Although the trend of aircraft carriers becoming the main force in naval warfare could no longer be stopped, at the present stage they still could not completely replace Capital Ships. In many specific theaters, the role of Capital Ships remained irreplaceable.
Moreover, among the German Navy's admirals, there were still quite a few believers in giant ships and great guns. Abolishing Capital Ships all at once was clearly unrealistic. Besides, in many people's minds, Capital Ships remained symbols of power.
With these Capital Ships, the German Navy would become even stronger.
"The British four New Iron Duke-class Battleships will be renamed the Nassau-class Battleships; the four New George V-class Battleships will be renamed the Helgoland-class Battleships; the four Lion-class Battleships will be renamed the Kaiser-class Battleships! The three Centurion-class Battlecruisers will be renamed the Blücher-class Battlecruisers; the three Glorious-class Battlecruisers will be renamed the Moltke-class Battlecruisers; and the four Hood-class Battlecruisers will be renamed the Brandenburg-class Battlecruisers!" Oscar continued.
Oscar directly renamed the twelve Battleships and ten Battlecruisers acquired from Britain. He used all the names of the Battleships and Battlecruisers retired by the German Navy this time, even including the name of the first class of Pre-dreadnoughts built by the German Navy.
Not only had the German Navy's strength not been weakened by the retirement of a large number of Capital Ships, it had instead been reinforced by the addition of the many warships acquired from Britain.
"Apart from these Capital Ships, the Imperial Navy will continue building aircraft carriers over the next ten years. Current aircraft carriers carry too few aircraft. Furthermore, the performance of Carrier-based aircraft is not strong enough; they can only carry Medium aerial torpedoes. The bombers' dive angles are also not steep enough, making it impossible to strike targets accurately. Only when our Carrier-based