Chapter 341: Amphibious Assault Ship (Third Update)

But no matter what kind of laughter it was, the doctor was always relaxed, he scratched his head, smiled shyly, and replied, "I'm sorry Führer...... General Raeder's wounds were severe, and more than a dozen pieces of shrapnel of various sizes hit him when the bomb exploded. The general was in critical condition when he was delivered to the Den Helder base, but the doctors there gave him first aid, removed some of the shrapnel and stopped the bleeding, leaving General Raeder out of danger. However, three shrapnel were buried relatively deep, and Den Gelder was unable to remove them surgically, so he was urgently sent back to Berlin. ”

Leon listened carefully to the doctor's report, then nodded and turned to Raeder and asked with a smile, "Raeder, how are you feeling now?" ”

"I feel pretty good." Raeder replied, "It's just that those three things are more suitable—you know, Führer, I don't like British goods very much." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again when they heard Raeder's words, and this time they were really amused.

"Haha!" Leon also burst into tears of laughter, he touched the corner of his eye, and said, "Don't worry, there won't be any more British goods in your body next time, of course, if you're not Gay." ”

Raeder was amused by Leon.

"Okay, I'm not going to tease you, if I break your wound, I'll be a German sinner." Leon patted Raeder's hand again, "Finally, I have good news for you, in view of your heroic battle to lead the High Seas Fleet to destroy the Royal Navy, the High Command has decided to promote you to the rank and give you a knight's Iron Cross with two swords and silver oak leaves." ”

"Knight's Iron Cross with Silver Oak Leaf for Two Swords?" Raeder smiled, "This is good, I wanted it early on." ”

"Shouldn't you care more about raising your rank than the Knight's Iron Cross with two swords and silver oaks?" Leon laughed.

"The rank increase is expected by me." Raeder replied unashamedly, "With all due respect, I should have been promoted to the rank of general a long time ago, didn't I?" Ha ha. ”

"General?" Leon shook his head and smiled, "No, no, no, not a general. ”

"No...... Not a general? Raeder froze, and gradually his face began to turn red, and he realized something.

As commander of the High Seas Fleet, Raeder was the most powerful man in the German Navy, and his rank was the highest of all naval officers in active service, Admiral.

And according to Germany's current military rank system, there are two more military ranks of admiral, namely admiral and admiral, and now Lyon says that he is not admiral, then there is only one left.

Marshal!

"Yuan, marshal?" Reddell asked tentatively, blushing.

"Yes!" Leon smiled and nodded in acknowledgement, "Your Marshal's Scepter was designed by me personally, and it is now being prepared, and I will hand it over to you when you are discharged from the hospital." I assure you, it's very, very beautiful! ”

"I ...... Me, it's not suitable, is it? I haven't even been a general, and I'm suddenly promoted to marshal......" Raeder looked cramped and scared.

He had always thought that he was not "afraid", and he was not even afraid of the British carrier-based aircraft whizzing towards him.

But now, he had developed a fear of his marshal's scepter.

"What's wrong with that? You have accomplished what Germany has wanted to do for a hundred years but could not do. "If Marshal Tirpitz were still alive, he would be proud of you, my marshal!" ”

"Thank you, Führer!" Raeder said excitedly, "I will definitely live up to the trust placed in me by you, the empire, and the people!" ”

"You don't have to live up to it." "Our main enemy has been eliminated, and all that remains is to prepare for the next Sea Lion plan and take control of the North Atlantic." ”

"I see, Führer!" Raeder nodded, "When I am discharged from the hospital, I will start preparing for landing in the UK!" ”

"Well, also, because the industrial integration of Norway, the Netherlands and other countries has been completed, and neutral countries such as Sweden have recognized that the situation has begun to favor us, the empire has obtained a large number of mineral resources and economic resources, and its industrial capacity has also been greatly improved, so the high command has adopted a new round of shipbuilding plans, including 3 50,000-ton high-speed battleships, 6 40,000-ton large aircraft carriers, 8 15,000-ton heavy cruisers and 6 30,000-ton amphibious assault ships."

"Amphibious assault ship?" Hearing the name, Reddell frowned and said, "What is this?" ”

"This is a brand new warship, designed by me at my suggestion." Leon replied, "It looks like an aircraft carrier, it has a flight deck, and it has a dock from which to quickly send Marine infantry and tanks to the beachhead with landing craft." ”

"Oh...... It turned out to be an upgraded version of an aircraft carrier......" Raeder touched his chin, "but with all due respect, Führer, it's better to build this thing than to build an aircraft carrier, what are you talking about......"

"Amphibious assault ship." Leon reminded.

"Oh yes, amphibious assault ships." Raeder patted his head, "As you said, it has to carry tanks, infantry, landing craft, carrier-based fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes, and it may not have time to dispatch when a battle breaks out." Just like this time when the fleet was attacked by British carrier-based aircraft, the aircraft carrier that was preparing torpedo bombers simply did not have time to take off fighters, let alone your amphibious assault ship with so many things. ”

"It doesn't take planes...... Uh, without fighters, bombers and torpedo planes, to be exact. ”

"Huh? So what does it bring? Raeder was stunned, he couldn't think of anything else a warship could carry besides these three types of aircraft.

It's not always with a civil airliner, right?

"With a helicopter!" Leon said.

"Helicopters?" Raeder thought for a moment, "Just the kind of propeller on the head?" ”

"Yes!"

"What does that thing do?" Raeder smiled bitterly, "It's been so many years since it was invented, it seems that the army bought a few planes for reconnaissance and communication, right?" ”

"That's because the engine doesn't have enough power." Lyon said solemnly, "Now it is different, Messerschmitt has successfully developed a piston engine specially used for helicopters, although its power is still not as good as the star engine used in fixed-wing aircraft, but it is 1.5 times higher than our previous generation engine, and 2 times higher than the American helicopter engine!" ”

"Messerschmitt has used it to develop a completely new helicopter, armed with a 20mm cannon with 100 rounds and two MG42 machine guns with 5,000 rounds!"