When the prince thought of this, he was so excited! He has now found at least a feasible way to severely damage the British Empire fleet within one year! Yes, this battle will be at the end of 1913 at the latest! If it is fought well, then Germany's overseas transportation lines will be truly smooth! The British will never be able to return to the Shetland Islands!&1t;/p>

Then, the prince calmed down his excitement and began to consider what if the planner changes? For example, the British fleet has added aircraft carriers, and for example, what should we do if the British 6-based aircraft appears over the battlefield! The prince is not very worried about the former, because British aircraft carriers have always been famous for their few aircraft carriers in history... It is not realistic to expect them to launch a large-scale aviation raid. As for the latter, if it is a large group of O-4oo and FB27 bombers carrying the torpedo and 5ookg-class bombs, then the German fleet may not be able to take it...&1t;/p>

The best way is naturally to fight within the combat radius of British Air Force. Thinking of this, the prince drew a rough range on the chart of the North Sea based on the intelligence collected. This range was later called the North Sea black hole, which means that in addition to large bombers like V15oo, twin aircraft cannot reach the combat waters without the ability to carry anti-ship weapons.&1t;/p>

However, it is indeed difficult to get the British to enter and exit this area, because now, the Royal Navy, which is mainly waiting for violent soldiers, will generally have a very low probability of entering and leaving the far sea. After all, even suppressing cruises is almost done...&1t;/p>

The so-called "not afraid of ten thousand" is just afraid of one. Based on the principle of lenient prediction for the enemy, the prince needs to leave enough aviation power to deal with the British 6-based bomber. The prince has a clear understanding of the degree of British aviation power. Therefore, from a technical perspective, all interceptor aircraft must be equipped with at least 3 12.7mm machine guns to be barely enough. Then there must be more than 3 hours of air stagnation time, which requires the help of the auxiliary fuel tank. Then, this determines that the aircraft's motivation must be strong... So the prince asked his subordinates to draft a telegram to ask how the reverse engineering of the V12 375 horsepower motor produced by Rolls-Royce was dismantled from the downed British bomber....&1t;/p>

The number of fighter jets must be large. The prince needs to draw out at least 50 or more fighter jets to be responsible for interception. This number is unavailable for the current plan. There are about 100 fighter jets on the four aircraft carriers. Among them, 30 aircraft that are prepared in the hangar or used as backup aircraft, and then the fighter troops that provide cover for the attack aircraft group are about 50, which means that the remaining number of fighter jets is only 20. This number is definitely not enough!&1t;/p>

According to current combat experience, for twin bombers with advanced performance, using single seaplanes to intercept is not possible. No matter how good the performance, the aircraft plus two floats will immediately become a weight. Currently, only twin seaplanes can effectively deal with twin bombers. The latter is too heavy, too large in size, and too small in number of carrying.&1t;/p>

"If possible, I hope we will build another small aircraft carrier with spare energy, specifically as a fighter aircraft carrier. The deck length is 16o meters, and we don't plan to take off the attack aircraft anyway." The key issue is still the lack of release capability and number of aircraft carriers, and the easiest way is to build another one. The prince has very few requirements for this additional aircraft carrier, and does not need to carry attack aircraft, and even the bomb and ammunition compartment can be as small as possible. As long as it can be installed with more than 5o new J-3 fighters! The latter will be equipped with a drop-off motor of more than 35o horsepower, with a maximum flight degree of more than 2okilometers per hour. In the early stage, it is equipped with 3 12.7mm machine guns, and in the later stage, it may be considered to install the newly developed 2omm machine gun.&1t;/p>

An aircraft carrier dedicated to take off fighter jets can provide at least 3O fighter gaps, and the surplus of 5O fighter jets is also sufficient to shock the British twin bombers. After all, the firepower of these aircraft is more than twice as strong as ordinary J-1 aircraft! (The latter is a 12.7mm machine gun and a 7.92mm machine gun.)&1t;/p>

There is basic air defense force. As for how to use these fighter jets, haha, the prince can only expect these pilots to have higher quality and better swings on the spot. There is no radar in this era, there is no perfect air defense command and decision-making system, and even radio is between reliable and unreliable. All you can count on is to make those fighter pilots sprint better.&1t;/p>

"By the way, how is Wilhelmshaven's air defense deployment?" The prince asked after writing down the new combat draft of his High Seas Fleet.&1t;/p>

"Thank you, Your Highness, the fighter wings coming from Bavaria have been deployed to the area around Wilhelmshaven. Eight 88mm anti-aircraft gun companies and six 4omm anti-aircraft gun companies have been arranged on the commanding heights near Wilhelmshaven. The periphery has been established. The Admiralty ensures that at least one airship will patrol the northwest of the port throughout the day. The ground observation post has also been laid out. The radio monitoring department is being established. The air balloon will be deployed around the next 1." said an officer from the Admiralty.&1t;/p>

"Very good, keep working hard. Aviation attacks are not very technically difficult for the British. In the future, maybe they are unsafe in the port." The prince nodded and said.&1t;/p>

As the prince expected, the British finally completed the issue of aviation torpedo throwing two weeks later. The method they adopted was very similar to the method used by the Japanese when bombing Pearl Harbor in World War II, reducing the depth of the torpedo when they entered the water by adding a wooden wing. Outside Forth Bay, 18 British FB27 bombers attacked the target ship on the scale of squadrons for the first time.&1t;/p>

"At least, our five torpedoes successfully entered the water and matched the theoretical range." Fleet Commander Jericho said to the somewhat embarrassed Naval Aviation Officer. Yes, none of the five torpedoes hit the target... The British who used a twin-plane to throw a distance of a little far. They shot a torpedo from 14 oo meters away. At the same time, the Germans' requirements were within 8 oo meters. The selected target was also smaller, but after narrowing the strike distance, the lightning strike accuracy behind them was OK. This exercise only verified the implementability of the aviation lightning strike, without seriousness and specific power. (No warhead)&1t;/p>

However, an aviation bomb attack before this was unusually successful. An aviation bomb changed to a 12-inch armor-piercing bomb was dropped from a height of 1ooo meter, and then hit the target in a terrible way! The powerful kinetic energy directly penetrated the 3-layer deck of the target ship, almost exploded at the bottom of the ship. Only one was used to knock the target ship into both ends...&1t;/p>

"It's time to attack!" Churchill said after receiving the report.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!