Chapter 1119: 1120 Otherwise, you can talk about it yourself
Chapter 1119 1120 Otherwise, you can talk about it yourself
It is absolutely impossible to piece together a Tyrannosaurus Rex using just a few words to describe it. It is even more impossible to expect to find the secret to building an aircraft carrier from some vague information.
Let alone relying on some descriptions, even if you walk around the aircraft carrier and look at it carefully, you will not be able to figure out the aircraft carrier in the end.
When Suomi, the Foreign Minister of the Lions Empire, walked into the conference room with an uneasy mood, he saw some engineers, the Minister of Industry, and King Lions I with a sad face.
He looked at the prime minister sitting in the second seat. The prime minister shook his head gently at him, which meant that things were not going so smoothly. The past ten days or so they had been a complete waste of time.
"We failed." The Minister of Industry glanced at Foreign Minister Somy who walked in the door with a guilty conscience, and said regretfully.
This is completely different from his confident appearance more than ten days ago. At that time, they said that the submarine might not be designed, but the aircraft carrier was actually not that difficult.
In fact, it is not that difficult: during World War II, countries with some industrial capabilities seemed to have the ability to build aircraft carriers: Germany and Italy were both able to build aircraft carriers, and Japan, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom all had their own aircraft carriers...
However, the problem is that, except for the Tang Empire, other countries in the world have been forced to raise their technological level by plundering their seedlings. They have not fully understood technology, and the science and technology they have mastered are not accumulated and developed by themselves.
This situation is a bit like today’s Third Brother. Ah San’s technical level was forcibly raised, rather than through their own accumulation of research and development. So they look like they have good skills, but they are actually very crotch-stretching.
“Isn’t it that there is no technical difficulty, it’s just an idea?” Foreign Minister Suomi knew that if he did not establish his prestige at this time, then he, the minister, would not have to continue working.
How was it taken advantage of by other departments before? Now we have to take advantage of it! Do you think the diplomatic department of the Lions Empire is a soft persimmon? Just let others bully you?
“There are too many technical details, and we really have no way to advance the project.” The Minister of Industry still shook his head. He also knew that this was the time for others to vent their anger. He was so arrogant before, but now he must be so embarrassed.
Who would have thought that it would be so difficult to build a ship on the sea and serve as a mobile airport when aircraft technology has been almost researched?
In fact, these technical details are really difficult, just like the arresting rope used for landing an airplane: those things actually have a lifespan! Need to be replaced in time!
What’s even scarier is, do you think these steel cables are fixed directly on the deck? No, it also has an internal structure, which requires damping and strength.
So the entire system is a "masterpiece" that requires countless experiments, countless practical operations, and hundreds of failures before we have a set of effective technical results.
Want to imitate? It is estimated that just by matching the materials and internal structure, Lanes' industrial department will have to experiment for three or even five years - that is really a three-year and five-year simulation of the college entrance examination.
"We hope to have two or at least one aircraft carrier as soon as possible. Training takes time. We estimate that it will take at least a year to master the essence of using aircraft carriers." The military general spoke, once again leaving the Minister of Industry speechless. It can be said.
Tang Guo said that the aircraft carrier will not be delivered until one year, but it is estimated that the design drawings of the aircraft carrier will not be available within a year.
The Navy is indeed very anxious. Without the cover of the aircraft carrier, all its battleships have become giant "offshore gunboats." They don't dare to fight in the ocean, and they don't dare to be discovered by enemy submarines... Large warships built with tens of millions of dollars are now worse than patrol boats!
In this case, if investing a sum of money can activate all the battleships, then a capital investment of 200 million is obviously more cost-effective. From a strategic point of view, if these 200 million are thrown in, what will be released is almost 500 million, or even 800 million of the total price of naval warships...
The delivery of submarines by the Tang Empire was relatively smooth, because the Tang State itself had many small experimental submarines with old technology.
The small submarine construction equipment on Dragon Island is also there, and the technology of small diesel motors is not something worth keeping secret: so the Tang Empire used full power and sold used goods, and produced more than twenty submarines in one go It's not difficult.
The number required by all countries in the world is not large, each country only needs about three ships, so on average, it is easy to deliver the goods within half a year.
War is the best advertisement for weapons. The Tang Empire declared war on the Mirage Kingdom, and the international arms market immediately became prosperous. The previously silent trend of purchasing advanced weapons from the Datang Group has now set off a huge wave that covers the sky. Although sales of large items such as submarines and aircraft carriers are booming, there are also some seemingly inconspicuous but extremely important items that also shine in the transactions.
Don’t think that you can make money by selling aircraft carriers. The real money is probably from firearms, ammunition, or even steel helmets and military kettles!
Many countries are very interested in the amphibious tanks and main battle tanks that the Tang Empire put into the battlefield. Some continental army empires hope to form a more powerful Iron Torrent, so they really want to equip the "invincible" 59 main battle tanks.
Other countries have dense water networks and are very interested in the technology of light tanks and amphibious tanks, such as Dorne and Gobel. Both countries are inquiring about the technology of 63 amphibious tanks and 77 amphibious armored vehicles.
Similarly, almost all countries are very interested in the "RPG" technology of the Tang Empire. They all hope to give infantry the ability to fight tanks. Obviously, the rocket launcher is a very effective individual anti-tank weapon!
In addition to these weapons, the Binghan Empire that is already at war is the Yangmu Empire, the Dahua Empire is undergoing a civil war, and the Daqin Empire is invading Shu... These countries have all felt the power of their individual weapons in actual combat. insufficient.
They generally hope to purchase "assault rifles", "rifle grenades", "sniper rifles" and other technologies that the Tang Army has used for a long time to improve their individual firepower.
With the development of war, countries around the world have put forward new requirements for their military construction: stronger individual weapons, better individual armor, individual equipment that better suits the use environment, etc.
Kettles, leather boots, camouflage uniforms, steel helmets, bayonets, lunch boxes, raincoats... When more and more soldiers go to the battlefield, military commanders from various countries find that things they used to think were unimportant can no longer be improvised. .
These things will really affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, so countries around the world have begun to strengthen these details, which is quite tragic and temporary.
After using these things, countries around the world realized how much science and technology these seemingly inconspicuous gadgets actually contained. So in the end, they had to squeeze into the Datang Group and start buying or plagiarizing a series of civilian technologies from scratch.
As for countries buying more advanced fighter jets, that’s even more interesting: they didn’t realize what they had bought until prototypes of these aircraft were delivered to these countries.
When a country with only P36 got the Mustang fighter, and when a country with only Hurricane fighter got the Spitfire, the pilots' emotions immediately became high.
They have never experienced such advanced weapons in the past: most of those early aircraft could only climb to an altitude of about 6,000 meters, and the highest was less than 8,000 meters. Now their planes can fly to a height of 10,000 meters. Isn’t this a qualitative leap?
Furthermore, new aircraft also bring more new technologies, engine technology, material technology, assembly experience... Even pilots' understanding of new air combat has become different from the original.
Everyone understands the thinking of the Tang Empire pilots who previously flew Butcher fighter jets: With such a good aircraft, it is enough to dive and attack and break away, how about dogfighting? What is dogfighting?
In the past, pilots from other countries were more accustomed to circling and avoiding at low altitudes, dragging the other side into a dogfight with them. Now they all know that in the face of absolute speed, those tricks are just bibles for escaping.
If you can pursue speed, which idiot wouldn't pursue speed? As long as the speed is fast enough, the advantage of air combat will be great enough!
This concept has actually always been correct, but the emergence of radar and missiles later caused a slight deviation in the concept of second-generation aircraft pursuing speed.
Later, more powerful missiles and more advanced technology proved that ultra-high-speed fighter jets were not the wrong route. The third-generation fighter jets may have taken a detour due to insufficient technology. There is no way, who allows hypersonic missiles to be launched by super-fast fighter jets with a longer range?
With more advanced fighter jets, pilots from all over the world feel like they are ready again!
In the conference room, everyone looked at the Foreign Minister, including Lions I. He coughed and asked in a long voice: "Somi! It's time to correct the mistake. Contact the special envoy and ask him to find the Datang Group." Talk to someone nearby and see if there are cheaper options.”
His words made the Minister of Industry think a little more. He tentatively suggested: "I think we can have a good talk with Tang State. They can sell technology and we can build most of the hull ourselves..."
Foreign Minister Somi sneered, and directly retorted and asked: "Do you think the other party will agree to such a ridiculous proposal? In other words, even if the other party agrees, how much can we save? How about talking about it ourselves? Our foreign affairs department can ignore this matter.”
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