Regarding the development of the navy, Li Le himself knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info This is not a military branch that can be inflated by blowing a breath.

As the saying goes, ten years of the army and a hundred years of the navy. If the navy wants to have the strength to compete for world hegemony, it will have to prepare for several decades -- although 100 years is a bit exaggerated, the process of accumulation of several decades of precipitation is still necessary.

As for the means of stealing and sliding and finding another way, it is not impossible, but it has to pay a very heavy price after the quick success!

This is not alarmism, but a gap that really exists! Today, China also has aircraft carriers and destroyers, but anyone will be soberly aware that there is still a gap between China and the world's first-class naval powers.

The same is true of the current state of the German navy. At least in the face of the old naval power Britain, the German navy was not enough.

Although a large number of cutting-edge warships joined the sequence, the German Navy could only avoid its edge when it encountered the absolute numerical superiority of the British Navy.

It's not that the German Navy didn't want to fight, in fact they did fight until the last moment! In terms of the degree of tragedy, it is even more than that of the Japanese Navy.

The reason why I say this is not the propaganda of German fans. Throughout the course of World War II, the highest proportion of losses was among the officers and men of the German submarine force.

In addition, at the time of the surrender, the German Navy's surface ship forces were almost completely annihilated, except for a few warships that cowered in the harbor to contain the opponent, most of the warships were also sunk in overseas operations.

It is a pity that, with the exception of the submarine forces, which made an impression in World War II with their wolf pack tactics, the German Navy has always been a supporting actor with few faces.

The only few battles were fought with the sinking of the battleship in exchange for the results, similar to the exchange of one mode for another.

If he wants to change the status quo of the German Navy, Li Le knows that there is still a lot to invest.

The only thing that made him happy was that 40 years later, the German Navy was still in the background, and there was still the possibility of transformation and development.

"I know your stress! But for the time being, endure this difficult time, and wait for an opportunity to eliminate the advantages of one another! Seeing that Redder had agreed to his request, Li Le's tone softened and comforted him.

The pressure on Raeder is not too great now, because as the Führer who has been seeking war, the pressure on him has been withdrawn.

Without the urging from the Führer, Raeder actually had the intention of passively avoiding war.

However, being able to make the Führer force himself to passively avoid the war also made Raeder feel the Führer's understanding and support for the navy.

Combined with the previous plan for the transformation of surface ship units specially approved by the Führer, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the German Navy was strengthened more than a little.

You must know that if it weren't for the fact that the German Navy couldn't compete with the Luftwaffe, and the Führer and other high-level leaders preferred battleships as dinosaur weapons, Germany's aircraft carrier dream would not be just a dream.

In addition, because of Li Le's order, the German Navy has not been idle recently, they have found all the resources that can be transformed, and they are working hard to realize their dream of an aircraft carrier fleet.

With the support of Li Le, Raeder selected the heavy cruiser Seydlitz, as well as two cruise ships, the Elbe and the Gneisenau, to be temporarily converted into aircraft carriers.

It is a pity that in the direction of shipbuilding, German engineers did not have the same talent for tanks and airplanes.

The German ship designers, who had clicked on the wrong technology tree, or rather distorted the technology tree, could only use the most clumsy methods to modify the few ships in front of them, which were originally quite good.

Li Le's crossing was still late, and another German aircraft carrier, which was sixty percent complete, had already been dismantled into steel and used in other directions before June 40.

Otherwise, Germany may have more aircraft carriers that can be put into operation in 41 years, and it can also make Li Le's navy stronger.

But now...... Li Le's aircraft carrier modification plan is ambitious, but it is always far from his dream due to various technical reasons.

Raeder felt a little aggrieved when he thought of this, his magnificent plan for naval expansion was difficult just on the aircraft carrier.

The German naval marshal sighed and said to Li Le: "The modification plan is actually not optimistic...... My Führer. ”

He was really pessimistic about the Navy's aircraft carrier program, and it was polite to say that he was not optimistic: "The conversion of the Elbe did not go well, mainly because of the limitations of the hull, and the aircraft it carried was very limited. ”

This has something to do with the Elbe itself, the cruise ship is less than 20,000 tons, and it will only have this volume after the refit.

At this size, the number of aircraft that can be carried is very limited. In fact, at the stage of drawing demonstration, this light aircraft carrier has only a maximum of 30 aircraft.

Speaking of which, it is impossible not to mention the reason why the British aircraft carriers carried much less aircraft in World War II than the American and Japanese aircraft carriers of the same period.

A brief analysis shows that there are two main reasons for this situation - the first is because of the different protection requirements, and the second is the special sea conditions of the Atlantic.

At the same time, British aircraft carriers used armored decks, which were more resistant to strikes than the wooden decks used by the Japanese Navy. However, this design takes up weight and space, so the aircraft can carry less capacity.

The second reason is that the Atlantic Ocean itself is windy and rough, and the waves on the bow are serious, so not all ship types are seaworthy for the Atlantic route.

Because of this, the British aircraft carrier, as well as the German Zeppelin aircraft carrier under construction, have a relatively closed design, with strict requirements for airworthiness and center of gravity, which wastes a lot of space to carry aircraft.

The opposite example is the Japanese Navy, which operates in the relatively calm waters of the Pacific Ocean, where the center of gravity of the ship design is relatively high, and the weapons are carried more.

So much so that later, because of the excessive emphasis on the carrying of weapons, there was a capsizing incident. None of these ships can fight in the Atlantic, or even if they do, they can only exert half or even half of their combat effectiveness.

In order to adapt to the sea conditions of the Atlantic, the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, with a displacement of 27,000 tons, could only carry 72 aircraft (usually less).

And the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which Germany is now refitting, has only 60 fighters (slightly more than expected) because of the removal of weapons and equipment such as artillery for flat fire.

Compared with the American and Japanese aircraft carriers of the same period, the number of aircraft carried by this class is indeed slightly less, but it is not much less.

The main reason why the Zeppelin aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of more than 31,000 tons, but it is still less than the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal, is actually very simple: inexperience!

German warship design, to put it bluntly, was not advanced during World War II, and even less experience in building large ships.

This can be seen from the fact that the large German surface ships have some minor problems to a greater or lesser extent.

Considering the limitations of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had little opportunity to design and build large warships until 1935, which limited the ability of German shipbuilding designers.

Under this constraint, the overall idea of German shipbuilding has always continued the idea of the era of the High Seas Fleet of the First World War.

From the cross-class design of the ship, all the way to the overall defense of the Bismarck battleship, it is the product of this idea......

Because of this, some people ridiculed the Bismarck battleship as the strongest battleship of the first type of battle.

Influenced by the design ideas, the imagination of German designers was obviously insufficient to design a kind of battleship that did not exist in the First World War, that is, aircraft carriers.

As a result, in the end, although Germany also succeeded in building the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, it can only be said that the performance is unsatisfactory.

From this point of view, the German Zeppelin aircraft carrier is a bit like today's Liaoning -- everyone is just crossing the river by feeling the stones and accumulating experience.

But to say that the German aircraft carrier Zeppelin is inferior to the opponent's aircraft carrier Ark Royal is a bit wronged by this battleship of the German Navy!

Because of the different design ideas, the German Navy emphasized the guerrilla tactics of hitting and running, or running if you can't fight.

Compared to the 31 knots speed of the Ark Royal, the Zeppelin aircraft carrier is designed to reach a speed of 33 knots - at least it is fast enough, and in the face of enemy battleships and other ships to intercept it, getting out is the last word, isn't it?

As for the transformation of cruise ships into aircraft carriers, then German designers can only maintain the level of "this thing can barely be used".

Compared with Japan and the United States, which have mature experience and tactics and are experienced in modification operations, they are indeed much worse.

For example, the Elbe, after refitting, can only carry 30 aircraft, and the speed cannot keep up with the professionally designed Zeppelin aircraft carrier.

The speed of the other modified aircraft carrier, the Seydlitz, is enough, but it can only carry 35 aircraft......

Therefore, in addition to the Zeppelin aircraft carriers that fight professionally, the remaining aircraft carriers may only be used to train pilots in addition to taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Li Le, who has traveled through the 21 st century, naturally would not have made such a mistake, and in fact, he had other uses for refitting these three "second-tier aircraft carriers."

"My marshal! The Elbe converted aircraft carrier is to be used in escort missions in the Mediterranean! Li Le smiled and said his thoughts.

In Li Le's deduction, as the war progressed, the Axis powers had more and more maritime transportation routes, and they became more and more important, how could they give up their own lifelines to their opponents?

On the one hand, the three modified aircraft carriers are to accumulate experience in aircraft carrier design for German designers, and on the other hand, they are preparing for escort campaigns in the Mediterranean.