Kiichiro Hiranuma frowned and interrupted, "But Your Majesty, no matter how many planes the Empire has, I'm afraid it will not be able to drive to the Pacific Ocean, because our planes cannot land on the sea! Isn't it?"

As the Minister of Finance, Kiichiro Hiranuma is more disgusted with Hirohito's behavior.

Because this means that the Ministry of Finance needs to invest astronomical expenses.

Hirohito was not angry, and turned his head and asked, "Yamaguchi-guchi-guchi-guchi-guchi?"

Yamaguchi Daowen, who was in the last seat, quickly knelt down and stood up: "Your Majesty, I am here."

"Why are you sitting at the door? Come here and sit in front." Hirohito waved his hand and said.

Yamaguchi Tatsuki had no choice but to get up and walk in front, and at Hirohito's gesture, he sat down on the seat next to him.

Hirohito nodded with a smile and said, "Yamaguchi, explain your research results in detail to you, so that they can know what a real naval battle is."

Yamaguchi Tatsume paused and replied: "Hayi."

"I think that future naval battles will enter the aviation era from the era of giant cannon ships!"

"I would like to ask you a question, how much is the cost of a Yamato-class battleship?"

"Yes, that's right, a Yamato-class battleship costs up to 170 million yen!"

"So how much is the cost of a fighter? The cost of a Type 96 carrier-based dive bomber is only 250,000 yen!"

"One Yamato battleship can build 700 Type 96 carrier-based dive bombers!"

"In other words, it is also very cost-effective to exchange 500 Type 96 carrier-based dive bombers for a Yamato battleship in terms of war cost efficiency!"

"What's more, if you want to destroy a battleship in actual combat, you don't need so many bombers."

"A battleship of 50,000 tons or even 100,000 tons, no matter how thick its armor is, it cannot withstand the dive bombing of just a few Type 96 carrier-based bombers!"

"In this regard, our 2nd Air Force has done experiments."

"Without the absence of enemy aviation interference, you only need to dispatch ten Type 96 carrier-based bombers, which can destroy a 50,000-ton battleship!"

"The air defense firepower on the battleship is not enough to counter the aviation force."

"Faced with the dive bombing of fighter jets, the battleships have no other choice than waiting to sink."

At this time, Fushimi Miyagi Hirokyo took the opportunity to ask: "Yamaguchi, I want to ask a question."

"Hayi." Yamaguchi Daimeng quickly bowed slightly and said with a respectful look, "Your Highness, may I ask."

Fushimi Miyagi Hirokyo slightly turned his head and said, "The Pacific Ocean is more than tens of thousands of kilometers wide, and the Type 96 carrier-based dive bomber cannot fly that far. In addition, the ocean is vast and boundless. Even if a whole fleet patrolls the ocean, it will be very difficult to find it out. How can these problems be solved?"

"Hai." Yamaguchi Tatsume said respectfully, "this is exactly the other two questions I want to talk about."

"It's right to talk about the range of the bomber first. Even the Type 96 land long-range bomber has a range of only 5,000 kilometers and a combat radius of only more than 2,000 kilometers! This range is far from enough to cover the Pacific Ocean, even the Southeast Asian waters."

"So, how to solve the shortcomings of the range?"

"The answer is an aircraft carrier! An aircraft carrier is a mobile maritime airport."

"With a huge fleet of air carriers, you can deploy a huge fleet to any corner of the Pacific Ocean, Midway Island, Hawaii Island, and even the West Coast of the United States!"

"The other question is how to find enemy fleets, especially aircraft."

"If you can't find the enemy's fleet, it will be very troublesome, because the enemy's bombers can also pose a fatal threat to the imperial fleet!"

"If early warning is not provided in advance, the empire's naval fleet may be subject to sudden attacks by enemy bombers. In this case, even if the fleet and aviation force have absolute advantages, the fighter jets cannot take off in time, they may also suffer unprecedented failures!"

"But fortunately, this one has a perfect solution."

"This solution is radar. Through radar search, you can discover the enemy's bomber group in advance!"

"If the radar is installed on the plane, you can also discover the enemy fleet in the vast ocean in advance by scanning from the high altitude!"

Hirohito said: "Yamaguchi, do you have more detailed information?"

"Hai." Yamaguchi Daowen paused and said respectfully, "I have found information about this. At present, the UK has established a local radar chain on the British island. If one day the British island is air strike by enemy air force, this local radar chain should play an important role."

"Yoxi." Hirohito said happily, "This information is very important and will be conveyed to the head of state immediately."

"Hai." Yamaguchi Daowen paused and said, "Other, there is a person named Edward Bowen who has also done research on the research of airborne radar. He developed a small radar and installed the radar on the aircraft. This modified Ansang aircraft can detect large surface targets at least sixteen kilometers away!"

"Only sixteen kilometers?" Konoe Fumi said sneeringly, "What's the use of being so close?"

"This is just a preliminary result." Yamaguchi Tatsumedao, "If the Empire R&D department can intervene in the research, it can develop a radar with a smaller size and a longer detection distance, and can also provide a larger and more reliable flight platform. At that time, the detection distance of the airborne radar will be far more than 16 kilometers."

"Yo Xi." Hirohito turned his gaze to the chief of the equipment department and said, "Get this matter done quickly."

"Hayi." The chief of the equipment department quickly knelt down and stood up and bowed his head. The emperor said so, what else can he do? He can only do his best!

After a pause, Hirohito said: "Let's talk about the problem just now. Some people have questioned that the Empire does not have new technical equipment that can control the Pacific War now, but this is wrong! I tell you now that the Empire really has it, and this new technical equipment is the 'zero fighter'."

"As early as half a year ago, the new fighter developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had completed its first flight."

"After half a year of perfection and improvement, this new fighter has now been fully finalized and mass production has begun. Soon, this fighter can be equipped with the navy!"

"I have to announce another decision here."

"The existence of the Yamato battleship is no longer necessary."

"From now on, the Yamato battleship will be converted into an aircraft carrier!"
Chapter completed!