Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Redel, the former commander of the German Navy in space and time, formulated the ambitious "Plan Z". These include 10 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 4 aircraft carriers, 8 armored ships or heavy cruisers, 44 light cruisers, 68 destroyers, 90 torpedo boats, and 249 submarines. (Data are subject to change based on changes in the battle situation)

As a result, the overjoyed Mustache really approved the plan. In July 1939, the keel of the "H" class giant battleship with a displacement of up to 250,000 tons began to be laid. However, in September, Germany attacked Poland. Britain did not continue to remain silent as it did when Czechoslovakia was annexed by Germany, but immediately declared war on Germany. , and sent an expeditionary force to the European continent. Mustache had to order the suspension of Project Z, and even the large ships built in the plan were cancelled.

By the time the war reached 42 years, the German Navy had very few large surface ships left. Some of the top German Navy leaders, led by Raeder, were already pessimistic and disappointed with the war situation, and the ambitions of Plan Z were gradually lost.

The Battle of the Barents Sea at the end of the year was the straw that broke the camel's back. The "Admiral Hipper" and the "Lützow" were accused by Mustache of being cowardly. He completely lost the battle against the large-scale German navy. The confidence of surface ships even threatened to dismantle all surface ships and recycle them into tanks, and dismissed Redel from his post.

The soul of the German Navy sadly left his stage. The battle of the German Navy turned completely underwater, but Dönitz's submarine warfare could not save Germany. With the defeat and surrender, the road to reconstruction of the German navy came to an abrupt end again.

Now, with the German army completely occupying Iceland and establishing a military base on the island, Britain is now surrounded on three sides. The proud Royal Navy fleet has become a turtle and can only huddle in the port as a fleet. It can be said that It's quite useless.

On the other hand, Germany has not only launched a steady stream of warships in its own shipyards, but has also gradually integrated the shipbuilding industries of various countries in continental Europe. The German naval department has even proposed a plan to build hundreds of new ships in total.

Yannick specifically intervened and prioritized aircraft carrier construction.

Today, three aircraft carriers are about to be completed in German shipyards, and the four semi-finished aircraft carriers received when France surrendered have also entered the trial stage.

In fact, France has several ready-made aircraft carriers, the most famous of which should be the "Béarn" aircraft carrier.

This is a big thing transformed from the "Normandy" class battleship during World War I. Its full load displacement reaches 28,900 tons, which is close to the "Essex" class fleet aircraft carrier built in large quantities by the United States during World War II. However, it also retains many characteristics of early aircraft carriers. For example, the "Béarn" has a total of eight 155mm naval guns installed around the hull, six 75mm and eight 37mm high-and-flat dual-purpose artillery on both sides, and four torpedo launchers on the bow. Such a large number of artillery and torpedoes can arm a light cruiser. It can be seen that the French people's thinking is still stuck in the era of giant ships and cannons, and their understanding of the new naval battle model is not sufficient. The "Béarn" is more like an aircraft-carrying cruiser than an aircraft carrier.

But even if Yannick didn't dislike such a nondescript guy, it would be impossible to include him.

Because when France implemented the "Fish" plan, the "Béarne" was one of the ships that transported the gold.

Since France surrendered to Germany, the "Béarn", which had transported gold, was homeless. The captain declared his allegiance to De Gaulle, which really made Yannick sick.

In addition, France also has an aircraft carrier, the "Test Chief", but it is a seaplane carrier and can only carry 26 seaplanes. Although the life of this aircraft carrier is quite interesting (in order to prevent being captured by the Germans, the Chief Test was scuttled in Toulon Port in November 1942, but it was salvaged by the Italians in May 1943, and was Transferred to Germany in September 1943, Commander Tester ultimately failed to escape the fate of being captured by the Germans. In August 1944, Commander Tester was sunk by a bomb dropped during an Allied air raid, and was raised again in February 1945. . In the end, the Test Chief was dismantled and sold on May 15, 1950, ending an ordinary but extraordinary life), but Yannick was not so hungry that he had nothing to do with such a weak aircraft carrier. Interested, he left it to France.

In addition to the two aircraft carriers that Yannik has no intention of handing over to the Soviet Union, the German Navy will have 10 main aircraft carriers in the near future.

The Soviet ambassador came to urge him several times, but every time he was sent away by Ribbentrop's various excuses. Yannik was waiting for Ribbentrop's excuses to be exhausted and the two sides to fall out.

If future generations want to build a modern aircraft carrier, it will be a time-consuming and labor-intensive project. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier took seven years, the Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov took nine years, and the French Charles de Gaulle took 11 years.

Moreover, after the entire aircraft carrier is built, it will not be ready for combat immediately. It will still need to undergo trial sea trials for one or two years.

Compared with the modern aircraft carriers of later generations, the construction speed of aircraft carriers during World War II was extremely fast. For example, Japan built 25 aircraft carriers in less than 10 years. The fastest time in the United States was to build an aircraft carrier in just 10 days; it took only four years to build 150 aircraft carriers.

The main reason is that the technological content of aircraft carriers during World War II was quite low, probably less than one percent of the modern aircraft carriers of later generations, so the construction speed was naturally very fast.

The aircraft carrier during World War II was so simple that it could even be built and modified on a cargo ship. In addition, the carrier-based aircraft were also very "crude". Compared with the fourth and fifth generation advanced fighters of later generations, the propeller fighters of World War II were basically just piston engines stuffed into the aircraft carrier. In the aircraft shell, plus a mechanical transmission mechanism and a few simple instruments, it can go up to the sky.

The modern aircraft carrier is completely different. It is not just a landing platform for fighter planes, but a combat command center. It can be regarded as a maritime fortress and a collection of a large number of advanced technologies. Compared with the aircraft carriers during World War II, , not the same type of object at all. Of course, its construction is also very difficult. Not to mention the complexity of the avionics system, propulsion system, communication system, self-defense system, etc., just one deck is enough to deter many countries today. In addition to facing the harsh weather environment at sea, the aircraft carrier deck must also deal with the impact of carrier-based aircraft, the burning of ultra-high temperature tail flames, possible artillery attacks during war, etc. Therefore, it needs to be built with specialized deck steel. Looking around the world, only a few major military powers are capable of manufacturing deck steel.

Therefore, it can be simply understood that the construction difficulty of an aircraft carrier is directly proportional to its combat effectiveness. If the aircraft carriers of World War II and modern aircraft carriers were to compete, no amount would be enough.