Chapter 1131: The first fleet
Chapter 1131 The first fleet aircraft carrier 2
In order to defend against artillery shells, the side of the hull has a layer of armor belt with a thickness of 6 inches and a **** of 12 degrees. The defense standard is immunity to British naval guns below 12 inches. Currently, the British patrols use 9.2-inch artillery and light cruisers use 6-inch artillery. It should be impossible to penetrate at normal distance visually. At the same time, in order to ensure the buoyancy of the warship's bow and tail, a layer of armor belts with a thickness of 3 inches to 4 inches are also arranged. In order to defend against horizontal attacks and possible bombs, a layer of horizontal armor with a thickness of 40mm and a backplane of 20mm is attached to the hangar deck position, which is the upper part of the sidestring armor belt. Regardless of this layer of 60MM level protection, this thing is already immune to all the 90% of the threats encountered, whether it is shells or bombs. (Of course, you have to say what if the V1500 takes a 3,000-pound bomb and shoots it directly, then you can only say that you are unlucky...)
As for the power system, the rated power is about 54,000 horsepower. In fact, the maximum power can reach up to 70,000 horsepower visually. For a warship of more than 20,000 tons and a slender hull, it is no problem to run 26 knots, and it is possible to run 28 knots at maximum power.
If the prince has to evaluate the aircraft carrier Wittelsbach, it is the design concept of the late World War II, the hardware indicators of the early World War II, and the strongest industrial technology level during the First World War! To be honest, the concept is really the standard of 1944. In terms of combat effectiveness, although it is a little worse than the standard US-Japan fleet aircraft carrier at the beginning of the Pacific War, it is still adequate to say the fleet aircraft carrier. As for the technology of World War I, there is no need to explain it. After all, this thing was made in World War I...
The prince believed that he had created a history and opened a new chapter in the history of world naval warfare. But not everyone bought it. When the prince and others came to the spacious hangar, Major General Bernk, the commander of the 2nd Battleship Squadron, said a horrible sentence: "If there is a banquet in this place It’s very good, enough for thousands of people to eat at the same time. If the war is over, just add some partitions to change it into a cruise ship’s cabin."
"I think the reverse is also possible. Take a cruise ship to remove those flashy things, and then open the compartments and there will be an aircraft carrier. I never thought that the battleship and the cruise ship would be so close." Mao of the Fourth Battleship Squadron Major General Fu also said jokingly.
The two generals were just joking with each other, but they didn't mean to make fun of the prince. Unfortunately, their words happened to be heard by the prince. For this innocent joke, the prince did not intend to care about it, but the key is that Prince Heinrich, who represents the Kaiser, is nearby. In order to raise the issue of aviation and air supremacy to a strategic height, the prince decided to use them. ....
"General Maover, there is some truth in what you said. The cruise ship is for carrying passengers, and this ship is for loading planes. It crashed into a full 80 planes, carrying 300kg bombs or 400kg torpedoes, and then from you Attacking invisible places! The battleship may have been sunk by a torpedo before it could react! This is a confrontation of different levels, and because of this, he created an era."
"In fact, this warship is not as simple as everyone thinks. It is not an easy task to operate a wing aircraft in such a crowded and cramped place. Counting the area of the hangar, all on this warship The space used for take-off and maintenance is only one tenth of that of a normal airport! Think about it, how difficult it is for us to prepare a wing aircraft within such a small range, and release and recover it. "
"There is a saying in the East that hearing is fictitious, seeing is believing. If you don't see it, I think everyone in this room can't imagine the scene of an attack plane bombing!"
"Let’s have lunch first, and then at two o’clock this afternoon, the Bavarian Swordfish Alliance stationed in Wilhelmshaven will perform a wonderful sea attack exercise for us in the open sea! After this exercise, I want you to fight the aircraft carrier There will be a clear understanding of the value of the aircraft above!" said the prince.
Although the Blom-Fuchs shipyard was originally established in Hamburg, as the business expanded, more and more shipyards were merged, so there were branch factories in other places, and this time, it was working for Wittelsbach. The captain of the outfitting is in Cuxhaven, very close to Wilhelmshaven. The prince assigned to the navy's air force arrived in Wilhelmshaven two days ago. In order to prove the value of the aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft to the German Navy and the representative of the Kaiser, the prince specially arranged this exercise! The scale is not large, with less than 20 aircraft participating in total. The original plan was to show it.
"Ready? Brothers?" Lieutenant Rudel walked to his plane, then patted the shoulder of the ground crew who was maintaining the plane, and said friendly. Until now, Rudel was very surprised that he was able to become the first batch of pilots of carrier-based aircraft. According to the grapevine, the prince had appointed himself after seeing his name. And he didn’t even consider that he was a fighter pilot...
Fortunately, after several months of training, Lieutenant Rudel, who had already had a bombing foundation, was able to adapt to his current job. As the first batch of pilots of the Bavarian Air Force, they received quite comprehensive training, but they were later assigned due to personal preferences and war needs. Now they are needed on the battlefield, so Rudel picked them up quickly.
"No problem, I have been working for ten years." A shaggy mechanic said ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Don't listen to him, this guy counts the experience of repairing tractors. "A young man from Bremen said jokingly.
"Is there any difference? It's all pistons, cylinders, nozzles, etc., anyway." The old mechanic couldn't hold back his face.
At this time, after a few words of greeting, Rudel went to his colleagues to make final preparations for the upcoming exercise!
"We will attack two targets in total. The dive bomber squad will attack Target 1. It is a target ship towed by a steamer. The speed will not be fast. This attack will be led by me. We will divide it into 2 waves. Four in a wave, in a fan-shaped defensive torpedo, the attack speed does not exceed 80 kilometers per hour, the height is below 50 meters, and the bombing distance is tentatively set at 600 meters."
"If we succeeded in the attack the first time, then the torpedo should not be turned on, but thrown directly into the predetermined area but let the navy people reclaim it." Rudel repeated today's exercise again.
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(End of this chapter)
