The autumn sun shines on the quiet Trondheim Fjord, which is located in the dangerous natural fjord in western Norway. It is quietly stationed with a huge fleet that is even stronger than the entire British Empire Royal Navy.
Admiral Gunther Lukins stood on the tall bridge of the new main battleship "Bismar" and looked around at two large and similar fleets on standby in the fjord: the main fleet of the Third Reich and The Atlantic Fleet of the Republican Navy.
In this summer, with the service of two "Zeperlin-class heavy aviation warships and the addition of two heavy battleships, the strength of the main fleet of the Third Reich Navy was finally strengthened again, and finally the admiral was able to see The mood of the Republican Navy's Atlantic Fleet became a little calmer, and there was no longer the strong envy or even jealousy. [] Please search for Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!
On the side of the "Bismar" is the sister ship "Tirpitz", which is almost the same as it. These two ships have a standard displacement of 43,000 tons. The heavy battleships that embody the essence of German industry and shipbuilding industries are from the outside. It rose up and was almost the same as the Republican fleet "Huashan" stationed on the north side of the fjord two nautical miles away, especially after the two battleships installed anti-aircraft artillery in the manner of the Republican Navy.
Since the long Atlantic War, four air warships with even ugly appearances have been the most important capital for Admiral Lukins. During the time of fighting alongside the Republican fleet, the fleet commander of the Third Reich Deeply impressed by the Republican Navy's maneuverable, flexible and varied aviation fleet tactics. "Please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
In this world, perhaps the Chinese have the deepest understanding of this new type of main ship, which is one of the reasons why they can quickly become the world's strongest naval country.
Of course, the powerful shipbuilding industry of the Republican Republic is simply incomparable to the Germans. In this world, only Americans have the ability to build more than ten main ships with displacements of more than 40,000 tons a year, just like them.
Such a huge fleet gathered in the Norwegian waters and obviously did not go out for vacation. They could attack at any time, enter the North Atlantic waters, and cut off the maritime transportation lines that the British regarded as life.
In the past summer, due to docking repairs and renovations, and the addition of six heavy aviation ships of the US Atlantic Fleet, the British Empire, which was about to suffocate, had just been able to breathe a sigh of relief. If such a team had eight The fleet of heavy aviation warships lie across the Atlantic route, and I'm afraid there is no force to stop them from cutting off the British's maritime communication.
At this moment, the resources on the entire British Isles were almost exhausted, and the British were withstood the most difficult test with their tenacious will. Since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, it has spread across the world for nearly 150 years. The Royal Navy has never encountered such a difficult situation.
The glory of the past is no longer. Most British people have realized that if they continue to fight against Republican China, they will lose more, and the calls for peace have become stronger and stronger. However, with the joint efforts of two strong men, Roosevelt and Churchill Next, more people still chose to continue fighting, and Roosevelt promised to return everything they lost to Britain after victory.
The Chinese and Germany joined forces to launch another fatal blow to the British lifeline. Senior officials who knew the news from London were worried about this and felt fear and uneasy from the inside.
As the birthplace of modern industry of an old colonial empire, Britain is no less than Germany in terms of industrial capabilities and technical level. Although its industrial products lack international competitiveness, its technical level is not very inferior.
In terms of shipbuilding industry, the UK and Canada have nearly 10 million tons of shipbuilding capacity each year, four times that of the Germans, second only to the United States and Republican China. In the history of another world, because of the weak surface ships of the Third Reich, the Third Reich
The troops were simply unable to form the British Empire's maritime hegemony to pose a substantial threat, and the Royal Navy devoted most of its energy to anti-submarine operations. It did not show its true strength as an old maritime overlord.
In this world, in order to deal with the substantial threats brought by the Republican Navy, the Royal Navy had to fully carry out the construction of large surface ships to ensure the safety of maritime transportation lines.
Due to the pre-war economic crisis and the "appeasement policy", the manufacturing capacity of large surface ships in Britain was limited by weakened armored steel manufacturing capabilities, and it was difficult to carry out large-scale construction like the United States and Republican China. But in the United States, they got the United States.
After full support, the scale of ten main ships has now started construction at the same time every year.
With the service of five George V-class battleships, the British also started construction of five lion-class battleships with a standard displacement of 42,000 tons and equipped with nine 16-inch main guns.
With some classic maritime battles, the British were increasingly aware of the Royal Navy's shortcomings in aviation ship construction. In the autumn of 1940, especially the new Glory Class aviation warships had a huge number of carrier-based aircrafts with the Republican Navy.
The gap was designed and started to be based on the Essex-class fleet aviation warships started by the Americans, and five Eagle-class fleet aviation warships with displacement of 35,000 tons and capable of equipping 110 carrier-based aircraft.
London in autumn was shrouded in thick fog, and standing by the Thames, it was impossible to clearly distinguish the ferry sailing on the river and the hands on Big Ben. Although during the war, the pedestrians and vehicles passing through the streets were not very good.
Few, some ruins damaged by the bombing of the Germans have a striking warning to the people that they are still in wartime and German bombers will fly over the city at any time.
When the Royal Air Force gradually gained air supremacy and exposed the lie that Marshal Goring claimed that only bombers could force the British to surrender, the ancient imperial capital restored its former vitality.
Churchill rarely returns to the Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street, where he spends most of his time at the wartime combat center in the northern suburbs of London. The fat British Prime Minister is currently lying half-lying in the lounge.
On the big sofa, he listened to the report of John Grave, the head of the Royal Navy's intelligence department, with the First Maritime Minister Pound.
"They are coming out again!" Winston said to the First Sea Secretary after listening to the report, "But we are not able to deal with it yet. It will take at least two months for the Americans to add four more air warships to the Atlantic Ocean.
. Actually, what I am most worried about now is that the Russians will not be able to hold on. There is news that Zhuyashvili sent a special envoy to Sweden to hold a talk with Hitler's special envoy."
Now the British have to distribute limited aid materials to the Russians. The prospects for the Soviet-German front are not very good. With the arrival of winter, the German offensive slowed down. Hitler pointed at the eastward force and greatly eased the British.
The pressure from the Mishima, but how long can the Soviet Union last? He was not sure about it. (To be continued.)