Chapter 1396 A gift from the other side of the ocean 1

In the same naval battle on Midway, the Flying Dragon and Canglong were also shot dead by American bombers. The loss of Canglong can best illustrate the difference between a 500KG (in fact, 454KG) bomb and a 250 attack bomb! The deadliest blow of the Canglong was because a 454KG bomb directly penetrated the two flight decks and destroyed the boiler warehouse of the Canglong. Ten minutes after the bomb was shot, the boiler compartment was completely turned off. If you look at the time, the American bombers started to explode at 10:30. At 10:45, the Captain of the Canglong announced that he had abandoned the ship... Is this simple enough?

The Flying Dragon was finally hung under the attack of 4 bombs. (The author could not find the bomb weight data.) In general, from the midway naval battle, all four Japanese aircraft carriers were killed in bomb attacks. Among them, the Akagi and Aoryu were confirmed to be killed by the 454KG bombers. The Kaga was killed by a 227KG bomb, but these bombs fell on the bombs and fuel trucks randomly piled up on the deck. It is said that the entire bridge flew. This can only say that natural disasters add man-made disasters!

In short, looking at the entire 2nd naval battle, at least 4 aircraft carriers of the Japanese fleet died on bombs, and no aircraft carrier in the United States was destroyed by pure Japanese bombs. Therefore, on the issue of damage and bomb power, the Japanese 250KG bomblet is absolutely indispensable!

The performance of the 250KG high-explosive bomb this time is actually very poor. Although it is facing a battleship of the 1st battle, it must be said that the level of defense of the battleship is still higher than that of most of the aircraft carriers participating in the 2nd battle. (Don’t take Dafeng and Shinano as examples.) 250KG high-explosive bombs are no problem to fire, but you want to rely on this level of bombs to severely damage British battleships, and cause them to slow down, power damage, and fire the ammunition depot. I am afraid that it will be more difficult to wait for serious DEBUFF.

As for the use of 500KG bombs? How to say it, this is almost the maximum weight of the carrier-based aircraft with bombs, and through the feedback of the battlefield situation, the power of the 550KG armor-piercing bomb is very average, it is difficult to directly penetrate the horizontal armor of the battleship. Especially the improved queen. And to be honest, this time, if the High Seas Fleet engages with the British Grand Fleet, then the Queen and the Vengeance-class battleship will be the focus of attention!

"If it doesn't work, try using a semi-armor-piercing bullet?" The prince said in his heart. The semi-armor-piercing bullet also uses a bottom fuze, and the charge can reach 40% of the weight of the bullet. It’s more than twice as heavy as an armor-piercing ammunition of the same weight. 500KG can contain 200KG high explosive. If this bomb wants to directly penetrate the main horizontal armor, it’s basically useless, but because the British warship’s horizontal defense system is too high. Low, it’s okay to penetrate the upper decks and explode deep in the hull.

"In fact, when it is unable to penetrate, the damage effect of the semi-armor-piercing projectile is much higher than that of the armour-piercing projectile. After all, the charge is poor." The prince calculated in his heart.

The problem with torpedoes is not big, just use the previous ones. So in the end, the prince’s composition of attack aircraft was roughly like this. The proportion of torpedo aircraft in the entire attack aircraft group was 50%, and the number of bombers carrying 500KG bombs should be 30% to 35%. In addition, the remaining attack aircraft carry 250KG high-explosive bombs. The existence of these bombers is not to say how useful 250KG bombs are, but because the take-off position of the aircraft carrying blockbuster bombs and torpedoes must be back, and there must be a space in the middle. In line with the principle of adding as many as you can use, these bombers carrying 250KG bombs were placed between fighter jets and heavy-duty attack aircraft.

"The proportion of fighters needs to be reduced. Only 35% of the fighters in an attack will be enough, and the rest will go to bombers. Otherwise, the lethality of the British fleet is not enough." Ruprecht picked up his pen and said Reduced the number of fighter jets.

"If necessary, this time the Battle of the Balkans, the naval aviation pilots should be trained first." The prince added another note to the report.

"Your Highness, Marshal Tirpitz, Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Hipper are here." The voice of the guard came from outside the door.

"His Royal Highness, you have foresight in every move. The Empire High Seas Fleet will surely reach a new peak under your leadership. And the rise of the Empire will also have your indelible credit. Even after hundreds of years, we will all It's gone, the empire and its subjects will still remember your glory and glory!" Tirpitz really admired this time. Without a trace of flattery, he really believed that the other party deserved this honor.

"Okay, let's do business, I am very, very busy now." Ruprecht said. He has a hunch that this time Tirpitz will definitely have some problems that need to be solved in the past. Otherwise, whether it is the future operational deployment of the High Seas Fleet or the establishment of the aircraft carrier detachment, these have been arranged, and they can be done step by step.

"The British are said to be building the first aircraft carrier. The Admiralty believes that this will weaken our aviation superiority. We reported this to the Kaiser, and His Majesty believed that we should add another aircraft carrier." Tirpitz said. .

"As the Minister of State of the Navy, you know better than me that we now have no excess funds and manpower to complete the fifth aircraft carrier. And even if the Kaiser grants me funds, personnel and berth tomorrow, this ship will definitely I can't keep up with the battle that will determine the outcome of the war." Ruprecht said dumbfounded, and said to his heart, "What did you do earlier? When I advocated, you opposed it in every possible way. Now you know?" That's it! My Lord of the Navy!

"Yes~lightnovelpub.net~ It is impossible in our country to complete the fifth ship within the specified time, but someone is willing to do it for us, but at some price." Tirpitz said carefully.

"American?!" asked the prince, frowning slightly. "Even with American industry and financial resources, time is too late now. It doesn't make much sense to miss the ship of time."

"Well, the American aircraft carrier argumentation was actually very early, and construction started very early. Don’t forget that one of our aircraft carriers was modified with American ships, and when the US government asked them, we told them that this Will be used as an aircraft carrier." Tirpitz said.

"So that's it." The prince remembered. As an ally, at least in the current situation, it is unbreakable. The two sides need to be more honest. Therefore, the Americans know that Germany is engaged in aircraft carrier matters, but the specific details are not clear. . They may be able to think that this aircraft carrier is used to resist the opposing bomber, but not associated with the offense. After all, the ammunition capacity of the carrier-based aircraft was still a bit tragic at that time.

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