And the prince's view is to play a big game if you don't move. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info And most of the warships of the German High Seas Fleet were fast warships. At least it's a cut faster than the Grand Fleet, so it's better to come out all at once, and the British battlecruisers and queens can be hard steel, and run away directly when they meet the Grand Fleet...... In this way, the advantages of maneuverability can be brought into play!

Well, the prince suddenly found that there was something wrong with his train of thought, and he was taken to the pit by Tirpitz and began to pay attention to the problem of the PK of the main fleets of both sides. And the prince originally meant to focus on breaking diplomatic relations and anti-blockade operations. It is obviously impossible to solve these two problems after the British Grand Fleet has been completely defeated. The break was handed over to the submarine to pick up the girder, plus two fast battleships cruising in the Indian Ocean and camouflaged assault ships that didn't know where. So now, the prince is most concerned about the anti-blockade operation! To make it clearer, it is how to break through the 75-kilometre-long exit of the North Sea between Shetland and Norway.

"Do you know what I've been most concerned about lately, besides commanding land campaigns?" After glancing at the somewhat confused officers of the German High Seas Fleet, the prince continued: "Our imports through neutral countries this month are declining. We have 100,000 tons of supplies short. This is a very serious problem for the entire empire. You know why? ”

"But this shouldn't be the responsibility of our navy, right? We're ....... Tirpitz said with some inexplicability.

"If it's not under the control of the navy, can't it be under the control of the army?" Ruprecht angrily threw the papers in his hand onto the table. "I have discussed with you countless times about the situation at sea, and after almost ten years you still do not know the difference between the ends and the means of engaging the British at sea! Now, I'm going to repeat it to you! ”

"The purpose of the Imperial German Navy was to minimize the supplies obtained by the British by sea through submarines and external warships, which I think you should understand, and the other purpose was to break the British blockade of the German Empire!"

"But Your Highness, the blockade line set up by the British at the entrance and exit of the North Sea is very close to the Grand Fleet, and it is impossible for us to send the main fleet to control it. In addition, I need to make it clear that we are also ambushing British warships on the blockade line with submarines and auxiliary cruisers. But now, the British are pumping a large number of armored cruisers and auxiliary cruisers to the North Sea blockade, and the effectiveness of our ambushes is decreasing! Tirpitz argued!

"I understand what you're saying, but it's not an excuse! Before I say my strategy, let me first explain the problems of the two sides in the blockade and anti-blockade operations in the previous stage, the British blockade of the North Sea actually has two lines, the first is the auxiliary cruisers in the Norwegian Sea, and the second is the blockade line between Shetland and Bergen. The first blockade was mainly inspected by auxiliary cruisers modified by merchant ships. These ships are relatively slow, so my strategy for this line of defense is very simple, use high-speed merchant ships under the name of the Americans to force their way through! As soon as you are in Norway, you can transport goods to Germany by Norwegian railways. ”

"And in fact, this effect is really good, from the beginning of the war to the present, the fast merchant fleet mastered by the Kingdom of Bavaria alone can guarantee a monthly transportation volume of more than 100,000 tons! And this transport line is still functioning normally. The British don't have that many high-speed ships to intercept these super-fast transports converted from cruise ships! This is a very important achievement for us to break through the blockade of the British. ”

As a half ally of the German Empire, before the official declaration of war, more than 20 large cruise ships and fast merchant ships of various kinds distributed around the world were smoothly transformed into merchant ships under the banner of American companies, flying the flags of neutral countries and some American merchant ships to transport vital materials to the German Empire. These ships travel between the United States and Norway all year round, and when they get supplies to Norway, they complete their mission. What the? What about the blockade of the British, you ask? It's so easy to do! Isn't the biggest advantage of high-speed merchant ships being speed? It would be too easy for transports with speeds comparable to light cruisers to break through the blockade established by the auxiliary cruisers converted from old merchant ships!

It makes sense that the United States can become an American imperialist, and those improved transport ships can be described as BT, taking the Lusitania converted by the Americans as an example, (does the name sound a little familiar?) The displacement of this merchant ship is 31550 tons! The speed is 26 knots, which is almost faster than 99% of the ships in this world!

However, the Americans still felt that it was not enough, and they first cleaned up everything that was not attached to the transportation of the entire cruise ship, so that the ship lost thousands of tons of weight! At the same time, in order to defend against possible mines, the Americans added various fillings such as cork to the watertight compartment to prevent water ingress. After some improvements, this merchant ship can transport 25,000 tons of various supplies and can guarantee a speed of more than 27 knots in the Norwegian Sea!

What, you ask, how did the ship get out? The reason is simple, converting a luxury cruise ship into a transport ship would have saved most of the weight. Second, by the time we reach the Norwegian Sea, we are almost close to our destination, and the ship has less fuel, so the load will be lighter, and the speed will naturally go up to ....... And in the face of such a ship, unless the British use tigers and lions, otherwise, in the Norwegian Sea, where the sea conditions are not good, it is impossible for light cruisers to intercept ah, maybe some cruisers can drive a speed of 27 knots, but it is still water, high sea conditions, small boats are generally not as fast as big ships!

No, in the last "Norwegian Sea Rally", a British light cruiser set its sights on the stowaway, and a 10-hour rally broke out between the two sides! At one time, the British cruiser increased its speed to more than 25 knots! However, in the end, due to the fatigue of the coal refueling personnel and the failure of several steam pipelines, they had to give up! And the Lusitania succeeded in getting rid of the British, because they used chain furnaces and added coal mechanically! So there will be no shortage of manpower, and at the same time, the potential of the ship is far from exhausted, and the British are treated almost with a playful attitude!

(It was not uncommon for ships to collapse or have power failures due to high-speed sailing, as in the case of the Lion in the Battle of Dogle Beach, and in the case of the Goeben, which had problems with the steam pipes on its way out.) At that time, because the cruise ship had sufficient space and weight, it could use chain furnace to load coal, which had an advantage in continuous high-speed sailing! ）

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