Chapter 393: Fast Fleet One
"In fact, if possible, I hope that our battleship can increase the speed to about 25 knots in the future. Our battleship is a bit slow. I have a feeling that in the future, it will be difficult for slow battleships to function," said the prince.
"Haha, do you have a new idea again? Let's talk about it, in fact, when the interest sharing between Prussia and Bavaria is not involved, we can still talk about it." The Kaiser was taken aback for a moment, then said. "Let us all relax first. When it's tea time, let's talk while eating." The Kaiser finished and signaled the guard outside the door to prepare.
"We have only one enemy in the future. Apart from it, we can crush other countries in terms of scale and quality, but facing this country, our fleet is far from enough, at least in terms of tonnage. Isn't it?" The prince said, and pointed at the island country on the globe next to him.
"Even if we use new warships to arm our navy from now on, the tonnage of our future main fleet will only be about half that of the British. We build one and the British build two."
"So you are scared? Think that in the navy, we will always be in the shadow of the British?" The Kaiser frowned slightly. "We have no intention of letting the Imperial Navy defeat the Royal Navy because this task is too difficult. I just want to use it as a bargaining chip. When we defeat other enemies, we can use this bargaining chip to make Britain accept reality. Sea power is the British. They will not easily damage their most reliable long sword.” The Kaiser said his thoughts.
"But we still have to be prepared to engage with the British Navy. Faced with superior opponents, it is incredible to engage them in an upright battle line battle. We should avoid the main force of the fleet as much as possible. We should be like the original. The Mongolian cavalry used their mobile and flexible tactics when they swept across Europe to fight against their opponents.
"In order to achieve this goal, our fleet must be faster, at least faster than most British battleships!" Think of the large fleet of more than 2 dozen battleships led by Jericho, Prince. Just shudder! In addition, the steel storm composed of more than 200 turrets in the Betty fleet is enough to make any fleet abandon the idea of dying with it at the same time! If it weren’t for Sher’s fast enough, I’m afraid the Battle of Jutland would have become another Battle of Trafalgar! After the battle, even Scheer admitted that the German navy could not defeat its opponent.
Although the prince greatly changed the history, the German high seas fleet will be stronger than the future, but even so, in the face of the funding curse, it is still difficult for the German fleet to smash its opponents head-on, since standing hard and fighting, it can only Take the mobile combat route!
Historically, the British Grand Fleet was deployed separately. Jericho’s main fleet was deployed in the northern part of the United Kingdom, locking up imports and exports in the North Sea. Among them, Jericho's fleet is in Scarpa Bay, and Betty's fleet is in Forth Bay. In addition, old warships cooperate with mines to defend the English Channel. There is also a fleet with Harwich as its home port for offshore harassment and reconnaissance. Every week, the British fleet patrols the North Sea twice.
Faced with this situation, the German Navy later adopted a limited combat policy, focusing on Hipper’s first reconnaissance fleet, constantly harassing and consuming opponents, and looking for opportunities to weaken the enemy. This tactic can't be calculated wrong, but it is a pity that Hipper has too few cards in his hand!
In the Battle of Doger Sandbar, Betty has 3 Super Dreadnought Battlecruisers (Lion, Tiger, Grand Princess) and 2 Dreadnought Battlecruisers. Hipper has only 4 ships, and one of them is Blücher.... As soon as the two sides fought, the result was naturally very clear. Run!
Although in the Battle of Jutland, Hipper reported his revenge and a clean one-for-three change was wonderful, but unfortunately, it did not help. The five powerful Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were enough to make the British fast fleet. Firmly grasp the advantages!
The prince did not have a clear plan for the future naval battle strategy, but one thing, he knew, that is, the fleet must be as fast as possible! Apart from anything else, after running into the big fleet, at least you can run away! So he hopes that the German fleet is equipped with as many fast warships as possible, and it is best to overwhelm the British fast fleet! Gain an advantage in reconnaissance and information perception, and gain an asymmetric advantage in strategy!
"The fast fleet is good, but with a certain tonnage and a certain amount of funding, firepower, speed, and defense are in a trade-off relationship. As a weak fleet, we need good protection. And you emphasize firepower, we have to be higher. Speed, this is not realistic." The Kaiser said.
"You are right. This is indeed a problem, but it does not mean that it cannot be overcome. With the advancement of technology, the power required to reach the same horsepower will be reduced. As long as we design reasonably, there is hope to achieve the three. Perfect balance. Of course, this is the future. What we need to say is how fast our battleships need to be in the future to ensure that they escape the artillery of the large fleet in time. And look for opportunities to chase down their opponents!
In the first battle, the German power system benefited from the fact that the small water tube boiler should be stronger than the opponent~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The speed of the German battlecruisers was actually much higher than planned, and the pure-blooded German battlecruisers were average. It can run at a high speed of over 27 knots, which is 6 knots faster than the British battleship and about 3 knots higher than the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship. But it is a pity that it is fast, but it weakens the firepower and defense.
In addition to the real conscience of Deveringer, the defense and firepower of the German BC are both problematic. In addition to the limited tonnage, excessive power is also a problem. After all, the speed of the fleet depends on the slowest warship, even if the Sedlitz How about the flow that can run above 28 knots? You can't throw away the slowest von der Tann, so too much power is actually a waste.
"In the future, most of our battleships have reached speeds of about 25 knots. For a 28,000-ton battleship, if it is designed well, there is hope for only about 70,000 horsepower. This can save a lot of tonnage and use it to increase firepower. And defense."
"This is a good idea, but now it is still difficult to get the power output to 70,000 horsepower while maintaining good other performance." The Kaiser said.
"So my plan is to make the last battleship built by Germania into a fast battleship! The tonnage can be appropriately enlarged to reach a speed of 25 knots so that it can fight with large cruisers when necessary! And in the future, All battleships should have this speed as a benchmark!" said the prince.
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