Chapter 1,333 Navy Preparations 3

Chapter 1333 Navy Preparations 3

And to be honest, you can’t get much of these things. Think about it, there are 16 88MM guns on a battleship, and about 16 105MM rapid-fire guns on a light cruiser as secondary guns. Germany’s submarines currently in service have There are more than 300 ships. Even if they are not directly dismantled from the submarines, more than 300 artillery pieces of various calibers can be found just by looking for old guns and spare guns in the warehouse. And they are all cannons! Of course, ammunition consumption is definitely not a small number. People are more valuable than ammunition. It is estimated that if the prince's plan is really followed, the number of naval artillery team and transportation team personnel will exceed at least five figures...

Although there are often thousands of people on a battleship, don't forget that the people the prince wants are not boilers or cooks, but gunners! They are an experienced artillery crew. How much output a battleship can produce depends partly on their performance!

Of course, if this plan is implemented, the navy's combat effectiveness will definitely be weakened. But overall, the problem is not big. After all, the weapons taken away only account for a small part of the total. In this era, when fighting battleships, the main gun output is good. What impact does it have to remove some secondary guns from each battleship? Besides, anti-ships in this plane don’t just rely on the High Seas Fleet. The new K-6 bombers are already hungry!

After all, some leaders are needed at this time. As a Bavarian, seeing that his future boss is going crazy, Hipper can only first express his willingness to start from the two squadrons under his jurisdiction (the battlecruiser squadron and another battleship squadron). ), and after the battlefield situation stabilized, naval gunners directly supported the army operations. In return, Prince Lijiao stated that he would consider increasing the food supply for the fleet under Hipper's command.

After Hipper expressed his kneeling, Scheer felt that if he did not agree at this time, he would be suspected of being retaliated against. He took one last look at the three navy bosses. After confirming that they would not make any substantial interference, they directly chose to kneel down, and this time they knelt down even more thoroughly, expressing their unconditional acceptance of the prince's order...

Prince Heinrich, who performed escort and coastal fire support missions throughout the entire combat plan, could only follow the trend at this time. As a result, the problem of fire support needed by the prince was successfully solved. Ruprecht decided that after the meeting, he was going to send a telegram to the General Staff of the Bavarian Army to tell them that the problem was solved and they could continue to proceed according to Plan No. 1. .....

In fact, the pressure on the navy this time is very small. The Russians do not have the aviation power to threaten the German High Seas Fleet, and the Russian Baltic Fleet is not worth mentioning. If there is a threat in the whole process, I am afraid that the Russians are still in the Gulf of Riga. A strict mine defense system. Be careful and send more warships to clear mines. To prevent the ship from capsizing in the ditch, some capital ships may be injured, but the possibility of sinking is really very small. So this is why the prince finally gave the idea of ​​fire support to the High Seas Fleet.

The German Navy even made a guess, that is, if the Baltic Fleet does not come out when the German fleet attacks the Gulf of Riga,

The decision is simple. The final command of the Baltic Fleet is not in the hands of Fleet Commander Eisen, but in the hands of the Commander of St. Petersburg, Russia. He can finally decide whether Eisen's fleet can attack.

For the German fleet, it would be better if the Russian Baltic Fleet attacked and it would be dealt with immediately. If there is no tendency to attack, then in order to prevent problems, the German fleet may press forward. Then blockade the Gulf of Finland with minefields and submarines.

"Our current first-phase plan can be summarized as follows. Do a good job in anti-submarine and mine clearance work, do a good job in escort work, clear the forts in the landing area one by one with the cooperation of the Aviation Department, and then safely send the army ashore. If the Russian Baltic Fleet comes out If so, then just die and be done with it!"

"In the second phase, the Navy's light cruisers and pre-dreadnoughts will support the Army's operations along the Baltic Sea coast. To this end, we have selected a number of other auxiliary landing points. Your task is to transport supplies along the way. When the Army is completely in After establishing a foothold in the Gulf of Riga area, except for leaving a patrol fleet, the other main fleets can withdraw." The prince concluded.

"Actually, I think that simply three squadrons of K-6 bombers may not be enough. It is true that the Bavarian Air Force will bear part of the ground attack pressure, but I still think that once the Russian fleet attacks, it will be ready to evacuate if it finds that the situation is not good. At that time, 3 squadrons of K-6 bombers could not keep them all. If possible, I hope the number of bombers could be doubled. In addition, the first aircraft carrier Wittelsbach has been commissioned. I hope this aircraft carrier You can go into battle." Admiral Scheer said after thinking for a while.

Germany's first fleet aircraft carrier and the world's first fleet aircraft carrier has completed its sea trials. And it is equipped with enough carrier-based aircraft. Currently, the aircraft carrier carries a total of 72 fighters and bombers, as well as 16 spare aircraft.

Thirty of the fighters use the naval version of the K-3 fighter, which is almost a simple addition of a landing hook, while all torpedo planes and bombers use a new type called the KN-3. A single-engine biplane bomber can carry 500KG bombs or a 550KG torpedo. The latter is a new product. Although the range is relatively short, only about 2,500 meters, it has a charge of up to 130KG! The bomb attack methods are still shallow dive bombing and low-altitude horizontal bombing, but the dive angle has been improved to a certain extent.

"You can participate in the war to a limited extent, but the attack intensity needs to be limited. I don't want the British Navy to learn from the Russians in the future that our aircraft carriers have the ability to threaten capital ships." The prince thought for a while and said, isn't it true that bombers can take off and land on the battleships? News, it is not news that torpedo planes can take off and land on battleships. The British have already done these things, there is nothing surprising about them. The key is how many aircraft you take off and land at one time!

It’s not surprising that you have carrier-based aircraft participating in the war. On the contrary, in the eyes of the British, it would be abnormal if the German Navy did not participate in carrier-based aircraft in this attack. This is completely inconsistent with the status of the world’s second navy! There may be a strength gap between the Royal Navy and the German Navy, but even if the latter is weaker, it still has what it should have. Our strength system is at the same level, and it is just a matter of quantity.

What is really worthy of attention is the number of aircraft taking off and landing at one time. If thirty or forty attack aircraft can take off and land at once and then kill one super Dreadnought in one wave, then the British will be really scared and wary. Therefore, In order to ensure that he can support the British Royal Navy, the prince's requirements for this experiment or actual combat simulation are very simple: reconnaissance and limited bombing can be carried out, but the number must not be large!

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