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Although the Royal Gunzalo Shipyard's aircraft carrier design was somewhat bold, after Carlo reviewed it, he quickly judged it to be a practical design and ordered the Royal Gunzalo Shipyard to build the lead ship for testing.

Carlo was quite satisfied with Spain's current progress in aircraft carriers. Historically, Britain should have been the first to possess an aircraft carrier. During the latter stages of World War I, around 1917 to 1918, Britain converted a Cruiser and built the world's first aircraft carrier.

But that aircraft carrier's design was extremely rudimentary and riddled with flaws. This was also why aircraft carriers had been born during World War I, yet would not display their combat power until the Second World War.

The progress of European nations in developing aircraft carriers was now clearly far behind that of history. It was not until the World War was nearing its end that European nations began attaching importance to aircraft.

To see aircraft carriers emerge in Europe, they would first have to thoroughly master aircraft technology and develop aircraft of first-rate standards.

Even Britain had yet to reach the level of aircraft carrier development it had achieved during the same period in history. As for the other European nations, there was even less to say. Some countries had no conception of anything resembling an aircraft carrier at all, and their naval construction still centered on Battleships.

This meant that Spain had already completely pulled ahead of all European nations in aircraft carriers. Other countries beyond Europe naturally needed no mention; even the United States had to rank behind the European nations.

With Carlo's final decision, the relevant government approval procedures proceeded swiftly, and the funds were soon paid to the Royal Gunzalo Shipyard.

With ample funding and strong government support, the Royal Gunzalo Shipyard's