If the United States wants to develop and produce a type of aircraft carrier, destroyer, advanced combat aircraft, and other combat weapons, then the US military will spend at least several years, especially demonstration studies, concept exploration, feasibility studies, and program development, and so on, and it will take more than 10 years to conduct research.

Even if the U.S. military does not have any technical base, then their research talk will take much longer to explore.

So when Erich Raeder suddenly saw the two Forrestal-class aircraft carriers that Chen Yanlong showed him, how could he not be shocked, not shocked, and how dissatisfied with his eyes were in disbelief and hell?

Especially for Erich Raeder, who knew the details of the German Navy, he couldn't figure out where Chen Yanlong got these aircraft carrier fleets from.

It not only has the 60,000-ton Forrestal-class aircraft carrier CVA59 "Forrestal" and CVA60 "Saratoga"; And behind them there were 3 battleships Tirpitz, 4 Bismarck-class battleships, 6 Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers, 12 P-class pocket battleships, 5 Hipper-class heavy cruisers, 5 K-class light cruisers, and 6 H-class battleships, as well as 20 destroyers.

Faced with such a powerful lineup of mixed aircraft carrier fleets, Erich Raeder, the former head of the German navy, suddenly felt that his head was not working.

He even felt that he was too old and dazzled, because he actually saw that all the ships conceived and designed in Plan Z appeared in front of his eyes, and even the Bismarck-class battleships that had been sunk in the Atlantic still existed, and there were still 4 of them.

The weak German navy could only rely on submarine forces to counter the strength and strength of the British and American fleets; When did you come out with so much money and so strong to give me so many aircraft carrier mixed fleets at once.

"Oh God! I must have sunk in a beautiful, beautiful dream, and I haven't woken up yet! ”

Therefore, Erich Raeder continued to stare in disbelief at the majestic array of mixed aircraft carrier fleets in front of him, and did not come back to his senses for a long time, muttering to himself.

"From today onwards you are the commander of this mixed carrier fleet, Marshal Erich Raeder!"

"I call this mixed carrier fleet the German Z Fleet, one of the most powerful aircraft carrier fleets in our empire!"

"However, this fleet has a relatively large soft spot, and you need to find a way to solve it, Marshal Erich Raeder!"

Chen Yanlong looked at Marshal Erich Raeder, who was speechless and shocked by his own mixed aircraft carrier fleet, and smiled a little proudly.

"Oh! Shortcoming? What are the drawbacks? Why didn't I see it? ”

Hearing this, Marshal Erich Raeder, who had gradually come back to his senses, hurriedly asked.

"That is, most of the officers and men of this mixed aircraft carrier fleet are new recruits, and they are one of the groups that I recruited the Japanese aircraft carrier commanders to train in a relatively short period of time, and they have no actual combat experience, and even if they are completely familiar with the combat methods of this mixed aircraft carrier fleet, they are not up to standard."

"So I hope that Marshal Erich Raeder will be able to train me a qualified aircraft carrier fleet to make an important contribution to the rise of our Imperial German Navy!"

Chen Yanlong replied without concealment.

"My Führer, I don't have much experience in the operational command of the aircraft carrier fleet!"

After hearing this, Marshal Erich Raeder replied embarrassedly.

Because as a veteran German officer, during World War II, Raeder's combat method was mainly to attack the Allied lines of communication with cruisers and fast warships, although he had a small number of achievements, but he did not achieve a decisive victory.

Even the battleship Bismarck, which had spent countless resources to build, was hit by a torpedo fired by a Swordfish torpedo bomber from the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal during the "Operation Rhine" to attack the Atlantic route, causing the Bismarck's tail rudder to get stuck and unable to control the normal direction of navigation.

Then, on the morning of May 27, 1941, the Bismarck was finally surrounded by the British fleet, and after nearly two hours of fierce attacks, the Bismarck finally sank in the Atlantic.

As a result, Field Marshal Erich Raeder was snubbed by Hitler and treated as if he were in the cold.

Moreover, he had always believed that the German navy was unlikely to win if it wanted to fight the British navy, because the German navy was really unable to compete with the British in terms of combat strength.

So before the outbreak of World War II, he had a meeting with General Bohm and General Dönitz, and in a conversation with them, he asserted: "If Hitler had to use the German fleet and the British fleet to fight, then the German naval fleet could only sink gloriously to the bottom of the sea, and it would be impossible to defeat the British Royal Fleet." ”

Eventually, however, he changed his mind, adding that the only way for the German navy to win was to use a large number of submarines to disrupt the British Empire's maritime communications, extend the victory of the naval assault, and support unlimited submarine warfare.

However, because he has always been limited by the traditional concept of the navy during the First World War, he has always been more focused on the mode of decisive battles of the surface fleet.

It was because of this that when Chen Yanlong asked him to train him a qualified mixed aircraft carrier fleet, he became red and embarrassed.

"Dönitz and Field Marshal Hitthofen will both assist you in their entirety, and I will give you advice, so you can rest assured that you can train the mixed carrier fleet that I have equipped you, I hope you can fully think; Let our German Z aircraft carrier fleet become an aircraft carrier fleet of the supremacy class of the seas! ”

"Then you will be able to engage in a head-to-head battle with the Anglo-American aircraft carrier fleet, as Dönitz and Field Marshal Hitthofen did, and then you will be able to put our Imperial German Navy to shame! Crush those Royal Navy, and sink them! Let them go to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and feed the fish! ”

Seeing Marshal Erich Raeder, who did not have much self-confidence, he immediately encouraged the other party with a smile on his face.

"And even if you don't have experience in aircraft carrier command and training, but with experience in the training of other ships, you are the most experienced general in our empire, so I know that you will definitely be able to complete my aircraft carrier fleet training mission!"

"And I've already set up an aircraft carrier training base, I'll let these naval officers and sailors take you to see it then!" You'll be there to train them! But the way I train will change! Hopefully you'll get used to it! ”

Before Marshal Erich Raeder could respond, Chen Yanlong continued.

"My Führer! I'll train them well! Thank you for giving me the opportunity! ”

In this regard, Marshal Erich Raeder, who had already consumed Chen Yanlong's speech, was silent for a while, and immediately made a decisive decision.

Although he once resigned from the position of naval marshal because of a quarrel with Hitler, it does not mean that he does not like to continue to be a naval marshal and continue his naval career.

Especially now that there is a hybrid aircraft carrier fleet with such a strong strength, handed over to him for training and command, such a beautiful thing is something he never dared to think of before, so now he will definitely not miss the opportunity again, and refuse Chen Yanlong's reuse.

And in his bones he felt that his command ability would definitely not lose to Dönitz and Marshal Hitthofen! He even believed that his naval connections had an advantage over the two of them.

Of course, such thoughts are just his personal self-righteous thoughts, and as for whether this is the actual case, only God knows.

However, when Chen Yanlong received an affirmative reply from Marshal Erich Raeder, he showed a knowing and reassuring smile.

Because the aircraft carriers he exchanged for are really a little more than the fleet, and he now lacks naval officers and sailors to control these aircraft carrier fleets and conduct naval operations.

"Talent! What I lack most now is the talent of the Navy and Air Forces! ”

In this regard, Chen Yanlong finally shifted his gaze to the deeply powerful and shocking German Z aircraft carrier fleet, and muttered intently.

The date of this day was 1029 in 1943, which is still a few days before November.