The Rise of the Empire

"The 10-inch artillery has a certain advantage in long-distance, but it still cannot penetrate the opponent's armor. It is very difficult to suffocate the opponent with high-explosive shells in a warship battle, so we must enhance the armor-piercing of the shells. Whether it is improving armor-piercing projectiles or using larger-caliber artillery, it is imperative!"\u003c/p\u003e However, the same point of view has drawn different conclusions. Scheer strongly requests that the future fast battleships of the High Seas Fleet be directly equipped with the same artillery as the battleships! And it is required that the protection must also be able to withstand the opponent's artillery. But the speed requirements are not very high. The reason why he made such an inference is also based on the current situation and future situation of the German Navy. \u003c/p\u003e"It can be expected 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 a high range, and the range of maneuverability will not be very large. It is more likely The situation we encountered was a battle with the main force of the British Royal Navy. Obviously, in this case, we will be at a numerical disadvantage. Every capital ship 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 they have can destroy the opponent, and the defense they have must also be able to withstand the blow of the opponent's main artillery. Of course, I admit that this requirement is a bit high. So in terms of speed , we can lower the standard accordingly."\u003c/p\u003e"The speed of the fleet depends on the slowest warship in the entire fleet, so it does not make much sense for individual warships to go too fast. In order to ensure that the fleet We must set the speed of most warships within a reasonable range in the future, neither too slow nor too fast!"\u003c/p\u003eThe German Navy does not need to consider as many issues as the British Navy. The British need to balance the decisive force of the fleet and the force of anti-breaking. At the same time, it is necessary to consider violently attacking all potential opponents and dealing with various ubiquitous raiders. And the German Navy only needs to consider one thing, that is how to compete with the main fleet of the Royal Navy in the pond of the North Sea! If the Royal Navy cannot be defeated, the German surface fleet is not qualified to talk about other issues. \u003c/p\u003eSo, Scheer only needs to consider how the fleet can fight. Under such a simple purpose, the fleet naturally has more firepower and thicker armor, the better. As for speed? It's enough to be faster than the British battleships. Anyway, no matter how fierce the British are, a simple fast fleet will definitely not be able to beat the German main fleet. \u003c/p\u003e"In the future, if the speed of our fleet can be unified to around 25 knots, and we no longer build battleships with a speed of 21 knots or battlecruisers with a speed of around 27 knots, I am afraid it will be more suitable for the future North Sea battlefield. A speed of 25 knots allows us to throw off the British Grand Fleet, and at the same time it is not much fuller than the British warships of the same class. I think it is quite correct that the Von der Tann class battlecruiser designed by His Royal Highness has a speed of 25 knots. Because of this The speed is moderate, and the power and weight of the battleship are moderate, which can leave enough margin for armor and artillery." In the report, Scheer greatly appreciated Prince Ruprecht's suggestion. I think his thinking just grasped the pulse of the times. \u003c/p\u003e"In order to gain a greater tactical advantage, we need to equip more powerful artillery and have a longer effective shooting distance. We should vigorously develop long-range artillery. The combat distance of the Nassau battleship should be about 15 kilometers , the maximum range of 20 kilometers is considered reasonable. The elevation angle of our battleship artillery should be increased to about 35 degrees. It can be seen that the elevation angle of Krupp’s turret is a bit small, while the elevation angle of Bavaria’s triple-mounted artillery is just right!”\u003c /p\u003e"The British already have 12-inch artillery. There is no need for our next-generation artillery to continue to study the 12-inch L50 artillery. Compared with the 12-inch L45 artillery, the power of this artillery has not been significantly improved.

We should go straight to the 350mm gun! Prince Ruprecht’s rather predictable practice of reserving room for artillery improvement is worth learning and emulating. Since it is impossible for our fleet to have more naval guns than the British, our naval guns must at least have a thicker caliber! "\u003c/p\u003e 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 not as good as the small country called Greece next to it. "Turkey cannot rely on itself strength to protect the long coastline. If we want to hold the vital Dardanelles, at least a squadron needs to be deployed, or the Germans can take control of the Turkish fleet. Otherwise, Turkey simply cannot resist the Russian Black Sea Fleet. If we want to give full play to Turkey's geographical advantages, in addition to selling warships to the Turks, we also need to build two relatively complete military ports in Istanbul and the Persian Gulf. And help the Turks establish a relatively complete naval personnel system. "\u003c/p\u003e" Another thing to explain is the construction of auxiliary battleships. In this battle, the small Italian armored cruiser played an important role. Although the cruiser was very vulnerable to battleship-level firepower, But it still shared a considerable amount of pressure for the agile number. In the future battles of large fleets, there may not be situations where small cruisers straf capital ships with high-explosive bombs at close range (because 80% of them are killed before they come close), but light cruisers are still in the vanguard of detection and anti-lightning. can play a huge role. "\u003c/p\u003eThe speed of all capital ships in Germany will not be very high, and speed is one of the key attributes of a warship's detection capability. If this is the case, then this detection task can only fall on the cruiser. The light cruisers of the two sides will easily meet, and at this time, the battle between the light cruisers will be inevitable. Who can successfully defeat or expel the opponent will become a very important issue! Therefore, Scheer suggested that the light cruisers also carry out moderate large-scale battles. Of course, the speed cannot be reduced this time. The only thing that can be reduced is the armament and defense. The defense standard does not need to be too high. It can withstand the 6-inch gun washing the deck, and the firepower is to be determined.\u003c/p\u003eOverall In general, Scheer's ideas are roughly the same as Prince Ruprecht's. In the process of building the main fleet in the future, the principle of preferring shortages and moderate mobility is followed. These two principles have been running through the future German High Seas Fleet War 1 Shipbuilding Strategy!\u003c/p\u003e Jericho's report was first sent back to the UK. For this report, the new Secretary of the Navy must be dissatisfied, which means that the perfect cat he is looking forward to will be delayed For a while. But at the same time, he had to admit that this report was well-founded and indeed suitable for the current British Royal Navy. Therefore, the final result of the discussion was that the old-style armored cruiser needs to continue to be built, and the turret should be adopted according to Jericho’s opinion. The modernized 9.2-inch and 10-inch naval guns. The new battlecruiser was first started in 1905.\u003c/p\u003eThe second update is here~~~! Please subscribe\u003c/a\u003e~~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c /div\u003e