.The Third Reich under Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 4: The Sadness of France  

The wind is blowing...

Erich Redell stood in the island command room of the USS Sedlitz aircraft carrier and looked down at the flight deck. There were several admirals standing beside him, among which Karl Denitz's charm was the most eye-catching.

Standing next to Karl Denitz is a Rear Admiral, whose name is Seleaks, who is responsible for the command of one of the support fleets for this combat mission. He will lead three main battleships and six small ships to serve as the guard patrol missions outside the i fleet.

Among the generals, Lieutenant General Dansh's face was the most melancholy. This was not to say that he was not valued. On the contrary, he was taken too seriously. This time he was given an important task. It is no exaggeration to say that if he failed, the intention to combat this time would lose its meaning. His eyes were always staring at the northeast direction of the main fleet, where his fleet was swimming, a battleship formation composed of four main battleships and twelve small ships.

Rear Admiral Frick seemed a little absent-minded, but don't be deceived by his expression. This man is more refined than anyone else. At this moment, he was thinking about the formation of the fleet in his head. He was responsible for the main defense mission of the main fleet. Erich Redel arranged most of the destroyers of the main fleet in his command sequence. It was a powerful formation, including two Hindenburg-class battleships, two Schonhorst-class battlecruisers, one Admiral Hippel-class heavy cruisers, two Nuremberg-class destroyers, eight G7-class destroyers, and four old-fashioned destroyers left over from World War I.

The German Navy may be the most embarrassing navy in the world. Since Germany's defeat in World War I, every German government has not attached much importance to the development of the navy. Most decision makers believe that as long as they conquer the land, they can achieve their goals. They even believe that the ocean does not need to be paid attention to at all, and the key to determining the outcome lies in the land.

This kind of thinking cannot judge right or wrong, and this kind of thinking is mainly due to the national conditions of Germany. At this time, Germany was mainly threatened by land, and the top leaders did not know the importance and strategic position of the navy. Germany was located in central Europe. If she wanted to expand, she had to face the first threat from the sea, but the urgent threat of the army power in the west and east. And at that time, the top leaders did not think about conquering any other place outside Europe, so it was reasonable to attach importance to the army and not the navy.

The navy was embarrassed, and the existence of Erich Redel also became embarrassing. His prestige in Germany has always been not completely unchanged, but that he understood the national conditions of his country and rarely competed for resources with the army and the air force. As we all know, Germany had too few resources. After being divided by the army and the air force, the resources left to the navy were not even considered residual. It was not that Erich Redel did not want to fight for it, but that he had no good reason. The so-called "no way to do it alone is not considered an authoritative judgment, and the navy basically had no chance to make achievements in a special position, which led to him not even having to find reasons.

History changed when necessary. As early as a man appeared in front of Erich Redel, a young man who looked young and came to Erich Redel's office and told Erich Redel in a fantasy tone to tell Erich Redel about his views on the construction of the future naval.

Who is that person? Xu Yang, who was only 19 years old at the time. Xu Yang did not have much influence at this time. In the eyes of others, Xu Yang was just a young man who was highly valued by his family prestige, and a slightly legendary madman.

But it doesn't matter, Erich Redel himself is in a semi-crazy state, and he doesn't mind a little guy with the title of madman. For Erich Redel, things are already bad anyway, and he won't care whether it's getting worse.

It was after Erich Redel and Xu Yang met. Erich Redel took a special plane to Berlin to have a secret meeting with Adolf Hitler, the then head of the Third Reich. The two decided the future of the German Navy in that dark office.

In this year, Halvon Sardak approved the Navy Construction Bureau's shipbuilding plan application as the Minister of Finance of the Third Reich, the Bromforth Shipyard in Hamburg, the Wiesel Factory in Bremen, and the Wilhelmshaven Shipyard. He received an order from the Navy and planned to build six Hindenburg-class battleships. In this year, the budget funds for the German Navy to build aircraft carriers were passed in Congress, and by the way, the construction plans for other battleships also received early construction funds.

The senior executives of the German Navy once lamented that the world was really wonderful. The reason was that the shipbuilding funds did not all come from Germany. Most of the funds were directly sent to German banks by the United States. The person who gave the money was not someone else, but the Jews in the United States. Why did they lament? At that time, Germany was the country that rejected Jews the most...

Karl Denitz was talking to Lieutenant General Rat Haines. Speaking of Rat Haines, this man was a bit strange. He was originally a Germanic merchant who started out in the maritime transportation industry. The facts also proved that Rat Haines was a very qualified transporter. He once won most of Germany's maritime transportation rights.

Please don't be surprised, there is a reason for this. At that time, Danze was controlled by Poland. If he wanted to send East Prussia resources to Germany, he had to go through sea routes. Rathaines was once responsible for this transportation and transported the goods hoarded in Elbin through Danze Bay Polarmenia Gulf to Stetine, Germany. Because of this, Rathaines had his own position in the German Navy authorities, and he is currently the general dispatcher of the German Navy's shipping.

As the role of an official who is about to break out, his large transport ship was donated to the German Navy for free and was used to convert it into a fire support ship.

The so-called fire support ships are actually just a general term. Some large transport ships have been converted into platforms similar to aircraft carrier flight decks, but they are just similar. The transport ships have fixed devices according to the size of the deck. They are trivial parts used to fix rocket launchers. But don't underestimate those inconspicuous parts. Each large transport ship is loaded (installed) dozens of rocket launchers. Once intensively fired, it is definitely a terrifying covering firepower.

The word "cover firepower" is still a fresh word, and the coverage range it includes is limited. The only advantage lies in the distance and quantity. Under precise guidance, I believe that no fleet is willing to let tens of thousands of rockets hit itself. It has a very obvious weakness, that is, its lack of self-defense ability, low speed, and short endurance. Another point is that it relies heavily on auxiliary ships and supply ships. Once it loses these, it may not even have the qualification to choose to crash into an enemy ship.

In order to prevent being discovered by British radar, the German Navy has been cruising in the waters near the Tyram y route in the Waden Sea. The reason why the commanders of various formations gathered on the USS Sedlitz aircraft carrier was because they needed to discuss the next combat plan.

Relatively speaking, as time goes by, a joint model has been explored. In order to ensure the secret of naval warfare, before the battle begins, the Air Force will send air forces to attack the British coastline in an attempt to attract the attention of the British authorities. The most important point is to try to destroy the British radar system and strive for the suddenness of the attack for the Navy.

This is definitely not a easy job for the German Air Force. They cannot determine whether their means are effective and how much time can be gained for the navy. In addition, the Air Force cannot afford too much losses. Once it exceeds the acceptable range, it will be a loss that will not be worth the effort and will affect the subsequent strategic deployment.

The Air Force's plan is very simple, so simple that Keseling smiled bitterly when she thinks of it. The Cather William Institute said that tin foil strips can deal with radar, which has been confirmed. Although it is not very targeted, the Air Force does intend to try to use tin foil strips to deal with British radar. For this reason, the Air Force has made a rigorous plan after rigorous planning. Anyway, things must be done. If effective, that is God's blessing. If ineffective, it is also a helpless thing.

The reason why Karl Denitz was more excited was because with the development of the war, the results of the submarine force were also expanding. As the commander-in-chief of the submarine force, Karl Denitz was very proud, and time also proved that his theory was correct. At least his submarine force has brilliant results at present.

On the other hand, the Submarine Department understood the sorrow of the German Navy, just because the German surface fleet was too weak

Erich Redel took his eyes off the deck, and he looked around the generals, without intending to give any speech. The old general was extremely quick to do things and never repeated the orders he issued again.

No one saw Erich Redel sigh quietly, and the generals were excited or worried about the upcoming naval battle.

Erich Redel suddenly felt that he should say something, but when he spoke, he used the action of drinking to cover up. He didn't like to write a long speech, but just encouraged him very simply: "Win and defeat are here, for Germany, for German, and for the head of state!"
Chapter completed!