"My uncle, Prince Leopold, once said to me that the staff officers were always prepared for the last war. www.biquge.info I think this is very reasonable, don't you think that the way surface ships engage is not the naval artillery engagement that has lasted for hundreds of years? Whoever has bigger, stronger, and more ships will have an advantage, and both sides will lay out their battle lines as in Nelson's time, and then line up to shoot. Until one side withdrew from the battlefield, from the invention of artillery to the present, naval engagements revolved around artillery, defense, and speed. It's always been a two-dimensional engagement. ”

"This has been going on for hundreds of years, and now, it's time to break it! Unfortunately, the day came a little late, we weren't prepared for the war, and now it's going to take some time for our navy to adjust to this change, and it may take a long time. The prince said.

"A sword is not fit for battle until it is truly forged. And our situation is not very bad. In that case, why don't we take our fists back for a while and wait for the build-up to finish before punching them out? By that time, I can guarantee that our fleet will be able to gallop across the North Sea, unscrupulous! ”

In the environment of World War 1 and World War 2, it is impossible to rely on the pre-war family background and technology to fight directly to the end, that is not promising, look at how NB the Luftwaffe began in history? And then what was the result? When the other side surpasses you technically and is familiar with you tactically, in the case of a protracted war, the side with the advantage of material and national strength can always turn the tables!

To paraphrase a more popular RTS game in later generations, when you have an advantage in half-pulling and half-playing, you can choose to open a mine, or upgrade three books, or at least go home to replenish it. Otherwise, it seems that you will be a big thing, and you will go directly to the opponent's house in a wave of recklessness, which will be reckless and lose all your advantages. And because of the lack of technology and resources to support it, it was ultimately defeated.

The same is true of the current German Navy, which has an advantage in engaging in open seas. But the British had already built the arrow tower at home, and the whole army was at home to return to the blue. And the German Navy did not yet have the capital to hang out in front of the British house for a long time, and it was okay to go once in a while, but if there were too many, something would definitely happen, and why the battle of Thunder-Thurbrus could be won so beautifully? The reason is very simple, at that time, the British did not have an arrow tower (the air force could not).

Therefore, for the prince, the best way for the German Navy at present is to go to the mines, farm wild monsters (fight hair), and wait patiently for his 4 aircraft carriers to take shape. At the same time, in order to defend against a possible attack by the British on the naval base of the German mainland, various defensive measures also need to be prepared.

"The use of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft has a great impact on the transformation of the entire naval system, not only in surface operations, but also in the addition of an aircraft carrier detachment. It is also important for the entire command structure and logistics system, and we currently plan to build four aircraft carriers, which are expected to be equipped with at least 300 carrier-based aircraft crews. An additional 200 aircraft and crews will be deployed as backup. This burden is already very large, and the number of shore-based aircraft that need to be attached to the air defense of the base is conservatively estimated to be more than 800! So, my opinion is to be steady. Put the High Seas Fleet in a low-intensity engagement and prepare for the next phase of the battle. The prince spoke his mind.

"At this time, I hope that Your Majesty and the Supreme Command can hand over the matter of naval reform to me, after all, I will be in charge of all naval operations until the end of the Gulf of Riga Offensive, and as for the construction and training of the carrier-based aircraft aviation fleet, the Bavarian Air Force can also complete it, and the first batch of 300 carrier-based aircraft and pilots can be transferred from the Bavarian Kingdom Air Force, and the Kingdom of Prussia only needs to make up the rest." The prince gave his opinion.

After the prince put forward this opinion, everyone present, even Tirpitz, Liao and others, showed surprise and even some hostility to this opinion. This is understandable. For the Army, the creation of naval aviation was to divert the aircraft that originally belonged to the Army. As for the Navy, the original Troika of the Navy, the Secretary of State, the Office of the Navy, and the High Seas Fleet is about to change!

"Change? How to change? Is it necessary to make changes to the architecture of the existing naval troika? The Kaiser did not pay attention to Tirpitz and the others. For the traverser, the German system of government is good at this, under normal circumstances, the Kaiser only needs to do what he wants, then he does not have to pay too much attention to the opinions of others. Of course, if the Kaiser didn't understand, it wouldn't work.......

"Add an additional Department of Naval Aviation! This aviation department is responsible for the use and training of carrier-based and land-based aircraft. All matters relating to the usual aviation. During the war, naval aviation was under the command of the commander of the Grand Fleet. This department was temporarily under my command and was directly responsible to the Kaiser. With that, the prince distributed a copy of the composition of the German naval aviation that he had planned to the attendees.

In addition to 300 single-engine carrier-based aircraft, the current 1st line aircraft also has 6 squadrons of 120 K-4 Sky Hunter twin-engine interceptors to deal with British bombers, and at least 6 squadrons of 120 K-6 bombers, who will carry torpedoes and bombs on anti-ship missions, and the remaining 260 aircraft include no less than 60 long-range seaplanes and 50 K-4 bombers as supplements. What remains is the single-engine K-1 fighter, as well as the K-2 fighter that will become an elder in the future. Although there are not many of them, because the proportion of twin-engine aircraft is very high, the German air power is far from what it appears to be on paper!

800 aircraft of all kinds is not a small number. What is this concept? At present, Germany has only about 4,300 to 4,800 first-line aircraft on the Western Front, while the total number of first-line aircraft of the Eastern Air Force is between 1,200 and 1,500. The air battles on the Western Front were fought very brutally, and the production was slightly more than the consumption. Considering that the British and French air fleets are also expanding, the surplus is very limited.

The situation of the Eastern Air Force was much better, but if you consider future air raids on the Polish pocket and the deployment of the air force in the Balkans, the margin is also relatively limited, so if the prince's plan wants to be realized, then only a part of the Bavarian Air Force can be drawn from the Bavarian Air Force to build this shelf, and then little by little. The process will be lengthy. And the prince himself went out on the plane, and he understood this aspect, and his status and prestige were enough, and it was reasonable to ask the navy to set up another department and be the boss himself.

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