Chapter 1,136 Bargaining 2
Chapter 1136 Bargaining 2
"Okay, let's talk about the second question. It's impossible for a battleship not to be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons. How do you plan to balance this? After all, we can't really use artillery shells to knock down Imperial Air Force aircraft." Bol The admiral changed the subject and said.
"Air defense? If the information you provided is correct, the number of artillery guns capable of attacking the air on a British battleship does not exceed double digits. You don't think that anti-mine cannons with a maximum elevation angle of not even 45 degrees can be used to attack the air. Right? For those who have such views, I will arrange for you to visit and learn from the Army Air Defense Artillery Corps."
"Even by the standards of our German battleships, the number of 2-pounders and machine guns is too few, and the response of anti-torpedo cannons is too slow. In the last battle, it was not that there were no British aircraft entering the fleet from low altitudes, so okay, let me ask , which warship shot down a British plane?!" the prince asked.
It is difficult to use anti-aircraft guns to fly a plane. It is even more difficult to use anti-aircraft guns to fly a plane at sea. It is even more difficult to fly a plane when there are not enough anti-aircraft guns at sea! Even when the aircraft were not doing well in World War I, it would take four-digit shells or bullets to shoot down an aircraft with anti-aircraft artillery. But when it comes to the sea, there is not even a stable design platform, and aiming basically relies on sight. Do you want to shoot down the plane when the number of anti-aircraft guns is very scarce? Is this too difficult? Didn’t you see, did you shoot down the Swordfish even though the battleship Bismarck had 105MM dual-purpose guns, 37 hand guns, and 20 guns? Although the Swordfish is much stronger than today's torpedo planes, the Bismarck's air defense effect cannot be compared with modern battleships. The prince even doubted whether there were air defense regulations on the British battleships...
Although it sounds awkward to say it, the current air defense of the German Navy mainly relies on the seaplane version of the K-1 fighter jet. Don't tell me, it's really useful. As for ship-to-air firepower? For experienced pilots, even dispersal is impossible. I think people know that you can't hit them, so they are not afraid at all. As for the anti-lightning cannon, can it be directly erected to deal with aircraft? It's actually impossible. Because the anti-tornado cannon shells also trigger fuses, do you want to hit the aircraft directly with the shells? The probability is too small. If you can make a shell like the 88MM gun directly hit it, then you can buy a lottery ticket!
In fact, medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns rely on shrapnel to kill. They will bind the fuse according to the height and distance of the incoming aircraft, and then detonate the shells within the approximate interception range, relying on a large amount of shrapnel to kill. Destroying aircraft by direct impact is just the killing principle of small-caliber high-rate anti-aircraft guns. Medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns rely on the shrapnel formed after the explosion to kill. But now, the German Navy warships have not yet popularized the corresponding equipment and have not received training, so the attack efficiency is naturally very low.
"Then you can't ignore the anti-aircraft firepower of the battleship, can you? Even if the ship's artillery is not good, a battleship still has about 4 seaplanes. You can't ignore this, right?" Please be reasonable on both sides and have facts. There is no use in continuing to dwell on it if there is no basis for it. So Admiral Bohr moved in again and decided not to worry about the issue of anti-aircraft guns on the battleships, but to talk directly about seaplanes.
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This is very easy. There are not only attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier, but also fighter jets. I really want to know how a small number of seaplanes can deal with the J-1 fighter jets. You arrange for 4 seaplanes to intercept, and I can definitely provide 8 combat escorts. We have seen the huge hangar of the Wittelsbach. You don't think I will be short of aircraft, right? "The prince asked rhetorically.
"But what we are facing is a fleet. Almost every British battleship has a small number of seaplanes, and they also have seaplane carriers. The total number of seaplanes owned by such a fleet is very terrifying. The number. When they gather together, there will always be more planes than on an aircraft carrier!" Tirpitz said from the side.
However, as soon as he said it, he felt that he seemed to have said something wrong. You see, according to logic, because the British have many seaplanes, they can intercept the air attack. So if you want to solve this problem, Germany only needs to add more aircraft carriers. After all, aircraft carriers are warships specially designed to carry aircraft. They are much better than half-way things like battleships and seaplane carriers!
"As long as we have three aircraft carriers, as long as the British do not build regular aircraft carriers like ours, their entire fleet of seaplanes will not be able to intercept our air attacks. Therefore, we now need to increase the number of aircraft carriers." The prince smiled. said.
As a time traveler, the prince was very thoughtful about the many situations he might face. When he decided to take on the Wittelsbach, he considered the issue of penetration. As Tirpitz said, there are a lot of seaplanes in the British fleet in this plane, and there are several on each capital ship. Coupled with a dedicated seaplane carrier, it is not a problem for the number of seaplanes in a fleet to exceed 3 digits.
So now the problem comes. Even if buoys and other devices limit the performance of the aircraft, bombers carrying torpedoes are still stupid. According to the experience of World War II, as long as the attack aircraft can be shot down, who cares about fighter jets? If the British have a plan, or if the commander suddenly gets the idea and attacks attack aircraft at any cost, then the long sword of the aircraft carrier, the attack aircraft group, may be broken.
But in fact, after conducting deductions and exercises, the prince believed that the probability of this happening was not high. To this end, the prince even organized more than 100 aircraft to conduct offensive and defensive drills! However, the result of the exercise was that even though the defenders had a numerical advantage, the defense line was riddled with holes by the attackers...
This result was actually expected and within the scope of the cleanup. Not to mention now, even before World War II, there was still no good way for the fleet to defend against aviation attacks, because airplanes were too fast, came too suddenly, and had no radar. , Without perfect guidance and interception measures, how can you deal with swarms of aircraft? When aircraft carriers were first used, they were deployed in separate formations. In fact, this was to prevent being overwhelmed by the other party. As the saying goes, you can't put all your eggs in one basket. This is what it means.
If you put it in the environment of World War 1, it would be even more like this. An aircraft carrier with concentrated aircraft is unable to deal with the opponent's large-scale air strikes. So if you just rely on the seaplanes on the battleship, it will be like blocking the attack of the aircraft carrier. ? What are you thinking about? ! A small fleet is still possible, but you must know that once a large fleet is deployed, it will be more than 10 kilometers in length. At this time, you need to mobilize seaplanes to take off and concentrate on one place, and then determine which warship the opponent is attacking. Even the radio is unreliable. What's the case for deploying interception? This TM is simply a Zenith star difficulty! How about you have 100 seaplanes? Even two hundred of them won’t do!
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