At the end of September 1912, Qin Tian went to the Admiralty to meet with the Admiralty, Field Marshal Count Tirpitz, Minister of the Admiralty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The outbreak of war was less than two years away. Time is getting tighter and tighter, which also makes Qin Tian more and more busy. Although, it has been preparing for many years. However, Qin Tian was still not completely sure whether he could win a complete victory in the future war. Therefore, Qin Tian could only make as many preparations as possible to increase his own chances of victory.

"Your Excellency Marshal, how are the Navy's war preparations complete?" After a brief greeting, Qin Tian went straight to the point.

"Your Highness, the Navy's preparations for war have been proceeding in an orderly manner. Capital ships at all levels are stepping up their training and striving to be able to plunge into war as soon as war breaks out! Marshal Count Tirpitz said.

The German Navy in this time and space is not a little stronger than in another time and space. Even if the pace of the construction of capital ships by the British Navy began to accelerate, relatively speaking, the gap between the two sides was not large. The German Navy has an impressive number of dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts in active service, including four 'Nassau-class' battleships, five 'Helgoland-class' battleships, five 'Caesar-class' battleships, five 'King-class' battleships, three 'Blucher-class' battlecruisers, three 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers and three 'D'Verblinger-class' battlecruisers. Five more 'Bavaria-class' battleships and three 'Mackensen-class' battlecruisers are under construction. Once all of these battleships were in service, the German Navy would have a large fleet of 24 battleships and 12 battlecruisers. In terms of numbers, it is not much different from the British Navy. In terms of performance, it is even stronger than the British Navy. Therefore, once a decisive battle broke out between the two sides, the chances of the German navy winning were much greater than in another time and space.

Of course, this is just data on paper. The factors that determine the victory or defeat of the sea are far more than these. In addition to the number and performance of battleships, there are also the qualities of personnel, intelligence, tactics, and even luck, etc.

Qin Tian nodded, he also had a lot of confidence in the powerful fleet that he had almost single-handedly built. However, no one has ever been able to pack a ticket for such a thing as a naval battle. Only when the dust settles can we really tell the winner.

"Your Highness, it is expected that the battleships of the 'Bavaria-class' and the 'Mackensen-class' will not be commissioned until the end of 1914 or the beginning of 1915. Will we be able to catch up with this war? Marshal Count Tirpitz asked. The situation is becoming more and more tense, and war seems to be ready to break out at any time, which makes Marshal Count Tirpitz a little worried. The 'Bavaria-class' battleships and the 'Mackensen-class' battlecruisers were the most powerful warships of the German Navy. It would have been a shame not to have them.

"I should be able to catch up! Even if war breaks out, a decisive battle cannot be fought in a short period of time. In the initial period of the outbreak of the war, it will be a time for our battle cruisers and underwater forces to perform. Qin Tian said.

Once war broke out, the German Navy's long-prepared battle cruiser formations and submarine forces would attack Britain's sea transportation lines, completely paralyzing the British overseas trade, and thus weakening Britain's war potential as much as possible. Even if it did not achieve the goal of forcing Britain to withdraw from the war, it could at least cause the British to suffer heavy losses. At that time, the navy will be fully equipped and will have a final decisive battle with the British navy. Of course, by that time, I am afraid that even if the German Navy does not fight with the British, the British will find the German Navy for a decisive battle. If the sea lines are cut off, Britain will not last much at all.

Marshal Count Tirpitz nodded, feeling a lot more relieved.

"Your Highness, do you have a plan for the successor models of the 'Bavaria-class' battleships and the 'Mackensen-class' battlecruisers?" Marshal Count Tirpitz asked. According to the plan, after the construction of the battlecruisers of the 'Bavaria-class' and the 'Mackensen-class' battlecruisers reached the middle stage, the construction of the next class of battleships should begin.

"Next level capital ship, wait a little longer! Perhaps, that will be our last rank of battleships and battlecruisers! Qin Tian sighed.

"What? Your Highness, won't we build capital ships in the future? Marshal Tirpitz looked horrified.

Qin Tian nodded: "Soon, battleships and battlecruisers will become obsolete, and it will be a complete waste to build these capital ships again." ”

Marshal Count Tirpitz was completely stunned, he simply could not imagine how these majestic capital ships could become obsolete? Listening to Qin Tian's meaning, it seems that only in this war, they are the protagonists, and in the next war, it seems that they will not be needed.

"Your Excellency Marshal, Your Majesty and the generals of the army recently visited the 8th Army Corps, and they were very shocked by the performance of the 8th Army Corps' air force." Qin Tian said.

Marshal Count Tirpitz nodded, he knew about it. With his relationship with Qin Tian, he naturally knew that Qin Tian was speeding up the development of aircraft. It's just that does this have anything to do with the obsolescence of the capital ship?

"If fighter planes can take off from a platform at sea and launch a strike on a warship on the sea, do you think those warships will be able to dodge?" Qin Tian asked.

"This, how is this possible? How could those things that were like toys threaten a capital ship of tens of thousands of tons! "Marshal Count Tirpitz couldn't believe it at all.

"Your Excellency, although it is difficult for you to accept. However, this is the case. In fact, the German shipyards are already building offshore platforms like that. I call it an aircraft carrier. These aircraft carriers are capable of carrying bombers armed with torpedoes and going to sea to fight. As soon as the target is found, these bombers take off and, more than a hundred kilometers away, attack the target with torpedoes. Qin Tian continued.

It took a long time for Marshal Count Tirpitz to accept this fact. However, this time Qin Tian's shock to him was too great, making his worldview seem to be subverted.

"Your Highness, let's go to the German shipyard at once, and I'm going to see with my own eyes what is called an aircraft carrier. If it is really as His Highness said, the Imperial Navy must be equipped with this kind of weapon! Marshal Tirpitz said categorically.

Since the era of giant ships and cannons is soon to pass, the German Navy must firmly grasp the sharp weapons of the next era.