"I'm sorry, my head of state. Do you have any basis for saying that?”Ryder asked dejectedly.
"Let me ask you, if we have a cannon with a caliber of more than 400 millimeters, can it fight against the bomber?”
Adolf asked.
"This…can't be." Ryder answered hesitantly.
"If we have three of these cannons and install them on the ship, will they be able to fight against airplanes?”
"I can't." Ryder's words were not confident.
"But as long as the hull is big enough, I think we can carry more anti-aircraft cannons to resist the aircraft.”At this moment, the Chief of Navy Operations, General Meshaal, who had been silent all this while, spoke up.
" Well, let's assume that our anti-aircraft guns can intercept most of the horizontal bomber planes, but once the other side takes dive bombing or low-altitude assault, do you think our 50,000-ton battleships can avoid being hit by torpedoes?”
" Of course not," Adolf said sternly." With the torpedoes now, only a few of them can sink our battleships into the sea. Even if the enemy loses a few planes, such a loss is completely acceptable. But what about us? How many planes did you exchange for to build a big thing with a displacement of 50,000 tons?”
" Also, the range of the main cannon of a battleship is only 40 kilometers at most, while the range of a carrier aircraft can reach hundreds of kilometers per minute. Even if a battleship can kill an aircraft carrier in one hit, it will not be able to see the other party at all!”
As he spoke, he slammed the table angrily.
" So, now, I order the final plan to be two Bismarck-class battleships, fifty frigates, and eighty destroyer. The construction site will be at the German shipyard in Kiel Harbor, and the construction time will be four and a half years.”
Adolf ordered," Battleships will be prioritized.”
"Then, how many aircraft carriers do you plan to build?”Ryder wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He was truly frightened by Princeps 'expansion plan.
Four and a half years…and hundreds of warships!
Although he had once imagined the glory of the future navy, such a grand scale was hard to believe.
"Five ships, two of which were built at the same time as the battleships. Alright, this plan is codenamed 'Plan Z', and it will be implemented from today onwards!”Adolf tidied his hair, indicating that the matter had come to an end.
"Below, Misch."
He looked at Lieutenant Colonel Carl standing behind him, but he still called out Misch's name.
Carl understood and quickly took out the folder he carried with him and opened it.
"Other than that, I also have a reorganization plan that involves the reorganization of the entire Imperial Navy.”Adolf said seriously to the generals.
"The Imperial Navy will undergo the following reorganization.”
Doenitz read aloud.
" The original Imperium's navy will be reorganized. The new navy will be divided into a surface mobile fleet, a submarine force, and a naval air force. The three main arms will work together and operate independently.”
"Admiral Ryder will be promoted to the Imperial Navy Marshal. He will be the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy and will command all the armed forces of the Imperial Surface Mobile Fleet. The North Atlantic Fleet, the Northsea Fleet, and the Baltics Fleet.”
"I will promote Mashal to Admiral, and he will be the commander of the Imperial Navy's Air Force. He will command five aviation divisions of the Seventh Air Force, and he will have 1,500 aircraft under his command.”
" Promoted to Lieutenant General. He will be in charge of all naval ports and their construction.”
Carl read the Ruler's order in one breath, shocking all the generals present.
"But, my head of state…"
At this moment, General Gunter's face was covered in cold sweat." Such a large-scale military expansion plan is obviously a violation of the Versailles Peace Agreement. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the allied countries?”
"The peace treaty is to restrict the weak, and now, Germany is no longer a weak country.”
Adolf stood up, and Carl quickly put on a coat for him.
" In a few years, you will witness the appearance of a fleet of unprecedented scale in Europe. Just wait patiently. Our strength is just around the corner!”
After saying this, he left the meeting room.
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