Chapter 532: Summary three

"The 10-inch artillery has certain advantages at long distances, but it still cannot penetrate the opponent's armor. It is very difficult for a battleship to rely on high-explosive shells to suffocate the opponent, so we must enhance the armor penetration of the shells. Ability, whether it is improving armor-piercing projectiles or using larger caliber artillery is imperative!"

However, the same point of view has come to different conclusions. Scheer strongly urges the future fast battleships of the High Seas Fleet to be directly equipped with the same artillery as the battleship! And the protection must also be able to withstand the opponent's artillery. But the requirements for speed are not very high. The reason why he made such an inference was also based on the current and future conditions of the German Navy.

"It is foreseeable that in the future, the main combat direction of the German High Seas Fleet will be the North Sea. In the narrow North Sea, we do not need too high range, and the range of maneuverability will not be very large. It is more likely to encounter situations. It is the battle with the main force of the Royal Navy. Obviously, in this case, we will be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Every battleship is very valuable and must play its due role! All warships must be able to Fight against the opponent’s main fleet on the battle line. The artillery you have can destroy your opponent, and the defense you have must be able to withstand the opponent’s main artillery. Of course, I admit that this requirement is a bit high. So in terms of speed, we can The standard is lowered accordingly."

"The speed of the fleet depends on the slowest warship in the entire fleet, so the speed of individual warships is actually meaningless. In order to ensure the uniformity of the fleet operations, we must set the speed of most warships in the future. In a reasonable interval, it cannot be too slow or too fast!"

The German Navy does not need to consider as many issues as the British Navy. The British need to balance the fleet's decisive battle force and the anti-breaking force. Need to consider beating all potential opponents and dealing with all kinds of ubiquitous assault ships at the same time. The German Navy only needs to consider one point, that is, how to compete with the main fleet of the Royal Navy in the North Sea pond! If the Royal Navy cannot be defeated, the German surface fleet is not qualified to talk about other issues.

Therefore, Scheer only needs to consider how the fleet can fight. With this simple purpose, the fleet naturally has more firepower and thicker armor, the better. As for the speed? It is enough to be faster than the British battleship, anyway, no matter how fierce the British are, the simple fast fleet will certainly not be able to beat the German main fleet.

"In the future, if the speed of our fleet can be unified to about 25 knots, and we no longer build battleships with a speed of 21 knots or battlecruisers with a speed of about 27 knots, I am afraid it will be more suitable for the future North Sea battlefield. A speed of 25 knots. It allows us to get rid of the British fleet, and at the same time it is not much fuller than the British warships of the same class. I think the Vonde Tahn-class battlecruiser designed by His Royal Highness is very correct to have a speed of 25 knots. Because this speed is moderate, the warship The power weight is moderate and can leave enough margin for armor and artillery.” In the report, Scheer praised Prince Ruprecht’s proposal. He thinks that his thinking has just grasped the pulse of the times.

"In order to gain greater tactical advantages, we need to be equipped with more powerful artillery and have a longer effective shooting range. We should vigorously develop long-range artillery. The battleship of the battleship Nassau should be about 15 kilometers away, and the maximum range is up to 20 kilometers is reasonable. The elevation angle of our battleship’s artillery should be increased to about 35 degrees. It can be seen that the elevation angle of Krupp’s turret is somewhat small, while the elevation angle of the Bavarian triple-mounted artillery is just right!"

"The British already have a 12-inch artillery, and our next generation of artillery does not need to continue to study the 12-inch l50 artillery. The power of this artillery is not significantly improved compared to the 12-inch l45 artillery. We should directly study the 350mm artillery! Rupp Prince Recht’s foreseeable way of reserving room for artillery improvement is worthy of our reference and imitation. Since our fleet cannot have more naval guns than the British, then our naval gun caliber should be at least thicker! "

Scheer also commented on his allies. To be honest, Turkey is far inferior to Italy in terms of navy, and even in the eyes of some people, the Turkish navy is inferior to that small country called Greece. "Turkey cannot rely on its own strength to protect the long coastline. If we want to defend the vital Dardanelles, then at least a squadron must be deployed or the Germans can control the Turkish fleet. Otherwise, Turkey will simply The Black Sea Fleet cannot withstand the Russians. If we want to give full play to Turkey’s geographical advantages, in addition to selling the Turks warships, we also need to build two more complete naval ports in Istanbul and the Persian Gulf. And help the Turks. Establish a complete set of naval personnel system."

"Another point to note is the auxiliary battleship construction work. In this engagement, the Italian small armored cruiser played an important role. Although the battleship-level firepower made this cruiser very vulnerable, it was still agile. The USS shared a considerable amount of pressure. In the course of future battles between large fleets, it may not happen that small cruisers use high-explosive shells to shoot battleships at close range (because 80% of them are killed before they get close), but light cruisers will Avant-garde reconnaissance and anti-lightning strikes can still play a huge role~www.wuxiaspot.com~The speed of all German battleships will not be very high, and speed is one of the key attributes of the warship's reconnaissance capability. In this case, then this The reconnaissance task can only fall on the cruiser, and in the reconnaissance, the light cruisers of the two sides will easily meet. At this time, the battle between the light cruisers will be inevitable. Who can successfully defeat or destroy the opponent will become a very important The problem! So Scheer suggested that light cruisers should also be appropriately large and heavily equipped. Of course, this time the speed cannot be reduced. Only weaponry and defense can be reduced. The defense standard should not be too high, and it can withstand 6-inch gun wash. The deck is fine, but the firepower is yet to be determined.

In general, Scheer's thoughts are roughly the same as those of Prince Ruprecht. In the construction of the main fleet in the future, the principle of “Non-quench” and the principle of moderate mobility will be adhered to. And these two principles have been running through the future German High Seas Fleet 1 battle shipbuilding strategy!

Jericho's report was first sent back to Britain. For this report, the newly appointed Secretary of the Navy must be dissatisfied, which means that the perfect cat he expected will be delayed for a while. But at the same time he had to admit that this report was justified and well-founded, and it was indeed suitable for the current Royal Navy. Therefore, the final result of the discussion was that the old-style armored cruiser needs to continue to be built. According to Jericho’s opinion, the turreted 9.2 is adopted. Inch and 10-inch naval guns. Construction of the new battlecruiser was first started in 1905.

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