"I don't know what your country thinks of the aviation cruisers designed by the Germans, but according to the information available to our navy, this kind of aviation cruiser has greatly reduced the artillery combat capability of the battleship and enhanced the aviation capability, and an aviation cruiser with a standard displacement of 10,000 tons can carry more than one carrier-based aircraft. In the opinion of the top brass of the Chinese Navy, such warships are very good in making up for the lack of air force in the fleet and in carrying out the task of breaking diplomatic relations. After asking about aircraft carriers, Daniel moved on to the next topic.

This was indeed a very tempting scenario for the Italian Navy, which lacked naval aviation power. Moreover, as a country with colonies, Italy's foreign fleets stationed in Eritrea and Somalia need a flagship, and it is obviously a waste to use battleships and aircraft carriers as flagships, and if an aviation cruiser is arranged, it takes into account both aviation combat power and strong artillery combat capabilities, so the Italian Navy also wants to see if it can make a first-class aviation cruiser as the main force of the overseas fleet.

"If in a skirmish...... Aviation cruisers will play a very important role, but it needs to be noted that first, the aviation combat effectiveness of aviation cruisers is certainly not as good as that of small aircraft carriers of displacement. And it will be much worse. Secondly, the artillery capabilities of aviation cruisers are definitely weaker than those of cruisers of the same class. The artillery combat capability here is not only about the number of guns, but also about the defensive power. Of course, if a standard heavy cruiser and an aviation cruiser engage directly in a small battle, the aircraft of an aviation cruiser can completely suppress an ordinary cruiser. And because of the presence of aircraft, the reconnaissance and perception of the battlefield are also stronger aviation cruisers. For the aviation cruiser, Yan Boxun expressed his opinion..........

In general, aviation cruisers, however, were stronger than ordinary cruisers in naval battles. But if we take into account that the cruiser has to perform night battles and ground cover tasks when necessary, then the aviation cruiser is inferior to the latter because of the number of guns and armor. This is one of the fundamental reasons why Huaxia would rather choose to replenish aircraft carriers after the end of the treaty than to use aviation cruisers with a small number of guns and weak protection.

"As a designer, you should understand that even if you are given 16,000 tonnage, you are asked to design a ship loaded with at least 6 1-inch guns and a speed of more than 3 knots. And it is simply impossible to take off and land aircraft, and at the same time armor can withstand 1-inch guns. Yan Boxun bluntly said that the shortcomings of the air defense cruiser are obvious. Because in the case of a certain tonnage and other equipment. Heavy armor was obtained by cutting the protective area. The fundamental reason why key protection can eventually replace comprehensive protection lies in the protection of the core module.

"A battleship must include the following things in the protection of the core compartment, the boiler room, the engine room. The main gun, ammunition depot, and auxiliary engine room include generators and related equipment. (The historical Veneto burst into tears.) The motor compartment was outside the armored box. Speaking of this, Yan Boxun paused. "But the aviation cruiser is different, he also has to put additional aviation fuel tanks and aviation ammunition into the armor box. At the same time, in order to accommodate more aircraft, the entire hangar had to be as long as possible, if the guards arranged the main guns. If you set up the armor box with the length between the main guns, then this length can be very impressive. ”。 …。

"According to what our country and your country know about the German cruisers, the length of their cruisers is most likely more than 1 meter, and the projected length of the hangar plus the lift should be 1 meter, plus the protection of the front and rear turrets. The entire length of protection will reach an astonishing 1 meter or so. And in this case, even lay their flight deck above the turret. Its length is only about 16 meters. Such a long armor belt will inevitably greatly weaken the defense. The protective length of the heavy cruisers in China was only about 11 meters. You can imagine that this battleship can go beyond some tonnage even if it is exceeded. How good is the protection? Yan Boxun asked rhetorically. …。

If Huaxia made a little effort to make the battleship immune to the average 1-inch level artillery at the normal combat distance, then the Germans would definitely not be able to make the aviation cruiser immune to 1-inch level guns, and it would be good to be able to make all armor belts immune to 7-inch level guns! YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE 14MM INCLINED ARMOR IN HISTORY IS ONLY AN 8-INCH GUN THAT IS IMMUNE TO THE GENERAL BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN, AND THE DISTANCE IS LONG. Yan Boxun has a hard time believing that the Germans are in the 10,000-ton class (supertonnage is for sure. THE AVIATION CRUISER CAN ALSO MAKE THE ARMOR BOX ABOUT 1 METER LONG HAVE THE PROTECTION OF 14MM INCLINED ARMOR IN THE CASE OF ENSURING THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE AIRCRAFT! Even if a few main guns are missing, it still won't work. Therefore, it is possible to build a few air cruisers, but if you want to be the main force, it will greatly weaken a country's land support and night combat capabilities..........

Yan Boxun's words still had a great impact on the Italian Navy through Daniel, at least dispelling their plans to build a large number of aviation cruisers following the trend. There was a reason why the Germans chose to build aviation cruisers in large quantities...... They need to break up diplomatic relations with submarines and land-based aircraft in the Atlantic, emphasizing reconnaissance capabilities as well as the strongest attack power. So they need aviation cruisers. However, the Italian Navy is different, their combat area is in the Mediterranean, basically during the day can get the support of the Italian air force and the assistance of their own sea-based aviation, and at night they have to watch out for possible night battles. The only place that can be used is probably the colony in East Africa, so Italy can build more ships, and building too many will affect the fleet's strength in night battles. Of course, if the aviation cruiser has to be able to withstand the opponent's 1-inch naval guns, then only the tonnage will be increased, and as for the specific increase, Huaxia has not studied it.

While Yan and Daniel were discussing the future development of the Italian Navy, the aviation cruiser program presided over by Raeder also suffered a setback. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT, AS YAN BOXUN EXPECTED, THE PROTECTION IS TOO POOR, AND THE GERMAN ADMIRALTY, WHICH HAS ALWAYS PAID ATTENTION TO PROTECTION, REALLY CAN'T ACCEPT A CRUISER THAT CAN'T EVEN DEFEND AGAINST 1MM GUNS. "Mr. Raeder's cruisers are nothing short of a layer of paper in the face of the heavy cruisers of various countries. Even taking into account the course angle, it is impossible to defend against 1-inch guns fired from normal combat distances, and if it is an artillery battle, as long as the opponent's shells can hit the core cabin, then the result is almost a must! This is how a German designer commented on the ......... aviation cruiser.

Raeder was born as a staff officer, and he didn't know how to build ships, he could see the capabilities of an aviation cruiser, but he didn't know the price behind these abilities! In his plan, the aviation cruiser should be a ship with the same speed as ordinary cruisers, weak firepower, but at the same time with a certain aviation capability. However, the weight gained by reducing the weight of the 3 main guns really could not balance the defensive pressure caused by the lengthening of the armor box. As a result, the German designers said that they could at most make the battleship horizontal armor defend against KG high-explosive shells and side-chord armor against 7-inch guns. No matter how high it is, it really won't work.

But it was when Raeder was overwhelmed by reproaches from both within the Navy and from the shipyards. Admiral Hipper, who has been promoted to commander of the Grand Fleet, expressed his support for Raeder's plan against public opinion, which is not in the care of Raeder's junior, after all, no care can be more important than the cost of hundreds of millions of marks and tens of thousands of tons of warship tonnage, Hipper's agreement that the fundamental reason for Raeder's plan is the need for German strategy, because in the process of the main fleet going south to the Mediterranean Sea and then attacking South Asia, The German Navy really needed a versatile warship to contain the Allies' naval forces as much as possible while disrupting as many lines of communication as possible. Without aviation cruisers, what would the German Navy use? With fleet aircraft carriers plus capital ships? Please, the Allied Navy is already weak, and if the main fleet is still dispersed like this, isn't it looking for death? So even if these aviation cruisers are crispy, they must be built! Strategic requirements have taken precedence over tactics. In the unlikely event that the cruiser entered into an artillery battle with the opposing enemy and was sunk, then the German Navy could only consider itself unlucky. …………。

However, the report of the Naval Design Bureau still had a certain impact on the construction of the Allied navy, and in addition to the German Navy's firm implementation of the aviation cruiser construction program, both Austria-Hungary and Turkey wavered from this warship with obvious advantages and disadvantages, and each of the capital ships of Austria-Hungary and Turkey was very valuable compared to the huge size of the German Navy. And from the point of view of combat missions, they also have no responsibility to undertake the task of breaking diplomatic relations in the North Atlantic. So after a few hesitations...... They separately reduced the number of aviation cruisers built, Austria-Hungary intended to build one, and Turkey built only one.

"Someday, you will realize the great role of aviation cruisers in war. Even if his protection is fragile, he is definitely the most suitable battleship for a North Atlantic to break diplomatic relations, and he will be the most important rope for the High Seas Fleet to hang Britain. Although he was questioned and opposed from many quarters, Raeder did not want to give up on his plans and dreams. He didn't even care about future promotions. Field Marshal Schell had repeatedly hinted that Raeder could consider transferring the aviation cruiser to the General Staff of the Navy after the completion of the construction of the cruiser, if he wished, but he politely refused ..........

And thanks to Raeder's efforts, the first aviation cruiser, the Emden, was finally launched for outfitting the year after the armistice of World War 1 (for some reason, the year after 19 years cannot be seen in the text). So I directly described it in terms of the post-war years, and the end of World War 1 in this plane was 1919. This battleship will be used as an experiment to accumulate experience for future aviation cruisers. With the recovery and development of Germany's economy and national strength in the past few years, Germany's national strength has far surpassed that of Britain in the same period, second only to the United States and China. A Germany stronger than it was before the war appeared.

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