After the groundbreaking ceremony of Imperial Navy's 'Deutschland-class' aircraft carrier's first aircraft carrier 'Deutschland', Oscar did not leave German Shipyard immediately, but inspected Imperial Navy's Aircraft Carrier Research Institute.
The construction of the 'Deutschland-class' aircraft carrier has begun, but this does not mean that the design of the Germany aircraft carrier has stopped. Even if the aircraft carrier 'Deutschland-class' is put into service, German Navy will only have ten aircraft carriers, which is far from enough.
"Your Majesty, this is the next-level aircraft carrier of Imperial Navy. Its full load displacement will exceed 30,000 tons, reaching about 33,000 tons. It can carry more than ninety s Carrier-based aircraft. The hull structure and defense will also be greatly strengthened, and its air defense capabilities will be stronger than those of previous aircraft carriers," the general in charge of Aircraft Carrier Research Institute said to Oscar.
Oscar nodded with satisfaction. From the appearance point of view, this class of aircraft carrier is very similar to the 'Essex-class' aircraft carrier of American Navy from another time and space. The combat capabilities in all aspects are also very close. However, devices such as Radar and Sonar have not appeared on this class of aircraft carriers because they are still under research.
However, it is estimated that construction of this class of aircraft carrier will not start until three to four years. By then, Empire's technology must have been improved again. Those advanced devices are completely put to use.
Because the war is now over, although Germany's relationship with its opponents is very tense. However, the war cannot be fought for a while. This makes the replacement of Germany's military equipment unnecessary. In this way, it can be ensured that Empire will apply various advanced technologies to the military field. At the same time, Empire's financial pressure is also much less.
"Your Majesty, this class of aircraft carriers has not been named yet. Please name them." Reinhard? Admiral Scheer said.
Oscar thought for a moment, and then said, "Let's name this class of aircraft carrier 'Constellation-class'! The first batch of four ships will be named 'Aries', 'Taurus', 'Gemini' and 'Cancer'. This class of aircraft carriers will be improved in the future, and then subsequent models will be built. For example, the second batch The 'Constellation-class' aircraft carrier can be added with a Angled Deck specifically used to recover the landing Carrier-based aircraft. This will certainly cause some problems for the aircraft carrier's navigation. However, it can greatly enhance the efficiency of the aircraft carrier's take-off and landing Carrier-based aircraft, thereby improving its combat capabilities."
Oscar's suggestion made all the engineers' eyes light up. At present, their thinking is almost still on designing the aircraft carrier larger so that it can carry more Carrier-based aircraft, and in this way improve the combat capability of the aircraft carrier. But Oscar's suggestion allowed them to see another development direction, which is to improve the take-off and landing efficiency of aircraft carriers through other methods. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier will also be greatly improved.
"In addition, when designing new aircraft carriers, don't forget to adopt more new technologies. In this way, our aircraft carriers can always be ahead of other countries." Oscar continued.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" everyone replied.
Imperial Navy Minister Reinhard? Admiral Scheer, his face is already full of smiles. Oscar named the next-level aircraft carrier 'Constellation-class', which means that at least 12 ships will be built! Although it is divided into three batches and one batch will be built in three to four years, it was completed in almost ten years! In that case, it means that the number of aircraft carriers of German Navy will increase to 22. Of course, the 'Pioneer class' aircraft carrier that was first put into service may have been decommissioned, and even the 'Kaiser Wilhelm class' aircraft carrier will be decommissioned and stored in storage. However, German Navy Carrier Fleet is still the most powerful in the world.
Oscar did this because of his considerations. It's almost 1918 now. I'm afraid it will have to wait until 1921 or even 1922 when the aircraft carrier 'Deutschland-class' is put into service. Once the subsequent twelve aircraft carriers 'Constellation-class' are put into service, it may not be until 1932. At that time, international relations should also be very tense. By then, 'Constellation-class' Battleship and subsequent aircraft carriers will become German Navy's main force in the war. Start building now and accumulate more experience, which will allow Germany to build more powerful aircraft carriers more quickly after the war breaks out.
In another time and space, after World War II broke out, American Navy suffered heavy losses under the sneak attack of Island Nation Navy. In order to regain control of Pacific Ocean, didn't they build the 'Essex-class' aircraft carrier like dumplings? Germany At that time, the construction speed of aircraft carriers will definitely be further accelerated. In that case, we can ensure that Germany will win in the future war.
After returning to Berlin from German Shipyard, Oscar inspected German Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Plant non-stop. Although, this is also the industry of Oscar. But similarly, German Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Plant has become the main supplier of Armored Weapons for the German Army. The tanks and armored vehicles used by German military in the last World War were almost designed and manufactured by this factory. After the war, German Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Plant also started the development of new tanks.
At the request of Oscar, they began to study medium tanks and heavy tanks respectively. As for the light tanks, they are very fast though. But with weak firepower and weak armor, it has no survivability on the battlefield. Therefore, German military directly gave up on light tanks.
The medium tanks, dubbed 'Panther Series', will be named 'Panzer I', 'Panzer II', 'Panzer III'... etc. The heavy tanks are given the title of 'Tiger Series' and named after 'Tiger I', 'Tiger II', 'Tiger III'... Of course, whether there will be main battle tanks in the future depends on the development of technology.
In addition to tanks, Armored Fighting Vehicle and Armored Personnel Carrier are also the direction of development. Oscar hopes that before the outbreak of war in the future, German Army can realize motorization and a small number of elite troops can realize mechanization. At least those Armored Division must all be mechanized. Only in this way can we ensure that German Army can defeat powerful enemies one after another on the battlefield in the future.
Imperial Air Force, is also taking the time to research new fighter jets, Bomber and ground-attack Attacker. In particular, Monoplane All-Metal Fighter and Long-Range Strategic Bomber have become the focus of research.