Chapter 52 The German Navy
Friends who want to watch the war will read the next chapter, which mainly introduces the changes in the German naval power.
Due to the changes in naval power and the main mode of combat, what will happen here is the first aircraft carrier contest in World War II.
In World War II in history, the Germans did not have aircraft carriers. Therefore, during the entire Atlantic Battle, the German Navy used the "wolf pack" tactics, but some hunting fleets composed of elite warships.
There has never been a large-scale naval formation. This has to be said to be Adolf Hitler, as a head of army infantry, had really had seven or six orifices - no one.
Now with the support of the "Demon Group", what will the German fleet look like? At the beginning of the war, we have to introduce it to you.
"Our fleet will destroy the British traffic and starve them to death on that island. When landing, obtain the necessary sea control and give the army sufficient support."
This is not the sea attack plan formulated by the "Demon Group". This is the real idea of the former demon Adolf Hitler. If it becomes a strategic goal, it will naturally be extremely complicated. I won't explain it in detail here.
Therefore, before the "Demon Team" intervened, the German Navy had super battleships such as Bismarck, Tirpitz, and Schanehorst.
The first two warships had a worrying double-company 8 52-caliber 380mm/skc34 guns. The main gun had a high firing rate of 3 rounds/min, which was the highest level of battleships during the same period.
Its armor protection follows the design model of "comprehensive protection" and has the largest protection scale among battleships during the same period. The side wall of its main armored castle covers 70% of the waterline length and 56% of the side height. At the same time, the total armor weight reaches the maximum proportion among battleships during the same period, accounting for 41.85% of the standard displacement.
Its TDS (torpedo defense system) is designed to withstand underwater blasts of 250 kg TNT, but in fact it can withstand 300 kg of German Hesorkin violent explosives. According to the tests at the Virginia Naval Base in the United States after the war, the Bismarck-class KCN/A armor resistance is approximately 115-120% of that of the Iowa Class armor in the United States.
The strong welded hull and high-quality armor protection, as well as the speed of 30.8 knots, allow the Bismarck to effectively attract and cope with any enemy battleship to a considerable extent.
At this point, it has to be said that Adolf Hitler, under the cover of his devilish personal charm, knew everything about the development style of naval warfare.
Then when it is the "Demon Group" turn to solve these problems, they look completely different.
Behind the "Devil Group", in addition to being the elite in the system of the Chinese Federation, behind them are almost all departments of the political, economic and military system of the entire Chinese Federation.
Or you can directly understand that today's Germany was carrying out World War II under the leadership of the Chinese Federation.
"According to my judgment, apart from the old strategic thinking, the most important thing is that Germany does not intend to invest heavily in the construction of the navy.
After all, on the surface, the Army and the Air Force will be the most important force in the struggle for control of Europe.
From this point of view, we can easily conclude that the German Navy is not suitable for fighting in the Atlantic Ocean in the future!”
This is the final conclusion of Duke Lukner, the naval commander of the Chinese Federation, because of this conclusion, the German Navy had to undergo major surgery.
Unfortunately, Adolf Hitler has occupied the stage for too long, and the German Navy is far from forming an aircraft carrier battle group.
To confront and restrain the main forces of the British and French navy. From another perspective, the composition of the German fleet will reflect the tactics of breaking wars at sea in the Chinese Federation.
I believe you have seen that at this time, the United States, Britain and France were already ahead when they were building the troops of aircraft carrier formations.
In particular, the British currently owned 8 50,000-ton aircraft carriers, as well as five 35,000-ton light aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships that have been transformed. The remaining old aircraft carriers have been sealed to reduce expenses according to the British's usual methods.
In France, in addition to three 50,000-ton aircraft carriers, 12 light aircraft carriers that used to be used to dismantle 8 of them, and only 4 remain as a supplement to fleet aviation power.
It can be seen that the French and British clearly divided the labor.
France continues to assume the main responsibility of land operations. The British, whose huge navy is expected to gain control of the country.
The Germans, corresponding to this, never valued the navy, nor added any decent aviation force to the navy.
This is the German naval problem faced by the "Devil Team" of the Chinese Federation.
50 old Panlong-type long-range attack submarines of the Chinese Federation, plus 20 zerodian long-range supply/command boats, will form the backbone of the submarine force of the German Navy.
It is probably not appropriate to add aircraft carriers to the German Navy at present. At least when the war is about to begin, the British Navy will never let those naval forces appear in Germany.
Therefore, the "Demon Group" formulated the following plan.
"First, the power of the British naval aviation should be consumed! Secondly, increase the power of the German navy's aviation force!"
The air defense of German naval warships should be strengthened, and multiple air defense weapons of 25 to 37 mm should be used as near-defense equipment. Dual 75 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, near-fighting fuzes and radar shooting commanders should be equipped in place, and these equipment should be used instead of air defense firepower of other calibers.
Just like the Japanese Navy, some rocket air defense systems that can be launched intensively are installed on German warships to further increase air defense power.
In line with this, Germany should start construction of 1 to 3 70,000-ton aircraft carriers and 3 to 9 50,000-ton aircraft carriers. As a long-term idea, this kind of warship obviously cannot be used quickly in the early stages of the war.
At this time, the simple aircraft carrier was once again raised. As a result, the body shape of the fighter jet increased, even though it was an improved simple aircraft carrier, it only carried 30 aircraft. In order to reduce weight and remove the old ejection device, the front was made of an 11-degree ski jump takeoff deck.
And at this time it was no longer a catamaran structure. The trimaran made the entire battleship wider and allowed two aircraft to slide and take off or land at the same time.
In other aspects, there is no big difference between them and the simple aircraft carriers that have ever existed. Compared with ordinary warships, the advantage is that they are fast and extremely cheap. Even if they are sunk, they will lose only about 30 aircraft.
If it is analogy to light weapons, then the simple aircraft carrier is the Sden submachine gun.
Moreover, if torpedo attacks are used from the front, if magnetic fuses are not used, it is impossible to hit such a warship.
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The only problem with load and space makes it not capable of commanding air combat. Of course, after the German fleet had Hawkeye reconnaissance/command airship, this was not a difficult problem to solve.
Therefore, the German Navy can use existing warships to form a special aircraft carrier cluster with 15 newly built simple aircraft carriers. In particular, there are five of them that are only equipped with razor rotor attack aircraft. Even if they reach 60 warships, it makes people confused about what the German Navy intends to do.
On the 15 simple aircraft carriers, in addition to more than 180 fighter jets, they are also equipped with the "Stuka" ju87d multi-purpose attack aircraft.
This is an excellent dive bomber, and today it is no longer the kind that everyone knows.
The new 1600-horsepower engine is adopted to increase the aircraft's flight speed to 500 kilometers and the range to 1300 kilometers. While the powerful engine's ammunition load is increased to 2 tons, it has 1 ton of armor in important parts, which also has good survivability.
It has a very good performance when it is transferred to a carrier-based aircraft. In addition, it can throw torpedoes and guide dandelion TV remote-controlled bombs, making it an all-around bomber. Whether it is land or naval combat, it has only ju87d.
Someone once asserted that when the TV-guided "dandelion" bomb appeared, this dive bomber was completely useless, and it was actually a complete mistake.
At least as an attack aircraft, it will make the British naval fleet feel the threat of death in subsequent operations.
In the future, the maritime "cruise fleet" with three simple aircraft carriers and fast cruisers and destroyers as the main force will become the main force in the fight against the British maritime fleet.
At the same time, some simple aircraft carriers will be converted into comprehensive supply ships. In addition to supporting the combat of this fleet, they will also become sea floating bases for German submarines.
I believe everyone understands that in addition to transporting materials, the biggest function of these transport ships with wide decks is to receive supplies from airships.
With these supply means, the British may not be able to win in this war. Then more warships and more efforts will be the only choice for the British who are determined to fight to the end.
Perhaps the Americans who later joined the war, even if they had the ability to build a new merchant ship within 5 weeks, could they support the consumption of Britain?
Chapter completed!