After setting the main specifications of the first generation of aircraft carriers of the German Navy, such as open bow, wooden flight deck, underdeck bridge, single-storey open hangar, and outward chimney, the most important thing is to solve the landing problem of the aircraft, but the future development direction, the technical difficulty of the hydraulic blocking cable is not small, and now the development cannot catch up with the progress at all, and it is said that Jochen is not very clear about the specific technical details of the hydraulic blocking cable, and there is no way to provide guidance, so first find a relatively backward one, But it is extremely important that the German Navy's first-generation aircraft carriers can be used in a relatively reliable way.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with how the plane lands so that it can stop over a short distance, and you think of the principle of using the weight of a sandbag to drag the plane." Jochen affirmed the imagination of the Houhai Navy for a moment, and then said: "But the sandbags are not fixed on the deck, and it is obviously not safe to be dragged around by planes, I wonder if you can change the method?"

In the position below the deck near the two sides, set up two spaces, the space has a certain height, and then the steel cable is stretched through the deck into these two spaces, and a metal block is threaded on the rope every other length, these metal blocks are usually stacked on the deck of the space, when the plane lands and hooks the steel cable and drags it forward, the metal block is lifted upward, and when it is suspended in the air, a downward pull force will be generated, and the longer the distance the plane drags forward, the more metal blocks are pulled up, and the greater the pulling force generated, Until the plane is completely pulled. Of course, these pieces of metal must be confined and can only move up and down. ”

Although the specific details are slightly different, in general, this method is the arresting cable mode used by the Americans on the Langley, and it is also the first relatively reliable arresting cable design.

"It's a real way to try. In addition, the strength of the steel cable is also higher, and the weight itself is quite considerable, so it is indeed a very reliable method. Tirpitz nodded, technically. This way is indeed not very difficult, and then he said a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, can you also draw the intention of this method for me to take back, you know, my memory is not very good when I am older, and I am not very good at repeating what you said to the designer at that time." ”

"Alright, alright. I'll draw a more detailed drawing and send it to you when the time comes, and if there's anything you don't understand, ask them to come to me directly. Also, don't study it because of my method, the navy itself won't study it, this kind of design flaw is still very big, just the metal block tied on the steel cable is a lot of useless dead weight, and it also takes up space, let them think of a way to see if they can replace these dead weights with hydraulic cushioning. Jochen waved his hand helplessly. It was a promise not to burden Tirpitz's head again.

But that way, Jochen would have more time to retrieve the technology in his head that could be used at this time, and then draw them together and give them to the navy, so that they would avoid detours.

For Jochen to be so considerate, Tirpitz naturally made a fool of himself and swore that the navy would definitely carry out the will of His Majesty the Emperor, and would not relax its own research work and produce research results as quickly as possible.

on this. Jochen was not too anxious: "Don't be too anxious, what we need to do now is to test whether it will work first." As for whether it can be used in the future, it will be considered for later. However, when the Lan is refitted, you should not be idle, first build a training base on land, and install these equipment on the ground so that the pilots can practice before going on the ship, and the pilots can also improve these equipment according to the actual use of the equipment during training, which can also reduce the risk.

Moreover, the training base can continue to expand its training content, such as trying to reasonably dispatch aircraft in a limited space on the ground. Ensure that take-off, landing and other work can be carried out with maximum efficiency; how quickly the aircraft is assembled after it has been lifted from the hangar to the deck; How to refuel the aircraft on the deck, replenish ammunition and other problems can be explored on the ground first. "Yoheng built yì to.

Unlike the Langley, which really just builds a frame on the hull and then lays the deck, the modification of the Langley can be said to be disemboweled, cut and washed, and reborn, so such a large amount of work is estimated to take about 2 years, and such a long time can't be wasted in vain. The Navy always has to do something during this time.

"We have to do something." Communication at the Prime Minister's Mansion at 10 Downing Street is less harmonious than at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, where Asquith and his cabinet members are discussing solutions to their immediate problems.

"The Navy is making too much trouble, do they want to hijack public opinion to blackmail the cabinet and the parliament?" Chancellor of the Exchequer David? Laulai? George frowned and said that if Asquith's lion mouth to the navy because of financial problems is just disgust, then George can be said to be hateful, and he is also the most active in reducing the navy's military spending: "Our fiscal revenue this year is expected to be about 150 million pounds, if according to the requirements of the navy, this year's naval expenditure will be at least 40 million pounds, that is to say, we have to give them close to 30% of the financial revenue, are they crazy?!" The government still has nearly £500 million in debt! ”

"The Admiralty guys, like the Conservatives, use the Germans as an excuse to incite the people to their advantage with information that's nothing more than nonsense." At first glance, the Minister of Commerce, who knew that the future was a fat man, said with disdain.

When the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party were running for the prime minister's seat, this future fat man was quite unpleasant to the Conservative Party's use of the German naval threat theory as a "ballot cash machine" in order to win the election, and he openly ridiculed at that time: "The Conservative Party's attitude towards the navy is simply shameless, and this kind of policy is intended to cause unreasonable panic and cause bad feelings between the two nations for no reason." So as soon as Asquith came to power, the Secretary of State for Commerce and the Chancellor of the Exchequer joined forces to block the Navy's increased budget.

"If I hadn't anticipated from the beginning that Fisher would not have given up his plan so honestly, I had prepared in advance and used all the newspapers on our side to suppress him in public opinion, otherwise if a large number of people were really deceived into shouting the nonsense slogan he put forward, we would have been very passive at that time." Asquith said hatefully.

Fisher, who had been rejected by Asquith, did not stay honestly and contacted the Conservative Party, who were already in opposition, to launch a campaign to increase naval funding with the slogan: "We want eight, don't wait any longer."

If it weren't for Asquith's timely response, and Fisher didn't dare to leak the information that the Navy was preparing to build a 13.5-inch battleship at this time, the response to the public could only be regarded as average, far less than the disturbance made in "Document No. 47" back then, but even this annoyed most of Asquith's cabinet.

"Didn't you try to stop this?" George slightly reproached to Secretary of the Navy Reginald? McKenna said. He made his stance clear to McKenna when the Liberals were still running for prime minister, when George wrote to McKenna: "We promised during the general election to cut the huge military spending created by the previous administration. ”

As soon as he came to power, George opened fire on the Navy's funding and demanded a significant cut. But Asquith finally approved the budget for 6 capital ships, which made McKenna overjoyed, so you McKenna should be sensible and take care of that troublemaker, this time Fisher made a series of moves to make us so embarrassed.

McKenna also had a bitter answer to this: "John didn't tell me anything beforehand, and I only found out later. When he said this, McKenna was also full of resentment towards Fisher.

"David, how could Fisher have spoken to the Admiralty Chancellor, who is a member of the Cabinet, before doing such a thing? It's not been a year or two since he's been autocratic. Asquith excused McKenna, and George immediately apologized.

Of course, although Fisher's behavior did not have much impact, it was clear that everyone was not prepared to let Fisher make trouble again when they got together this time.

"I don't really want to do that, but we really can't handle any more trouble right now." Asquith shook his head: "Fisher has a lot of enemies in the Admiralty, and we look like we're really going to get him in trouble." ”

"Many veterans of the Admiralty have opinions about him, and many generals from noble backgrounds are also hostile to him, and it is not difficult to find trouble for him." George said confidently: "The question is what reason we are going to come to him for trouble. ”

"It's easy." The future fat man said confidently: "The report that Fisher wrote to His Majesty the King that Yan Zòng had made a mistake in the assessment of the threat to the German Navy is an excellent reason, but such a mistake can only give him a little trouble, and we will let him encounter a big problem that we can no longer trouble us in the future." ”

"What can you do?" George was intrigued.

"Remember who reacted the most when he pushed through the fleet reorganization plan in a monopolistic way?" The future fat man smiled slightly: "Billsford was the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet as Fisher's successor at the time, and his fleet was the most affected in that reorganization, and Billsford accused Fisher of acting against him personally.

He also served as the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, and Biersford's power in the Admiralty is not weak, and there are many powerful generals in the anti-Fisher group headed by him. (To be continued......)