When he thought of this, the prince's heart was excited! He had now found at least a viable way to wreak havoc on the British Empire's Grand Fleet within a year! That's right, the campaign was launched at the latest by the end of 1913! If you play well, then Germany's overseas transportation lines will be really smooth! The British will never be able to return to Shetland!

Subsequently, the prince calmed down his agitation and began to think about what if the plans changed. For example, the British fleet has added aircraft carriers, and what if British land-based aircraft appear over the battlefield! For the former, the prince was not very worried, because historically, British aircraft carriers have always been known for carrying fewer aircraft...... It is unrealistic to expect them www.biquge.info launch a large-scale air raid. As for the latter, if it were a large group of O-400 and FB27 bombers carrying this torpedo and 500KG bombs, then maybe the German fleet would not be able to eat and go around .......

The best way to do this was naturally to engage within the combat radius of the British Air Force, and thinking of this, the prince drew a rough range on the chart of the North Sea based on the intelligence he gathered, which was later called the North Sea Black Hole, which meant that except for large bombers such as the V1500, twin-engine aircraft could not reach the operational sea area with anti-ship weapons.

However, it is indeed difficult to get the British in and out of this area, because for the Royal Navy, which is mainly guarding the home and waiting for the riots, in this case, the probability of the British fleet entering and leaving the far sea is very low under normal circumstances, after all, it is almost ......impossible to suppress the cruise now.

The so-called not afraid of 10,000 is only afraid of what if, in line with the principle of leniency for the enemy, the prince needs to leave enough aviation to deal with the British land-based bombers, about the degree of British aviation power, the prince has a relatively clear understanding, so technically, all interceptor aircraft must be equipped with at least 3 12.7MM machine guns to barely enough. Then there must be more than 3 hours of airtime, which requires the help of the auxiliary fuel tank, and then, this determines that the engine of the aircraft must be ....... So the prince asked his subordinates to draft a telegram asking how the reverse engineering of Rolls-Royce's V12 375 hp engine, which had been removed from the downed British bomber, was done.......

The number of fighters must be large, the prince needs to draw at least 50 fighters to be additionally responsible for interception, and this number is unachievable for the current plan, there are about 100 fighters on the 4 aircraft carriers, of which 30 aircraft are thrown out in the hangar or used as spare aircraft, and then the fighter units that provide cover for the attack aircraft group, this number is about 50 aircraft, that is, the number of fighters remaining is only 20 ....... This amount is certainly not enough!

According to the current combat experience, for a twin-engine bomber with advanced performance, it is simply not possible to intercept it with a single-engine seaplane, and no matter how good the aircraft is, plus two pontoons, it immediately becomes a weighing stone. And at present, only twin-engine seaplanes can effectively deal with twin-engine bombers. The latter is too heavy, too large, and too small to carry.

"If we can, I hope that we will build another small aircraft carrier, dedicated to fighter carriers, if we have spare capacity. The deck length of 160 meters is enough, and it is not planned to take off attack aircraft with it anyway. "The key problem is still the lack of flight capacity and the number of aircraft carriers, and the easiest way is naturally to build another one. The prince had very few requirements for this additional aircraft carrier, no need to carry attack aircraft, and even the bomb and ammunition bay could be as small as possible, as long as it could fit more than 50 new J-3 fighters! The latter will be replaced with engines of more than 350 horsepower and a maximum flight speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. IT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THREE 12.7MM MACHINE GUNS IN THE INITIAL STAGE, AND MAY CONSIDER REPLACING IT WITH A NEWLY DEVELOPED 20MM MACHINE GUN IN THE LATER STAGE.

An aircraft carrier specializing in taking off fighters can provide at least a gap of about 30 fighters, and the surplus of 50 fighters is also enough deterrent for the British twin-engine bombers, after all, the firepower of these aircraft is more than twice as strong as that of ordinary J-1 aircraft! (THE LATTER IS A 12.7MM MACHINE GUN AND A 7.92MM MACHINE GUN.) ）

The basic air defense force is there, as for how to use these fighters, hehe, the prince can only count on these pilots to be of higher quality and play better on the spot, in this era there is no radar, there is no perfect air defense command and decision-making system, and even radio is between reliable and unreliable. All you can count on is to make those fighter pilots play better.

"By the way, how are the air defenses deployed in Wilhelmshaven?" The prince then asked, after writing a draft of his new operations for the High Seas Fleet.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the fighter wing from Bavaria has been deployed to the area around Wilhelmshamn, eight 88mm anti-aircraft artillery batteries and six 40mm anti-aircraft artillery batteries have been arranged on the commanding heights near Wilhelmshaven, a perimeter guard system has been established, and the Admiralty guarantees that at least one airship will patrol the northwest of the port throughout the day. Ground observation posts have also been rolled out. A radio monitoring unit is being established. The balloon will be deployed around Future 1. Said an Admiralty officer.

"Very well, keep up the good work, an aviation attack is not too technically difficult for the British, and in the future, perhaps, it will not be safe in the port." The prince nodded and said.

As the prince had predicted, the British finally completed the problem of aerial torpedo throwing two weeks later, using a method very similar to that used by the Japanese during the bombing of Pearl Harbor in World War II, by adding a wooden wing to reduce the depth of the torpedo into the water. Outside the Bay of Forth, 18 British FB27 bombers attacked target ships for the first time on squadron size.

"At least, all 5 of our torpedoes successfully entered the water and coincided with the theoretical range." Fleet Commander Jericho said as he looked at the somewhat embarrassed officer of naval aviation. True, none of these 5 torpedoes hit the target ....... The British, who played lightning strike with a twin-engine aircraft for the first time, threw a torpedo from a distance of 1400 meters, while the Germans demanded less than 800 meters at the same time. And the selected target is also a little smaller, however, after reducing the strike distance, the accuracy of the lightning strike behind is okay. As a result, this exercise only verified the feasibility of aviation lightning strikes, but did not solemnly determine the specific power. (No warhead)

But a bomb attack preceded it by an unusual success. A 12-inch armor-piercing bomb was dropped from a height of 1,000 meters, and then the ghost hit the target! The powerful kinetic energy directly penetrated the 3rd deck of the target ship, almost exploding at the bottom of the ship, and it only took one shot to break the target ship into two ends .......

"It's time to strike!" Churchill said after receiving the report.

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