Ship transformation, the admiral goes to the military police to repent

"Ah."

"Why install so many anti-aircraft guns? Now that you have an aircraft carrier, the pressure on air defense is not that great. You can use the limited space to strengthen the frontal firepower."

While Hood was speaking, Vian was observing Hood's ship.

The hull is longer than that of the Renown, reaching 262 meters.

As the flagship of the E-Union, its ship outfit is obviously more luxurious than that of most other shipgirls.

In Vian's memory, the Hood's main guns consisted of eight 8mm main guns, four twin-mounted guns in total.

But now the main guns on the Hood deck took up more space and were longer.

Wei'an estimated that they were at least 406mm main guns, in four triple mounts, for a total of 12 main guns.

It has the same number of main guns as Clemenceau, but is more powerful and has a longer range.

The cost is also very obvious.

Because Hood's superstructure was obviously not specially modified, the overall style of the battleship remained the same as before.

This resulted in the deck of the battleship being somewhat compact.

As a result, two of the 12 BL140mm Mk.I guns on Hood's deck were missing.

As for anti-aircraft guns, there were none at all.

However, the six 533 torpedoes originally included in Hood's core data were retained by her.

Because Clemenceau was relatively close to the Hood battleship, Vian noticed the marks left by the Hood battleship near the water surface.

She simply removed all the anti-aircraft guns on her battleship and left space to transform them into more powerful main guns.

It allows her to handle battleships and deep sea with ease.

But the disadvantages are also very obvious. Because she changed the most important main gun, the result is a greater weight.

She had to reluctantly transform the interior of her ship, increasing space utilization while reducing the weight of the battleship.

Control the displacement of your own warship.

Can be controlled normally.

This was not the first time Vian had heard Hood ask questions about anti-aircraft guns.

When facing the deep sea, the pressure of air defense is mostly shared by the aircraft carriers, so it is unlikely that they will specifically cancel the anti-aircraft guns when they go out alone.

"I'm afraid Saratoga won't be able to take care of it, and the Navy's shipgirls don't know how their carrier-based aircraft are, so I added anti-aircraft guns to Clemenceau just to be on the safe side."

Vian's caution made Hood nod in approval.

For this reason, Hood did not ask too many questions, but just maintained speed and sailed parallel to Clemenceau.

The sea area this time is closer than the last time, and not all warships have a fast speed, so they all drift slowly at a speed of 18 knots.

A speed of 18 knots is the normal cruising speed, which is not a pressure at all for Clemenceau.

Although it was a fleet composed of Elizabeth and others, Vian still arranged the formation on his own.

Clemenceau led at the head of his fleet, followed by Saratoga, who followed behind Clemenceau.

Shropshire and Xuefeng protected Saratoga in the center, one on the left and one on the right.

Elizabeth and the others did not ask too many questions about Vian's arrangements.

On the contrary, I support Wei'an's decision.

In a naval battle, once discovered and attacked, the aircraft carrier is the least able to resist.

Vian's formation was to protect Saratoga with limited force.

At the same time, as the main battleship, Clemenceau can engage in battle in time at the front. After all, it is a battleship controlled by a ship girl, not like a battleship controlled by an ordinary ship.

Stronger and more powerful ships sailing ahead of the fleet can also fire faster and harder at the enemy.

This creates a situation where the big bully the small, and at the same time, there are carrier-based aircraft from the aircraft carrier in the sky to escort them.

As for why Wei'an arranged such a formation.

For other admirals, the purpose of operating an aircraft carrier may be to seize air superiority.

But for him, before missiles were available, aircraft carriers were responsible for reconnaissance, seizing air superiority, and striking important targets.

The most important thing is that the aircraft carrier is the only means of ultra-long-range strike he has now. Compared with the battleship firefight, at least he can see the enemy. This one really has the ability to kill the enemy invisibly.

This time, it is also to make my ship girl familiar with the formation to be used in the future.

Chapter 132 Sister Jia Qian - Saratoga

After all, in Wei'an's view, the only difference between the types of ships in his fleet is aircraft carriers and frigates.

No matter how big the gunboat is, it is just a follower of the aircraft carrier. Even if missiles come out, the aircraft carrier cannot be replaced.

The true heart of the fleet.

As for the reason.

When there is an aircraft carrier in an attacking fleet, there is more time to prepare for unexpected problems.

At the same time, the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier can be recovered and then launched again.

A missile really is a resource every time it flies out, and its consumption is also much greater.

In daily use, aircraft carriers are too irreplaceable.

Xuefeng and Clemenceau have known Vian for a long time, and they also understand that Vian loves aircraft carriers.

So they had no objection to being a small follower frigate.

Only Saratoga and Shropshire, which joined later, were very surprising.

Even Lexington, after learning about aircraft carriers in this world, often marveled at Vian's peculiarity.

While others used aircraft carriers as auxiliary ships, he used them as the main force. Even the battleships that others valued the most were used as frigates for aircraft carriers.

Who can be so extravagant?

So there was a scene where Saratoga hugged Vian's thighs and cried late at night.

She really had never experienced such a scene. She originally thought that after becoming Vian's ship girl, she would just fight with the deep-sea plane and assist Clemenceau as before.

But the reality made her flattered. Would she ever be valued one day?

Even admirals would prefer battleships if given a choice.

After knowing that the core of Vian's fleet was the aircraft carrier, Shropshire was also stunned. He even touched Vian's forehead very considerately to see if he had a fever or was dizzy.

However, after getting confirmation from other ship girls, she calmly accepted the result.

However, after learning about Vian's plan for his aircraft carrier, Saratoga was the happiest.

Because the materialization of Lexington's hull would require a lot of resources, he needed timely combat power.

Saratoga is the best candidate for the main force.

She really didn't expect that one day she would be able to carry as many bombers as the Bumblebee could.

For this reason, she felt that Wei An was much more pleasing to the eye.

But in the end, Vian's poor situation temporarily suppressed Saratoga's joy.

However, what Vian did not expect was that he still underestimated the temptation of bombers to an aircraft carrier girl.

After everyone finished talking about their plans and went back to their rooms, Saratoga tossed and turned in her bed, unable to fall asleep.

Seeing the cute bomber right in front of her, but not being able to have her made her feel like ants were crawling on her body.

She felt very uncomfortable.

But knowing that Clemenceau had materialized the ship, she also understood that her sister would need a huge amount of resources.

Currently, Wei'an has no channels to obtain more resources, and resources are extremely scarce.

But she wanted the cute little plane very much, so she thought of the reason why Shropshire and Vian met.

So she quietly opened the door and groped her way to a room and walked in quietly, instead of disturbing Lexington who was supposed to take care of Vian the next morning.

She couldn't wait a moment longer, she wanted a small plane, so she decided to go directly to Wei An to ask for it, since she still had a little bit of pocket money.

She hasn't used it much in all these years.

Wei An woke up, feeling shortness of breath and discomfort.

I turned on the light in the room in a daze and saw the Saratoga duck sitting on the quilt that was covering me.

The blond hair hit him right in the face, startling him.

"Gaga, what's up? It's so late."

Wei An said this while quietly lifting the quilt.

"Commander, I want a small plane, okay? I want a bomber."

"Is that all? The Admiral doesn't have the extra energy to make ship equipment for you right now. I'll make it up to you as soon as the Admiral has money."

"But can you get off the admiral now? I can't breathe."

Vian was relieved to hear Saratoga's words.

He thought that Saratoga entered his room so late at night to launch a night attack. After all, a naughty ship girl like Saratoga could really do such a thing.

Saratoga, who was only thinking about the bomber, obediently got off the quilt that Vian was covering her with and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Commander, it doesn't matter. If you don't have money, I have it."

Saratoga couldn't wait to open her ship's space and took out a bank card.

"1000 million Azure Coins are in this card. Is it enough to complete my ship upgrade? If not, there are more."

As she spoke, she slapped the bank card into Wei An's hand.

Like Shropshire, as a ship girl with the same level of 100, Shropshire is only a heavy cruiser after all, and the resources she can obtain are also limited.

But Saratoga, as an aircraft carrier, is still sailing normally.

She can launch 75 carrier-based aircraft at a time, and her hangar can perfectly accommodate so many aircraft.

Precisely because she is a regular carrier and has Robin to enhance her skills, the results she can achieve on the battlefield are beyond the reach of an ordinary light carrier girl.

So her savings accumulated quickly.

As her wallet gradually became fuller, she also wanted to find some powerful carrier-based aircraft to supplement her arsenal, but in the end reality slapped her in the face.

Compared with the battleship's ship equipment, the aircraft carrier's ship equipment is obviously more difficult to produce. At the same time, the number of ship equipment used by aircraft carriers exceeds that of other ship girls.

If she wants to meet her requirement of 75 bombers, she will need at least 5 carrier-based aircraft, and the number will increase if she needs other carrier-based aircraft.

The price is also more expensive than other ship equipment.

For this reason, Saratoga, who was not short of money at the time, picked and chose in the market, and finally found that most of the carrier-based aircraft were not as useful as the carrier-based aircraft that came with her when the ship was materialized.

So while searching for Lexington, Saratoga was also working hard to collect ship equipment that she could use.

She found many carrier-based aircraft, but they were basically not as good as her own ship equipment. When she heard about better ones, they were snatched away by others.

In the end, Saratoga just gave up.

She even felt that the prices of carrier-based aircraft and equipment were so high because of the speculation about aircraft carriers.

There are too many monks and too little meat, and at the same time, aircraft carrier girls are richer than girls of other types of ships.

Because they can participate in several battles at the same time.

So now that Wei'an can give her more powerful carrier-based aircraft, how can she sleep well?

The little plane that she had been thinking about so much was now right in front of her, and there was no way she would let it go.

If Wei An can't do it, she has plenty of money!

Chapter 133 Clemenceau's Bombardment

Looking at the bank card in front of him, Wei An was stunned.

He really didn't expect Saratoga to be so wild.

"It's not a matter of money or not."

After all, Saratoga wanted it right now, and he only had 2000 points on him now, and even if he squeezed them all out, he could only make one ship outfit for her.