Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

As early as World War I, British and French pilots often flew at low altitudes to shoot German soldiers with machine guns. This kind of strafing was naturally unlikely to cause any serious casualties, but it still dealt a big blow to the morale of the German officers and soldiers. Drawing on this, German senior officials thought that if bombers carried heavy bombs and swooped down from the enemy's head, it would not only greatly improve the accuracy of bombing, but also bring a powerful shock to the enemy.

The Stuka came into being, but the Stuka had an obvious shortcoming. In order to achieve extreme dive, the Stuka's body was very strong, and the strong body structure also came at a corresponding price: reduced speed, Reduced maneuverability and reduced range.

In the early days of the war, because the German fighter jets firmly controlled the air superiority over the battlefield, the Stukas were able to dive-bomb ground targets unscrupulously and achieved fruitful results. However, during the Battle of Britain, many of the Stuka's weaknesses were instantly exposed: Since the German Bf 109 fighter jets had a shorter range than the Stuka and could not achieve full escort, the British Air Force's "Hurricane" and "Spitfire" fighter jets often It can easily kill the Stuka without fighter escort, but the isolated Stuka can only end up with the tragic fate of being slaughtered by others. At the same time, the lack of endurance also greatly affected the German bombing operations against British airports. In the end, the responsibility for air strikes in Britain was mostly handed over to the He 111 with better endurance.

"Bazel, do you think the machine gunners behind here are useful?"

Bazel was no longer so nervous and answered neatly. "Your Highness, I think the role of the machine gunner is not great. Even if the enemy's fighter jet has half the performance of the FW-190T, we will have to finish it. By then, one aircraft will have two lives. It is better to cancel the machine gunner, so that there will be fewer deaths. Alone." After a pause, he continued to complain. "And this aircraft is not suitable as a carrier-based aircraft at all."

"Oh? Tell me." Because the German aircraft carrier in World War II was abandoned halfway and was not completed at all. Yannick did not think about the issue of aircraft carrier attack aircraft and allowed the Navy to put the Stuka on the aircraft carrier.

"The first is that its combat radius is far inferior to that of the FW-190T, and the FW-190T can only accommodate it to shorten the combat distance; second, its engine is liquid-cooled. I often hear ground crews complain that maintaining liquid-cooled machines at sea is difficult. It’s a nightmare. The third is that the impact resistance of the liquid-cooled machine is obviously weaker than that of the radial engine. It doesn’t matter if a few cylinders of the air-cooled machine are blown out. As long as the coolant starts to leak, the liquid-cooled engine will basically not be able to return to the mothership.”

Listening to Bazel's complaints, Yannick smiled bitterly in his heart. He originally thought that he had done a good enough job, but he didn't expect that there were still so many shortcomings. And with the speed of the Stuka, it is basically the rhythm of playing turkey for various anti-aircraft guns and fighter jets of the U.S. Navy.

"Don't worry, Bazel. You will soon be able to use the new ship-based attack."

While talking, all 20 FW-190Ts and 30 Stukas had taken off, forming a large fleet and flying towards the British fleet.

The sky was clear and cloudless, and the visibility was very good. Half an hour later, they spotted the British fleet on the move.

Yannick picked up the telescope and looked at the Warspite in the British fleet, and couldn't help but be speechless. "It is indeed a giant steel beast."

The name Warspite is not unique. The battleship below is the seventh battleship to bear this name. The first Warspite dates back to the 16th century.

This Warspite was built before World War I and also participated in the Battle of Jutland. It can be said to be a very lucky guy.

During the naval battle, Warspite's rudder became stuck while trying to avoid a collision with the damaged armored cruiser Samurai ahead of the fleet. The captain decided to keep the ship moving forward rather than stop or reverse, even though this would cause the ship to circle continuously. , similar to a target. This decision saved Samurai, and the immobile battleship was a more attractive target for the Germans than the severely damaged cruiser.

Warspite finally regained the ability to maneuver the ship after two full circles, but this action caused her to rush head-on into the entire German High Seas Fleet. At the closest point, she was only 7,000 meters away from the German main fleet. Warspite immediately engaged in a firefight with the battleship of the High Seas Fleet (1V21). At this time, the main gun rangefinder and firing command post were no longer working. Only the A turret could still fire, but Warspite still relied on this turret to fire back 12 rounds.

The whole process lasted about 20 minutes. Warspite was hit 15 times by the main guns of the battleships of the High Seas Fleet, causing 14 deaths and 16 injuries. Therefore, the single ship was ordered to leave the battlefield.

On the way back, Warspite was ambushed by a U-boat but managed to evade two torpedoes fired by it. Warspite was ambushed again shortly afterwards and was fired upon by a torpedo, but managed to avoid it. Later, Warspite discovered a U-boat directly ahead and tried to use the bow angle to directly ram the submarine, but failed. The ship then successfully arrived at Rosyth and repaired all damage.

Interestingly, the members of the Warrior were extremely grateful to the Warspite afterwards. They believed that the sudden turning of the Warspite was a deliberate act to lure the enemy to protect them. However, the Samurai was too seriously damaged and sank during towing on the morning of June 1, the second day of the Battle of Jutland.

Yannick muttered softly. "I wonder if you will be so lucky today."

The British fleet's air defense lookout also discovered them, and shrill sirens rang over the fleet. "Bearing 030, there are more than forty enemy aircraft, they are single-engine aircraft!"

"These damn Germans, turn the entire ship to 030!!" Pullman Cook, the captain of the Warspite, issued the order through gritted teeth.

The deputy captain looked at him in surprise. "Captain, our mission is to go to Iceland."

"I know!" Pullman Cook interrupted him rudely and roared. "But didn't you hear the German planes coming outside? This means that their fleet is nearby. I am going to sink all those German warships to the bottom of the sea! Revenge for the fleet in Scapa Flow!!"

The vice-captain shrank his neck subconsciously. This captain usually had a bad temper. The last time a German submarine attacked Scapa Flow, his brother was killed in the attack. After that, the captain hated Germany so much that he wanted to eat its flesh and sleep on its skin. Now that I have such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could I let it go so easily?

After receiving the order, the fleet began to slowly turn and at the same time set up an anti-aircraft formation. The rangefinders in the air defense command room used rangefinders to measure the altitude and distance of the German aircraft fleet, and reported the measured data to each air defense gun position via telephone.

Although this battleship has undergone two modernizations, it has very few anti-aircraft weapons. There are only 4 twin-mounted 102mm anti-aircraft guns; 4 8-mounted 40mm automatic bang-pang guns. For a battleship with a total length of 1, it can only be said to be better than nothing. Although 30 American-made Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft guns and several 4-unit anti-aircraft machine guns will be installed in the near future, I am afraid there will be no such opportunity.