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Text Chapter 1,424 Air Defense Cruiser

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    During the world war, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers played an extremely important role.  The Chinese Navy was able to completely annihilate the combined fleet of the US and British navies at a small cost in the Bahamas naval battle, and the four ¡®Emeishan-class¡¯ aircraft carriers were indispensable!  In fact, in the naval battles of this period, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers were almost invincible!  Because China's achievements in aircraft are greatly ahead of other countries!  After the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier was put into actual combat, other countries had no effective countermeasures at all!  The Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier can use aircraft carrier-based aircraft to besiege the enemy's capital ship beyond the range of the enemy's navy's capital ship, and easily annihilate the opponent!  And during this process, there is basically no need to worry about being attacked by the enemy!

    Just like in the Battle of the Bahamas, the area where the naval battle took place was far away from the mainland of the United States. The U.S. Hurricane II fighter jets were unable to provide air defense cover for the fleet. Moreover, because the United States did not have dive bombers or torpedo attack aircraft at the time, it could not threaten China at sea.  aircraft carrier!  Even after the main force of the Chinese navy entered Europe and several tense confrontations with Germany, the four 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers still played a great role!  Although the German Navy already had dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft at this time, due to the performance of the fighter aircraft, the combat radius was only two hundred kilometers. The four 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy only needed to operate more than two hundred kilometers away from the coast.  Fighting on the sea can ensure your own safety!

    However, in future naval battles, the Chinese Navy will no longer have such good luck!  The German Navy has begun to catch up with China on aircraft carriers and fighter jets!  Even if there will be a certain gap between them and the Chinese Navy by then, there is no doubt that this has already posed a fatal threat to the Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers!  Once the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force cannot sink the enemy's aircraft carrier before the enemy's carrier-based aircraft take off, then the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier will have to be prepared to withstand the enemy's carrier-based aircraft attack!  Therefore, one of the most important tasks of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle group is air defense!  In addition to the air defense firepower of the aircraft carrier itself, other warships that make up the aircraft carrier battle group will also assume the task of air defense. They will build strict air defense firepower around the aircraft carrier and shoot down visiting fighter planes as much as possible!

    With the intervention of the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze, the Navy Ministry had a plan to build a specialized anti-aircraft cruiser.  This large cruiser will serve as the aircraft carrier's personal bodyguard in the aircraft carrier battle group, providing air defense protection for the aircraft carrier!

    Emperor Wang Yuze is basically satisfied with the design of the air defense cruiser submitted by the Navy Ministry!  In the design plan for a large air defense cruiser submitted by the Ministry of Navy, this air defense cruiser is named the 'Qin-class' large air defense cruiser.  The 'Qin-class' large air defense cruiser is 207 meters long, 21.5 meters wide, has a draft of 7.1 meters, a standard displacement of 14,700 tons, and a full load displacement of 17,300 tons.  The power is 6 large oil-fired boilers, 4 1200-watt steam turbines, four-shaft propulsion, an output power of 120,000 horsepower, and a maximum speed of 35 knots.  The armament is two twin-mounted 155mm main guns, eight twin-mounted 120mm high-level and flat dual-purpose guns, 24 twin-mounted 88mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 twin-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 twin-mounted 20mm machine guns and close range  Thirty anti-aircraft machine guns.  Compared with a huge warship with a standard displacement of nearly 15,000 tons, the twin-mounted 155mm main gun seems a bit too weak.  However, the main mission of the 'Qin-class' air defense cruiser is not to attack the sea or land, but to serve as an air attack and air defense operation!  More than fifty twin-mounted anti-aircraft guns and dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns are enough to arm the 'Qin-class' large air defense cruiser into a hedgehog. Any enemy fighter plane that attacks the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle group will be attacked.  to devastating firepower!  Judging from the fact that an aircraft carrier battle group is equipped with two large air defense cruisers, it will be very difficult for the enemy's carrier-based aircraft to break through such a tight defense!  What's more, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier itself is not weak in firepower, so even if it is attacked by enemy bombers, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle group still has a high chance of surviving!

    The Chinese Navy currently has 9 aircraft carriers, and in the next year, 5 more aircraft carriers will be put into service. This means that the Chinese Navy will form 14 aircraft carrier battle groups, and the required 'Qin-class' large air defense cruisers will be at least 28.  !  Moreover, with the Chinese Navy's "island-class" heavy aircraft carrier entering service in the future, more large-scale air defense cruisers will also be needed!

    "The design of the 'Qin-class' air defense cruiser is good! How long will it take us to build 28 ships?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "Your Majesty, the war is over, and the slipways of the major shipyards in the empire are already vacant! The Navy Ministry plans to build the first batch of four 'Qin-class' large air defense cruisers and test the performance of these large air defense cruisers first! If they are qualified  , the subsequent 24 ships will be built one after another! It is expected to take about 3 years to complete the construction of all 28 ships!" said Navy Minister Zhang Cheng.After all, the 'Qin-class' air defense cruiser is a warship with a displacement of nearly 15,000 tons. Before the war started, such a large warship would have been the main ship of various countries!  Even with the efficiency of the Chinese Navy's shipyards, it will take at least 16 months to build such a warship!  Of course, if it is during wartime, the construction time can be further compressed, but it will still take about 12 months!  After the first batch of 4 ships is completed, inspection will begin!  After passing the inspection, the construction of the next 24 ships will begin at the same time!  In this way, we can ensure that all the 'Qin-class' air defense cruisers will be in service in three years!  , taken from the first four monarchs of the Qin Dynasty!

    In terms of cruisers, in addition to the 'Qin-class' large air defense cruisers, there are also new heavy cruisers!  The previous 'Jianghe-class' heavy cruiser had a maximum speed of only about 30 knots, which was unable to meet the high-speed operations of an aircraft carrier!  In addition, the 'Jianghe-class' heavy cruiser was not considered in terms of air defense at the beginning of its design. Even after the installation of anti-aircraft weapons, there are still big loopholes in air defense operations!  Therefore, under the suggestion of Emperor Wang Yuze, the navy's new heavy cruiser will be able to launch attacks on sea and land, and will also have air defense capabilities!

    The new heavy cruiser is named the ¡®Mountain Class¡¯ heavy cruiser, named after China¡¯s famous mountains and rivers!  The 'Mountain Class' heavy cruiser is 198 meters long, 19.4 meters wide, with a draft of 7.2 meters, a standard displacement of 13,800 tons, and a full load displacement of 16,600 tons.  The power is 6 large oil-fired boilers, 4 1200-watt steam turbines, four-shaft propulsion, an output power of 120,000 horsepower, and a maximum speed of 35 knots.  The main battery is the Chinese Navy's already very mature 3 triple-mounted 210mm naval guns (two forward, one rearward), and the secondary battery is 6 twin-mounted 120mm high-level dual-purpose guns (one at the front and rear, one on each side).  Two! In addition, there are 12 twin-mounted 88mm anti-aircraft guns (which can attack sea or land), 14 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 14 20mm machine guns. In addition, it can be equipped with nearly thirty anti-aircraft machine guns! Compared with 'Qin'  For large-scale anti-aircraft cruisers, the 'Mountain-class' heavy cruiser has a similar displacement, but relatively weak anti-aircraft firepower. However, the three triple-mounted 210 mm main guns are enough to pose a fatal threat to the cruisers and destroyers under the enemy's capital ships.  The strike can also provide sufficient fire support for the Marines when launching a landing operation! As long as they are not facing a solid fortress, the 210mm naval gun is enough to crush all coastal defenses! In addition, the four missiles on the battleship  More than a dozen anti-aircraft guns are enough to provide a solid air defense barrier for the aircraft carrier on the outside!

    Except for cruisers, the Chinese Navy no longer plans to develop light cruisers!  Compared with light cruisers, the Chinese Navy is more willing to develop large destroyers!  The previous "Fuqing-class" destroyer of the Chinese Navy had a displacement of 1,800 tons and two 105mm main guns.  After testing, if the displacement of the 'Fuqing-class' destroyer is enlarged, it can be equipped with a 155mm main gun, which is not much weaker than the firepower of the 'Ningbo-class' light cruiser!

    Therefore, when forming a fleet with aircraft carriers as the core, the Chinese Navy will build large destroyers.  The new large destroyer is named the "city-class" destroyer, with a length of 121.6 meters, a width of 12.5 meters, a draft of 4.5 meters, a standard displacement of 3,400 tons, and a full load displacement of 4,300 tons.  The maximum speed is 36 knots.  The armaments include twin 155mm main guns, four twin 88mm anti-aircraft guns, six twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns, six twin 20mm machine guns, two five-unit torpedo tubes, and two deep-water  Bomb launcher.  At the same time, the 'city-class' destroyer is equipped with a sonar system and has anti-submarine warfare capabilities!

    The anti-submarine weapon previously used by the Chinese Navy was the Lop Nur-class frigate. This class of frigates sank hundreds of enemy submarines during the World War.  However, the first-generation sonar system was too crude and did not have air defense capabilities!  In order to cooperate with China's aircraft carrier battle group operations, the Ministry of Navy proposed a design plan for a new frigate!  The new frigate is named the 'Erhai-class' frigate.  The 'Erhai-class' frigate is 106 meters long, 10.4 meters wide, has a draft of 4 meters, a standard displacement of 1,600 tons, a full load displacement of 2,100 tons, and a maximum speed of 36 knots.  The armaments include two 120mm high-level dual-purpose guns, two twin-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns, two twin-mounted 20mm machine guns, two five-unit torpedo launchers, two depth charge sounders, and are also equipped with a new generation of  The sonar system further enhances anti-submarine warfare capabilities and has certain air defense capabilities!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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