Chapter 288 (1/2)

The Bismarck will be in service at the end of this year, and the second warship of its same model will be in service at the end of next year!

Although the formation of aircraft carriers is a symbol of sea power in later generations, battleships are still not outdated in the era of World War II. The Atlantic Ocean is choppy and the harsh natural conditions often make it impossible for carrier based aircraft to take off smoothly. In this case, the advantages of battleships can be brought into play!

Therefore, the German Navy has always been walking on two legs. While grasping the aircraft carrier, the battleship has not given up. After the completion of the manufacture of the two Bismarck class battleships, the German Navy will start a larger battleship.

Hindenburg class.

Last time, after the signing of the British German naval agreement, the tonnage of German ships could reach 35% of that of the British army. Therefore, under the promotion of chirek, the German Supreme Command officially adopted the large-scale shipbuilding plan code named ”Z” plan.

The ”Z” plan is quite large, including a series of battleships and aircraft carriers. Among them, the core of battleships is two-level large battleships, one of which is the ”Bismarck” battleship and the other is the ”Hindenburg” battleship.

In history, Hitler thought he was right and interfered in the construction of ”Hindenburg” class everywhere.

Originally, the planned displacement was 60000 tons and equipped with 403mm main guns. As a result, Hitler had a whim to change to 420 mm.

This was not enough. Later, Hitler asked to replace it with a 480mm main gun. As a result, the displacement of Hindenburg class jumped to 80000 tons!

This is just like the special era of later generations, how bold and high-yield people are, like a large satellite with a yield of tens of thousands of tons per mu.

This is not the most terrible. The next year, Hitler asked to increase it to 10000 tons and install 800 mm main guns!

In addition to the busy people of the naval Design Bureau, constantly changing new design schemes, Krupp, as a leading German gun manufacturer, is also tired of running.

Although Krupp was indignant, he continued to work hard. Unfortunately, the technical difficulty was too great. This kind of cannon was not produced until the end of World War II.

It's no use asking too much to surpass this era, and Hitler has always been an absolute artillery man. Only Chirac's words can make Hitler listen.

Chirac put it simply that the main gun is too big, which will lead to an arms race with the west, and Germany can't compare with them.

That's why Hitler didn't pursue super guns madly.

Now, the Bismarck class is under construction in Germany, and the Hindenburg class has always been on paper. However, the specific indicators of this warship have been clear.

This is a warship with a full displacement of 70000 tons. The main gun adopts three triple mounted 460mm heavy guns!

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