Churchill probably didn't know it yet, but this decision of his saved the lives of many British pilots. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Of course, he doesn't know when such retaliatory air strikes will end.

Of course, Li Le did not pin his hopes on using air force bombing to attack Britain for a long time, and the real killer he wanted to prepare was the navy, which could only play a supporting role now.

As long as the naval fleet could fulfill his expectations, Britain would fall into complete despair, and surrender or defeat would only be a different choice.

At this time, Raeder was standing in front of Li Le, reporting on the progress of naval aviation training. These immature pilots are Li Le's bargaining chips in the decisive battle against the Atlantic.

You know, even if Germany has only one aircraft carrier in service, this aircraft carrier is definitely the most powerful aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean today.

The British Navy is trying to get the Hurricane into service, but in terms of fighter performance, in any case, the ME-109T fighter is much more powerful than the Sea Hurricane.

As long as the British did not have air supremacy at sea, the German fleet could fight guerrilla warfare at sea without limit, and escape to safety before the enemy's battleships were encircled.

The German aircraft carriers were not used for fleet battles, nor for attacking opposing warships. Its role is actually very simple, and Li Le's requirements for this aircraft carrier can really be said to be very low.

Looking at Admiral Raeder standing in front of him, Li Le asked slowly, "How are the preparations for the fleet's sailing?" ”

"My Führer, battleships and cruisers are ready to go to sea at any time to fight." When Raeder reported, of course, he chose what had already been done first.

He looked at the Führer and explained: "As for the training of aircraft carriers, although the take-off and landing training has been completed, there is still a distance from the battle. ”

Aircraft carrier operations at sea are not a simple matter for naval pilots. Especially if the navigation system is not so perfect, the pilot's experience is very important.

On an unmarked battlefield, with no reference under their feet, naval pilots have to learn to navigate the vast sea, to find their way, and to return to the only place where they can land safely.

What's even more tragic is that the only place where they can land is actually floating and moving at high speed......

It's not easy to just fly a plane back and forth at sea and find the aircraft carrier itself, let alone attack the enemy, engage in a grappling or sea attack.

Therefore, during World War II, the British Royal Navy always insisted that its fighter jets should have two pilots, and the sea attack aircraft has always used a three-pilot design......

It's a good idea to have a professional navigator on all aircraft who will guide them on track during the flight.

But the price is that all the aircraft of the British Navy were very backward in performance in World War II. That is, to deal with the German Navy, which has no threat, if it is replaced by the Japanese Navy, it is estimated that there will only be one end left.

In order to avoid following the old path of the British Navy, Li Le directly adopted the design of a single-man fighter when he formed the German naval aviation.

This design allowed the German fighter to maintain a performance advantage, but pilot training became cumbersome.

Fortunately, with the advancement of science and technology, the navy has invented many new equipment to guide the aircraft back to their home. The German Navy also used relatively rigid tactics to make up for its own shortcomings as much as possible.

When formulating tactics, the Navy stipulates that fighter planes should try to maintain the same action as bombers in the course of carrying out their missions.

To put it more bluntly, the Navy has a single-person ME-109T fighter jet fly to the target behind a two-person JU-87C bomber, and then fly back with these bombers.

In this way, the pilotage of the fighter becomes simpler - when attacking, the fighter only needs to follow the bomber with a professional navigator.

When the attack mission was over, these escort fighters flew back with the bombardment. In this way, many of the problems of difficult navigation of fighter jets have been solved.

As for the task of air defense of the fleet, the fighter only needs to fly around the fleet, and navigation is not a problem.

In fact, as long as the ME-109T fighter could fly over the Atlantic, there would be no aircraft in the British Navy that could threaten the safety of the German naval fleet.

Compared with the Swordfish attack aircraft equipped with the British Royal Navy, the combat effectiveness of the ME-109T fighter is at least an era higher!

As long as there are more than four ME-109T fighters in the sky over the German Navy, dozens of Swordfish attack aircraft will be ruthlessly shot down, and even one will not be able to escape.

After all, there is a clear gap between the two aircraft in terms of speed, maneuverability and flight altitude.

"Is it because the ME-109T fighter is too difficult to take off and land on the aircraft carrier?" Li Le looked at Raeder and asked.

Admiral Raeder nodded, and replied, "Yes, my Führer. Despite the long training time, given the actual sea conditions in the Atlantic, we are not sure that we will be able to guarantee the safety of the fleet there......"

As the commander of the Navy, Raeder didn't want his fleet to go out on an adventure now. Because according to his plan, the German Navy was only qualified to really enter the war in 1942.

Of course, history has already told Li Le that the German Navy never had more and more warships, and in the end it was fighting fewer and less.

In the end, the Third Reich was not able to assemble a naval fleet of the size that Raeder had hoped for, and it did not have even a minute of sea dominance until death.

In fact, when this kind of thing happens, you can't completely blame the Navy and Raeder for their passive avoidance of war. The main reason was that Hitler had started the war in advance, but he had not given the navy enough time to prepare.

Although Raeder's naval development plan could not be completed even in 1945, the outbreak of war in 1939 did put the navy in an unprecedented predicament.

In the First World War in Norway, the navy lost a little bit of money, and this head-to-head battle made the navy completely lose the slightest temper -- if a unit has no morale, what can it talk about moving forward bravely?

In this time and space, Li Le gave the navy compensation, but after all, these compensation was not completely enough to make Raeder feel that he was capable of fighting.

The USS Zeppelin had not yet formed the combat power that Raeder wanted, and the battleship fleet, as well as the cruiser fleet, was not yet strong enough to discourage the enemy.

"I have solved this problem, the FW-190T fighter, which is more suitable for aircraft carrier take-off and landing, has begun mass production, haven't I already sent 4 prototypes to the Navy for experiments?" Li Le looked at Raeder and asked.

Raeder lowered his eyes and replied: "My Führer, the new plane needs to be arranged with new test pilots, new training...... It's not something that can be formed right away. ”

What he can do now is to delay, the navy is unwilling to fight, and if he can delay for a day, it will be a victory for the navy.

Rather than make the navy a fleet, Raeder would rather go out on an adventure with one ship, so that even if he loses it, he won't lose the entire navy.

However, Li Leke did not think so, and he opened his mouth and instructed Raeder: "I order you to train enough naval pilots at once, and then find a suitable opportunity in mid-November to rush out of the Baltic Sea, cut off the British sea supply lines, and return to Brest." ”

"My Führer, if our navy makes a rash move, before reaching Brest, it will be surrounded by the enemy's navy." Marshal Raeder said gloomily.

It was a simple corollary: the German Navy would have been spotted by British patrol ships near the North Sea, and then the huge fleet would have been exposed.

After that, the British home fleet would catch up and prevent the German fleet from entering the Atlantic. Battles could break out at any moment, and after the last encounter, no matter who won or lost, the German battleships were completely a thorn in the enemy's side.

The British H Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet deployed in Gibraltar will pour out of their nests and rush to the seas southwest of the United Kingdom, forming a huge encirclement.

At that time, the battleships of the German Navy would become turtles in an urn, and it would not be possible to reach Brest at all, and they would once again encounter the enemy's main fleet.

In this naval battle, the German Navy had no chance of winning from any point of view. When Raeder heard the news that the Führer had ordered him to go to war, he even thought that the Führer, who had always been sensible, suddenly went crazy.

If nothing else, the entire fleet in the North Atlantic will be wiped out, and with bad luck, there will not even be a result.

"My Führer! Such a battle plan will only put our fleet in danger. Raeder said persuadly.

Li Le glanced at his naval commander and replied with a sneer: "Any battle will be risky, my Lord Marshal!" ”

"But, my Führer, what is the purpose of your battle this time?" Marshal Raeder changed his angle, hoping to stop the Führer's madness.

The Führer in front of Raeder slowly stood up and looked into his eyes: "Lure the British home fleet out for a decisive battle and eat part of the enemy's forces!" ”

"Even if the navy has its current strength, it will not take advantage of the British Navy's home fleet!" Admiral Raeder retorted.

Li Le waved his hand and replied with a smile: "Don't underestimate your strength!" Your fleet is already combative! ”

Indeed, in Li Le's view, a fleet with two Bismarck-class battleships and a fleet aircraft carrier can have a gorgeous duel with the rotten Royal Navy home fleet.