The Battlecruiser, a legendary and controversial type of ship, was born with great acclaim, but ended with accusations. In his previous life, Jochen had seen too many knowledgeable men criticize battlecruisers and Fisher, believing them to be expensive and flashy.

Some people even use the example of the British Empire's battlecruisers being beaten to prove that the so-called feelings are more important than the value of the battleships themselves.

In Jochen's view, for the British Empire, the appearance of the battle cruiser was a perfect type of combat ship capable of meeting the strategic needs of the Royal Navy, a specific type of ship designed for specific needs in a specific environment.

Considering that the era of the appearance of the battle cruiser was the era when the Royal Navy faced a strong challenge from the German Navy, and the Royal Navy's overall strategic posture was shrinking in terms of funding.

At this time, the Royal Navy, as the world's only global strategic deployment, had to face a major problem, that is, the shrinking size of its huge overseas fleet and the increasingly serious maritime threats.

As an island nation, Britain depends on its vast colonies for survival, and at a time when the strength of its overseas fleet, which guarantees the security of its colonies, begins to shrink and can no longer maintain a fixed naval force with sufficient superiority in the region, [the British need to begin to look for alternatives to this problem.

On the other hand, resources from the colonies needed to reach the mainland through long shipping routes, which were vulnerable to attack and break, so the British needed an escort force that could protect the shipping lines from attack at all times.

The British, with these conditions met, needed to maintain a decisive fleet that would protect their homeland from the increasingly powerful German navy, which was simply impossible for the cash-strapped Royal Navy.

And in this case, the appearance of the battle cruiser perfectly met the needs of the Royal Navy. Equipped with battleship guns. A battlecruiser with proper protection can replace the large number of second-class battleships of the Royal Navy's overseas fleet, and with a speed better than that of an armored cruiser, it can complete the task of escorting and hunting raiders at sea.

Moreover, such a high-speed strike force does not need to build a large number of them and then belong to each overseas fleet, and their high speed can reach the place where they are needed in the shortest possible time, which saves construction costs.

Thus the battle cruiser fully met the needs of the Royal Navy in all aspects, and only the battle cruiser could meet the needs of the Royal Navy.

It was precisely because of this that Fisher strongly admired the battle cruisers. Even the naval fighter who created the dreadnought was the first rebel in the Royal Navy to shout that the Royal Navy did not need battleships, because the battlecruiser was a far more cost-effective ship than the battleship in order to maintain the global presence of the Royal Navy.

The formula of detachment defense + battle cruiser = global sea power reflects Fisher's next plan for the Royal Navy, that is, to use submarines and small ships as the main force of coastal defense, and the battle cruiser as a rapid strike force to maintain the global presence of the Royal Navy, through guò this way to maintain the sea power of the British Empire, which has gradually lost its strength in the competition of national power.

And the battlecruiser has been playing its role well since its birth. Whether it was the easy hunting of the German Far East Fleet's armored cruisers by the Royal Navy battlecruisers in the Battle of Falkland, or the heroic rescue of the field as a fast-strike force in the Battle of Hergland, or the post-war voyages around the world to promote the unextinguished glory of the British Empire.

Of course, some people will take the Battle of Jutland or even the Battle of the Danish Strait to complain about the vulnerability of battlecruisers in the face of battleships, so take a closer look at the types of ships that battlecruisers replace, whether it is a second-class battleship or an armored cruiser, which one is the opponent of those dreadnoughts?

Of course, some people will say, since your battlecruiser is not an opponent of battleships, then why go to the battle line to die? Is the Royal Navy all brain-dead? Some people even say that because the battlecruisers were equipped with battleship-class guns, they gave Royal Navy officers the illusion that the battlecruisers could fight the battleships. And then criticize the "mistakes" of the British, as if everyone in the world was drunk and sober.

However, these people never thought about it. Is it true that the British do not recognize the problem?

Is it wrong to throw in the force that one qiē can be committed to an engagement? Because the battlecruiser did not have the ability to engage the battleship, the battlecruiser could not participate in the decisive naval battle? Who prescribes?

Throughout history, it is not uncommon to take second-class warships to join the main naval battles, in the era of sail warships, Royal Navy battleships generally refer to ships of the 1st to 3rd ranks, and the 4th to 6th ranks are heavy frigates (the frigate here and the current frigate are two concepts).

In the Battle of Trafalgar, the number of 1 and 2 battleships in the British Royal Navy was very small. And the main force of the British army was a 3-tier battleship and a large number of heavy frigates

And the armored cruisers of the British Royal Navy originally had the requirement of going to the battle line when necessary, so what is so strange about being a battle cruiser on the battle line?

And this demand is not unique to the British, but also in other countries.

In the Battle of Tsushima in history, the 8 armored cruisers of the 2nd Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet also joined the battle line behind the 4 battleships and participated in the annihilation of the Russian fleet that came from afar

Turn left" this unforgivable wrong command. When the Russians were able to escape, the eight armored cruisers of the Second Fleet decided to disobey the order and continue to maintain course, ensuring a brilliant victory in the final annihilation.

As for the Kurama Kurama of Tsukuba, this armored cruiser was designed with the purpose of the battle line at the beginning, not to mention it.

The Germans actually did the same thing, and the historical Marquis Bismarck armored cruiser was also equipped with the same 240 mm naval guns as the German dreadnoughts at that time, so as to meet the needs of the German Navy to put it on the battle line and fight with the former dreadnought fleet if necessary.

So there was no problem with the British sending the battlecruisers to the battle line into the capital ship duel, the real problem was that the Royal Navy, in order to pursue the efficiency of firing in the engagement, the officers ignored or even acquiesced in various anti-safety regulations and illegal operations, such as stacking propellants inside the turret. or the turret bomb passage fire door is not closed, etc., which led the battle cruiser to set off all kinds of fireworks.

After the war, the officers of the Royal Navy naturally refused to admit their mistakes, so they blamed all the problems on the "weak protection" of the battle cruisers.

As for a certain cricket, is it worth showing off to win against an old lady who has been over you for more than 20 years? As the capital ship of the battle line, it was powerless in the battle with Lao Luo, and as a ship, it did not cause any damage to the British sea line of communication as a combat breaking mission execution ship. There is nothing to praise about a certain cricket, either in terms of design or in terms of mission execution.

Ah, it's far away, it's far away. So to sum up, for the British, the battle cruiser was undoubtedly a very good kind of battleship for their needs, but looking at Germany in turn, was it really necessary to build a battle cruiser?

Perhaps some proponents of the doctrine of cruiser warfare believed that the German Navy's battle cruisers could pose a great danger to British sea lines of communication, but in fact, looking at the situation in World War I, the German Navy's battle cruisers were largely useless until the British Royal Navy's blockade was breached.

Because the numerical superiority of the British Royal Navy is there. Not to mention whether these battle cruisers could break through the blockade of the Royal Navy and enter the Atlantic, just to ensure that the gap in the number of their own capital ships would not continue to widen, it was impossible for the German Navy to let its battle cruisers go out and break the relationship.

And even if the German Navy had the courage to risk the reduction of the number of its capital ships and let the battlecruisers out, then the German Navy, which could not fight head-on, would never have the possibility of defeating the Royal Navy, and even if it could inflict greater losses on the British, with the support of the Americans, the outcome of the war would not change much.

Thus, in Jochen's view, the German battlecruisers were completely useless, although some have compared the tables of the Anglo-German battlecruisers in the Battle of Jutland. Advertise how good the German battlecruisers were, but in fact a closer analysis reveals that the comparison is completely meaningless.

The German battlecruisers were not at all designed to meet the protection of shipping lines. Replacing the secondary capital ships deployed overseas, and even for breaking the engagement at sea, it was designed specifically for British battlecruisers, because British battlecruisers needed large range, strong firepower, high speed, and high seaworthiness, so their protection was weak, while German battlecruisers therefore used smaller caliber main guns, shorter ranges, and poor seaworthiness that were enough to penetrate British battlecruisers in exchange for stronger protection. to increase survivability in battles with British battlecruisers.

It is this targeted restraint design that leads to the difference between the British and German battlecruisers, but were the German battlecruisers really battlecruisers? It's right to call it an anti-battle cruiser.

But if it was a decisive battle with the British Royal Navy in the North Sea, would the battle cruisers really be a necessity for Germany? As for the break-up operation, if the Royal Navy can be inflicted heavy losses in a head-to-head decisive battle, then the British blockade will naturally break. And the battleship that carried out the task of breaking the engagement did not need to be a battle cruiser, because at this time, the British had to cherish their precious battle cruiser strength and did not dare to send it out lightly.

Of course, if Germany has a surplus of troops at this time, it can send some capital ships out to fight the autumn wind.

Therefore, the capital ship that satisfies the decisive battle between the North Sea and the Royal Navy is the most suitable for the current German Navy, and the battle cruiser or something, Jochen is not ready to build at all. (To be continued......)

ps:Today it's been a long time for crickets and people.,Hawkers,I don't hate the iron-blooded female man of the battleship girl.,But I can't help but see that I have to correct the name of the cricket or somethingR1292.