Chapter 586: A Brand New Fleet

"Maybe Your Excellency is right, fast battleships that pay more attention to firepower and protection are indeed more cost-effective than battle cruisers, but Your Excellency also mentioned that in order to deal with the armored cruisers of Russia and the Netherlands, your country has also purchased 2 battle cruisers, and the German Empire also has to face a large number of armored cruisers of the British Grand Fleet, don't we need to equip some battle cruisers?" Tirpitz said with a slight uneasiness

"The installation patrol is already the end of the road, at least the fast installation patrol that was originally avant-garde is already the afterglow of the sunset. The Russians and the 6 armored cruisers built by the Russians will be the last to be loaded, and after the end of this war, no country will go to build such a battleship, because with the development of technology, the loadout will be restrained by the battle cruisers, and no one will build a pile of waste. It is better to equip a small but durable battlecruiser or a fast battleship than to have someone to outfit the cruiser. These outdated things will be vulnerable on the battlefields of the future. Liu Buyun said confidently.

And historically...... If in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the two German cruisers could still fight in the face of the original British dreadnought, then in the Battle of Jutland, the British patrols faced the German dreadnought! In the Battle of Jutland, the British armored cruiser Black Prince was accidentally fired at by five German dreadnoughts, and within just 4 minutes, the battleship with a displacement of nearly 14,000 tons sank to the bottom of the sea. As a result, after the Jutland War, the British decisively pulled all the patrols to the 2nd line to be responsible for escorting the fleet, and no longer dared to let this kind .........of thin-skinned guy sway around in the decisive battle.

"In a decisive battle of the fleet, it is not that the more fleets participating in the battle, the higher the combat effectiveness, but the quality. An overly large fleet can cause all sorts of trouble in the transfer, because all information is not 100% infallible. And the situation of all warships is also different, unless in the case of last resort, in the future Sino-Russian naval battle, the Huaxia fast fleet will not bring the cruiser, even the most advanced armor king class will not be brought, because it will drag down other warships, if your enemy has to bring these old warships in the decisive battle, then you just need to turn them into your records when you have free time, or simply ignore it! Liu Buyun added.

"We do not have the conditions of your country, and in general, your country's naval strength has always been stronger than that of your opponent, and with all due respect, in the First Sino-Japanese War, even if your country's old Beiyang Fleet was heavily damaged, after the arrival of new warships, its overall strength was still stronger than that of the Japanese Navy and the Russian Navy. In the Second Sino-Russian War, the strength of your combined fleet in the North and the Sea was also stronger than that of the Russian Far East Fleet, but Germany was different, and we would be at a great disadvantage to engage a strong enemy. Every battleship is a valuable resource. Tirpitz pouted and said..........

Tirpitz was telling the truth, from the Germans' point of view, in order to win the war, it was necessary to mobilize all the forces that could be mobilized, and in the Battle of Jutland, the Germans pulled out 6 dreadnoughts to make up the number, in the face of this choice, Hipper expressed his dissatisfaction in the battle, when the German avant-garde fleet was beaten by Betty and Thomas, Hipper blamed the slow speed of the former dreadnoughts for affecting the overall speed of the fleet.

"Victory or defeat is not decided by a single war, especially a large-scale naval engagement, and it is very difficult to achieve it all in one battle. In the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the Battle of Toshima and the Battle off the Sea of Izu only caused damage to the Japanese fleet, and then in the Battle of Gunsan Bay, the Beiyang Fleet was able to defeat the Japanese fleet that had lost too much blood in one fell swoop, and the war of attrition before the decisive battle was also very important, and the German Navy should abandon the idea of deciding the outcome of the First World War, which was unrealistic. Liu Buyun paused and continued. …。

"An efficient fleet is more useful than a large but cystic fleet, just as the elite of the army is far stronger than the army of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. Wear down your opponents in constant small and medium-sized engagements, make frequent sorties with a sufficient number of fast battleships, attack the avant-garde rangers of the British Grand Fleet with absolute superiority on the one hand, and preserve your own strength by speed and protection on the other, and when the strength of both sides has dropped to an acceptable ratio, your country may consider a decisive battle. After Liu Buyun finished speaking, he took a sip of coffee ..........

"But the British are not stupid, they will not easily disassemble the fleet, especially the main one. The only way I can think of now is to bombard the British mainland to force the Royal Navy to divide its forces, of course, this tactic is extremely risky, all the ships that are slowed down may be left behind, and if the main fleet responds, there is a possibility of an early decisive battle. Tirpitz said with some concern.

"The geography of your country is indeed not good, the British Empire has blocked the way of the High Seas Fleet to the ocean...... But I would like to say that your allies also blocked the British Empire's navigation to the Far East, for example, in the Mediterranean, if the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary could join forces, then the French fleet would be at a disadvantage, and the Turkish Empire would be in close proximity to the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea. If the Turkish navy could make full use of raiding tactics, it would be disastrous for the British Empire, provided that Turkey had some naval strength and the ability to maintain and replenish the fleet. ”

"Your country's old ships and submarines of all kinds can use Turkey as a base to carry out a diplomatic breakup operation in the Indian Ocean, even the already old King-class armored cruisers are a problem in the vast oceans. The combined fleet of Italy and Austria-Hungary was not just a nuisance, but a mortal threat to the French fleet, and in order to maintain navigation in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, the main fleet of the British Empire had to be divided into two theaters of operations, and this is where your country's opportunity lies. Therefore, your country's naval strategy should not only include the German navy, as the leader of the alliance, if you want to maximize the strength of the navy in the system, it is something that must be considered. Liu Buyun raised naval tactics to the level of national strategy..........

"Overall, it's about using a streamlined elite fleet against the British Empire's Grand Fleet. At the same time, use old warships to disperse to the allies in order to break diplomatic relations in wartime? In the early battle, the fast fleet, which is dominated by fast battleships, will focus on attacking the opponent's battle cruiser fleet and avoid the competition with the opponent's main fleet, and at the same time cooperate with the allied fleet to disperse and contain the forces of the British Grand Fleet. And when the opponent's strength drops to a certain level, then launch a decisive battle? This seems to work. "Tirpitz finally understood what the high seas fleet needed to do.

"That means that in the next ten years, the King-class armored cruisers built by the German Empire, as well as the old dreadnoughts, will gradually be phased out of the front line? This reality is a bit cruel, a battleship has a service life of more than 20 years, but its glory period is only a short 5 to 8 years, which is really difficult to accept. Tirpitz said with some embarrassment.

"We are in a period of great change. In fact, Your Excellency should be grateful for this era, because of the rapid progress of technology, although the fleet of the British Empire is huge, its combat effectiveness has shrunk greatly! If it were not for this reason, I am afraid that even if you try for another 20 years, your country will not be able to match the British Empire, and now, the British Empire and Germany are almost on the same starting line, and your country has caught up with the best of times. Liu Buyun said with a smile..........

At the same time, Liu Buyun and Tirpitz were discussing the future of the German Navy. The British Imperial Navy is also planning for its own future, although the current British Royal Navy is still the world's strongest navy, although neither the former enemy France nor the soon-to-be-turned Germany can threaten the maritime supremacy of the British Empire, but at this time, some people in the Royal Navy have been keenly aware of a potential threat, such as Rear Admiral Jericho, who experienced the Sino-Japanese War, The outstanding officers of the Spanish-American War and the Russo-Chinese War had already felt the threat of the rising German Navy to Britain, and at this time, Jericho suddenly discovered that the British Empire had not adequately responded to this threat! …。

How long has it been since the British Empire had a face-to-face battle with its opponents? I'm afraid this starts on October 21, 1805, right? Since the victory at Trafalgar, the huge Napoleonic French fleet has never had the courage to fight a decisive battle with the British Royal Navy, not only Napoleon, but for nearly 100 years, no country has dared to launch a head-on challenge to the powerful main fleet of the British Empire! It is not an exaggeration to say that the Battle of Trafalgar fought an empire for a century!. …。

From now on...... All the nations did not dare to face the mighty capital ships of the British Empire! Even France, the second strongest country in the world, and Russia, the third strongest country in the world, (once were) chose to break diplomatic relations as a breakthrough to force Britain to submit by crushing Britain's sea transport lines, but all this is just to think about, the French and Russians did make a lot of preparations for this, built a number of cruisers, but the British Empire responded to each other's provocations with larger and more cruisers!

"It's a great feeling to be so powerful!" Jericho said with a deep breath. On the oceans of the world. The cruisers of the British Empire were on the rampage, staring at the French and Russian cruisers like policemen. At this time, the British Empire was so desperate to suppress its opponents in terms of both capital ships and auxiliary warships, that inadvertently, the British Navy began to focus on dealing with the armored cruisers known as "sea criminals".

All warships are required to have the highest possible speed and the highest possible endurance. So much so that in the capital ship class, a batch of second-class battleships must be specially built to deal with the opponent's patrol. Gradually. Jericho felt the weakness of the British main fleet, especially after the Spanish-American War and the Sino-Russian War, Jerry saw the strength of the Dante-class battleships, and in the absolute main force collision, even the armored cruisers as strong as the King-class were not enough to face those real behemoths! If armored cruisers and 2nd class battleships are leopards, the capital ship is an out-and-out lion! The leopard can run away from the lion's attack, but it can never defeat the lion! …。

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