Chapter 766

Three nails

"The role of their aircraft carriers was limited by the formation of battleships, and was not fully played! From the beginning of the encounter, the British and American aircraft carriers have always adopted a cautious defensive position, and did not take the initiative to attack and solve the troubles of some enemy ships from a long distance, but still adopted the offensive and defensive warfare dominated by battleships, so that the advantage of the long attack distance of the aircraft carrier was not brought into play. ＂＂

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In the naval staff headquarters in Qingdao, Wang Xiu explained in real time on the sand table the naval battle that broke out in the Atlantic Ocean at this time.

"In fact, this cannot be blamed on the tactical mistakes of the British and American aircraft carriers, it is true that the current aircraft carriers do not have a very good way to deal with battleships. Pearl Harbor was only a fixed target in a sneak attack environment, and the torpedo machine was very effective, but in the next few naval battles, the effect of aircraft carriers against battleships was not obvious, especially against super battleships. If the air defense of the fleet is in place, the current warplanes can only be a threat, and not a fatal one. Admiral Cao Han retorted.

He was a well-known battleship faction in the navy, and he has always supported the development of cannon giant ships.

Wang Xiu smiled and did not continue to debate with him, this topic has been disputed countless times within the Vanguard Army Navy, and there has been no result.

The trend of super battleships set off by Meng Xiang not only strengthened the air defense force, but also forged the myth of battleships here. Even after Pearl Harbor, everyone has always attributed the factor of the sneak attack to the fall of the battleship. Thus numerous anti-aircraft tactics emerged, without directly knocking out the battleships. Even the Americans built Iowa-class and Montana-class battleships.

The Huaxia Navy was even more affected by the two giant ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, and a large number of supporters of large artillery and giant ships emerged. Chen Ce and other veterans of the Navy are even more fanatics, often encouraging Meng Xiang to buy a few more super battleships from Shanzhai companies.

The gate of China was knocked open by the cannons of giant ships, and the prestige of battleships in the minds of the Chinese people can enhance the pride in their hearts. One of the purposes of those old navies to serve the navy was to use Huaxia's own giant ship cannons to protect the country.

Meng Xiang couldn't laugh or cry. Zhenyuan and Dingyuan are still the bureaus laid out by him to stimulate the confidence of the Chinese people and guide the trend of international naval artillery.

Although the battleship is still the king of the sea, with the development of missiles and the rapid improvement of fighter performance, the giant cannon of the super battleship will inevitably fall behind. ＂＂

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At the beginning of the construction of the Huaxia Navy, Meng Xiang also consciously guided the role of aircraft carriers, especially the carrier-based aircraft carried on the aircraft carriers of the Huaxia Navy were the most classic models of World War II, which posed a great threat to battleships. As a result, the aircraft carrier faction has also become a force to be reckoned with within the vanguard navy, most of which are the younger generation.

Shen Honglie's interest in aircraft carriers has long been due to his concern for the Japanese Navy, and he once owned a water aircraft carrier. Moreover, he had personally experienced the power of the first aircraft carrier in China, the Canglong, so unlike the fanaticism of those old-fashioned admirals of the Fujian faction for the cannons of giant ships, he supported the aircraft carrier.

Because the Pioneer Navy has absorbed many old-style naval talents, and due to the influence of the world environment, even if Meng Xiang secretly promotes, the giant ship artillery faction and the aircraft carrier faction in the new Huaxia Navy are still half and half.

Meng Xiang did not enforce the concept of the future, but pushed the battleship and aircraft carrier as a partner.

The pairing of the two is truly invincible.

Even after the promotion of missiles, the withdrawal of battleships was only cost-effectiveness inappropriate.

Iowa remained strong until the Gulf War. Moreover, if the giant naval guns are changed to missiles, under the original saturation strike tactics of the Soviets and Russians, the battleship will still be the overlord of the sea.

"It should be said that the Navy of the future is developed in many directions! Battleships are the hegemons of the sea, and longer-range, more powerful, and more accurate attacks are the future development direction. The long-range attack tactics in the air derived from aircraft carriers have gradually become a new bright spot in the development of the Navy. There will also be submarine attacks from under sea level, which will also be one of the paths for the development of the Navy in the future. It's like this time the attack of German submarines has already shown great power! Wang Xiu simply moved out of what Meng Xiang had said, and finally led to the goal of this deduction.

Although it is a real-time deduction, it has some lag after all. By the time they rehearsed on the 23rd, the Battle of the Atlantic between Germany and Britain and the United States had come to an end.

After being attacked by German submarines, the British and American reinforcement fleets were chased by the main German warships and bombarded for most of the night.

By the time they got close to the shore and were picked up by the fortress guns, already a Yamato-class battleship had been sunk, and a Nanda-class battleship had suffered heavy damage and lost power, as a result of which it was sent to the bottom by its own torpedoes. An Essex-class aircraft carrier also died from an ammunition detonation caused by heavy artillery, becoming a victory for the Germans.

Others were wounded, and some of the battleships may not be able to participate in the battle later after being severely damaged.

Although their arrival eased the German offensive in the Strait, the German offensive had already reached ** on the 22nd.

More than 20 No. 3 tanks parachuted down from the German ME-323 prehistoric giant bird transport plane on the island of Wight became the support of the paratroopers, and after quickly gaining a foothold on the 22nd, they immediately met the landing force at sea.

By the night of the 22nd, more than 20,000 German troops had landed on the entire Isle of Wight, gradually taking control of the situation on the Isle of Wight.

Had it not been for the British and American battleships and aircraft carriers that had returned to the rescue, the Germans would have rushed to Portsmouth on the other side.

The landing on the middle road made a breakthrough on the 22nd, and after the German corpses were floating all over the beach, gaps were opened in several places in succession, and a large number of German troops rushed up, and the sky over Great Britain was full of gunsmoke.

Even the northern attack of the Germans in Wash's Bay made a breakthrough in Kingsling.

London is in danger! And the British royal family still insists on London.

This is also a big reason why Mountbatten is in a hurry to return.

The British royal family has already prepared for it, if London falls, the royal family will insist on fighting in England, even if the whole of Great Britain falls, the royal family can move to Canada to continue to dominate the empire on which the sun never sets.

But if the royal family is trapped, then all the plans need not be said.

Mountbatten led the fleet back to defend the island of Great Britain as it was to protect the royal family. If the situation is not good, it can be evacuated directly from the sea.

Without the escort of super-battleships, it is bad.

It's like that American cargo fleet, and at night the German Seawolves make a mess of the whole fleet.

Under the cover of night, the sea wolves delivered fatal blows from time to time. When the escort destroyers of the British and American fleets came to expel them, they unexpectedly found that there was a protector behind the German sea wolf.

The Scharnhorst and the subordinate fleet, which had been roaming the Atlantic hunting, also participated in the attack, and as soon as they appeared, they first disarmed the remaining Essex-class aircraft carriers.

The Scharnhorst, which sailed out of the night, was still bombarded at night, and the Essex-class aircraft carrier almost followed in the footsteps of the Glory. However, because of the big hole in the deck, the fighter could not take off smoothly, and the rest of the time was almost soy sauce.

The two battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class could not catch up with this battle cruiser at all, and could only watch as Scharnhorst and the three destroyers accompanying them drove the British and American destroyers chasing the German submarine far away. Then the well-prepared German submarines launched another raid from another direction.

Until dawn, the entire fleet disappeared more than 50 cargo ships overnight, and more than 300,000 tons of supplies sank to the bottom of the sea.

"How so?" Jonas Ingram said in frustration.

The huge fleet could not take care of it, and they themselves were like headless flies, without much organization, which was the most deadly.

However, if it were replaced by the British, who were already familiar with German submarines, the losses might be less, and perhaps they could also add a few more to the 5 German submarines in battle this time. But Americans also need to pay expensive tuition.

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"Not bad, at least not all of them were wiped out!" The news of the heavy losses reached Roosevelt's ears, and he did not care. The Americans bear this loss, and the British have to compensate for the previous deposit.

He was concerned about the situation in the British Isles. The onslaught of the Germans could not be left unfazed.

On the 23rd, blood once again changed the color of the waters of the English Channel.

The main warships of the combined Anglo-American fleet played a huge role, temporarily delaying the passage of the Channel by the Germans.

Subsequently, the British organized several counterattacks. Although aid from the rear was reduced, the Germans remained tenacious.

Although the British annihilated tens of thousands of German troops and recovered several places, the three nails of Hastings, Kingsling, and Isle of Wight had been nailed to death by the Germans.

Despite the support of American aircraft carriers and some Army fighters, the Luftwaffe still had the upper hand, and was even able to give some fire support to the German landers below, allowing them to hold on.

The British Eagles have begun to fight desperately. On the 23rd alone, the British lost more than three hundred planes. But it still could not stop the German fighters from showing off in the skies over London.

The Germans on the Isle of Wight were building a temporary airfield on a large scale, so that German fighters could be supplied directly on the Isle of Wight and could stay in the air for a longer period of time.

The Germans even built a temporary field airfield in Hastings, which would make it easier to advance airborne supplies and personnel.

Three nails were hammered down, and the follow-up troops of the Germans could pour into the island of Great Britain one after another.

"It's a bit of trouble this time!" Roosevelt said with a frown.