Chapter 638： The naval shipbuilding plan code-named H (part 2)

Yes, Romania also has plans to build an aircraft carrier, and even the drawings are ready. Admiral Lomodan had shown it to Edel before, and he still remembered it vividly.

The main reason is that this aircraft carrier drawing is too characteristic, with a sloped deck even though the area is not large. Edel remembers that the sloping deck was for jet aircraft. However, Romania’s design with a sloped deck is for docking aircraft, because it is designed to maximize the provision of a one-time attack fleet, and it can also be corrected for the shift in the center of gravity caused by its islands.

As for the boarding of a jet plane, that didn’t take that much into consideration. At present, there are no practical jets. It is too early to board the ship, and it is too early to think about it.

Its ship is 263.4 meters long and 42.4 meters wide. Its standard displacement reaches 28,500 tons, with a full load of 3,3500 tons. The speed reached 31.5 knots (maximum). The power system has 8 boilers, 6300 tons of oil load, 4 1200 kW gear-driven steam turbines, and the main engine power is 140,000 horsepower.

The ship island building is installed on the starboard side of the ship. There are three elevators in total, two at the front and the middle and rear of the flight deck. The arresting system is equipped with 9 arresting cables at the stern of the ship and 6 at the bow of the ship, which can make the aircraft land at the bow of the ship and can block carrier-based aircraft with a landing weight of 5.4 tons.

In terms of protection, its armor belt is mm thick, turret armor is 127 mm thick, turret base armor is 28 mm, flight deck armor is 41 mm, hangar deck armor is 81 mm, and main deck armor is 48 mm.

The thicker armor is mainly to improve its survivability, because it is a comprehensive conclusion after learning the capabilities of aircraft carriers from the United States, Japan and Britain in Romania. It is not as thick as the British armor, which reduces the number of carrier-based aircraft, and it is not as vulnerable to damage as Japan and the United States.

As for the hangar, it adopts a single-layer design of .5m×5.4m. It is expected to be equipped with 91 fighters of various types, which can be described as armed to the teeth.

In addition, its self-defense weapon has 12 double-mounted 105 antiaircraft guns to deal with long-distance targets. In addition, it is also equipped with a large number of two-pack 40mm and quadruple 20mm antiaircraft guns to deal with medium and short-range targets.

Of course, such a powerful strength naturally has its high cost, and its cost (plus aircraft) is about the same as its latest battleship, which can be described as a gold swallowing behemoth.

So Edel directly rejected the big news from the Navy at the time, because the existing ones were too expensive. As for now, it is natural to prepare in advance. As for the problem of excessive tonnage, this is a simple lie. Anyway, this is not the first time. This practice makes perfect.

And Lomodan was naturally very surprised when he faced Edel's inquiry. Because he knew Edel and knew that as long as His Majesty asked, it represented hope again. And this is asking when to start the construction, then it means that the previous plan of the Navy has been agreed.

The low-profile version that the Navy has made before can basically be thrown into the waste paper. Although he doesn't know much about aircraft carrier use, they are all the same. Airplanes are the firepower of aircraft carriers, so naturally the more they fly at once, the better.

So when facing Edel's words, the old admiral immediately answered. "As long as your majesty orders, the navy can immediately start building aircraft carriers according to the drawings."

Seeing the excited expression of the old admiral, Edel felt amused. My own Secretary of the Navy is incapable of saying that in the face of the explosive increase in the number of warships, he can still ensure that the level of the officers and soldiers on the ship will not drop, and that the management of them will be economically organized. The only downside is when you want to build warships. It can stalk people to death, and will never give up unless the goal is reached.

But only such a person who loves the navy can develop the humble Romanian fleet to such a scale. In Edel's view, Lomodan is his Tirpitz. Although Lomodan is not as good as that one, but the right person is the best candidate.

"Your navy plans first, and you can start construction after signing the contract."

Edel thought for a while and then said his decision. Since it is going to be built, of course it must be built a little earlier. At least enough time needs to be left, so as not to get time to train and adapt for too long. The tragedy of Zeppelin cannot be staged in the Romanian Navy.

And Edel thought of this, and then said. "Admiral Lomodan, I hope you can come up with a five-year construction plan. It is mainly for the shipbuilding of the medium and large navy. After the plan is completed, Romania should have 3-4 battleships, 2-3 aircraft carriers, and Certain cruisers, including heavy cruisers, can appropriately relax the standards. In addition, destroyers, submarines and other ships also need to be further expanded. It is required that the total tonnage of the Romanian Navy should be around 450,000 tons after five years."

The figure of Edel is the result of comprehensive consideration, which is much worse than the millions of tons in the United States, Japan and Britain, but it is more than enough for Romania. Basically, cutting-edge warships are enough to become a decisive force in World War II.

And Edel's words shocked Romodan. Because he smelled a strong atmosphere of war, the joy of getting Edel's approval to build an aircraft carrier was gone. Although he is happy with the expansion of his naval strength, as the head of the navy, how can he not know the strength of Romanian shipbuilding, which almost means that the Romanian shipbuilding industry has to do its best to respond to orders in recent years.

Moreover, this has a very large economic impact. A large amount of capital investment does not have any benefits. The expansion of military strength can only be for war.

"Your Majesty..."

Edel stopped the admiral's speech, staring at the admiral and said. "Your navy has the confidence to complete this task."

Edel's words made Admiral Romodan a little hot. Because it means that in the next five years Romania will be involved in a big battle. As for the scale, he does not know, at least he does not want to know.

Because the navies that have been imaginary against the Soviet Union are not worth building so many warships. But as a soldier, no one wants to prove himself on the battlefield, so in the end he gritted his teeth and answered.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the navy will cut the waves for the country and fight for Romania to the last minute."

Seeing the nervous old general, Edel patted his shoulder to comfort him. "Perhaps it may not be necessary to use that much, but it is best for Romania to make adequate preparations."

Eder's words did not make your Excellency the Secretary of the Navy much easier. After I had planned to go back, the training plan was revised immediately, at least for those in the Mediterranean, there must be countermeasures.

After sending Admiral Eder away, he knew that the pace of army expansion could not be stopped. Next is the Army, but it still needs the cooperation of the government.

After a short while, the Navy submitted a new shipbuilding plan. It needs to build a new 406-caliber battleship, three large fleet aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, 11 light cruisers, 31 destroyers and 42 submarines within five years. In addition, the number of various auxiliary ships such as landing craft, transport ships, and supply ships has also increased sharply. Its construction cost is as high as 4.64 billion lei.

Facing the navy's huge shipbuilding plan, Edel, the king, quickly signed it. So the Romanian Navy’s five-year shipbuilding plan was decided in this way.