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The Third Empire - Chapter 123

Published at 19th of October 2021 12:00:53 PM


Chapter 123: 123

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At any time, it is impossible to hide the construction of an aircraft carrier from other countries.

It is almost impossible to build a huge shed to cover the slipway. The technology of later generations is advanced enough, that is, only nuclear submarines are built on the closed slipway.

Moreover, shipbuilding requires a lot of personnel. Now, the scale of German shipyards has long exceeded this period in history. Therefore, Germany has also recruited many workers, including those from China and those from Britain during the economic crisis.

Moreover, even if the whole army is closed here, it can be photographed by camera from a distance.

Since the German aircraft carrier construction can not be covered up, it would be better to invite them to attend the launching ceremony!

Standing on the dock, British naval officer Andrew Brown Cunningham couldn't calm down.

Throughout World War II, a large number of excellent generals were born, as was the case in the Navy.

Like Chester? William? Nimitz, who commanded an entire theater, made outstanding contributions. His name became the name of the U.S. nuclear powered aircraft carrier.

Yamamoto 56, with unique vision, established the advantage in the early stage of the Pacific War by means of sneak attack!

And as brave as little William? Frederick? Halsey, proficient in calculation, such as Spruance and so on, Carl, the "king of wolves" in the Atlantic? Dunnitz.

Among these arrogant figures, one general is always ignored. He is Andrew Cunningham, the Royal admiral of the British navy, nicknamed ABC.

Yamamoto? In fact, his tactics of sneaking attack on Pearl Harbor were taken off by Andrew's example.

At first, as the commander of the Mediterranean fleet, Andrew attacked Taranto at night, pioneered the first aircraft carrier based aircraft to attack large military ports and warships alone, and sank and injured half of the battleships of the Italian Navy!

Andrew supported the Royal Navy's sky in the Mediterranean, which also made the Old Royal Navy's many battles in this period not inferior to or even more than those in the Pacific and the bottom of the Atlantic.

At present, Andrew has not worked in the Mediterranean fleet. He is just the captain of the new battleship Rodney. After hearing the news of the launch of the German aircraft carrier, as a naval official, he was sent to Germany to witness the arrival of this moment.

At this time, his mood was very complicated.

At home, everyone looked at Germany's re strengthening with a complex mood. The original Versailles treaty wanted to limit Germany and make Germany decline forever.

Unfortunately, the decline of Germany is not in line with Britain's interests. If France is strong alone, Britain will lose its influence on Europe!

It is with the connivance of Britain that Germany is becoming stronger and stronger! Now Germany has torn up the Treaty of Versailles and started building tens of thousands of tons of warships!

On the far berth is the German Bismarck. Although it is still in the construction stage, you can also see the huge of the warship, and the displacement of the count of Zeppelin in front of you is more than 30000 tons!

The humiliation of World War I makes the Germans constantly arm them, and once the German wings are plump, Germany will become the most terrible existence in Europe!

Andrew guessed right. In the next few years, his Mediterranean fleet and the German naval fleet fought an arduous battle, and his flagship was destroyed by the fw190 carrier aircraft and hs129 attack aircraft taking off from the count of Zeppelin!

Now, with a strange mood, he looks at the strength of the Germans, and not far from him, the Soviets are in another mood!

Aircraft carrier!

For the Soviet Navy, they can't wait to expect their equipment to be strong, and aircraft carrier has become an urgent demand!

Unfortunately, the Soviet Union had no money.

A few years ago, Shrek visited the Soviet Union and signed a series of agreements with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union exported a large number of mineral resources to Germany in exchange for Germany to build warships for the Soviet Union.

In this case, the Soviet Navy received one dzezinsky class frigate and one Tashkent class destroyer, both built in German shipyards. After these warships were given to the Soviet Navy, they were full of praise for German warships.

The quality is much better than that made by the Soviet Union!

However, considering all kinds of circumstances, Stalin did not agree to the plan of building subsequent Soviet Class Battleships in Germany. In the end, they just signed an agreement to order 406mm heavy guns used on the Soviet class, and asked Germany to submit the design drawings of battleships to the Soviet Union for research.

The Soviet Union wanted to start construction at home.

This is bullshit! The current steel production in the Soviet Union is simply not enough to support the manufacture of huge tens of thousands of ton battleships! It's better to order in Germany or exchange it for ore!

Ivan stepanovic Isakov, commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Navy, who led the team, was quite depressed. He couldn't wait to let the Soviet Navy have more warships. Cooperation with Germany was the fastest choice.

I really don't know what the superior thinks!

At the same time, he led more domestic engineers. Obviously, they all want to see the structure of the German aircraft carrier, so that they can design and finalize their own design when they go back.

This aircraft carrier is still just a shell, even the ship island is not installed, and even the flight deck is not laid. It is just a shell. You can imagine how urgent the Germans are!

Urgent what?

If this ship vacates the slipway, it can be built for the next one!

Urgency is one reason, another reason, of course, is that Germany does not want to expose its aircraft carrier superstructure, especially the flight deck, so early!

This aircraft carrier is the hard work of German naval experts. They comprehensively analyzed the design drawings of aircraft carriers from island countries and redesigned it according to various data of British aircraft carriers obtained by spies.

The biggest change, of course, is to reduce the aspect ratio! This can increase the seaworthiness. In the Atlantic Ocean where there will be big waves at any time, warships must have high stability!

At the same time, the hangar is completely closed, the lower flight deck is removed, and only the upper deck is retained. These are the best choices after demonstration, especially setting up a small ship island on the right side and an inclined flight deck!

The design of this aircraft carrier has surpassed any aircraft carrier in this era, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved!

The German Navy is full of confidence in their aircraft carrier.

German navy commander Erich Reidel, standing in the most conspicuous place, looked at everyone coming.

"Today is the day when our first aircraft carrier, the count of Zeppelin, is launched. We invite our great head of state to speak to you!"

Then, warm applause broke out.




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