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The opponent of an aircraft carrier is not just the opponent's aircraft carrier and fleet. In many cases, the aircraft carrier battle group, as a rapid strike force, needs to fight against the opponent's land-based aviation. ⊥ Top novel, for example, in the just-ended Italian Civil War, at the end At the critical moment, the joining of the five-nation joint fleet made it possible to evacuate the American and French forces trapped in the Italian peninsula, and taught the Germans an unforgettable lesson. However, while achieving a huge victory, the Soviet Union Mo and others also saw the inherent shortcomings of aircraft carrier battle groups when dealing with land-based forces. Aircraft carriers are too fragile compared to ground airports, their sustained combat effectiveness is insufficient, and their attack power is inferior to those of huge twin-engine aircraft.

Especially when Sumer learned that Germany was developing a twin-engine bomber that could dive and that it might develop guided weapons, Sumer already felt the crisis. The result of the addition of these powerful weapons was that even armored aircraft carriers would not be able to face the danger These powerful killers may not be able to do anything. The so-called armored aircraft carrier has a horizontal armored flight deck above the hangar. The rest of the area is still a lightly protected area. If the opponent hits this area, it will definitely have a great impact on the take-off and landing capabilities. Impact. The armored deck only guarantees the most basic take-off and landing capabilities, but how to define this basic level? Should it retain half of the launch capability or one-third? It depends on the landing point of the opponent's bomb. And even if there is armor protection on the elevator, Considering the weight issue, its protection level is not very high. It can protect against bullet fragments, but it is difficult to block powerful armor-piercing bullets. What's more, the bomb may not penetrate. However, the explosion may cause the elevator to malfunction. So armored aircraft carriers are not invulnerable.

And even if you are lucky. If the opponent's bombs are thrown on your armored deck, it is debatable whether the armored deck can withstand it. The horizontal armor of about 100mm can only guarantee to block the 500kg level armor-piercing projectile attack. When the opponent's attack aircraft carries An 800kg armor-piercing bomb has a chance of penetrating the armored deck when performing high-altitude horizontal bombing or large-angle dive bombing. It is not impossible to continue to increase the thickness, but the premise is that you need to make the aircraft carrier very large. What follows is The difficulty, cost and cycle of construction have skyrocketed, resulting in a significant loss of cost-effectiveness. Xu Jie, as a time traveler, also knows very well that even if you increase the thickness of the armor to about 150mm, what will happen? Whether it can block a 1-ton armor-piercing projectile attack is still a question. Unknown number.

In addition to horizontal attacks, the attack by aircraft with rockets on the side of the aircraft carrier's hangar cannot be ignored. Think of a 12-inch Tiny Tim rocket weighing about 700kg roaring to tear open the fragile hull shell and then plunge headfirst into it. Entering the busy hangar, the scene is so exciting. I can’t imagine it. In history, except for the British armored aircraft carriers, which have an armor plate on the side wall of the hangar, other countries’ hangars have different sides. It is fortified. It is also unknown whether the British 50mm to 75mm side armor can withstand rocket attacks. In short, the reality is cruel. In this dimension where technology exceeds history by a large margin, armored aircraft carriers must also learn to sandwich Keep your tail and be a human being, otherwise you never know when a twin-engine bomber that doesn't like you will drop a 3,000-pound bomb and teach you how to be a human being in minutes. Of course, in aviation competitions, such a cruel scene usually does not happen. After all, everyone mainly uses single-engine aircraft, but if it encounters a land-based aircraft, it will be a disaster! Look at the history of being seriously injured by a kamikaze. Hundreds of people died and they fought the fire for several hours and finally survived. Descending Bunker Mountain. Xu Jie has to give a thumbs up to the Americans for their damage control level and luck!

Faced with this dilemma, there was a heated discussion within the Chinese Navy. Some people suggested building an aircraft carrier with larger tonnage and better protection. One of the plans was quite similar to the historical Shinano aircraft carrier. Because it was a regular aircraft carrier from the beginning, although

The performance in all aspects is similar to Shinano, but the tonnage is not as large as in history. According to the evaluation of the Naval Design Institute, it can be taken down with less than 60,000 tons. The defensive performance is even better than Shinano. In order to defend against bomb attacks, the entire armor

deck

The thickness and height are about 130mm, and the coverage is very large. The armor deck size is 210 meters long and 30 meters wide. In addition to this layer of horizontal armor, there is a second layer of horizontal armor above the ammunition depot. The thickness is about 80mm. That is

It is said that the main horizontal defense at the upper part of the ammunition depot is 210mm, which can basically block most bombs. It is also expected that 75mm armor will be deployed on the elevator to resist attacks by 500kg high-explosive bombs or semi-armor-piercing bombs.

In order to prevent the attack of magnetic fuze torpedoes, the bottom of this super aircraft carrier also has about 50mm of armor protection, and a three-layer bottom is used in some key parts. The thickest part of the bottom of the ship even reaches 2.5 meters, and the armor plus a certain depth

It has a certain degree of defense even against magnetically fuzed torpedoes. The Navy Department believes that this level of defense can completely withstand the explosion impact of 250 kilograms of TNT explosive on the bottom of the ship.

Although the party who proposed this proposal also admitted that such a defense still cannot cope with certain extreme situations, at the same time supporters believe that this battleship can definitely resist more than 95% of possible attacks, at least it is guaranteed to be difficult to sink, and the super armor

Deck area is also preserved

It proves that at least one-half of the aircraft's take-off and landing capability will be left under an air attack. After all, the planned aircraft carrier is 265 meters long and 43 meters wide. There is only less than 50 meters of unarmored area in the front and rear of the deck. If the opponent really attacks

If you hit this area, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

The other party believes that the cost of building such an aircraft carrier is too high. With the same budget, the number of super-large aircraft carriers to be built is much smaller than that of ordinary 30,000-ton aircraft carriers. The resources of five 30,000-ton aircraft carriers were originally saved.

In the end, we may only be able to create

3. Although each super-large aircraft carrier can carry about 140 aircraft, the overall aircraft capacity is still very different from that of the 30,000-ton aviation. The three super-large aircraft carriers can only carry a maximum of 430 aircraft, while the five 30,000-ton aircraft

An aircraft carrier can have at least 52

More than 0 aircraft. (The Essex with a single-story hangar can hold up to 110 or more aircraft. There is no reason for China’s double-story aircraft carrier to hold fewer aircraft than the Essex. And although the tonnage of the super-large aircraft carrier is increased

, but the deck area has not increased much, and the machine

The increase in the warehouse area is also limited, so 140 to 150 is already a lot. This aircraft carrying capacity still refers to the original aircraft carrying capacity of Midway. You must know that the defense of Midway is like a coffee table, and the deck of Midway is larger, which is enough to make up for it.

The problem of the small area of ​​the single-story hangar.)

And this is only a difference in paper data. Taking into account the flight capabilities, the gap in attack power between the two sides is even greater. The deck area of ​​the three super large aircraft carriers is not much larger than that of the ordinary 30,000-ton aircraft carrier, although it is nearly 7 meters wider.

meters, each row can accommodate one more aircraft, and the maximum number of aircraft released is only about 10 more than that of a normal aircraft carrier. If a normal aircraft carrier is calculated as 50 aircraft, then the two sides will directly

The ratio of the number of aircraft received and released is 180 compared to 250! This difference in attack power is really a bit big, and considering the scheduling difficulties caused by too many aircraft on an aircraft carrier, this data may be even lower. So the opposition believes that in order to gain

The price paid for better defense is simply too high. After all, an aircraft carrier is an offensive weapon, and the best defense is to destroy the opponent, rather than rely on its own armor to resist.

Both sides have their own reasons. The supporting side believes that its aircraft carrier can survive the war and slowly equalize the quantitative gap between the two sides through long-term battles, thereby gaining a dual advantage of quality and quantity. The opposing side believes that

, the gap in attack power between the two sides is so huge, no matter how good the armor protection is,

It is difficult to protect oneself. When the attack power is completely lost, it is difficult to imagine that a warship can run out of the battlefield at a speed of 30 knots and withstand the attacks of dozens or even hundreds of aircraft. After all, even if the torpedo is defended

It will also cause water intrusion. If you can hold one round, it will be fine. Try hitting you with ten rounds! No matter what, it will sink!

If the matter ends at this point, it will be nothing more than the two sides continuing to argue over the issue of spears and shields. Su Mo will not take it too seriously. Anyway, he is in charge of tactics, and ship design has nothing to do with him.

, but then, someone came up with a more creative idea, that is, would it be better if this heavy aircraft carrier was used to fight with a medium-sized aircraft carrier with light protection and large aircraft capacity?

The core of this tactic is to place the heavy armored aircraft carrier in the direction where the opponent is most likely to launch an attack, while the lightly protected medium armored aircraft carrier is placed further back. In actual combat, the heavy aircraft carrier is responsible for releasing fighter jets, while the lightly protected medium armored aircraft carrier is responsible for releasing fighter jets.

The medium-sized protected aircraft carrier is responsible for releasing attack aircraft. When the opponent's

When the fleet comes over, it will first find the heavy aircraft carrier in front, and then launch an attack. At this time, the defensive performance of the heavy aircraft carrier will be reflected. In addition, it has its own direct guard fighters and light-protected medium aircraft carriers at the rear.

The released fighter jets are enough to repel the opponent's attack.

Subsequently, the people on the side supporting heavy aircraft carriers also made a cost simulation. For example, if the other side has 10 armored aircraft carriers, then the side can build 4 heavily protected super-large aircraft carriers and 5 lightly protected medium-sized fleet aircraft carriers. Both sides

The aircraft carrying capacity is almost the same. The cost is also relatively close. If there is a fight, the side with the super large heavy-armored aircraft carrier will obviously have the advantage.

Faced with this plan, Su Mo was a little tempted. Judging from the deduction, the defensive advantages of the heavy-armored aircraft carrier can indeed be fully utilized. At the same time, the launch capability of the medium-sized aircraft carrier located at the rear is not much worse than that of the 30,000-ton aircraft carrier, and the cost is also relatively high.

Cheap. It is indeed a good idea to use medium-sized aircraft carriers to make up for the lack of attack power.

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