Chapter 580: Little brothers of the fleet one

"Everyone, we have assumed the British naval strategy and tactics. In addition to the powerful Royal Navy battleships, we must also pay attention to those auxiliary battleships. These offensive and defensive warships cannot be compared with the battleships but are super fast. The eyes and ears of the British Fleet are the nooses they hanged Germany." With that, His Royal Highness pointed at the northernmost part of the North Sea near Germany and the North Sea with the putter in his hand.

"The British will use a formation of light cruisers to carry out reconnaissance on our approach, and use high speed to monitor every move of the Imperial Navy. Whether it is our main fleet sailing or mobilization, as long as we appear on the high seas, it will be difficult. Avoid their eyes. If we are to conduct large-scale operations, then we must break the blockade of light cruisers!"

"It is possible to use capital ships against this blockade, but it is difficult to catch them, and the cost is a bit too high. So, I mean to use light cruisers as the main force, and gradually weaken under the cover of our main fleet. The British light cruiser forces weakened the enemy’s reconnaissance capabilities. Paving the way for us to launch large-scale operations."

"Secondly, another goal of our light cruiser is to move to the northern end of the North Sea at the right time to attack the British blockade, and at the right time to cover our submarines, camouflage assault ships or camouflage transport ships in and out of the North Sea, the British It is impossible to use their main fleet to perform this blockade mission. Only camouflage cruisers or old cruisers can be used."

  "This is the opponent that our cruiser needs to face, the opposing light cruiser, destroyer, auxiliary cruiser and some merchant ships!" Prince Ruprecht set the goal.

"And you are going to redesign the cruiser standards of the High Seas Fleet again this time? If I'm not wrong, you will surely let our light cruisers overwhelm the opponent in performance, and even reduce the number?" Tirpitz asked Tao.

   "Yes, in my opinion, the design of the light cruiser of the High Seas Fleet is worse than the original design of the battleship, so it must be overturned!" His Highness nodded and said.

  If the small water tube boiler and defense of the German main battleship are worthy of praise, if it is a firepower coffee table, then the German light cruiser is a full coffee table! Especially the German naval light cruiser before the war can be described as a tragedy.

  For example, the well-known Emden, which has been at sea for more than 100 days and captured 33 merchant ships, with a total tonnage of 70,360 tons. What is the final outcome of the star warship? In the battle against the British armored cruiser Sydney, Emden paid the cost of 7 officers and 129 soldiers killed and 65 wounded in exchange for hitting the opponent with 16 shells, 4 killed and 17 injured. Significant results".... Ah, very good.

  Some people may have said that the combat effectiveness of the two sides is completely unequal. The normal displacement of the Emden light cruiser is 3664 tons, and the heavy load is only 4268 tons. The Sydney has reached a normal displacement of 5,400 tons, and its heavy-duty displacement has reached the 6,000-ton mark. The gap in tonnage naturally leads to a gap in weaponry and defense.

This is very reasonable. The tonnage of the two sides is indeed a little different. Well, let’s talk about warships with similar tonnage at the same time. For example, the German light cruiser Karlsruhe, the design tonnage of this light cruiser It is 4,900 tons, and the heavy tonnage is 6,191 tons, which is comparable to the British armored cruiser Sydney. But when it comes to performance, apart from the speed, this thing is not as good as the Sydney.

  Firepower and defense comparison, Karlsruhe is 12 105MM artillery, armor belt is 60MM to 18MM, gun cover is 50MM, command tower is 100MM. The armor deck is 40 to 60 mm. What about the Sydney? They have 8 6-inch L45 guns and 4 3-pounders. The waterline armor belt is 50MM, in addition to the dome armor, the inclined part is 25MM. The vertical part is 40MM to 15MM. The conning tower is 102MM.

  Overall, the firepower of the Sydney is an absolute advantage. In terms of armor, vertical armor has an advantage, and horizontal armor is a bit advantage of Karlsruhe. Overall, the Sydney is better. The most unbearable thing is the firepower. In the Emden era, the German light cruiser had 10 105MM artillery. After the tonnage increased by more than 1,000 tons, it actually added 2 105MM artillery. This is simply unbearable.

  And this warship also broke a record, that is, it is the only German cruiser that has not been sunk by a British warship, because on November 4, 1914, this warship actually exploded! The cause of the explosion is unknown. It is said that an accident occurred with an unstable package of smokeless gunpowder, which then damaged the ammunition depot... Then 263 officers and soldiers on the ship were killed, only 146 survived.

  The real master of the German light cruiser depends on the Emden II. This ship, which has a displacement similar to Karlsruhe, has almost the same defense, tonnage and speed as the latter, but it is equipped with 8 150MM guns at the same time. Both firepower and defense are considered good among the warships of the same period. But like battleships, the Germans awakened too late... The number is too small and the service is too late.

Like battleships, cruisers as auxiliary battleships also need to be redesigned. If historical limitations are considered, armored cruisers like Emden 2 are also worthy of the design level at the time, but unfortunately ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The Germans are facing the powerful British navy. If you don't open up a little hang-up, how can you deal with the British?

   But to be honest, the design of the light cruiser requires more level than the design of the battleship, because the tonnage of the former is relatively not rich, giving the Bavarian Design Bureau a tonnage of 30,000 tons, it is possible to design a warship that can suppress the queen. Armor, protection and speed can be well balanced, but light cruisers are different. Their tonnage is too small. Generally, the heavy-duty tonnage is only 6000 tons, and the standard row is only 5200 tons.

However, the first thing a light cruiser needs is power. In terms of phenomena, a warship with a standard platoon of only 5,200 tons requires a rated output of 31,000 horsepower, while a warship of 26,000 tons like Hindenburg needs an actual output of more than 90,000 horsepower. . The tonnage of the latter is about 5 times that of the former, but the horsepower is only 3 times that of the former. The cost of power is definitely indispensable.

  But historically, the counterfeit ton of light cruisers and battleships was about the same, or even lower. Emden is less than £300,000. The Karlsruhe is about 400,000 pounds, and these are tricky. The power system requires more money than the capital ship, but the overall cost of the ton has not gone up. Then the question is, how does the money remain. ......

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