"I personally believe that when the first main engagement between the fleets of both sides is over, both sides will suffer heavy losses. After this battle, Beiyang may lose the ability of the Grand Fleet to fight. At that point, how will you and the Mainz act? Ever thought about it? Prince Ruprecht asked.

This should not have been said by Ruprecht, at least in the eyes of ordinary people, but the German Navy must cooperate with this pipe band in a series of plans for the future, and all some things must be said in advance!

"In fact, Lushun and Weihai are of very limited significance to the Mainz armored cruiser, and in addition to the necessary repairs to the hull, the Mainz can be supplied in other ways, such as artillery shells, high-quality coal, food and water. And as a fast cruiser, his footprints cannot only be in a corner of the Yellow Sea, if Mainz can fight out of the Yellow Sea and operate in the Korean Strait, the Sea of Japan, and even the coastal waters of Japan, I think the threat to Japan will be even greater! At least, it's much better than being stuck in a port. ”

Since the German government decided to play a big one, it naturally did not intend to let the Mainz fight and then hold it in the harbor as a floating turret in the harbor, under the condition that Ruprecht was in charge and the German top brass agreed. His Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht has come up with a big plan with the help of a staff officer and even diplomats!

It is certain that the Beiyang Fleet will be destroyed after the First World War, and whether those old ships can survive depends not on strength and the quality of officers and men, but more on luck! And the entire Japanese fleet did not seem to be able to rely on artillery to get the existence of the Mainz, and in the face of heavy hardened armor, the Japanese were equipped with a large number of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns that were almost burning sticks. Large-caliber guns may cause the back plate to crack, and may penetrate the head and tail armor belts, but 6-inch guns can't do anything!

Therefore, according to the speculation of senior German naval officials, as long as Mainz after the war is not particularly unlucky, the loss of battleships is not a big problem, the key is supply and ammunition! After the start of the war, the Germans naturally could not send ammunition to the ports of the Beiyang, which was a bit difficult, and it was not good to spread the word! But if the Mainz receives ammunition and fuel supplies at sea, it will not be a big problem, after all, the sea is vast, the probability of detection is much lower, and the ship transporting ammunition can also be a ship flying other flags.

If ammunition is a necessity, then coal is a necessity, although the coal reputation of the Kailuan coal mine in Tangshan is good, but after using it, the German officers and soldiers said that there is still too much ash in this thing! The combustion efficiency is still not as good as that of Welsh white coal, which is often used. Only about 80% of the efficiency of the latter. And there is too much soot, and the flue needs to be cleaned frequently. Ordinary cruising is okay, but wartime use is obviously not very good.

It is one aspect that German and Russian merchant ships provide high-quality supplies to Mainz to ensure sustained combat effectiveness, and at the same time, the Russian camouflage reconnaissance ships distributed in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea will also provide information to Mainz, and the Russian officer in charge of contacting the reconnaissance ship this time is also a fierce man! His name seems to be Essen, and he seems to be the same person who later led the Vladivostok detachment to make trouble in the Sea of Japan.

When the Mainz arrives in the East China Sea, it is the dragon entering the sea, how many ships does the Japanese fleet have? How many ships can catch up with Mainz? It is estimated that there is not a single one that can catch up and win heads-up! It's hard enough to catch such a guy in the East China Sea, off the coast of Japan, or in the Sea of Japan, and it's crazy enough for the Japanese! If a few Japanese troop carriers can be sunk, then the battle record is estimated to be greater than that of the entire Beiyang Army.

Of course, no matter how good the supply is, a battleship has a limit, the artillery will be scrapped with too much use, and the boilers and engines of the battleship cannot be supported for a long time, so the battleship needs a port to maintain, and there are currently two places to choose from, one is Vladivostok in Germany, and the other is the French lease in Shanghai.

Someone asked: Didn't the neutrality treaty allow the battleship to stay in a neutral port for a maximum of 3 days? But these 3 days are enough to replace a few secondary guns and clean the boiler with sufficient preparation. And as far as the attitude of Russia and Britain is concerned, it is almost a cold war now, and the Russian government patted its chest and said that as long as Beiyang is willing, it will be fine to stay in Vladivostok for a week!

Anyway, when necessary, the Mainz flies a German flag, and the 7 Munich-class armored ships are almost the same in appearance, do you know if the ship coming is a German ship or a Japanese ship? As long as Russia and Germany insist that it is a German ship that stays in the harbor, what can you do in Japan but protest?

So far, the whole plan is a perfect fit! Someone may have asked, what if the Japanese Navy got the news to attack the sentinel ships and supply ships. After all, according to international law, ships transporting supplies for enemy countries can be detained. But international law is a gross thing for big powers? Did the British think about this when they fought the Boers? Not really. Russia and Germany are now afraid that they will not be able to clean up Japan.

The German Navy top brass decided that the Tirpitz fleet would be divided into three, the Mainz would be sold to the North Ocean, the Munich would continue its circumnavigation of the globe, and the other two cruisers would remain in the Far East! Japan, if you dare to try it on German ships! The Germans can quite say that these cargo ships were for the supply of the German Far Eastern Fleet! Of course, it is more likely that the Japanese admit it, and if it comes to this extent, Ito Hirobumi still doesn't know how to avoid it, then he is really looking for death!

In order to prevent the British from threatening ports and supplies again, the great powers of the entire European continent united, and in order to ensure their own interests, the French decided to join forces with their enemies once again under the mediation of the Russians. It doesn't matter, French ports are all over the world, too! Not to mention the African vote, there is at least one Indochina in the Far East.

With the help of France, the Russian-German fleet could reach the Far East smoothly from Europe, even bypassing Africa. Reserve supplies and supplies first, and then make trouble, and the Russian tsar has already revealed an opinion, that is, after Japan wins this war, it must not take a piece of land from the Qing State!

And after learning about this, Ruprecht had to sigh that this was how the intervention of the Three Kingdoms came about! When the fleets of Russia, Germany and France flaunted their might outside the Gulf of Tonkin in Japan, what could the British do? Nothing can be done! Offending 3 world powers at the same time is absolutely not to be done! This TM is Yangmou! You've got to pick it up!

Of course, Germany would also gain a lot from this operation, such as the same rights as the Russians in the Russian sphere of influence, such as the huge military orders of the Russians, such as the military orders of the Manchus during the war, and so on.

In a word, Ruprecht suggested that Yang Yonglin decisively break the diplomatic relationship after the end of the war. What a good condition for Russian and German ships to help and supply at sea! What else do you have to hesitate about?

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