Reinhardt, who made a big promise, ignored Redel's doubts and continued to ask Redel: "By the way, how is the preparation for the Zeppelin aircraft carrier construction plant going?"
Although Redel was a supporter of big guns and big ships, he never dared to neglect the aircraft carrier factory that Reinhard cared about. He immediately leaned his legs together, stood at attention and saluted: "Everything goes well! According to your instructions, the leader, I will improve the drawings.
The final aircraft carrier Zeppelin has been basically completed and will be ready for sea trials at the end of this month."
After hearing Reard's answer, Reinhard finally gained some confidence in the German Navy.
You must know that this generation of Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers has been greatly improved under his general guidance. It has a full load displacement of 45,700 tons, a top speed of 31 knots, and a maximum carrying capacity of 110 aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean.
The improvement in data has brought about a linear increase in theoretical combat effectiveness. For such a large aircraft carrier, even Redel, a battleship supporter, has strong faith in it.
Taking out a data report on the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, Redel reported to the head of state seriously like a secretary, "The Zeppelin aircraft carrier that is about to be completed has a closed bow, which is suitable for Atlantic combat ships in high winds and rough waves.
The island is located aft of the middle starboard side and has three side lifts. The deck is 282 meters long, the angled deck is 211 meters long, the maximum deck width is 65 meters, the waterline is 262 meters long, and the width is 32 meters.....
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In Redl's report, Reinhardt was most proud of the angled deck technology he proposed. In the development direction of later aircraft carriers, the biggest advantage of the angled deck is that carrier-based aircraft can take off and take off at the same time during combat.
Landing operations increase the number of sorties in a single wave, increase the recovery speed of carrier-based aircraft, improve combat power and combat efficiency, increase the number of aircraft carried and go-around after failed landing, and also increase the safety factor.
The most important thing is that it is not difficult to improve this point. All it requires is an idea. And Reinhard just "came up" with this idea.
Today, the Zeppelin aircraft carrier not only has twice as many carrier-based aircraft as the historical design plan, but also expanded the combat radius by more than half. More importantly, when Reinhard used the power of the head of state,
Under the intervention, the Zeppelin became a professional aircraft carrier rather than a dual-purpose firepower ship.
Today, the Zeppelin aircraft carrier has abandoned its historically troublesome cannons and has given up any anti-ship or anti-surface artillery. It has all been replaced by 127 high-level and flat dual-purpose cannons for air defense, as well as 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and additional installations.
There are a large number of 20mm cannons. As for the anti-aircraft artillery, Reinhardt plans to equip all of them with radio proximity fuses in the future.
In fact, in addition to the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, Germany also has two escort aircraft carriers. These two escort aircraft carriers were transformed from the "Flying Fish Cruise" that Reinhard ordered to build ten years ago.
Because this is a creative reform of the navy proposed by Reinhardt, it increases maritime combat power by directly transforming cruise ships into aircraft carriers. However, the navy generals, including many senior officials who are close friends of Reinhardt, are worried.
.So Reinhardt, who was not a professional himself, made a concession and only modified two Feiyu-class escort aircraft carriers in the first batch.
The renovation project of the Flying Fish escort aircraft carrier will also be completed immediately after the completion of the Zeppelin. This 15,000-ton small aircraft carrier with only 24 carrier-based aircraft will also become a member of the Third Reich's first aircraft carrier fleet.
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The three German aircraft carriers that are about to be completed will have a total of 158 carrier-based aircraft. This crucial first batch of aircraft carrier-based aircraft is the successor to the ME109 that Reinhardt allocated a large amount of funds to develop in advance as a secret of the German Air Force.
The FW190 fighter jet has weapons that are kept secret.
Because Reinhardt's technical requirements were three years ahead of schedule, the FW190 prototype even had to be equipped with a small gunpowder bag to remove the canopy. Finally, after about 50 improvements, the Fw 190 was adopted by Germany.
The Ministry of Aviation allowed deployment to the Luftwaffe.
Although there were many difficulties, Reinhardt's persistence made the FW190 the first carrier-based aircraft of the Third Reich. After all, the FW190 was already the most suitable carrier-based aircraft among the German fighters known to Reinhardt.
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The all-metal cantilever reverse-wing monoplane structure and the 14-cylinder radial air-cooled piston engine make the nose of the FW190 look a bit thick and the tail is relatively tapered. In addition, the arched part of the back of the fuselage is a transparent sliding opening.
The cockpit cover and the back of the fuselage behind it slope downwards, giving this fighter a good view downwards and making it more suitable for landing on the sea.
Therefore, Reinhardt had put considerable effort into the Third Reich's aircraft carrier dream and had high expectations.
"With the addition of Feiyu-class aircraft carriers, our aircraft carrier fleet should be capable of fighting." Reinhard looked at Redel with a happy face and said.
"If the head of state can integrate the two new cruisers, two Z-class destroyers and some lightning strike ships that he just promised into our aircraft carrier fleet, I think this should greatly guarantee the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier fleet." Redel tried his best to use
He said in language that did not go against Reinhard and did not go against his own ideas: "But I still think that the empire cannot place all its hopes on aircraft carriers. We still have to build giant battleships."
"Didn't I promise to give you three new battleships?" Reinhard waved his hands impatiently: "You don't believe what I say. A man is true to his word, will I lie to you? Besides, even if I tell you,
Credit is a bad habit, but it’s not like I can’t handle such a small thing.”
A trivial matter?! Hearing Reinhardt describe this as a trivial matter, Redel had no choice but to ask with confusion, "My head of state. I am the commander of the navy. But as far as I know, the navy's recent giant ship project
In addition to the construction of the aircraft carrier, there are only two new cruiser projects. The other ships you promised..."
"The secrets must not be leaked." Reinhard replied to Raeder in a very flattering tone. In his opinion, his current image in Raeder's eyes should be quite profound, unfathomable, full of wisdom, and strategizing.
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In fact, Redel just wanted to beat up this guy who was showing off and pretending to be sophisticated. Unfortunately, because the other party was the head of state, he just held back and did not take action.
Although he knew that the German navy had lagged far behind countries such as Britain and France, Redl did not believe that this was a problem that could be solved by simply using aircraft carriers in large numbers.
The German navy has been lonely for too long...
Since Operation Rainbow, the once glorious German Navy has only 6 old battleships with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons, 6 outdated cruisers, 12 old destroyers and 12 torpedo boats.
Although it originally relied on designing a new type of ship, the armored ship, based on the requirements of the Treaty of Versailles, it added a light armored warship with battleship-level firepower and fast speed. But it is undeniable that the German Navy encountered the British and French
It is impossible for any navy to win with this kind of power.
Now, seeing that the German warship replacement plan, which was already on track, has been delayed indefinitely due to the aircraft carrier project, this makes Redl feel at ease. He is not opposed to the development of new weapons such as aircraft carriers, but betting on new weapons requires sacrificing a large number of conventional weapons.
At the expense of the development of strength, it would be too risky!