Under Fang Yan's assurance, Raeder finally accepted his idea of building a military force that would allow ships to enhance their ability to break diplomatic relations in the open ocean, thereby directly destroying the enemy's sea power in the event of a war -- the right to use the sea for transportation. Fang Yan calculated to Raeder: if it was to win the war against Britain by relying on Mahan's "frontal push", then Germany would need to build a fleet about twice the size of the British navy, even in the relatively small North Sea. This is not so much because it took so much power to defeat the British fleet itself, but solely due to the harsh need for "flat push".

If the British Navy chooses to implement the strategy of "existing fleet" like a tiger in the mountains, and does not confront the German Navy head-on, then there is only one thing that a German warship with the ability to fight in the coastal waters can do, and that is to cover the army's preparations for landing on the British mainland. As a result, the German Navy will not only have to engage in a long and arduous tug-of-war with shore artillery and mine arrays, but will also have to divide its forces to protect the security of the landing ground and the logistical transportation line, and its forces will inevitably be greatly dispersed. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the landing operation, it is necessary to double the size of the opponent's fleet. Regarding this premise, neither Fang Yan nor Raeder had the slightest illusion that it could be realized.

As for the variable of the Air Force, it was also excluded by the two. Raeder, who was in this era, did not know that Germany could have a powerful air force in the future, while Fang Yan deeply understood that the strength of the British Royal Air Force in the future would not be easily suppressed by Germany. A very important proof of this is that Germany built 10,247 aircraft in 1940, while Britain produced 15,049 in that year, almost half more! Even in the previous year, Britain led the way with 7,940 aircraft ahead of Germany's 7,350.

Therefore, the so-called imminent danger during the air war of Britain was nothing more than a propaganda routine that Britain had always pursued to praise the enemy, in order to show its own heroic greatness in defeating the enemy. In reality, the situation is nowhere near as dire as British propaganda. There are countless examples of this kind of thing in history: the Tiger tank, the U-boat, the battleship Bismarck, and the desert fox Rommel are all British who deliberately blew each other up in order to put gold on their faces!

However, the breaking of diplomatic relations advocated by Fang Yan did not give up the ability to fight a decisive battle. The performance of the armored ship Count Spee's in the Battle of the Laputara River in history fully illustrates that the thin-skinned ship engaged the enemy overseas far from its home port is no different from suicide; Although this type of armored ship claims to be able to withstand the 8-inch shells of treaty cruisers, that is only the result of the superposition of the main equipment and dome armor, in fact, its 80 mm waterline armor, even the 6-inch shells on light cruisers can penetrate without pressure in many situations. As for the soaring tonnage of warships caused by the pursuit of greatness and perfection, it was solved by Fang Yan's design opening techniques.

In this way, the situation can be clear. Once this kind of ship that can run and fight appears in the depths of the Atlantic, it will certainly have the most direct impact on Britain's sea power; The blow to the shipping lines would have forced the British fleet to be dispatched, and the German fleet, capable of a decisive battle, would be able to strike a decisive blow at it, thus effectively destroying the British naval forces and tightening the ropes around their necks.

Although this script sounds fanciful, if you add the variable of naval aviation, it is not a pipe dream at all. Fang Yan could completely use his foresight and foresight to push the strength of the German naval aviation with aircraft carriers as the core to the point where it was enough to determine the victory or defeat of a large-scale naval battle. And the reason why Fang Yan is not ready to use this force to fight a decisive battle in the coastal sea is undoubtedly because of the interference of the British land-based air force: after all, the British land-based air force is much more fierce than the naval airforce, and the entire North Sea is within the range of their crazy strikes. Possessing the insight of later generations, he naturally wants to make the most of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and choose to give his naval fleet a head-on blow in the depths of the ocean that the British land-based air force cannot reach!

Near noon, Fang Yan finally ended the meeting with Raeder, which brought together history, national strategy, naval planning and many other aspects. At the time of his farewell, Raeder asked Fang Yan to ask the Brom-Foss shipyard to produce a copy of the new design as soon as possible and give it to him and many senior naval officers for reference, of course, he promised that the design drawings would be kept strictly confidential. After telling him about this, Raeder stopped Fang Yan, who was about to leave, with a complicated face, and he expressed the hope that Fang Yan would write a book about the exploration of the German Navy that he talked about here today, so as to educate more German people who were still in chaos and ignorance.

Although Raeder was extremely frustrated and disappointed that he was surpassed by a young man who had not grown up in the field of historical research he was best at, as a lieutenant general commander who was responsible for countless officers and soldiers, he also felt the joy of having such a genius under his command. In particular, the other party's cognitive concept can actually benefit him, which is even more shocking for the majority of naval officers and soldiers and all the people. After thinking for a while, Fang Yan readily agreed that if his sober understanding from later generations could be transmitted to the whole of Germany, then he could not help but clear the obstacles to the development of the navy in the future, and he would become famous because of it, which would be of great benefit to his future actions.

At lunchtime, Fang Yan's figure finally returned to the cafeteria. Regarding the questions from his comrades-in-arms, Fang Yan also admitted that he was summoned by Raeder; However, in order not to be too shocking in the eyes of his peers, and at the same time to take care of Raeder's prestige, Fang Yan rounded out the conversation process to the point that Raeder was guiding the article he wrote last night. For this opportunity, everyone around him is full of envy; David, who had been tortured by shooting training all morning, had been repeatedly muttering "unfair" from the beginning, and finally Finn, who couldn't bear it anymore, instantly stuffed a chicken leg into his chattering mouth.

Since then, Fang Yan has never received Raeder's summons. The officer next to him didn't give him any strange looks, as if the conversation was limited to the two of them. However, this is also exactly in line with Fang Yan's wishes, so that he can complete the current basic training without distraction. Half a month has passed, and this training has also ushered in its end in peace. Fang Yan, who is at a disadvantage in biological age, relied on his natural shooting ability and the basic knowledge of the navy that he had already accumulated a lot, and won a considerable result in the overall ranking of 5th; And David finally broke through his shooting limit after half a month of hard training, and in the end he was lucky not to be eliminated because of this one. To everyone's amazement, Noah, who didn't seem to be talented in any aspect and was the oldest among the students, actually squeezed into the ranks of the top half. Based on his experience of perseverance in the training regiment, he was even praised by Colonel Lucas at the end of the day.

The arduous basic training came to an end, and Fang Yan and other students were given a week-long relaxation vacation. Since the age of marriage in Germany is generally early, almost all military cadets with families are eager to go home and plant seeds to contribute to the national plan to restore the population to pre-war levels. Facing this group of unrighteous guys, Fang Yan could only lament that he had embarked on the journey home alone; After the physical torture, he had to pay attention to the development of his family.

"Is there oil extraction in Libya? I've already negotiated with that guy from Ziano. He invested in his name to establish the Ciano Oil Company and obtained exclusive rights to the Anbar oil field from the Italian government. Sure enough, his relationship with the Italian leader was unusually close, and this matter of snatching food from the hands of the government was surprisingly easy to carry out in his hands. Seeing Fang Yan come back, Rudolph, who was smiling, kept patting his young son's solid shoulder, and completely explained his inquiries without reservation. Speaking of this, Rudolph seemed to think of something again, and a little annoyance appeared in his expression, and said: "However, this Chiano's appetite is also rare in my life. The $5 million I invested in the next three years accounted for 6% of the total investment, but he only gave me 40% of the shares, and said that the rest was the return he deserved for the government's research! You know, this big oil field is what we discovered! Jonas, I was slaughtered by Ziano for your own sake, and you must get back all that you lost from his daughter in the future. ”

Fang Yan was slightly embarrassed when he heard this. His actions in Libya really made the cheap dad suffer a lot of losses, and the most elite part of the fat in the oil field was bitten by Ziano, who was close to the water. But the oil here is finally being extracted, and it was not in vain on his painstaking trip to Italy last summer. He coughed, changed the subject, and said: "What about the shipyards in Leningrad?" I remember that we opened a sub-factory there for almost two and a half years, right? ”

Rudolph nodded and said, "Four months ago, your brother Freya had finished his studies and went there to help with affairs. Thanks to a number of incentives from the Soviet government, the construction of the new shipyard has been going smoothly, and now it has begun to help the Soviets maintain the cruisers inherited from Imperial Russia. Our submarine design and engineering staff has also taken root there, ready to build the latest submarines. It was indeed an excellent base for evading the supervision of the Entente. ”

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