In the old time and space, judging from the comparison of the performance of German and British battleships, the German battleships were superior in armor protection, and in terms of speed, if not fast battleships, they were almost the same, but in terms of firepower, German battleships were significantly inferior to British battleships. The British battleships started with dreadnoughts, and the main guns started from 305 mm, while the first two types of dreadnoughts in Germany, the Nassau-class and Helgoland-class battleships, had only 280 mm main guns, and only the third type of dreadnoughts Caesar-class used 305 mm, and at this time, Britain had continuously developed 343 mm, 356 mm, 381 mm and other main guns, and assembled subsequent types of battleships, while Germany only reached the last type of dreadnought before World War I, and the Bavaria class jumped directly from 305 mm to 381 mm.

This difference in performance is due to the fact that Germany and Britain have different perceptions and understandings of the navy, Germany believes that its naval strength is weak, so it focuses on strengthening the protection of warships to ensure the survivability of warships, and no matter how seriously damaged they are in the war, as long as they are not sunk, they can be repaired by towing them back to port, which is more cost-effective than rebuilding a warship; while the German navy envisages that the combat environment is mainly in the North Sea, where the sea area is narrow, the meteorological conditions are harsh, the viewing distance is limited, and the distance of artillery combat is not very far, and the importance of artillery rate of fire, relative caliber and firing range is much higher。 Therefore, the caliber is small, but the rate of fire is fast, and the tonnage saved is used to increase the armor.

The British Navy has a big business, even if it loses a few ships, it will not hurt its muscles and bones, and the British Navy is a global operation, facing a variety of combat environments, so it gives priority to strengthening firepower. On the other hand, Britain's perception and understanding of the navy is that the development law of battleships is that the tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, the protection is getting stronger and stronger, and the combat distance is getting farther and farther, and the battleships built five years ago have a tonnage of only about 15,000 tons, and now they are basically more than 20,000 tons, and the naval guns naturally cannot remain the same.

Later facts also proved that the British vision was indeed correct, and the trend of increasing the caliber of naval guns was irreversible, but when Germany understood this truth, the construction of the Bavaria-class equipped with 380 mm naval guns, but it was too late, because at the beginning of World War I, Germany's resources were heavily invested in the army, and only 2 of the Bavarian-class battleships that were originally scheduled to be built were completed, and they all missed the Battle of Japan.

In fact, Germany's artillery technology is not weaker than that of Britain at all, as a continental army country, Germany has always attached importance to artillery technology, during this period developed to conquer the fortress of Liège, the caliber of 420 mm of the big Belta gun, so as long as the concept keeps up, the development of a larger caliber naval gun, is completely possible.

Scher said: "So what caliber does the colonel think the next type of battleship of the German Kingdom needs naval guns?"

Huang Zhe said: "Britain has developed a 13.5-inch naval gun, and we suggest that Germany should develop a 350-mm naval gun in one step. ”

Tirpitz said: "How much tonnage is needed to assemble a 350-mm naval gun. ”

Huang Zhedao: "The estimated tonnage of this type of warship is about 25,000 tons, equipped with eight 350 mm naval guns, and the speed is 25 knots. ”

The German naval officers inhaled again, and the design tonnage of the Helgoland-class battleships designed for Germany in East China was only 22,000 tons, and this time it rose to the level of 25,000 tons. However, once this type of warship is completed, it will undoubtedly surpass the British warship of the same type, so that Germany will once again take the lead in the competition with the British navy in shipbuilding, and the officers will still be quite excited.

Tirpitz was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, but I have to consult with the relevant departments to determine the relevant technical issues." ”

Huang Zhe nodded and said, "Then let's talk about the third point, breaking the relationship." Britain is an island country, the domestic resources are poor, all the war and living materials need to be supplied by overseas colonies, so it is extremely dependent on the sea transportation line, Britain calls it the sea lifeline, this is not too much. And this is precisely where Britain's weakness lies, targeting the enemy's weakness, is the common sense of war, breaking the engagement can not only weaken Britain's war capability, but also force Britain to put more troops into the task of escorting at sea and counter-breaking diplomatic relations, thereby weakening the blockade of the German Navy, which can also be said to be another tactic to weaken the British Navy. ”

When Huang Zhe said this, many German naval officers showed excited expressions again, and Bi Jing seemed to be easier and more realistic than the decisive battle with the British main fleet.

Seeing the German naval officers, Huang Zhe continued: "However, it is not so easy to break the engagement, and if you want to break the engagement, you need serious preparation and professional warships. ”

In fact, for the German Navy, breaking the engagement is indeed a more realistic option than the decisive battle with the British fleet, and during the First World War in the old time and space, the German Navy also achieved quite good results in breaking the engagement, because it was Germany's infinite submarine warfare, the pressure on Britain far exceeded the main fleet, and also saved a lot of face for the performance of the German Navy during the First World War, proving that the navy is not really useless, so many extreme views in later generations believe that Germany does not need to develop the main fleet at all, but should invest all its naval resources in breaking the engagement, which may help Germany win in World War I。

Of course, this point of view is not advisable, a force so strong that Britain has to be cautious about the existence of the fleet, in fact, it is also of great help to break the engagement, but after all, Germany lacks the naval background and experience, and there are also a lot of problems in the implementation of the war, although it has caused huge losses to Britain, but it has not had much impact on the entire war situation.

Huang Zhe continued: "If we want to do a good job in breaking the war, we must do three things well: first, build a large number of overseas ports to support the repair and replenishment of the broken fleet; second, build suitable warships to break the diplomatic relationship and form a broken fleet; and third, interact with the main fleet of the mainland and echo and cooperate with each other. ”

After listening to Huang Zhe's words, the German naval officers all looked at each other, because in the German Navy's cognition, breaking diplomatic relations means sending warships out to rob the merchant ships of enemy countries? As for making it so complicated! The first point is easy to understand: Of course, the warships that break diplomatic relations need to be repaired and replenished, and if there are overseas ports, of course, it is more convenient, but do they need special warships to break diplomatic relations? What else do they need to do to break the diplomatic fleet? Moreover, they have to interact with the main fleet of the mainland? What is the method of interaction between breaking diplomatic relations and the main fleet of the mainland?

In fact, these three points proposed by Huang Zhe are, on the one hand, suitable for Germany's tactics of breaking diplomatic relations, and on the other hand, they are also aimed at the various mistakes made by Germany in the old time and space. Because Germany's naval strength is obviously weaker than that of Britain, and its own position is relatively easy to blockade, except for submarines, it is basically difficult for other surface warships carrying out the task of breaking diplomatic relations to return to the German mainland once they leave Hong Kong, and even after the British Navy completes the blockade of Germany, it is very difficult for surface warships to sail out of the North Sea. Therefore, overseas ports were extremely important, not only as a support and repair position for the broken fleet, but also as an overseas base to ensure that the German Navy could operate on the periphery and break the blockade of the German naval blockade of the German home fleet.

In addition, in the old time and space, Germany had an obvious feature in breaking engagements, that is, the results of breaking diplomatic relations achieved by surface warships were significantly smaller than those of submarines, and the results of breaking engagements in the early stage were significantly greater than those in the later period. Among the surface warships, with the exception of the Emden, which also achieved good results in breaking diplomatic relations, the achievements of other warships were basically lackluster; most of the results in breaking engagements were actually achieved by submarines. This is mainly because when Germany carried out a broken engagement, whether it was a surface warship or a submarine, they basically fought their own battles and did their own thing, lacked a unified command and coordinated warfare, and in addition there was no support from overseas bases, the result was often broken one by one by the British escort and anti-sabotage fleets, and because the submarines were conducive to concealment, they could escape the encirclement and suppression of British warships and continue to carry out the war; however, in the later part of World War I, after Britain strengthened its escort of merchant ships, the results of submarines in breaking the engagement also dropped significantly.

At the same time, because Germany mainly carried out the breaking engagement, the light cruisers, and the combat effectiveness of such warships was not strong, so Britain only needed to dispatch armored cruisers or large protective cruisers, which could not only undertake the tasks of escorting and countering the destruction of diplomatic relations, but also did not need to send the main warships at all. You must know that when encircling and suppressing the Spee fleet with 2 armored cruisers as the core, Britain dispatched two battle cruisers and 3 armored cruisers, which were more than 3 times the strength of the Spee fleet.

Huang Zhe continued: "Overseas ports are mainly divided into three categories, the first type is the base-type port, which is strictly a military base, with complete functions, perfect facilities, rich reserves, and the ability to replenish itself, which can be stationed in the fleet for a long time and provide various supplements to the fleet. The ability to support, and there is also a dry dock, which can repair the warships that have been damaged in the war, and replace all the spare parts on the warships, of course, the garrison of this port is also very tight, and it should be roughly the same as the port on the mainland, and a part of the army should be stationed; the second type is a large port, with relatively complete functional facilities and rich reserves, which can anchor the fleet for a long time, and provide the fleet with all the food, fresh water and other necessities to replenish, as well as some fuel, The third category is a small port for the fleet to dock temporarily, and the functional facilities of the port are relatively simple, and can only provide the fleet with some food, fresh water, and a small amount of fuel, and there is basically no ammunition replenishment, and only simple repairs can be carried out for the injured warships. ”