After defeating France, should we continue to attack Britain or turn to the Middle East and directly attack India? This choice issue caused the German General Staff and the navy, army and air force to argue. After all, the risks and benefits are equally irreconcilable. If France is defeated, the Allies will fight against it.

The Allies gained a great advantage in the war. After defeating Britain, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Allies won the war. The reason is very simple. The British collapsed, and the United States and China still planned to invade Europe.

The German mainland will be safe, and no one can threaten the Allies' homeland! If it continues, it will be a long war of attrition, which is not a good choice for China and the United States. Even the Allies are also helpless against China

and the United States, then at least it is okay for the latter to recognize Germany's hegemony in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and even South Asia! Moreover, if Britain is conquered, it can gain India through negotiations, so why bother sending millions of troops from Europe to South Asia?

If you want to occupy the United Kingdom, the first ones to bear the brunt are the navy and air force, which have little to do with the land base. According to the German Army, as long as you can send us to the British Isles, you don't have to worry about the rest.

Within fifteen days everyone celebrated the victory in London. But how to bring the land to the

This is really not an easy problem to solve. In fact, it involves quite a lot of problems. First of all, the Air Force is facing many difficult problems to solve. It is not that Richthofen has not considered conquering England. On the contrary, he also

I have conducted repeated deductions on this issue with other generals.

At the beginning of the setting, the Luftwaffe believed that the British Air Force would lose about 30% of its front-line troops in the French Campaign. This inference was calculated based on the British and German air force losses and the total air force in the Iranian Campaign. Defeated the British in one strike.

In the battle of the Iranian Air Force, the German offensive at the beginning was

After experiencing the initial advantage period, the battle was not unstoppable in the middle of the battle. The two sides fought fiercely for a period of time. When the British Air Force's available strength dropped to 60%, the situation on both sides fundamentally changed. The British Air Force's front line

There was a huge gap in military strength, which led to a total collapse.

Taking this data as the critical point, if the Allies finally crush the Allies on the French battlefield in terms of air force, then the number of losses of the British Air Force's air fleet stationed in France should be around this ratio. Of course, considering that the British Air Force cannot destroy all aircraft

were sent to France. So when

When the air combat situation on the French battlefield reverses, the loss of the British Air Force should be about 30%. If the British had withdrawn earlier, the loss rate would be even lower. In other words, the Allied Air Force will face the British Royal Air Force in the English Channel

The other 70% of the Air Force’s strength is!

When the battlefield moved from the French mainland to the English Channel and the British Isles, the situation on both sides changed greatly. According to the Luftwaffe's vision, it would take about 2 months after the end of the French campaign for the Luftwaffe to complete its attack on the British.

Battle preparations. This is not to say that the Luftwaffe

It's a delay. It's because thousands of aircraft have entered France. Airports and air defense designs damaged by the war have to be repaired, and fuel accessories needed for air campaigns need to be stocked. There are also a large number of technical and maintenance personnel who have to enter France to arrange their lives.

.This series of preparations can be completed in 2 months

Not bad! These two months are the key for the British to recuperate and regain their strength. The Germans estimate that the British wartime fighter production capacity is about 1,000 various fighter jets per month. In Xu Jie's view, this figure is still biased.

Low, after all, the peak of British aircraft production capacity in World War II is

26,000, including many twin-engine and four-engine bombers. If the British focus on producing fighter jets, then more than 1,500 fighter jets a month should not be a problem. However, even if the rate of replenishing 1,000 fighter jets per month is enough for the Luftwaffe

Feeling a lot of pressure!

What is the concept of 1,000 fighter jets? The British can replenish the size of an aviation force in a month. But this time, the Germans, as the attacker, must cross the English Channel and fight the opponent over the British mainland. After gaining access to the French mainland,

After advancing to the base, the short leg problem of the bf109 and fw190 fighter jets has been solved to a certain extent, but the attack range is still not sufficient. After all,

You carry the auxiliary fuel tank with you. Once you encounter an interception, you must throw away the auxiliary fuel tank. Then if you fight with the opponent with the fuel in the fw190, which weighs only 624l and only half a ton, the actual range will definitely be greatly reduced. After all, the theoretical range is

On the one hand, the fierce fighting in the battle is another. So the end result is that the Luftwaffe is providing escort for the bomber group in the south of England. It is already very good.

The British are not stupid. They have long considered that the Germans might carry out strategic bombing of Britain, so they decisively moved important military departments and factories to the north. If the Luftwaffe wanted to bomb, then strategic bombers would have to do it.

He was well prepared to go to the meeting alone. Looking at the losses of bombers on the Italian battlefield and the Iranian battlefield, and then thinking about the British aviation strength, Richthofen shuddered! It would be a long and cruel process to destroy the British industrial base.

process.

Maybe someone has said, can't we just aim at the English Channel and the landing site directly without reaching out so far? Can't we just cover the Army ashore and then hand over the subsequent tasks to the Army? Richthofen is right after thinking about it.

But if they do not attack the opponent in depth, then the British Air Force can continuously obtain supplies, and the Americans can also transport supplies to the United Kingdom from the northern British ports.

Send planes and pilots. Then the battle will inevitably lead to a war of attrition, and fighting on the British home ground, the Germans will definitely not get any advantage. The British have a complete radar network, anti-aircraft gun positions, air defense sentries and numerous

Base. What do the Germans have? Maybe the number of planes is an advantage, but if one of the pilots is missing, there is no possibility of running back. You can't swim across the English Channel!

Therefore, in the end, the Luftwaffe was not optimistic about the results of the air battle over Britain. They even planned to launch a landing operation without fully gaining air superiority. The Luftwaffe had the courage to make a desperate move, but the German Army refused to accept it. After all, there is no such thing as sea warfare.

There are hundreds or even thousands of people on a ship in a bunker, and they can be eliminated with one bomb! The Air Force thinks that it is good if they can suppress the British Air Force. If they want to completely defeat their opponents, they must cut off British maritime transportation. And this depends on

It's the navy.

The Luftwaffe's assessment of the situation is quite correct. If the British launch an attack with sufficient raw materials and assistance from the Americans, it will be difficult for the Luftwaffe to achieve an overwhelming victory. Therefore, if they want to solve an island country like the United Kingdom,

The most critical thing is sea control. So the Navy still has a say in this regard. When the Air Force is deducing the subsequent battle situation, the Navy is also considering the possibility of cutting off the North Atlantic route after the Battle of France. Compared to the Air Force's conservatism,

The Navy is still very confident.

The situation is constantly changing. Although at the beginning the German Navy believed that the pressure on the navy would not be that great before the end of the French Campaign, but as the center of gravity in the early stages of the French Campaign tilted towards the Mediterranean, the German Navy must complete the landing battle in southern France.

Then it took the initiative to sail out of the Strait of Gibraltar, looking for opportunities to severely damage the US and British fleets in the ocean. This time the German Navy had the advantage in the situation.

Germany does not rely on sea transportation, but the United States, Britain and France must devote a considerable part of their power to maintaining the security of the North Atlantic route. A wolf pack of German submarines, aviation cruisers and camouflaged raiders will attack the blood vessels on which the Allied Powers depend for their survival.

When the Americans had to disperse their forces to expel and besiege the raiding ships at sea, the German navy would concentrate its forces to ambush the American and British fleets far away from the mainland.

Relying on the advantage of twin-engine aircraft, when the land-based support is weaker, the perception and attack advantages of the German aircraft carrier are more obvious. In addition, the German Navy can obtain shore-based aircraft support from the Azores Islands, and the German Navy believes that they are in

An advantage will be gained in the early stages of the war, especially when the large maritime patrol aircraft of the United States and Britain are not deployed in place. In order to ensure that the naval plan can be implemented, the German top brass coordinated

, increasing the allocation of naval supplies and financial support. Although in the new aircraft carrier construction plan, the first batch of aircraft carriers to be built are still 2 Moltke-class armored aircraft carriers and 1 Europa-class aircraft carrier. In addition, 3 18,000-ton aircraft carriers

Lightly protected medium-sized fleet aircraft carriers, but with full material and financial support, these six aircraft carriers can be guaranteed to be put into active service within three years and equipped with the required carrier-based aircraft.

In order to cooperate with the actions of the German Navy, the Austro-Hungarian Navy has also appropriately increased its naval expenditure. In the next three years, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will complete two armored aircraft carriers of more than 25,000 tons and another one will be built half a year after the war.

In this way, the size of the Allied aircraft carrier fleet will reach more than 18 ships! Faced with such a powerful force, Count Spee felt a little arrogant! He believed that even if he collided head-on with the American and British fleets from the beginning, it would definitely not be possible.

Will suffer a loss.

Is this actually the case? The Germans obviously underestimated the shipbuilding capabilities of the United States and Britain. When the Germans launched a large number of new warships, the United States and Britain were not idle, especially the United States! As the current leader among the Allied Powers,

Son. The Americans will definitely stand up at the critical moment! Even before the Italian War started, the Americans had 2 large Yorktown aircraft carriers (modified from two Lexington-class battlecruisers) and 2 yellow warships.

Bee-class aircraft carrier (The displacement of the Wasp-class aircraft carrier in this plane is 25,000 tons. Other data are similar to the historical Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, but the protection level is close to the historical Japanese Shokaku aircraft carrier.) Later, the remaining tonnage of the treaty was used to build 3

There are 7 medium-sized fleet aircraft carriers with a reported displacement of 15,000 tons, including the Ranger, Langley, and Saratoga. As a result, the Americans have 7 fleet aircraft carriers during the treaty period.

After completing 7 aircraft carriers, the Essex-class aircraft carrier started by the Americans can be described as a dumpling. In fact, when the Germans marched out of the North Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean with great force, the Americans had more aircraft carriers than the Germans.

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One more ship was needed. At that time, the No. 2 Essex had just been commissioned. During the Iran War, the United States had another Essex completed and commissioned. Now the Americans have 10 fleet aircraft carriers, and on the slipway

There are a total of 6 Essex-class aircraft carriers that have started construction!

According to the speed of American shipbuilding, even if no new fleet aircraft carriers are started in the next two years, the total number of aircraft carriers that the United States can invest in wartime will be as many as 16! Simply relying on this number, the Americans can, on paper,

It can already compete with Germany and Austria! Of course, Germany can actually save some aircraft carriers from Turkey and Spain. But even so, once the war starts, the Allied fleet will still have a disadvantage in terms of the number of aircraft carriers facing the fleets of Britain, the United States and France.

Some disadvantages. When the Germans gained insight into the Americans' shipbuilding capabilities and shipbuilding speed, they added new super aircraft carriers in an attempt to make up for the lack of quantity through quality. Of course, this class is not the Kaiser class.

Yes. After realizing that the United States, Britain and other countries were fully exerting their strength, the Allies would be pushed further and further away. Germany hastily launched the Second World War without even waiting for three years of preparations. From this aspect, we can also

See the horror of American production capabilities!

What is even more surprising to the Germans is that although the Americans have mass-produced the Essex-class aircraft carrier, they are also very interested in larger aircraft carriers. In the eyes of the Americans, although the Essex is classic, it still cannot

Compared with the German Europa-class aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy has also done internal research on the German design and construction of such a huge aircraft carrier. They are also considering why the Germans insist on building such a huge aircraft carrier.

Aircraft carriers. The Americans use their own ideas to consider and speculate on the Germans' thoughts. First of all, the German Moltke-class aircraft carriers have a single-story large hangar like the American aircraft carriers. If the aircraft volume and take-off performance of both sides are similar, then

The aircraft capacity of the Moltke-class aircraft carrier and the American aircraft carrier should be the same. In other words, the number of aircraft that the nearly 30,000-ton aircraft carrier can operate is about 100. (Including spare aircraft)

Eggs will not be put in one basket, and the Americans believe that the Germans will understand this problem. Therefore, their construction of new large aircraft carriers will definitely not simply increase the number of carrier-based aircraft. So what is their purpose? At this moment, the United States

People thought about the possibility that the Germans would use twin-engine aircraft, but at the last moment, when they were close to the truth, the Americans' thinking suddenly diverged. That is, did they think the Germans were planning to build a

What about a three-in-one aircraft capable of air combat, bombing and lightning strikes? Americans think it is very possible!
Chapter completed!