Chapter 824： Indomitable aircraft carrier

Vickers Armstrong Shipyard, UK.

Britain is a veteran capitalist country with a solid industrial foundation. During World War I, it created a miracle. Within one year, 51 warships were launched, demonstrating their powerful shipbuilding capabilities.

In addition to the two Royal Navy shipyards in the current UK, there are more than a dozen private shipyards, large and small, and the current Vickers-Armstrong shipyard is the largest private shipyard in the UK!

Among the major private shipbuilding companies, Bidmore, Carmel Ryder, John Brown, and Vickers were all steel plants that produced armored steel for naval shipyards before the end of the 19th century. Armstrong mainly produced various types of steel for naval shipyards. Shipborne weapons system. After a series of mergers and expansions, these companies have obtained strong capital and technical strength to build battleships. After subsequent major investment and expansion, these shipyards have gradually formed modern factories with complete ship research and development and construction systems.

After that, after continuous mergers and strong alliances, the British shipbuilding industry has formed a situation of two heroes fighting for hegemony. One of them is the merger of Vickers and another arms giant Maxim, and the other is Armstrong and Whit. The combination of Voss is strong enough to cover the entire military industry, far beyond the simple shipbuilding industry.

However, the prosperous scene of the naval arms industry ended with the end of World War I. The empire had come to an end. Shipbuilding orders had shrunk sharply. The two giants, Vickers and Armstrong, had to merge in 1928 to survive. Now the Wicks-Armstrong company, the shipyard is still their main business.

"The head of Cyric, the person in charge of this shipyard, is very responsive to our call. After the king became the throne, he immediately loyal to the king. All the equipment of the shipyard and the warships under construction are intact. Come down." Edward VIII said cheerfully beside Cyric.

Edward VIII has a long face. In fact, one of the most important is the great cooperation of German agents. After Edward VIII took office, he immediately began lobbying. At the same time, the German troops moved forward quickly and quickly took control of this place.

Now, the entire shipyard is intact.

"You can see people's hearts in a crisis. Those war criminals who confuse the people and throw Europe into war will not understand the needs of the people. Peace is the most precious." Cyric stood on the dock and turned to Edward VIII. Said.

At this time, his gaze was already attracted by a huge battleship under construction.

"This battleship is the Indomitable aircraft carrier." At this time, the person in charge of the shipyard who followed, Sir Dex, said.

When the war is about to come, Britain no longer spares its own funds, especially when one of the warships is sunk, Britain urgently needs to build new warships. Under such circumstances, the British shipbuilding industry will usher in again. It is booming.

The Indomitable, a British fleet carrier, is an improved version of the Brilliant class. A layer of hangars has been added, which can carry 43 fighters and improved the fewer defects of the Brilliant class carrier aircraft.

This aircraft carrier with a displacement of 30,000 tons has now completed the construction of the hull and is installing the ship island. When the ship island is completed, it can be launched.

It can be said that this is a semi-finished aircraft carrier.

Cyric nodded: "It seems that this aircraft carrier can enter service within a year."

Now, through the efforts of Germany, the industrial integration of France has been carried out almost, and after the occupation of Britain, the integration of Britain will also proceed quickly!

Britain is an island country. Britain has always attached great importance to the navy. Now, all British shipyards will build large quantities of warships for the German fleet!

It can be said that in two years, the German navy will truly become a navy that can fight in the ocean, and will have several aircraft carrier formations and several large battleships at the same time!

This is also the reason why Cyric started to build an aircraft carrier for the Soviet Union. If you want to get confused by the Soviet Union, you must benefit the Soviet Union. The aircraft carrier must continue to be built, even launching, and sea trials are all right.

Anyway, during the sea trial, many problems will definitely be exposed. If one of the boilers explodes due to the use of unqualified refractory bricks, it is possible that they will have to be reworked.

As for the naval guns, Cyric was not stingy, and first gave the Soviets a turret and three artillery to make the Soviets happy.

When the turret is shipped to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will find the problem. The hull of their USS Soviet battleship has not been built yet, and there is no place to store the turret!

Put it on the shipbuilding pier, leaving the turret exposed outside, and it will rust in less than half a year.

In this way, they will definitely stop and build the hull first! With the speed of the Soviets, the construction of the hull would probably take one or two years.

The fellow navy commander, General Ryder, is also very excited. The construction time of a battleship is quite long, and the time required for an aircraft carrier is two to three years. Now, it is great to have a ready-made aircraft carrier!

However, when a group of people stood on the deck and looked at the empty flat deck, Rydell frowned: "No, the construction of this aircraft carrier must be stopped immediately. We need to redesign and modify it to satisfy Our needs."

This aircraft carrier uses a central lift, with a large hole in the middle of the deck, so that when the carrier is lifted, it cannot take off and land.

This is a serious flaw which restricts the takeoff and landing efficiency of the aircraft carrier. It must be changed to a German-designed side lift!

Such a change requires a huge amount of work. After all, it was not designed by a German designer and would have an impact on the overall force of the hull.

Hearing what Raidel said, Sir Dex was taken aback. Now that he stopped, his factory would stop working. How to solve the food and drink of so many workers?

However, he never dared to raise any objections.

"It looks like there are still some empty berths here!" Cyric said: "By the way, don't we still have a batch of container ship production needs? Just leave it here for production."

Hearing what Cyric said, Sir Dex felt happy. It seems that the head of Cyric is very generous to himself!

Now, Germany is expanding to the whole country, and there is a large demand for warship construction. As long as it keeps up with Germany, it can get a steady stream of orders. With orders, its company can continue to develop, just like Step into a new glory as it was during the First World War!