Film and Television: Starting from the Journey to Guandong

Chapter 136

The boat also retains the weapons of ordinary submarines and has been enhanced.

There are 8 torpedo launch tubes on the bow of the ship, which can carry 20 533mm torpedoes.

宽大的甲板和舰桥也让该艇可以安装更多火炮武器，包括1门140毫米主炮，3座3联装，1座单管25毫米高射炮。

In terms of detectors, in addition to sonar, there is also a No. 13 radar and a No. 22 radar responsible for air and sea detection.

Taking off from a small submarine must rely on a catapult. For this reason, a Type 5 Type 40 catapult is set up in front of the Gnaku. The maximum ejection weight is tons, which is longer than the Type Type catapult of the "Yamato" class. cm.

You can see the catapult extending from the hull to near the bow.

Aichi Company was responsible for the simultaneous development of supporting carrier-based aircraft for the boat, which was later the M6A "Seiran" water attack aircraft.

It is the first RB fighter to adopt a 90-degree backward folding of the entire wing, and the vertical and horizontal tails can also be folded.

The pontoons are stored in the warehouse below the deck and will be installed on the aircraft during preparation for takeoff.

After the aircraft completes its mission and returns to the vicinity of the submarine, it is hoisted by a crane, the buoys are removed and the wings are folded, and then it can be sent to the Gnaku, or it can be directly refueled on the catapult and hung with bombs for another attack.

However, in actual use, the "Qinglan" can also choose to take off directly without installing floats, which can reduce drag and achieve the maximum amount of bombs. However, the pilot can only choose to abandon the aircraft after the aircraft returns.

Three views of the M6A Seiran water attack aircraft. The aircraft is about 10 meters long, 12 meters wide, 4.5 meters high, weighs 4.25 tons, has two crew members, and has a top speed of 474 kilometers per hour. If the pontoon is discarded, it can reach 560 kilometers per hour.

In order to shorten the preparation time, the aircraft is refueled and bombed before being loaded into the Gnaku, and heated oil is injected before takeoff to speed up the start-up speed.

The first plane can take off within 3 minutes, but the third plane at the end, due to limited deck space, has to wait until the first two take off to prepare, and can take off 3 minutes later.

But in fact, due to the existence of many influencing factors such as personnel, machinery, and sea conditions, takeoff time often exceeds 20 minutes, and the whole process is very dangerous. The pilot can receive 6 yen in hazard pay for each takeoff. At that time, a college graduate soldier The monthly salary is only 60 yen.

该机可挂载一枚800千克炸弹或四枚250千克炸弹执行对地轰炸任务，也可以挂一枚92式450毫米航空鱼雷攻击舰船，只有自卫武器，为1挺13毫米后射机枪。

The Neon Navy originally planned to equip 18 I-400 boats, but as the war gradually became more intense, the number of constructions was reduced again and again. Moreover, the Aichi company that manufactured the "Seiran" was almost paralyzed in the bombing, leaving the submarine aircraft carrier in despair. The awkward situation of plane availability.

所以，从1944年12月第一艘完工到战争结束时也只有伊400、401和402三艘进入现役，作战目标也从最初的丑国东海岸和巴拿马运河逐步缩回到南太平洋海域的美军驻地。

In July 1945, two diving aircraft carriers, the I-7 and the I-400, went to Ulithi Atoll to attack the Uighur fleet stationed there.

However, before the attack was launched, Tamone announced the defeat. After intense discussion, the surrender faction won and decided to return to Neon homeland to surrender. The commander-in-chief of the attack, Colonel Ariizumi Ryunosuke, committed suicide on boat No. 401. .

On the way back, both boats were captured by the US military. The US military showed great interest in the boats and immediately brought them back to the mainland for research.

In order to prevent the Soviet Union from getting involved, they were sunk off the coast of Hawaii as soon as the research was completed.

As for boat No. 402, she was being repaired in the harbor when Neon surrendered. She was also captured by the Uighur Army and was used as a target ship in the waters north of Nagasaki in 1946.

Although the I-400 had no results and wasted a huge amount of manpower and material resources, it can be regarded as the closest to practical diving aircraft carrier, and it was an existence that surpassed the military technology of the time.

Her shadow can still be seen on the early missile submarines of the U.S. after the war. The U.S. military also tried to build a diving aircraft carrier equipped with jet fighters, but all failed due to technical problems that could not be solved.

Generally speaking, this submarine is not something to be afraid of. Instead of worrying about this submarine, it is better to worry about the Yamato, which is known as the most powerful dreadnought in the book.

Of course, later generations have a very accurate evaluation of the Yamato. It was a tragic victim, and it was destined to sink when the project was established.

"Yamato" represents the Yamato nation that was intoxicated with the "imperial dream" after the victory in the Japan-Maoji War. It is a symbol of neon militarism after the Meiji Restoration.

In the history of the second station, it is true that the sinking of the "Yamato" caused despair among the small bookmakers and even the emperor, accelerating Neon's surrender.

After all, the "Yamato" was built by Neon with the strength of the whole country. It was once considered the "strongest battleship" and the "Neon Savior." People felt that as long as Yamato came out, the Pacific War could be reversed.

As a result, instead of achieving any record, the "Yamato" sank in a suicide attack. The sense of despair is self-evident.

In the 1930s, the world's major powers began to expand their armaments and prepare for war. Neon also began to plan a decisive battle with the United States in the Pacific. The navy was determined to build a fleet that would impress the world.

At that time, the form of human naval warfare was still the same as in the age of sails, with the cannons on the ships deciding the outcome.

The main force of the navies of all countries in the world are "battleships". The great powers compete to see whose battleships have more numbers, greater tonnage, thicker armor, and thicker muzzles.

At that time, the Navy already had aircraft carriers, and naval warfare was facing an era-changing innovation, but Neon chose the wrong path at this time.

The teacher of the Neon Navy is the British Royal Navy, which attaches great importance to "honor" and "tradition", so it imitates everything in its small book. It still stubbornly believes that battleships will have the final say in future naval battles, while aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft "can only help Battleships create the conditions for naval warfare.”

Under this premise, the large-scale aircraft carrier plan advocated by Yamamoto Isoroku and others was shelved, and the Neon Navy launched the super battleship project.

In the autumn of 1934, after a long discussion, the small book finally came up with the technical parameters of future battleships. Even in the eyes of future generations, these data are still scary.

海军要求新型战列舰主炮口径为460毫米，而且总数起码在8门以上；副炮数量不得少于20门，口径155毫米-200毫米。

At that time, the main gun caliber of the main battleships in the world was less than 400 mm. The goal of the small book was to leave the American Arizona, the British Hood, and the German Pismarck behind.

In addition, the Neon Naval Command requires that the ship can withstand hits from 400mm armor-piercing projectiles at a distance of 20000-30000 meters, and the horsepower must reach 30 knots.

Hiraga, who was in charge of shipbuilding technology, took a deep breath when he saw these conditions. Combining these requirements, this new giant ship has a displacement of more than 60000 tons. Such a large warship is challenging Neon's national power, and its cost is to build Three to four times that of large aircraft carriers.

From 1935 to 1937, Xiaoben came up with dozens of design plans to study, and finally determined the design plan for the new ship in 1937, named it the "Yamato-class" battleship, and built two ships in the first phase.

Construction of the Yamato class officially began in 1937. The project was classified as a military secret and was manufactured entirely at the Kure Navy Yard in Hiroshima.

These two battleships were designated as neon symbols from the beginning, so they were named "Yamato" and "Musashi".

In the summer of 1940, the Yamato, which had been under construction for two years, was launched. Two years later, on December 1942, 12, the Yamato was officially commissioned.

This ship cost a huge sum of 1.3 million yen to build, which is three times the cost of Neon's main aircraft carrier.

The Yamato battleship is 263 meters long, 39 meters wide, with a displacement of 65000 tons when empty and 72000 tons when fully loaded.

Neon installed four steam turbines on the ship, which can output 4 horsepower, allowing the 15-ton ship to sail at a speed of nearly 7 knots.

The Yamato was equipped with the most powerful naval gun in human naval history - three triple 460 mm caliber main guns. When it fired Type 1.4 armor-piercing projectiles weighing 91 tons, it could penetrate the armor of any warship at that time.

The Yamato can also fire Trinity-type high-explosive shells. This 1.3-ton shell can wipe out all life in a football field with just one shot.

大和还有9门155毫米副炮，12门127毫米舰炮。在防空方面，它有24门25毫米高炮，156门13毫米机枪。

In terms of defense, the Yamato's armor is required to "withstand the bombardment of its own 460mm naval gun", and the deck must withstand the impact of bombs weighing more than 600 kilograms.

Therefore, the armor above the waterline of the Yamato is 400 mm thick, the deck armor is 200 mm thick, and the important bridge and main gun armor are more than 500 mm thick. The entire ship's armor weighs 25000 tons.

The cost of these monolithic special armors is staggering. A single steel plate can hold up a neon army tank.

From the appearance point of view, the Yamato is covered with guns. The main guns at the front and rear are so thick that soldiers can directly get in to clean the gun barrels.

Surrounding the central ship island are densely packed anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, showing the "aesthetics of violence" of the industrial age.

The Yamato has more than 2500 officers and soldiers on board, including as many as 200 command staff. The remaining more than 2000 people include sailors, technicians, doctors and chefs.

The interior space of this giant ship is very ample, and the Navy has built living facilities for this flagship that are no less than a land-based hotel. This is a tradition learned by the Neon Navy from the United Kingdom.

The average living area per person on the Yamato was more than 3 square meters, while the living area of ​​sailors on other Japanese warships at that time was only 1 square meter.

Sailors on the Yamato still have bunk beds, but the beds are larger and the bedrooms have a wider range of activities.

What's even more exaggerated is that the Yamato is equipped with air-conditioning equipment and heaters. Regardless of hot summer or cold winter, the internal temperature of the Yamato is above 28 degrees, which is very comfortable.

You must know that at the time of neon, most farmers did not even have access to electricity.

The life of Yamato officers is more Western-style, with junior officers sharing a bedroom, mid-level and senior officers enjoying single rooms, and a dedicated office area.

The decoration of the officers' activity area is in line with Europe and the United States. The bedrooms are carpeted and the office has wooden floors. There are large sofas, coffee machines, personal bookcases, and wardrobes. The bathroom has 24-hour hot water and a bathtub.

The Yamato is most proud of its restaurant. In Neon, which has become increasingly poor due to the war, the restaurant of the Yamato can be described as "luxury".

The eating habits of the Little Book Navy are exactly the same as those of the British, which focus on Western food. The chefs in the Yamato restaurant come from the neon "Imperial Hotel" and high-end cruise ships on the Japan-US route.

Less than half of these chefs are responsible for Japanese cooking, mainly serving sailors, while most of the remaining Western chefs provide high-end Western food for officers.

There is a special cold storage on the Yamato to store raw fish, lobster, beef, caviar, butter, fruits and vegetables and other ingredients. A menu is delivered to the officers before meals every day. In addition to the main course, you can choose soups, desserts, and fruits by yourself, every day Not the same.

Sailors on the Yamato can also enjoy some special treatment. Fresh bread, desserts, meat, and fruits are provided daily. The air-conditioning on the ship can also make ice cream and ice soda.

After the meal, there was a window on the ship selling cigarettes and candies. While the neon troops on the Pacific islands were eating grass, feces, and even the corpses of their comrades, the sailors of the Yamato could be said to be living in paradise.

In 1944, a small-book Army Staff Officer visited the Yamato. The Navy had always disliked the Army and called it "horse manure", so it served him a soldier's meal as an insult.

As a result, the army staff officer burst into tears because he had not eaten such exquisite food for a long time, soft bread, fresh vegetables and meat, plus an ice soda, which millions of army officers have never enjoyed. receive such treatment.

The Yamato is like the neon of the era, exuding madness from its tonnage to its weapons to its galleys.

In the World War II naval battle where the aircraft carrier was king, the Yamato's 460mm main gun was difficult to play. The densely packed aircraft would not allow it to get close to its own fleet.

From 1942 to 1945, Yamato made many sorties, but found nothing and was anchored in Kure Port for a long time.

This battleship, built with tons of gold, has become a “mascot” that is not useful but useful.

After the failure of the Mariana Sea Battle, the Neon Navy had lost the opportunity to fight head-on with the Ugly Navy, and the Neon Military Department began to implement "special attack operations."

Thousands of "Kamikaze" drove Type 0 fighters and rushed towards the Ugly Fleet, but failed to stop the Ugly Army's attack.

In 1945, the Ugly Kingdom had conquered the Philippines and began to attack Okinawa. The four islands in the small book were about to become the front line.

In desperation, the emperor ordered the "mascot" Yamato to participate in "special attack operations" and kill Okinawa without the cover of aircraft carriers.

On April 1945, 4, Yamato only added fuel for the outbound journey and headed for Okinawa. Its mission was to run aground on the beach of the Okinawa battlefield and then serve as a fixed artillery battery to support the army's battle.

As a result, before reaching Okinawa, on April 4, the Yamato sank under the indiscriminate bombardment of American aircraft.

The Yamato was hit by more than 30 torpedoes and bombs, and finally the ship capsized. 3055 people on the ship, including captain Kosaku Ariga, sank with the ship, and only more than 200 people survived.

After the war, the Ugly people got the design drawings and manufacturing materials of the Yamato, and they all sighed:

"It's crazy, just like this country."

In fact, as early as World War I, there was a huge shipbuilding plan for the so-called "Eighty-Eight Fleet" consisting of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers. However, the plan was eventually terminated due to the restrictions of the Five-Nation Naval Treaty. stranded.

However, Xiaobenzi did not give up, trying to gain an advantage in the strategic decisive battle in the Pacific by relying on the superiority of single-ship artillery caliber and tonnage.

The "Yamato" class battleship is the largest battleship ever built in human history in terms of tonnage.

In terms of artillery, the "Yamato" is also unprecedented in the history of battleship development. The nine millimeter-caliber main guns she is equipped with are the largest-caliber naval guns ever equipped on a battleship.

In addition, the "Yamato" is also equipped with dozens of secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns ranging from millimeters to millimeters. In addition, there are hundreds of machine guns from millimeters to millimeters, densely arranged throughout the hull.

Therefore, purely in terms of naval gun firepower, the "Yamato" is the most powerful super battleship ever built in human history.

In terms of armor protection, the "Yamato" can be said to be armed to the teeth. Its vital parts were armored up to millimeters thick, and the thickness of the turret was even more millimeters. It could withstand the firepower of almost all mainstream naval guns in the world at that time for about kilometers.

However, although the "Yamato" appears to have the most powerful main gun and thick and sturdy armor in the world, its existence has been very embarrassing throughout the Pacific War.

The main reason lies in the rapid decline of its status as a battleship type in the naval battles of World War II.

Throughout the Pacific War, the main combat ships of the two countries were aircraft carriers.

The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the Midway victory all relied on aircraft carrier operations to achieve the main results, while other ship types, especially battleships, achieved very little.

Aircraft carriers can use carrier-based aircraft to attack enemy fleets dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away. This combat efficiency is unmatched by battleships whose artillery range generally does not exceed 40 kilometers.

Therefore, the "Yamato" has been in a state of "watching a show" almost throughout the Pacific War, which is also related to the disadvantage of the "Yamato" in maneuverability.

The "Yamato" has a maximum speed of knots, and the speed of most Neon aircraft carriers generally exceeds knots, which also makes it impossible for the "Yamato" to keep up with the speed of the main mobile force.

Coupled with the poor coordinated command of various ship types by Neon Navy officers, it is difficult for the "Yamato" to participate in frontline operations.

And because the Neon Navy attaches great importance to the "Yamato" and regards it as a trump card that will never be revealed until the last moment, the "Yamato" is rarely dispatched to front-line operations.

It can be roughly seen from the archives of the Neon Navy of later generations that the "Yamato" mainly carried out some work of transporting supplies and troops in the early stages of the war.

In some important battles, the "Yamato" also served as a reserve force rather than an assault force.

This also caused the "Yamato" to miss many decisive battles in the Pacific War.

For example, in the Battle of Midway, the "Yamato" was incorporated into the main fleet directly commanded by Yamamoto Isoroku.

However, Yamamoto kept this main force as a reserve force throughout the Battle of Midway and did not use it for a long time.

Although the "Yamato" rarely participated in direct combat during its service, it was often attacked. These attacks did not come from battleships of similar tonnage, but from submarines and aircraft.

One year, the "Yamato" was attacked by a US submarine and was hit by torpedoes twice and had to return for repairs.

In another year's Battle of Leyte Gulf, he was attacked by Ugly bombers many times and was hit by three bombs.

The "Yamato" itself has very weak air defense and anti-submarine capabilities, making it generally powerless to deal with these attacks. Therefore, the Yamato appears to be very powerless in the face of air strikes and submarine attacks.

Here we have to mention the urgent air defense capabilities of the "Yamato".

Although the "Yamato" hull is densely covered with various anti-aircraft guns, its performance is really not flattering.

Take the more than 100 triple-mounted millimeter anti-aircraft guns equipped on the Yamato as an example. According to its theoretical rate of fire, this anti-aircraft gun needs to replace its magazine every less than four seconds after firing.

In addition, its ammunition is very weak and cannot cause much damage to the Uighur aircraft. Even if it hits the Uighur aircraft, it will be difficult to shoot it down.

However, the "Yamato" was not completely without success throughout World War II.

In the Battle of Leyte Gulf that year, the Yamato's millimeter main gun finally came into play.

However, its target was not the opponent's battleships, but several destroyers and small escort aircraft carriers.

In the Battle of Samar Island in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Yamato's millimeter main gun finally fired in actual combat for the first time.

According to post-war Neon statistics, the "Yamato" sank one escort carrier, one cruiser, and one destroyer each.

But in fact, according to post-war statistics of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army lost a total of two escort aircraft carriers, three destroyers and some frigates in the entire naval battle on Samar Island.

One of the escort carriers was sunk by the "Kamikaze Special Attack" in the little book.

In addition, Neon's other warships also reported after the war that they had sunk several escort aircraft carriers and destroyers.

Therefore, the "Yamato" record is undoubtedly watery.

However, Yamato's artillery also showed its power in this battle.

According to the memories of Ugly Army combatants at the time, an Ugly Army destroyer was hit by the main gun of the "Yamato". The situation was like a puppy being crushed into meat patties by a truck.

However, the main gun of the "Yamato" was originally designed to target large enemy ships, but in actual combat it was used to deal with weakly armored escort carriers and destroyers, which gave it a sense of familiarity with anti-aircraft guns.

As Xiao Benzi was retreating steadily in the Pacific War, the Neon Navy had to show its trump card of the "Yamato" and send it to take the initiative in the Battle of Okinawa in 2016.

However, what the "Yamato" was performing at this time was a mission with no return.

At that time, the Neon Navy aircraft carriers were basically annihilated by the Ugly Army, and there were not many battleships, cruisers and other ships left.

The "Yamato" was executing a desperate suicide attack on the Neon Navy headquarters at this time.

After the Ugly Army received information about the approaching Yamato, they sent more than 400 carrier-based aircraft to attack it.

The "Yamato" suffered three hours of indiscriminate bombing by U.S. military aircraft, and finally sank after being hit by torpedoes and bombs.

During this operation she failed to sink a single enemy ship.

According to RB's official archives, the "Yamato" shot down only a dozen aircraft in the three hours from the time it was attacked by ugly troops to the time it sank.

Its poor air defense capabilities were revealed again in the final moments of its downfall.

In the end, the "Yamato" record came to an end in such a slightly black humorous form.

There are many similar craziness in the book, besides Yamato, there is also Dafeng.

When the Second Station broke out, the war did not spread to the Pacific Ocean, but the two sides were already at war with each other and were carrying out an arms race crazily.

After Neon's Marusan Plan, Ugly State began to build large-scale warships in 1937, and soon showed the tendency to leave Neon far behind. Xiao Benzi's atrocities made him isolated in the world, and public opinion expressed his reaction to it. Very dissatisfied.

For this reason, RB had no choice but to formulate the Pill IV Plan (the fourth combat readiness expansion plan) in early September 1939.

The Maru 3 plan is extremely large, with 4 battleships headed by Yamato-class ships 80 and 321000, with a total tonnage of tons.

Among them, the Taiho (No. 130) is the only aircraft carrier in this plan.

The third Yamato-class ship, Shinano, was later transformed into an aircraft carrier, but it still appeared as a battleship in the Maru 4 plan, so it was not included in the aircraft carrier.

The Marusi plan is somewhat different from Neon's previous plan. In this plan, there is only one aircraft carrier.

In the previous plans of the small book, aircraft carriers appeared in pairs, such as Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku. This was because the budget of the Maru 12 plan was extremely high, reaching billion yen, and the yen at that time was still quite high. What is valuable is not like the future generations.

There are only two Yamato-class battleships, each with a single ship budget of 2 million yen, and the Taiho's budget has exceeded 2 million yen.

This was an almost unbearable financial pressure for Neon, so the Neon Navy had to subtract a large aircraft carrier to save the budget.

Seeing this, many people will definitely have a question: Since the Yamato-class is so expensive, why not reduce one Yamato-class?

As mentioned before, at that time the Navy still maintained the idea of ​​fleet decisive battle since the Battle of Tsushima.

Many conservatives believed that attacks from the air were immoral and that planes could be easily shot down.

At the same time, the United States is also building new North Carolina and South Dakota class battleships.

Neon needs Yamato-class battleships to deal with the Ugly Army's new battleships.

The South Dakota-class battleship has nine 9mm main guns, strong defense capabilities and a speed of 406 knots. The full load displacement is 28 tons.

It can be clearly seen that there is a big gap between the Ugly Army's new battleships and the Yamato class, but they are far ahead in terms of quantity.

At this time, the main funds of the Ugly Army were also invested in battleships, so Xiaobenzi only planned to build one aircraft carrier at this time to maintain its lead in the aircraft carrier field compared to the Ugly Army.

Although Neon has already started construction of the Xianghe-class aircraft carrier with very excellent performance, it still hopes to keep improving on this basis.

The Shohe-class aircraft carrier initially had a requirement that the flight deck be able to withstand horizontal bombing by large bombs. Although this requirement was abandoned due to the number of aircraft carried, speed and resilience of the Shohe-class, Neon has high hopes. Yu Dafenghao can achieve this.

In the world at that time, the development of aircraft carriers had two main directions: one was armored aircraft carriers represented by the British Brilliance-class aircraft carriers, which had better protection capabilities and a closed bow, at the expense of a small number of carrier-based aircraft.

The Glorious Class can only carry 36-48 carrier-based aircraft, while the Uighur Army's later Sai class light aircraft carrier can carry 50 aircraft, but its tonnage is only half of the Glorious Class.

The other direction is the aircraft carrier represented by the U.S.'s Yorktown-class aircraft carrier.

It has strong maneuverability, light protection, usually uses an open bow, and has a large number of carrier-based aircraft.

The Yorktown-class aircraft carrier can theoretically carry 90 carrier-based aircraft, and its air control capability is obviously stronger than that of the Glorious-class aircraft carrier.

The Ugly Army's Yorktown-class aircraft carrier was the mainstay in the early stages of the Pacific War. Among them, the No. 2 ship Enterprise was the most decorated warship in history.

Neon chose the path of armored aircraft carriers, drawing on the design ideas of the Glorious-class aircraft carrier. The Taiho has a take-off deck composed of thick steel armor plates and a fully enclosed bow.

But at the same time, the necessary number of aircraft, weapons and fuel carrying capacity must also be ensured.

At the beginning, the Neon Navy's requirement for the Taiho was that the flight deck could withstand the bombing of the Ugly Army's 250kg bomb.

However, in later studies, it was changed to be able to withstand a 700-kilogram bomb dropped from a dive from an altitude of 500 meters.

Ugly Army SBD fearless dive bomber, the deck design of the Dafeng is mainly to resist the bombs it drops.

In subsequent calculations, it was concluded that this level of defense requires a 75mm thick CNC armor plate and a 20mm thick DS armor to achieve this level.

And armor of this thickness will definitely have a greater impact on the maneuverability and recovery of the ship's hull.

Therefore, Neon decided to lay this level of armor within the minimum area required for a fighter to take off, which is the distance between two elevators.

Considering that Taiho may be hit in future wars, Neon not only enhanced the protection of its deck, but also placed high demands on its side protection capabilities.

The thickest part of the side armor is 185mm thick. You must know that the thickest part of the side armor of RB's King Kong-class battlecruiser is only 203mm thick, and the bottom part can also be 70mm thick!

In terms of torpedo protection, Taiho also adopted a unique and effective design: an angled armor plate was installed below its waterline, which can deflect the direction of the torpedo explosion shock wave fired from the vertical direction and weaken it.

In addition, it has two layers of bulkheads in the center of the side and injects heavy oil or water. This can indeed reduce the damage a lot, and the explosive impact of the torpedo can be weakened by about 30%!

In other key areas, the Taiho also has good protection capabilities: it has laid 75mm thick armor plates to withstand 203mm shells, which means it can withstand heavy cruiser strikes.

In particular, the engine room and other places also adopt a five-layer side bulkhead structure to further enhance the defense. The ammunition depot and aviation fuel depot are surrounded by 55 mm thick armor plates. The bottom of the ship also adopts a triple bottom structure, which greatly enhances the defense. Taiho's sinking resistance.

To prevent explosive fragments from flying into the hangar and causing damage to aircraft, personnel and equipment once the flight deck is penetrated, there is a 10 mm thick armor plate on the top of the hangar.

The distance between it and the armor plate of the flight deck is 70 cm, and the side walls of the hangar are also protected by 25 mm DS armor plates.

In addition, the Taiho also has another creative facility: there is a 1.5-meter-long and 0.7-meter-wide explosion exhaust hole between the support columns, and the outside is covered with 25 mm steel.

When an explosion occurs in the hangar and generates a shock wave, the steel cover will fall off outwards, thereby releasing the power of the explosion and reducing damage to the interior of the hangar.

It can be seen that the Little Book Navy has great expectations for the Taiho aircraft carrier and has carefully designed many ingenious facilities.

According to the standards of the time, Taiho had excellent anti-strike capabilities among aircraft carriers and was an "unsinkable battleship."

Of course, everyone knows that the self-proclaimed "unsinkable battleship" basically sank in the end. . .

As I just said, the Taiho aircraft carrier not only has an extremely sophisticated design in terms of protection, but also has unique design considerations in every other aspect.

Taiho's lift was also laid with two layers of 2mmDS armor, making her weigh a record 25 tons in the RB Navy.

However, due to the use of new technologies, the efficiency is not lower than that of other aircraft carriers. The Dafeng is also equipped with 14 blocking ropes.

The braking system of the Dafeng aircraft carrier also adopts the latest three-type ten-type braking device of Xiaobenzi. It uses hydraulic power and has a maximum braking weight of 6 tons. It can deal with Gale fighter aircraft, Meteor attack aircraft, and Caiyun ships. reconnaissance aircraft and other larger and newer carrier-based aircraft.

These carrier-based aircraft were originally planned to be equipped on small new aircraft carriers, but because Taiho and Shinano sank quickly, Taiho did not carry these new carrier-based aircraft in the end.

The Meteor-type ship-attack aircraft is a naval carrier-based attack aircraft that is launched by Xiaobenzi at the end of the second station and is capable of both dive bombing and torpedo dropping. It is a ship-based bomber and a ship-attack aircraft combined into one.

Since most of the warships carrying the Meteor Ship Attack were expected to sink, and the pilots' skills were not up to par in the later stages of the book, the Ugly Army's air defense firepower network was very tight, and the Meteor Ship Attack did not achieve any results.

The closed bow brought many advantages to the Dafeng, but in the end, the oil and gas could not be discharged and it killed itself.

First of all, the enclosed bow greatly improves the Taiho's ability to withstand wind and waves;

Secondly, in the past, in order to prevent large waves from damaging the front of the flight deck, the flight deck had to be set back a certain distance from the bow of the ship;

However, after adopting the closed bow, the flight deck can protrude forward for a period, and the overall length can be extended.

Like Neon's other advanced battleships (such as Yamato-class battleships and Shokaku-class aircraft carriers), Taiho also uses a bulbous bow.

This unique design has greatly improved the seaworthiness of the Taiho. Coupled with the high length-to-width ratio of the hull, the Taiho can easily reach high speeds.

The design of the bridge of the Dafeng is also unique. The integrated design of the bridge and chimney has been tested on the previous Eagle-class aircraft carriers. It is more mature on the Dafeng, but generally there is no change.

Their chimney has an obvious outward tilt of 26 degrees, which can prevent the chimney exhaust from disturbing the airflow and affecting the takeoff and landing of fighter aircraft.

There is also a cooling water spray device inside the chimney in order to reduce the exhaust temperature.

To prevent the ducts from the boiler room to the chimney from conducting heat through the deck into the hangar, a sealed space was created between the ducts and the hangar floor.

In addition to the necessary areas such as the air defense command post, compass bridge, and wheelhouse, there is also an electrical detection radar on the bridge. They are the No. 13 electric detector located on the triangle mast and the No. 21 electric detector located behind the air defense command post.

Since the integrated bridge has a great influence on the balance of the aircraft carrier (this is clearly reflected in the Eagle-class), the flight deck of Dafeng is about two meters wider on the port side than the rear of the starboard side relative to the centerline. (If you look carefully, you can see that there is a 2-meter protrusion on the port side about symmetrically past the bridge). This can achieve the left and right balance of the ship without the need to place a counterweight on the port side bilge like the Eagle aircraft carrier. things.

The bridge of the Taiho also has certain protection: the compass bridge wall panel is equipped with 25 mm DS armor steel plates, and the wheelhouse is surrounded by 40 mm thick cylindrical armor plates. These armors enhance the survivability of the command element.

The Dafeng aircraft carrier model has a double-layer hangar inside the huge hull.

The protection above the Taiho's double-layer hangar is very tight, namely the double-layer armored flight deck and 10mm fragmentation armor mentioned above.

However, the range of these armors is only between the two elevators, so the length of the Taiho's hangar is limited to between the front and rear elevators. This is a sacrifice made to ensure the defensive capabilities of the hangar.

The deck of the upper hangar is also equipped with 16mm thick steel plates for further layer protection facilities.

The most luxurious carrier-based aircraft plan that Dafeng once envisioned was 19 Gale combat aircraft, 36 Meteor attack aircraft, and 6 Caiyun aircraft reconnaissance aircraft, a total of 61 aircraft. Of course, this plan could never be realized due to the sinking of Dafeng.

虽然大凤号的载机量是不如翔鹤级航空母舰的，但是由于自身定位于翔鹤不同（更类似于一个前线中转站），其他战舰的战机也可以在大凤上降落整备，所以它携带炸弹（800千克炸弹90枚、250千克和60千克炸弹各468枚）、航空鱼雷（九一式改六型45枚，并可同时对9枚鱼雷实施调整作业）、轻质航空燃油（最多可达1000吨）的数量都大大多于其他日军大型航母。

Anyway, it’s quite powerful if you burn yourself.

In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of the slightly reduced number of carrier-based aircraft, a three-type ammunition delivery device was installed on the Dafeng. The time for extracting bombs from the ammunition depot to the upper hangar was shortened from 2 minutes to less than 45 seconds, making the carrier-based aircraft more capable. Complete servicing in less time.

Xiaoben also attached great importance to anti-aircraft firepower at this time.

The latest anti-aircraft artillery, the 65-caliber Type 98 100mm twin anti-aircraft gun, is installed on the Dafeng aircraft carrier.

It is also the main weapon on the Akizuki-class air defense destroyer. It can fire 1000 kilogram shells at a muzzle velocity of 13 meters/second, with a range of 14000 meters and a shooting height of 11000 meters. The fastest rate of fire is 19 rounds/minute. The turret pitch angle is -10- 90 degrees.

A total of 6 such powerful anti-aircraft guns were installed on the Taiho, arranged in a staggered manner, two in front and one in the rear on the port side, and one in front and two in the starboard side, while 25 17mm triple-mounted cannons were densely installed. These anti-aircraft artillery made the Taiho's air defense level reach the highest level in the small book.

(End of this chapter)