Chapter 799: 2. The 17 Moments in Spring (5)

At the time of Brunshill's great emotion at the Solomon base about the new warship, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Fleet of Charlemagne's Naval Fleet, Marshal Tourville, also inspected his warship under La Rochelle. …≦The apex novel, unlike Brenhill’s somewhat relaxed state of mind, when the three-deck airship mother ship passed by in front of it, in addition to pride in Tourville’s heart, the nervous snake was also entangled in the fleet Commander in mind.
Albion has always been a recognized naval power. With the emergence of artillery battleships, Charlemagne finally had the opportunity to stay with his old rival at sea for a long time, and most people think that with the advantage of industrial totals, if there is no treaty Shackled, Charlemagne is likely to win in this arms race.
However, senior officers like Tourville who knew the truth clearly knew that Charlemagne certainly had the advantage of productivity, but with the opportunity to seize overseas colonies, Albion also had its own advantages in terms of resources. Only needed, even if one or two squadrons were annihilated, or even Brittania was lost, Albion could still prevent Charlemagne from making cross-sea landings. At the same time, the soldiers blocked Charlieman at sea and cooperated with diplomatic means to intercept Charlieman’s acquisition. The passage of resources, with the passage of time, tilted the originally flat balance of national strength towards Albian, Charlemagne had industry but no resources, and eventually became poor in the blockade and strangled, and finally suffocated-such prospects are in After the Titans invaded Castile, a series of events have been shown clearly enough.
This is the gap between sea powers. This gap cannot be overcome by victories in one or two naval battles. On the contrary, the longer the war is dragged, the less likely it is to make a profit. The only good way is to "strike peace"-- In the early days of the war, after destroying the core of the main naval force of the Albion royal family, Albion was forced to weigh the cost of the strategic counterattack. Accept the fait accompli with Charlie Mann and the exclusive hegemony of the mainland by Charlemagne.
The tool used to implement this strategy is the large airship carrier.
Charlemagne’s airship mothership goes back to the source and can be traced to the armed airship of Titans. When Titan’s modified flying ship loaded with Congreve rockets raged in Buda City, naval engineers were inspired by it and proposed the need to build the Navy’s own
rocket-carrying ship
. Later in practice, it was found that the rocket loading speed was slower than the shells. The quasi-head is also poor, and the closed cabin also restricts the use of this weapon. In order to bring this plan back to life, the engineers also proposed a plan for small boats and flying animals to mount rockets and be carried by large mother ships. According to their imagination, this kind of warship should accommodate 60-80 griffins or a similar number of assault boats, usually carrying out long-range reconnaissance missions and serving as the "eye of the fleet". During the naval battle, the Griffon was mounted with Congreve rockets, constantly attacking and harassing the enemy fleet. Tire the enemy. If you are lucky, you can kill a few warships, weaken the overall strength of the enemy fleet, and create favorable conditions for the fleet to fight.
This plan was abandoned due to the deterioration of the flying quality after the griffon was mounted on the rocket and the safety issues when launching the rocket. Finally, only a small ship, the Northwest Wind, carrying 25 griffons was built for demonstration and test work.
Before the signing of the "Naval Arms Control Agreement", things changed. At that time, freezing the construction of the battleship was a foregone conclusion, in order to avoid waste. The parties agreed to change the unfinished main ship hull to an auxiliary ship, and the construction of auxiliary ships is not restricted by the treaty. Generally speaking. Auxiliary ships refer to non-combat ships such as training ships, dormitory ships, medical ships, and supply ships. Charlieman can seize this space and modify two unfinished Normandy class battleships under the vague and ambiguous name of "sentinel ship". It was an airship mothership, and two Clemenceau-class medium-sized airship motherships were built in the name of "fishing ship".
This excessive fouling certainly caused Albion's strong dissatisfaction. In response, Albion first converted the large cruisers "Brave" and "Glory" into the Manticor carrier, and then changed the cruiser "Rage" into a floating ship carrier. Recently, the "Wangjia's Ark" protective airship mothership with enhanced protection capabilities and high seaworthiness was launched.
Because the new thing such as the carrier is still in the research and exploration stage, the engineers of the two countries have adopted some experimental designs, and at the same time plagiarized and compared the creativity of foreign counterparts, so that the two carriers have inexplicable similarities in some places.
For example, the aircraft carriers of both countries have retained the side artillery gallery artillery, but as a carrier ship they have the firepower equivalent to a second-class cruiser; Albion’s "Rage" has two flight decks. Charlemagne followed the three-story flight deck from the "Beyond"; Charlemagne installed a steam boiler and connecting rod paddle mechanism in the Clermont-Sauer class, and Albion immediately contacted the technology supplier in the "Wang family" The same thing was installed on the Ark...
Such familiar things abound. It is said that some consortium cadres claimed after drinking too much in Yalfheim, if the warships were girls, they would meet one day at sea and only use their native language, Elven. To communicate.
There are certainly exaggerated elements in this statement, but the flight mothers of the two great powers are so similar that it is difficult for ordinary laymen to distinguish them, but their similarity ends there. In addition to the technical details, the senior navy leaders of both sides have very different ideas about the use of the aircraft carrier.
From the beginning to the end, Albion only regarded the carrier as an auxiliary force in naval warfare, that is, full-time long-range reconnaissance and harassment of the enemy during combat. They have never expected this fleet of flat-bottomed ships built for Charlie Man's "don't show signs" to play a decisive role in the battle for sea power. Charlieman’s original idea was also the same. It was only for the purpose of drilling the loophole and the other signs that the passive carrier was built passively. In this era when naval officers are all fundamentalists of large ships and cannons, it is not easy to propose and accept the concept of
full deck attack
Some things are considered heresy by others, while others lose their jobs.
Originally developed along this trajectory, the future naval battle must be a passionate interpretation of the battle line against the bombardment. Facing the question of "how to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy and launch a large-scale attack to destroy the enemy's maritime forces", obviously it cannot be expected that the brigade will travel thousands of miles to block the door and hit the open fire. Geographical conditions determine that the Charlemagne naval fleet will stimulate Albion as soon as it leaves the port, and the entire voyage will be spent under the supervision of the other party. The concealment and suddenness of the operation are completely impossible to talk about. After several studies and discussions, it was decided to use a small number of ships disguised as exercise training, go to the assembly area in batches, and then wipe out the plan to park the warships in the Spaka Bay in one fell swoop.
To achieve the goal of raiding the Spaka Bay and defeating the Albion Royal Navy Fleet in the shortest time. The bulky and slow battleship is obviously not the best tool, only rely on the less conspicuous, but also has a long-range strike capability of the aircraft carrier. The question is whether the firepower projected by the carrier can meet the needs of accomplishing the goal? No one can answer this question that has not been encountered before. Except for high-level magicians, almost no battleship was sunk by the power of flying beasts. No one can guarantee that those rockets are capable and big. The magician is just as beautiful. Not to mention deductions based on weapons. Even if the aircraft carrier's mobile unit is completely destroyed, it can only destroy the opponent's 40% of its combat power at most, which is still quite far from the Navy's sinking of 80%. After some tossing, the entire raid plan seemed to be returning to the old road where the open fire was on the way.
At this time, the two newly built aircraft carriers were successfully completed, forming the 5th Air Force. The commissioned sighting equipment and bombs modified with shells have also been successfully developed. Experiments have proved that a good bomber can reach a level where the error of bombing at a height of 1000 meters does not exceed 30 meters, which is equivalent to ensuring 80% of the hits. rate. Plus the improved version of the special attack rocket and the customized shallow water special attack torpedo have been completed. The air raid plan, which seemed hopeless before, now has some hope.
But it is not enough to have hope and general intentions. There are still many things to be done to implement such an approximate gambling plan. The formulation of routes, the gathering of waters, the precautions for silent navigation, the order of attacks, the supply on the way, etc... The Charlieman Navy, whose heads of staff are all over the granite, the staff and captains are all open eyes when they do not oppose the air attack plan. It is really hard for others to formulate a detailed combat plan for an unfamiliar combat style that they firmly oppose. To be honest, look at the whole world. This kind of scheme can only be done out of perversion.
The officers who watched with cold eyes forgot one thing-such a pervert really exists, and it is beside them.
This perversion is the chief of staff of the Wang family naval fleet. Colonel Jean Dirk, nicknamed "Fairy Staff", "Strange Staff", "Monster".
If Tourville’s vision is so romantic, Colonel Dirk is purely perverted. Be aware that there may be more coincident parts between "romantic" and "perverted" than different parts.
Colonel Dirk was born in abject poverty. He was adopted to his uncle ironsmith in his childhood. He has a lonely and introverted personality and has not been valued for a long time. Most people think he is an excellent artillery theorist. Suitable for the office rather than actual combat, being a logistics director is his limit. This view was not corrected until Dirk met the Bourle of Tourville.
Although Dirk is a well-known artillery expert, although Dirk's past performance is remarkable, no matter the qualifications and performance, there is no shortage of people who surpass it. Tourville chose Dirk alone. This caused a major earthquake in the navy. Afterwards, Tourville gave Dirk the initial plan to attack Spaka Bay to make an executable plan. Dirk is not disappointed and contributes a lot in improving and reviewing the plan. Especially in the use of special attack torpedoes, it has played a considerable role. According to Dirk’s proposal, the torpedoes and bombs will be used at the same time, because the enemy ships that are anchored in the harbor will be sunk, and the torpedoes that have more destructive effects on the underwater part are better. Bombs and special attack rockets dropped by the Griffon. In addition, Dirk supports the plan that all six aircraft carriers are used for offensive, and also personally put forward some specific plans to solve the sea supply.
Of course, as the chief of staff, Dirk will not only focus on the plan to attack the corner of Spaka Bay. He devoted considerable energy to the battle plan of the entire fleet, immersed in the review and deduction of those plans. In the daytime, he shut himself in the room, lit an oil lamp, and smoked a cigarette-this is the only luxury on him-constantly choking off the cigarette lighter, choking and lighting up again, and repeatedly studied late at night. When he woke up in the morning, his clothes were full of soot and dust. If the service soldier does not help him change, he will wear it like this forever. The whole room was filled with a stench forever. In order to dispel the stench, spray perfume. In the end, the "Fairy Staff" got the outline of the "Z Plan" that attacked Spaka Bay. In order to allow the Admiralty to pass this plan, the "Fairy Staff" also came back to the "Science".
Dirk came to Ruedes’ naval headquarters building with an envelope that was said to be Tourville’s personal letter, stating that if he did not agree with the
Plan Z
, the commander-in-chief of the fleet would be used to hats, whoever could fight Albion ghosts , Lord Ben is not waiting.
The Admiralty succumbed under the threat of Tourville, and the entire Navy began to operate at full speed around the Z plan.
In fact, Tourville did not grant Dirk the same authorization, but Dirk decided to threaten the Admiralty by saying such words on his own because of his careful understanding of the boss, and finally completed the mission. Afterwards, quite a number of people in the Navy were deeply moved by Tourville's unique vision in knowing and using people, and had more confidence in the success of the "Z Plan".
The next step is months of high-intensity training. Airships and griffins belonging to different aircraft carriers are mixed in each training base. The training intensity of ground handling is actually the same as that of actual combat. During the actual combat practice, the maintenance personnel will also conduct a comprehensive inspection of the mechanical parts of the assault boat, special attack rocket, and special attack torpedo, and replace the black and gray camouflage paint for the body. The bases are extremely strict with visitors, and only senior officers, pilots, and crew members are free to enter and leave. Everyone speculates that they are preparing for the routine fall exercise in the second half of the year.
At this moment, the mobile carrier of the mother carrier is about to formally participate in the final large-scale exercise. The attack team will take off from the mother ship 150 nautical miles away, and conduct a simulated attack on the battleship group anchored in the harbor~EbookFREE.me~ The name of "voyage training" went south. On the surface, it went to the southern colony for training. In fact, it will merge with the supply ship that has been waiting for halfway, load the cold protection equipment, and then go north according to the great circle navigation method, avoiding the main route to the bitter cold Arctic Sea. The lights are controlled throughout the voyage. Portholes cannot be opened without permission, nor are litters thrown into the sea. After the assembly was completed, a surprise attack was launched on Spaka Bay on the "x day" of the war.
This will be a war that subverts the common sense of naval warfare, and it is a gamble that determines the fate of Albion and Charlemagne. If possible, Tourville would rather resign as the commander-in-chief of the fleet and serve as the commander-in-chief of the mobile force instead of putting This crucial position is given to the Marquis of Fort Renault, who is somewhat indecisive. However, as the price of the previous "Xia Ke Shang" behavior, he has not continued to bargain with the Admiralty. Now he can only watch the home that has been exhausted and spent a lot of time to sail away, and then stay in the flagship room, waiting for a long and short time. Go by and entrust the destiny of yourself and your motherland to the mobile forces and the goddess until the final result appears.
Charlemagne, Albion, which side will the gods favor?
The question of distress in the bottom of my heart, the navy marshal saluted the pilots lined up on the deck of the mother carrier. At this moment, how many people can return safely from the young faces flowing through their eyes, and how many people will become gods of war? (To be continued...)