German* troops marched into the Rhine Demilitarized Zone and recovered all of the Rhineland. The armies of Britain, France and Belgium, in the face of a strong German invasion, finally chose to retreat. The war with Germany, which was clamored before, did not break out at all. Neither England nor France were willing to go to war with the Germans at this time. This was especially true when the Chinese Empire made it clear that it was fully in favor of Germany.

The German reconquest of the Rhineland caused Adolf Hitler's popularity in Germany to skyrocket once again. Countless Germans spontaneously marched, shouting the slogan "Long live the Führer" and venting their excitement. After the reconquest of the Rhineland, Germany had become a normal country. They came out of the shadow of defeat completely. This is great news for all Germans.

Step by step, the Germans regained their self-confidence and began to expand outward, which was undoubtedly what the Chinese Empire wanted to see. The more the Germans expanded in this way, the more acute their contradictions with Britain and France became. When the time comes, war will be inevitable. When the next world war broke out, it was time for the Chinese Empire to expand rapidly again.

On the morning of March 12, 4634 in the era of the Yellow Emperor, the western waters of the Whale Sea. The entire sea has been cordoned off. The Chinese Navy is conducting a secret training exercise here. The Chinese Navy's newest aircraft carriers, two aircraft carriers, are undergoing take-off and landing training. These two aircraft carriers are different from the previous A-class aircraft carriers and B-class aircraft carriers. These two aircraft carriers are the most armored aircraft carriers with stronger armored defenses. It is an aircraft carrier converted from the hull of the Kaga-class battleships built by the Japanese Navy. This class of aircraft carriers was named C-class aircraft carriers by the Imperial Navy, namely the 'Changbaishan' aircraft carrier and the 'Culai Mountain' aircraft carrier.

Class C aircraft carrier with a displacement of 35,000 tons, a length of 265 meters, a width of 32 meters, deck armor 64 mm thick, and a maximum speed of 30 knots. Capable of carrying eighty combat aircraft and eight seaplanes. Compared with the previous two-stage aircraft carriers, the combat effectiveness of the C-class aircraft carriers has not increased significantly. However, the defense has increased a lot. 64 mm deck armor, capable of withstanding a certain level of bombing. In future naval battles, the survivability of C-class aircraft carriers will obviously be a little stronger than that of other two-class aircraft carriers.

Of course, for reasons of the hull, the C-class aircraft carriers did not satisfy the Imperial Navy. However, this was just an experiment for the Imperial Navy. The hulls of four of the Japanese Navy's Amagi-class battlecruisers were to be converted into aircraft carriers. Compared to the Kaga-class battleships, the Amagi-class battlecruisers have a longer hull and larger displacement, and the converted aircraft carriers will be able to carry more carrier-based aircraft. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy also skyrocketed. For aircraft carriers, their combat effectiveness is mainly manifested in the fighters they carry. The greater the number of fighters on board, the more powerful they will be. In addition, the take-off and landing efficiency of carrier-based aircraft is also related to the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers. Unlike Western aircraft carriers of the same era, the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy were equipped with beveled decks from the A-class onwards. So that the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier can be recovered at the same time as taking off. This makes the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy more powerful than the aircraft carriers of Western countries in terms of overall performance.

Not far from the two C-class aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Navy was moored there. Emperor Wu Haoxuan, Prince Wu Pengfei, Chief of the General Staff Marshal Jiang Baili, Minister of the Navy Marshal Sa Zhenbing, Admiral Liu Guanxiong, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, and Admiral Li He, Commander of the South Ocean Fleet, were also on the deck of this heavy cruiser. They were ordered to observe the training of two C-class aircraft carriers.

It is no secret that the Emperor attached great importance to aircraft carriers among the top echelons of the Imperial Navy. So far, the Imperial Navy has built a total of ten aircraft carriers of three classes. Among them, there are four A-class aircraft carriers, four B-class aircraft carriers, and two C-class aircraft carriers.

"Your Majesty, the Germans have recovered the Rhineland. Britain, France and Belgium were silent, they withdrew their troops stationed in the Rhineland, and had no intention of going to war with Germany. Of course, both the French and the Belgians, respectively, strengthened the deployment of troops on the border. However, this was clearly a defense, not an attack on Germany. Marshal Jiang Baili said.

The Chinese Empire clearly expressed its support for Germany's recovery of the Rhineland, so the General Staff has also been keeping an eye on the situation in Europe. If the Germans regained the Rhineland, causing Britain, France and Belgium to go to war against Germany, the Chinese Empire should join the war as promised. Of course, the Reich could not guarantee whether the Germans would be able to withstand the attacks of Britain, France and Belgium. After all, Germany has already begun to expand its armaments. However, with a total of only 500,000 troops, it is simply not comparable to Britain, France and Belgium. Almost everyone regarded Adolf Hitler's actions as a military adventure. But now it seems that the Germans have won the bet.

"Well, Britain, France and Belgium will not go to war against the Germans at this juncture. To be precise, the British did not want to go to war with Germany. The French also did not want to fight, especially without the explicit support of the British for them to go to war. The Belgians were very wary of Germany, and did not hesitate to go to war against Germany to prevent Germany from becoming stronger. However, without the support of Britain and France, they were not at all an opponent of the Germans. So, this allowed the Germans to survive the crisis without any danger. Wu Haoxuan said. All of this is under his control. Of course, in the history textbooks of another time and space, these are clearly written. Wu Haoxuan is also worried about whether the development of history and his expectations will be biased. However, at this point, he had no other way but to go on with his head.

"Your Majesty, Chief of the General Staff. From this incident, it has been proved that Britain, France and other countries are nothing more than paper tigers. Even the Germans were able to make them retreat, let alone a mighty empire. In my opinion, the empire could take this opportunity to snatch the Burmese colonies from the British in one fell swoop. In this way, we are one step closer to India. Admiral Sa Zhenbing said.

"Myanmar? Let's forget it for now. If we move Burma, the British will definitely fight with us. Now, it's not the time. Wu Haoxuan shook his head. Although, with China's current military strength, it is not difficult to snatch Burma from the hands of the British. However, such a case would inevitably lead to the outbreak of a large-scale war between the Chinese Empire and Great Britain. Although, the Chinese Empire was not afraid of the British. However, if we go to war with the British now, it is very likely that we will detonate a world war in advance. At the same time, it will also deplete the strength of the empire.

In the plan of Emperor Wu Haoxuan, it was the task of the Germans to deal with the British. The Chinese Empire only needed to deal a fatal blow to the Germans after the Germans had beaten the British to death. Now to go to war with the British, even if it is to knock the British down, it will only do the Germans a great favor. The Chinese Empire would not do such a thing. The main enemy of the Chinese Empire was the United States, and there was no need to waste too much strength on other enemies. Only by defeating the Americans will the Chinese Empire be able to secure future victories.

"Your Majesty, now we have ten aircraft carriers. Is it possible to assign these aircraft carriers to our two fleets? Admiral Liu Guanxiong, commander of the Pacific Fleet, asked.

Although, Admiral Liu Guanxiong is a standard big ship and giant artillery faction. However, at a time when the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier became more and more formidable, his attitude changed. The Admiralty had done a wargame before. With the combat effectiveness of ten aircraft carriers of the aircraft carrier formation, it is quite possible to send all the capital ships of the Pacific Fleet and the South Sea Fleet of the Imperial Navy to the bottom of the sea. And its own casualties will not be large. Such a result is undoubtedly a great blow to the admirals who believe in big ships and huge guns. However, this is a great thing for the Imperial Navy. This at least proves that the Reich Navy is fully committed to the development of aircraft carriers, and this is correct.

"At present, aircraft carriers are still independent armies, and every two aircraft carriers form an aircraft carrier fleet. Ten aircraft carriers, making up a fleet of five aircraft carriers. In the coming years, several more aircraft carriers will be added to the Imperial Navy. We will have more and more aircraft carriers, and there will be more and more aircraft carrier fleets. In the future, the aircraft carrier fleet will be incorporated into the Pacific Fleet and the South Sea Fleet. It's just that now is not the time. Because, at the beginning of the war, we had to beat the Americans down. Destroy their navy in the Pacific Ocean in one fell swoop. In the future World War I, the role of aircraft carriers is irreplaceable. In order to ensure victory, aircraft carriers will have to be used intensively. After that, aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier formations will be assigned to the South Ocean Fleet of the Pacific Fleet. Wu Haoxuan said.

Another time and space, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they dispatched six aircraft carriers and 423 combat aircraft. But at this time and space, the U.S. Navy has a stronger presence in the Pacific. Therefore, Wu Haoxuan planned to use at least 12 aircraft carriers and nearly 1,000 combat planes at that time. Not only to destroy the U.S. naval power in the Pacific, but also to help the Marines land on the Hawaiian Islands and take over the most important U.S. base in the Pacific in one fell swoop. If China could occupy Hawaii, it would have a forward position in the middle of the Pacific against the United States. (To be continued.) )