Chapter 864: Do you want an aircraft carrier?

Niu State is a traditional naval power, with strong technological background and strong manufacturing capabilities, making Niu State Naval Base complete and large in scale, the largest of which is Portsmouth Naval Base.
This naval base is very close to the capital of Niu Country, so according to the general idea, it should be inspected in this base.
But otherwise, because Qin Guan also proposed the introduction of anti-submarine hunters and supporter-class submarines, this time the delegation of the Han Navy came to visit the Plymouth Naval Base, which is located near the southwest corner of Niu Country. It is 220 kilometers east of Portsmouth Naval Base.
The stationed here is mainly the surface ships and submarine forces of Niu Country. There is the Loebler Airport in the northern suburbs of the city, and there is the stationing of anti-submarine aircraft. Therefore, this is the best place for Han people to visit.
It was Major General Wu Huade who was in charge of receiving the Han delegation. He knew that exporting weapons is the best way to earn foreign exchange as the national strength of the cattle country continues to weaken. In particular, the Han Navy is quite backward. If we have advanced weapons in China, it will earn a large amount of foreign exchange.
The Spey Engine project is a good start, and I hope this momentum can be maintained.
As for whether the Han people will develop more advanced weapons based on the introduction, or even run on their own side in the world export market, this is a matter for the future.
This is the last day of the air show. Qin Guan appeared in the port hundreds of kilometers away from the air show, looking at the warships anchored in the port.
"That is our Invincible-class aircraft carrier." Major General Wu Huade pointed to the largest warship in the port and said, with endless complex feelings in his words.
This was also the first time Qin Guan saw the Invincible-class aircraft carrier. This small aircraft carrier was called an anti-submarine cruiser just a few months ago. Its appearance also heralded the desolation of the Niu State Navy.
After World War II, the national strength of the Niu country continued to weaken, and a huge navy that once sailed the world has also been continuously shrinking in size.
Especially in the past few years, the previous prime minister used to cut military expenditures and increase social welfare as his selling point, and constantly suicided their military. He even felt that the aircraft carrier was a money-burning gadget, and ultimately rejected the Navy’s aircraft carrier plan.
The navy endured the humiliation and finally put forward the name of the anti-submarine cruiser, and finally the Invincible-class aircraft carrier was built.
Compared with the previous medium-sized aircraft carrier, this gadget can only be called a light one. It has a displacement of 20,000 tons and is equipped with nine Sea Harrier fighters. It’s a pity that this gimmick soon ceased to be popular. Even the F-35 of later generations, with a sky-defying engine, is constantly experiencing difficulties in vertical take-off and landing. What good results can the aircraft technology of this era have? ?
In this way, I was frustrated until this year.
On July 11, 1980, the Invincible aircraft carrier entered service. At the same time, the tough Iron Lady came to power, strengthened internal defense construction, and used iron-fisted means to resolve disputes externally. The term aircraft carrier has been widely recognized in the Niu Army and high-level government.
Although the ship is small and cost-effective, the Navy of the Niu State, which is used to large aircraft carriers, still feels lost. Even the Iron Lady government, which has always supported the construction of aircraft carriers, is not optimistic about the Invincible, so it has been invincible during the construction and after the service. Facing the doom of being cancelled or sealed.
The navy is very embarrassed. If the Iron Lady came to power two years earlier, their own navy’s own Ark Royal aircraft carrier was supposed to extend its life in the middle of the ship’s platform, but was retired by the government at that time and had been dismantled. They are crying without tears.
They desperately wanted a new large aircraft carrier, so they came up with the idea of ​​Invincible and wanted to sell the Invincible. For example, in August 1982, the government of the cattle country announced that it would resell the Invincible to Australia, but within a month Later, the Battle of Falkland Islands broke out.
Qin Guan knew the history of this aircraft carrier, and his fate was ill-fated.
"This aircraft carrier is a weapon for ocean warfare, and it is the latest equipment of our Niu State Navy. If you are interested, we can sell this aircraft carrier to you." Major General Wu Huade said.
Selling aircraft carriers? The Han National Navy's eyes widened suddenly.
The Han Navy is also eager for aircraft carriers. The navy of any country is full of expectations for aircraft carriers. Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good men, and navies who don't want aircraft carriers are not good sailors.
I won’t talk about the efforts made in the previous years. Starting from the last ten years, in April 1970, the superior decided to form an aircraft carrier development team. At that time, General Liu, who was the deputy director of the Office of the Naval Shipbuilding Industry Research Leading Group Office, organized the first demonstration of aircraft carriers.
He determined that the aircraft carrier development should be divided into two steps: from now to the end of 1972, focusing on completing scientific research and design; starting construction in 1973, striving for the first aircraft carrier to be completed and launched at the end of the "Fourth Five-Year Plan".
The indicators at that time did indeed have the elements of a great leap forward. For some reasons, the aircraft carrier was not built in the end, and General Liu has never stopped working hard. This time he strongly supported the introduction of the Tomcat fighter. Preparation for boarding?
If the Invincible is sold, the Navy of Niu will be able to purchase a new aircraft carrier, and it must be a large aircraft carrier. Now, since I came here with the Han Chinese navy, I would naturally be fooled. What if the Han Chinese were fooled?
In particular, I was afraid that the Han people had no money in the past, but it is said that the Han country has discovered a huge gold mine, and they can use gold to settle the settlement. This makes the Niu people jealous, and they are determined to fool the Han people over.
"Can this aircraft carrier take off and land the Tomcat?" Qin Guan came up and poured a scoop of cold water when the admirals were already heartbroken.
The Eagle Country’s aircraft carrier uses a steam catapult that can take off and land heavy Tomcat fighters, while this Invincible uses light Sea Harrier fighters.
If it is sold to Han, does Han still have to buy sea harriers? This thing is simply four different things, ideals are full, reality is cruel, it belongs to the type that can't do anything.
When Qin Guan asked this, Major General Wu Huade was taken aback: "This, we haven't tried it yet."
Invincible class, creatively adopts ski jump to take off.
For airplanes to take off and land, there must be runways. On land, runways will be up to one thousand meters long, but if warships are not so long, you have to think of other ways.
For example, the catapult take-off was actually invented by the country of Niu, and the current ski jump take-off was also invented by the country of cattle. It's flying.
It can be said that there is no other way. The sea harrier takes off and landed vertically, and the ski jump takes off to save fuel. This method is no problem.