Chapter 1,138 Preparation 1

Chapter 1138 Preparation 1

Faced with this problem, the prince did not push it too far. The torpedo damage could be appropriately reduced according to the original data. After all, the charge of aviation torpedoes is only about 90KG. It's incomparable to ship-based torpedoes. As for aerial bombs? In addition to hitting some key positions and near-missing underwater bombs that can increase the damage value, what about bombs hitting other positions on the hull? Let Admiral Boer finalize this, but before finalizing it, the prince believes that Admiral Boer still needs to understand how terrifying a 300KG high-explosive bomb is when it falls. that is it.

So, after a half-day meeting, the two sides almost finalized the details of the entire exercise. The prince left the meeting with satisfaction and his dissatisfaction. From the perspective of Tirpitz and Bohr, looking at the densely written meeting memorandum, why did they always feel that they had signed an unequal treaty? !

Then what is finalized cannot be changed. Admiral Boer also had to select the right ships and the right personnel. At this time, Admiral Bohr chose Rear Admiral Becken, who was also dissatisfied when he visited the Wittelsbach aircraft carrier. As a squadron commander, his intelligence level is still acceptable. As for battleships? The first three Bavaria ships served were a little early, and the quality of the personnel serving later was poorer, so Admiral Bohr chose the battleship Saxony as the target ship.

As for what to do next? That's Major General Becken's business. In his opinion, isn't it just dodging torpedoes and dodging bombs? Major General Becken had already experienced dodging torpedoes. In his opinion, it was nothing special. As for dodging bombs? He didn't think the bomb hit rate of modern bombers could be that high!

Compared with Admiral Boer's work, the prince's work is troublesome. This time the prince is serious! I have made up my mind! It absolutely cannot fail! Therefore, in line with the principle that if you are busy, others cannot relax, the director of the Bavarian Air Force, Major General Harel von Hallerstein, also came to Wilhelmshaven from Munich. This man was the executor of tactical and technological innovations in the Bavarian Air Force. Participated in the development of carrier-based aircraft, the compilation of tactical tutorials and related exercises. It can be said to be rich in experience.

In fact, when General Boer agreed with the prince's opinion, he had already won 80% of the second exercise! Why do you say that? Because of those exercise conditions? These are a reason, but they are not the core reason! The real reason, and the reason that is most easily overlooked, is that the content of the exercise has changed! What was performed in the first drill? The attack effect of small formations on water targets.

In fact, the torpedo attack effect was very good. The first round of attack actually hit the target, but the hit torpedo did not explode, which caused a bad impact. But this time it is different. As long as the torpedo can hit the target, it is a hit and it is considered to have exploded. This has ignored the issue of whether the fuse is reliable!

There is nothing we can do about the low accuracy of bomb attacks in small formations. However, if formation flying is used and bombing is carried out in a covering manner, the accuracy will be improved, and experienced pilots will be responsible for guiding the attack.

Then if nearly 10 aircraft formed a formation and dropped bombs at the same time, the hit rate would be much improved. In fact, in World War II, this kind of guided bombing was still an important way to improve accuracy.

And the most important thing is that the goal of this exercise is to see whether it can sink a capital ship! It didn’t say how many planes were used! Based on the underwater protection level of British battleships, although the aviation torpedo charge is smaller, according to the German Navy's speculation, three hits are enough, and four hits are basically guaranteed. Now an aircraft carrier can take off in one wave How many planes are there? At least 40! In other words, even a one-tenth hit rate is enough to complete the task!

If torpedo planes may not be efficient in World War 2, there is a reason. First, torpedo planes fly slowly and have a fixed attack route. They can be shot down easily. If a group of planes go out, they will be shot down by the opponent's fighter jets first. , and then were dispersed or killed by the opponent's anti-aircraft guns. In the end, there were not many who could throw torpedoes, so it seemed that the torpedoes could not hit a few shots. But what now? The first two important limiting factors are not there, and mines are dropped with almost no interference. Although it is only one battle, the hit rate is definitely not low. According to Major General Harrell's estimation, even if it is faced with a battleship, with 4 aircraft If a formation of aircraft or above is to drop mines from both sides at the same time, the hit rate will be at least 30%!

What? You said you can't fly 40 planes? ! Come on, biplanes are so easy to take off in this day and age! Fighters can take off by placing a target on the battleship's main gun. The so-called torpedo aircraft weighs less than two tons at full load! And because it has double wings, the take-off speed is not high, plus the deck wind provided by the Wittelsbach's speed of up to 26 knots! With a deck length comparable to the World War II Hiryu and a deck width on the same level as Zuikaku, there was really no problem at all taking off the 40 aircraft in World War I! As for how many attack aircraft are among these 40 aircraft? Isn’t this the prince’s final word? Anyway, except for the prince who has a good idea, everyone else is a stick in this aspect. If you can fool him, you can fool him!

"If it is just to hit 4 torpedoes, even the most conservative estimate is to use 20 torpedo planes." Major General Harrell thought for a while and said.

"No, we must win better this time, so I suggest increasing the number of aircraft invested to 45, 28 torpedo planes, and the remaining 17 bombers." The prince said.

"Wait a minute, an aircraft carrier can take off and land 45 attack aircraft at one time. Isn't this difficult?" Rear Admiral Harrell said, who was relatively practical.

"Actually, if it counts continuous sorties within a period of time, that's okay. Anyway, they didn't say that it would only count one sortie." The prince said, this statement also makes sense, if everyone is not required to rush forward in formation together. If so, and then block a time period, for example, starting from the first wave of aircraft taking off, how many aircraft can be released in one hour, then with the release capability of the Wittelsbach, 45 aircraft can be launched in one hour to attack. The machine really does.

The operation method is very simple. Before dawn, the first wave of attacking aircraft is placed on the deck, and the second half of the hangar is opened at the same time. The second wave of aircraft preparing to attack is warmed up, refueled and loaded with bombs. After the first batch of aircraft was released, the second batch of prepared aircraft quickly entered the deck for repositioning and release. This speed was actually very fast. In half an hour at most, the second wave could all be out.

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