Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Okay! Very good! This is what the Silver Eagle Army should be like."

"The Imperial Air Force is at the forefront of all countries in the world. We should seize the opportunity to leave those behind us far behind!"

"We want the enemy to tremble all over when they hear the name of the Imperial Air Force!"

After listening to Ding Yi's introduction, Lin Yi took the lead in applauding.

To be honest, after Lin Yi first established the Aircraft Research Institute, he gave them a batch of information, which he purchased from the system.

Then he stopped caring about how the Aircraft Research Institute studied and researched these materials.

Unexpectedly, this aircraft research institute would give them such a big surprise in the end.

This made Lin Yi very satisfied.

At least it made her feel that the money she spent in the institute over the years was worth it.

Unlike a certain Chinese company in later generations that pays trillions in military expenditures every year, he has no idea where the money is spent. (Just kidding, don’t take it seriously.)

After Ding Yi introduced the two aircraft from the Aircraft Research Institute, he sat back. What he wanted to introduce has already been introduced.

As Ding Yi finished his introduction, Dong Shaoyang, the new manager of the Ship Research Institute, stood up.

The previous manager was old and retired last year. Before leaving, he recommended Dong Shaoyang to take over as the director of the institute.

Dong Shaoyang also has rich personal experience. When he was young, he studied abroad in the Kingdom of John and learned about ships. After returning to China, he participated in the research and development and manufacturing of the empire's new Tang-class battleships and served as chief engineer.

It can be said that this Dong Shaoyang is not a showman.

Therefore, when the old steward recommended Dong Shaoyang as the new steward, Lin Yi did not object.

"Your Majesty, colleagues, our ship research and development department is not like the aircraft research institute, which has developed newer models of equipment."

"We just made some upgrades and improvements on the original equipment. These improvements are mainly for protection."

"Now the institute has developed a composite armor that is better than the existing tungsten-containing alloy steel. Next, we plan to completely replace the Qin-class, Han-class and Tang-class battleships currently in service."

"At the same time, the institute is preparing to increase the production of Tang-class battleships in the next ten years to ensure a construction speed of two to three ships a year."

"As for the main gun of the battleship, the current main gun of the Tang-class battleship has reached 460 mm, which is the largest caliber in the world. We are % sure of breaking through any opponent. Therefore, in terms of the main gun, the institute has not There are no plans to continue to increase the caliber of artillery.”

"In order to increase the power of the artillery, we just increased the caliber of the 460mm main gun from 45 times to 50 times. In this way, the range of the artillery was increased from 42 kilometers to 58 kilometers. It can better target long-distance targets. Strike and be one step ahead."

"As for cruisers, the institute is preparing to design a new type of fast heavy cruiser to fill the firepower gap between battleships and cruisers in the Imperial Navy."

"After all, in the last war, the Hans Empire's heavy cruisers performed outstandingly, so we decided to conduct research on these warships."

"Currently, the drawings have been designed and the first ship is being built. It is expected to be launched for sea trials in 6 months. This type of warship will serve as a supporting warship for the Tang-class battleship and join the Imperial Navy's battle sequence."

"Preliminarily defined as the Tang Jiang-class heavy fast cruiser."

Lin Yi nodded when he heard Dong Shaoyang's words.

He knew that Dong Shaoyang's arrangement was reasonable.

To be honest, when the Imperial Tang-class battleships joined the battle sequence, the battleships that Lin Yi could think of had come to an end. There is no point in building a battleship larger than the Tang class battleship.

After all, when the construction of the aircraft carrier is completed, it will mean that the empire has entered the aircraft carrier era. The future naval battle mode will change from the original bombardment of giant ships to that of carrier-based aircraft. Whoever is discovered first will be at a disadvantage first.

It was an ultra-long-distance battle, and often the war might have ended before the warships from both sides even saw it.

Compared with the cost of building battleships, the cost of carrier-based aircraft is not comparable at all. The money to build one battleship can be enough to build hundreds or thousands of carrier-based aircraft.

Perhaps, one carrier-based aircraft is useless against a battleship, but what about hundreds or thousands of carrier-based aircraft?

It can definitely destroy a large fleet.

This extremely uneven price-performance ratio is enough to eliminate battleships.

Therefore, the empire's future construction focus will be biased toward aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft.

However, when it comes to this carrier-based aircraft, Lin Yi also has a headache. Now the aircraft carrier has been launched and passed sea trials, but the development of carrier-based aircraft is progressing slowly.

Lin Yi felt that it was necessary to remind Ding Yi after the meeting and ask him to focus his work on the research and development of carrier-based aircraft in the future.

However, now that the war has just ended, it doesn't matter if research and development is a little slower. So Lin Yi was not in a hurry.

As for the particularity and confidentiality of aircraft carriers, not many people even within the empire know about it. The families of the soldiers and officers who were transferred to serve on the aircraft carrier were also arranged by the empire to be together.

Speaking of this, Lin Yi had to sigh, this is the advantage of the feudal empire. As long as the upper class orders, the lower class will obey.

However, Lin Yi does not intend to keep these under centralized supervision. He only needs to wait a few years for the aircraft carrier to develop combat effectiveness before releasing these people.

Therefore, when it comes to the biggest military secret of the empire now, it may be the naval aviation currently being trained.

Of course, those who can participate in this meeting currently know that the empire has a mysterious aviation force, but they don't know its specific location.

"I don't have any objections to the navy. I'll just do what you want." Lin Yi nodded.

Then Lin Yi thought for a while and continued to Dong Shaoyang: "In addition, the Fuyao Project should be accelerated. I hope to see 8 to 10 combat-effective teams in the empire within ten years."

Dong Shaoyang nodded when he heard Lin Yi's words.

He knew what Lin Yi was referring to by "Fuyao Plan".

When the empire designated aircraft carriers, in order to keep them secret, they assigned classes to the aircraft carriers. The first-generation aircraft carrier was the "Fuyao class", so the plan to build the aircraft carrier was called the Fuyao plan.

Lin Yi wants to see 10 to 8 aircraft carrier formations within 10 years, and they must have combat effectiveness. This is still a bit stressful for the ship research institute.

If you want to have combat effectiveness, you must first have a ship. Now, in addition to the first ship Fuyao being launched for sea trials, the rest are still under construction.

Dong Shaoyang suddenly felt that he would be very busy in the next ten years.

Not only are they busy building heavy fast cruisers, but they also have to supervise the construction of Fuyao-class aircraft carriers, as well as design modifications and upgrades to existing ships.

Thinking of this, Dong Shaoyang shook his head helplessly. He felt so miserable.

But he was very willing to suffer this kind of pain.