Outside Cooks Harbor, the prince and his group sat on the German royal yacht Hohenzollern and headed to the exercise waters. It was depressing enough. Judging from the assets controlled by the family, Bavaria had surpassed the German royal family and even far surpassed a large number of German capitalists and bankers such as Krupp. In terms of the wealth dominated by the family, the Wittelsbach family was not only the first in Germany, but also the top three standards in Europe! As for whether it can be compared with family groups such as Rockefeller and Boston, it is not clear.

However, such a powerful and wealthy family with a prominent status does not have a high-end yacht of their own, which is indeed quite ashamed. It seems to be very shameless to outsiders. The prince's grandfather is old and rarely comes out, so there is no need. The prince's father is interested in this, but after taking over as the King of Bavaria, everything is plagued by Bavaria. Now Bavaria needs him to deal with too many things. In addition to the more factories, the relationship between Bavaria and the German Emperor and the Ao Emperor has also become very subtle. As for the prince? In the eyes of this time traveler in later generations, it is better to build a few more submarines than to make a yacht...

(In history, the assets of the German royal family seem to be only the top ten standards in Germany. Krupp's assets rank higher than the German Emperor. Of course, the German Emperor theoretically owns the entire Germany.)

On the outside sea, two target ships were slowly sailing under the traction of the tugboat. If they simply hit fixed targets, they would naturally be unconvincing, so the prince decided to increase the difficulty. The two target ships passed by the yacht at a speed of about 8 knots. At this time, the sound of engines from the southwest air attracted the attention of everyone present.

The first batch of more than 20 bombers and torpedoes entered the field. In fact, the torpedoes of this era are actually bombers that can hold fish... Before the high-angle dive bombing matures, before the results of the aircraft reach a certain level, the bomber can only dive at a small angle, or simply horizontal bombing. If you make an analogy, it would be like the Japanese naval torpedo aircraft carrying 800kg special armor-piercing bombs horizontally in Pearl Harbor. Well, that's it!

To be honest, the prince has "rehearsed" several times in this exercise, not to mention that although the target of this attack was moving, it could not dodge. The first one to enter the field was a torpedo aircraft formation. Under the command of Lieutenant Rudel, the four torpedo aircraft quickly lowered their altitude after discovering the target, and quickly dropped from 500 meters to 150 meters. Finally, they approached the target almost close to the sea level. The four aircraft were divided into two groups again. Lieutenant Rudel and his companions attacked for the first time.

Looking at the target gradually becoming clearer in the distance, Rudel asked the shooters in the back seat to make their final preparations. When the two sides gathered only 500 meters, the shooters in the back seat aimed at the bow and pulled down the handle! A 350mm torpedo drew an arc in the air and fell into the water. The torpedo's depth was set at 3 meters underwater. Thankfully, after reaching the specified depth, the engine of the torpedo was turned on, and the gyroscope and propeller were not damaged. A straight white line quickly approached the target from below the sea!

"?!I'll go, what's going on?" Rudel could guarantee that he had seen the torpedo hit the side of the target ship with his own eyes and then sank into the bottom of the sea. "Damn it, it's not that the fuse is wrong, right?" The torpedo fuze will have some problems from time to time, with a probability of about 20%. Another torpedo attack aircraft next to him was not hit, and the torpedo paddled through the side of the hull and sailed to the distance.

"This attack does not seem to be very successful." Prince Heinrich said, touching his chin.

"The aircraft carrier will not only dispatch two aircraft at a time," the prince said disapprovingly. Even if the target is a target ship running at a low speed, you cannot expect the torpedo hit rate to reach more than 50% without interference. This is tolerant. After all, if an aircraft carrier attacks a warship, it must be at least a two-digit attack aircraft.

Fortunately, the two torpedoes attacked in the second wave performed well. The fourth torpedo entered the water safely, and there was no problem with the fuse, and it accurately hit the target ship. With a loud bang, the 3,000-ton target ship was blown into two sections. At this time, the German Navy senior official watching had a smile on his face.

However, before the prince could breathe a sigh of relief, some problems occurred when the bomb attack on the No. 2 target ship, because this time, the target ship found by the German Navy seemed to be smaller, 500 tons smaller than the 3,000-ton target ship attacked by torpedoes! That is, the displacement of a Battle 2 destroyer is only 80 meters long and just over 14 meters wide... plus the navigation speed of 10 knots, this made the pilots of the Swordfish Wing feel a little trouble!

"I'm going, why is the target so small this time? Aren't we dealing with the main ship? Who has ever seen a main ship with the same specification as a torpedo boat!" The throwing man in the back seat cursed with one hand.

"Okay, stop complaining, I'll lower the altitude to 150 meters. Do your best." The pilot in the front seat said with a little depressed expression.

The first bomb drew an arc in the air and fell into the water, then the second, the third.... The fifth.... After the first group of aircraft threw the bomb, they decisively took a zero egg back....

"This, the effect of air attacks against sea is really bad. If you look at this hit rate, it will be at most 20%. Moreover, this is still a target with no counterattack ability and a speed of no more than 10 knots." Scher, who was standing beside him, could not stand it anymore.

"If we dispatch 20 bombers at a time, then the 20% chance is that 4 hits the target, and one aircraft can only carry one 300kg bomb. Although the bomb loading volume is a bit high, the killing effect is still very average." General Feng Boer continued.

Fortunately, the subsequent two attacks were pretty good. The sixth and seventh bombers were accurately thrown on the target ship. The 150kg explosive was not a joke. The second hit was a waste. Just one bomb exploded this guy with only the size of a destroyer to pieces! At this point, although the performance was not satisfactory this time, the result was quite reasonable. At least two target ships were not towed back.

"This exercise left a deep impression on me, at least letting us know that it is feasible to attack warships from the air. I would like to report everything to the German Emperor. Considering this efficiency, I think the other two aircraft carriers can be used as ordinary ships, and don't use high-speed ships. The number of carrier-based aircraft can also be reduced appropriately." Prince Heinrich said.
Chapter completed!