While the victory of the Russians in the Far East caused great concern in the British, the reaction of the Germans was very bland. (Relations between Germany and Japan began to cool due to the issue of ship sales and the diplomatic attitude of favoritism towards Russia, so the German Navy was not treated as a military attache sent to observe the battle, so it was unable to obtain first-hand information.)

Although the information received by the envoys to Japan and Russia was fragmentary, there was no further information other than the fact that the Russian armored cruiser fleet had won a great victory over the Japanese naval protection cruiser fleet in the Tsushima Strait.

On the one hand, the contrast between the strength of Japan and Russia is too great, and the German Navy is quite convinced of the superiority of the Russians, and on the other hand, it is the trust in the performance of its own armored cruisers.

In the words of the German Navy, the two Izmail-class armored cruisers of the Russians are the world's second-class first-class ships second only to the Ron class, and the Grombowie is also the world's top armored cruisers.

It was also because of this excellent performance of the Russians that Tirpitz took the opportunity to propose to increase the number of new armored cruisers from 2 to 4, but Jochen refused without even thinking about it.

Fortunately, Tirpitz was just casually talking about it with the mentality of trying it out, and Tirpitz, who was now busy with the preparations for the construction of the new battleship, had great expectations for the closer and closer start of construction, so he did not care that Jochen had vetoed the construction of two armored cruisers.

In addition, the victory of the Russians in the Far East did not cause much trouble for Germany, and the Germans continued to advance their work in an orderly manner.

However, the battle was not without effect on the Germans, who still did everything possible to know a little bit about the details of the battle, that is, the Japanese used new gunpowder in naval battles. Can cause a large fire after hitting a target, and produces toxic smoke.

And although the Russians won a great victory, they suffered a big loss in this gunpowder, and it was not a hearty victory as the Russians themselves said, and the gossip that also made the German Navy attach great importance to it.

The question of how to improve the combat effectiveness of warships in the face of such an attack was initiated under the joint promotion of Jochen and Tirpitz, with the aim of summing up more effective and systematic concepts and means in the German Navy in terms of warship protection and damage management.

Jochen and Tirpitz worked together tacitly, and with the support of the imperial power, Tirpitz's work was like a fish in water. Knowing that his work could not be separated from the support of the imperial power, Tirpitz almost responded to Jochen's requests and requests, but sometimes the stubborn Tirpitz refused to give in to Jochen.

"Your Highness, I know that those broken logs are a key project that you support, but it seems to me that those gadgets have no practical meaning for the Navy! And loading those broken logs onto warships takes up our precious deck space! In Jochen's office, Tirpitz was a rare and adamant no-to Jochen's new technology.

"Those broken logs you mentioned can become the eyes of the fleet, expand the detection range of our fleet by hundreds of nautical miles, and allow us to seize the great technological advance!" Jochen didn't budge an inch.

"The Navy doesn't need that little thing. If it is only to increase the detection range, is the Navy's light airship an ornament? Our airships fly farther, fly at higher altitudes, stay in the air longer, and can be equipped with high-powered radios, compared to those broken wood, the technology of the airship is obviously more mature and perfect, and in every point it is more practical than those broken wood!

And we now have specialized airship carriers. You can also follow the fleet and move together! Tirpitz pushed the airship to arrive.

Jochen couldn't laugh at Tirpitz's rebuttal, due to his own push. Germany's airship technology is more complete and practical, and the army likes larger volumes, higher load capacity, full-time bombing large airships, practical aluminum alloy frames, and the emergence of light reconnaissance airships carrying 3 people has received great support from the navy.

Therefore, a "airship mothership" was built to carry this kind of airship. At that time, Jochen couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this plan, the Germans had never made such a thing in history, but for this thing that could open the door to the application of German naval aviation technology, Jochen also agreed.

However, it was obviously too expensive to build such a thing, so retrofitting an existing ship was the cheapest and fastest way to do it.

So an 1887 freighter, the Lanley (she really wasn't called the Langley), was bought by the German Navy. and converted into an airship carrier.

This coincidence is really not Jochen's bad taste, the Lan was bought by the Russian Navy on November 19, 1904, renamed the Russia, and was also transformed into an aircraft carrier, but the aircraft she carried was not as tall as the Germans, but as a reconnaissance balloon carrier.

Equipped with 1 Reconnaissance Balloon, 4 Signal Balloons, and 4 Signal Kites, the Reconnaissance Balloon cannot act alone, but only rises into the air to provide a farther field of vision, and is essentially a lookout post.

And the Germans chose her for the same reasons as the Russians, mainly for two reasons, one is that the tonnage of the Lan is large enough and there is enough space. Even if it is a small airship with 3 people, the volume of the airbag is not small, so the 136.6 meters long, 14.9 meters wide, and 9,600 tons of displacement Lan rebuilt a airship hangar that can park and maintain 2 airships side by side after bulldozing the stern superstructure.

Another reason is that the freighter has a power of 9,500 horsepower and a speed of 17 knots, which can accompany the fleet in its movements.

The rear part is equipped with an airship, and the front superstructure is equipped with a special radio transceiver room, which can not only receive the wireless telegraphy sent back by the airship, but also send wireless telegraphy to the ships of the German Navy.

After the transformation, the Lan was renamed the Eagle. Officially classified as an auxiliary aviation cruiser, it was the first warship in the history of the German Navy to use aircraft as its main task, and the first warship of the Russians to use aircraft as its main task had to be replaced.

After using it, the German Navy found that this thing was really effective, so Tirpitz also had the idea of equipping each cruiser fleet with an auxiliary air cruiser.

Jochen was not interested in this idea, and it was naturally good for the German Navy to step into the door of aviation technology. But you're not going to be able to take the airship all the way to the dark.

This time, the lack of reconnaissance means for the Japanese in the search for the Essen fleet led Jochen to propose to equip the new cruiser with seaplanes under the development of the design work of the new German light cruiser, and then objected to the Tirpitz, who was not eye-catching with broken wooden shelves, and the two were on the same page.

Of course, the increase in reconnaissance means must be supported, and Tirpitz, who saw the miserable appearance of the Japanese, also agreed that it was urgent to improve the reconnaissance capability, but in Tirpitz's view, the airship had a greater advantage in flying than the aircraft, and as a technology that the navy had used for some time, the reliability was also higher, and more importantly. Auxiliary aviation cruisers are only auxiliary ships after all, and it is simply crooked for you to install such a thing on a combat ship like a cruiser.

Of course, Jochen also insisted on the idea that his aircraft was better: "No matter how high the range of the airship is, no matter how long it stays in the air, its size and cost, and the need for specialized use of ships, the number of ships in the fleet is extremely limited, and how can a few airships be enough to reconnoiter and search a huge area with a radius of hundreds of nautical miles?"

The aircraft are small in size and light in weight, and the cruisers of our reconnaissance fleet can carry 1-2 on each one, and the efficiency and reliability of such a reconnaissance fleet with dozens of aircraft for search are much higher than those of airships! And it's much cheaper! ”

"But now those broken logs have to fly back and refuel not long after the range and time left for them to fly. Therefore, the time for monitoring the sea area is very short, and it is easy to cause detection loopholes. And the airship's empty time allows them to monitor a sea area for a long time, and they can also track and reconnoitre for a long time after discovering the enemy, which those broken logs simply can't do! ”

"Even so, it's much better than having a search surface leak like a sieve because of the small number of them! Moreover, the aircraft's advantage in speed makes this problem not a problem at all, and after the target is found, it is also possible to send more aircraft for relay tracking and reconnaissance! ”

"Equipping a combat ship with this kind of equipment adds weight and takes up deck space. Affects the hull arrangement, and these fragile devices can be easily damaged in an engagement! Tirpitz did not back down.

"The price we paid and the fact that we were able to increase efficiency in reconnaissance and be the first to discover the advantage gained by the enemy to seize the opportunity is not worth mentioning at all!" Jochen was also red-faced: "And the job of the cruisers in the main fleet is reconnaissance!" Higher speed, more firepower, and thicker armor are all prepared for better reconnaissance, don't put the cart before the horse! ”

Jochen and Fisher across the Channel had a similar view on this point, and one of Fisher's favorite ideas to tell others was that the light cruiser Venus had reported the discovery of an enemy. When the fleet commander ordered her to report on the number and composition of the enemy's ships, she received the reply: "Unfortunately, I can't do it, because I was driven away by an enemy cruiser of the first class, which was much faster and more powerful in firepower, before I could see it clearly." The commander's reply was: "Then what kind of cruiser are you?" ”

Therefore, Tirpitz's argument that the use of increased aircraft equipment would affect the combat effectiveness of the battleship was naturally met with fierce opposition. (To be continued......)

ps:This chapter is really hard for me.,Go home.,The computer strikes me again.,And it's good and bad.,I can only put the computer to play first.,I'll write it when it's in a good mood.。

Luckily, after resting it for 4 hours, it finally allowed me to finish it in one sitting, but it was 4 a.m. when I finished the chapter, which was a nightmare R527