69novels Chapter 360
Chapter 360
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: 0.146s Scan: 0.043sThe news that Marshal Foch had withdrawn from the center of power in Gaul soon reached Berlin. However, Mainz did not have a deep impression of this veteran who had made great contributions in World War I.
“Foch? I don’t know much about him, but I heard that he has always been a hawkish figure in Gaul and has always advocated taking tough measures against us, so his retirement should be a good thing for us!”
Mainz never paid special attention to Marshal Foch. He was a veteran of the First World War. His stage had long disappeared, and at his age, he obviously could not survive the Second World War.
So instead of wasting energy on him, it is better to do something meaningful!
“President, have you seen the Navy’s aircraft carrier construction plan?”
Dönitz was not very concerned about the retirement of the Gallic veteran, he only cared about his own affairs.
With the launch of four Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers, Hans’s naval strength suddenly increased. They now have 6 battleships, two of which are the world’s number one battleships that stand out from the crowd!
In this case, the future development of the Navy needs to be studied carefully!
Originally, in Dönitz’s idea, since the Navy had two super battleships with outstanding strength, they should form two battleship detachments around the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships, just like the battleship detachments of the British Home Fleet during World War I.
However, since General Mainz determined that future naval battles would be dominated by aircraft carriers and battleships would take a back seat, they could not continue to implement this plan and had to make targeted adjustments.
And this targeted adjustment is to use aircraft carriers as the main battleships and form their own battle groups around aircraft carriers!
“I have read it. I have allocated 100 million marks to build two aircraft carriers. However, these aircraft carriers are not our main aircraft carriers. They are just temporary aircraft carriers that we use to confuse other countries. Therefore, there is no need to form a battle group around aircraft carriers, but to continue to form a high-speed battleship battle group with extremely high speed around battleships!”
Mainz shook his head and rejected Dönitz’s idea.
The Midway aircraft carrier can actually be built now, but the tonnage of this aircraft carrier exceeds the restrictions of the Fog City Naval Treaty. The Fog City Naval Treaty stipulates that countries cannot build aircraft carriers with a tonnage of more than 33,000 tons, and only two such aircraft carriers can be built. The tonnage of other aircraft carriers must be less than 27,000 tons!
These specifications are the specifications of the Foot Basin and Eagle Sauce aircraft carriers in the Pacific War in the early days of World War II. The parameters of the early aircraft carriers of both sides are almost the same, because they were all built under the restrictions of the Naval Treaty.
The 27,000-ton aircraft carrier is too big, and the deck is too short and narrow to accommodate too many aircraft. The cabin inside the aircraft carrier is also too small to carry too many aircraft, which greatly restricts the combat capability of the aircraft carrier battle group!
Mainz was not very willing to build this kind of aircraft carrier, so he planned to wait until the naval treaty expires and directly build an improved Midway-class aircraft carrier.
However, before that, Hans still needed some aircraft carriers to support the facade, so Mainz still allocated 100 million marks to build two treaty aircraft carriers.
As a big country, Hans would be a bit abnormal if he did not build aircraft carriers, and while they were building aircraft carriers , and they are frantically building a large number of battlecruisers, which can attract the attention of various countries.
Now, countries have started a fierce debate over whether the next generation of main battleships will be battleships.
Countries such as the British Empire, the British Empire and the United States have already built their own aircraft carriers, but at the same time they have not given up on building more powerful main battleships.
In this case, if it is not guided, I am afraid that a large part of the energy of various countries will be divided by aircraft carriers. It is difficult to see whether an aircraft carrier is useful in peacetime, but once it comes to a crucial decisive battle, the role of aircraft carriers will be highlighted!
Therefore, Mainz does not want to see the enemy have too many In order to stop them, Hans needs to personally build battleships, build more, stronger, faster and bigger battleships, and make everyone believe the uselessness of aircraft carriers promoted by Hans, thereby reducing their motivation and determination to develop aircraft carriers!
Although it is unlikely that they will give up the aircraft carriers they have already built, it is better to reduce one more aircraft carrier. When they are all fooled, Hans will take advantage of the expiration of the naval treaty to use modular construction technology to quickly launch a large number of aircraft carriers, and then integrate the previously built battleships with aircraft carriers, and immediately surpass his competitors!
Mainz has planned this plan for several years. It was years ago, and when the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz were launched, his plan had already officially entered the implementation stage.
During the circumnavigation of the world, Hans’s two battleships allowed the whole world, especially several major naval powers, to witness the elegance of Hans’s two world’s first battleships, which deeply stimulated their competitive spirit.
If it were not for the restrictions of the naval treaty, these countries would probably have already begun to vigorously develop their own new battleships!
At this time, Hans needs to seize the time and continue to build more battleships to stimulate everyone’s nerves, so that the minds of all naval generals of all countries will only have the three words”battleships”.
In this way, when they are completely fooled and invest a lot of manpower and material resources to start developing their own new battleships, Hans’ plan will be considered a success!
“President, according to your plan, how many battleships do we need to produce?���”Ah?”
Although Dönitz was very excited, he felt very happy when he thought that his fleet would be able to crush the navies of other countries in the future and completely break the threat of other countries’ maritime blockade!
This has been the pursuit of Hans Navy from top to bottom for decades, and now he finally sees the hope of realization!
“At least sixteen Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers must be built before the treaty expires!”
Mainz thought about it.
According to the configuration of future aircraft carrier battle groups, the existence of Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers is basically equivalent to destroyers of various countries, and they are regional air defense destroyers equipped with the Aegis system.
The main task of these warships is to be the sword-carrying guards around the aircraft carriers, responsible for protecting the aircraft carriers from enemy air attacks and attacking enemy aircraft, missiles and other targets!
According to this positioning, an aircraft carrier battle group needs about two Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers.
And if you want to control the entire Atlantic, you can’t do without ten aircraft carriers, so you need twenty Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers!
“So many?”
This number was beyond Dönitz’s estimation. He was frightened by the number reported by Mainz!
Gosh, continue to build sixteen Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers, plus the four ships launched now and two Bismarck-class battleships, he will have 22 main battleships under his command!
This number has completely surpassed the High Seas Fleet before World War I and has become Hans’ most powerful fleet in history!
“Is it a lot? Not much. I think after the treaty expires, we need to add ten more Bismarck-class battleships!”
Mainz held his chin and said seriously,”
Well, Dönitz was stunned!
He originally thought that the strength of the fleet in his hands was strong enough, but Mainz added ten more Bismarcks. Wouldn’t the strength of this fleet break through the sky?
“If the plan succeeds, this may be the strongest surface fleet in history!”
Dönitz said with emotion!
He began to look forward to seeing this day soon!