According to the report submitted by the Empire Navy at the time, it was necessary to build 40 anti-air cruisers within 10 years to replace the retired old anti-air warships. If you include the design and construction time, you have to be prepared to build 40 anti-air cruisers in 4 to 6 years.
Obviously, this is simply impossible!
As a result, the Empire Navy had to modernize a batch of old warships, extending their service time by 10 to 15 years.
The key is still to quickly build new anti-air cruisers.
The lowered requirements for radar systems also meant smaller hulls could be used.
As it was, the Empire Navy could only make do with what they had, and the Ship Design Institute in Puzhou completed the overall design in less than 6 months.
Because the cost was extremely low, one might even say cheap, the plan was immediately approved by both houses of deliberation.
