Chapter 1,204 Naval Guns and Aircraft
Chapter 1204 Naval Guns and Aircraft
The current principles for the use of aviation power by the fleets of both sides are as follows. Under normal circumstances, seaplanes and aircraft carriers provide reconnaissance for the fleets. When the fleets of both sides meet, the aircraft on each battleship will take off, and the radio-carrying aircraft are responsible for providing aviation correction to the battleships. The fighter jets are responsible for driving away the opponent's artillery correction aircraft! At this time, both parties will try to release all aircraft as much as possible, because it is not safe to leave these things on the deck. God knows when one cannonball will be thrown over and it will be over... After the battle, the seaplane was recovered with the help of other auxiliary battleships. If there is no float, just throw it away.
Is there any problem with doing this? Of course there are problems. The endurance of single-engine aircraft in this era is really a problem... Generally, after adding pontoons to a fighter jet, the endurance time will not exceed 2 hours under the best circumstances. In other words, in the absence of aircraft carriers, most of the aviation forces of both fleets can only last for 2 hours. After that, most of the single-engine aircraft will withdraw from the battlefield due to fuel problems, and those on the battlefield will refuel and take off again. The possibility is too low.
However, this problem was not prominent in the previous battles. The reason is very simple. The real fierce confrontation between the two sides did not last long. The confrontation between the Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet was almost separated by one blow. It ends quickly and more time is spent on maneuvering. Although it took a long time for the High Seas Fleet to kill Thomas' fleet, the German fleet had enough aviation power, and Thomas had no intention of fighting when he realized that he could not defeat it. Therefore, the German fleet saved a lot of aviation power!
"In fact, to a certain extent, the large-caliber naval guns of our battleships are more efficient in killing people. Aircraft should be used as an auxiliary force to serve the main fleet, rather than letting the battleships serve the aircraft carrier." Lieutenant General Scheer said somewhat Said dissatisfied. In his opinion, with luck, the German fleet could destroy a British battleship in a matter of minutes. As long as those planes are allowed to buy some time for their Bavarians, then with the German fleet at full firepower, there is hope of severely damaging the British fleet!
"We do not need to provide a perfect output situation for the aircraft carrier fleet. After the British battle line is deployed, even if our bombers can only drop bombs on it, it can cause great disruption to the British fleet." Er added.
"After the air force caused certain troubles to the British fleet, even the strength of the High Seas Fleet could cause fatal damage to the British fleet. In the case of an unfavorable formation, even an enemy with a numerical advantage may not be able to exert high levels of effectiveness. Combat power. We can completely use naval guns to beat up the messy British fleet, and at the same time reduce the risk of the main fleet." Looking at the silent prince, Scheer continued.
"What if the British don't fight us? The fast fleet can catch the slower fleet, and can take advantage and have the right to choose to engage. But in fact, these are very beautiful settings in the chart operation. China will discount it. The British have more than 4 dozen light cruisers and nearly a hundred destroyers. They can use torpedoes and smoke screens to delay our attack.
In one battle, our aircraft carrier can dispatch up to two waves of aircraft. It’s not that we didn’t take the initiative in our previous battles with the British fleet, it’s just that the opponent’s auxiliary warships were able to neutralize our advantage time and time again. "
"So, what we need is an advantage that cannot be neutralized by the opponent's destroyers and light cruisers. Any attack on the sea can be neutralized by the opponent's torpedoes and smoke screens, at least to buy time. What we need is to be able to kill at critical moments The opponent's trump card, not the stick that can only hurt the opponent." The prince shook his head and rejected Scheer's opinion.
"But our artillery is powerful enough. The British battleship armor defense has very limited defense against our heavy artillery, especially the 15-inch naval gun. We can penetrate the armor of almost all British battleships, including the Queen and Revenge class. ." Hipper said.
"Have you seen the latest test report from the Naval Gun Factory? And the technical information of the British Navy newly compiled by the intelligence department?" The prince asked the attendant to deliver a stack of documents to everyone present.
"Don't be obsessed with the glory of the past, don't always think that I am the best in the world in technology, look at the British V1500, I think everyone should know how terrifying the British Empire is as the most powerful empire on the planet. No matter It’s both technology and productivity!”
"In fact, if it is just to prevent the warship from being killed instantly, then there is not much the British have to do. Install a fire door at each end of the bomb conveyor, take fire prevention measures, and do not pile up propellant packets in the turret. Then strengthen the dome armor of the ammunition compartment and power compartment section. The horizontal part is thickened by 1 inch, and then the inclined part is thickened by 1.5 to 2 inches, so that the thickness of the inclined part reaches 3 inches. Then the 12-inch side chord of the British battleship The armor plus the 3-inch sloped dome armor is enough to block our 15-inch naval gun at a long distance! And if you do this, the weight increase will be within 1,000 tons."
"The British artillery shells are also being improved. It is said that they have developed a hard-capped armor-piercing projectile with a stable fuze. It can penetrate 350MM thick hardened armor at a distance of about 15 kilometers. Although this penetration ability is not suitable for Our main armor belt can withstand it. (Because of the inclination and unhooding) But at a closer distance, the damage to the turret, gun mount, and the bow, tail and upper armor belt will be very high. After the British completed After the battleship defense is improved and equipped with new armor-piercing projectiles, the combat effectiveness gap between our single ships will be greatly reduced. "
"So, with the limited potential of the battle fleet, all we can do is to tap into the combat potential of aircraft carriers. And compared to naval guns, torpedoes are more deadly when the range can be reached!" the prince finally said. .
"Holy shit, I'm speechless..." Scheer gave Hipper a helpless look. There is no way, what the prince said is very reasonable. Unless a shell falls directly into a place like an ammunition depot where it can be killed instantly, it would be really difficult to sink a battleship with a shell... But things like torpedoes and mines that deal with underwater defense systems are different. No matter how NB a battleship is, if it is hit by two anti-ship torpedoes on one side, it will at least be severely damaged!
Is Bavaria historically strong? In the historical Operation Albion, the Bayern hit a mine and took in 1,000 tons of water! The bow draft has increased by 2 meters! The bow torpedo room was completely submerged, and it took a month to repair it after returning home! (Of course, this depends on the location. The Grosser Kurfürst, which was also hit by a mine, only took in 280 tons of water...)
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