Chapter 1136: Bargain two

Slide 1136

"Well, for our second question, it is impossible for a battleship to be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons. Regarding this, how do you plan to balance it? After all, we can't really use artillery shells to knock down the Imperial Air Force aircraft." The admiral changed the subject and said.

"Air defense? If the information you provided is correct, the number of anti-aircraft artillery on a British battleship does not exceed double digits. You would not think that anti-lightning guns without a maximum elevation angle of 45 degrees can be used for anti-aircraft. Right? For those of you who have this view, I will arrange for you to go to the Army Air Defense Artillery Unit for a visit and study."

"Even if, by the standards of our German warships, the number of 2-pounder guns and machine guns is too small, and the response of anti-lightning guns is too slow, it was not that there were no British aircraft entering the fleet from low altitude in the last battle. That's good, let me ask. , Which battleship knocked down the British aircraft?!" the prince asked.

It is difficult to hit airplanes with anti-aircraft artillery, and it is even more difficult to hit airplanes with anti-aircraft artillery at sea, and it is even more difficult to hit airplanes when the number of sea artillery is insufficient! Even if the aircraft of the First Fight is not well-grounded, if you want to shoot down an aircraft with the anti-aircraft artillery, you must use 4-digit shells or bullets. When it comes to the sea, there is not even a stable design platform, and the aim is basically eye-catching. When the number of antiaircraft artillery is very scarce, do you want to shoot down the plane? Is this too difficult? Don’t you see, did the Swordfish shoot down with 105MM dual-purpose guns, 37 hand guns, and 20 guns on the battleship Bismarck? Although the Swordfish is much stronger than the current torpedo, the air defense effect of Bismarck is not comparable to that of modern battleships. The prince even wondered if there were any air defense regulations on the British battleships....

Although it is a bit awkward to say, the current air defense of the German Navy mainly relies on the seaplane version of the K-1 fighter. Not to mention it, it's really easy to use. As for ship-to-air firepower? For experienced pilots, even dispersal is impossible. I think people know that you can't hit them, so they are not afraid at all. As for whether the anti-lightning gun can be directly erected against the aircraft? It is actually impossible. Because the shell of the anti-lightning gun also triggers the fuze, you want to hit the plane directly with the shell? The probability is too small. If you can directly hit the 88MM cannonball, then you can buy a lottery ticket!

In fact, medium-caliber antiaircraft guns are killed by shrapnel. They will bind the fuze according to the height and distance of the incoming aircraft, and then detonate the shells within the approximate interception range, relying on a large number of shrapnel to kill. Destroying aircraft by direct impact is just the killing principle of small-caliber high-rate anti-aircraft guns. The medium-caliber artillery relies on the shrapnel formed after the explosion to kill, but now, the German naval battleship has not popularized the corresponding equipment and has not been trained, and the attack efficiency is naturally very low.

"Then you can't ignore the anti-aircraft firepower of the battleship? Even if the ship-borne artillery is not good, but a capital ship still has about 4 seaplanes. You can't ignore this, right?" Please, both parties are reasonable people, with facts. It's useless to continue entangled under the circumstances. So Admiral Boll moved in again and decided not to entangle the issue of the anti-aircraft guns on the battleship, and just talk about the seaplane.

"Well, this is easy. There are not only attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier, but also fighter jets. I really want to know how a small number of seaplanes can deal with J-1 fighters. You arrange 4 seaplanes to intercept, and I can provide 8 Fighting escort, we have seen the huge hangar of the Wittelsbach, you don't think I will be short of planes?" the prince asked rhetorically.

"But what we have to face is a fleet. Almost every British battleship has a small number of seaplanes, and they also have seaplane carriers. The total number of seaplanes in such a fleet is very scary. The number of them. Together, they will always have more planes than on an aircraft carrier!" Tirpitz said on the side.

However, as soon as he said it, he felt that he seemed to have said something wrong. Look, according to logic, because the British have more seaplanes, they can intercept air attacks. So if you want to solve this problem, Germany only needs to add an aircraft carrier. After all, an aircraft carrier is a warship specially loaded with aircraft, which is much stronger than the half-roasted things such as battleships and seaplane carriers!

"As long as we have three aircraft carriers, as long as the British do not build a regular aircraft carrier like ours, their entire fleet of seaplanes will not be able to intercept our air strikes. Therefore, we must now increase the number of aircraft carriers." The prince smiled. Said.

As a traverser, the prince was very considerate about the many situations he might face. When deciding to launch the Wittelsbach, he considered the issue of penetration. As Tirpitz said, there are a lot of seaplanes in the British fleet on this plane, and there are several on each battleship. Coupled with a dedicated seaplane carrier, there is no problem with the number of seaplanes in a fleet exceeding three digits.

So now the problem is coming. Even if the buoys and other devices limit the performance of the aircraft, the bomber carrying the torpedo is also a stupid bird. According to the experience of World War II, as long as the attacker can be knocked down, it is enough. Fighters generally care! If the British have a plan, or if the commander suddenly becomes aware of attacking the attack aircraft at any cost, then the long sword of the aircraft carrier—the attack fleet may be broken.

But in fact, after deductions and exercises, the prince believed that the probability of this happening was not high. To this end, the prince even organized more than 100 aircraft for offensive and defensive drills! However, the result of the exercise is that when the number of defenders has an advantage ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ the defense line is riddled with holes by the attacker...

This result is actually expected. Within the cleanup, let alone now, even before the Second World War, there is still no good way to defend the fleet against aviation strikes, because the aircraft is too fast, coming too suddenly, and there is no radar. , Without perfect guidance and interception measures, how do you deal with groups of aircraft? When aircraft carriers were first used, they were separated into formations, in fact, to prevent them from being picked up by the opponent. As the saying goes, you can’t put all your eggs in one basket.

If it is placed in the environment of World War I, it will be even more so. The aircraft carrier with concentrated aircraft is not capable of large-scale air strikes. Then you simply rely on the seaplane on the battleship to stop the attack of the aircraft carrier. ? What do you think? ! Small fleets are still possible, but you must know that once the large fleets are deployed, they will have a length of more than 10 kilometers. At this time, you have to mobilize the seaplane to take off and focus on one place, and then determine which battleship the opponent is attacking. It is not reliable on radio. Case deployment interception? This TM is simply Zenith Star difficulty! How about you have 100 seaplanes? Two hundred will not work!

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