"As for the issue of firepower, it is indeed a question worth discussing, if you look at the current combat distance, the 8-inch to 9.2-inch class artillery is the best, completely balancing the relationship between bullet weight and rate of fire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Even 12-inch shells with 10-inch shells will not be able to penetrate the opponent's armor, so why don't we equip more medium-caliber naval guns with a limited weight? At least for the time being, our armored cruisers should still be dominated by medium-caliber artillery. ”

Jericho had considered this issue before the battle, and it was the biggest point of disagreement between the new Admiralty Fischer and the other admirals. Fisher meant to equip future armored cruisers with battleship-class guns, such as 12-inch guns. Thus was born a completely new type of battleship - the battlecruiser. He believed that a smaller number of 12-inch guns was more powerful than a larger number of medium-caliber guns. And there is a greater upgrade value.

"The new battlecruisers will turn all cruisers into obsolete! They have an overwhelming superiority over the existing cruisers in speed and firepower, and they will completely solve the problem of the security of the sea lines of communication that plagued the Imperial Navy. Fisher said this in a meeting.

"But such a warship, when it completely solves the problem of sea lines of communication, will also bankrupt the empire's economy!" Opponents said mercilessly. The Navy wants bigger, stronger, more warships. But what Congress needs is a balancing act between naval build-up and economic pressures. Especially now, the war between the British and the Boers continues, and at the same time beware of the Americans, who could break out at any moment!

The Japanese had already informed the British through diplomatic channels. They will start the war in 1904 at the latest, and if it is too late, the Russians will complete the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which will undoubtedly be a terrible thing for the Japanese! So, if the British now continue to serve a new batch of armored cruisers until 1905, in order to stop the possible advance of the Americans!

Because of the cost and construction time, there was an opinion within the British Navy to continue the construction of older armored cruisers. Postponement of the construction of a new type of battlecruiser. And after this confrontation, Jericho's opinion is the same. Build old armored cruisers to get through this dangerous period first, and then build new battle cruisers. And in his opinion, the only difference between the old armored cruisers and the battle cruisers was the caliber of the guns, which could still be used as an avant-garde fleet against the enemy's light armored cruisers, even if they could not be used in battle line engagements later. Therefore, he stressed in the report that armored cruisers with 9.2-inch and 10-inch guns were completely sufficient.

At the end of the report, he mentioned the views on the German Navy and the Italian Navy. For the former, Jericho believes that the other party is an opponent worthy of respect and attention. "In the next 10 years, the German Navy will become the most important potential adversary of the Royal Navy. They have the ability and will to build a powerful fleet, and the quality of the personnel is very high. Their commanders were brave and not reckless, advancing and retreating in battle. As for the Italian fleet, Jericho's evaluation is not very high.

"As an emerging maritime nation in the region, the Italians are ambitious at sea, but like the army, the Italian navy is not worth relying on. They can block the weak fleet of Austria-Hungary, but they will definitely not do any better, and it is impossible to get the Italians to cooperate with us in launching a landing operation against Turkey. Crucially, the Italians are the grass on the wall. They were not grateful for the help of the British Empire, but took it for granted. Moreover, the equipment of the Italian navy was too old, and it was probably troublesome to build a completely new fleet with Italy's weak national strength. The country is like chicken ribs, there is not much value. ”

Jericho spent several days perfecting his report, and his opponent, General Scheer, was doing the same during this time. This engagement was also of considerable reference value for Germany. Overall, Scheer was very dissatisfied with the outcome of the battle, and his colleague, General Hipper from Bavaria, fought in West Africa to a memorable one, and in just over an hour he cleanly dealt with one French battleship and two armored cruisers. This result skyrocketed Hipper's reputation within the High Seas Fleet. It has even become a popular candidate for the future commander of the High Seas Fleet. It can even be said that if he had not been a Bavarian, neither the emperor nor the top of the navy would have recognized him.

Tirpitz and the Empire gave Scheer a chance to prove himself, and after another hour of fighting, Scheer turned out to be an undefeated ....... Well, strategically it is a loss for Scheer, because Turkey's poor infrastructure level means that the Prince Albert will not have a chance to strike again in the next two months. Although he can find objective reasons, such as problems with the maintenance of battleships, problems with luck. But the outcome of the draw cannot be changed.

Especially the latter, luck can only admit that it is unlucky. You don't see the historic Battle of Denmark, where the new battleship Prince of Wales and the world's most powerful battle cruiser Hood intercept the battleships Bismarck and Prince Eugen. 1BB+1BC to fight 1BB+1CA This would have been a proper advantage, after all, Prince Eugen's 8-inch cannon and burning stick were undoubted. But who would have thought that the battleship Bismarck would directly give Hood seconds and instantly turn the tide of the battle .......

For example, in the Battle of the North Sea in history, the Scharnhorst, which was hit by the British fleet in the night battle, could have escaped by relying on its high speed, and was already more than 20 kilometers away from the Duke of York, but at this time, the 14-inch shells had hit the Scharnhorst's lifegate, which was a connection between the horizontal part of the dome and the inclined part, because the power compartment altitude was reserved, but in order to accommodate the equipment, the horizontal part was raised a little. Between the slope and the horizontal armor is a 0.8-meter-high vertical armor ....... More than 20 kilometers away, I hit this 0.8-meter-high gate, which can only say that God let you die, and no one can save it.

However, annoyance is annoyance, and Scheer still summed up the outcome of this battle very seriously. First of all, he believed that the Mainz-class armored cruisers had no obvious advantage over the new heavy firepower second-class battleships or armored cruisers of the British. He and Jericho thought the same thing.

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