Chapter 123 Complicated Mood (Plus 10)

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

If you want to make a huge shed and cover the slipway, it is almost impossible. The technology of later generations is advanced enough, and only nuclear submarines are built on the closed slipway.

Moreover, shipbuilding requires a lot of personnel. Now, the scale of German shipyards has already surpassed this period in history. Therefore, Germany has also recruited many workers, including laborers from China, and also during the economic crisis. Those boatmen from England.

Moreover, even if it is a fully militarized enclosure, it can be photographed with a camera from a distance.

Since Germany's construction of an aircraft carrier cannot be concealed, it would be better to invite them to come together and attend this launching ceremony!

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

Throughout World War II, a large number of outstanding generals were born, and the same is true for the Navy.

For example, Chester William Nimitz, who commanded an entire theater of service, made outstanding achievements, and his name became the name of the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Yamamoto Fifty-six, with a unique vision, used a sneak attack to establish an advantage in the early stages of the Pacific War!

There are also brave such as William? Frederick? Halsey, skilled in calculation such as Spruance, etc., in the Atlantic "King of Wolves" Carl Dönitz.

Among these dominating figures, there is one general who is always overlooked: Admiral of the Royal Navy, nicknamed ABC's Andrew Cunningham.

Yamamoto fifty-six beef? In fact, his tactics of attacking Pearl Harbor were inspired by Andrew's example.

At the beginning, as the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, Andrew attacked Taranto at night, the first aircraft carrier-based aircraft to attack large naval ports and warships alone, sinking and injuring half of the battleships of the Italian Navy!

Andrew supported the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean sky, and also made many battles of the old Royal Navy during this period, not inferior to or even more than the battles on the Pacific Ocean and the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

And now, Andrew has not yet served in the Mediterranean Fleet, he is only the captain of the new battleship Rodney. After hearing the news of the launch of the German aircraft carrier this time, as an officer of the navy, I was dispatched to Germany to witness the arrival of this moment.

At this time, his mood was extremely complicated.

At home, everyone watched Germany re-emerge with mixed feelings. The original Treaty of Versailles was to limit Germany and make Germany decline forever.

It is a pity that the decline of Germany is not in the interests of the United Kingdom. Let France be strong alone, and the United Kingdom will lose its influence on Europe!

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

On the slipway in the distance is the German Besmarck. Although it is still in the construction stage, you can see the huge size of this warship, and the Count Zeppelin in front of you has a displacement of more than 30,000 tons!

The shame of the First World War made the Germans continue to arm them, and once the Germans are full of wings, Germany will become the most terrifying existence in the entire Europe!

Andrew guessed right. In the next few years, his Mediterranean fleet fought a hard battle with the German naval fleet, and his flagship was also the FW190 ship that took off from the Count Zeppelin. The carrier plane and the HS129 attack plane were destroyed!

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

Aircraft carrier!

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

It is a pity that the Soviet Union has no money.

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

In this case, the Soviet Navy received a Dzezinski-class frigate and a Tashkent-class destroyer each, both built in German shipyards, and after these ships were given to the Soviet Navy, they were full of praise for the German ships .

Much better quality than the Soviets themselves made!

However, considering various circumstances, Stalin did not agree to the plan to build the follow-up Soviet-class battleships in Germany. In the end, they just signed an agreement to order the 406 mm heavy guns used on the Soviet-class, and at the same time let Germany design the battleships. The drawings were handed over to the Soviet Union for research.

The Soviet Union wanted to start construction at home.

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

Ivan Stepanovich Isakov, the commander of the Soviet Navy's Baltic Fleet, was quite depressed. He couldn't wait for the Soviet Navy to have more warships, and to cooperate with Germany was the fastest choose.

I really don't know how the superiors think about it!

At the same time, the team he led was mostly domestic engineers. Obviously, they all wanted to see the structure of the German aircraft carrier, so that they could design and finalize it themselves after returning.

This aircraft carrier is still just a shell, not even the island is installed, not even the flight deck is laid, it is just a shell, you can imagine how urgent the Germans are!

Urgent for what?

This one frees up the slipway to build the next one!

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

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

The biggest change, of course, is to reduce the aspect ratio! This can increase seaworthiness. In the Atlantic Ocean, where there are strong winds and 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 one is retained. These are the best choices after demonstration, especially the establishment of a small ship island on the right side and the angled 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, confident in their aircraft carrier.

German naval commander Erich Raeder, standing in the most conspicuous place, looked at everyone who came.

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

Then, warm applause sounded.