Chapter 1,160 Betty’s Suggestion

Chapter 1160 Betty’s Suggestion

"Judging from the current situation, simply starting construction of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and the Revenge-class battleships will not solve the empire's predicament. The idea that we are just mass-producing a weapon that is considered inefficient and trying to push our opponents with numbers is unrealistic. Because our shipbuilding speed will never be as fast as the other side. Maybe in a few minutes, a battleship that took nearly three years to complete will be destroyed by a well-placed hit bomb."

"At the same time, taking into account the extremely long construction period of capital ships, we have fallen into an infinite loop. We are constantly controlling the performance of warships in order to have as many warships as possible, and these warships with poor performance are easy to use on the battlefield. Lost. And designing a brand new battleship will also waste too much time. Therefore, we must now seek a new way of combat to balance out Germany’s fleet advantage, and I think the most feasible and effective way at present is Use long-range bombers to bomb important ports on the German North Sea coast, including Wilhelmshaven!”

When writing this, Betty felt a surge of excitement. Now he was imagining in his mind what it would be like when hordes of bombers flew over the North Sea and suddenly landed on top of the German fleet! Under the fearful and helpless eyes of the Germans, bombs detached from their pylons one after another and fell on the German battleships moored quietly in the port. With soaring flames and violent explosions, the German fleet, which had once humiliated the Royal Navy, was wiped out. Well, that feels pretty good!

The Germans could bomb London with airships, so why couldn't the British bomb Wilhelmshaven with planes? It is true that German aircraft taking off from Belgium have greatly reduced their range, but with the advancement of technology, the British V1500 bombers also have the ability to take off from the British mainland and France to bomb Wilhelmshaven! Do you really think the V1500, which can stay in the air for more than 17 hours, is a joke?

In addition to being fiery, energetic, and able to set the pace, Betty is also very creative. During this period of idleness, Betty was not idle either. He collected information on various battlefields and conducted analysis, among which the Air Force was the top priority. Because the initial opinion of the Navy Department was to throw him to a certain naval airfield for retirement... After coming into contact with this information, Betty discovered a problem, that is, the size of the larger aircraft is almost directly proportional to the battlefield survival rate...

This is especially obvious on the Western Front. On the whole, the air forces of Germany, Britain and France are only half as good as each other. Germany has excellent aircraft performance and a complete system, while the British and French air forces have too many... In the absence of a large number of fighter jets or professional interceptor units to intercept, large twin-engine and four-engine bombers such as the V400 and V1500 are like giant dragons in the air!

Realizing this, Betty thought, could such a bomber formation be organized to carry out deep bombing of the German naval base? Anyway, judging from the current situation, the German Navy does not have a large number of land-based aircraft, and the air defense system is not perfect. Moreover, the German Navy can only be stationed in Wilhelmshaven in the North Sea. As long as this nest can be destroyed, then the fleet base will be lost. The German navy was not even self-sufficient;

Naturally, it can no longer pose a threat to the Royal Navy! Of course, it would be great if all those arrogant Bavaria could be bombed and sunk in the port!

"Our navy has already experimented with using seaplanes to carry torpedoes to attack targets, and has achieved results. We can definitely carry forward this tactic and use a large number of torpedo aircraft carriers to carry torpedo aircraft close to German ports in the dark at dawn. When the seaplane takes off, it launches a sudden lightning strike against the port facilities and the ships inside. Then it returns to the starting point before the other party reacts, and the seaplane carrier performs recovery operations. In this way, we can make up for the lack of heavy bombers. , and can continuously attack the German Navy. The cost of such an attack is much lower than we imagined, and the efficiency will be better than the expendable attack of the German fleet on the Royal Navy!"

In the second part of the report, Beatty brought up the idea of ​​using seaplanes to lightning strike the German fleet in the harbor. The most attractive part of this plan is its low cost and high efficiency! After all, the battleships used are cheap seaplane carriers, and seaplanes are much cheaper than the heavy-duty V1500 bombers, so they are not afraid of battle damage. And if torpedoes are used, the lethality is obviously much more powerful than ordinary bombs!

In actual history, Betty actually proposed the idea of ​​using Britain's first aircraft carrier, HMS Fury, to attack warships in German naval bases. But because the aircraft carrier entered service too late and the war ended too early, Betty's rather prophetic idea was not realized until more than 20 years later in the Mediterranean. But from this point of view, Betty's ideas are sometimes very advanced and prophetic.

Then Betty made a calculation for the Navy Department in his report. As a senior officer in the Navy, Betty naturally knew where the best entry point was, which was fuel consumption and shipbuilding expenses! Nowadays, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship easily costs 3 million pounds (inflation plus rush costs). The large fleet consumes at least several thousand tons of fuel at a time. As the prince said, the frequent dispatches of the Royal Navy's large fleet are a huge drain on the current Britain.

And what about airplanes? The fuel consumption of a seaplane is generally only a few hundred kilograms. The cost of building a battleship is enough to build hundreds of aircraft. The seaplane carrier can be modified with ordinary civilian ships, so from the perspective of economy and loss, it is not difficult to build such a fleet, and the construction cycle is very short, and combat effectiveness can be quickly formed.

As a veteran who is well versed in politics, Betty's article also caters to the needs of the Navy. The Royal Navy, which has already tasted the benefits of aircraft, wants to further expand the size of its aviation force, and this expansion needs a reason. ! Betty's plan to use the air force to attack surface warships undoubtedly gave Churchill and others the best excuse! Therefore, based on this alone, whether it is Churchill, Fisher or Jericho, they will fully support it!

"We will fight the German Navy in a new field beyond the imagination of the Germans, and this time, the British Empire, which is at the forefront of history, will inevitably become the winner!" At the end of the article, Betty wrote this!

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