"From this day on, the era of British domination of the oceans is completely over, and the German High Seas Fleet can finally go to the world's oceans and become a veritable High Seas Fleet, Field Marshal Scheer's greeting in the Battle of Norway has become a reality, and Jericho has failed! This is a great era, an era in which the German Navy will take the influence of the great Motherland to the globe! Our fleet will go to the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean. And eventually the entire subcontinent of Africa, West and South Asia! When the news of the treaty reached Berlin, Tirpitz said excitedly.

The Germans gained the same naval tonnage as the British, but the actual combat effectiveness was higher than that of the other side, and the battleships were generally superior to the Germans, although the 15-inch guns were a little less, but the Germans could have 4 capital ships equipped with 16-inch guns, while the British could only have 2! Aircraft carriers are a new type of ship, neither side has any experience to follow, and the British must transform two fast battleships into aircraft carriers from the beginning, which will definitely have various problems, while the Germans can start with small aircraft carriers, accumulate experience and then build large aircraft carriers. According to information obtained from other sources, Huaxia will also adopt the method of small steps and fast running to develop its own aircraft carriers. Although it is a little difficult to follow the steps of others, the Germans decided to be more pragmatic this time, first see how big the aircraft carrier built by Huaxia, and then follow the cat and the tiger themselves.

And even more importantly, in the whole of Europe, the Allied fleets could huddle together! Although the Entente has the advantage of overall strength, the United States is far on the other side of the Atlantic. It is also necessary to take into account the deterrence of China. It's a little far away from the meaning that water can't quench the thirst of the near. And deep down, the German and U.S. navies looked down on them as nothing more than a bunch of people with a lot of good equipment that they couldn't use. "There are very few people in the U.S. Navy who can carry the heavy lift. The British have Jericho and Thomas, we have Scheer and Sipel, and the Chinese are all talented, while the United States has only one Magifin, and Magifin's power is also subject to multiple restrictions, and the training level of the troops is relatively low, which makes it difficult for them to give full play to the advantages of advanced equipment. In the internal publications of the German Navy. The Germans said this about the US Navy's suzhì.

Tirpitz, as the head of the German Navy, will soon leave this post as time passes. Before he could retire, he and his successor, Field Marshal Schell, needed to set the tone for the development of the German Navy for the next decade or so.

"In the future, there is no need for the High Seas Fleet to leave too much power in the North Sea, which is too small. We can drive the British out of our territorial waters as long as we rely on the Air Force. We have all seen the threat of aviation to the fleet. The British will not be stupid enough to fight with the fleet and our land-based air forces. The future of the Navy lies in the Mediterranean, the hub that connects the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean! We can get the help of our allies here, and the entire Allied fleet will come together to form an irresistible force, and at the same time, taking control of the Mediterranean Sea will be tantamount to cutting off Britain from the East. This is very helpful for the implementation of the next national strategy, and even if the Americans interfere with our actions, we can rely on the forward bases in the Mediterranean Sea and Spain to concentrate superior forces to destroy the American fleet coming from afar, and the submarines that undertake the task of breaking diplomatic relations will have better room for development, after all, we can use Spain as our submarine base! After much deliberation, Scheer laid out his plan. And this plan came as a shock to Tirpitz.

The core of this plan is to deploy most of the main fleet to the Mediterranean, and this plan is more radical than Tirpitz's plan to build a Mediterranean fleet that has always been strong! As originally envisaged. Tirpitz demanded that the future capital ships of the German Navy in the Mediterranean Sea account for at least 30% of the total tonnage. Although Scheer did not say the specific share of his plan, he kept mentioning the main fleet, that is, at least about 70% of the forces should be deployed in the Mediterranean, and Germany did not have any ports and territories in the Mediterranean, so it could only rely on its allies, and it had to be said that it was very bold to put the forces related to the fate of the country within the control of the allies.

"Actually, it is not so dangerous, Austria-Hungary is our strongest ally, without our support, the Austrians could not even hold out until the end of World War 1, economically speaking, Germany's control has reached all aspects of Austria-Hungary, Germany also has an overwhelming advantage in military power, Austria-Hungary has no reason or ability to betray us, and the same is true of Turkey, we have built railways to all provinces of Turkey, and we control the transportation lifeline on which they depend. The Spaniards will have to rely on us if they want to keep their Cuba, as for the Italians? "At this, Scheer paused, because he knew that the rest of the words would be devastating!" They're already a little wavering, so we're going to tell them with absolute power what to do right! If the strength is too low, it is not enough to deter the opponent! Tycho also has two sides, and we should not take it too lightly. ”

"And from the point of view of the role of the navy, only the fleet can cut off the other side's sea transportation and supply lines across the seas, and at the same time control the sea and let it transport supplies for us is the ultimate goal of the navy, the German fleet in the North Sea can only do it to guard the doorstep, we can't even land in the UK, the reason is simple, landing in the UK means fighting the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force at the same time, we don't have this ability, the British are stronger than us in the aviation industry, so we can use the army to solve France, But it is difficult to solve Britain with the Navy! The war with Britain would be long, and the best way to do that would be to cut off the island's sea lines of transportation would have to go beyond the fishponds of the North Sea to join our allies to the south. Whether it is Spain, Italy or the Balkans, there are many excellent military ports, and after more than ten years of preparation, these ports will be enough to provide all kinds of support for the high seas fleet. Scheer went on to explain.

Tirpitz admits that this could indeed gain a great strategic advantage, and that the concentration of the entire Allied fleet in the Mediterranean Sea could form a certain advantage over the Entente navy. And it's also very convenient to support the Empire's strategy in South Asia. And it is true, as Schell says, that Austria-Hungary and Turkey are very reliable, and that Italy really needs to be deterred. However, it was a very long process, and in addition to convincing the Kaiser to agree to his plan, a large number of bases and dockyards were to be built in the Mediterranean, and although Italy's port facilities were sufficient to maintain the current and soon to serve warships, Germany needed to build a series of facilities in the Balkans out of precautions against Italy. And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also came forward to obtain the lease of certain ports, and of course, the most important thing was how to integrate the entire fleet of the Central Powers!

A few happy and a few worried, just when the German Navy was ambitiously planning to go south, the proud Royal Navy must also bow its noble head for the future maritime security of the British Empire carefully planned, if 10 years ago, someone said that the British Imperial Navy will no longer have the glory of the past, I am afraid it will be regarded as a joke, the British Empire at that time was a proper two-power standard, and now the British Navy can only be tied with Germany for second, which has to be said to be a very ironic thing, But no matter how difficult it is, we must persevere, although the British Navy has suffered heavy losses, but still has the courage and determination to defend the dignity and interests of the Empire!

In the future, the Royal Navy will have to focus on two directions, one of which is naturally the security of the homeland, and the other is the security of India and Myanmar, which is not only a market for raw materials and a dumping ground for products, but also provides important human resources! And after the end of World War 1, if the Germans wanted to expand, then India would be the perfect direction, and the Allies were closer to India than the British! The British did not know the plans of the German Navy, but the British were sure that the German Navy would form a Mediterranean Fleet and then take a group of younger brothers to clean up India!

According to the plan of the British Ministry of Defense, Britain would use Persia as a buffer zone, and then establish a land defense line along the border between the two sides, and at the same time build a large number of airfields in India to accommodate more air forces, and at the same time recruit more local Indian soldiers to join the defense of the colonies. However, the land defense line alone would not reassure the British, and at the same time, it would be necessary to build a capable and powerful Indian Ocean Fleet, relying on land-based aviation to block the Germans' access to South Asia from the sea, and at the same time ensure the smooth flow of British routes to India, especially to guard against German submarines. These terrible little creatures had done great damage to Britain in the last war.

The attrition of the naval armaments conference and the war completely reversed the situation of the British navy being the dominant power, whether it was nationally or politically, it has become an established fact that Britain could not fight against the strong maritime superiority of the Allies alone, and it was far from enough to even pull in France, and it has become inevitable to join forces with the United States, and joining forces is not without a price, there are not enough interests, and the American fleet will not help Britain against the Allies in vain. As a result, Britain must open some important military bases to the United States, and even some key islands will be leased to the United States.

For example, the British islands in the Pacific Ocean must not be given to the United States, which will arouse the suspicion of China, and the entire western Pacific Ocean has been regarded by China as its sphere of influence, and the entry of any other great power will be regarded as a hostile act, and the British are afraid of Huaxia's fierce fight with the United States on the issue of the former German Pacific colonies. And now, with the Allies occupying a greater advantage and Huaxia's strength continuing to rise, such an unwise provocation of Huaxia is definitely his own death! If China completely fell to the Allies, then the Entente would have no chance of winning, and the United States could rely on the protection of the two oceans to stand alone, but what about Britain and France? So when Britain asks for support from the United States, the benefits it gives are deliberate, such as the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

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