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Chapter 66 Add some new toys

Vertical take-off and landing fighter jets are not new, and there are already many vertical take-off and landing fighter jets in service.

Representative examples include the British Harrier and the Yak-38 series, both of which can achieve vertical take-off and landing.

However, the actual combat performance of these two things is better than nothing. The combat radius of the Yak-38 is only a few dozen kilometers, and it is known as the mast defender.

At this point, people once thought that vertical take-off and landing fighters had no future, but the big brother continued to promote the development of the Yak-141.

During the era of the latter's development, aviation engine technology was greatly improved and materials science also made significant progress.

The Yak-141 was the first aircraft to use a rotating tail nozzle plus a victory fan design to maximize thrust efficiency.

Although the Yak-141 failed to go into production due to historical reasons, the US F35B inherited its mantle and adopted the same technical route.

Powered by the unprecedented F135 engine, the F35B has a very good range while taking off and landing vertically, making it possible for many helicopter attack ships to become small aircraft carriers.

China has tried this technology before, but more than 20 years later, it has looked down upon carrying vertical take-off and landing aircraft on amphibious assault ships.

After all, with the support of strong national strength, wouldn’t it be better to directly use an electromagnetic catapult?
You say an amphibious assault ship can't fit a catapult? Then why not just build one a bit bigger?

Of course, the current navy does not have the capital to "work miracles with great force", but the dream of vertical take-off and landing fighter jets is still very tempting.

There are so many creative ideas in the forums of later generations, but it is really refreshing for Yan Hai to see them in this era.

In particular, the strike tactics centered on helicopter attack ships have demonstrated a new possibility for landing operations.

"If we can form two helicopter attack ship strike groups, breaking through the first island chain will be much easier."

Yan Hai couldn't help but sigh, and Tang Wen was also quite sad.

The first island chain is still a shackle around our necks now, but twenty years later, people will just laugh when the island chain is mentioned.

It's not just the first island chain. The strongest navy in Asia right now is the 88th Fleet next door. As for the Seventh Fleet? That's a big boss that you can't even imagine.

Until 2010, public opinion generally believed that the navy could not withstand a round of attack from the Fleet.

Tang Wen thought of the water police he met in the Dongsha Islands and couldn't help sighing.

He suddenly thought of something and couldn't help asking:
"An amphibious assault ship of around 20,000 tons has a structure similar to a medium-sized aircraft carrier from World War II, right?"

Yan Hai was a little surprised by this question, but after thinking about it, it was quite similar.

During World War II, a medium-sized aircraft carrier was about 20,000 to 30,000 tons, and a large aircraft carrier was over 40,000 tons.

Helicopter attack ships also use straight decks, do not require catapults, and do not have high performance requirements.

Aside from the electronics, the hulls are indeed very similar.

"Not much different. Building an amphibious assault ship isn't difficult, but... well, I don't have the money."

No money?

This is indeed the case from Yan Hai's perspective, but Tang Wen knows about several upcoming ship purchase orders.

Before 96, the authorities did indeed prioritize the economy, and armaments had to be "put on hold."

But after this incident, they immediately went to the north to buy two 956 Modern-class destroyers, and also renewed the order for two more, to be delivered in the millennium.

In 98, the Varyag was bought back with the help of patriotic businessmen, and the nuclear submarine project, which had been stagnant for a long time, was restarted at the same time.

As the saying goes, knowing shame leads to courage. Even if China builds and develops warships quickly, it will still take years. Having suffered a great loss, the Chinese navy is now desperately trying to strengthen itself. If it could immediately purchase a 20,000-ton amphibious assault ship, it might not even blink an eye.

Although the Hornet is an old version of equipment, the hull is newly manufactured and can be used for twenty years without any problems.

After a modernization of the dock and the installation of new electrical equipment and radar, it may become a good helicopter attack ship.

Anyway, there is no point in owning a World War II aircraft carrier. It would be embarrassing to sell it if it doesn't get a few hundred million.

Of course, money is secondary. If I could watch the Hornet running around and causing trouble in the Western Pacific... wouldn't that be much more exciting than a fishing boat?

Especially if the Seventh Fleet were to sail freely one day and was suddenly monitored by a helicopter taken off from the Hornet, would it suspect that a rabbit had fished up the Hornet from the bottom of the sea?

Unlike other types of ships, ships such as aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships are not as sensitive to the technical requirements of the hull.

Even the USS Kitty Hawk, an aircraft carrier built by the US Navy in 1956 and put into service 60 years ago, is not backward in terms of hull and power system, and is not much worse than the Hu Jian, which weighs more than tons.

The more Tang Wen thought about it, the more itchy he became. He even had the urge to set up a stall in front of the General Armament Department tomorrow and write a sign saying "99 new aircraft carriers for sale for million yuan."

But he finally calmed down and suddenly pulled out a World War II aircraft carrier, which might really scare the UN into fighting the "99-year battle of destiny".

After all, the current shipyard docks can only accommodate destroyers of two to three thousand tons at most. Could it be true that this thing was fished out of the water?
The real USS Hornet sank in battle for more than 40 years and was then salvaged and refurbished by itself?

Tang Wen put aside the random thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't stop thinking about adding some new equipment to the navy.

Unfortunately, I was playing World of Warships at the time, which was full of old World War II warships. If I had been playing modern warships, I could have immediately taken out a nuclear aircraft carrier to scare the Americans.

Even if you are playing a certain blue route, it would be nice to have a ship girl.

The big ship and big cannon party has caused a lot of harm to people!
After chatting with Uncle Yan for a long time, Huang Dongshun had finished looking at the clothes and returned to the office in high spirits. He said to Tang Wen:
"I was just looking at it from outside, and it felt like the ship was growing on its own. I'm really looking forward to it."

"..."

It's broken. I hope you won't really see anything.

Tang Wen wiped the cold sweat from his head. He had just gotten rid of Mr. Yan and was almost scared by Huang Dongshun again.

However, with Tang Yi watching and adding layers of obstructions, he could really see that this was not the case.

Tang Yi, who was watching the boat with the latter, said:

"I'll compile the layout and parameter data for the steam turbine shortly. Your sailors can take it home and familiarize themselves with it."

Huang Dongshun nodded, and then continued:

"Since you're building ships so quickly, we need to prepare coal and heavy fuel oil at the dock. These are not easy to buy locally, but they are much cheaper than diesel.

The Fisheries Bureau is also processing the procedures and it will be available soon.

Boss Tang, when can the ship be delivered at the earliest? "

"It will be almost done in another month. The steam turbine is quite complicated, so it will take at least half a month for sea trials."

In fact, the construction time of the Hashidate was only 4 days, and it did not require much time for adjustment.

Half of the month is reserved for salvaging the Yamato, and the remaining half is used to install the actual fishing equipment.

It would be such a shame to leave 70,000 tons of steel on the seabed.

(End of this chapter)