Chapter 1994: Scharnhorst's Mission
In history, in addition to the five countries that signed the Washington Naval Treaty, Germany built new capital ships. These six countries built a total of twenty-six capital ships. Including the four built by Britain and France during the Treaty era, there were thirty capital ships. Among these thirty capital ships, the Nelson-class battleships that Britain allowed to build in the Washington Naval Treaty were designed and built in the 1920s. The design plan originated from the N3 battleships in the late World War I, and was clearly different from other capital ships.
Among the remaining main battleships, the United States built three levels of ten, all of which were sixteen-inch main gun battleships. In the post-Washington Naval Treaty era, the United States built the most. Britain built five ships in one class. France included the Dunkirk-class battleships built in the Treaty era, which were two levels of four. Among them, Jean Barr completed the war, Germany built four ships in two levels, Italy completed three ships in one class, and a certain island country completed two ships in one class. This is very different from the scale of the construction in the era of the dreadnought before World War I.
Before World War I, various countries were very enthusiastic about building warships. Although there were not many countries that could build dreadnoughts at that time, many countries with relatively good economies purchased a lot. Among them, Turkey, the three most powerful South Americans, is a very typical example. Generally speaking, the number of main ships built before World War I, including during World War I, was much more than that built after the Washington Navy Treaty.
The problem this leads to is that the world's historical battleship-level main battleships were mainly built before and during World War I. The number of main battleships in the post-Washington Naval Treaty era was not very large. Of course, overall, the number of main battleships at the historical battleship level was not large, which is a very important reason. Among the main battleships in this world, the main reason is that there is no particularly big difference between historical battleships and ordinary battleships. Among the problems, the historical battleship-level fast battleships are not valued. It is normal that it is not taken seriously.
In this world, ten battleships of three levels in the post-Treaty era built in the history of the United States did not appear except for the four sisters of Iowa. Only one of the five battleships built in the post-Treaty era built in the United Kingdom appeared. Not to mention the four battleships built in the history of the French, there were one more Clermonts, and three Italian Venettos also appeared. All four battleships of two levels in Germany appeared except Bismarck. Musashi appeared in Yamato, two main battleships of the island country, and many of these main battleships were SSS-class historical battleships. These SSS-class historical battleships lack effective persuasion, which is a very fatal problem.
However, this is not a problem for fair forces, because many historical warship girls and commanders know that there are many fast battleships in history, and even many slow battleships have not appeared. In the United States, a wave of standard battleships has been built in Nevada. Now there are not many of these standard battleships. None of the Pennsylvania-class or Tennessee-class ships have appeared. Before Nevada, only the Wyoming-class battleships have appeared, and no others have appeared. This is just the situation of the United States. The situation in the United Kingdom is similar. You should know that during the First World War and before World War I, the most of the main battleships were built by Britain. In this world, there are not many British historical battleships that appeared so that the Honor forces did not know Hood at the beginning.
As the world's second navy, the German navy's main battleships are not that many of them appear in the world, and other countries are similar. But there is a problem that the number of these main battleships in history cannot be said to be small, but they are definitely not many. However, in this world, these numbers are very rare. The number of ordinary main battleships in this world is much more than these historical battleship-level main battleships. The effect of the main battleships is firepower. In the face of absolute numbers, unless they are the three sisters of Richelieu, the three sisters of Venetto, or the two sisters of Fusang Mountain City, the two sisters of Wyoming, who have special abilities, can have a sense of existence.
This is the very different part of this world. Other ships in this world do not have this problem. The gap between other ships and historical warships and ordinary warships is very large. A very important task for heavy cruisers in this world is air defense. Because the hull is larger, there are many anti-aircraft guns that can be installed. Therefore, an important task for heavy cruisers in this world is air defense. Of course, hitting targets is also an important task for heavy cruisers. Both historical warships can be completed, but ordinary heavy cruisers cannot be supported, especially for target support.
In combat, heavy cruisers often need to support the vanguard fleet. This requires high accuracy of heavy cruisers to grasp and implement the situation on the battlefield. This is a very good job of historical warship-level heavy cruisers. However, because the number of historical warship-level heavy cruisers is relatively small, among the three major forces, historical warship-level heavy cruisers are all used as backbones of heavy cruisers, which is different from the main battleships.
This is even more true for light cruisers and destroyers. In the vanguard fleet, the combat power of historical battleships and light cruisers and destroyers is very different from that of ordinary battleship-level light cruisers and destroyers, and even more so for aircraft carriers. In comparison, the main ships are much worse, because ordinary main ships can also achieve excellent results in the field of fire concentration. The advantages of other ships cannot be exerted, and battleships often cover shooting. Although the accuracy requirements are also available, they are not as high as those of heavy cruisers.
Although the historical battleship-level main ships in comparison are not as high as those in other types of ships, the historical battleship-level main ships are also quite possible. These main ships are basically used as backbone of the main ship fleet. They can use the advantage of historical battleships with relatively high shield accuracy to attack targets, and the use of the main ships is similar to the three major forces.
Chapter completed!