In terms of construction period, the Japanese still prefer France. Compared with Italians, the French were still very fast. They were definitely not as fast as the Germans and British, but they were not a little faster than Italy. For example, taking the French built the Guba-class battleship before the war as an example, the construction period of this warship was between 2 and a half years and 3 years. The construction period of the next-class Bristani-class battleship was affected by war factors, resulting in a construction period of 3 to 3 and a half years. (In history, the construction period of Guba-class battleship was 3 years fast and 4 years slower.)

Well, what about the Italians? It is the same dreadnought, and in peacetime, it takes 4 years for the Italians to complete a dreadnought! The Italians did not participate in the war in this plane, but its shipbuilding speed did not improve, so it took 5 years for the slowest battleship built by Italy to complete a dreadnought in 5 years! With this efficiency, the Japanese can't bear it! You know, it's only a three and a half years to four years to build a Fuso-class battleship by Japan.

So even this statement was made within the Japanese Navy that even if the Italians now have a hull, if the Japanese Navy shipyards were asked to build this warship from scratch, it might be faster than the Italians... So when you encounter such an inefficient country, there is really no way to do it!

In other words, in terms of current hull conditions and construction efficiency, France has too much advantage over Italy. These advantages are enough to make the Japanese choose France over Italy. However, in a private exchange between France and the Japanese, what a French officer named Dallang said to the Japanese made the Japanese eventually put the treasure on the French.

"Your country has no need to worry about the forward-looking and technical nature of new warships, because with the end of the war, the French Republic and its neighbors in the east have reached an understanding. Although the price paid is a bit heavy, the gains are also great. At least we have integrated into a huge market, not only in the civilian field, but also in the military field. The aircraft designed by French aircraft designers have participated in the bidding for German military aircraft. In return, the Germans are willing to share some of the designs and ideas with us. Moreover, the Germans also said that it is acceptable if they can verify some in this war." Darlang said to the Japanese representative. The potential meaning is that technology sharing is achieved between the French Navy and the German Navy.

Well, is what Darlang said true? It is true that there is cooperation between the two countries in the military field. After all, the aircraft designed by the French participated in the German bidding event, and the French aircraft and tanks also began to be equipped with some German engines and purchased some parts for license production. But it is obvious that the two sides shared the core content of the navy, especially the construction of large warships, is obviously nonsense, and the Germans will definitely not give it to them!

So, Darlang cleverly used some things that existed in reality. After inducing, he successfully convinced the Japanese by using the skills of 7 points of truth and 3 points of lies. And unfortunately, the French did put forward some interesting arguments, such as the armored flight deck. This idea actually existed a long time ago. The German Navy considered this issue and other countries also considered it, but for various reasons, this idea was not finally realized. After all, you have to consider the risks.

But the French don't have to consider this so-called risk. After all, the money for shipbuilding comes from Japan, and the Japanese are also using this warship! So good, now the question is, will the French take risks? As long as they can fool Japan, it is France that takes advantage of Japan. Japan takes risks. The French have no reason to refuse! However, the Japanese are also considered to have been fooled......

So the Japanese and French signed an agreement on the plan to change the Normandy battleship into an aircraft carrier. Using the unfinished hull in Normandy, the French government guaranteed to complete the aircraft carrier within two years. Compared with the various previous aircraft carriers, this aircraft carrier does have its own unique features. At least, its hull is designed completely according to military standards. It also adopts armored decks and double-layer hangar design.

Stimulated by contracts and money, the French were still very efficient. In fact, after the war, the Navy had almost no restrictions. The French had completed all the materials for a large aircraft carrier, such as power systems, armor plates, various accessories and command systems, and even various artillery can be directly unloaded from the army warehouse or naval warships. A large number of retired personnel can also provide sufficient labor. Some parts that the French cannot do can also be imported from Germany...

Therefore, the French, who had unprecedented fighting spirit, designed an aircraft carrier that was definitely outstanding in this era on this huge hull. Of course, it was definitely not the best, because when this warship was being constructed, the Germans' new aircraft carrier was also under construction. In terms of experience and technical level, the French and Germans were still far behind.

However, no matter what, the French were still sincere when building this warship, meeting the Japanese Navy's requirements for the new aircraft carrier as much as possible. The French also benefited a lot from the exchanges between France and Japan. It can be said that the No. 7 Plan had a very profound impact on the future aircraft carrier construction plan of France and Japan. There were also some classic designs and cases during the construction process.

In the initial design, the Japanese Navy proposed to contain more than 85% of carrier-based aircraft in the hangar. According to the calculation of the maximum of more than 90 carrier-based aircraft of this aircraft carrier, at least nearly 80 aircraft must be placed in the hangar. Moreover, the Japanese Navy said it would not accept the layout of ceiling-mounted aircraft like the British and Americans, because they believed that this suspension was not good for aircraft maintenance and was too troublesome to assemble the battlefield.

This simple requirement brought great trouble to the French design. The reason is very simple. This aircraft carrier needs to install an armored flight deck, and the coverage length of the armored flight deck covers the entire hangar. Well, now the question is, how to place a hangar that can accommodate 80 aircraft on an aircraft carrier with a capacity of more than 20,000 tons, and then place an armored plate on the top? This is a very difficult question.

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