Chapter 1132: Less successful exercise one

Slide 1132

Outside Cuxhaven. The prince and his party sat on the German royal yacht Hohenzollern and headed to the exercise waters. It was depressing enough. From the perspective of family assets, Bavaria has surpassed the German royal family. It even surpassed Krupp and many other large German capitalists and bankers. In terms of wealth controlled by the family, the Wittelsbach family is not only the first in Germany, but also the top three standards in Europe as a whole! As for whether it can be compared with family consortia like Rockefeller and Boston, this is still unclear.

But such a powerful, wealthy and prominent family does not have a high-end yacht of its own, which is really embarrassing, and it feels very shameless to outsiders. The prince’s grandfather is old and rarely comes out, so he doesn’t need it. The prince’s father is interested in this, but after he took over as the king of Bavaria, everything is plagued. Now Bavaria needs him to deal with too many things, except for the extra ones. Outside of N many factories, the relationship between Bavaria and the Kaiser and the Austrian Emperor has also become very delicate. As for the prince? In the eyes of this later traverser, it is better to build a few more submarines if you have the money to build a yacht...

(Historically, the assets of the German royal family seem to be only the top ten standards in Germany. Krupp's assets are ranked higher than the Kaiser. Of course, the Kaiser theoretically owns the whole of Germany.)

In the open sea, two target ships sailed slowly under the tugboat. If you simply hit a fixed target, it is naturally not convincing, so the prince decided to increase the difficulty. The two target ships passed in front of the yacht at a speed of 8 knots. At this moment, the sound of engines coming from the southwest sky caught the attention of everyone present.

The first batch of more than 20 bombers and torpedo aircraft entered the field. In fact, the torpedo planes of this era are actually bombers that can carry fish.... Before the large-angle dive bombing was mature, the bomber could only dive at a small angle, or simply horizontal bombing, before the results of the aircraft reached a certain level. If you make an analogy, it would be the same as the Japanese navy torpedo plane bombarded with 800KG special armor-piercing shells in Pearl Harbor. Well, that's it!

To be honest, the prince has "rehearsed" several times for this exercise, not to mention that although the target of this attack was sporty, it was unavoidable. The first to enter the arena was the formation of torpedo aircraft. Under the command of Lieutenant Rudel, the four torpedo aircraft quickly lowered their altitude after spotting the target, quickly descending from 500 meters to 150 meters, and finally approached the target almost close to sea level. The plane was divided into two groups again, and Lieutenant Rudel and his companions attacked for the first time.

Looking at the goal that gradually became clear in the distance, Rudel asked the shooter in the back seat to make the final preparations. When the two sides were only 500 meters together, the shooter in the back seat aimed at the bow and pulled down the handle! A 350mm torpedo draws an arc in the air and then falls into the water. The fixed depth of the torpedo is set at 3 meters underwater. Thankfully, after reaching the specified depth, the torpedo's engine is turned on, and there is no gyroscope and propeller. After being shaken, a straight white line quickly approached the target from below the sea surface!

"?! I'm going, what's the situation?!" Rudel promised that he saw the torpedo hit the side of the target ship with his own eyes, and then sank to the bottom of the sea. "Fuck, isn't it because the fuze has a problem?" The torpedo fuze will have problems from time to time, and the probability is about 20%. The other torpedo attack plane next to it was missed. This torpedo struck the side of the hull and sailed into the distance.

"This attack doesn't seem to be very successful," Prince Heinrich said, touching his chin.

"The aircraft carrier won't only dispatch two planes at a time." The prince said disapprovingly. Even if the target is a low-speed target ship, you can't expect the torpedo to hit more than 50% without interference. This can be tolerated. After all, if an aircraft carrier attacks a battleship, then at least a two-digit attack aircraft is required.

Fortunately, the performance of the two torpedo aircrafts in the second wave of attacks was not bad. The fourth torpedo entered the water safely, the fuze was fine, and it crashed into the target ship accurately. With a loud noise, the 3000-ton target ship was blown into two parts. At this time, there was a smile on the faces of the senior German navy officials onlookers.

However, before the prince could breathe a sigh of relief, some problems went wrong during the bomb attack on the No. 2 target ship. Because this time, the target ship the German navy found seemed a bit smaller, 500 tons smaller than the 3000-ton target ship that the torpedo attacked! That is, the displacement of a 2nd battle destroyer, the length is only 80 meters, and the width is just over 14 meters... Coupled with a sailing speed of 10 knots, this makes the pilots of the Swordfish United feel a little troublesome!

"I'm going, why is the goal so small this time? Didn't we deal with capital ships? Anyone of you has seen a capital ship of the same specification as a torpedo boat!" The pitcher in the back seat cursed with one hand.

"Okay, stop complaining, I lowered the altitude to 150 meters. Do your best." The pilot in the front seat also said depressed.

The first bomb made an arc in the air and fell into the water, then the second and third... Fifth shot... After the first group of planes dropped their bombs, they decisively took a zero egg back....

"Well, the effect of air-to-sea attacks is really bad. If you look at this hit rate, the hit rate is only 20% at most, and this is still not capable of counterattack in the fight~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the speed does not exceed. The goal of 10 quarters." Scheer on the side couldn't stand it.

"If we dispatch 20 bombers at a time, then there is a 20% probability that 4 will hit the target, and only one 300KG bomb can be carried on a plane. Although the bomb charge is somewhat high, the killing effect is still very high. Normal." Admiral von Boll said successively.

Fortunately, the subsequent two attacks were not bad, and the sixth and seventh bombers dropped accurate bombs on the target ship. The 150KG explosive is not a joke. The second hit is a waste. Just one bomb blasted this destroyer-sized fellow to pieces! So far, although the performance this time was not satisfactory, the result was still acceptable. At least two target ships were not towed back.

"This exercise has left a deep impression on me. At least let us know that it is feasible to attack warships from the air. I will want the Kaiser to report everything. Considering this efficiency, I think the other two aircraft carriers are just ordinary ships. Okay, don't use high-speed ships. The number of carrier-based aircraft can also be appropriately reduced.” Prince Heinrich said.

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