Chapter 2111: Waiting

"His Royal Highness, this is a telegram from General Crook." At this time, Crown Prince Ruprecht, who had already gone to Kaiser Wilhelm Port, shook his head involuntarily looking at the telegram sent from the Western Front.

　　 "Is it convenient to disclose?" Scheer asked.

　　 "The Army said that if I agree, they can solve the entire British Expeditionary Force in ten days." Ruprecht said.

　　 "Are you now shaken by your decision to keep the British Expeditionary Force? You think the gains outweigh the losses?" Admiral Scheer asked tentatively.

"It's kind of." Ruprech nodded and said: "Originally, we kept this expeditionary army, in addition to not wanting the British to resist too fiercely, but also used it as a bait to attract the British fleet. But now it seems The morale of the British also collapsed. It just appeared yesterday that three reorganization divisions surrendered. Now, Jericho is really calm. There is still no obvious transfer of the large fleet in his hands. In that case, why do we still Want to keep the British Expeditionary Force?"

　　 "Besides, are you dissatisfied with the fact that Earl Spey led the former Dreadnought battleship into the Strait of Dover and was ambushed by submarine two days ago?" Admiral Scheer said carefully. Eight days have passed since Earl Spey commanded the German Strait Fleet’s first large-scale entry into the Strait of Dover. During this time, the German fleet’s night operations were very successful in containing the withdrawal of the British Army. From this point of view, the Earl’s operation was quite successful. However, in the night operation two days ago, a Caesar-class battleship was ambushed by a submarine. The other three destroyers seemed to be thundered, and another light cruiser was injured, which is also suspected. Thunder. This makes the current actions somewhat embarrassing.

Therefore, the top German military has now begun to consider whether to continue the blockade mission. After all, the first goal of the entire maritime campaign is to ensure that the British expeditionary forces cannot withdraw. This can already be done, because the army will soon be able to take the entire The British expeditionary forces were all eaten. The second goal was to use this as a bait to see if the British fleet came out, and Jericho was stable.

　　 That's great. The problem now is that since the two goals are already like this, with the British Army's doomed situation, and the British fleet's improper circumstances, Earl Spey's actions seem to be meaningless.

"The army's battle went smoothly. This was a bit beyond my expectation. As for Earl Spey? I didn't mean to blame him. In the dark, entering the long-run strait of the opponent is inherently dangerous. In this case, it is normal to have some losses.” Ruprecht said.

"We have done deductions before. Over time, the British submarine ambush circles and minefields in the Strait area will become more and more perfect. This is expected. Some people in the navy also think that it means to continue night operations. It won’t be very big, but I think that whether Jericho and the British high-level are aware of our plan, before the final moment comes, they must send the main fleet to fight. We have to fight the remaining nearly one million British troops With confidence, they will persuade the British government." Finally Ruprecht said with a smile.

　　 The crown prince is really not very concerned about this loss. Referring to the situation encountered by the German fleet in two attacks on the Gulf of Riga in history, Earl Spey’s actions are simply perfect. When the German High Seas Fleet occupied the absolute advantage, it attacked the Gulf of Riga twice. The battlecruiser Mauchi was attacked by submarines. The total number of cruisers is more than ten, and this is because the Russian army was close to collapse when it attacked the Gulf of Riga for the second time.

What's more, the loss is the former dreadnought. This has not had a great impact on Ruprecht’s new battle plan, because until now, Ruprecht has not decided whether to bring these quasi-dreadnoughts, after all. These ships have some towing speed, and the lethality of the 12-inch L40 artillery is not enough. Up to now, Ruprecht’s only reason to let Earl Spey continue to act has only two reasons, that is, he wants to see if he can catch some British battleships, and the other reason is to see if the British’s new armor-piercing projectiles are for Germany. What is the lethality of the fleet! Sounds scary, right? But it is really necessary!

In fact, whether it was the avant-garde battle in the Jutland naval battle in history or the several naval decisive battles on this plane, half of the reasons for the unbearable performance of the British fleet were due to the lack of penetration of the shells, which is not good to say. If in the history of Jutland’s avant-garde battle, the British battlecruisers were changed to fire protection and had new and reliable armor-piercing shells, it would be hard to say whether Betty’s lion had an advantage against Deveringer, but it would kill the Mochi class. There is no problem with the cruiser!

As for this plane, the defensive level of the Bavarian-class fast battleship is indeed beyond specification. The outer armor plate of www.wuxiaspot.com, plus the main armor of 280MM plus the inclination of 18 degrees, this defense system is enough to make The Queen-class battleships with new armor-piercing shells are desperate, and the downward extension of the main armor belt is enough to make the British have no idea about the underwater bombs. In general, under normal combat distance, the Bavarian-class battleships can guarantee their own The core area will not be penetrated by any guns of the British fleet.

　　 As for the Helgoland-class battleship? The 60+250MM and 18-degree inclined armor belt is not a big problem to defend 15-inch naval guns, but whether the 350MM armor belt at the front of the turret is sufficient depends on the situation... After all, in history, when the British tested the 15-inch naval gun with live ammunition, they penetrated the 350MM armor belt of the German battleship. In other words, the defense of Helgoland-class battleships is not so reliable.

As for the more advanced dreadnoughts and battlecruisers, they are more dangerous when facing 15-inch naval guns. Even the British 13.5-inch naval guns are also threatening. As for the quasi-dreadnoughts, I’m afraid In the face of the dreadnought 12-inch naval gun, it will not work. After all, the quasi-dreadnought ship does not adopt the double-layer side armor design. And the Krupp steel armor at that time was different from the secondary hardened armor used by the Dreadnoughts later!

　　 Although the fire protection of German battleships would be better, if the shells directly penetrate the core compartment, or directly penetrate the turret and detonate the ammunition depot in the tail compartment, there is still no way. Therefore, Ruprecht is very sensitive to penetration.

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