"The outcome of the battle seems to be a little different from what we expected. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "In Thomas's room, Major General Kuhl sat opposite Thomas, and after reading the battle record, Major General said calmly.

"And I now want to know the reason for this discrepancy. I saw the battleship Queen Elizabeth and the Baliem, and they looked like warriors who had survived hell. Pierced armor, a ruined bridge, the marks of the fire everywhere, and the tilted hull, and the red blood and stumps. To be honest, I was very surprised. I don't think this is reasonable if there are no human reasons for this. There was already a chill in the Major General's words.

"First of all, I don't think there was anything wrong with my plan, and if it weren't for the outflanking tactics we employed, we wouldn't have had the opportunity to engage the German fleet, which was faster than we were, and when retreating, their speed was estimated to be about 24 knots."

"Secondly, if there is any problem with my personal command, it is that the initial concentrated fire did not yield the expected results, and the Gneisenau took the opportunity to damage the Barem." Thomas's answer was very simple.

"Is that all?" Major General Kuhl asked.

"And what else do you want?" Thomas's face changed slightly. "The officers and men of the Queen Elizabeth and the Baliem should definitely not be held responsible! Each of our ships was hit by at least a dozen or more main gun shells, and our turrets, main armor belts, and gun mounts all had a record of being penetrated! THE GERMAN'S 350MM GUNS COULD EASILY PENETRATE OUR ARMOR AT NORMAL ENGAGEMENT DISTANCES. ”

"And what about us? The lads did a very good job, we hit our opponents no less than they hit us! Every hit was recorded, however, I don't know why, the German battleship was like it couldn't be killed. No matter how we attack, their core area is impregnable, so well, you tell me, what should we do? ”

Thomas's suppressed anger finally broke out, objectively speaking, this battle was fought like this, there are indeed unavoidable objective reasons, at least the British shells are too sensitive, and the unstable fuse is very important, all kinds of early bombing and non-wearing make the British 15-inch heirloom power greatly reduced, and if you want to dig deeper, the design of the Queen-class battleship itself is also problematic, not to mention that the armor belt layout is several grades worse than the German battleship, plus overload, Thomas thinks that the Queen-class battleship is actually inferior to the battleship Gneisenau, 2V2, and your own battleship can't compete with the opponent, what can you do?

"I understand your feelings, but you must not write like that." Major General Kuhl, who was opposite, pushed his hand forward and said. At the same time, a friendly smile appeared on his face.

"Before coming to the Malaya, I boarded the Queen Elizabeth and the Baliem, and although I didn't stay for long, I was horrified by the condition of these two ships."

"There was a hole of several square meters in the turret of Barem's No. 2 turret, and I felt a chill down my spine at the thought of the ammunition being transported behind it and the ammunition depot connected below. It's horrible. ”

"And the armor belt on the side of the Queen Elizabeth, our main armor is pierced, and as you say, our ships are not as strong as the Admiralty bureaucrats imagined. These responsibilities really shouldn't be left to you. This is the result of the designer's design and the Admiralty's low cost. ”

"However, these things really can't be in the battle report, because the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships are our most powerful ships, and the British Imperial Navy will not admit that our best ships are inferior to our opponents. Although this is true, and although the Japanese, who are allies, also think so, if you mention these things in your report, then they will say that you are passing the buck. Believe me, I definitely know a lot more about those bureaucrats than you do. Major General Kuhl said.

Do you really think that there are no foolish accounts in foreign countries? Do you really think that the bureaucrats of the Royal Navy, who dominate the world, are so conscientious and self-denying? Most people are sure of it, but if you want to say it all, you can only hehe. If nothing else, just take the actions of Betty and his signal officer Seymour in the Battle of Helgrand in history, it can definitely be called a dereliction of duty, and it is not too much to say that Betty is a villain!

Historically, at the end of the famous Battle of Hurgland Bay, what was the so-called signal event? Betty ordered the rest of the fleet to continue the pursuit of the opponent when the battlecruiser Lion was wounded and unable to fight, which was fine, but his signal officer raised the signal flag "attack the rear of the enemy army" while the signal flag for "heading northeast" was still hoisted on the signal line, so that all the ships behind it were read as "attack the rear of the enemy army in the northeast direction". At this time, the northeast direction happened to be the Blucher, and then a group of war patrols continued to work around the Blucher, and then let go of the Hipper.......

The process would have been simple, since almost all the later battlecruisers wrote it in their logbooks. If you want to take the blame, even if Betty is fine, his signal officer Seymour will definitely not be spared! This signal is what you sent, can you still deny it? However, the end result was that Betty was fine, Seymour was fine, and then Rear Admiral Moore, commander of the Second Battle Cruiser, became the scapegoat.......

To say that Rear Admiral Moore is really wronged, in terms of position, his two battlecruisers New Zealand and Indomitable are at the end of the fleet, when Betty's signal was misinterpreted, the Tiger as the guide ship turned first, and then the captain of the Grand Princess Bullock thought about continuing to pursue Hipper, but the lead ship was gone, and he could only follow, and Moore's two battle cruisers were always behind because of the speed problem, and the front ones were turned, and Moore continued to go?

However, I don't know why Sir Fisher didn't like Moore so much. Betty is fine, Seymour is fine, the captains of the Tiger and the Celestial Princess are fine, and then there is something wrong with Moore, and the accusations are still so righteous and awe-inspiring: "As long as there is a little imitation of Nelson's intentions, do not care about this signal that does not respond to the correct order, and continue the pursuit operation, and even a fool can do it just by carrying out orders, and it is the most basic principle of war not to simply obey orders." "What a high-sounding statement.

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