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Chapter 1288 The Empire's Aircraft Carrier Era (Second Update, please subscribe)
War, from the day when human civilization originated, human civilization has been inseparable from war, and the process of war is also promoting the development of human civilization.

Like naval battles, from primitive canoes to stone knives and arrows.Then to the later multi-sail warships and cannons in the front, and then to the current iron-clad giant ships with cannons in the rear.

The repeated changes in naval warfare technology have not only changed the mode of naval warfare, but also changed the course of human history.

Now in this humble place, change has once again kicked off his prelude.

As the altitude dropped, the target became bigger and closer. Although the turret base of the battleship was hollow, it was still a complete battleship in Lu Rende's eyes.

When he was still a few kilometers away from the battleship, Lu Rende directly launched a dive. Accompanied by a piercing howling sound, a bomb weighing 250 kilograms flew towards the battleship the moment it detached from the pylon.

The black bomb roared in the air and rushed straight to the target. The heavy bomb directly smashed through the deck and rushed into the cabin.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a violent explosion, the tail of the battleship was directly blown into a mess.

And this was just the beginning, and seven other planes followed closely behind to launch air strikes on targets on the sea.

For a moment, amidst the violent explosion, the entire battleship was shrouded in dense smoke. During the explosion, the battleship seemed to be ignited, and the flames rose into the sky. Although the battleship was still floating on the water after successive bombings, But everyone can see it.

The battleship has been "out of combat effectiveness".

Air raid!

This is the real air strike!
"Sir, sir, this, this..."

"is this real?"

When the officers were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them, Cheng Bichen said seriously.

"This is true, I tell you, this...is the future!"

After the words fell, Cheng Bichen said directly.

"Calculate how many "Shenzhou-class immigrant ships" the empire has, and call the Ministry of the Navy to request that it be converted into a first-class combat reserve ship..."

What is a first-class combat reserve ship?
This is the combat readiness sequence of merchant ships established as early as the Nanhua period. If civilian merchant ships are listed as "first-class combat standby ships", then when the situation is tense—that is, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues an "orange warning", they must sail away from non-friendly ships. National ports, try to sail into the nearest port of a friendly country, this is to prevent important merchant ships from being captured by enemy countries during the war, and even become a tool to attack the country.

Since the "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship" has such potential for military use, it must be listed as a "first-class combat reserve ship". Once a war breaks out, it can be requisitioned and used to transform the "aircraft carrier".

"It is also recommended that the Ministry of the Navy consider requisitioning the "Shenzhou-class" under construction, and prepare a report on the establishment of naval aviation for the transformation of the aircraft carrier."

The wings of a butterfly flutter violently. In this world, the wings of a butterfly inadvertently set off storms again and again, directly changing the whole world.

When the world was about to enter the last decade of the 19th century, human science and technology had developed by leaps and bounds under the impetus of Ming Dynasty. From automobiles to airships, compared with history, they had already made great progress.

This is the acceleration of global technological iteration brought about by the use of advanced technology by Ming Dynasty.

And this acceleration does not only affect foreign countries, even unintentionally, the innovations within Daming are also unexpected.

"aircraft carrier……"

After receiving the memorial from the Ministry of the Navy, Emperor Zhu was stunned for a long time before muttering.

"The aircraft carrier came out..."

In fact, as the initiator of the "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship", he certainly knew that the ship was not so much a merchant ship as a "quasi-aircraft carrier". It was requisitioned in wartime and transformed into an aircraft carrier.

However, due to technical and confidential reasons, this concept has always remained in Emperor Zhu's mind, and he has not put it into action at all.

But now?
However, the navy used the "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship" to successfully transform the world's first aircraft carrier, and even carried out an aerial shooting exercise.

This is really a bit unexpected!
"Naval aviation, aircraft carriers..."

Staring at the navy's memorial and looking at the photos enclosed in the memorial, Emperor Zhu said to himself.

"As soon as the dreadnought was born here, the aircraft carrier came out there. Now the arms race of the empire is a bit interesting..."

"Dreadnought" arms race!
Like the other world, in the face of powerful dreadnoughts, in order to ensure their own naval advantages, the navies of Britain, Germany, the United States and other countries have begun to build dreadnoughts.In response, the Ming Empire, France, and Russia, as well as third-rate countries such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy, also began to build "dreadnought ships."Right now the arms race around the world has entered a rather frenzied state.

Unlike history, when dreadnoughts used 12-inch naval guns to set off a frenzy, Ming directly used 14-inch "super dreadnoughts" to set off this naval technological change. Facing the powerful "dreadnoughts" of the empire, the British were eager to build and install more Large-caliber main guns and dreadnoughts with increased armor protection. In order to catch up with Ming Dynasty and regain its superiority in firepower, the British Royal Navy has proposed the development of a 15-inch main gun to counter Ming’s 14-inch main gun.

Of course, the proponent of this project is completely proud of the invention of the hydraulic press, er... this is also a technology derived from the empire.However, the British have not yet solved the problem of 14-inch naval guns. The first batch of dreadnoughts they built and designed were almost all 12-inch naval guns.

Regardless of whether the UK can achieve its wish to create a 15-inch naval gun, one thing is certain is that the "dreadnought" race is taking place in this world.

But what about now?
Before the dreadnought competition entered a real climax, the Imperial Navy just served the dreadnought bowl, and ended up smashing its own bowl. The speed of smashing the bowl is simply "outrageous" .

"It's a bit difficult!"

Emperor Zhu couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. Now that the aircraft carrier has been built, it seems that those toy-like aircraft and the aircraft carrier without armor defense do not seem to pose any threat to the fleet. Even in the next ten years, the aircraft carrier will be just Auxiliary warships at sea, naval battles will still be dominated by battleships and fleet artillery battles-after all, as far as the experience of another world is concerned, even until World War II, battleships were an important part of the fleet.Aircraft carriers require corresponding protection from battle fleets.

However, since the empire has grasped this new peak of naval technology, it can also maintain the leading level of imperial naval technology.

"It seems that it is almost time to develop aviation!"

What Emperor Zhu was referring to was not just aviation, but of course aircraft carriers. , "

I really feel it!

When making this decision, Emperor Zhu suddenly had an intuition in his heart, maybe these aircraft carriers.It will change the future to a great extent. He said that it is not just the combat mode of future naval warfare that will be changed.

It will even subvert the course of human wars and everything that people are familiar with now.Of course, the most important thing is that he will bring victory to the empire.Let the Empire win that future arms race, of course.At that moment, the world will realize that the iron-clad giant ship they spent huge sums of money to build is just a joke.

Those huge fearless swords are just a pile of useless scrap iron...

After making the decision to develop naval aviation, Emperor Zhu once again looked at another briefing, which was a time war report from Africa.

The contents of the battle report made Emperor Zhu, who was in a good mood, feel more at ease, and even whistled inadvertently, saying quite proudly.

"This battle was fought beautifully!"

(End of this chapter)