Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

This sudden explosion made Commander Isakov, who was deeply anxious, suddenly startled. He suddenly saw a huge water column rising from the side of a destroyer at the forefront of the fleet in the distance.

torpedo!

It must be the torpedoes dropped by those German fighter jets just now! !

"Quick! Avoid!" The explosions that followed drowned his shouts. Seeing the surrounding ships exploding one after another, Commander Isakov seemed to have fallen into an ice cave thousands of feet deep. They couldn't help but tremble. He finally understood how the American fleet was sunk by the Germans. Before, he had a dubious attitude towards the German torpedo attacks. At this moment, he was 100% convinced that the performance of the German torpedoes was really so incredible. !

It stands to reason that the fleet has already evaded several times and completely avoided the German torpedoes. But these torpedoes seem to be able to automatically track the target and bite you. How can we fight this battle? !

Unfortunately, it's too late!

"Oh my God! Ukraine! Ukraine has been hit by a torpedo!!" The staff officer on the side shouted in panic. Ukraine is the name of one of the Soviet-class battleships.

"..." Commander Isakov seemed to have heard nothing and stood quietly. He was about to face death, but he felt surprisingly calm. He took out a small wine bottle from his arms, unscrewed the lid, and made a toasting gesture. "Long live the Soviets!" He raised his head and poured all the liquid into his throat. The spicy taste of vodka stimulated his throat and flowed straight down to his stomach, where he immediately felt a burning sensation.

The next second, there was a dull explosion under the feet.

More than 150 torpedoes dropped by the German fleet completely damaged the fleet. They didn't even see the enemy warships, and they just tilted and sank in frustration.

However, these four Soviet-class battleships are indeed "super battleships". They were hit by several torpedoes one after another and did not sink. Instead, they remained stubbornly afloat. The remaining German attack aircraft groups were equipped with heavy bombs, which were used on these unsinkable warships. Each of the four Soviet-class battleships received an average of 10 500-kilogram bombs, and finally failed to hold on and slowly sank into the deep sea.

In the German fleet off Adak Island, the fleet commander Colonel Vogt received the news that the Soviet fleet had been annihilated. "Haha, Stalin is going to feel bad now." Four Soviet-class ships were sunk at once. I wonder if Stalin would be so angry that he vomited blood. But then Colonel Vogt sighed with emotion. "Well, it seems that the era of big ships and big guns is really going to pass. It should be said that it has already passed."

Are battleships from World War II obsolete?

In the original time and space of World War II, all major countries maintained a large number of battleship fleets, and after being involved in the war, the United States built 10 battleships in one go. Moreover, battleships achieved many military exploits during World War II. Battleships were victorious on Guadalcanal, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. German battle cruisers even sank an aircraft carrier.

The true obsolescence of battleships began after the aircraft carrier theory matured in 1943. At the beginning of World War II, the combat theory and positioning of aircraft carriers, which had been in existence for just 20 years, were basically blank, and the gap in combat theory was more serious than the lack of technology. Fatal, you must know that battleships first appeared in the 17th century. Battleships at that time were all wooden hulls and used sails as power to propel the ships forward. In 1849, France built the world's first steam-powered battleship Napoleon; in 1860, Britain built the world's first iron-hulled armored ship HMS Warrior; in 1873, Britain built the world's first ship without sails at all. The steam-powered iron-hulled armored ship Devastated. In this way, in the past 100 years, the combat theory of battleships has been quite mature, which is not comparable to that of aircraft carriers.

Taranto and Pearl Harbor only provided theories on ground attack. The theory and experience of aircraft carrier engagement at sea has always been lacking. The navies of various countries have been struggling with whether to protect the aircraft carrier at the core of the fleet or to let it be owned. The thick armor can stand alone.

Another aspect is the range of combat. The range of an aircraft carrier depends on the range of the carrier-based aircraft. The longest range is about 200 to 400 kilometers. In theory, all enemies can be attacked from the location of the ship to the farthest distance. However, the aircraft carrier There is a combat blind spot, which is the target within sight. Because at this time, the enemy's naval guns can already directly attack the aircraft carrier, and the loading speed of the naval guns is much faster than that of the carrier-based aircraft. Maybe the shells made several big holes in the deck as soon as the aircraft took off. After all, the armor of the aircraft carrier is It is impossible to be as thick as a battleship. The so-called armored aircraft carrier only has a correspondingly enhanced armor, which is still incomparable with a battleship. Moreover, the secondary gun firepower of an aircraft carrier is not strong, and its caliber is only at the level of a light ship. Only a few such as Akagi and Lexing. Dun has cruise-level firepower.

It was not until the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Coral Island, and the arrival of large-scale mass production of aircraft carriers marked by the launch of Essex that battleships truly became obsolete. Several large-scale battles provided aircraft carriers with a lot of experience and In theory, the technology and power of carrier-based aircraft have also been greatly improved, fighting within sight is no longer possible, and the ocean has become the world of aircraft carriers.

The adjutant beside him nodded. "I heard that the superiors no longer plan to build any more battleships."

"No more battleships?" Colonel Vogt raised his eyebrows slightly. "Is the higher-up planning to completely abandon battleships?"

"That's not true." The adjutant shook his head. "We will no longer build new battleships. These battleships that are already in service will continue to be in service."

The United States in the original time and space was very persistent in its battleships. In October 1990, the USS Iowa was decommissioned from the Navy for the last time and was deregistered in 1995. At that time, Congress was worried that the Navy would lose its gunfire support capability after the four Iowa-class ships were retired, so they passed a bill requiring the Navy to retain at least two Iowa-class ships in the fleet. The Navy initially chose to retain the USS New Jersey and the USS Wisconsin, but in 1999, the USS New Jersey was to be donated to a civil society as a museum ship, so the Navy relisted the USS Iowa. In 2006, the then U.S. Secretary of the Navy used administrative power to deregister the USS Iowa so that it could be used for donation. However, the Navy, local governments and civil organizations have been unable to reach a consensus on donation. It was not until 2011 that the donation plan for the Iowa was implemented, and it was finally transformed into a floating museum and opened in Los Angeles in 2012.

Yannick also plans to tinker with these existing battleships and use them for decades.