The parade continued, and Frederick III, who had already adjusted his mentality, could also look at the huge fleet in front of him with a peaceful eye. Frederick III, who was in a good mood, began to watch with great interest every warship that the Hohenzollern (2nd generation) sailed by, and asked his son a few words from time to time.

Jochen was naturally familiar with the situation of each battleship, and in addition to introducing some of the basic capabilities of these ships to his father, he also recalled in his mind the technical level of the British Royal Navy during this period.

As the pioneer of the pre-dreadnought era, the Sovereign class has slowly failed to keep up with the times in this era of rapid changes in the performance of warships. In the era of continuous improvement in naval artillery technology, the large caliber alone can no longer represent combat effectiveness, and the power of her 343-mm cannon is not as good as the 305-mm naval gun of the majestic class.

The improved version of the Sovereign class, the Hood, on the contrary, also adopts the low-freeboard design of the historical reversing, in addition to being more powerful in tonnage and firepower, the overall design level is not as good as that of the Elector.

The majestic 305 mm naval gun was definitely the world's top firepower at this time, and its displacement of 14,000 tons and powerful naval guns made later generations call it the most outstanding design in the early days of the pre-dreadnought, but the rate of fire of 1 minute and 40 seconds per round was obviously not satisfactory. And in this era when armor is stronger than bullets, the excellent naval guns of the Majesty class cannot bring it a clear combat advantage.

The Pavrel-class and the second-class battleships of the Prestige class are even more typical of wasteful displacement, with the standard displacement of the Pavrel class of 10,500 tons, which is almost the same as the Brandenburg class, and the Prestige class is as high as 12,400 tons, which is larger than the Brandenburg class.

However, such a large hull is equipped with only 4 254 mm naval guns and 10 secondary guns, and the Pavrel class is equipped with 119 mm secondary guns. The Prestige was armed with a 152-mm secondary gun.

In terms of firepower, it was far inferior to the 6 260-mm naval guns and 12 150-mm secondary guns of the Brandenburg class, while the 152 mm side armor belt of the Pavrell class and the 203 mm of the Prestige were also far inferior to the 300 mm Krupp surface carburized armor of the Brandenburg class.

Not only that, the British battleships, whether they were of the first or second class, had the same problem, that is, the height of the main armor belt was insufficient, and the weak area of armor above the main armor belt was penetrated in actual combat. The resulting loss of combat effectiveness will be very severe.

In addition to the speed is not as fast as the British Royal Navy's three second-class battleships, the fire protection is the Brandenburg class wins, and with the stereo rangefinder, shooting command room and other potential performance advantages, the Brandenburg class is fully worthy of the title of the world's strongest second-class battleship at this time

From the beginning of the Sovereign class to the end of the Duncan class, the 40 battleships of the 8 classes built by the British in 13 years are all typical of solving performance with tonnage and wasting displacement.

Except for the fact that the old man-class second-class battleship, which is now on the slipway, is the first class battleship to use a water-tube boiler and is relatively ahead in the power system, the technical superiority of the British in the field of battleships is not to be demonstrated.

As for those cruisers of the first and second ranks, Jochen was even more dismissive. Now even the Japanese do not order armored cruisers from the British, and it is still unknown when the British will be able to embark on the right path of armored cruisers without the British who have trained their hands with the Japanese.

Therefore, in Jochen's eyes, such a large British Royal Navy fleet is not only large enough to cause qualitative change, but there is really nothing to praise in terms of technical ability. Of course, the huge shipbuilding capacity and perfect cost control are also part of the strength.

But as long as the industrial capacity is open, these are also minor problems. Like the Lighthouse State in World War II. As long as the technology accumulation is sufficient, there is a strong industrial energy. The rioters were petty, and Jochen was confident in the growth of industrial capacity in Germany today.

And the Royal Navy of Great Britain is not outstanding in technical capabilities, so what is there to praise other than its huge number of navies? Some people will say that there are excellent naval officers and men, and they have extremely high combat skills and tactical literacy.

But in fact, this kind of combat skills and tactical literacy is only because the officers and men of the British Royal Navy have a huge base and more training opportunities, but the overall level of naval education is not necessarily high.

One could even say. The current officer training system of the Royal Navy is extremely bad. Many people will not be convinced, but it is true.

In order for a British naval cadet to become a naval officer, the cost of studying and sailing was more than £1,000, which was also a significant expense for the middle class, and the selection of naval cadets required an interview with a committee headed by an admiral.

As a result, most of the British naval officers were of upper-class origin. The lower classes have no future. Not only that, but the early cadets were sent to warships for internship without systematic theoretical study, so they may have a wealth of experience, but their mastery of professional knowledge is quite uneven, and their knowledge beyond the skills they are exposed to is quite lacking.

This did not change until 1867, when two older warships, HMS Britannia and HMS India, permanently docked at Portsmouth Harbour and became the Royal Navy's first junior naval academy, capable of teaching a total of 150 cadets.

But compared to the huge personnel requirements of the Royal Navy, it is a drop in the bucket. It was not until 1896 that it was decided to build a real naval academy for systematic teaching, but construction has not yet begun, and if nothing else, construction will not begin until 1902, and it will not be put into use until 1905.

If Fisher, a naval fighter, really dared to fight for the naval revolution, personally complained to King Edward VII at the end of 1902, asked Edward VII to convert the Osbornehof into a temporary teaching place, and kicked away the Admiralty construction team that reported that the renovation work would take three years, and found an American contractor to complete the renovation work in only one year, otherwise the officer training level of the British Royal Navy would have been delayed for two years to get on the right track.

Therefore, the German Navy with the Kiel Naval Academy is not inferior to the British Royal Navy in the cultivation of naval talents, and with the intervention of Jochen, the teaching depth and breadth of the Kiel Naval Academy have deepened year by year, and Jochen can proudly claim that the level of graduates of the German Naval Academy is definitely far superior to that of the graduates of the British Royal Navy.

Then the question arises, the German Navy did not have ships, this is really a sad story. In the Royal Navy, cadets of poor caliber are able to go on board for internships. While taking on practical jobs and gaining experience, the outstanding graduates of the German Naval Academy had to face the hardships of living on the shore after graduation.

Although the size of the Navy has expanded in recent years, especially the ocean-going torpedo boat unit has absorbed a large number of graduates, the number of students enrolled at the Kiel Naval Academy has not dared to expand, which even Jochen can't do. The Navy does not expand the army, how do you arrange it after recruiting students?

In addition, the British Royal Navy also has disgusting discrimination against technical officers, as a special group of British Royal Navy officers, they were born in a family of craftsmen and skilled workers, and they could not join the Navy until they were 20 years old, and their status in the Navy was much lower than that of the commanding officer, not only the salary was poor, the working environment was poor, but more importantly, there was no opportunity to become a commanding officer in a lifetime.

This also leads to the status quo of command officers in the Royal Navy who are no different from idiots except for tactical command ability. Again, this situation was unsolvable before 1902.

If it weren't for Fisher's great emphasis on technological innovation, and the fact that the Royal Navy's technological idiots were incompatible with the ever-changing development of naval technology, they had to force this naval fighter to carry out a revolution in the system of naval officer training, and strongly demanded that "we have been choosing the future Nelson in too small circles, then give every gifted child the same opportunity, and not care about how much their parents' wallets are bulging." The status quo. The Royal Navy estimated that it would have been completely defeated by naval technological changes that would have made it impossible for people to keep up with the pace of World War I without the Germans.

And even if this great naval revolutionary made such an effort, he was afraid of arousing strong opposition within the navy and society. Some naval officers, who thought they were of noble blood, protested directly, and in the end Admiral Selborn had to delete in writing the interchangeable roles of technical officers and commanding officers from Fisher's 1902 report "Summary of the Reasons for and Establishment of the Reform of the Present System of Selection and Training of Naval Officers and Sailors."

So at least on the bright side and officially. Technical officers remain inferior officers for life.

Germany is much better at this, because the German navy was originally mostly civilian, and the nobles all ran to the army. Therefore, no matter what your background, as long as you are willing to come to the Navy and receive systematic learning, you will have the opportunity to become a commanding officer.

Well. Just chance, because we don't have so many ships for you to command, it's another sad story.

And Yochen himself also attaches great importance to technical officers, and he himself holds the title of a technical officer in the study of naval gunnery equipment, so the commanders of large warships are all old and high-ranked, and there is no way. However, the commanders of small ships are now required to be technically proficient, and officers on ocean-going torpedo boats cannot take up command posts without being tested for technical knowledge.

As these people slowly accumulate qualifications, experience, knowledge, and skills, and then gradually move up the ranks, Germany will have a high-ranking command officer who understands technology. Thinking about it, Jochen felt that he could snatch the title of Fisher's naval revolutionary in the future.

In this way, the British Royal Navy, which does not have the best technical capabilities and the best officer training system, relies on its profound historical accumulation, relies on its colonial blood transfusions all over the world, relies on its terrible shipbuilding capabilities, and relies on the huge size of its navy to unreasonably regard the reasonable naval development needs of any country as a threat, and even use all kinds of subordinate means to provoke hostilities and threats of force, and finally completely destroy it.

"The risk fleet has never been used for deterrence, the risk fleet has always been used for attack, and the meaning of its existence is to redeem it. Even if the entire German High Seas Fleet were exhausted, Germany would still be able to rely on the army to maintain its European existence, and what would Britain be left without a navy?

Even if the sea power completely falls into the hands of the open-minded Americans, it is better to let the British who block their own doorstep every day in the hands, at least Germany and the United States are not natural enemies.

In 10 years, let me challenge you on the same starting line. ”

Looking at the huge fleet in front of him, Jochen silently thought. (To be continued......)

PS: Although I'm tired to death when I get home today, but because there is still plenty of time, I gritted my teeth and didn't sleep to get this chapter out.

And God helped me to write extremely smoothly, which is completely different from the previous situation when it was difficult to code words.

Sure enough, the darkness of the British made me think broadly.

But again, I'm not a stick, I'm obviously cents. Because I met a book friend who said that I was a senior German stick, I solemnly declared it again.