Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

On this day, the President of the United States and a group of senior military officials came to a secret shipyard in Alaska to witness the launching ceremony of the ice aircraft carrier.

Chief of Naval Operations Stark, who came to greet him, was excited and somewhat incoherent. "Everyone, we will witness a miracle in military history. In the near future, our ice aircraft carriers will be able to cover the entire Atlantic Ocean. Maybe by then we will also be able to develop 'ice battleships', 'ice cruisers', 'ice destroyers', etc." …”

"Are you sure it won't melt?" General Arnold, the commander of the Army Aviation, asked. Although Minister Stark had shown them the ice as hard as iron before, which could be used to make ships and put them into the sea, no matter how much they thought about it, they felt that this Things are unreliable.

Minister Stark smiled and nodded. "Of course, there is no guarantee that it will not melt 100%. After a trip to the sea, it is normal for the parts in contact with the seawater to melt by a few centimeters. However, this is a warship several hundred meters long. Let alone a few centimeters, even if it melts one or two meters, The impact on it is minimal and completely within control. Even if the degree of melting is serious, just freeze it again after returning to Hong Kong."

This is not a big deal at all. After all, ordinary ships also need to clean the bottom of the ship regularly, because when the ship is running in the sea, there will be a lot of sea anemones, oysters, barnacles and other marine organisms attached to the bottom of the ship, and they will regard it as a parasitic place. Settle down here, build a family, and multiply on it. As a result, the creatures on the bottom of the boat will become more and more numerous and heavier, which will undoubtedly increase the weight of the hull. Moreover, the surface of the bottom of the ship has also become very rough, which seriously affects the navigation of the ship. An ocean-going cargo ship once anchored in Sicily, Italy, had a large amount of marine life attached to the bottom of the ship for 28 days, but the staff did not pay attention at the time. As a result, during the voyage, the speed dropped from the original 18 knots to 13 knots. Festival, the sailing time was ten days longer than expected, resulting in a full increase in fuel consumption of 500 tons.

What's even more troublesome is that certain marine organisms will produce some corrosives. When a certain amount is reached, it will corrode the bottom of the boat and cause rust. Therefore, the bottom of the ship must be cleaned and maintained at regular intervals to ensure the normal operation of the ship. Therefore, the maintenance of ice aircraft carriers is even more time-consuming, labor-intensive and cost-effective than ordinary warships.

"We all know that it takes a long time for an ordinary warship to start construction and launch outfitting, but our ice aircraft carrier completed the process from construction to sea trial in less than half a month." Accompanying Sta Minister Ke kept explaining, and everyone came to the dock and were really shocked by the scene in front of them!

Who has seen an aircraft carrier nearly 1,000 meters long? !

Not to mention I have seen it, I have never even dared to think about it!

In this era, warships with tens of thousands of tons are already giants, and this behemoth in front of us weighs 2 million tons!

"It's so spectacular!" Everyone found that they couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe the spectacular super giant in front of them! Rather than saying it is an aircraft carrier, a huge iceberg seems more appropriate.

After sighing for a while, President Wilkie asked. "Minister Stark, isn't this aircraft carrier going very fast?" He knew that ordinary warships could reach a high speed of 30 knots, but the big man in front of him couldn't possibly run at that speed even if he thought about it.

Minister Stark looked slightly regretful. "Yes, the only shortcoming of this aircraft carrier is its speed, but more praiseworthy than its speed is its carrying capacity. Mr. President, this aircraft carrier can deploy thousands of fighter jets, as well as heavy bombers. You can take off and land on it." This alone is enough. Compared with its carrying capacity, the disadvantage of slow speed is not a disadvantage at all.

President Wilkie nodded, acknowledging his words. "Then let's get started."

Everyone came to the improvised simple viewing platform and Minister Stark gave instructions. "Start the engine."

Everyone on the viewing platform held their breath and stared at the ice aircraft carrier.

One minute...two minutes...five minutes...ten minutes...

"It's moving! It's moving!"

Amid everyone's exclamations, the huge ice aircraft carrier slowly sailed forward. Although the current speed seemed to be only two or three knots, it was indeed moving forward, and acceleration also required a process. As long as the speed exceeds ten knots, then this ice aircraft carrier is completely practical!

But just when everyone was excited, the staff on the aircraft carrier suddenly waved the red signal flag crazily, and then the engine sound gradually became smaller and finally stopped.

"??" Everyone's puzzled eyes focused on Minister Stark's face, wondering why the ice aircraft carrier suddenly stopped before it sailed a hundred or ten meters? !

"Everyone, please wait a moment, there must be some emergency." After leaving these words, Minister Stark hurried over.

At this time, an engineer climbed down from the ice aircraft carrier and returned to the shore in the small boat that followed.

Minister Stark grabbed his shoulders and asked eagerly. "what happened?!"

The engineer reported in a panic. "Mr. Minister, the ice around the engine cannot withstand the heat emitted by the engine and is melting. If the engine is not turned off, the engine compartment will collapse within an hour."

"What?" Minister Stark was shocked. "Isn't the cooling system built as designed? How could it melt?!"

The engineer wiped the cold sweat from his face. "I think there must be an error in some part of the calculation."

"Calculation error? Damn it!" Minister Stark couldn't help but cursed. This was all done on a trial basis and now you are saying that there is an error in the calculation? !

He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked. "How long will it take to recalculate?!"

The engineer shook his head in frustration. As the saying goes, practice will reveal the truth. They have already failed in practice, so why bother to spend manpower and material resources to calculate it again. "It failed, Mr. Minister. This plan cannot be successful. We have just made a rough calculation. If we want to ensure that the ice in the power cabin does not melt, the cooling system requires several times the energy provided by the engine."

"!!" Minister Stark's vision went dark and he collapsed on the ground.

Seeing this, everyone on the viewing platform already understood, and disappointment was written on everyone's face.

"It seems that if you want to win this war, you can't rely on these fantastic equipment." Marshall couldn't help but sigh. In fact, he had already had a hunch that this plan was unreliable. The development of ships, from the initial canoe, to the later sailboat, and then to the ship, has accumulated a lot of experience step by step to get to where it is today; but they want to become fat in one bite without any technical reserves. That will inevitably be accompanied by a series of risks and failures.

Arnold on the side responded. "It seems that the right way is to develop aircraft carriers honestly and build battleships and aircraft."

President Wilkie's face was quite gloomy, and he stood up and left without saying a word.