In a blink of an eye, it was December that the construction of the USS Zeppelin aircraft carrier was completed. According to the plan, the launch ceremony will be held on December 8. Hitler will personally preside over the launch ceremony of the USS Zeppelin. After all, the USS Zeppelin is Germany's first aircraft carrier. Its birth marks the birth of a new era for the German Navy, but it is definitely not easy to transform the German Navy from a sea war with large-caliber artillery to an aircraft carrier era.

In order to launch Zeppelin, Li Mo also did a lot of preparations, preparing the podium, viewing platform, etc., and the soldiers' queue drills were also pre-arranged several times. According to the rehearsal effect, it was still very good.

On December 8, Hitler brought the commander-in-chief of the German army and other senior executives to the Kiel Shipyard. Since Hitler passed the last assassination, he began to pay attention to his own security. Because of Heidrich's death, Hitler completely controlled the Gestapo. Although this person was not a good person, Hitler was not as cruel as Heidrich, and his methods of acting were much less serious. As for investigating Heidrich's case, there has been no progress so the matter has to be resolved. Hitler seemed to have forgotten and did not blame Hitler.

Li Mo accompanied Hitler throughout the journey. When Li Mo accompanied Hitler to the viewing platform, he saw the anti-aircraft gun barrels on both sides of Zeppelin's hull, and asked excitedly:

"Andite, this is Zeppelin you created. This is not an aircraft carrier! This is purely a hedgehog! I have seen the original drawings of Zeppelin. You canceled the 150mm dual-mounted 8-seater naval gun. Tell me what the reason is. I know that you have many wonderful ideas."

At this time, there were cat-eared three 105mm dual-air anti-aircraft guns, 11 37mm dual-air anti-aircraft guns, and 28 20mm machine guns on each side of the side of the ship. There were 16 105 dual-air anti-aircraft guns in front and back of the bridge. The entire Zeppelin aircraft carrier's anti-aircraft guns are the best in the world, with a total of 44 105mm air defense guns, 44 37mm air defense guns, and 56 20mm machine guns. Looking around, the entire Zeppelin aircraft carrier is still empty except for the flight deck, while the rest of the other places are densely packed with anti-aircraft guns.

"My head of state, after simulated naval battles, we found that the threat of aircraft carriers mainly comes from the air and the seabed. It is impossible for aircraft carriers to fight bayonets with the enemy at sea. Installing 150 naval guns on the aircraft carrier is a waste of resources and space, so I cancelled 150 naval guns and replaced them with 105 air defense guns. Such dense air defense firepower is afraid that no enemy aircraft can break through. This is against enemies from the air, and it will also be effective for the air defense guns on both sides of the enemy's submarines. Do you notice that the head of state, we extend the semicircular air defense turrets on both sides of the hull are not horizontal, but tilt outward for fifteen degrees, so that our air defense can shoot the sea surface thirty degrees, and the torpedo fired by the enemy submarine will also be destroyed by such dense fire blocking."

Hitler was also a person who was fighting for firepower and liked Li Mo's changes very much. Hitler began to speak, but he said to Redeldonitz and others:

"Look at this, these guns and cannons are the warships that our Germany should have. Aren't our PIME battleships ready to be built? I will also modify them like Zeppelin and arrange these cat-eared anti-aircraft artillery on both sides of the ship's side. I want the British aircraft and submarines to have no choice but to our PIME battleships. Well, that's it, modify the design immediately."

"ah!!!"

Marshal Redell was surprised and said, "Ah!", the aircraft carrier does not need to engage in artillery battles with the enemy's battleships, but only needs to deal with the enemy's air strikes and submarines. Of course, there is no problem with more air defense guns, but this battleship is more than ten kilometers apart. What effect can such an air defense gun have? It is not even enough range! But who did Hitler decide, what he said is the imperial edict, that is the law, and others must implement it, otherwise the consequences will be borne by themselves.

"Is there any problem? Marshal Redell."

"No, my head of state, let me tell the design department to implement it according to the will of the head of state."

In fact, it was not Hitler's whim. The 36th Company began to build, and the construction of the PIME battleship has attracted much attention. The construction of the PIME battleship marks a complete breakthrough in the Treaty of Versailles. The Germans took a different name for the PIME battleship "the never-sinking battleship". Hitler did not want the PIME battleship to be bombarded by the enemy and attacked with torpedoes. Just bombarded with cannons, the PIME battleship was not afraid of any battleships in the world.

Hitler was very satisfied with Redel's answer and turned around and asked Li Mo:

"Andite! Do you think our navy can fight the most powerful British fleet in the world?"

This question is hard to answer. Britain has a history of naval development for hundreds of years. It has begun since the Age of Discovery. Its total tonnage of its naval force is more than ten times that of Germany. If Germany chooses to compete with Britain for naval consumption, it will be destined to be a waste. The only thing the German navy can save itself is to find a different approach and take epoch-making steps in the development of the naval thinking, that is, to move from the era of warships and cannons to the era of aircraft carriers. The question is whether Germany can? Will those old stubborn naval forces? This is what Li Mo cannot grasp.

"My head of state, Germany has no experience in using aircraft carriers, and everything has to be explored from scratch. After countless simulations and decisive battles with the British fleet, we found that with our existing naval giant ships, we are not the opponent of the British giant ships at all. After all, the British navy developed from the Age of Discovery. Because of the lack of resources, our Germany cannot develop the navy as hard as the United Kingdom. We cannot compete with the British in any case. So I think we might as well redistribute the limited resources and develop aircraft carriers and submarines with all our efforts.

Even if we have the Pesme battleship, we can only build one in four years, and the other has just begun to lay its keel. Britain already has more than 30 battleships. Can we win so many British battleships? Of course, the answer is no. In addition, the British can build ships faster than ours. The great head of state and omnipotent head of state. The only way for the German Navy to defeat the British Navy is to get out of epoch-making strategies and tactics.

Our army invented blitzkrieg, what about the navy? My invention was aircraft carrier blitzkrieg. All strategies and tactics were developed completely with aircraft carriers as the core. Our carrier-based aircraft would pierce the British fleet air defense network like lightning, and send all their giant ships and cannons into the seabed."

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Chapter completed!