Chapter 2495 The Forgotten Battleship 3

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"Why?" Koga Mineichi asked.

"Because, in future night battles, there will be very few large-scale fleet sorties. Can you imagine a dozen battleships and a large number of escort warships operating at night? Night formation navigation is inherently difficult, let alone Facing the enemy's fleet, submarines and mines. The risk is too great. Except as a last resort or when there is an absolute advantage, the Imperial Navy will not take such a big risk. The most likely option to start with is the detachment level. In the operation, 3 to 4 battleships will take escort battleships to operate, and other main fleets will respond within a certain range. In this way, if the situation goes bad, you can quickly escape. Therefore, from this perspective, the empire does not lack these few remaining ships. Rick." Yamamoto Isoroku thought for a while and said.

Night battles are full of uncertainties, whether it is fighting or sailing. Therefore, any fleet will avoid super-large-scale night battles. Even when the High Seas Fleet is at a disadvantage, it will refuse night battles. At most, it is night maneuvers. Then fight at dawn. The only one who is really keen on fighting night battles is Count Spee. The reason is very simple. The situation in the Mediterranean is worse than that in the North Sea. There is no other way to fight at night. If there is some way, Count Spee will not fight in the dark with the British and French fleets.

The Japanese also understand this, and they also have a speed advantage, so running away is a good choice if you can't fight at night. Moreover, the quality of the Japanese fleet is indeed relatively high, with a core of 6 Fuso and 2 Nagato-class battleships. This gives them a high chance of running away when facing Bavaria. Moreover, if a support fleet is deployed outside, the German fleet may not necessarily dare to pursue it.

And if what you encounter is not the German fleet, then it will be fine. Four Fuso-class battleships are enough to deal with any American fleet of the same size. Therefore, in future naval battles, long-term and continuous night battles among medium-sized fleets will be the mainstream. There may or may not be decisive battles. And considering that the Japanese fleet has 12 battleships after all, rotation is enough. Therefore, 4 Rurik-class battleships are really not that necessary!

"And judging from the current training content, it is mainly ocean navigation, supply training, as well as avoiding detection and escaping tracking. From the subject point of view, this is more like the content of ocean-going diplomatic operations."

"And if you look at our battleship improvement plan, the battleship's fuel reserve has been further increased, but the amount of ammunition for the main gun has been reduced. At the same time, the boiler uses an ordinary boiler instead of a small water tube boiler, and even part of the gun gallery armor has been removed . This obviously takes into account the overall load of the warship and the difficulty of maintenance. And if we look at the newly added cold storage, food and fresh water reserves, we can be sure that this is preparation for ocean warfare. If it is only in If we fight in Guinea, we don't need this improvement at all." Isoroku Yamamoto analyzed.

"It seems that this time we will play the role of General Su Xiong, the Blood Count in the war." Koga Hoichi said excitedly. If we want to say who in the entire German Navy has fought the most with the Japanese, it must be Su Xiong and Raeder. When they first arrived in the Indian Ocean, they sacrificed their swords to the Japanese fleet.

Subsequently, there were two large-scale battles. In one battle, they even sank two of the four Japanese battleships that came one after another. After three wars, Su Xiong's reputation has completely spread among the Japanese fleet. Among the Japanese naval generals, Su Xiong is both feared and hated! This allows Su Xiong to automatically gain a -5 correction value for the latter's morale when facing the Japanese fleet...

Of course, many of Japan's younger generation of generals still admire Su Xiong. After all, the Japanese can erect a monument to Perry, who opened the door to their own country, so why can't they worship Su Xiong, who beat them violently? According to Japanese logic, worship is the correct way to open it, okay? Koga Mineichi is one of them. It turns out that this guy once stayed on a light cruiser and studied the problem of cruiser breakup. It was originally estimated that the Japanese Navy was far less wealthy than the German Navy and could dispatch fast battleships to serve as warships. So in the future, it would be great to bring a cruiser to roam the sea, right? Looking at the seniors of the Navy, various broken ships have written their own glorious chapters on the sea since the era of sailing. Koga Mineichi is looking forward to this day, eh!

"I really didn't expect that in the future, I would have the opportunity to command a fast battleship to carry out diplomatic breaking operations. Originally, I thought it would be good to be assigned a light cruiser. With this battleship, there is no one in the US fleet who can capture Even the new American cruisers can't survive our presence!" Koga Mineichi said.

"But what we are likely to face in the future is the encirclement and suppression by Su Xiong's fleet. In this battle, our and Su Xiong's positions were exchanged. We became wolves, and the Germans became hunters. Of course, those who participated in the encirclement and suppression There may also be American aircraft carriers. According to experience in the war, it is entirely possible for a carrier-based aircraft on a regular aircraft carrier to severely damage an unescorted old battleship. The challenges we face are very severe. Even The American aircraft carrier will be more terrifying than the German fast battleship!" Yamamoto Isoroku was very sober. To some extent it can even be said to be prescient!

"Are you talking about airplanes? These renegade guys have changed the situation of naval battles, making everything we were familiar with become different in an instant." Koga Mine said with a curl of his lips.

"I am also a little uncomfortable with it, but the fact is the fact, and you can't ignore it if you don't admit it, so we still have to learn to face this new naval battle situation. So I am going to make a suggestion to the top brass of the Navy." Yamamoto Isoroku said .

"What advice?"

"We need to improve a Russian seaplane carrier. In addition to carrying no less than 10 seaplanes, it must also have rails for ejecting aircraft. In this case, we can eject aircraft with their landing gear removed. For air combat, it can effectively enhance our air defense capabilities. Moreover, seaplanes are very helpful in enhancing our awareness of the surrounding environment." Yamamoto Isoroku said.

"This is another big project. If you go by what you said, the tonnage of this auxiliary battleship may be around 12,000 tons. Let me think about it. You are talking about the Russian Kamchatka seaplane carrier. Right? Only he can realize your requirements, a displacement of 12,000 tons, more than 10 seaplanes, and more than 6 fighter jets without landing gear. You are using the plane as an anti-aircraft shell, this It’s really a bit lavish.” Koga Mineichi said.

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