The suitcase is well made, covered with black cowhide, thirty or forty centimeters wide and more than one meter long, and the corners of the brass bag are shiny. Seeing that this size didn't look like it could fit into a queen, Xu Jun turned out from behind the desk and looked up and down curiously.

Tysenhofen crouched down, pressed the lock on the box with both hands, opened the lid of the box, and carefully picked up the contents and placed them on the large desk.

"This is what the Navy Command just obtained, and according to your request, I will send it over for you to take a look at." Tysenhofen respectfully reported to the Führer.

"This is an accurate model of the large air defense cruiser Cleopatra class, and there is no difference from the drawings, and the British Royal Navy employs the best model builders, and it is made by hand." The Führer's lieutenant had a smile on his lips, proud that his little plan had succeeded.

"Eric, you've surprised me." Xu Jun couldn't help but be amused by the young adjutant's little tricks, but he didn't expect that this mature and steady subordinate who had always behaved began to become humorous now, which was like the character of a young man, Xu Jun was very pleased with the slight changes in Tysenhofen.

Is it influenced by other people around him, such as Randolph here, Xu Jun didn't dare to think about it anymore. Ever since he became acquainted with the SS major, even Stark of the Flag Guard had developed a tendency to be comic. The day before yesterday, when Randolph accompanied Dogen to the Army Armored Forces School on business, it was said that he had a big foreign appearance, and now he is hiding from Colonel Dogen in the Prime Minister's Office.

"Did Colonel Dougan catch Randolph today?" Xu Jun thought of this and turned his face to ask the adjutant.

"What do you say, my Führer?" The adjutant was confused by the Führer's leapfrog thinking, isn't this admiring the model?

"I don't think I caught it today." Xu Jun laughed.

"Major Randolph is very good at using the terrain, and I saw him hiding in the confidential room on the second floor and chatting with a couple of secretaries, you know, Colonel Doagon rarely goes there." Tysenhofen finally reacted, and couldn't help but laugh at the thought of his colleague's embarrassed appearance.

"Hopefully he won't interfere with the secretary's normal work. I think some of the punishments Dougan had given before were sufficient, and someone needed to remind the Colonel that some things should be done in moderation. Xu Jun put away his smile and said to the adjutant with a serious expression.

"Yes, my Führer, I will remind Colonel Dogan." Tysenhofen hurriedly replied with a respectful nod.

"Good, Eric. Now let's take a look at the ship, when the Navy gave you this, did it say anything else. Xu Jun nodded, and then a gentle smile appeared on his face again.

The large air defense cruiser of the Cleopatra class is the name tentatively determined by the British and German navies after consultation, and if there are no mistakes in the middle, there should not be much change.

This warship still exists only on paper, and originally the name belonged to the Tido or Dedot-class light anti-aircraft cruisers (9), which was developed by Hausen of Heben. Manufactured by Leslie Shipyard.

The Tido-class air defense cruisers were arguably imbued with the resentment of the former British prime minister, and Churchill was furious about the constant delays in the construction of the anti-aircraft warship on which he had high hopes until a week before he was captured.

Because the German naval blockade was tighter than it was in history, the shipyard had to push back the delivery date due to a lack of materials. Although seven hulls have been launched, only the Stilt Mast, which has completed the outfitting of the foundation so far, has not been armed because of the delay in the production of scheduled shipborne guns.

After the surrender of the British, the German Navy showed a deep interest in this new type of anti-aircraft warship, or rather the Reich Führer was very interested in it, resumed the construction of all ships, and generously provided a large amount of material and financial assistance. German shipyards have sent personnel to carry out detailed surveying and research on the Tido class, accumulating valuable experience for the domestic production of similar warships.

Xu Jun's advanced strategic vision had penetrated deep into the hearts of the top commanders of the German Navy, who unreservedly believed in the Führer's prophecy that the future of the Navy would belong to a bunch of lightly armed flat-topped ships.

Xu Jun used a bunch of data to illustrate to them how vulnerable the German Navy's surface ship forces would be in the event of a large-scale surprise attack by air power. Several naval and air attack exercises have also proved Xu Jun's prediction that under the high-speed attack of the new attack aircraft, the anti-aircraft fire of the existing warships of the German Navy will not be able to fight back at all.

At present, only the modified Bismarck can resist the attack of a small air force formation among the German ships, and once the number exceeds the peak fire control peak, that is, the siege and assault of more than 30 air units, the Bismarck will soon lose its ability to parry.

However, according to the information that has been obtained so far, both the United States and Japan have built large aircraft carriers with more than 70 aircraft on board, and the naval air fleets of the two countries can launch air strikes with hundreds of planes at will. The British and German navies both felt the threat from the air, and the development of professional air defense warships with stronger firepower and stronger defense capabilities was now urgent for the navies of the two countries.

Compared with the well-equipped British Royal Navy, the German Navy is almost an era behind in technology, and although it struggled to catch up after the Nazis came to power, the gap in practical experience is not so easy to bridge.

The design of German warships was still very different from that of the British. It was only after the surrender of Britain that the German Navy really got the opportunity to close the distance between the two sides. The Royal Navy's confidential information was fully opened to the Germans, and the German Navy's shipbuilding elite was finally able to touch the core essence of the Royal Navy's shipbuilding.

I don't know which side made the suggestion first, but soon a letter of intent for the two navies to jointly develop a large air defense warship was put on Xu Jun's desk.

If you want to ask Xu Jun whether he supports it or not, of course this kind of thing must be supported.

Although Xu Jun also wants to build an Atlanta directly, the problem is that shipbuilding is completely different from manufacturing other weapons, which is a systematic project involving hundreds of technologies and countless supporting processing enterprises. With detailed design drawings, no corresponding materials and related professional technology, the result can only be a rough imitation, and the performance will not meet the original design requirements, not to mention, and even endanger the lives of the officers and men of the navy who operate this warship.

The manufacture of naval ships can only develop in an orderly and gradual manner on the basis of its own original technology, and if the technological leap is too large, it is easy to cause some unforeseen sequelae. The British don't know how much sweat they have spilled, how much tuition they have paid, and how many Royal Navy officers and sailors have become the ghosts of defective design.

Xu Jun saw the development of this warship as an opportunity, the beginning of the return of German shipbuilding technology to the forefront of the world, and the German shipbuilding industry could learn from it in a way that no amount of money could have spent before.

Although the British Royal Navy has declined, it does not mean that his technology has fallen behind, on the contrary, the British Royal Navy's technological research and development has always been at the forefront of the world.

The initial design of this battleship was based on the existing Dedot-class light air defense cruisers, and its whole was enlarged. The hull was extended to one hundred and eighty-two meters, and the displacement increased to nine thousand tons.

The power system adopts four Parsons geared steam turbines, eight Royal Navy three-cylinder oil-and-water boilers, and eight Lamont oil-and-water boilers produced in Germany, with a power of 80,000 to 86,000 horsepower and a design speed of more than 32 knots.

The 133 mm high-level dual-purpose gun originally used by Britain as the main gun, but due to design reasons, it was not delivered for a long time, which seriously delayed the service time of the Deduo class.

The German side suggested that the 128-mm 61-diameter anti-aircraft gun developed by Germany be used on the new ship. Under the "guidance" of the Führer, the naval version of this gun was already in production, with twin mounts and German-designed automatic loaders (originally designed for giant anti-aircraft towers), with a rate of fire of up to 25 rounds per minute, far surpassing the British 5.25-inch MKI in both range and power.

As a result, the British became interested in this anti-aircraft gun with an astonishing rate of fire, and they were studying whether it could be installed on other capital ships, such as the battleships being built on slipways, and several fleet carriers.

Cleopatra will be equipped with five twin 128mm turrets, and the ship will also be equipped with a large amount of close-range anti-aircraft firepower, with weapons ranging from eight-pack pong guns to German Bofors 40 hoses, and of course the 20-mm six-barreled rapid-fire gun "Fafnir". The British wanted to test each of these guns and then find the best configuration.

Now the model in front of Xu Jun uses the original plan, equipped with four eight-mounted pong guns and four twin-mounted Bofors, and a Favenir on each side of the rear bridge.

"This will be a naval anti-aircraft fortress, and with British fire control combined with Germany's advanced radar system, and the newly developed radio proximity fuse, it will be a nightmare for all enemy pilots." Xu Jun smiled and stretched out his fingers, gently brushing them over the smooth and fine oak deck of the model.

"Send her to my collection and tell Marshal Raeder that I like his gift very much." Xu Jun raised his head and looked at his adjutant.

"But yes, Führer." Tysenhofen hurriedly straightened up his chest to show compliance, but he was shouting loudly in his heart.

"This thing wasn't given to you, but I'm just going to show you first, and I'm going to return it."

The young adjutant began to repack the box with a sad face, wondering how to explain it to Raeder, but he didn't know that the Führer standing behind him secretly showed a mischievous smile on the corner of his mouth.

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