"Judging from the current situation, simply starting construction of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and revenge-class battleships will not solve the predicament of the Empire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info We are just mass-producing a weapon that is considered inefficient, and the idea of trying to flatten the opponent with numbers is unrealistic. Because we will never build ships as fast as the other side fights. Perhaps in a matter of minutes, a battleship that took almost 3 years to complete would be destroyed by a properly placed hit. ”

"At the same time, considering the extremely long construction period of capital ships, we are stuck in an endless loop, we are constantly controlling the performance of warships in order to have as many warships as possible, and these poor warships are easy to lose in the battlefield. And designing a completely new ship would also be a waste of time. Therefore, we must now find a new way of warfare to balance the superiority of the German fleet, and I think the most feasible and effective way at the moment is to use long-range bombers to bomb the important ports of the German North Sea coast, including Wilhelmshaven! ”

At this point, Betty felt a pang of excitement, and he was now imagining the hordes of bombers flying over the North Sea and suddenly descending on the heads of the German fleet! Under the frightened and helpless gaze of the Germans, a bomb detached from the pylons and landed on the German battleships that were quietly moored in the harbor. With the blazing flames and violent explosions, the German fleet, which had once humiliated the Royal Navy, was wiped out. Well, it feels good!

The Germans could bomb London with airships, so why couldn't the British bomb Wilhelmshaven with airplanes? It is true that the German planes that took off from Belgium greatly reduced their range, but with the advancement of technology, the British V1500 bombers also had the ability to take off from the British mainland and France to bomb Wilhelmshaven! Do you really think that the V1500 with more than 17 hours in the air is a joke?

In addition to being hot-tempered, energetic, and able to lead rhythm, Betty also has a big enough brain. During this period of leisure, Betty was not idle, he collected and analyzed the information of various battlefields, among which the air force was the most important. Because at first, the Admiralty's disposition was to throw him at a certain naval airfield to retire ....... After Bette's exposure to these materials, she found a problem, that is, the size of the larger the aircraft and the survival rate on the battlefield are almost .......

This is especially evident on the Western Front. On the whole, the air forces of Germany, Britain and France are now fighting only one and a half pounds and eight taels. Germany has excellent aircraft performance and a complete system, while the British and French air forces are too numerous ....... In the absence of a large number of fighter jets or professional interceptor units to intercept, large twin-engine and quad-engine bombers such as the V400 and V1500 are like dragons in the air!

And Betty, who realized this, thought, can such a bomber formation be organized to bomb the German naval base in depth? Anyway, judging from the current situation, the German Navy does not have a large number of land-based aircraft, the air defense system is not perfect, and the German Navy can only be stationed in Wilhelmshaven in the North Sea. Of course, it would be great if all those invincible Bavarians could be blown up and sunk in the harbor!

"Our navy has experimented with the use of seaplanes carrying torpedoes against targets, and with great success, we can carry this tactic to the next level, using a large number of torpedo carriers with torpedo planes to approach German ports in the dark of night, and take off at dawn seaplanes to launch a sudden lightning strike on the port facilities and the ships inside. Then return to the starting point before the other party reacts, and then there will be a seaplane carrier to carry out the recovery operation. In this way, we can make up for the lack of heavy bombers, and we can continue to strike at the German Navy, which will be much cheaper than we think, and the efficiency will be better than the German fleet's attrition attack on the Royal Navy! ”

In the second part of the report, Betty again floated the idea of using seaplanes to mine the German fleet inside the harbor. And the most attractive thing about this plan is that it is low cost and high efficiency! After all, the battleships used are cheap seaplane carriers, and seaplanes are much cheaper than the heavy V1500 bombers, and they are not afraid of battle damage. And if you use a torpedo, the lethality is obviously much more powerful than an ordinary bomb!

In fact, Betty actually came up with the idea of using Britain's first aircraft carrier, the Fury, to strike at a German naval base. However, because the aircraft carrier was commissioned too late and the war ended a little early, Betty's rather predictable brain hole was finally realized in the Mediterranean more than 20 years later. But from this point of view, Betty's ideas are sometimes very advanced and prescient.

Later, Betty calculated an account for the Admiralty in her own report, as a senior in the Navy, Betty naturally knew where the best entry point was, that is, fuel consumption and ship building expenses! Now a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship can easily cost 3 million pounds (inflation plus rush costs). And the large fleet goes out to consume at least a few thousand tons of fuel at a time, as the prince said, the frequent sorties of the Royal Navy Grand Fleet alone are a huge consumption for the current Britain.

And what about airplanes? The fuel consumption of a seaplane is generally only a few hundred kilograms. And the cost of a battleship can build hundreds of aircraft. Seaplane carriers can be converted from ordinary civilian ships, so from the point of view of economy and attrition, it is not difficult to build such a fleet, and the construction period is very short, and combat effectiveness can be quickly formed.

And as a politically savvy old fritter, Betty's article also caters to the needs of the Navy, the Royal Navy, which has already tasted the benefits of aircraft, wants to further expand the size of its own aviation forces, and this expansion needs a reason! Betty's plan to use the Air Force to strike surface warships undoubtedly gave Churchill and others the best excuse! So, for that alone, whether it's Churchill, Fisher or Jericho, they'll give it their all!

"We will fight the German Navy in a whole new territory beyond the Germans' imagination, and this time, the British Empire, which is at the forefront of history, will be the victor!" At the end of the article, Betty writes!

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