Romanian Eagle

That's right, Romania also has plans to build an aircraft carrier, and even the drawings are ready. Admiral Lomodan had shown it to Edel before, and he still had a fresh memory of it.

The main reason is that the aircraft carrier's drawings are too distinctive, with a sloping deck although the area is not large. Edel remembers that the sloping deck was for jets. However, the Romanian design with a sloping deck is used for docking aircraft, because it is designed to provide a one-time attack aircraft group to the maximum extent, and it can also correct for the offset of the center of gravity caused by its island.

As for jets getting on board, that's not taking into account that much. At present, there are not even practical jets, and it is still early to board the ship, and it is too early to think about it.

Its captain is 263.4 meters long and 42.4 meters wide. Its standard displacement reaches 28,500 tons, with a full load of 33,500 tons. The speed reaches 31.5 knots (max). The power system has 8 boilers with an oil load of 6,300 tons, 4 1,200-kilowatt gear-driven steam turbines, and a main engine power of 140,000 horsepower.

The island building is located on the starboard side of the ship, and there are three elevators, one at the front and two at the middle and rear of the flight deck. The arresting system is equipped with 9 arresting cables at the stern and 6 at the bow, which can make the aircraft land on the bow, and can block the landing weight of the carrier-based aircraft up to 5.4 tons.

In terms of protection, the armor belt is thick millimeters, the turret armor is 127mm thick, the turret base armor is 28mm thick, the flight deck armor is 41mm, the hangar deck armor is 81mm thick, and the main deck armor is 48mm thick.

The main reason for its thicker armor is to improve its survivability, because it was a comprehensive conclusion after Romania learned the capabilities of the aircraft carriers of the United States, Japan and Britain. It is neither too thickly wrapped in armor like the United Kingdom, which reduces the number of carrier-based aircraft, nor is it too easily damaged like Japan and the United States.

In terms of hangar, it adopts a single-layer design of .5 meters x 5.4 meters. It is expected to be equipped with 91 fighters of various types, which can be described as armed to the teeth.

In addition, its self-defense weapon has 12 double-mounted 105 anti-aircraft guns to deal with long-range targets. In addition, a large number of two-mounted 40mm and four-mounted 20mm anti-aircraft guns are also installed to deal with medium and short-range targets.

Of course, such a powerful strength naturally has its high cost, and its cost (plus the aircraft) is similar to that of its latest battleship, which can be said to be another beast that swallows gold.

So Edel directly rejected the big news made by the Navy at that time, on the grounds that the ready-made ones were too expensive. As for now, of course, you need to prepare in advance. As for the problem of excessive tonnage, it's as simple as lying. Anyway, it's not the first time. Practice makes perfect.

And Lomodan was naturally very surprised when faced with Edel's inquiry. Because he knows Edel and knows that as long as His Majesty asks, it means there is hope again. And this is asking when the construction will start, which means that it agrees with the Navy's previous plan.

The low-profile version that the Navy has made before can basically be thrown into the waste paper pile. Although he doesn't know much about the use of aircraft carriers, they are all the same. The aircraft is the firepower of the aircraft carrier, and naturally the more it is released at one time, the better.

So when faced with Edel's words, the old admiral answered immediately. "As long as your majesty orders, the navy can immediately start building the aircraft carrier according to the blueprint."

Seeing the excited expression on the old admiral's face, Edel was amused. He, the Navy Minister, was incapable of saying that in the face of the surge in the number of warships, he could still ensure that the level of officers and soldiers on board would not decline, and that the economy would be managed in an orderly manner. The only downside is when you want to build battleships. It can just entangle people,

Don't give up if you don't achieve your goal.

But only those who love the navy so much can develop Romania's humble fleet to such a size. In Edel's view, Lomodan is his own Tirpitz. Although Lomodan's ability is not as outstanding as that one, the right one is the best candidate.

"Your navy makes a plan first, and you can start building after the contract is signed."

Edel thought about it and then said his decision. Since it is going to be built, of course it must be built in advance. At least you need to leave enough time to avoid too long training and adaptation time. A tragedy like the Zeppelin cannot be staged in the Romanian Navy.

And Edel thought of this and continued. "Admiral Lomodan, I hope you can come up with a five-year construction plan. It is mainly for the shipbuilding of medium and large navies. After the plan is completed, Romania should have 3-4 battleships, 2-3 aircraft carriers, and Several cruisers, including heavy cruisers, can be appropriately relaxed a little bit. In addition, destroyers, submarines and other ships also need to be further expanded. It is required that after five years, the total tonnage of the Romanian Navy will be around 450,000 tons.”

Eder's figure is the result of comprehensive consideration, which is much worse than the millions of tons in the United States, Japan and Britain, but it is enough for Romania. Basically, cutting-edge warships are enough to become a pivotal force in World War II.

And Edel's words shocked Lomodan. Because he smelled a strong smell of war, the joy of getting Edel's approval to build an aircraft carrier also disappeared. Although he is happy that his naval strength has been expanded, as the head of the navy, how can he not know the strength of Romanian shipbuilding, which almost means that the Romanian shipbuilding industry has to fully respond to orders in recent years.

Moreover, doing so has a very large impact on the economy. A large amount of capital investment is not acceptable without profit. The expansion of military strength can only be for war.

"His Majesty……"

Edel stopped His Excellency the admiral's speech, stared at the admiral and said. "Your navy has the confidence to complete this mission."

Edel's words made Admiral Lomodan a little hot. Because it means that five years from now, Romania will be involved in a big war. As for the scale, he doesn't know, at least he doesn't want to know.

Because the navies that have been imagining the Soviet Union for a long time are not worth building so many warships at all. However, as a soldier, no one wants to prove himself on the battlefield, so he finally answered through gritted teeth.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the navy will cut the waves for the country and fight for Romania to the last moment."

Seeing the nervous old general, Edel patted his shoulder to comfort him. "It may or may not be that much, but it is in Romania's best interest to be well prepared."

Edel's words did not make His Excellency the Minister of the Navy much easier. In the bottom of his heart, he planned to revise the training plan immediately after returning. At least those in the Mediterranean must have countermeasures.

After Edel sent the admiral away, he knew that the expansion of the army could not stop. The next step is the army, but it still needs the cooperation of the government.

After that, the Navy submitted a new shipbuilding plan. It needs to build a new 406-caliber battleship within five years, three large fleet aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, eleven light cruisers, as well as thirty-one destroyers and forty-two submarines. In addition, the number of various auxiliary ships such as landing craft, transport ships, and supply ships has also increased sharply. Its construction cost is as high as 4.64 billion lei.

In the face of the navy's huge shipbuilding plan, Edel, the king, quickly signed it. So the Romanian Navy's five-year shipbuilding plan was decided in this way.