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

At the same time, she spent more time with Lexington and knew Lexington's expectations for his ship.

And her heart that was gradually sinking.

She always did things completely for Vian's sake, and often didn't think about herself, just like Saratoga herself did to Lexington.

But as a younger sister, I have always seen it.

Why did she have to eavesdrop on what Hood and Wei An said today? Wasn't it because she was afraid that her sister would suffer?

My silly sister has devoted her heart to the commander, and the weather has been getting colder recently.

When she was reading in the evening, she could see her sister quietly learning to weave a towel for Wei'an.

But he never told Wei An about what was on his mind, trying to suppress his inner thoughts.

Wei'an is given a perfect image. He does things neatly and cleanly, has full life skills, is gentle and kind, and takes good care of everyone.

She knew that her sister was waiting every day for the ship to materialize so that she could take Wei'an out to sea.

In order to make her sister happier, and also because Wei An had told her before that there were insufficient resources, she was quite distressed and turned her ship's space upside down.

Sell ​​all the useless ship equipment collected in the battle, just to gather a few more resources, and then make your sister happier.

Even to make Lexington happier, she didn't tell Lexington that she was trying to raise resources for her ship, but just asked Vian to keep it a secret and she would give the resources to Vian when the time came.

Everything was done for her by her favorite commander.

But now she heard something!

Wei An might change his mind!

Although she also knew that as an admiral she had to consider everyone and make decisions that maximized the interests of the fleet.

But as a younger sister, she couldn't bear to see her sister sad, especially when she was forcing herself to smile.

So now she stood in front of Wei An and slapped the resource card on the table.

The sudden situation left Lexington stunned.

"Jaga, let the commander finish speaking...We need to listen to the commander."

Lexington quietly pulled down the hem of Saratoga's black skirt, looking a little weak compared to her usual confident look.

Especially now that she was caught between Vian and Saratoga.

Vian hadn't expected Saratoga to be so excited.

"Cough cough."

Wei An touched his nose embarrassedly.

"I think you may have misunderstood me. I meant that I had already finished drawing the blueprints. Now the assessment happened, and there are also the sudden arrival of resources and ship equipment."

"I need to complete the blueprints for the destroyer and light cruiser battleships and allocate resources appropriately. It may take a few days, but the actual implementation will remain the same."

"After all, since you and Lexington are both aircraft carriers, the strength requirements for the hull are not as extreme as those of other ship girls. By improving your sister's hull, the resources consumed can be reduced."

"As the core of the fleet, your ship needs must be met first!"

When drawing the blueprints for Lexington, Vian had already changed his strategy.

Compared to Clemenceau and Yukikaze, who still have the possibility of close combat and sailing alone, it is impossible for the two sisters Lexington and Saratoga to sail alone.

At least there are other ship girls around to provide security so that they can go out without worry.

The combat space is not comparable to that of battleships and destroyers, and the objects they need to protect are not ordinary surface warships.

But submarines and enemy aircraft carriers.

So compared to Clemenceau and her colleagues who used special steel for all their warships, Lexington and subsequent aircraft carriers all used special steel in specific areas.

For example, the flight deck and the underwater bottom of the ship.

Therefore, when the Lexington's hull has the same displacement, it is less than half of theirs.

Moreover, the most terrifying place where Lexington and her team consumed resources was not on the hull, but on the carrier-based aircraft that were constantly consumed. The aircraft were equipped with missiles, torpedoes, and bombs.

These are where they spend their money.

The most important thing is that Lexington has a larger hull, a larger hangar, a faster speed, and even reserved space for future power modifications.

A portion of the space on the lower level of the flight deck is also reserved for use by the ship's equipment at the rear.

The result is that the standard displacement of the aircraft carrier design has reached more than 7 tons.

Compared to other warships whose shells can be generated on site, the carrier-based aircraft of an aircraft carrier must be generated in the hangar in advance, so the displacement of Lexington can still be increased.

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Chapter 145 Lexington's Ship Data

While most aircraft carriers weigh around 2 tons, the Lexington becomes a complete behemoth after the transformation.

Even if he wanted to materialize the Lexington's hull, his current dock would not be enough because it was too big to accommodate it.

"Is that so? Commander, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Saratoga was relieved to hear that Vian had not changed his mind, but in the next second she seemed to have remembered something and wanted to take back the resource card on the table in a hurry.

But her hand was caught, by her sister Lexington.

It made her freeze like a wooden figure.

"Jia Jia, you said you wanted to help your sister materialize the ship?"

Lexington looked at the resource card in Saratoga's hand with complicated eyes, and at the same time looked at Vian.

“This, this…”

The flustered Saratoga finally didn't give a clear explanation, but this attitude only made Lexington more determined in his thoughts.

So Saratoga could only look to Vian for help.

"Jia Jia also had good intentions. She hoped that you could materialize the ship as soon as possible so that she could be happy. But today, Hood and the others gave me more resources. She was afraid that I would give them to others."

"But since Jia Jia just mentioned this, let's talk about the conditions and problems needed to materialize your Lexington today. After all, the blueprints are now complete, and we're basically just waiting for the other warships."

Vian's words finally temporarily diverted Lexington's attention and made her let Saratoga go.

Saratoga, who was released by Lexington, immediately hid behind Vian.

"Sister, I don't care. I will definitely provide the resources for your ship's manifestation. You are not only his ship girl, but also my most beloved sister. I won't allow him to possess all of you. I must have half of your ship!"

Hiding behind Vian, Saratoga's tone of voice became a little tougher.

"Wait a minute, I'll talk to you in detail."

Lexington frowned as he finished speaking and waited intently for Vian to speak.

"Wait for me to get the blueprints. It will be quick."

After saying that, he ran out of the room without waiting for the two to react and took the drawings back.

Looking at the rolled-up drawings in Vian's hands, Lexington and Saratoga knew that this was the aircraft carrier designed by Vian.

This was also the ship that they might use in the future, so they all clenched their fists unconsciously.

Especially Lexington, she originally thought that Vian would change his mind today, but now the blueprints are already in front of her.

With the experience of Xuefeng and Clemenceau as a precedent, she has always been full of expectations for the design of the Vian aircraft carrier.

Wei An didn't say, and they didn't ask Wei An what kind of design he wanted.

But compared to the curious and patient Lexington.

Saratoga was obviously in a hurry. He snatched the blueprint from Vian's hand and opened it on the table.

But after just one look, Saratoga was stunned.

who is she? Where is she? What is she doing?

What did she see?

The information of a warship that had never been seen before was listed in detail on the blueprint.

Lexington, who was stunned by Saratoga, also took a look and turned into a wooden figure like her sister.

Only Wei An was still drinking his coffee quietly, waiting for them to digest it.

After a long while, after the two men finished reading the information on the drawings, they looked at Wei An as if they had seen a ghost.

Although they knew that Wei'an had always regarded aircraft carriers as more important than other warships, they wouldn't be so cruel.

Battleships have always been the main force at sea and in deep-sea strikes, and the ships built with larger displacement are also battleships.

But now they saw something, a huge ship on the blueprint.

What the hell is a flight deck of 332 meters long? The most outrageous thing is that the width of the flight deck designed by Vian is more than twice that of Saratoga, reaching 76 meters.

There was also an angled deck that was nothing like what they had before. They were completely confused as to what the difference was between this design and that of previous warships.

The flight deck is so outrageous, let alone the hull below.

Now Saratoga felt that her sister had become her big sister. Not only was she older than her, but even her battleship was bigger than hers.

At the same time, when Saratoga saw the displacement column on the battleship designed by Vian, she rubbed her eyes repeatedly to make sure she was not mistaken.

The ship's frame alone has a displacement of 6W without carrying any carrier-based aircraft.

Moreover, the arrangement of displacement and tonnage was carefully arranged by Wei'an, unlike her and other aircraft carriers, which have a lot of wasted space.

Even in this case, her hangar capacity can accommodate 80 ships when using current carrier-based aircraft.

This blueprint is more than twice the size of her hull data. According to conservative estimates, Saratoga can accommodate more than 160 carrier-based aircraft.

(World War II aircraft cannot be compared with modern aircraft, either in size or weight.)

Also, the hull structure of the double-decker hangar that they often saw had disappeared, which made her a little curious.

If Lexington's hull is equipped with other ship equipment, the displacement can easily reach 7. If carrier-based aircraft are added, Saratoga can't even imagine how big her sister can be.

The speed requirement for the battleship was raised to 40 knots, the same as Yukikaze and her crew. Saratoga and her crew were already used to it and were not surprised.

As for the arrangement of Lexington Power, Vian is also preparing to directly use the power system used by Clemenceau.

The design of this battleship drawing has already left enough space for installing the power system.

"Sister, pinch me to see if it's true."

Looking at the data given on the Vian drawing, Saratoga still felt it was a little unreal and put her little face close to Lexington's hand.

Lexington's mind was blank and she could not hear Saratoga's questions. All she could see was the blueprint.

"Is this for me?"

"Yes."

Looking at the two surprised women, Wei An calmly took a sip of coffee.

"Commander, is it too big?"

"Not too big, not too big. You are the core of the fleet, so any size is fine."

"So what does this do?"

The place Lexington pointed to was exactly the location of the angled deck, which was also the problem that troubled the two sisters.

"You all had one flight deck before, but this is equivalent to having an extra deck, which can accommodate several aircraft taking off and landing at the same time without interfering with each other."

Because the ship girl herself is controlling the carrier-based aircraft, the landing success rate is not comparable to that of ordinary aircraft carriers.

The more important aspect of the angled deck is that it can quickly take off a large number of carrier-based aircraft in a short period of time.

Chapter 146 Lexington's Accommodation and Determination

Otherwise, if Lexington uses a flight deck even though her hangar is larger than other ships, her takeoff efficiency will not be improved.

If the take-off efficiency cannot be improved, let alone the combat efficiency.

To give the simplest example, the time it takes Lexington to take off 10 aircraft is half that of others, assuming they are all the same carrier-based aircraft.

Lexington had already attacked the mission target in advance, while the opponent was still gathering its fleet. By the time the battle started, it would definitely be closer to the enemy fleet.

Thereby increasing the risk of exposing the enemy aircraft carrier and increasing the success rate of the operation.

"Of course, this is not the only function. If the landing fails, it can take off directly from the angled deck and land again without having to compete with other carrier-based aircraft for the deck."

"Is that so? Sister, I want it too."