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! That's right, this battle will be launched 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!

Then, the prince calmed down his excitement and began to consider what if the plan changes? For example, the British fleet has added aircraft carriers, and for example, what should we do if British land-based aircraft appear over the battlefield! The prince is not very worried about the former, because British aircraft carriers have always been famous for their small number of aircraft carriers. It is not realistic to expect them to launch a large-scale aviation raid. As for the latter, if there are large groups of O-400 and B27 bombers carrying the torpedo and 500kg class bombs, then the German fleet may not be able to take it.

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 North Sea chart based on the intelligence collected. This range was later called the North Sea black hole, which means that in addition to large bombers like V1500, twin-engine aircraft cannot reach the combat waters without carrying anti-ship weapons.

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.

The so-called "not afraid of ten thousand" is just afraid of one. Based on the principle of lenient information on the enemy, the prince needs to leave enough aviation power to deal with the British land-based bombers. 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 secondary fuel tank. Then, this determines that the engine of the aircraft must be strong. So the prince asked his subordinates to draft a telegram to ask how the reverse engineering of the V12 375-horsepower engine produced by Rolls-Royce was done from the downed British bomber.

The number of fighter jets must be large. The prince needs to draw out at least 50 fighter jets to be responsible for interception. This number is impossible 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!

According to current combat experience, for twin-engine bombers with advanced performance, using single-engine watercraft to intercept, no matter how good the performance, the aircraft plus two floats immediately became a weight. Currently, only twin-engine watercraft can effectively deal with twin-engine bombers. The latter is too heavy, too large in size, and too small in number of carrying.

"If possible, I hope we will build another small aircraft carrier with spare energy, specifically as a fighter aircraft carrier. The deck length is 160 meters, and we don't plan to take off the attack aircraft anyway." The key issue is the lack of release capability and number of aircraft carriers, and the easiest way is to build another one. The prince has very little 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 50 new J-3 fighters! The latter will be equipped with more than 350 horsepower and the maximum flight speed is more than 200 kilometers 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 20mm machine gun.

An aircraft carrier dedicated to take off fighter jets can provide at least 30 fighter gaps, and the surplus of 50 fighters is also sufficient to shock the British twin-engine bombers. After all, the firepower of these aircraft is more than twice as strong as that of ordinary J-1 aircraft! (The latter is a 12.7mm machine gun and a 7.92mm machine gun.)

There is a 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 perform better 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 perform better.

"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.

"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 40mm 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 one." said an officer from the Admiralty.

"Very good, keep working hard. Aviation attacks are not very technically difficult for the British. In the future, perhaps in the port, they are not safe." The prince nodded and said.

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 B27 bombers attacked the target ships on the scale of squadrons for the first time.

"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 these five torpedoes hit the target. The British who used a twin-engine aircraft to play lightning strike for the first time were a bit far away. They shot torpedoes 1,400 meters away. At the same time, the Germans' requirements were within 800 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 being solemn and specific power. (No warhead)

However, an aviation bomb attack before this was unusually successful. One round of the aviation bomb changed to a 12-inch armor-piercing bomb was dropped from a height of 1,000 meters, and then hit the target with a terrible attack! The powerful kinetic energy directly penetrated the 3-layer deck of the target ship and almost exploded at the bottom of the ship. Only one round was used to knock the target ship into two ends.

"It's time to attack!" Churchill said after receiving the report.
Chapter completed!