"Your Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht, your warship has once again changed the world. A nation has risen as a result, and they have defeated another new power and an aging empire that was once our enemy. Across the table, Tirpispur said half-seriously, half-jokingly.

"The British and Japanese were too cunning, and their intrigues and diplomacy were really hard to guard against. And the Americans are also somewhat unable to see the situation. Ruprecht snorted and cleverly diverted the subject.

"But the rise of the Japanese is not good news for us, because after the occupation of the Philippines, the Japanese are too close to our colonies in the Far East, and they may not act now, but what about the future?" Sitting next to the traverser was Prince Heinrich of Prussia, younger brother of Crown Prince Wilhelm. Although he is a nobleman, he is not an heir after all, so he is worse than himself, the eldest grandson of the Bavarian king, when sorting, he and himself sit on the left hand of the master.

And Vice Admiral Tirpitz, who had just been promoted, and Chief of Staff of the Navy, von Brown. Vice Admiral Liao Le and von Le of the Naval Staff. Lieutenant General Pol sat on the right-hand side. At that time, after His Royal Highness the Prince entered the door, he was taken aback by the lineup on the opposite side, because the three people on the opposite side were the troika of the German Navy in history!

Feng. As head of the Naval Office, Zoole was responsible for assisting the Kaiser in the management of naval personnel, officer staffing, and service. Needless to say, Tirpitz is the boss of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for the Navy, who is mainly responsible for the structure, support, and command of the Navy. However, it was not responsible for front-line command in wartime.

And von. Pol is not simple, and later this guy became the chief of the general staff of the German Navy, responsible for the planning and design of the campaign, these three people plus Prince Ruprecht, the largest supplier of the German Navy and the owner of the largest ship design bureau, well, well, as long as a few people here agree, then the matter of the future Imperial Navy can be finalized!

The last to arrive was Wilhelm II, who had now begun to regent, and the crown prince was very busy, at least he couldn't hang out with a bunch of people all day long. However, as the crown prince who has an unusually strong interest in the navy, he can still squeeze out time to gather a group of bigwigs from the navy to chat, and the first topic of today's chat is how the naval battle of Sulu was fought!

"The Battle of the Sea of Sulu was to some extent a complete accident, according to the information sent back by Count Spee, the Americans did not know that the Japanese had occupied Manila when they went north, and they did not find out that it was the Japanese when they attacked Manila, and the Americans were very prescient, and when they learned of the situation of the Japanese fleet, they decided to retreat."

"But it's a pity that the Iowa class battleships with too low speed obviously delayed the speed of the fleet, and caused the entire fleet to catch up, if the Americans could have abandoned Iowa at that time, they would have avoided this disaster."

Judging from the intelligence provided by the Americans, the two sides engaged in a standard battle line battle, and the quality of the warships of the US Navy was generally lower than that of the other side, but US Commander Shelly also admitted that the tactical level of the Japanese was higher than that of the United States and Russia, and in the case of not being able to escape, the solution of this hard-fought battle was obvious. The Americans did not lose unjustly. Pol, who is the chief of the General Staff of the Navy, said first.

"That's it?" Wilhelm II glanced at Pol, and there was an incredible expression in his eyes, such a magnificent, epic battle You finished in a few words?

"Of course it's over, it was originally an accidental battle, and then a hard-fought battle broke out, and one side lost naturally due to lack of strength, what else is there to say?" Feng. This is clearly what Major General Pol's expression meant. The face is full of innocence and helplessness.

"Of course, in this campaign, the new armored cruisers produced by our country played an extremely important role, and 4 battleships were the backbone of the Japanese Navy and formed an overwhelming advantage over the old American and Russian warships. Caught off guard, the Americans had no other choice. And in terms of the specific performance of the battleship, I think the Bavarian prince can better analyze it from a technical point of view. ”

Tirpitz saw that the situation was not right, and immediately came out of the round, and he can be called "Tirpitz forever", which shows that his interpersonal skills are quite good. How to help colleagues round the field and make the superiors satisfied, this is a science.

Feel like this passage is simple? That can only say that you are too simple! First of all, the Admiral first hinted that this battle was a continuation of the crushing, so Rear Admiral Pol was right, and then he said the battleship technology, which is equivalent to kicking the ball to Prince Ruprecht, the ship was built by your family, it is not difficult to make it clear, right? And this ball crosser must also be taken, because this is a chance for you to brag about yourself, not only can you not resent Tirpitz, but you have to thank him!

"Cunning!" Looking at Tirpitz, who was sitting on the opposite side, and then at Crown Prince Wilhelm, who was full of inquiring eyes, Prince Ruprecht couldn't help but sigh in his heart. How to say it, from the point of view of the traverser, the strategy and tactics of the German Navy in history are indeed very problematic, not to mention the lack of firepower of Tirpitz's risk fleet and BB, the German Navy did not think of the question of what to do if the British did not play the nearshore blockade before the war. As the Chief of the General Staff of the German Navy, von Murray. Pol is to blame!

But to be honest, judging from the battlefield situation of this battle, there is really nothing to say, and the simple summary is that you can't fight and can't run away. It's not easy for Pol to make up so many words. But the navy is a system after all, and when it comes to fighting, it is not only about the artillery, armor and speed of the warships on both sides. This is a collision between systems. And if you start from this point of view, then there is something to say. And in order to solve some problems and hidden dangers, Prince Ruprecht really wants to talk about this battle today.

"In fact, the U.S. fleet is not simply lost in the fleet, but in a system, it is true that once the two fleets meet, the Americans cannot fight, but war is not a matter that can be solved by a hard encounter, the waters around the Philippines are so large, and the key to victory is that the Japanese can quickly catch the Americans."

"From an intelligence point of view, compared with the Americans, Japan has fleet radio communications, and has a large number of notification ships to track and look for the traces of the American fleet, and can communicate more easily through radio. The superiority in information allowed the Japanese to smoothly turn their superiority in forces into victory! ”

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