Beside the dock, two towering giants undergoing outfitting were the "Province" class's No.1 Ship and No.3 Ship, which had been named "Pu" and "Lu" when they were launched. The No.2 Ship and No.4 Ship, built by Cizhou Shipyard, were named "Min" and "Yue."
The outfitting work was nearing completion, and it seemed as if they could sail out at any moment.
Bai Zhizhan was no stranger to such large carriers that broke through treaty limitations from the design stage and measured their worth based entirely on "comprehensive construction cost"—he had joined the design team as a military consultant before the outbreak of the great war.
Compared with the "Imperial Capital" class, the "Province" class emphasized only one performance indicator during design: aerial combat capability.
Decades of fleet exercises had given the Imperial Navy a very comprehensive understanding of carriers, where the sole criterion for measuring their performance was their aerial combat capability.
