Chapter 79 Simulated Attack

Battleships can contain a large number of enemy troops. This is the advantage of battleships. However, when it comes to offensive power, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier is the king!

Without air dominance, there is no sea dominance. This has been proved in the late World War II!

Of course, Britain and France also know the role of the air force. Therefore, the Treaty of Versailles after World War I allowed the German army to 100,000 people and limited the number of naval ships to 36.

Meanwhile, the Air Force was completely disbanded, stripped of all aircraft, and prohibited from acquiring or owning any aircraft. Even the hangar was demolished.

By 1922, Allied inspectors confirmed that the Luftwaffe was disarmed. From that time on, the German skies were undefended.

In later generations, when Hitler rearmed Germany 35 years later, the then Minister of Aviation Hermann Goering boasted to the media that his air force fleet was comparable to that of the British Royal Air Force. 400 planes flamboyantly flew over the aviation department in central Berlin.

That is, at the beginning of 35 years, the Luftwaffe already had 20 squadrons with a total of 11,000 people and 1,800 aircraft, including 370 bombers, 250 fighters and 590 reconnaissance aircraft!

Where did these planes come from?

After repeated struggles for power, Germany was allowed to build and fly gliders.

Since then, a large number of air clubs have appeared in Germany to carry out the flight of gliders. It is a sport on the surface, but it has sharpened the German thinking in aerodynamics, structural design and meteorology.

For example, the famous Willie Messerschmidt started with the construction of gliders and later promoted to sports aircraft. After the early practice of the Bf108 sports and sightseeing aircraft, he figured out the key elements of the later legendary Bf109 fighter.

By 29, there were 8 aircraft factories in Germany!

Among them, the famous Heinkel sold seaplanes to the island countries and the United States. Heinkel, Dornier, and others developed prototype bombers and fighter jets.

By 1932, in the name of the Aero Club, it was the real Luftwaffe, with 550 pilots and 228 aircraft!

At the same time, the first fighter He51 independently developed after World War I also appeared in 1932, flew for the first time in 1933, and served in 35 years. Unfortunately, this is an open-cockpit biplane that has fallen behind.

And now, only 33 years ago, Hitler has steadily gained power, and the German Air Force is also in the early stages of large-scale development.

For example, Cyric made good progress in his last visit to the Soviet Union. A large number of domestic aviation club members went to the Soviet Union for formal aerial training.

At the same time, sufficient financial funds also allow Germany to invest more funds in the development of new models!

For example, now, the He51 aircraft, has completed all the test flights, and has been put into the aviation club! At the same time, the modification of this aircraft is also ongoing! In addition to the combat model, there are various other modifications, such as the model of the seaplane, such as the model of the ground attack!

How to make the Navy and the entire army better realize the important role of the aircraft carrier? A new bold idea was formed in Cyric's mind.

"It seems that we need to conduct an experiment." Cyric said: "What is the air defense performance of our Deutschland?"

Hearing Cyric's words, Rader said: "Our warship is trans-generational, in addition to the 280mm main gun, we also have 8 single-barreled 150mm low-elevation secondary guns, in addition to these opposite shore firepower , and the anti-air firepower is also quite powerful."

"Our warships are equipped with three 88mm anti-aircraft guns, which are arranged on both sides of the tail and in the middle, as well as multiple double-mounted 37mm and 20mm short-range anti-aircraft guns."

For a 10,000-ton-class warship, the number of these anti-aircraft guns equipped is already quite large, and Rader is full of confidence.

"Do an experiment with our Air Force." Cyric said, "Let the Air Force send 5 attack aircraft to simulate an attack on this warship, and see our latest ironclad ship, the probability of surviving an air attack."

5 attack planes only! Hearing Cyric's words, Rader was quite dismissive: "In two minutes, we will shoot down all these planes!"

Let everyone realize the importance of air power with an experiment! Cyric can only use this method now. Cyric believes that the German army is full of transformative spirits. As long as they know that even advanced warships are vulnerable in front of aircraft, they will change their minds!

This thing will take a few months to arrange! Looking at the sea in the distance, Cyric was also excited. If the Third Reich wanted to conquer this world, it had to conquer the ocean!

Then, go to England first and conquer those declining nobles!

Cyric was full of confidence.

Cyric did not bring any military personnel on this trip to the UK. After all, this time it was just a business negotiation.

With his own woman, as well as several personnel from Mercedes-Benz and BMW, Hitler and his party came to the UK.

The United Kingdom is an island country, and the English Channel is a natural barrier. This barrier gave Britain a chance to breathe in World War II and was also a reason for Germany's failure.

And now, stepping on British soil, Cyric was emotional.

Having been to the Soviet Union, China and the island countries, Cyric was warmly welcomed by the locals, but when they came to the UK, Cyric and his party were quite low-key, they couldn't make a high profile, the British were all proud in their hearts. of!

Britain is now in the glorious period of the empire on which the sun never sets!

Including various colonies, the total population of the United Kingdom exceeds 400 million, accounting for about a quarter of the world's total population!

After obtaining the German colony through World War I, the land area reached 33.67 million square kilometers, which is about 24.75% of the total land area of ​​the world! All 24 time zones on Earth are part of the British Empire! If you look at the current British version of the global map, using red to mark the territory of the empire, you can clearly understand this huge empire!

"Director Cyric, welcome to the UK." After getting off the plane, Cyric saw Erich, the German ambassador to the UK. He received the news and made a special trip to greet him.

Cyric's official status is now the head of the weaponry department.