Chapter 2440: Cruiser planning five
And what about General Rod Hack? In terms of command system, he belongs directly to Marshal Scheer. Except for three aircraft carriers, the aircraft carrier detachment has no fixed **** warship organization. This aspect is the tradition of the German Navy. For example, the commander of the German Navy’s battleship squadron rarely attaches additional auxiliary warships, and is usually temporary. On the other hand, the number of light cruisers in the German Navy is too small and not enough.
Even in the opinion of Admiral Scheer, even if the treaty is signed in the future, the German High Seas Fleet has acquired a large number of new cruisers, it may not necessarily be assigned to the aircraft carrier detachment with a single cruiser. And it will not design a separate specialized light cruiser for the aircraft carrier detachment! Because this will seriously squeeze tonnage! You know, the German navy now sets a tonnage of 15,000 tons for heavy cruisers and 10,000 tons for light cruisers. This higher tonnage than in history originally limited the number of warships.... You make another specialization?
In fact, before this meeting, Admiral Rodhak had informed Scheer about the idea of developing a dedicated air defense warship. In the view of the admiral, the current destroyer’s defenses and air defenses are too poor. The tonnage must be increased, and the number of antiaircraft artillery must be increased. If the condition of accompanying the aircraft carrier's ocean-going operations is added, then the tonnage must also be rolling up. Regarding this opinion, Admiral Scheer, who already knew that the German navy would be tight for some time in the future, naturally rejected it.
And Hipper is also not satisfied with this requirement. After all, in the future, he intends to allow his fast fleet to have a fast battleship squadron and a heavy cruiser squadron, plus a light cruiser squadron. This is not Hipper's greed, but a need. After all, the future deployment of German naval forces 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, a A heavy cruiser squadron is normal. Therefore, Hipper, who is in charge of overseas deployment in the future, will naturally leave room for his fleet. This is understandable!
If according to the general process, if the two admirals of Scheer and Hipper disagree, Admiral Rodhak’s opinion is estimated to be thrown into the waste paper. But at this time, as the Navy Count Spey, the Big Three of the fleet system, put forward different opinions. He believed that the aircraft carrier fleet construction matter was of great importance. It is reasonable for Schell and Hipper to raise objections from the perspective of fleet allocation, but on this decisive matter, It would be unreasonable for the German Navy not to notify Crown Prince Ruprecht. After all, Ruprecht still has the naval supervisory power in name, and important matters should be reported.
Besides, Admiral Rodhak 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 now, they have completely separated from the Bavarian Air Fleet and are considered subordinates of the High Seas Fleet. They behaved conscientiously during the war. There was credit and hard work. As a result, the first proposal after the war was directly rejected by the Admiralty, and it did not give a chance to listen to the heavens. This is somewhat unreasonable in terms of reason and human relations.
And it’s not funny. Even if Admiral Rodhak can’t get in touch with Ruprecht through the navy, they are from the Bavarian military and belong to one of the founders of the Bavarian Air Force. The former navy and the crown prince spent no less than 8 years! There is always a way to poke up this suggestion. At that time, if Crown Prince Ruprecht thinks the Navy has handled it improperly, who will bear this pot?
So, the three people put it together, and Count Spey came forward to mention the matter with Crown Prince Ruprecht, and stated the senior navy’s opinions on the proposal, but Ruprecht did not immediately make a decision. Respond, but finally, in the list of this meeting, the name of Admiral Rod Hack appeared. This made Scheer, Hipper and others nervous for a while. But during the previous discussion, Admiral Rodhak did not make any comments, which made Scheer and others relaxed. But now, as the meeting is about to end, everyone is happy. Admiral Rod Huck suddenly proposed again, which was a bit embarrassing.
"Well, I know that the number of cruisers in the future Imperial Navy during the treaty period may be tight. Therefore, the future aircraft carrier squad may not need separate heavy cruisers and light cruisers, but we need a displacement of the usual artillery light cruisers. Below, an air defense warship equipped with a large number of M anti-aircraft guns." Looking at the unkind eyes of Scheer and others. Admiral Rod Huck was a little bit decisive, so he decided to take a step back and first prepare the anti-aircraft warship!
"Is it necessary? I think the current destroyer air defense is enough~www.wuxiaspot.com~The largest destroyer in the empire has a 2,000-ton class, and it can be equipped with at least 6 128MM-class guns. Plus other caliber anti-aircraft guns. , Now it seems to be 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 has poor seaworthiness. 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 artillery, and there is a certain amount of armor protection, speed and endurance can accompany the aircraft carrier detachment operations." Rodhak said.
"5000 tons? I can't help it!" Hipper frowned. After so many years in the navy, Hipper is very experienced. The 5,000 tons that he said verbally increased to 6,000 tons on the drawing. , Actually, 7000 tons are actually built often. There is a precedent for the expansion of the tonnage of various battleships, and this is normal!
"Are we going to use the tonnage of the precious cruiser to install a lot of 128MM or even 105MM naval guns that are not powerful in sea warfare. Such warships are only used for air defense? To be honest, I think this price is true. Some are too big.” Scheer also expressed his opinion.
"We can make some concessions in terms of destroyers, we can develop special air defense destroyers, but it is not appropriate to occupy cruiser tonnage." Hipper also said.
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