Chapter 60: Yamamoto Fifty-Six

The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor confirmed the strong position of Yamamoto 56, and since then, the navy of the island nation has been crisscrossing the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, but unfortunately, the American war machine quickly set in motion, and in the Battle of Midway, the main force of the island nation was annihilated! It also suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Guadalcanal. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Two years ago, Yamamoto returned from the United States and served as captain of the cruiser Isuzu and the aircraft carrier Akagi. Last year, he was promoted to rear admiral and served as chief of technical division of the Naval Aviation Department, and later transferred to the command of the 1st Air Force.

The current Yamamoto Isoroku is the head of the technical division of the Naval Aviation Department.

Ciric values Yamamoto Fifty-six the most because Ciric knows that Yamamoto Fifty-six is the person who attaches the most importance to cooperation with Germany among the island countries.

This year, at the Second London Naval Armaments Conference, Yamamoto Fifty-six made a judgment that the day of war with Britain and the United States would not be too far away, and how to make a leap forward in aviation before the war was the most urgent priority!

And the island country can only carry out technical cooperation with Germany!

With the direct participation of Yamamoto Isoroku, the Heinkel Company transferred the technology of the He70 dive bomber to the island nation, and the Type 99 shipboard critter that later played a major role in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was developed on the basis of this technology.

Without the aluminum alloy technology provided by Germany, the success of the Zero fighter would not have been possible.

In exchange, Yamamoto also fully disclosed the technology of his flagship aircraft carrier, the USS Akagi, to Germany, which built the aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin.

When he came to the island country, what Shirek valued most was, of course, the technology of the island country's aircraft carriers!

Germany needed battleships, cruising in the Atlantic, and at the same time, aircraft carriers! Not to mention, as far as Libya's oil resources are concerned, if you want to transport them to Europe, the Mediterranean Sea is a necessary route! Air bases in Libya and Italy are not enough, if two more aircraft carriers cruise in the Mediterranean, it will be enough to ensure the passage of this transport line!

And in the competition with Britain and the United States for sea supremacy in the Atlantic, aircraft carriers are also the most important!

But right now, Germany doesn't have any technical reserves for aircraft carriers!

Germany's aircraft carrier is also an embarrassing project, the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which started construction in 35 years, was not completed until World War II, and Germany used all its limited capacity to build submarines.

Now, the crossing of Ciric has changed Germany, if the construction starts in 32 years, and at the same time speed up, it will definitely be able to build several ships into service before the outbreak of World War II!

As for the other obstacle, it was Goering beside him, Goering insisted that all those who could fly should belong to the Air Force, so that there was endless quarrel over who commanded this warship!

Now, Goering is in the corner of the cabin, and Ciric's status has surpassed Goering, and when the time comes, Shirek will speak, see what kind of fart Goering dares to fart!

"The main reason why we came to the island countries this time was to reach an agreement with the island countries on the transfer of aircraft carrier technology." "We, the German Navy, absolutely cannot do without aircraft carriers. ”

Hearing the aircraft carrier, Goering's eyes suddenly lit up: "Ciric, do you say that we want to develop a surface carrier-based aircraft force?" That's a good idea, our air force must be able to take off at sea. ”

Now, Hitler has become the chancellor of Germany, and he has done a great job, so, as expected, by the time of the 32 years, the presidential election, Hitler should be able to become the new president of Germany, and at that time, the general power, and Goering, will definitely follow.

Goering has long been interested in the position of commander-in-chief of the Imperial Air Force, that position can be said to be specially tailored for him, and now when it comes to surface carrier-based aircraft, Goering is tempted, that thing, of course, belongs to the Air Force!

"Goering, don't be delusional." Ciric immediately interrupted Goering's dream: "You see, Britain, the United States, island countries, these countries, do aircraft carriers belong to the air force, or the navy?" ”

Other countries belong to the navy, and as for island countries like the United States, there is no separate branch of the air force at all, called army aviation.

Goering immediately wilted: "Ciric, you say that, it's too absolute, right? If other countries don't, why can't we? ”

At the beginning, Goering's status was far higher than that of Ciric, but now, Shirek has become the number two person in the party, and Goering is not comparable at all.

"Goering, we Germany, there will definitely be a powerful air force in the future, there will be thousands of advanced fighters, why do you still care about the navy?" "Or, in the future, I suggest that you be the commander-in-chief of the navy and go to the Atlantic?" ”

So Goering could only swallow the words back into his stomach, he did not want to go to sea.

Colonel Lütjans gave him an approving look, for before he had been ordered to supervise Ciric, but now he was convinced of him.

Every action and starting point of Cirek is for the strength of Germany! It's all about winning the next war, and if such a soldier is investigated, it will simply be a stain on the soul of the German army!

Remembering that at the end of World War I, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles made the German Navy only have some light ships at most, and now, Germany is ready to carry out technical reserves of tens of thousands of tons of battleships, Colonel Lütjans feels that the future is bright, and he is very much looking forward to the arrival of the future era!

"Ciric, you say, in a naval battle, is it the battleship that is important, or the aircraft carrier?" Colonel Lütjens asked Ciric.

Which one is important? The development of later generations is already clear, battleships, all decommissioned, eliminated, and aircraft carriers, which have become a symbol of great powers.

But now, the battleship still had its advantages, and in terms of containing the enemy's sea power, the battleship was far superior to the aircraft carrier.

"Both are important." Ciric could only briefly introduce it like this: "For example, when the navies of various countries restrict each other, they will focus on battleships, and aircraft carriers are very limited, so the development of the navy, aircraft carriers are not too restricted." ”

Navy Race!

If you want to supremacy at sea, you need advanced naval equipment, and the enemy, in turn, will continue to build larger warships and equip larger artillery, so that the arms race will continue to escalate.

As a result, many countries that aspire to become maritime powers have been dragged down, so it has become a trend for various countries to draw a line for their navies through negotiations, and how much the total tonnage and naval guns cannot be exceeded, and bring them to the conference table to solve the problem.

The London Conference on the Limitation of Naval Armaments was such a meeting, where the two sides were arguing with each other, fighting for their own interests, and then, secretly in private, there was a more or less breakthrough.

For example, the island nation was forced to accept the restrictions at the 30-year conference, which made Yamamoto 56 have to make this conclusion: The Imperial Navy, which was forced to accept the inferior proportion, could only give the enemy a blow in the form of air strikes at the beginning of the battle against the superior US Navy!

So, the island nation has vigorously developed aircraft carriers, because it is not restricted.

There was a slight jolt from the plane, and it had landed at the airport of the island nation!

Looking out from the cabin, Ciric saw a sparse crowd of greeting personnel, much less treated than in the Soviet Union and China!

However, Ciric's gaze was fixed on the short man wearing the uniform of the island country's navy at the front, and it was really him!