The British Navy has three warships, all named after the Royal Ark, and the current Ark aircraft carrier has a cross-age significance for the British Navy.

The reason is very simple. Almost all aircraft carriers in the past were modified.

At that time, the first aircraft carrier, also known as the Ark of Royal, was renovated and built in 1913 using a coal-cargo ship to transport cars. It is the world's first real water aircraft carrier.

Now, in terms of current service, the USS Furious aircraft carrier was modified from the USS Furious cruiser; the USS Hundred Eyes Giant aircraft carrier was modified from the merchant ship; the USS Eagle aircraft carrier was modified from the battleship; the "Brave" and "Glory" were both modified from the cruiser.

Only the USS Athletics aircraft carrier is the first specially designed aircraft carrier. Unfortunately, this is a small aircraft carrier with a small capacity and a low speed, which cannot meet the needs of war.

Therefore, the British Navy needs a new, specially designed large aircraft carrier

The famous British designer w-a-d-Forbes finally designed this aircraft carrier after several years of hard work. He is also the designer of the subsequent Glory-class aircraft carrier.

Although the aircraft carrier was planned in the early 1930s, due to economic problems, it was not until 35 that the aircraft carrier started construction in the shipyard in Birkenhead.

Launched in 37 years and put into service in November 38, this is definitely the latest British Navy aircraft carrier, and it is their pride.

Therefore, although they planned to name it "Mercury" when they were first built, the British Navy felt that this was very unhappy, so they changed the Ark of Royal aircraft carrier originally during World War I to "Bergasus", vacated the name and gave it to the newly-served warship.

This alone shows the status of this aircraft carrier in the British Navy. Its tall fully enclosed bow and wide flight deck, and the capacity of up to 72 aircraft can be loaded, are enough to show the power of this aircraft carrier!

When the day was just dawn, a general who had arrived on the aircraft carrier last night couldn't help but come out to move.

Admiral Tom Phillips, a veteran admiral of the British Empire, joined the Royal Navy in 1903, and it has been more than thirty years since now.

Now, he is the deputy chief of staff of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of this trip to sea.

The navy must take action immediately. At sea, the greatest pressure is put on the Germans and let the Germans know the price of disobeying Britain!

He came from London last night and got on the aircraft carrier directly. As an old naval general, he also liked the Ark Royal aircraft carrier very much. During this voyage, he would use this warship as a flagship.

Battleships look majestic, but they are not as flexible as carrier-based aircraft. In the navy, Phillips is a faction that likes aircraft carriers.

He was not tall, and stood with the big naval officers and soldiers, and looked quite short, so he was also called the Thumb.

Of course, no one dared to call him the nickname in person, he walked on the wooden flight deck in a white naval uniform.

As a specially designed aircraft carrier, the first goal of this warship when designing is to provide the largest flight deck.

Therefore, compared with other warships, the "Ark Royal" adopts an extended flight deck, which is very long and extends out of the bow and stern, greatly increasing the flight deck area.

At the same time, the flight deck is divided into two, with the front being used for takeoff and the rear being used for landing. It is the earliest British aircraft carrier that can take off at the same time on the flight deck.

It seems that this aircraft carrier is majestic enough. For some reason, it looks a bit small compared to the German aircraft carrier.

The German Earl Zeppelin aircraft carrier has a displacement of 30,000 tons, which is one circle larger than its own! At the same time, the German aircraft carrier also uses a strange-looking flight deck, which makes people confused.

Unlike in history, the development of the German Navy has become much stronger now.

Not counting the ones built on the ship platform, just those who were put into service, the Germans already owned two Earl Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers and two Bismarck-class battleships. After World War I, the Germans were almost castrated. Unexpectedly, in a few years, the German Navy was already so powerful!

This time our side went to sea to completely block the North Sea and make Germany lose its maritime access. In this way, conflicts with the German Navy may occur, and naval wars may come.

The German Navy and the British Navy are also a pair of enemies. The Battle of Jutland was extremely fierce. Will you repeat this time?

The British Navy will not lose!

After all, the German Navy has just grown stronger. Their tactical use and their personnel are all from Britain, which has a century-old naval power!

Walking and walking on the wide flight deck, a morning exercise for Phillips, just after he walked out of the bridge, he saw several busy people on the deck.

There is a layer of paint on the deck. I have been brushing it for a day yesterday, but today, there is a small piece left on the tail of the ship.

The deck is made of wooden. Although it was relatively strong when it was just laid, after several trips to sea, the wood on the deck will be damaged and the salt on the sea will also erode the deck.

If it takes a long time, for example, the aircraft carrier is parked on the dock for several months, or even the moss can grow on the deck.

So, every once in a while, the deck needs to be painted.

The wooden deck can buffer the landing of aircraft, which is the standard choice of this era. They really don’t understand why the flight deck of German aircraft carriers is still made of iron.

Just as he was about to talk to the sailors who were painting the paint, Phillips heard the roar of the planes in the distance, raised his head, and narrowed his eyes and looked at the passenger planes flying from the east.

When he saw it, he felt something was wrong. When the passenger plane flew closer, his uneasiness became stronger and stronger.

The intelligence agency evaluated this passenger aircraft jointly developed by Germany and the United States, and the results obtained were very annoying. This passenger aircraft can be easily converted into a bomber. At the same time, because of its high flight altitude, the existing fighter jets cannot be intercepted!

Our own anti-aircraft artillery cannot reach it, so once war starts with Germany, such bombers are the most terrifying.

And now, is it a state of war?

Just as he was watching the "passenger plane" flying in the sky uneasily, he saw something thrown out from under the belly of the passenger plane.
Chapter completed!