"Ruprecht, this is the document that Tirpitz handed you over, you have time to look at it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info "Just after the meeting, almost after the officers of the army had left, the Kaiser called the prince and gave him a document.

"So I still have to take care of the navy." At this time, the prince suddenly remembered that he still had the title of a naval adviser, although this adviser was not a permanent official position, but he could contact the Kaiser at any time, so his power was also very large. After all, with the exception of the other three kingdoms, almost all of the people's rights came from the emperor.

The first part of the document was an overview of the German Navy's fleet, and Ruprecht naturally looked first at the capital ships of the High Seas Fleet. At present, the High Seas Fleet has the following warships: 6 dreadnoughts, the slow battleship Nassau equipped with 10 12-inch guns, 2 slow battleships Posen-class battleships equipped with 12 12-inch guns, and the fast battleship Rhineland equipped with 12 12-inch guns. Plus two thoroughbred battle cruisers with 9 12-inch guns, the Von der Thaen and the Blucher.

There were a total of 6 original Super Dreadnoughts, all of which were equipped with 8 350mm guns. Among them, there were 3 Helgrand-class fast battleships and 3 Moltke-class thoroughbred battlecruisers, namely Moltke, Goburn and Cedritz. These thoroughbred battlecruisers were all able to reach speeds above 27 knots.

Of course, the most striking thing is the last Bavaria-class battleship, since 1907, Germany no longer produces other types of battleships, all used to produce Bavaria-class fast battleships equipped with 15-inch guns, and from 1907 to 1911 in five years, Germany started an average of 2 to 3 ships a year! According to the calculation of the construction period of a battleship in 2 and a half to 3 years, by now, the number of 15-inch artillery battleships owned by Germany has reached 6!

The six battleships were Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, and Mecklenburg, and almost all of these battleships were named after all the kingdoms and Grand Duchyes of the German Empire except Prussia. Of these 6 battleships, 4 were already in service, and the other two were being outfitted.

In addition to this, there are 6 more on the slipway that are under construction, 2 of which can be commissioned in 1 year. In a maximum of 2 and a half years, these 6 warships can be fully commissioned. The six battleships were Oldenburg, Weimar, Braunschweig, Deshaw, Meiningen and Coburg. If nothing else, before 1915, the total number of dreadnoughts and above in the German High Seas Fleet was 24, of which 16 were super-dreadnoughts and 12 were Bavaria-class battleships armed with 15-inch guns.

Historically, the German High Seas Fleet Dreadnought had a total of 21 battleships and 7 battlecruisers. A total of 28 warships. In terms of quantity, it must be larger in history, not necessarily in terms of tonnage, but in terms of combat effectiveness, well, if the two sides meet, then the high seas fleet in history will still retreat, how can the fleet dominated by 12-inch guns fight more than half of the fleet equipped with 15-inch naval guns? Although the latter is 4 ships less than the former, in terms of one-sided projection firepower, the latter is several notches higher. And what is even more tragic is that even with a few one-sided artillery tubes, the historical high seas fleet may not have an advantage. After all, the layout of Nassau and Helgrande and the like in history is too cheating.

And it should be noted that in addition to the Nassau, the remaining 5 dreadnoughts can be upgraded to super dreadnoughts! The triple 12-inch turret was intended to be replaced with a twin 350mm gun. In terms of speed, in addition to the 3 slow battleships, there were 5 pure-blooded battlecruisers with a speed of more than 27 knots. All the remaining battleships were fast battleships. The speed is above 25 knots. Theoretically, it is already counted as a full-speed fleet.

And at the moment, the British are in about the same state as when they started the war, the only difference is that the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships are in good condition, and now there are 4 in service. There were also more than ten battlecruisers and battleships, so in a short time, the British fast fleet still had a numerical advantage over the Germans. But if there is a loss, or if it is dragged to the service of the remaining Bavaria-class battleships, then there will be no numerical superiority, unless the British realize the problem and immediately replenish the fast battleships, but it may not be too late, which is also the best scenario that the prince conceived - to have a crushing advantage in the fast fleet!

The second part of the document introduces the recent plan of action of the High Seas Fleet, and unlike the Army's direct recklessness, the High Seas Fleet is at a disadvantage, so it is natural that it cannot jump too far at the beginning, not to mention anything else, at least the mine network of the ports in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea should be established, with these things at least self-protection is no problem, no matter how strong the British Grand Fleet is, it is not capable of wading through mines to block the door of the German fleet.

In less than three weeks, the High Seas Fleet has laid tens of thousands of mines in the North Sea direction, forming five large minefields. In the process of mine-laying, a British light cruiser was also sunk too deeply, which was also a bonus. And in the Baltic direction, the German fleet acted more actively, and on the second day of the war, under the command of the fleet commander Admiral Scheer, 6 super dreadnoughts and 3 dreadnoughts with more than 30 minelayers killed the Russians, and then under the cover of naval guns, German minelayers laid offensive minefields outside the Gulf of Riga. Subsequently, to the indignation of the Russians, the fleet even sailed into the Gulf of Finland, shelled the port, and laid mines at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland.

After doing this, Scheer still felt unsafe, and thought to himself, what if we walked on the front foot and someone came out on the back foot to sweep it away. (Russian: Damn, you still don't let people sweep mines?) So several submarine ambush areas were deployed near the minefields, and those submarines that were not suitable for long-distance voyages were thrown into the Baltic .......

While the surface fleet was preparing, the submarine force had begun to make its mark on the oceans, and long before the start of the war, the first 50 submarines were waiting for an opportunity to move from the English Channel and the North Sea into the Atlantic Ocean and near British ports under the escort of the High Seas Fleet. Although the first batch of submarines has not yet returned, judging from the current situation, the submarine force has achieved at least 150,000 tons or more. The specific results will be counted after the rest of the submarines return. The sea wolves of the German Empire had already begun to bleed on the veins of the British.

If the German Navy had done these things at the beginning, then this beginning could only be considered decent, but then, when he saw what was behind, he couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart. In the last part of the document, it is a detailed description of what happened after the start of Plan B!

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