"Ladies and gentlemen, we have assumed the naval strategy and tactics of the British, and in addition to the powerful capital ships of the Royal Navy, we must also pay attention to those auxiliary warships, these offensive and defensive forces cannot be compared with the capital ships, but the super-fast ones are the eyes and ears of the British Grand Fleet, and they are the nooses that hang Germany. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" As he spoke, His Royal Highness pointed to the northernmost point of the North Sea off the coast of Germany and in the distance.

"The British will use a squadron of light cruisers to carry out reconnaissance of our approach, and use the high speed to monitor every move of the Imperial Navy, whether it is the departure of our main fleet or the transfer, as long as we are present on the high seas, it will be difficult to avoid their eyes. If we are going to conduct a large-scale operation, then it is necessary to break this blockade of light cruisers! ”

"Against this blockade, it is possible to use capital ships, but it is difficult to catch them, and the cost is somewhat too high. So, I mean to use light cruisers as the main force, and gradually weaken the light cruiser forces of the British under the cover of our main fleet, and then weaken the reconnaissance capabilities of the other side. Paving the way for us to launch a large-scale operation. ”

"Secondly, one of the objectives of our light cruisers is to operate at the northern end of the North Sea at the right time, to attack the British blockade line, and to cover the entry and exit of our submarines, camouflaged assault ships, or camouflaged transport ships in and out of the North Sea at the right time, and the British cannot carry out this blockade mission with their main fleet. Only camouflage cruisers or vintage cruisers can be used. ”

"This is the opponent that our cruisers need to face, the opposing light cruisers, destroyers, auxiliary cruisers, and some merchant ships!" Prince Ruprecht set the target.

"And this time you're going to redesign the cruiser standards of the High Seas Fleet, right? If I'm not mistaken, you will surely allow our light cruisers to overwhelm their opponents in terms of performance, even at the cost of reducing their numbers? Tirpitz asked.

"That's right, it seems to me that the design of the light cruiser of the High Seas Fleet is even worse than the original design of the battleship, so it must be torn down and restarted!" His Highness nodded and said.

If the small water-tube boiler and defense of the main battleship of the Germans are still commendable, it is a firepower coffee table, then the German light cruiser is a comprehensive coffee table! In particular, the light cruisers of the German Navy before the start of the war can be described as tragic.

For example, what is the final outcome of the well-known Emden, a star battleship that has been at sea for more than 100 days, captured 33 merchant ships, and has a total tonnage of 70,360 tons? In the battle with the British armored cruiser HMS Sydney, Emden paid the price of 7 officers and 129 soldiers killed and 65 wounded in exchange for the "major victory" ...... of hitting 16 shells on the opposing side, killing 4 and wounding 17. Well, that's good.

Some people may say that the combat effectiveness of the two sides is completely unequal, the normal displacement of the Emden light cruiser is 3664 tons, and the heavy load is only 4268 tons. The Sydney has reached a normal displacement of 5,400 tons, and the heavy-duty displacement has reached the 6,000-ton mark, and the difference in tonnage naturally leads to a gap in armament and defense.

This is very reasonable, the tonnage of the two sides is indeed a little different, so okay, let's take the warships of similar tonnage in the same period, for example, the German Karlsruhe light cruiser, the design tonnage of this light cruiser is 4900 tons, and the heavy tonnage is 6191 tons, which is on the same level as the British armored cruiser Sydney. But when it comes to performance, except for speed, this thing is not at all as good as the Sydney.

Compared with firepower and defense, the Karlsruhe has 12 105mm guns, the armor belt is 60mm to 18mm, the gun cover is 50mm, and the conning tower is 100mm. The armored deck is from 40 to 60mm. And what about the Sydney? The family was 8 6-inch L45 guns and 4 3-pounder guns. The waterline armor belt was 50mm, in addition to the dome, in which the inclined part was 25mm. The vertical part is 40mm to 15mm. The conning tower is 102mm.

Overall, the Sydney's firepower is an absolute advantage, in terms of armor, the vertical armor has an advantage, and the horizontal armor is a slight advantage of the Karlsruhe. (The information comes from Conway, I haven't seen the specific line map, and I hope you can give me more advice if there is a mistake) Overall, it's better to be Sydney. The most unbearable thing is the firepower, in the Emden era, the German light cruiser was 10 105mm guns, and after the tonnage increased by more than 1000 tons, 2 105mm guns were added. It's unbearable.

And this battleship also broke a record, that is, it was the only German broken cruiser that was not sunk by a British battleship, because on November 4, 1914, this battleship actually blew itself up! The cause of the explosion is unknown, but it is said that it was caused by an accident involving smokeless gunpowder with unstable packaging, which then affected the ammunition depot ....... Then all 263 officers and men of the ship were killed, and only 146 survived.

The real culmination of the German light cruiser is the Emden II. This ship has a similar displacement to Karlsruhe in terms of defense, tonnage and speed, but is equipped with 8 150mm guns, which is considered good in terms of firepower and defense among warships of the same period. But like the capital ships, the Germans woke up too late....... The number is too small, and the service is too late.

Like the capital ship, the cruiser as an auxiliary warship also needs to be redesigned, if you consider the historical limitations, an armored cruiser like the Emden 2 is also worthy of the design level at that time, but unfortunately, the Germans are facing a powerful British navy, if you don't open the hanging, how do you deal with the British?

But to be honest, the design of the light cruiser needs more level than the design of the capital ship, because the tonnage of the former is relatively not rich, and the tonnage of 30,000 tons given to the Bavarian Design Bureau can completely design a battleship that can suppress the queen. Armor, protection and speed can be taken into account better, but light cruisers are different, their tonnage is too small, generally heavy tonnage is only 6000 tons, and the standard row is around 5200 tons.

However, the first thing a light cruiser needs is power, and the phenomenon shows that a standard row of only 5,200 tons of battleship needs 31,000 horsepower rated output, (in fact, it is larger), and a 26,000-ton battleship like Hindenburg needs an actual output of more than 90,000 horsepower. The tonnage of the latter is about 5 times that of the former (everyone looks at the standard row. However, the horsepower is only 3 times that of the former. The cost of power is certainly indispensable.

But historically, the tonnage fraud of light cruisers and battleships was about the same, or even lower. Emden is less than £300,000. The Karlsruhe is about 400,000 pounds, and these are boring, the power system needs more money than the capital ship, but the overall cost of the ton has not gone up, so the question is, how to leave the money .......

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