Chapter 2440 Cruiser Planning Five
And Admiral Rod Huck? In terms of the command system, he was directly under Marshal Scheer. Except for 3 aircraft carriers, the aircraft carrier detachment does not have a fixed escort warship establishment. This aspect is a tradition of the German Navy. For example, the commanders of the German Navy's battleship squadrons seldom assign additional auxiliary warships, and they are usually equipped temporarily. On the other hand, it is because the number of light cruisers in the German Navy is too small and not enough.
Even in Admiral Scheer's view, even if the treaty is signed later and the German High Seas Fleet acquires a large number of new cruisers, it may not necessarily assign separate cruisers to the aircraft carrier squadron. And it will not design a separate specialized light cruiser for the aircraft carrier unit! Because this will seriously squeeze the tonnage! You must know that the tonnage of heavy cruisers set by the German Navy is about 15,000 tons, and that of light cruisers is about 10,000 tons. This higher tonnage than in history originally limited the number of warships.... You get another specialization?
In fact, before this meeting, Admiral Rodhak had informed Scheer of the idea of developing a dedicated anti-aircraft warship. In the opinion of the admiral, the current destroyer's defense is too poor, and the anti-aircraft firepower is too poor. It is necessary to increase the tonnage and increase the number of anti-aircraft guns. If the condition of being accompanied by an aircraft carrier for ocean-going operations is added, then the tonnage must also increase. As for this opinion, Admiral Scheer, who already knew that the German Navy would have a tight life for some time in the future, naturally rejected it.
And Hipper is also not satisfied with this requirement. After all, in the future, he plans to allow his fast fleet to have a fast battleship detachment and a heavy cruiser detachment, plus a light cruiser detachment. This is not Hipper's greed, but a need. After all, Germany's future deployment of sea power will be similar to that of Britain before the war. It is also necessary to deploy certain military forces at some important overseas nodes. For example, in Ceylon Island (now Sri Lanka), in order to deter the Japanese navy that may want to enter the Indian Ocean, and to threaten the most important colony of the British, deploy a A heavy cruiser squad is a normal thing. Therefore, Hipper, who will be in charge of overseas deployment in the future, will naturally leave room for his fleet. There is nothing wrong with this!
If the general procedure is followed, and Admiral Scheer and Hipper disagree, Admiral Rodhacker's opinion will probably be thrown into the waste paper pile, but at this time, as the Navy Earl Spey, the three giants of the fleet system, put forward different opinions. He believed that the construction of the aircraft carrier fleet was of great importance. It was reasonable for Scheer and Hipper to raise objections from the perspective of fleet allocation, but on this decisive matter, It is unreasonable for the German Navy not to inform Crown Prince Ruprecht. After all, Ruprecht still has the supervisory power of the navy in name, and important matters should be reported.
What's more, Admiral Rodhacker was originally a member of the Bavarian Air Force. During the war, he and his air force were temporarily incorporated into the German High Seas Fleet. And up to now, they have completely separated from the Bavarian Air Force, and they are regarded as subordinates of the High Seas Fleet. They performed conscientiously during the war. There are credits and hard work. As a result, the first proposal after the war was directly rejected by the Ministry of the Navy, and it was not given a chance to listen to Datian. This is somewhat unreasonable in terms of reason and human feelings.
And to put it bluntly, even if Admiral Rodhacker couldn't get in touch with Ruprecht through the navy, he came from the Bavarian military after all, and belonged to one of the founders of the Bavarian Air Force. The former navy and the crown prince have been together for no less than 8 years! There is always a way to push this suggestion forward. At that time, if Crown Prince Ruprecht thinks that the Navy mishandled it, who will bear the blame?
So, the three of them summed it up, and Earl Spey came forward to mention this matter to Crown Prince Ruprecht.
He also stated the opinions of the high-level navy on how to deal with this proposal, but Ruprecht did not respond immediately, but in the end, Admiral Rod Hack's name appeared on the list of this meeting. This made Scheer, Hipper and others a little nervous. But during the previous discussion, Admiral Rod Huck did not make any comments, which made Scheer and others relax for a while. But now, seeing that the meeting is coming to an end, everyone is happy. Admiral Rod Hack suddenly brought it up again, which was a bit embarrassing.
"Well, I know that the number of cruisers in the future imperial navy may be relatively tight during the treaty period. Therefore, the future aircraft carrier squadron may not have separate heavy cruisers and light cruisers, but we need a displacement that is larger than the usual gun battle light cruisers. Underneath, an anti-aircraft battleship equipped with a large number of M anti-aircraft guns." Looking at Scheer and others with unfriendly eyes. Admiral Rod Huck was decisively a little scared, so he decided to take a step back and prepare the air defense battleship first!
"Is it necessary? I think the current destroyer air defense is enough. The largest destroyer in the empire is already 2,000 tons, and it can be equipped with at least six 128MM-class artillery. Coupled with other caliber anti-aircraft guns, it seems that it should be completely Is it enough? There is no need to squeeze the tonnage of the cruiser, right?" Hipper said.
"However, the destroyer has no protection. It is very vulnerable to light bombs and machine guns, and its seaworthiness is poor. It is not a stable air defense platform. In my plan, the tonnage of cruisers used for air defense in the future should be more than 5,000 tons , equipped with more than 8 anti-aircraft guns, and also has a certain amount of armor protection, the speed and endurance can accompany the aircraft carrier squadron to operate." Rod Hack said.
"5,000 tons? I guess it won't work!" Hipper frowned. After so many years in the navy, Hipper is very experienced. The 5,000 tons he said verbally increased to 6,000 tons on the drawings. , The fact that 7,000 tons are actually built often happens. There are precedents for the expansion of the tonnage of various battleships, and this is still normal!
"Are we going to use the tonnage of precious cruisers to install a lot of 128MM or even 105MM naval guns that are not very powerful in sea battles, and such warships are only used for air defense? To be honest, I think this price is true It's a bit big." Scheer also expressed his opinion.
"We can make some concessions on destroyers, we can develop specialized anti-aircraft destroyers, but it is not appropriate to occupy the tonnage of cruisers." Hipper also said.
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