"Generals, do you think the future naval battle will be the same as the previous one?”Hess asked.
The expressions of General Raeder and General Doenitz could not help but turn grave.
The last naval battle was undoubtedly the era of large ships and cannons.
Caliber is justice!
This caused the navies of various countries to desperately build warships with larger tonnages and larger main cannons.
However, due to the difference in resources, the Second Empire's navy was unable to break through the blockade of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets, even though it won a tactical victory in the Battle of Jutland. In the end, it was reduced to an existing fleet.
"Prime Minister, we are at a disadvantage compared to the Royal Navy of the Empire of Never Setting Sun. If he wanted to defeat them, he could only chase after them.”General Ryder said.
" No." Hess shook his head." Our national strength cannot be compared to the Empire of the Sun Never Sets. The shortage of resources was especially serious. If the Empire of the Unsetting Sun were to fight head-on with their large warships, we would not be their match at all.”
"Prime Minister, do you mean to develop the underwater fleet?”Doenitz's eyes lit up.
In the last war, the Second Empire's submarine force had made the Sun Never Sets Empire suffer. He was almost strangled to death because the sea trade route was cut off.
" Yes." Hess nodded." We are at a complete disadvantage compared to the Imperial Navy of the Empire of Never Sets. If he wanted to defeat them, he could only find another way. In addition, the Sun Never Sets Empire was an island country, and its own resources were quite scarce. Almost all of them relied on obtaining various resources from overseas colonies. To defeat them, cutting off their sea trade routes was undoubtedly the best way. Our submarine force is undoubtedly the most effective.”
General Raeder and General Doenitz nodded repeatedly.
A weapon like a submarine was indeed a powerful weapon that could defeat a strong opponent.
"We need to develop a new type of submarine. The displacement of water was greater, the underwater endurance was stronger, and the noise was controlled as much as possible to obtain a stronger survivability. In the future, he would be able to display even greater combat strength. Of course, the quantity had to be sufficient.”Hess said.
"Yes, Prime Minister!" Doenitz was even more convinced by Hess's viewpoint.
There were many things that coincided with him.
This caused General Doenitz's impression of Hess to change drastically.
"Prime Minister, if we didn't have large surface warships, we wouldn't have been able to win the battle. Submarines could only destroy, and large-scale warships could control them!”General Ryder was somewhat unwilling.
Currently, the navy's large-scale warship construction plan had not yet begun, but the generals of the navy were undoubtedly looking forward to it.
"Of course we have large surface warships. However, the focus had to be changed. I've always believed that with the development of technology. The role of aircraft in naval battles would only grow.”
"Plane? You mean to develop aircraft carriers?”Ryder frowned.
The planes were like toys now, and they were not very useful.
Even though many countries were conducting research in this area. However, there were still many people who believed that battleships were the main force of naval warfare.
Hess nodded. To be precise, it was a combination of an aircraft carrier and a carrier-based aircraft. The performance of airplanes nowadays was indeed very poor. However, with the advancement of technology, I believe that there will soon be a carrier-based aircraft that can carry heavy aerial bombs and heavy aerial torpedoes. When these aircraft took off from the aircraft carrier and attacked the warships hundreds of kilometers away, it was the time when the naval warfare model was completely overturned.”
General Ryder nodded, even though he didn't quite believe it.
However, he knew that Hess insisted on this point. If the navy refused, then the navy's large-scale warship construction plan could not be implemented at all.
"Prime Minister, the navy can make adjustments. Next, the navy would focus on submarines and aircraft carriers.”General Ryder chose to compromise.
"That's great. I believe that the future navy will be proud of today's decision. Because the navy had made the right choice!”Hess said with satisfaction.
"Yes, Prime Minister!" General Ryder said.
"The navy can make changes to the warship construction plan. Build a batch of submarines and aircraft carriers. Of course, the battleships needed to support the aircraft carrier. That was, air defense cruisers and destroyer escorts. In particular, the air defense firepower had to be strengthened.”Hess reminded him.
"Yes, Prime Minister." General Ryder replied.
Hess knew very well that the protagonists of future naval battles were aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft. Their navy, on the other hand, not only had to have a strong offensive ability, but it also needed a strong air defense ability. This way, they would be able to survive in the future naval battles.
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