"If the Armament Bureau verifies that this design indicator is correct, then I have no objection to it. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Raeder said after a long silence.

Although the artillery combat ability of this light cruiser is really sorry for her 6500-ton size, there is still no problem in dealing with 3 destroyers, British and American destroyers are generally equipped with 4~5 120 or 127 mm main guns, while the new air defense light cruiser can concentrate the firepower of 14 128 mm guns on a single port. In addition, Raeder carefully observed the ship's armor layout, and the 40mm waterline armor on its side covered the core compartment fairly completely, and was immune to indirect damage from shrapnel. Against a destroyer that runs completely naked, no matter how you look at it, it has a huge advantage.

Fang Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. His biggest concern was that the German Navy had gone astray in staffing aircraft carriers and climbed into the technology tree of the K-class heavy cruiser and the Deutschland-class pocket battle cruiser. Although the latter was also designed by Fang Yan, it was a special product of the German Navy in a specific period and with specific combat missions. Now that the threat from Britain has been largely eliminated and the core of naval warfare has been completely shifted to the air, it is natural that the performance pursuit of warships will have to be adjusted. After all, Germany's resources and industrial capacity are limited, and it cannot build forty or fifty cruisers of more than 10,000 tons like the United States without blinking an eyelid, so it can only make careful calculations at all levels.

"Your Excellency, I have a little personal thought." Fang Yan looked at Raeder's eyes seriously, and said with a straight face, "Although the Navy has given up on the construction plan of super battleships and heavy artillery cruisers, it is still necessary for us to use various means to mislead potential imaginary enemies in terms of external propaganda. In the event of failure, we have nothing to lose, and in the event of success, the resources of the enemy country will be poured into areas of extremely low cost performance, so that our army will gain the advantage and initiative. I now very much hope that the US Navy will start construction of 15 new 80,000-ton battleships, so that our military's aircraft carrier superiority will be unshakable in the next five years. ”

Raeder bowed slightly, but some other thoughts involuntarily appeared in his heart. Although this young man is good at ship design and air and sea warfare, his views have never been confined to the tactical field, and his vision and strategy have completely reached the level of commander-in-chief. If he can get enough experience, he will be able to deal with any problems in the future, and even if he takes over his class in ten years, there will be no personal ability barriers. Maybe it was precisely when the Führer saw this that he desperately pushed him to the top of the Navy?

"As for the propaganda deception, I will strictly guard the real situation, and then let General Canaris do the careful planning." Raeder controlled his strange mood and spoke. Canaris was the head of the Wehrmacht's intelligence chief, directly under the High Command, and a true veteran: he served in the Navy for 30 years, only to take up a new post in early 1935 because of his political and espionage talents. If this smoke bomb is released with the power of the Intelligence Bureau, the effect will definitely be better than that of the Propaganda Department, after all, Goebbels has long been notorious in the industry, and few people abroad will believe what he says anymore.

Fang Yan smiled, Raeder's strategy coincided with his thoughts. First of all, he strictly guarded the secrecy to satisfy the appetite of the imaginary enemy of the foreign country, and then spread the news of the scaly claws through various channels to deliberately guide him, and finally let the other party fall into the trap step by step. Looking at the old man in front of him, Fang Yan's heart gradually became a little complicated: sincere and simple communication for a common goal like today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have it in the future.

The design plan of the air defense light patrol came to an end, and Fang Yan returned to the daily work of the Construction and Repair Bureau. At this time, the injured ships in the Norwegian naval battle had been fully repaired in the dock, and the unfinished ships were being built overtime under the urging of the war. What made Fang Yan feel tired and happy was that the number of capital ships available to the German Navy was indeed recovering at an exciting pace.

In the field of aircraft carriers, two ships, "Richthofen" and "Strassel", which began construction in 1936, are nearing completion, and only the final outfitting work is missing. These two ships are sisters of the same class as the Zeppelin, and they are the core main forces with a standard displacement of 30,000 tons and a design carrier capacity of up to 120 aircraft; Compared with their counterparts in the United States, Japan, Britain and other countries who are still lying on the slipway at this time, they all have enough hard power to overwhelm the crowd. Judging from the current progress of the project, the two ships will be completed one after another before April 1940. By the end of this year, they will be able to work with their sisters to support Germany's Atlantic sea power.

At the same time, the German Navy will have 2 aircraft carriers in active service. The high-speed cruise ships "Gustloff" and "Ley" began to be refitted in October 1939, and it has been four months since then, and by April 1940, they will appear in front of the world with a new appearance. After the completion of the refit, they will become a protective aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, strong horizontal armor and a powerful TDS. Due to the design room for modification, the hangar area of the two ships is only slightly inferior to that of the Zeppelin class, and the maximum carrying capacity is close to the 100 mark. This makes them a capable force that cannot be underestimated, although they are slightly inferior to regular aircraft carriers in terms of captain and speed.

The only thing that made Raeder and other top Navy officials depressed was that the two aircraft carrier cruise ships were named after high-ranking figures of the National Socialist Party. Gustloff was the chairman of the Swiss branch of the National Socialist Party, who was assassinated in 1935, and was a close friend of Hitler's during his lifetime; Ley was the leader of the German Labor Front, and the two boats were taken over from his "Power Comes from Joy" group. If you just change the name of the ship and cross the river and tear down the bridge, it will not look good on the faces of Hitler and Ley.

In the end, it was Raeder's experience in the struggle that he gave the two ships a temporary modification code name for the character types of "York" and "Long", and then referred to them as code names in official documents. After a few efforts, everyone in the army ignored their original names.

Although Fang Yan prioritized resources and manpower in the construction of aircraft carriers, due to the importance and investment of his predecessor Fivre in battleships, the two ships "Moltke" and "Frederick the Great", which started construction in 1936, are now almost complete. They started construction at the same time as the Richthofen 2, and the tonnage and man-hours required were far from being comparable to the latter, but now they are ahead of the schedule, and it is expected that they will be able to complete the crew and enter the Baltic Sea after the beginning of the ice and snow to carry out sea trials and training.

Fang Yan really lacked interest in this big toy created in order to pursue the title of the world's largest capital ship. The biggest role they can play now is to intimidate the Americans on the other side of the ocean, so that they will devote more resources to the race of cannon ships.

After careful calculation, the German Navy turned out to have 4 heavy battleships and 9 aircraft carriers in service after 3 months, with a total tonnage of 400,000 tons! Although more than half of them still need 8~12 months of running-in to form a complete combat effectiveness, and the training of a large number of carrier-based aircraft pilots is an extremely difficult task, this is still an extremely terrifying achievement. If it weren't for Fang Yan coming step by step to witness it in person, I am afraid that he would feel unbelievable. More than a decade ahead of schedule, the correct and full use of existing resources, and the efficiency of the Brom & Foss shipyard are the key reasons why the world's seventh-ranked navy has risen like a comet in just a few years, defeating the former unrivaled hegemon Britain one after another, and its overall combat strength is close to that of the United States and Japan.

The chill gradually disappeared, the spring buds bloomed green, and when Fang Yan woke up from his slumber again, he found that the wall calendar on the wall had come to March 1. Unconsciously, Fang Yan had been in the Construction and Repair Bureau for 1 month. To Fang Yan's surprise, since he was transferred to the new post, Hitler did not send anyone to blow the wind on him, as if this director of the Bureau of Repair and Repair was really rewarded by Raeder. Although Fang Yan had doubts in his heart, he did not waver, he dressed and washed as usual, and then came to the courtyard in front of the house in civilian clothes.

The morning sun was bright and clear, bringing an incomparably pleasant mild warmth, Fang Yan started his morning exercise quite leisurely, and gradually plunged into it without distractions. This is a habit he has cultivated since he was a teenager, and now he can defeat the little witch Sylvia, all of which depends on this physical exercise. One hour later, Fang Yan, who was sweating profusely, gasped and stopped exercising, and was about to go back to his room to take a shower and eat breakfast, when he suddenly saw a figure standing in front of the courtyard gate.

"General Karl Dönitz?" After seeing the other party's face clearly, Fang Yan spoke in shock. The person who came was dressed in the same dark black admiral uniform as Fang Yan, and his gentle face revealed a bit of ability and coldness, and he was the rear admiral commander of the German Navy's submarine force. Fang Yan hurriedly called the maid to open the door, and he also walked forward quickly to greet him. Fang Yan wondered in his heart that he and this guy usually had no deep friendship, and there was even a dispute over whether the navy should prioritize the development of fleets or submarines; Usually when they meet, they usually say hello to each other, at most politely, why did he suddenly find his home today?

"General Brom, I know that you are free for today's shift, so I have something to say to you. I'm going to be back to the submarine command in 1 hour to see if the sea wolves have made a gain. Dönitz spoke without the slightest turn, and expressed his intentions directly in the most common German routine. Fang Yan smiled, and understood everything in an instant. Fang Yan invited Dönitz into the study, and he simply wiped his sweat before returning to him.