If someone asked Xu Jie, who would he be more optimistic about if the German High Seas Fleet and the German Air Force were to engage in a direct battle between sea-based aviation and land-based aviation? Xu Jie would 80% choose the Air Force. This is based on historical experience. First of all

Historically, under the same technical conditions, sea-based aviation has too many limitations. If the opponent's land-based aviation is located on a scattered island,

On the islands, they can be defeated one by one, and even this will be a long process. For example, when the US empire swept across the islands controlled by Japan in World War II, a huge fleet of nearly 10 aircraft carriers followed Santa Cruz.

It also took nearly a year to gradually approach Mariana. And if the opponent was deployed on the mainland, the situation would definitely be more tragic.

What's more, who in the German Navy can make good use of the aviation force in this dimension? Xu Jie doesn't know, but historically Richthofen (a relative of the Red Baron, who was the commander of the Eighth Air Force in history), has this buddy ever participated?

That battle? Sevastopol

He commanded the offensive and defensive battles of the fortress.) Kesselring, these monsters. Especially the former, is almost at the highest level in Germany at the tactical level. The latter is also the air and land commander of the Ming Dynasty. So Xu Jie is more optimistic about Germany.

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However, in this exercise codenamed Ibilis, what Xu Jie did not expect was that the German sea-based aviation force began to gain a certain advantage in the confrontation with the air force. And the reason for this was that

People feel dumbfounded. To a certain extent, the German Navy has a much better grasp of the Iblis Peninsula than the German Air Force on land!

You must know that the German Navy had deployed a submarine base in Spain as early as World War 1. Later, the Allied Mediterranean Fleet was still stationed in Spain. Although the German Air Force also entered Spain, it was a pity that after the war, they all

Withdrew to the mainland, but the German navy stayed. Especially in the important coastal naval ports of Spain and Portugal, the German navy was more or less involved. The Germans wanted to

The Atlantic Ocean simulated a real sea-land confrontation. However, when the matter came to an end, it was discovered that the number of airports that Spain and Portugal could provide was really a drop in the bucket compared to the huge German Air Force! So, after coordination from the German staff,

A considerable part of the Luftwaffe entered the German Navy's airports. Not to mention, these large airports, which were originally prepared for four-engine long-range patrol aircraft, were really useful.

One advantage this brings to the Navy is that the Navy knows these airports better than the Air Force. Anti-aircraft artillery is deployed there. From there, you can use the cover of the terrain to the maximum extent, including hangars, ammunition depots, pilot dormitories and oil depots.

The location of important runways was clearly known to the German Air Force. If only

In this case, it doesn't matter. But the key is that the cryptographic systems and command and dispatch mechanisms of the Luftwaffe and the Navy are very different. The former is better. For the Luftwaffe, it can completely use a new cryptic machine and wired

We can solve the problem over the phone. As for the latter, it will cost the German Air Force its life.

The same is aviation guidance. Attacking the sea is much more difficult than attacking the ground. First of all, the former does not have so-called landmarks to determine the direction. In World War II, the Royal Air Force night bomber unit even had terrain scanning radar to assist navigation. How do you do it at sea?

What to do? Secondly, targets at sea can move. Even if the reconnaissance aircraft bites the opponent's fleet and the opponent's fleet is constantly moving, the attacking fleet also needs to constantly change its course. If the range on paper is 400km, the actual journey

Above, the aircraft fleet attacking the sea moves along a zigzag line. But when attacking land, if the necessary tactical elements are not taken into consideration, the fleet moves in a straight line. The range is actually different. The German Navy has been studying this thing for a long time.

But the German Air Force was almost in the dark. And considering the confrontation between the two sides and the conflict that just broke out, the German Navy seemed to be unable to do anything like guiding the air force to attack its own fleet? So the German Air Force decisively fell into the pit.

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On the first day of the battle between the two sides, the German sea-based air force released a huge group of 300 aircraft to take off at dawn, and then easily bypassed the porous radar network along the coast and appeared next to an air force base. After a short period

Destroyed airport after simulated attack

Two squadrons of fighters and one squadron of bombers. In just half an hour, one group of the Luftwaffe was crippled. Another group destroyed a material transfer station. 5,000 tons of parts, fuel and

Other military supplies were judged destroyed.

The Luftwaffe, which had been beaten at the beginning, naturally found it unacceptable. After a period of concentrated mobilization, three long-range reconnaissance aircraft squadrons searched for the fleet at sea from different directions. Thanks to the shorter range of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the Luftwaffe

The reconnaissance plane decisively found the opponent's position, but then Kesselring and others discovered a problem. The opponent had already run out of the range of fighter jets, and simply sending bombers was tantamount to death. So, the Luftwaffe could only watch.

The other side retreated to the open sea, and the fighting ended on the first day.

The next day, the Luftwaffe tended to adopt a conservative defense. All radars were turned on, and fighter jets took off early to prepare to meet the enemy. I originally thought that there would be no problem with the defense. However, it turned out that the Luftwaffe's fast attack fleet first defeated the German Navy itself.

, and decisively caught the Air Force off guard. The attack distance launched by the German Navy was very close, usually around 350km. Try

Think about it, all the preparation work and battle plans can be completed at night. When the sun has just risen, the fleet can be sent out to attack. They attack the airport that cannot move, not the fleet cruising around, and there is no need to do any reconnaissance.

, hundreds of aircraft swept over it. In this case, the only advantage of sea-based aviation - the concentration of troops was fully utilized!

If we were to be more idealistic, then the Luftwaffe could even catch up with ordinary people's breakfast time from the time it was dark until the attack was over! How to defend against such a fast attack speed? What's more, some bases of the Luftwaffe used naval radar stations

, the blind spots are clearly visible. There is really not much difference between having and not having them! So the Luftwaffe was beaten up on the first day

They were taken away again the next day. Two aviation bases were raided. Although the fighter jets that took off early had a certain impact on the German Navy, it was a pity that they were outnumbered. An airport could deploy up to three squadrons of fighter jets, and

The enemy they needed to face was a large fleet of 200 to 300 aircraft! After resisting for a while, the strength of at least two brigades was reduced to nothing.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as over and over again. A person can't keep falling in a pit? But the facts prove that sometimes this is just wishful thinking. Because before certain key issues are solved, it will be difficult for the German Air Force to control the sea.

The large-scale wandering fleet caused a fatal blow. And the hastily established command and coordination mechanism seemed to be difficult to cope with the opponent's quick attack method like tapping. The German Navy was not greedy at all. It attacked once or twice a day. What the German Navy wanted was

Victory, rather than completely overthrowing Germany

All the air force exercise troops were eaten because the latter is not realistic. In terms of total force, the number of the latter is about 1.5 times that of the former. The top German military leaders had already considered the actual situation when designing this confrontation, because in the future

In the battlefield battles, the German Navy must face the superior land-based aviation, so it is normal to give more aircraft to the Air Force during the exercise. Even after several rounds of attrition, the total strength of the German Air Force still has the upper hand. As for

Exchange ratio? Well, a bit disastrous.

However, Kesselring is not mediocre. He is also adapting to the war situation and has made appropriate adjustments based on the situation some time ago. First, the deployment of the Air Force began to retreat. If fighting along the coast, the opponent can easily reach his airport and attack.

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The high efficiency is obvious at a glance, but in order to place his own airport and the opponent continued to cut it off, Kesselring rationally chose to retreat. If you can't reach it, there is nothing you can do. After all, everyone is using the bf109, and this guy's short legs are in the navy and air force.

Zhong is also famous.

Secondly, more field backup airports were established. Some airports that were originally abandoned because the conditions were not very good were used. These airports with poor conditions were mainly used for fighter jets to take off. Because there are too many similar airports, the Navy also

We don’t know the opponent’s deployment situation. So after the German Air Force took these two actions, the navy’s strike efficiency also plummeted. Because the airport where the navy should have deployed aircraft was empty, while the fleet of aircraft that went out to attack were

Luftwaffe fighter jets came out of nowhere to make a sneak attack. The battlefield situation developed towards a stalemate.

But just this is not enough. Every soldier knows that shrinking the direction is a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. What's more, the German Navy has already been too far ahead in the early stage. The result of this delay is that the German Navy will win. And

This is also intolerable for the Air Force. Just when this plan was just beginning to be implemented, Kesselring received instructions from Richthofen. Air Marshal Duel

Xi was very dissatisfied with the result. Quite dissatisfied! He even revealed that the staff department had plans to redo and adjust the aircraft allocation targets that had just been set not long ago. As soon as he heard this information, Kesselring became anxious. Win or lose in an exercise.

The victory or defeat no longer matters. If the share that was finally won is lost, the Marshal will be disgraced, and the German Air Force may not be able to fight in the future war in Iran.

As for his own future, I am afraid that most of it has been ruined. During the Italian Civil War, although the Air Force suffered much greater losses than the opponent, it finally won, and there were some bright spots. And this time, it seems that it has been from the beginning to now.

It's all kinds of tragedy. So for his own future, Kesselring also needs to take a chance.

"Fight! No way!" After gnashing his teeth for a long time, Kesselring finally decided to invest in the Air Force's own ocean-going reconnaissance aircraft. Thanks to the relatively sufficient military expenditure of the Air Force, these ocean-going reconnaissance aircraft modified from the He177 four-engine heavy bomber are equipped with

Air and sea search radar! Moreover, the four jumo engines also provide it with sufficient power, and the larger fuel capacity allows it to have an ultra-long range, which is longer than the one currently used by the navy.

The fw200 ocean-going reconnaissance aircraft is so powerful! These aircraft can even be released in the middle of the night and then patrol in pre-assigned sea areas. Although the early sea radar can only be described as pathetic, the size of the German Navy's fleet is really

It was too big. More importantly, the German Navy did not have the capability for night air combat. Even if the Air Force told the Navy that there was a He177 5,000 meters above their heads, the latter had nothing to do.

Of course, this alone is not enough. After all, this only solves the reconnaissance problem at most. The German Air Force also needs to solve the attack problem. With the retreat of the Air Force deployment, it is certainly more difficult for the German Navy to attack the air force base, but the same

The truth is. It’s not easy to hit the opponent yourself! Consider it.

After a flight, the German Air Force discovered that single-engine aircraft must carry auxiliary fuel tanks to barely guarantee the escort of twin-engine bombers. If it were wartime, they would naturally take the initiative, but this is an exercise after all. If a bunch of aircraft fell in because they ran out of fuel during the exercise,

If the sea drowns a few more pilots, then

What a failure. The Navy's attack on the Air Force's aircraft is to hit ground targets. If it runs out of fuel, it can make an emergency landing on land. But when the Air Force attacks sea targets, it is difficult to track them, and it will be even more difficult to estimate the fuel. What if something happens?

?And as a senior Air Force officer, Kesselring also knew that the Air Force’s ability to attack ships

Their power is really limited. It’s okay to let them blow up merchant ships, or attack a single warship. But if you want to storm a super fleet covered by hundreds of aircraft, forget it. The Air Force has never practiced this. On the one hand, it’s not

The urgency, and where can the Air Force actually find fleets for training? This exercise is the first time!

Therefore, this historical German air marshal formulated two combat plans. He concentrated some advanced twin-engine fast bombers and long-range twin-engine fighters as an attack force.

Idea. Moreover, according to the suggestions of Grimm and others, the attack aircraft group will give up attacks on capital ships such as aircraft carriers and battleships, because the heavy bombs carried by the aircraft group are 500kg. According to the regulations of the exercise, this level of bombs is difficult to

Penetrate the armor of an aircraft carrier, but

If you are carrying 800kg bombs, you will either reduce the range or reduce the number of bombs carried. Moreover, diving with such heavy bombs is a technical job in itself. There are too few people who can do it well. Although these bombs will not actually be dropped on the aircraft carrier

, as long as the aircraft makes a dive action, it is enough, but because of this problem, the pilot must control the overload and speed of the aircraft when pulling up. Otherwise, he will lose control accidentally. After all, the bomb will not be dropped, but it will be treated as a bomb.

The counterweight is real!

After thinking about his own capital, Kesselring decided to build this strike fleet with the attitude of giving it a try and getting the best results. If they couldn't get it, forget it. They didn't expect them to fight for food anyway. Although it was very important to defeat the High Seas Fleet itself.

I don’t have much expectations. But for breaking the sword of the High Seas Fleet, this air force genius is

Very thoughtful! As long as the sea-based aviation force of the German High Seas Fleet can be severely damaged, then at least it will be an undefeated ending. If there is an actual battle, the profit will be made by the air force, because the training of the sea-based aviation force itself is better than that of land-based pilots.

It is much more difficult. Among other things, taking off and landing on a battleship is a big problem.

Everyone uses the same aircraft. Although the Air Force is not as strong as the Navy in sea attacks, when it comes to air combat, the Air Force is better than the Navy. It has ground support in terms of tactical dispatch and convenience of tactical selection.

The air force has more advantages than the navy. If nothing else, the air force fighting at home has more advantages than the navy.

The military can use ground towers and the Air Force's own radar to better understand the opponent's movements. As the Air Force's deployment shrinks, the opponent needs to go deeper into more dangerous depths if it wants to reach the airport. This not only means that the distance increases and the opponent

The increase also means that the Air Force has more opportunities to display its own tactics.

"In fact, there is no need for us to fight to the death with the opponent's fleet at the beginning. This is inefficient. We should be like a wolf pack and make the opponent exhausted first. The opponent's fighter jet range is almost close to the limit. If we enter the battlefield after the opponent enters the battlefield,

If they first make the other side abandon their auxiliary fuel tanks prematurely through constant harassment, then after a wave of interceptions, it is obvious that these aircraft that have lost their auxiliary fuel tanks cannot continue to escort, then they

They can only evacuate. After several times of harassment and attrition, their fighter chances will be reduced to a very low level. At that time, we can completely solve the problem by just concentrating one fighter wing." In the end, Kesselring specifically targeted the sea.

Based on the characteristics of the base aviation force, a plan was formulated. Of course, these fighter jets that had prematurely removed their auxiliary fuel tanks could not be spared. The air force would concentrate on ace pilots to intercept these people who were eager to go home.

The final battle did not exceed Kesselin's prediction. Two days before the end of the exercise, the German naval aviation finally suffered the only disastrous defeat in this exercise. As before, as many as 400 aircraft of various types took to the sky,
To be continued...