting the combat capability of aircraft carriers was that the performance of carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers was too poor!
The fighters during World War I were all light fighters with slow speed, small bomb load, light weight, and short range. They could only fight very close to the airport and could not fly too far.
The performance of fighters on land was so poor, and the performance of aircraft converted into carrier-based aircraft was even worse!
In the eyes of the British Navy, since the performance of fighters was so poor, they could not carry heavy bombs and torpedoes to attack, and because of their short legs, they could not run too far, so they could only fight in nearby areas.
The thickness of the armor and the caliber of the aircraft carriers themselves were only at the level of cruisers. In this case, once they were targeted by the enemy’s main battleships, they would be dead. The aircraft carriers of this era relied solely on their own strength to fight against battleships. The aircraft carriers would definitely die.
Therefore, the aircraft carrier must be protected by other battleships. Because the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier itself is relatively poor, and the carrier-based aircraft do not play a decisive role due to the relationship between the ammunition load and the range, the function of the aircraft carrier in the fleet’s combat system is very embarrassing!
If you let this thing go out to fight alone, they will be dead if they encounter the enemy’s battleships!
If this thing is allowed to join the formation of its own battleships, they can’t help much with the quota, and on the contrary, they need the protection of their own battleships, which is equivalent to limiting the performance of their own battleships.
Therefore, although the aircraft carrier of this era has been born, its position in the navies of various countries is very embarrassing because of its positioning, and it is a relatively useless existence! In the 1920s and 1930s, the reason why the aircraft carriers of various countries ushered in a wave of development peaks was not because all countries attached great importance to aircraft carriers, so they invested huge sums of money in aircraft carriers to develop aircraft carriers.
It was because of the restrictions of the naval treaty between Washington City and Fog City that many warships built by various countries in the previous arms race had to face the fate of demolition because they exceeded the provisions of the naval treaty.
The cost of a battleship is very expensive. It takes time, effort and money to build it. If it is really dismantled as scrap metal, it is not cost-effective. After all, dismantling the battleship itself also costs money!
Therefore, in order to recover the losses as much as possible, countries have begun to try to transform those battleships that have not been completed but have been built into aircraft carriers. As long as the main outline of the battleship is maintained, the deck is laid on it, and the hangar is built below!
The aircraft carriers of this era are relatively simple from a technical point of view, relatively easy to build, and not expensive.
Take the two aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington of Eagle Sauce as examples. These two aircraft carriers are transformed from Lexington-class battlecruisers.
The process of transforming these two aircraft carriers is also relatively simple. Using the completed lower main building, the superstructure was redesigned and transformed. It was easy to create these two aircraft carriers before the start of World War II. The two most powerful aircraft carriers in the Eagle Sauce family are also one of the wives of countless ship girl players…
Mainz originally planned to build two treaty aircraft carriers of about 27,000 tons, and the tonnage of the Saratoga and Lexington aircraft carriers exceeded 35,000, reaching 38,000 tons!
This tonnage has completely exceeded the provisions of the naval treaty!
However, something curious happened to Mainz. The Eagle Sauce actually saved these two aircraft carriers and did not let them be demolished.
At this time, the Saratoga had been launched, and the Lexington had become most of the construction and was about to be launched.
These two aircraft carriers are undoubtedly the largest aircraft carriers in the world. Although Inz’s battleship plan was carried out very early, the Eagle Sauce people started building two aircraft carriers as early as 1920. Mainz’s plan could not change the fate of these two aircraft carriers at all.
However, what Mainz is most concerned about is how these two aircraft carriers were preserved?
“In fact, both the Washington Naval Treaty and the Fog City Naval Treaty have an invisible provision for aircraft carriers of various countries!”
Ribbentrop participated in the negotiation and drafting of the Fog City Naval Treaty, so this matter must be asked to Ribbentrop.
When Ribbentrop learned of Mainz’s doubts, he immediately explained
“What does it mean? Is there any loophole in the treaty?”
Hearing Ribbentrop’s words, Mainz immediately became interested.
Originally, because the tonnage of Saratoga and Lexington seriously exceeded the standard, Mainz did not consider these two aircraft carriers as Hans’ aircraft carriers.
However, now that the Eagle Sauce’s aircraft carrier has been launched, it means that there is a way to break through the restrictions of the treaty.
In this case, he does not intend to be a good boy who abides by the rules. He also intends to break the treaty and build two super-standard large aircraft carriers!
After all, compared with the 2,700-ton treaty aircraft carrier, this 30,000-40,000-ton aircraft carrier is obviously more powerful!
“It’s not a loophole, but a compensation agreement!”
Ribbentrop explained:”Article 9 of the treaty stipulates that the signatory states shall not build, acquire, or build aircraft carriers exceeding 27.00 tons for other signatory states of this treaty.
However, each signatory state may build two standard aircraft carriers not exceeding 33.000 tons without exceeding the total tonnage level of aircraft carriers stipulated in the treaty.”
Hearing this, Mainz frowned. 33,000 tons is much larger than 27,000 tons. Although there are only two ships, Hans only needs two ships at present.
In other words, he had misunderstood before. The 7,000 tons stipulated in the treaty is the normal situation, but under the normal situation, there are special cases.
And this 33,000 tons is a special case!
“However, the tonnage of the Eagle Sauce’s Saratoga and Lexington is still over 3,000 tons? How to explain this?”
Mainz still had doubts in his heart, because the Eagle Sauce’s aircraft carriers were based on 40,000 tons, and the standard displacement exceeded 38,000 tons. This did not seem to meet the treaty requirements!
“Well, that’s true, but it still makes sense!”
Ribbentrop explained calmly:”The treaty stipulates that as compensation, the signatory countries can consider the country’s economy and convert the warships that exceed the standard and must be scrapped according to regulations, whether they have been built or are under construction, into aircraft carriers, with a number of two.
Moreover, the number of naval guns it carries cannot exceed 10, and the caliber cannot exceed 203 mm. The fewer the number of main guns, the higher the tonnage that can exceed the standard. In order to make up for the extra 5,000 tons of weight, the Eagle Sauce’s aircraft carrier has reduced two 203 mm naval guns. Lexington and Saratoga only have 8 203 main guns, and are restricted in the number of guns!”
Mainz was stunned!
Is there such an operation?
If Hans abandons all 10 main guns, can he directly build a 63,000-ton super aircraft carrier?
After all, aircraft carriers don’t need main guns at all. They only need to be equipped with some anti-aircraft guns for air defense, so these ten main guns can be completely abandoned!
“Well, I’m afraid that won’t work. In fact, the two aircraft carriers of the Eagle Sauce family have caused strong dissatisfaction with the Foot Basin and the British Empire, so they only built these two aircraft carriers. Correspondingly, the Foot Basin also modified the Akagi and Kaga aircraft carriers, and the tonnage of these two aircraft carriers also exceeded 36,000 tons!”
Okay!
A bunch of old shady guys are playing dirty. Since you all have two main aircraft carriers, why can’t Hans have one!
“Build it, build it according to the specification of 40,000 tons!!”