Chapter 143: Capture You Kid Alive
"Naive, arrogant, I object to this opinion of Ondet."
Marshal Raeder was angry at the time and directly scolded Li Mo, although Marshal Raeder had an excellent relationship with the Krupp family, but in this kind of major matter related to the life and death of the navy, Raeder, an old stubborn, still stayed in the era of giant ships and cannons, and it was simply impossible for him to use aircraft carriers as the core to arrange strategy and tactics.
And Li Mo originally came to the navy to make a transition, so he was not afraid of Raeder's scolding at all, Li Mo immediately asked rhetorically:
"May I ask the marshal, with our little naval possessions, we can fight with the British a few times, and a decisive battle will bury most of Germany's elite navy, even if Germany can win one or two naval battles, is it useful? As long as our navy and Britain engage in artillery bombardment at sea, it will be finished sooner or later. ”
"Presumptuous, you kid has only been in the navy for a few days, you dare to be so arrogant and ignorant, is our Great German Navy made of tofu, I dare to guarantee, as long as the British dare to provoke, I will ruthlessly send them into the sea to feed the sharks."
Hitler watched the two of them arguing, and did not say anything to stop it, to be honest, Li Mo is indeed a little blind, but in order to let the German Navy take on a heavy role in the next few years, instead of being a turtle in the port, Li Mo must insist, the German Navy in history, in addition to the huge role of submarines in breaking diplomatic relations, surface ships are basically decorations, and now the German Navy is much better than history, at least without Göring's suppression, the warships that should be built are also under construction, but this tactical thinking must be changed.
"Marshal Raeder, in that case, why don't we have a mock naval battle, I'll use the Zeppelin aircraft carrier plus six destroyers and six submarines, and you are the entire German fleet, see who annihilates whom."
"Ahh ……”
Raeder was stunned, Hitler was stunned, Dönitz and other executives were stunned, the German fleet also had two pocket battleships, three battle cruisers, five cruisers, more than twenty destroyers, and as for submarines, there were more than thirty, such a huge fleet, this arrogant, ignorant Krupp kid actually used an aircraft carrier to challenge, this, this is simply crazy! ”
At this time, Hitler suddenly spoke: "Okay, I think this will be possible, the mock naval battle between Ondt and Marshal Raeder will be held in the next month, and everyone should prepare separately." ”
Raeder reacted and gritted his teeth and said:
"Boy, don't be crazy, see if I don't capture you alive, then I'll strip you naked and parade the streets, this is the end of despising our navy."
"Ahh ……”
Now Li Mo was surprised, this old stubborn actually played this one, well, who called Li Mo so arrogant!
Next is the launching ceremony of Zeppelin, there are many people who come to watch the launching ceremony, everyone is cheering for the rise of Germany, cheering for the greatness of Hitler, Li Mo is not surprised, the whole launching ceremony is very warm.
By now the launching ceremony of Zeppelin has become less important, and among these German high-level leaders, there has been a lot of discussion, and these people are clearly divided into two factions, with Air Force Commander-in-Chief Catherine and Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch being staunch supporters of the "aircraft carrier blitzkrieg", because the German "blitzkrieg" was done entirely with the air force and mechanized army, and they are well aware of the power of the "blitzkrieg", and the chief of staff of the High Command, Field Marshal Keitel, and the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Field Marshal Raeder, are staunch giant ship artilleryists, Their tactical thinking is still stuck in the era when naval battles were decided by the cannons of giant ships.
You must know that Britain has begun to understand the huge role of aircraft carriers at this time, the whole of Britain has 4 heavy aircraft carriers, two light aircraft carriers, by the end of World War II, how many aircraft carriers did Britain have, more than 50 ships, of course, some of them are converted from other ships, according to Britain's 38-year shipbuilding plan, Britain will build six heavy aircraft carriers and one light aircraft carrier in 39 years. And what about Germany? Still in the midst of the struggle, the naval construction plan that had been drawn up long ago could not be implemented for a long time, and Li Mo had to wake up these old stubborn sticks, Germany did not want to fight with Britain at sea, but had enough means to destroy the British sea lines of communication, and if there was no colonial blood transfusion, Britain would be more scarce than Germany's resources.
After the launching ceremony was over, Li Mo began intense preparations, especially the carrier-based aircraft to take off and land on the aircraft carrier, the previous training was carried out on the simulated runway on the airport, this time to take off and land on the aircraft carrier under the voyage, but it is a new challenge, fortunately, the carrier-based aircraft pilots under Li Mo are all mature pilots who have participated in actual combat, otherwise the time of one month is indeed a bit short.
The next day, Li Mo loaded all the carrier-based aircraft and various materials on the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, and the other ships that came to cooperate with the simulated naval battle were all in place, and Li Mo also transferred two more 10,000-ton supply ships, it stands to reason that Li Mo's fleet size only needs one 10,000-ton supply ship, why do you need two, Li Mo didn't tell anyone why he did this, but Li Mo brought all the more than 200 pilots of the original Flying Eagle Legion to the ship, in fact, the Zeppelin aircraft carrier doesn't need so many pilots at all, In total, Zeppelin was equipped with only thirty Ju87 dive bombers, 12 BF109 carrier-based aircraft, and ten spare aircraft. This aircraft only needs more than 50 pilots, maybe Li Mo wants to turn these land aircraft pilots into carrier-based aircraft pilots!
On December 10, Li Mo sailed out of Kiel Harbor with the entire fleet and entered the North Sea, because the training time was short, Li Mo could not pull the fleet out too far, but Li Mo's entire fleet sailing direction was still thinking about the Atlantic Ocean, Li Mo planned to carry out the early training in the North Sea, here because the British territory blocked the wind and waves of the Atlantic, and the sea surface was relatively calm, which was very suitable for the initial training of carrier-based aircraft pilots.
After entering the North Sea, Li Mo asked Schmidt to organize the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft, and the first week's training subject was that all carrier-based aircraft could take off and land empty-loaded, and the current Zeppelin aircraft carrier has a 20-degree glide jump take-off deck, and for these two glide jump angles, Dr. Yad calculated and practiced, and it took a whole month to get it done. With this 20-degree glide jump take-off angle, the aircraft carrier is driving at high speed into the wind, which is very easy for the carrier-based aircraft to take off, but this landing is a bit difficult, fortunately, the sea surface in the North Sea is relatively calm, and the first day of training was very smooth, and there were no accidents.
Li Mo is not a pilot, he is only responsible for formulating training subjects, and the specific training is completely handed over to the Schmidt organization, Li Mo has always admired Liu Bang very much, Li Mo also does it like Liu Bang, to put it simply, Li Mo's ability can be average, but he must be able to recognize and employ people, and hand over the corresponding things to people with corresponding abilities to do, Li Mo did it, Schmidt is indeed a rare flight commander, and all kinds of flagship training on carrier-based aircraft are well organized.
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[I just received the editor's notice, and it will be on the shelves tomorrow, and the fallen leaves ask the brothers to go down through the wind and rain with the fallen leaves.] 】
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