Rise of Australia

Chapter 272 Aircraft Carrier
In terms of fighter jets, the Wild Tiger-3 fighter has been greatly improved compared to the previous generation of fighter jets.

Arthur secretly complained last time that the most useless of the three military aircraft is the fighter jet, but this time the situation has completely changed.

The current Wild Tiger-3 fighter jet can reach an average flight speed of 210 kilometers per hour and a maximum flight speed of 240 kilometers per hour, which is only a little behind the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft.

Of course, the reason why it lags behind in flight speed is that the Wild Tiger-3 fighter is not only equipped with two MA-107 Maxim heavy machine guns, but also has improved the armor protection of the fighter.

And the amount of ammunition for machine guns has also increased a lot. The previous fighter jets only had 1500 rounds of ammunition.

The Wild Tiger-3 fighter directly doubled the amount of bullets prepared, reaching [-] rounds, which greatly improved the fighter's continuous combat capability and firepower output capability.

The current fighter jets can be considered to have a certain role, with enhanced protection, firepower output and speed, the Wild Tiger-3 fighter jets may be able to do more than a dozen of the planes of other countries.

However, the range of the Wild Tiger-3 fighter is not as exaggerated as that of the reconnaissance aircraft. The maximum range of the Wild Tiger-3 fighter is 570 kilometers without auxiliary fuel tanks. When carrying two auxiliary fuel tanks, the maximum range can be increased to 890 kilometers.

Such performance data not to mention greatly surpassing the aircraft of other countries in the same period, even compared with the performance of aircraft of various countries during World War I in history.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Australasian aircraft must be well-known models even if they were placed in the original World War I, and they can create a lot of aerial myths.

At present, the military aircraft that Arthur believes to be the most practical is naturally the Specter-3 bomber.

The last time it was able to quickly wipe out the Portuguese army, the role of bombers was definitely not small.

At present, countries in the world do not have many capabilities to defend against air power, and various air defense weapons have not yet been born.

All they could try, perhaps, was to jerk off with their rifles and machine guns.

But the three military aircraft in Australasia are not as simple as those in other countries. They not only fly fast, but also have good armor protection capabilities.

It is indeed possible to shoot down an aircraft with rifles and machine guns, but this possibility may not be as great as that of your own backward aircraft destroying the advanced aircraft on the opposite side.

The Ghost-3 bomber is currently the slowest flying aircraft among the three military aircraft, with an average flying speed of only 195 kilometers per hour and a maximum flying speed of only 215 kilometers per hour.

This is because the bomber is equipped with a large number of various types of bombs. There are currently three types of bombs that can be carried by the bomber, namely 45-pound small-scale anti-personnel bombs, 75-pound small-to-medium anti-personnel bombs and 120-pound explosive bombs.

The three types of bombs carry 42, 24, and 12 bombs respectively.

The launch method adopts two rounds, and two bombs are released by pressing the launch button once.

This also leads to a characteristic of the current bomber's firepower, the frequency of bombing depends on the pilot's hand speed.

Of course, if the hand speed is too fast, it may also cause the launch system to malfunction.However, this possibility is relatively small, after all, the pilots will not click frantically.

The increase in the bomb load and the increase in the power of the bomb have greatly increased the lethality of the current bombers.

It is no exaggeration to say that the role of a Specter-3 bomber is definitely more than ten GA1906 semi-automatic artillery.

Before the development of anti-aircraft weapons and other countries' aircraft, Arthur was even confident that he could use the current Australasian aircraft to defend the security of Australasia.

However, looking at the bomber in front of him, Arthur suddenly remembered something very important.

Although all countries in the world are vigorously developing their navies and battleships, Arthur understands that the elimination of battleships is not far away.

What really made battleships gradually eliminated, to put it bluntly, was not the birth of other powerful warships, but the birth and rise of aircraft.

The armor protection capability of battleships depends on the research of other naval gun parabolas.But the bombing of the plane does not pay attention to the parabola, basically it is directly downward.

This also made aircraft carriers equipped with aircraft the nemesis of various powerful battleships, and eventually dominated the powerful battleships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and were replaced by aircraft carriers.

But in the final analysis, although aircraft carriers were also born during World War I, compared with later generations, this type of aircraft carrier can only be said to be crude and crude.

What does research on an aircraft carrier entail?The first is the aircraft, and an aircraft carrier is empty talk without an aircraft.

The second is the level of shipbuilding. At present, Australasia has mastered the technology of building dreadnoughts, and the level of shipbuilding can definitely build a simple aircraft carrier.

Since it is possible to build an aircraft carrier, why not build an aircraft carrier directly?

Arthur suddenly woke up, and said solemnly to Theodor, the person in charge of the aviation laboratory: "Director Theodor, what is the shortest take-off distance for our plane?"

Theodor replied: "Your Majesty, our fastest reconnaissance plane currently has a shortest take-off distance of about 1400 meters."

Arthur nodded.This level is close to the take-off distance of the aircraft during World War II, which also proves that the researchers in the aviation laboratory have indeed worked hard.

But that's clearly not enough.If you want to equip aircraft on a sea warship like an aircraft carrier, you have to understand that even the largest warship is only one or two hundred meters long.

This also means that the take-off distance of the aircraft on the aircraft carrier is only 200 meters at most, which is very demanding for the construction technology of aircraft and aircraft carriers.

What are the take-off methods of aircraft carriers in later generations?Arthur thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out why.

I only remember that the plane seems to have catapult takeoff and vertical takeoff, but Arthur doesn't remember the specific appearance and principle at all.

Shaking his head slightly, Arthur decided to leave professional matters to professional people.

Looking at Director Theodor who looked expectant, Arthur smiled and said: "Director Theodor, your efforts are very good. I am very satisfied with the research and development of these three military aircraft, and on behalf of The military has promised to equip at least [-] aircraft within three years."

Theodor smiled and replied respectfully: "It's all the support of His Majesty, otherwise we are still just a research and development assistant for the airship."

"The improvement of the third-generation aircraft and the research and development of the fourth-generation aircraft cannot be left behind. At the same time, there is a more important task for you and all researchers." Arthur continued.

"Your Majesty, just give orders." Theodor listened respectfully.

"I heard a suggestion before, asking whether it is possible to equip aircraft on warships, so that aircraft can take off at will in the ocean, and expand the attack distance and combat range of our aircraft. Director Teodor, what do you think about this? See?" Arthur nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty, I wonder which expert's idea is this?" Theodor asked cautiously.

Theodor can't be blamed for being cautious. Those around Arthur who are qualified to offer suggestions and ideas to Arthur must be ministers or subordinates whom Arthur trusts.

In this case, no matter how unrealistic the suggestions and ideas are, Theodor dare not refute them!

After all, this is an absolute monarchy. If the minister who made the suggestion is dissatisfied with Theodor and finds an opportunity to suggest to Arthur to remove Theodor, then he will be out of luck.

Arthur smiled, and naturally saw Teodor's inner thoughts, and said: "If you have any ideas, please feel free to speak up. In terms of aviation, the advice of experts like you is more important."

With Arthur's guarantee, Theodor boldly said: "Your Majesty, I think such an idea is very bold. From the perspective of imagination, if we can equip aircraft on warships, it will indeed greatly improve Improve the combat capability and combat radius of the aircraft. But the shortest take-off distance of our current aircraft is 1400 meters, so we can’t build a warship with a length of more than 1400 meters!”

Even in later generations, the largest ship in the world, the famous Sea Giant, is only 485 meters long.

But such a huge warship has a full load displacement of 82 tons, which is dozens of times that of the current largest battleship.

Not to mention whether the construction of such a warship is supported by science and technology, the cost of building such a huge warship alone may be enough to bring down a sub-powerful country.

Arthur smiled and explained: "What if a special take-off method is used? For example, an extra power is applied to the plane so that the plane can have a speed sufficient for take-off just after it starts. Or change the deck of the warship and bend it slightly upwards. Let the aircraft have a better take-off range. Can this reduce a certain take-off distance and make it possible for the aircraft to be carried on a warship?"

The birth of aircraft carriers in World War I proves that the technology and means to greatly reduce the take-off distance of aircraft were already available during World War I.

The current aircraft in Australasia is already a big step ahead of other countries in the world. Arthur does not believe that the research and development of aircraft carriers can be stuck on the take-off of small aircraft.

Concentrating the country's research and development efforts and taking a few years, Arthur doesn't think that Australasia's aircraft carrier research and development process will lag behind other countries.

After hearing Arthur's explanation, Theodor pondered for a while, and then replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, it is not impossible to say so. But let alone us, the current research on sea take-off platforms by all countries in the world is very important. It is equal to zero. Even if this idea can become a reality, I am afraid it will not be developed in a short time."

Arthur nodded and said with a smile: "This is not urgent, Director Theodor. You can regard it as an important but not urgent task, at least within three years. Our main task at present It is still a large number of aircraft to build a real air force and a large number of warships to build a strong navy. This idea may become the main goal of Australasia's future naval construction, but it will take several years at the earliest Realize it. If you have time, you can communicate carefully with the experts of the shipyard. I will give you three years. As long as you make progress in this area, it will be considered a big success."

It will take until World War II for the aircraft carrier to really play a key role. Arthur's inner expectation for the research and development of the Australasian aircraft carrier is three to five years.

As long as a practical aircraft carrier can be built within this period of time, it is considered to be progressing smoothly.

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