"Ruprecht, you will never let me down! Together, you and I will forge a new empire, a super-empire that surpasses Britain, France, and Spain! Let's watch the sunset empire on the other side go down and watch the German Empire rise! The sea power of the British will eventually fall one day, and the Trident of the Sea God will also fall into our hands! ”

When the German fleet was once again victorious, the ecstatic Kaiser immediately pushed off all the activities that could be postponed in the near future and came to Wilhelmshaven again! When facing Prince Ruprecht, who led the team to greet him, the Kaiser praised the other party's exploits with unprecedented praise!

Although the pomp and circumstance of the barrage in the harbor was not repeated due to the repair of some warships, the victory of the British fleet was still exciting for the king who was obsessed with sea power! He is now even considering giving the old man Feng. General Pol had the honorary title of marshal, and then retired, giving Scheer, Hipper, and others a position. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After a series of activities, Wilhelm II, who had at least half of the German army in general, did not forget to get down to business, and after retiring from the others, in a conference room in Wilhelmshaven, the Kaiser, Prince Ruprecht, Tirpitz, Moltke Jr., and a few other important military ministers sat together again and began to discuss some key issues.

The situation is far from being as good as it appears outside, at least everyone here will not think that the situation in Beihai has been fundamentally reversed, and the propaganda can be touted vigorously for political and morale considerations, but when the internal meeting is held, some hidden dangers and scars must be pulled out to understand, and then find a way to solve them, otherwise the end of self-deception will be very miserable!

"How long will it take for the High Seas Fleet to return to its full capacity?" The Kaiser asked.

"It takes two and a half months at the earliest, but it takes three months under normal circumstances." Admiral Pol said.

"So after we recover, can we inflict another heavy blow on the British fleet?" The Kaiser looked directly at Prince Ruprecht, who was sitting first on the left. He knew that asking Pol at this time would not lead to results.

"If the British had distributed their forces in both the Forth of Forth and the Shetland Islands, then we would have had a chance, and if they were concentrated in one place, then there would have been no chance, especially in the offshore seas, where the British fleet plus their land-based aircraft had absolute superiority. At least not yet. You can consider it later. The prince replied very simply.

"To be honest, it was a bit unexpected that the British plane could be so powerful. If I'm not mistaken, then what you call it can be that you will have to wait for our aircraft carriers to enter service in the future? The Kaiser asked, with his hands crossed over his chest.

"That's right. Even after a large number of naval aircraft carriers are put into service, we are not allowed to do whatever we want, and the pressure on sea-based aviation is very great in the face of land-based aviation, after all, land-based aviation has better take-off and landing conditions, and there are more aircraft and they are also more powerful! The prince said.

The thought of the nearly 3,000 aircraft of various kinds and more than 100 airships in the heyday of British naval aviation in history made the prince feel a twist in his legs, and it is certain that the Royal Naval Aviation in this plane will definitely be stronger! Imagine a situation where twin-engine aircraft such as the O-400 and FB27 carry torpedoes to attack the battleship, and the prince is very unoptimistic. Think about the strength of the US imperialists in World War II, the use of sea-based aviation to harden Japan's land-based aviation is all grinding to death little by little, and the current German Navy's immature aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft are engaged in the British coastal war? This may take advantage, but if you want to crush your opponent, you should wash and sleep. Of course, there are some things that cannot be explained to the Kaiser.

"In other words, in fact, our best situation is the current situation, where the British can hold their homeland and we can get supplies from overseas?" The Kaiser thought for a moment and asked.

"At present, this is the case, and the actual combat capabilities of aircraft carriers still need to be tested in real combat. We will adjust the strategy according to the actual situation. If we're lucky, we can impose a counter-blockade on the UK in the future, outside the cover of most of the UK's land-based air forces. The prince said.

"That's not enough! We need to work harder. The Kaiser said solemnly.

"I think you already know that Britain and France have decided to open the Arctic route to deliver supplies to Russia. They have already deployed icebreakers and then walked the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Deliver weapons, ammunition and machinery to Russia that they urgently need. This is a very big hidden danger for your plan, and for the overall strategy of the Empire, if the Russian-footed giant gets these supplies, it will be very disadvantageous for the Empire! So, we're going to cut off at least this route! The Kaiser said.

"The Arctic Route. Is it time to get started? The prince fell into deep thought. As a traverser, the prince thinks that he still knows a lot about the situation at sea in World War I, and he is also involved in everything that is out of the way like the Arctic route. To say that the volume of traffic on this northern route is large? Naturally, there are quite a few, and it is reported that throughout the war, the Entente transported 5,475,000 tons of supplies, including weapons, for Russia through the Northern Route. Ammunition, automobiles, industrial equipment, and much more. At the same time from Russia will be 4,047,000 tons of grain. Timber and industrial raw materials were transported. Faced with this transport line, German submarines struck at it, but the effect was not very good, and a total of 61 ships were killed, accounting for 1.6% of the total tonnage.

Well, since so many things have been shipped, why hasn't Russia transshipped them? The reason was simple: the Allies could transport supplies to the port of Arkhangelsk in Krawan and later to the port of Murmansk, but how to transport these things from the port to the interior of Russia became a problem, for which the Russians also built two railways, the first of which was to connect the town of Kola to Petrozavosk, which was 1,052 kilometers long. The total length from Petrozavosk to Petrograd is 1,448 kilometers....... The railway was completed in April 1917, which meant that by the time supplies could be transported inland in large quantities, Russia was almost ...... GG. What a sad story!

As for this plane, the prince believed that the British could transport a large amount of supplies, but he was also full of confidence in the poor transportation system of the Russians...... Most of these things will definitely be piled up in Murmansk and other places, and will not be transported to the Russian front to be transformed into real combat effectiveness, which means that this transport line needs attention, but there is no need to cling to it.

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