"Alfred, what did you say?" Jochen couldn't believe his ears a little: "You're saying the cylinders of Siemens' new engine are fixed?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, because you criticized the cylinder rotation of the rotary engine for causing the gyroscopic effect to be too strong, and it is not conducive to the engine increasing horsepower, so they have improved it." Tirpitz replied immediately.

"And then they solved the problem?" Jochen was a little stunned, although the rotary engine and the star engine were almost identical in appearance, with the cylinders arranged in a circle and evenly, but the principle of operation was very different. The crankshaft of a rotary engine is fixed, and the cylinder rotates around the crankshaft when the engine is running, and its working principle is completely opposite to that of a star engine. And now Tirpitz told himself that Siemens had "improved" the star engine on the basis of the rotary engine?

"Yes, Your Majesty, Siemens said that Mr. Tesla and Mr. Parsons were a huge help in the improvement of the engine." Tirpitz nodded.

Well, although I haven't heard of any outstanding achievements in the field of internal combustion engines in the history of these two masters, but since these two gods made the move, then such a result seems to be very normal, and Joheng can only think of it.

"Well, if Siemens' new engine can really solve the gyroscopic effect in this way and output more than 300 horsepower, then you can see the new aircraft of the Navy and do it yourself." Jochen said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tirpitz was a little excited, but also a little strange, even if the improvements of Siemens could really solve these problems, His Majesty the Emperor should not be so eloquent. After all, it was something that he personally vetoed at the beginning, and now he hasn't even seen the real thing, and he nodded and agreed after listening to a few words? But Tirpitz didn't dare to get to the bottom of it. What should I do if His Majesty is unhappy and changes his words?

"Your Majesty, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, if the power of the new engine exceeds 300 horsepower, does that mean that with this engine it is possible to create a single-engine aircraft with a bomb load close to that of the Army's BF-1 bomber?" Banker asked.

"Theoretically, there should be no problem." Jochen thought for a moment and replied, "The Army's CL-1 attack aircraft can actually carry 100 kg of bombs, but this will seriously affect the speed and range. Therefore, if an engine of more than 300 horsepower is used, and the armor in the cockpit is removed, the bomb load of the BF-1 should be possible. ”

"If that's the case. Your Majesty, then the aircraft carrier will not only serve as the eyes of the fleet, but also enrich the means of attack of the fleet! Bank said excitedly: "It is difficult for a 50-kilogram bomb to cause little damage to a large and medium-sized ship, and it is difficult to hit a high-speed target such as a destroyer, but a 150-kilogram bomb is enough to attack those light cruisers!" An aircraft carrier will no longer be just a support ship! "Even if he can't command an airship to drop bombs on the enemy's heads, Bank doesn't want to be just the captain of an auxiliary ship that fights soy sauce on the battlefield.

"It is very difficult to use an airplane to drop bombs to hit a ship sailing at high speed at sea, and I have also seen the horizontal bombing effect of the army's bombers, which has no reference value for the navy." Tirpitz interrupted Bank's "deviant" remarks: "The use of torpedoes is a more feasible way than to attack a ship with a bomb." Do your job. Captain. ”

You flat-topped parties, don't think about making big news all day long. The aviation faction had no human rights, even in the late '30s in the navies, so Tirpitz didn't want a colonel who was an outlier in the navy to make some kind of moth. Of course, this does not mean that Tirpitz does not see the attack potential of the aircraft.

Historically, the British Royal Navy began to have a strong interest in seaplanes in 1911, and at the same time put forward the hope that seaplanes could carry torpedoes as a means of attack, and this forward-looking requirement gave birth to the world's first practical torpedo attack aircraft - Schott 184. The Germans, who are now much more experienced in the field of aircraft applications than the British at the same time, naturally have this idea, but the Germans are obviously much more cautious than the British. Of course, it's also much more difficult.

Historically, in 1913, the Sopvis's 200-horsepower engine test machine could not carry a 14-inch torpedo weighing 368 kilograms, while the historical Schott-184 with a 225-horsepower engine dropped a 14-inch torpedo and sank a Turkish transport ship in the Dardania Strait, not only loaded with fuel for only 40 minutes of flight. And they didn't even bring back-seat observers. And now the lightest torpedo on the German side is also a 380-mm torpedo of more than 400 kg, which is still an old compressed air torpedo, and a flight time of 40 minutes is even more unlikely to be acceptable to the Navy.

Originally, this would have been a huge problem, because even the Army's BF-1 could not meet the needs of the Navy, but the idea was made possible again by the new engine, which exceeded 300 horsepower, with two engines providing 600 horsepower. Even a 675-mm wet-type thermodynamic torpedo with a 450-kilogram load should not be a problem, of course, such a twin-engine torpedo aircraft cannot be used as a carrier aircraft of an aircraft carrier.

The Navy can continue to develop the attack capabilities of aircraft, but this is not the job that aircraft carriers should do, you just have to do your own thing honestly, this is the attitude of Tirpitz.

It's a pity, though. If Jochen wasn't here, the opinion of a little colonel would naturally be suppressed by Tirpitz, but now His Majesty the Emperor is here.

"Your idea is interesting, but Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff is right, the accuracy of hitting a moving target with a bomb is really unsatisfactory, and it is clear that there is no way for an attack aircraft capable of carrying torpedoes to board your warship, and if you want your aircraft carrier to play a role in naval warfare, you can only hope that when our engines can break through 500 horsepower in a single engine, I think you will definitely see it in 10 years." Jochen smiled and comforted this "rare" aviation faction, lest he be discouraged: "When the time comes, aircraft carriers with greater tonnage and more aircraft will be able to take on more and heavier responsibilities." ”

Jochen also said in this sentence that he is also optimistic about the future attack capability of aircraft carriers, and the improvement of engine performance is likely to achieve this goal within 10 years. Tirpitz could hear the emperor's intentions and not to suppress the colonel because of his "deviant" remarks, because it was likely that in 10 years' time, the colonel, who was now being reprimanded by himself, would be reused as the leader in discovering new naval attacks.

Tirpitz smiled at Jochen, saying that he understood what the emperor meant, and that he would not put small shoes on this little colonel. Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor also privately told himself that next year he would be awarded the rank of Marshal of the Navy, and that he would become the first Marshal in the history of the Navy. His Excellency the Marshal naturally did not need to be angry with a little colonel.

"Your Majesty, it is not impossible to increase the rate of hits with bombs attacking surface navigation targets." Bank, however, was unwilling to give up this opportunity to speak directly to His Majesty the Emperor.

It's a bit of a misconception, but before Tirpitz could make a face, Jochen spoke first: "What do you have in mind?" Speak up and listen, and if you can convince me, then it is up to me to convince our Excellency the Chief of the General Staff. After speaking, he smiled at Tirpitz. This attitude gave Tirpitz enough face, and Tirpitz was not good at attacking in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, the accuracy of the Army's twin-engine bombers is indeed very low when they bomb horizontally, but the gliding bombing carried out by the single-engine ground support attack aircraft can greatly improve the accuracy of hitting. Then if we can increase the angle at which the plane glides, then the accuracy of the hit can be further improved. If we can dive at a large angle like a fighter jet, I believe that the accuracy of bomb delivery should be much better than it is now.

The problem now is that the Me-2B's structural strength does not allow for a dive at too many angles, and if a new bomber carries 100 kg or more bombs for a dive, the speed will be difficult to control, and too high a speed will make it difficult for the plane to pull up again and plunge headlong into the sea. Therefore, with more powerful engines, our aircraft can be made stronger, and if we can slow down effectively, diving bombs at large angles will become an extremely effective means of attack. Bank said nervously that whether his ideas could be tried depends on whether he can impress His Majesty the Emperor.

Jochen was also a little surprised at this time, and some people were starting to think of dive bombing now. According to Jochen's idea, the aircraft carriers in World War I only need to do the same fleet reconnaissance work as Tirpitz does, and the attack capability or anything is really meaningless. The results of several attacks carried out by the British in World War I with seaplanes carried by warships can only be said to be better than nothing, and have nothing to do with the overall situation.

But I have to admit that Bank's idea is indeed very feasible, compared to hundreds of kilograms of torpedoes, about 100 kilograms of bombs are obviously better to carry, and the power of about 300 horsepower is enough. It would be too wasteful to veto this attack just because it was of little use in World War I. And even if the Navy doesn't need it, the Army will be very interested, after all, the FFA also needs a high-precision bombing method that can be used to knock out a single target such as a pillbox.

"That's a good idea." After pondering for a while, Jochen still decided not to erase this advanced idea, and Jochen nodded: "I support, you can summarize your ideas, and when the time comes, you can put forward them as a request for the design of the new aircraft." Whether it works out or not, it's an idea worth trying. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" (To be continued.) )