If the failure of this tentative offensive brought panic to the German middle and lower ranks, then it was a very valuable opportunity for the German top brass to revise the plan, as Count Spee said, to a certain extent, Raeder's battle had the effect of throwing stones to ask for directions, the so-called pipe peeping leopard, from a medium-sized engagement, the German fleet veterans on the high seas had a general assessment of the opponent they were about to face, and for the sake of the decisive battle in the near future, the Germans were still very concerned about the whole battle process, and even specially brought in Major Bales, who was specially responsible for cover, and asked him to analyze the tactics and quality of the Chinese naval aviation. 【】

"The tactical movements of the pilots of the Huaxia Air Force can be described as exquisite, but they are somewhat rigid, and they are relatively sluggish on the battlefield where the tactical situation is changeable, and on the whole they may be stronger than the Americans, but they are not as good as the British. Of course, this will change with the accumulation of combat experience. Their aircraft have an advantage at almost any altitude, especially in terms of speed. According to the recollection of a colleague, his long plane flew at an altitude of 5,500 meters and flew at an almost extreme speed but could not shake off the same level flying Huaxia fighters, he estimated that the opponent's maximum speed may exceed 700 kilometers per hour, and their aircraft has better dive performance, whether it is long-distance dive or dive control is very good. ”

"The planes of the Huaxia Air Force have a great advantage, but they prefer to fight in teams, like a group of cuirassiers in heavy armor, they use teamwork, coordination and formation to crush the opponent, rather than using individual skills and tactics to win like dragoons. Their style of play is relatively conservative, except for a very few masters, they rarely use safari tactics, and it is difficult to say the specific tactical preference, because whether it is bz or dog fighting, Skua has an advantage, so they will have a lot of tactical choices. ”

"Of course, the failure of this engagement was largely due to the fact that our numbers were small and the other side had a good warning. We didn't expect the Huaxia fleet to come so quickly. The fighter-bomber unit failed to drop the bombs in time and switched to air combat mode, and the fighter-bomber altitude was too low, and it was also a failure to blindly reduce the altitude after being raided and try to escape by diving based on previous experience. Although our planes are a little worse than the other side, if we can use the right tactics. And if we can get early warning, we won't lose so badly! In the end, Major Bales concluded that although it seems to others to be a bit of a suspicion of shirking responsibility, it is objectively fair.

The dominance of the Huaxia fleet and the carelessness of the Germans and empiricism were indeed important reasons for the defeat, if adjusted. There will always be some improvement. After all, in history, the Germans fought with the FW190A8 and the American P51B in 44 years, if you purely talk about flight performance, the gap between the two sides is even bigger than now, isn't the Luftwaffe still dead? (Although in the end, I didn't resist.) ）

"Well, that's good." Count Spee was the first to stand up. Then he signaled that the young major could leave the field for the time being, and it was up to them to do the following. "Although the opponent has better hardware equipment, but we have an advantage in support aircraft and attack aircraft, the value of the existence of fighters is to cover the attack aircraft group to attack, as long as we can successfully send the twin-engine bomber force to the attack position, our attack will be successful. In the same way, as long as we destroy the opponent's attack aircraft, then our defense will also be successful. And only Huaxia has new aircraft, and the Americans should still have a bunch of Spitfire or F6F Hellcats on their aircraft carriers. We still have a great opportunity. The Count summed it up.

The impact of this meeting, which preceded the outbreak of the Great War, was extremely far-reaching for the German Navy, and it was called "the mark of the end of the golden age" by later German naval experts. Before the advent of the Chinese Navy, the German naval aviation had superiority in tactics, technology and strategy, and if you elaborate, the fighter technology was half a step ahead of the American F6F. Bomber technology is directly 2 steps ahead! (Guided weapons plus high-speed bomber swarm) and a large high-speed swarm of multiple aircraft is at least 1 step ahead of the other party! This advantage is not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of strategy and tactics! The Americans simply did not expect that the Germans could use existing technology to create such a powerful strategic and tactical system!

But with the addition of the Huaxia Navy, the situation changed radically, and in terms of fighters, the Huaxia Shicha Falcon fighter overtook the FW190 of the Germans by one step! You must know that the history of the late pirate type play FW190D is easy and enjoyable. It's even easier to play the A-type. In terms of attack aircraft, although Huaxia did not have planes carrying guided bombs, in order to deal with the various guided bombs of the Germans, Huaxia still came up with corresponding jamming equipment to reduce the intensity of the opponent's strike.

And because the German fighters were not powerful. The penetration rate has been greatly reduced, and two factors have ultimately led to a significant reduction in attack power. In terms of tactics, the single-engine alert aircraft equipped by Huaxia equipment makes up for the lack of anti-air realm and low-altitude target search capabilities, which greatly increases the depth of the entire defense, and at the same time, because of the large endurance of the Skua, it increases the time spent in the air. At least not like the Spitfire, which the Americans call a plane that can only fight for an hour!

The Germans were keenly aware of this, and although the German Navy had been required to equip more new aircraft before the end of the French campaign, the development of new aircraft had unfortunately entered a bottleneck period. Both the more powerful BMW801 engine and the Daimler-Benz DB603 engine had some problems. The former has a problem with heat dissipation, and the latter has some problems with stability.

As a result, when their soft and hard power were somewhat insufficient, the Germans began to seriously consider how to develop from the original defensive and offensive style of grasping both hands to the direction of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 600 themselves, and from the beginning of the Second Atlantic War, the German Navy was also forced to be involved in a cruel and bloody war of attrition. This led directly to the first massive hemorrhage in the German Navy!

"From the present point of view, our plan to prevent the Entente convoy from reaching Britain is no longer realized, and we want to be in the paradox, if we want to completely destroy the Entente convoy, then we must first inflict heavy damage on the opposing fleet. But now, we're far apart. No one dared to cross the middle line easily, and both sides had a reconnaissance advantage on their own side.

Time was on their side, and as long as the Entente transports could eventually reach England, we would have lost even if a battle had not broken out. And if we want to attack the transport, the plan to force the other side to take the initiative to seek war will also fail. In skirmishes, we are at a disadvantage. That's our problem at the moment. A problem that can hardly be solved tons. Earl Spee said.

"We can't take advantage of it during the day, so what about at night? Our fleet is not too far from the American transports. The nearest distance is only 300 kilometers! The opposing convoy had a cruising speed of no more than 12 knots. Moreover, the course is basically fixed, and if we go out at night, at the speed of 30 knots of heavy cruiser formation, we have every chance to attack the opponent's transport fleet at night with battleships. And in the daytime. These heavy cruisers could retreat some distance under the cover of aircraft, on the verge of a strike by the Allied carrier-based forces. In the evening, then move again. "Rear Admiral Lindemann, who had always had little presence within the Navy, and was called the last BB party, came up with a very bold plan.

"This plan seems good, but there are still great dangers. In order to make the most of the nighttime, your fleet must move forward during the day, and during the day there are Chinese planes in the sky and American submarines on the bottom of the sea, and your whereabouts are difficult to hide. We don't know the exact location of the Entente fleet, we can only guarantee that the main fleet is out of the range of the opponent's strike, but we can't guarantee that you are also outside the range of the opponent's strike, and the air force cannot guarantee your safety. Only cover can be provided as much as possible. Count Luknall tactfully advised.

"If it were just a night raid, I would think it would be a very loss-making deal to trade a valuable heavy cruiser for a cheap transport. Unless you can prove that this plan has greater value, otherwise. I am against this plan. The Count of Spee made his opinion clear. In the combined fleet of the Allies, the number of heavy cruisers is smaller than that of aircraft carriers, and in the future replenishment of the naval fleet, a maximum of 1-2 ships are launched per year. Therefore, the count was very reluctant to waste the few large gunboats in the Allied navy like this.

"We also carry a large number of seaplanes on our cruisers! During the day, and even at night, these seaplanes can serve as reconnaissance aircraft, and they are in a much higher position! And even if there are losses, they will not have much effect on the main forces of the fleet. Lindemann said hurriedly.

"You're using a heavy cruiser as a light bulb!" The Earl of Spee finally understood what Lindemann meant. To put it bluntly, this is to attack the enemy fleet at night and be in front of the formation during the day as an eye. It turned out that the Germans did not think of a similar approach, but they were somewhat reluctant to use fleet carriers. The aviation cruiser was almost dead again, so it finally gave up.

"Although the seaplane is not as good as the regular carrier-based aircraft, one of its biggest advantages is that it is easy to land at night, and it can land in the predetermined sea area. It was then recycled by relying on the lifting equipment on the battleship. Night take-off, landing, and operations require very high combat qualities, and I don't think that the Chinese and Americans can have many night combat aircraft fighters. You are the commander of the fleet, and you should know that there is not even a single wing of pilots in the entire fleet who can perform night battles and take-off and landing missions! The safety factor of seaplane reconnaissance at night is actually higher than that during the day. And if, at night, we learn the position of the opponent through the radar, then the fleet can completely enter the attack position under the cover of night. Then use the Dawn Attack to wreak havoc on your opponent and crush them before they can react. Lindemann continued.

What is the biggest problem with night air combat at sea? Is it the enemy? Is it navigation? Neither! Although these problems were somewhat difficult to deal with in World War II, the Entente and the Allies solved these problems, and the enemy can be solved by airborne radar and ground-based radar guidance. Navigation can be solved using radio navigation. The most important thing is to land! Ground-based aviation has carried out attacks on the fleet at night, even in the history of Japan.

This difficulty is limited, and the landing of carrier-based aviation at night is a big problem, which is very simple in theory, but not many pilots can do it well. Moreover, in order to ensure the concealment of the fleet, it is more difficult to land under the condition of light control, and in general, the basic quality of pilots on both sides in the sea and air battles in this plane is on a downward trend, and the tragic battles consume a large number of excellent pilots accumulated before the war. At the beginning of the Luftwaffe in good lighting. There are about 3 percent of pilots who can complete the night landing, and after a series of battles and other reasons, this number is now less than 1 and a half percent!

Removing the attack aircraft pilots, the air defense of the entire German fleet at night was quite weak. Of course, their opponents are not much better. At least it does not have the ability to launch a large-scale attack at night, so this problem is not prominent.

Lindemann grasped the key point, since everyone was not very good at night defense, then there was not much danger in reconnaissance by water aircraft. Although the seaplane flies slowly, the range is large enough to solve the problem of recovery, and it can land on the surface of the sea and then hoist it back with a crane, as long as it can be found, there is almost no possibility of an accident. Of course, the most important thing is that even if you are unlucky, the seaplanes have lost some due to some accidents, and even the heavy cruiser forces have lost some, then it doesn't matter. The Allied Combined Fleet is still basic, and if he can really get some key information, Count Spee doesn't mind trading a few heavy cruisers for an attack opportunity!

I have to say that this plan is very thoughtful and very bold. While there are great dangers, there are also great opportunities. The German heavy cruisers had a centralized turret in front of them. The wide aft deck can accommodate about 10 seaplanes of all kinds, and even twin-engine seaplanes, and a detachment has 4 heavy cruisers, about 30 seaplanes of all kinds, and this reconnaissance is not small. After careful consideration, the Germans thought that this plan was very feasible. And in order to ensure that there are no accidents, Count Spee even decided to assign a battleship as the flagship to the cruiser formation, and use the fleet to provide strong firepower to support the radio communication capability!

What the Germans did not expect was that the Huaxia and the Americans also had the idea of using cruisers or even battleships as eyes, for the simple reason that the aircraft carriers of the Huaxia and the United States were also shrunk behind, and in order to ensure safety, they were far away from each other's positions of fire, and the problem of command and coordination was quite big. So Huaxia and the United States threw part of the aviation command staff on the battleship, and then appropriately went out to support the aviation forces! So, under Y's mistake, the two sides met like this!

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