Germany used a fleet and a landing force to attack the islands in the north of the British Isles, and the progress on the islands was very fast, and soon took the nearest island to Britain, and began to defend and prepare, but for the attack on the British mainland, it came to a standstill, and the British spared no effort, in the northern ports and seashores, a large number of mines were arranged, different from those ports in London, here is indiscriminate minelaying, in the past few months, in order to prevent German attacks, most of the British military industry began to convertUnder the premise that the British mainland is likely to be attacked, a crazy production capacity has erupted, and the production of mines has climbed to the peak every day, and countless mines, with the efforts of military and a large number of civilian warships, have begun to be deployed to the north.

This time, the British did not choose to arrange intensively, as if they were casually sprinkled, sprinkled a little here, sprinkled a little there, so that it may not be possible to block them all, but it is the largest area to take care of the entire northern seas, you know, in the unknown sea area, I don't know where there are mines, I'm afraid even the British don't know how much the scope of the mines is, the British are not costly, plus there are few important ports in the north, but Germany can't, under the premise of not completely cleaning up these mines, The German High Seas Fleet was inconvenient to reach the British mainland, and the conventional weapon of mines, although simple and clumsy, was useful, as long as there were enough of them and the layout was wide enough, they could block the shipping lanes.

The sea is vast, and no matter how many mines can there be, what really restricts it is Germany's mentality; if Germany fights and sinks a group of warships regardless of the cost of investment, it can also sweep a way out of the mines and directly attack the British mainland.

In 1913, when the war had just broken out, Germany was such an advantage, Germany may not hesitate to do so, at that time Germany was the possibility of a quick victory, whether it was the initial attack on Belgium, or the capture of Paris, France, everything went smoothly, if at that time, could also directly attack the British mainland, or even take London, England, uncertainly, the war may be over.

But now, the war has entered its fourth year, in the incessant fighting and fighting, both sides have come into contact with each other's bottom line, just to attack the British mainland, it is impossible to make Britain succumb, even if the British Isles are taken down, Britain will still retreat to Canada to continue the struggle, and even now the sporadic transfer and technology transfer has begun, compared to the current situation that France is even two-thirds of its territory occupied, still insisting on fighting with the Allies, Britain will not be worse than France, attacking the British mainland, which means that a front has been opened, which is a nightmare for Germany.

Apennines, France, plus Russia, this is tantamount to a three-front war, these wars are all anxious, Germany can't even take care of the Middle East, handed over the Middle East to China, although there are more or less reasons why the Middle East is not very important, but the Middle East related to the Suez Canal, how can it not be important, but Germany does not have the ability to continue to do this, if the British battlefield is opened up again, Germany is afraid that he will not be able to bear it, landing war, especially for a developed country, God knows what the outcome of a landing in a country of 40 million people will be, and in the event of brutal resistance, it will not be a good choice for Germany.

The combat effectiveness of the British, in the past wars, has been revealed, has been in the position of the world hegemon, coupled with some high-intensity war experience, Britain is quite good in this regard, the learning ability is also very strong, as long as a little try, you know what to do, their combat effectiveness is progressing very fast, 40 million people, if in the life and death of the moment, the British are definitely more resilient than the French, and even the landing operation will become a nightmare.

Germany independently suppressed the Entente, even including the United States, millions of troops concentrated in Europe, still unable to break the German defense line, is currently in a stalemate, Germany's war losses are much lower than the Entente, but in the mobilization capacity and the natural imbalance of population, although Germany's population is higher than Britain, than France, but this is for its own population, plus the colonies, Germany is far inferior, let alone one to three, at present, for Germany, almost walking on thin ice, once there are huge losses, Maybe Germany's good fortune will come back to its original shape.

At present, Germany is definitely a multi-front combat relationship, Germany even joined the Entente camp, Denmark in the naval war can be put aside, the other two countries of the three Nordic countries, standing between the large number of groups can be accepted, after all, the three Nordic countries are not soft persimmons, they all have considerable combat effectiveness, otherwise, in this era, even Poland was divided by the three, and the countries that were able to exist in Europe before the First World War were not simple countries, especially in Northern Europe, Very close to the heart of Europe, they almost guaranteed their existence with their geographical location and combat effectiveness, which was quite difficult.

Even if Germany occupies enough upper hand in the current battle, on the premise that it has the upper hand on both sea and land, it also keeps a clear head, they do not blindly expand, even if they want to expand their territory, they will ask Russia, after all, along the side of Baku and Belarus, close to the Caspian Sea coast and the Black Sea coast, is relatively fertile land, for Germany, these places are much better than Northern Europe or Russia too close to high latitudes, and the difficulty of getting hold is much easier.

If China had not attacked the United States and annihilated the 12 battleships of the Allied countries in the Caribbean, perhaps the German strategy in 1916 would have shifted from fighting with the Allied countries to attacking the field, occupying more territory on the basis of last year, so as to obtain a greater war heritage. can get a considerable output, which is a huge help for Germany.

The previously occupied territories near Poland, Belarus and Baku, Baku's oil and other agricultural outputs, in June 1916 had already shown its ability, Germany finally in food, can not rely on China's help, and even with China there are trade exchanges, oil in exchange for huge sums of money, although the price of a ton of oil, no more than 40, but hundreds of millions of tons of output, can still bring Germany more than 4 billion dollars of wealth, plus labor exports and other fragments, The fact that Germany was able to break even with the war raging was a benefit that Germany had never imagined.

With the course of the war, Germany's data in all aspects, have been improved to a certain extent, 1916 will be a process of consolidation and continuation, but all this, after China's accession, has changed, Germany for the first time in both sea and land advantages, the United States is almost inevitably contained by China, the future must deal with China's attack on the premise, to consolidate this advantage, turn the advantage into victory is what they should do.

Attacking the islands in the north of Britain, on the line of the North Sea, essentially encircling Britain, setting up airship routes, these are all easy, not too many options, at most a few capital ships are just a few capital ships, but the effect achieved is huge, as long as it is consolidated here, it will allow Germany to occupy a considerable advantage in future naval battles. If the British side is not prepared, they don't mind landing and fighting, and further attacking the British, but if Britain is prepared, it is better to choose other methods than to force an attack like this.

After Britain laid mines on the north coast, Germany substantially, has given up the plan to continue to operate on the north coast of Britain, the airship base is still under construction, will mobilize 300 airships, with guerrilla methods, attack targets in the north of Britain, 300 airships with the support of the base, can be flexible and changeable throughout the north of Britain, and all the anti-aircraft machine guns will be concentrated here, to provide a sufficient guarantee for the airship troops, 300 airships can continue to strike at the British, constantly weaken them, Germany also found that two equally modern countries, in order to achieve victory in a short period of time, how difficult it is to fight, must fight a protracted war, as for landing, not their choice, after a circle, Germany's eyes on how to give full play to the strength of the navy, to the Allied forces to deal heavy losses, even if they can not occupy the land, can also damage the Allied forces on a large scale, if the damage continues to a certain extent, the Entente can not replenish, Germany will naturally win the war.

Sending the main fleet, above the vast sea, to search for the merchant ships of the Entente countries, this is not a reliable choice, if there is a definite signal, the high seas fleet will make a cameo, but in fact, the main ships of the Navy are to obtain sea supremacy, not to waste on dealing with merchant ships, such an exchange is not cost-effective, as long as there is no harvest at sea, a waste of manpower and material resources, and even a lot of money, even if there is, the effect is not very good.

Under these circumstances, it was natural that the target fell on land, and in addition to attacking the British island circle at sea, and gaining a superiority in the situation, Germany also had the strength to draw troops and prepare for a major operation, an operation against the vital parts of the Entente. (To be continued.) )