The parade continued, and Frederick III, who had already adjusted his mentality, could also look at the huge fleet in front of him with a peaceful eye. Frederick III, who was in a good mood, began to watch with great interest every warship that the Hohenzollern (2nd generation) sailed by, and asked his son a few words from time to time.

Jochen was naturally familiar with the situation of each battleship, and in addition to introducing some of the basic capabilities of these ships to his father, he also recalled in his mind the technical level of the British Royal Navy during this period.

As the pioneer of the pre-dreadnought era, the Sovereign class has slowly failed to keep up with the times in this era of rapid changes in the performance of warships. In the era of continuous improvement in naval artillery technology, the large caliber alone can no longer represent combat effectiveness, and the power of her 343-mm cannon is not as good as the 305-mm naval gun of the majestic class.

The improved version of the Sovereign class, the Hood, on the contrary, also adopts the low-freeboard design of the historical reversing, in addition to being more powerful in tonnage and firepower, the overall design level is not as good as that of the Elector.

The majestic 305 mm naval gun was definitely the world's top firepower at this time, and its displacement of 14,000 tons and powerful naval guns made later generations call it the most outstanding design in the early days of the pre-dreadnought, but the rate of fire of 1 minute and 40 seconds per round was obviously not satisfactory. And in this era when armor is stronger than bullets, the excellent naval guns of the Majesty class cannot bring it a clear combat advantage.

The Pavrel-class and the second-class battleships of the Prestige class are even more typical of wasteful displacement, with the standard displacement of the Pavrel class of 10,500 tons, which is almost the same as the Brandenburg class, and the Prestige class is as high as 12,400 tons, which is larger than the Brandenburg class.

However, such a large hull is armed with only 4 254 mm naval guns and 10 secondary guns, the Pavrel class is equipped with 119 mm secondary guns, and the Prestige is equipped with 152 mm secondary guns.

In terms of firepower, it was far inferior to the 6 260-mm naval guns and 12 150-mm secondary guns of the Brandenburg class, while the 152 mm side armor belt of the Pavrell class and the 203 mm of the Prestige were also far inferior to the 300 mm Krupp surface carburized armor of the Brandenburg class.

Not only that, the British battleships, whether they were first or second class, had the same problem, that is, the height of the main armor belt was insufficient, and once the weak area of armor above the main armor belt was penetrated in actual combat, the loss of combat effectiveness would be very severe.

In addition to the speed is not as fast as the British Royal Navy's three second-class battleships, the fire protection is the Brandenburg class wins, and with the stereo rangefinder, shooting command room and other potential performance advantages, the Brandenburg class is fully worthy of the title of the world's strongest second-class battleship at this time

From the beginning of the Sovereign class to the end of the Duncan class, the 40 battleships of the 8 classes built by the British in 13 years are all typical of solving performance with tonnage and wasting displacement.

Except for the fact that the old man-class second-class battleship, which is now on the slipway, is the first class battleship to use a water-tube boiler and is relatively ahead in the power system, the technical superiority of the British in the field of battleships is not to be demonstrated.

As for those first- and second-class cruisers, Jochen was even more disdainful, and now even the Japanese did not order armored cruisers from the British, and without the British who trained with the Japanese, it was still unknown when they would be able to embark on the right path of armored cruisers.

Therefore, in Jochen's eyes, such a large British Royal Navy fleet is not only large enough to cause qualitative change, but there is really nothing to praise in terms of technical ability. Of course, the huge shipbuilding capacity and perfect cost control are also part of the strength.

But as long as the industrial capacity is open, these are also minor problems, such as the lighthouse country in World War II. As long as there is enough technology accumulation and strong industrial capacity, the riot is trivial, and Jochen is very confident in the growth of Germany's industrial capacity.

And the Royal Navy of Great Britain is not outstanding in technical capabilities, so what is there to praise other than its huge number of navies? Some people will say that there are excellent naval officers and men, and they have extremely high combat skills and tactical literacy.

But in fact, this kind of combat skills and tactical literacy is only because the officers and men of the British Royal Navy have a huge base and more training opportunities, but the overall level of naval education is not necessarily high.

It can even be said that the current officer training system of the British Royal Navy is extremely bad. Many people will not be convinced, but it is true.

In order for a British naval cadet to become a naval officer, the cost of studying and sailing was more than £1,000, which was also a significant expense for the middle class, and the selection of naval cadets required an interview with a committee headed by an admiral.

Therefore, most of the British naval officers were from the upper class, and the lower class did not have a bright future. Not only that, but the early cadets were sent to warships for internship without systematic theoretical study, so they may have a wealth of experience, but their mastery of professional knowledge is quite uneven, and their knowledge beyond the skills they are exposed to is quite lacking.

This did not change until 1867, when two older warships, HMS Britannia and HMS India, permanently docked at Portsmouth Harbour and became the Royal Navy's first junior naval academy, capable of teaching a total of 150 cadets.

But compared to the huge personnel requirements of the Royal Navy, it is a drop in the bucket. It was not until 1896 that it was decided to build a real naval academy for systematic teaching, but construction has not yet begun, and if nothing else, construction will not begin until 1902, and it will not be put into use until 1905.

If it weren't for Fisher, a naval fighter, who really dared to fight for the navy, he personally complained to King Edward VII at the end of 1902, and asked Edward VII to convert the Osbornehof into a temporary teaching place, and kicked away the construction team under the Admiralty that reported that the renovation work would take 3 years, and found an American contractor to complete the renovation work in only 1 year, otherwise the level of officer training in the British Royal Navy would have been delayed for 2 years before it could get on the right track.

Therefore, the German Navy with the Kiel Naval Academy is not inferior to the British Royal Navy in the cultivation of naval talents, and with the intervention of Jochen, the teaching depth and breadth of the Kiel Naval Academy have deepened year by year, and Jochen can proudly claim that the level of graduates of the German Naval Academy is definitely far superior to that of the graduates of the British Royal Navy.

Then the question arises, the German Navy did not have ships, this is really a sad story. At a time when the British Royal Navy's cadets were able to go on ships for internships, take on practical jobs, and constantly accumulate experience, the outstanding graduates of the German Naval Academy had to face the hardships of years on the shore after graduation.

Although the scale of the Navy has expanded in recent years, especially the ocean-going torpedo boat unit has absorbed a large number of graduates, the enrollment of the Kiel Naval Academy has not dared to expand, even Jochen can't help it, the Navy does not expand, how do you arrange after recruiting students?

In addition, the British Royal Navy also has disgusting discrimination against technical officers, as a special group of British Royal Navy officers, they were born in a family of craftsmen and skilled workers, and they could not join the Navy until they were 20 years old, and their status in the Navy was much lower than that of the commanding officer, not only the salary was poor, the working environment was poor, but more importantly, there was no opportunity to become a commanding officer in a lifetime.

This also leads to the fact that command officers in the Royal Navy are no different from idiots except for tactical command skills, which was also unresolved before 1902.

If it weren't for Fisher's great emphasis on technological innovation, and the fact that the Royal Navy's technological idiots were incompatible with the ever-changing development of naval technology, they had to force the naval fighter to carry out the naval officer training system**, and strongly demanded a change in "We have been choosing the future Nelson in too small circles, then give every gifted child the same opportunity, instead of caring about their parents' wallets." The status quo. The Royal Navy estimated that it would have been completely defeated by naval technological changes that would have made it impossible for people to keep up with the pace of World War I without the Germans.

Moreover, even if the great navy man made such an effort, fearing that it would arouse strong opposition within the navy and society, some naval officers who thought they were of noble blood directly protested, and finally the Secretary of the Navy Selborn had to delete in writing the words "Summary of the Reasons and Suggestions for the Reform of the Present System of Selection and Training of Naval Officers and Sailors" submitted by Fisher in 1902 that the roles of technical officers and commanding officers were interchangeable.

So at least openly and officially, technical officers are still inferior officers for life.

Germany is much better at this, because the German navy was originally mostly civilian, and the nobles all ran to the army. Therefore, no matter what your background, as long as you are willing to come to the Navy and receive systematic learning, you will have the opportunity to become a commanding officer.

Well, just chance, because we don't have so many ships for you to command, and it's another sad story.

And Yochen himself also attaches great importance to technical officers, and he himself is regarded as a technical officer in the study of naval gunnery and equipment, so the commanders of large warships are all old and high-ranking military officers, but the commanders of small ships are now required to understand technology, and the officers on the ocean-going torpedo boats cannot hold command positions without passing the assessment of technical knowledge.

As these people slowly accumulate qualifications, experience, knowledge, and skills, and then gradually move up the ranks, Germany will have a high-ranking command officer who understands technology. Thinking about it, Jochen felt that he could completely snatch the title of Fisher's naval ** in the future.

In this way, the British Royal Navy, which does not have the best technical capabilities and the best officer training system, relies on its profound historical accumulation, relies on its colonial blood transfusions all over the world, relies on its terrible shipbuilding capabilities, and relies on the huge size of its navy to unreasonably regard the reasonable naval development needs of any country as a threat, and even use all kinds of subordinate means to provoke hostilities and threats of force, and finally completely destroy it.

"The risk fleet has never been used for deterrence, the risk fleet has always been used for attack, and the meaning of its existence is to redeem it. Even if the entire German High Seas Fleet were exhausted, Germany would still be able to rely on the army to maintain its European existence, and what would Britain be left without a navy?

Even if the sea power completely falls into the hands of the open-minded Americans, it is better to let the British who block their own doorstep every day in the hands, at least Germany and the United States are not natural enemies.

In 10 years, let me challenge you on the same starting line. ”

Looking at the huge fleet in front of him, Jochen silently thought. RS