Chapter 1750: Letter

As Tirpitz expected, after he and Major General Trotta, Chief of the Fleet’s Chief of Staff, returned to Brussels, the Kaiser did meet with the two individually, and when the Kaiser heard that the High Seas Fleet could not attack, the Kaiser did Thunder was furious. After more than half an hour’s fire on Tirpitz, he also saved the marshal’s face and expressed willingness to give Tirpitz another half an hour. At this time, the entire hall was Only the Kaiser and the Minister of State of the Navy are two.

"Although the navy cannot completely solve this problem, we are still prepared to deal with it. It can effectively alleviate Germany's current material plight. And Crown Prince Ruprecht also put forward his own suggestions, I hope you can take a look." Tirpitz said.

　　 "Hehe, now Ruprecht should be watching my jokes in Ukraine?" The Kaiser smiled bitterly, and he suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Even though the German emperor's military literacy only had a combat effectiveness of five, he felt the turbulence of the army after Xiao Maoqi left his post.

　　 The dissatisfaction of the commanders of the major army groups caused by the adoption of Hindenburg's mobilization plan, and the refusal of the navy to attack one after another, he now somewhat misses the period two months ago. At that time, although Xiao Maoqi's performance was moderate, the operation of the entire German army was still very smooth. At that time, although Bavaria was extremely inflated, at least the cooperation between the two sides was greater than the confrontation! but now? Not to mention it!

　　 When I saw the letter written by Prince Ruprecht, the Kaiser's mood was very complicated. Now he somewhat agrees with what his grandfather has done, and is even a little grateful that there is a Bavaria in the German Empire. Not just one Prussia. When the foundation of Prussia has been infiltrated by various forces, another kingdom has become its own help.

"After all, we are all kings, and we still have the same fundamental interests. Unlike those political parties and capitalists, they are a group of hyenas chasing interests and never know satisfaction!" The Kaiser opened the envelope and began to read the letter from a thousand miles away. Foreign letters.

　　 Ruprecht really has no way to solve the North Sea blockade at this stage. Even if he re-commands the high seas fleet, he still needs time to challenge the British line that has been prepared for more than half a year. Therefore, the opinion put forward by the crown prince is how to smuggle from this blockade, not destroy it!

　　 That's right, it's smuggling! Use high-speed transport ships to cooperate with intelligence, and then use the cover of bad weather and night to cross the blockade at high speed to complete the transportation task. Is this plan feasible? Naturally feasible!

　　 The top speed of high-speed cruise ships in this era is more than twice that of ordinary ships! The British air force is more to provide reconnaissance and location information than to attack. It does not mean that various British aircraft cannot carry anti-ship weapons, but because if the British attack all ships sailing in the North Sea outrageously If so, then the United States will certainly not let it go! And if the Americans are pressed at this time and really play, then the British are really dead. Therefore, the British interception method is still aircraft detection, and then rely on auxiliary cruisers to track.

　　 And to be honest, the ships of this era may not be able to run past the lions and tigers, but it is normal to run past the queen! After these cruise ships arrive in the North Sea, most of the fuel on board has been used up, and the speed is higher when the load is reduced. And because the queens were overweight, the highest record in the sea trial did not run more than 25 knots!

And there is one more point that needs to be explained, that is, the "long-distance running ability" between ships and battleships is different. Any battleship, whether it is a battleship or a light cruiser, as long as you burn coal, then the manpower to add coal is the only thing. Method. Some advanced ships are different. They have huge hulls and do not need to carry weapons so that these ships have enough space to equip a kind of stuff called chain furnace. The coal charging process is mechanized. As for the warship, why not install it? Because this thing is too big, too heavy... The tonnage of battleships is all deducted, and the installation of boilers and turbines must be carefully calculated. How can it be considered to install this thing?

　　 Of course, can you use pure oil-burning light cruisers to intercept? This is natural in theory. The speed of the current light cruiser is the Hong Kong reporter of this era. The thief runs fast! But in reality, it's different. Let's not mention how many fully fuel-burning light cruisers can be found by the British in addition to being assigned to the Great Fleet, and that the British Great Fleet is dying of fuel shortage. (There is more coal)

　　 Even if there is a light cruiser intercepting a high-speed cruise ship at sea, the performance of the former may not be satisfactory! After all, you are in the North Sea. Let’s not talk about the visibility under severe weather. Even if you are lucky, the visibility is fine. The sea conditions in the North Sea may not allow the light cruiser to play its speed advantage perfectly. How can a light cruiser of several thousand tons be possible? Compared with the seaworthiness of ocean cruise ships of more than 20,000 tons?

　　 So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If high-speed merchant ships are used for transportation, coupled with the support of the weather, then the probability of breaking through the defense line is very high, and even if the breakthrough is unsuccessful? At most, the ship was detained, and the goods were forcibly bought by the British. The Germans were unlucky, so I went back and shipped it again...

　　 And you want to say that there are not many high-speed cruise ships? Among other things, there are at least 22 cruise ships stranded in the United States in Germany and Austria-Hungary! And improvements have been made. These cruise ships can cost hundreds of thousands of tons of materials once round trip! And the prince had already contacted the Americans and faced the British blockade. The Americans said they would do their best to use high-speed ships for transportation. After preparation for a while, it can be put into use soon, and then to a certain extent alleviate the current supply pressure in Germany.

　　 According to the information provided by the Meteorological Department, in the next month, the weather in the North Sea will not be very good. Therefore, this means that the British air reconnaissance will be greatly reduced and the transportation volume will be restored to a greater extent. As long as Germany's interior is not too bad, there is nothing wrong with passing this time.

　　 And in the second half of this letter, it is suggested that the German emperor step up control of domestic supplies. In the letter, the prince directly listed the materials obtained by Germany since the beginning of the war and domestic self-produced materials. At the same time, he also listed the loss of various materials, and repeatedly stated that the current shortage of materials in Germany is largely Because of poor deployment, the British blockade factor and domestic factors each account for 50%.

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