In order to defend against shells, there is a layer of armor belt with a thickness of 6 inches and an inclination of 12 degrees on the side of the hull, and the defense standard is to be immune to British naval guns below 12 inches, and the British currently use 9.2-inch guns for patrols and 6-inch guns for light cruisers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the same time, in order to ensure the buoyancy of the bow and tail of the battleship, a layer of head and tail armor belts with a thickness of between 3 inches and 4 inches is also arranged. AND TO DEFEND AGAINST HORIZONTAL ATTACKS AND POSSIBLE BOMBS, A LAYER OF HORIZONTAL ARMOR WITH A THICKNESS OF 40 MM AND A 20 MM BACK PLATE WAS ATTACHED TO THE HANGAR DECK, THAT IS, TO THE UPPER PART OF THE SIDE CHORD ARMOR BELT. DON'T LOOK AT THIS LAYER OF 60MM HORIZONTAL PROTECTION, THIS THING IS ALREADY IMMUNE TO ALL THREATS IT ENCOUNTERS, WHETHER IT IS SHELLS OR BOMBS. (Of course, if you want to say what if the V1500 shoots directly with a 3,000-pound bomb, then you can only say that you are ......unlucky.) ）

As for the power system, this rated power is about 54,000 horsepower, and in fact, the maximum power can reach around 70,000 horsepower. For a warship of more than 20,000 tons, with a slender hull, there is no problem with running 26 knots, and it is also possible to run 28 knots at maximum power.

If the prince had to evaluate the aircraft carrier Wittelsbach, it would be the design concept of the late World War II, the hardware indicators at the beginning of the Second World War, and the strongest industrial technology level during the First World War! To tell the truth, the concept is really the standard of 1944, in terms of combat effectiveness, although it is worse than the standard fleet aircraft carriers of the United States and Japan at the beginning of the Pacific War, but it is still enough to say that the fleet aircraft carriers. As for the technology of the First World War, then there is no need to explain, after all, this thing is the ...... made in the First World War.

The prince considered himself to have created a history and opened a new chapter in the history of world naval warfare. But not everyone bought it, and when the prince and the others arrived in the wide hangar, the commander of the 2nd Battleship Detachment, Rear Admiral Beinke, uttered a very bad sentence: "It would be very good if there was a banquet in this place, enough for a thousand people to eat at the same time." If the war ended, it would be possible to convert it into a cruise ship's cabin with the addition of some partitions. ”

"I think it's okay to do the other way around, take a cruise ship and tear down those flashy things, and then open the compartment and then it's an aircraft carrier, I never thought that the battleship and the cruise ship would be so close." Rear Admiral Maufer of the Fourth Battleship Detachment also said jokingly.

Originally, the two generals were just joking with each other, but they did not mean to make fun of the prince. Unfortunately, however, their words were heard by the prince. And for such innocuous jokes, the prince did not intend to care, but the point was that Prince Heinrich, who represented the Kaiser, was next to him, and in order to raise the issue of aviation and air supremacy to a strategic level, the prince decided to take them .......

"General Maufer, there is some truth in what you said, cruise ships are meant to carry passengers, and this ship is meant to carry planes. Crash into 80 planes carrying 300kg of bombs or more than 400kg of torpedoes, and attack from where you can't see! Before the battleship could react, it was probably sunk by a torpedo! It's a confrontation on different levels, and because of that, he ushered in an era. ”

"In fact, this battleship is not as simple as everyone thinks, and it is not easy to operate a wing of aircraft in such a crowded and cramped place, and counting the hangar area, all the space on this battleship for take-off and preparation is only a tenth of that of a normal airfield! Think about how hard it would be for us to refurbish a wing of aircraft at such a point, and release and recover them. ”

"There is a proverb in the East, hearing is false, seeing is believing. If you don't know it, I don't think you can imagine what it would be like when the attack planes bombed. ”

"We'll have lunch first, and then at two o'clock this afternoon, the Bavarian Swordfish Wing stationed in Wilhelmshaven will be putting on a wonderful sea attack drill for us off the coast! After this exercise, I think you will have a clear understanding of the value of aircraft carriers and the aircraft on them! The prince said.

Although the Blom-Forss shipyard first made its home in Hamburg, as the business expanded, more and more shipyards were acquired, so that there were branches in other places, and this time the captain who was outfitting the Wittelsbach was in Cuxhamn, very close to Wilhelmsford. And the air force allocated by the prince to the Navy had already arrived in Wilhelmshaven 2 days earlier, and in order to prove the value of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft to the German Navy and to the representative of the Kaiser, Prince Heinleich, the prince specially arranged this exercise! The scale is not large, with less than 20 planes participating, and the original plan was to show it.

"Ready? Brothers? Second Lieutenant Rudel walked to his plane, then patted the ground crew on the shoulder who was maintaining the plane, and said in a friendly manner. Until now, Rudel was surprised that he was one of the first reserve carrier-based pilots, and according to the grapevine, the prince had chosen him when he saw his name. And not at all taking into account the fact that he turned out to be a fighter pilot .......

Fortunately, after several months of training, Second Lieutenant Rudel, who already had a foundation in bombing, was able to adapt to his current job. As the first batch of pilots of the Bavarian Air Force, they received quite comprehensive training, but they were later assigned because of personal preferences and war needs, and now the battlefield needs them, so Rudel picked them up quickly.

"No problem, I've been working for 10 years." Said a scruffy mechanic.

"Don't listen to him, this guy counts the experience of repairing tractors back then." A young man from Bremen next to him joked.

"Is there any difference? It's all pistons, cylinders, nozzles and stuff like that, anyway. The old mechanic's face was a little unsettled.

At this time, Rudel walked to his colleagues after a few words of greeting, making final preparations for the upcoming exercise!

"We will attack a total of two targets, the dive bomber detachment will attack the No. 1 target, which is a target ship towed by a steamboat, the speed will not be fast, this attack will be led by me, we will be divided into 2 waves, each wave of 4 planes, in the shape of a fan is a defensive torpedo, the attack speed does not exceed 80 kilometers per hour, the altitude is below 50 meters, and the bombing distance is tentatively set at 600 meters."

"If we succeed in the first attack, then don't turn on the engine of the torpedo, just throw it directly into the predetermined area and let the navy people recover it." Rudel repeated the contents of today's exercise.

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