Chapter 826 The Indomitable Aircraft Carrier

UK, Vickers-Armstrong Shipyard.

Britain is an old capitalist country with a strong industrial base. During the First World War, it created a miracle. Within a year, 51 warships were launched, showing their strong shipbuilding capabilities.

In the UK now, in addition to the two Royal Navy shipyards, there are more than a dozen private shipyards large and small, and the current Vickers-Armstrong Shipyard is the largest private shipyard in the UK!

Among the major private shipbuilding companies, Bidmore, Carmel Ryder, John Brown, and Vickers were all steel mills producing armor steel for the Navy Yard until the end of the 19th century, while Armstrong produced various Shipborne armament system. After a series of mergers and expansions, these companies have obtained strong capital and technical strength to build battleships. After subsequent large investment and expansion, these shipyards have gradually formed modern factories with a complete ship R&D and construction system.

After that, after continuous mergers and alliances, the British shipbuilding industry has formed a situation of two heroes competing for hegemony. One of them is the merger of Vickers and another arms giant Maxim, and the other is Armstrong and Whitt. The cooperation of Voss Company is strong enough to cover the entire military industry, far beyond the pure shipbuilding industry.

However, the prosperity of the naval arms industry came to an end with the end of World War I, and the empire had come to an end. Shipbuilding orders had shrunk significantly. The two giants, Vickers and Armstrong, had to merge in 1928. Now the Wicks-Armstrong company, the shipyard is still their main business.

"Führer Cyric, the person in charge of the shipyard, responded to our call very much. After the king ascended the throne, he immediately swore allegiance to the king. All the equipment of the shipyard, as well as the warships under construction, are well preserved. Come down." Beside Cyric, Edward VIII said cheerfully.

Edward VIII has a long face. In fact, one of the most important points is the strong cooperation of German agents. After Edward VIII was in place, he immediately started lobbying. At the same time, the German troops also advanced quickly and quickly controlled the place.

Now, the entire shipyard is intact.

"Seeing people's hearts in times of crisis, those war criminals who confuse the public with slanderous words and plunge Europe into war will not understand the needs of the public. Peace is the most precious thing." Cyric stood on the pier, facing Edward VIII. said.

At this time, his eyes have been attracted by a huge warship under construction.

"This battleship is the aircraft carrier Indomitable." At this time, the head of the shipyard, Sir Dex, said.

When the war was about to come, Britain no longer begrudging its own funds, especially after the warships were sunk, the United Kingdom urgently needed to build new warships. In this case, the British shipbuilding industry once again ushered in Back to the bright red fire.

Indomitable, a British fleet carrier, is an improved version of the Tejas class. A layer of hangar has been added, which can carry 43 fighters, which improves the fewer defects of the Tejas.

This aircraft carrier with a displacement of 30,000 tons has now completed the construction of the hull and is installing the ship island. When the ship island is completed, it can be launched.

It can be said that this is a semi-finished aircraft carrier.

Cyric nodded: "It seems that this aircraft carrier can enter service within a year."

Now, after the efforts of Germany, the industrial integration of France has almost proceeded, and after the occupation of Britain, the integration of Britain will also proceed rapidly!

The United Kingdom is an island country. The United Kingdom has always attached great importance to the navy. Now, every British shipyard will manufacture warships in large quantities for the German fleet!

It can be said that in two years, the German navy will truly become a navy that can fight in the ocean. It will have several aircraft carrier formations and several large battleships at the same time!

This is also the reason why Cyric did not hesitate to build an aircraft carrier for the Soviet Union. If he wanted to confuse the Soviet Union, he had to give benefits to the Soviet Union. The aircraft carrier had to continue to be built, even launched, and sea trials were possible.

Anyway, during the sea trial, many problems will definitely be exposed. If one of the boilers explodes because of the use of unqualified refractory bricks, it is possible, and it will have to be reworked at that time.

As for the naval guns, Cyric was not stingy either. First, he gave the Soviets a turret and three artillery pieces to make the Soviets happy.

When the turret is shipped to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will find out the problem. The hull of their Soviet battleship has not yet been built, and there is no place to store the turret!

Put it on the dock of the ship, and leave the turret exposed, it will rust in less than half a year.

In this way, they will definitely stop and build the hull first! With the progress of the Soviets, the construction of the hull may take a year or two.

The naval commander, General Reeder, was also very excited. The construction time of a warship is quite long, and the time for an aircraft carrier takes two to three years. Now, it is great to have a ready-made aircraft carrier!

However, when the group stood on the deck and looked at the empty and flat deck, Rader frowned: "No, the construction of this aircraft carrier will be stopped immediately, we need to redesign and refit, in order to meet the our needs."

This aircraft carrier uses a central elevator, and there is a large hole in the middle of the deck, so that when the operation of lifting the carrier aircraft is carried out, it is impossible to take off and land.

This is a serious defect, which restricts the take-off and landing efficiency of the aircraft carrier. It must be changed to a German-designed side lift!

This kind of change requires a huge amount of work. After all, it was not designed by German designers, and it will affect the overall force of the hull.

Hearing Raidl's words, Sir Dex was stunned for a moment. If he stops now, then his factory will be shut down. How to solve the food and drink of so many workers?

However, he absolutely did not dare to raise any objection.

"It looks like there are still some empty berths here!" Cyric said: "By the way, don't we still have a batch of container ships to produce? Just leave it here for production."

Hearing Cyric's words, Sir Dex was overjoyed. It seems that the President of Cyric is very generous to himself!

Now, Germany is expanding to the whole country, and there is a lot of demand for warship construction. As long as we keep up with Germany, we can get a steady stream of orders. With orders, our company can continue to develop, just like As in World War I, step into a new glory!