Chapter 2184: Jericho's straight story
"The German High Seas Fleet has been silent for a whole year in the North Sea. If the High Seas Fleet was meant to deal with the Russian Baltic Fleet last year, I don't believe it. What is the Russian Fleet? It is worth letting the main force of the High Seas Fleet deal with? After the Battle of the Gulf of Riga, the Russian fleet has been destroyed, so good, now the question is, what is the main force of the high seas fleet doing in the Baltic Sea? Don’t you think they are sleeping?” Jericho did not refute Thomas. Instead, continue his previous topic.
"So, you mean, the Germans spent a whole year building their aircraft carrier detachment and perfecting the coordination with the battleships of the High Seas Fleet?" Betty seems to have grasped some key points. During the period, a regular aircraft carrier would definitely not be completed in one year, but unfortunately, most aircraft carriers in World War I were directly modified and then put on the shelves. The level of complexity is not comparable to that of the 2nd war. The British aircraft carriers were also changed in more than one year. There is no reason why the Germans can't do it! And just as Jericho said, from the eyes of the Bavarian heir, there is no such thing as an ideal aircraft carrier, and most importantly, the crown prince still has the ability to accomplish this.
"But we don't have a direct example to prove this." Thomas said unwillingly.
"Our reconnaissance operations against the German Navy are very limited. We can only monitor ports in the North Sea direction, but we have much weaker reconnaissance of ports in the Baltic Sea direction, and the Germans have occupied many Russian ports. They can completely hide the warships. The tightly fortified Gulf of Riga and even some ports in Finland! We are beyond our reach for these places! The Baltic Sea is the back garden of the Germans!" Jericho said. Jericho guessed right on this point. In order to keep it secret, the German Navy's aircraft carrier detachment has been deployed in ports outside of Germany for a long time! The British submarine could not enter the Gulf of Riga. It is even more impossible for a spy to enter the port facility of a full officer, and even if it enters, the news is difficult to spread!
"Then can we immediately send aircraft or airships to investigate? The German high seas fleet is all out, and the aircraft carrier squadron will be accompanied by 80%. Don't forget, this time, the Germans are not fighting close to the German mainland, but have arrived. Our halftime." Thomas said.
"Unfortunately, we do not have enough V1500 bombers suitable for long-range reconnaissance. Although the Germans are far away from the mainland, after dawn, they will definitely get the cover of the Luftwaffe from Norway. At least 300 fighters will be in Germany. With the fleet hovering overhead, even if we send out some long-range reconnaissance planes, it is a problem whether we can discover our opponents without guidance. Whether we can escape the hunt by the Luftwaffe is another problem." Jericho shook his head and said.
"Don't we still have the Phoenix squadron? They use the long-range patrol V1500 aircraft with enhanced defense. Even if they face the German Tracer, they should have a chance to spot the German aircraft carrier detachment, right?" Thomas said.
"The Phoenix Brigade may be able to do it, but unfortunately, they still have more important tasks. I can only say that some of their planes are no longer in the UK! This is our last long-range aviation reconnaissance force, and it cannot be sent There is a problem." Jericho said hesitated.
"Fuck, the boss hides so deeply? Even now, there are still players?" Thomas and Betty were shocked.
"If this is the case, then we can only deduce the German navy based on the air power of the Royal Navy." This time Betty stood by Jericho. Taking into account the powerful interception capabilities of the Luftwaffe, even the enhanced V1500 will not be able to deal with specialized bomber killers, even if the large-caliber machine guns and aircraft guns are not powerful enough? The Germans also have anti-aircraft rockets...
This reconnaissance was definitely paved with the blood of the pilot and the wreckage of the V1500! And what if you see it? It just proved Jericho’s guess, but how many planes are there on the German aircraft carrier? How is the takeoff capability? The British can't be sure at all. The reason is very simple. It's just that a few V1500s for reconnaissance have come over. The interception capabilities of the German land-based aviation forces in the air are enough to deal with! The carrier-based aircraft does not need to take off at all.
Therefore, the so-called air reconnaissance is of very limited significance. In order to confirm that a guess to catch up with the British Royal Navy's last long-range aviation force is really worthless, and to be honest, as a senior general of the British Royal Navy, Betty is very good about how much the Navy can have. Clearly, the size of this so-called Phoenix brigade is absolutely impossible to be the same as the Germans' 3 18-aircraft squadrons plus 10 or more spare squadrons. The Phoenix brigade can have 36 V1500 aircraft already very good!
Although I don’t know where the Phoenix Brigade is currently deployed, it is certain that ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ must have been investigating the Norwegian Sea, so a large area of the sea should be taken into consideration from Iceland to the British mainland and northern Iceland. The Danish Strait, the pressure of this task is not so great. So it's better not to investigate the German fleet!
With Betty’s support, Thomas can only give up, but now that Jericho has inferred that Germany may have an aircraft carrier, then the question is, what is the combat effectiveness of the German aircraft carrier? Without any reliable information, the British Air Force can only rely on guesswork... And the one who has the most say in this regard is Betty. After all, Betty has been in charge of the aircraft carrier almost all the time since she was not in the fast fleet!
"What we can be sure of now is that the German Navy has not started construction of a new naval capital ship since the completion of the last Bavarian-class battleship. Therefore, it is impossible for the Germans to use the hull of a ready-made battlecruiser as we do. Aircraft carrier.” Betty is certain of this. On the one hand, because the battleship is huge and the period from start to service is too long, the Germans obviously didn’t have time to change the hull of the battleship into an aircraft carrier during the war, even if it was because of the shelter of the dock. Or other reasons make the British spies and aviation reconnaissance useless, so a large amount of material flow will also expose the Germans' attempts. After all, in Betty’s view, the change of the battleship to the aircraft carrier is at most changing the part of the load-bearing structure, such as Build a hangar, and then lay a deck or something, the waterline should not be changed.
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