"It seems that this exercise is quite interesting. After listening to Prince Heinrich's report, the Kaiser said with great interest.www.biquge.info At this time, the Kaiser was still relatively relaxed, after all, now that winter was approaching, the two sides had no plans to launch a large-scale land offensive in the short term. Therefore, for some of the more interesting things, the Kaiser is still interested.

"Ruprecht seems to be in a hurry, feeling that he is a little impulsive and a little unwise this time." Prince Heinrich said.

"No, he smelled the smell of conspiracy, and wanted to use an airplane to drop bombs to attack a moving, only more than 60 meters long ship, this difficulty is not ordinary, and even if you use naval guns to attack from a distance, the accuracy will not be very high. The goal is too small. "As a naval enthusiast, the Kaiser still knew a lot about common sense. For example, the relationship between target size and hit rate. Fast and small targets are more difficult to hit, as illustrated by the fact that Goodno's light cruiser in the Battle of Jutland turned in front of the German Grand Fleet without being hit by a single shot, and the French fleet attacked the Austro-Hungarian light cruiser for half an hour.

The reason why the light cruisers died quickly was because they were not strong, and the amount of ammunition for the attack was too large. If you really count the hit rate, it's definitely a very low number.

"You mean ....... No wonder this target ship was not specially selected by Ruprecht, and some people in the navy deliberately made things difficult. Prince Heinrich also suddenly realized this.

"This is normal, Ruprecht commanded the navy by relying on the support of the senior generals of the fleet, and the record of winning many battles, but it is not necessarily necessary to say how many connections, the personnel power is still in the hands of Tirpitz and Admiral Leau, they are actually somewhat dissatisfied with the prince's interference in the navy, and when they encounter something they are unwilling to accept, it is normal for their subordinates to do some tricks." Wilhelm II, who was well versed in politics, said disapprovingly.

"And what about your attitude?" Prince Heinrich asked.

"If no one provokes this, then ignore it, we sometimes need to have a struggle within the navy, but at this time forget it." The Kaiser said.

"And how do you prepare to respond to the prince's invitation to participate in the second air-to-sea exercise?"

"It's very simple, let's go, I also want to see how far the current Air Force has developed, and to be honest, I'm getting more and more interested in airplanes now." The Kaiser said. On the current battlefield on the Western Front, when hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides are fighting on the ground, if there are no thousands of planes in the air to shuttle and bomb, it simply cannot be called a big war! In fact, in the late stage of World War I, the strategic role of the air force has been revealed, and this plane, because of the butterfly effect of the prince, the air forces of both sides are much stronger than in history, and the role of the air force in the war is also increasing, and this will inevitably attract the attention of the Kaiser.

"So what do you think of the results of the second exercise?" The prince continued.

"At least it's definitely better than the first one." The Kaiser smiled. "Ruprecht is a pragmatic man, and he doesn't decide to use a weapon based solely on his own preferences. But at the same time, he is not an honest person, and he will use some means. ”

"And when are you going to leave?"

"In a week, give them some time to prepare." The Kaiser said.

At this time, just when the Kaiser had decided to go to Wilhelmshaven in person to see what the air-to-sea attack was, the German Admiralty also made a fuss about the exercise.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, since we are going to be close to the actual combat exercise, then we must proceed from the perspective of actual combat, and it is not appropriate for you to directly limit the target ship to a speed of 20 knots. After all, no one stipulates that the capital ship can only run 20 knots, right? In that case, you might as well shoot a fixed target. "Feng. Admiral Pol said.

"It is precisely because of the proximity to actual combat that I have limited the power and speed of the battleship. We fought the British Grand Fleet, and in the few times we ran into the Grand Fleet, which of the Great Fleets could have sailed at more than 20 knots?! Please, our opponents are the British, and our torpedoes and bombs will be fine as long as they can be lined up in the heads of the British, not against our high-speed battleships! The prince scoffed.

High-speed moving targets are not easy to hit, this is clear to everyone. Even with naval guns, it is definitely not difficult to attack targets at 18 and 26 knots. The prince is not sure what will happen to a modern bomber and torpedo machine attacking a Bavaria-class battleship that flies 26 knots at sea, but he is sure that the British Grand Fleet will not be able to run at this speed, since we are aiming at the British, so why do we have to exaggerate the level of the opponent? It is obviously unscientific to use the speed of the Bavaria-class fast battleships to calibrate the British fleet!

"We can simulate the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships." Admiral Pol was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself, this TM really makes sense. But he didn't admit defeat, and then he said this.

"I need to make sure of two things, first, that our target is the slow battleships of the British. And not fast battleships. Secondly, if only in the face of the Queen, our fast battleships will definitely be enough. I never said that an airplane could replace a battleship, it was more a match for a battleship. For example, it is very difficult for us to use destroyers to kill these wounded battleships with destroyers through the layers of blockade of the other side, and finally the task of mending the knife is given to the aircraft, which is one of the important roles of aircraft carriers, and now, we directly use it to attack a target ship that is not injured and simulates a British battleship, which has raised the standard. Isn't it? The prince asked rhetorically.

Don't try to solve all problems in one move, in fact, many weapons are designed for a certain situation or enemy. Therefore, Admiral Ball's requirement that the aircraft be able to face various sea targets is inherently difficult for a strong man. It was enough for the prince to demand that the bombers be able to knock out the wounded battleships and be able to interfere with the opposing battle line. Something else? I'll talk about that later.

Are you going to say that the prince has a point? Obviously, for example, in the battle with the British Grand Fleet that just ended, at least 2 Vengeance-class battleships took moderate damage and showed signs of slowing down. But the German fleet, forced by the shock and cover of the Grand Fleet, really couldn't ...... these two ships. I could only watch them escape wounded, and wounded but not dead was the most tiring thing for the German fleet. And if the carrier-based aircraft can meet this requirement, then it is absolutely necessary to build it.

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