The Rise of the Empire

"Tirpitz and the others finally chose to implement Plan B. Yes, they are quite courageous." Ruprecht nodded slightly and expressed his appreciation for the Admiralty's approach. Like the submarine attack plan, Plan B was also launched before the war. When the prince led the Bavarian Army to launch an offensive on the eastern front, the navy was also making a bold plan.

"General Su Xiong, it's nice to meet you." When Redel walked into the living room of General Boer's office again, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

"Colonel Reidel? Is it really you? I didn't expect to meet on this occasion." Su Xiong was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked forward. "It seems that we will be working together for a while in the future. Welcome and wish us a happy cooperation."

Raeder was Hipper's chief of staff, and Su Xiong was originally the captain of the battlecruiser Moltke, and the two knew each other. The two of them received an emergency order from the Navy Department at the same time, and meeting on such an occasion could only mean one thing, they were going to perform a mission together.

"You are very familiar with each other. It's good. It seems that Marshal Tirpitz's suggestion is right. Letting you go is the best choice." At this time, Admiral Bohr walked into the living room and looked at the two people who nodded with satisfaction. head.

"Okay, let's arrange the task now. This plan is very dangerous, but at the same time it is very valuable. I hope that the two of you can cooperate sincerely to do this well. If this plan succeeds, it will be like a pry. A stick is like a fulcrum, and it can change the entire strategic situation."

"As both of you know, we built two super-dreadnoughts for the Argentine Navy, the Argentina and the Buenos Aires. And now these two battleships have just been completed, but the war is about to begin, and there are many people in the Admiralty It is recommended that the empire keep these two battleships. After all, these two battleships are modeled on the Helgoland-class fast battleships. They have good performance and can fully fit in with the fleet system of the High Seas Fleet."

"The senior navy officials did not respond to this, but now, I want to tell you the results of these two fast battleships! The empire has decided to buy these two battleships. And the two of them will command these two battleships in the future! "

"In the future, your combat area will not be in the North Sea, nor in the Baltic Sea, but here!" Admiral Bohr stood up, picked up a pencil, and drew a line on the map. A huge ellipse covered the entire Arabian Sea and the North Indian Ocean. and the Gulf of Aden included. "Kick the British Empire hard in the throat!"

"Hiss." Su Xiong took a breath of air. This plan was really beyond his imagination. If nothing else, how could he get out now that the war was about to break out? Although war has not yet been declared, the fleet can still enter and exit the North Sea. The British will not take action, but at least they will send a fleet to follow. Once the war starts, they will start immediately. If they can take two battleships out, the other side will dare to take 4 battle cruisers and a group of armored cruisers. Follow…. There is no way, the British's maritime advantage is too great!

The performance of the Helgoland-class battleship is indeed good, but the performance is not good. Su Xiong and others can't guarantee that they can handle it in a 2 vs. 3 or 2 vs. 4 situation with a group of soy sauce boys on the opposite side. In the ocean Even a slight injury in combat may lead to unpredictable consequences. If he was seriously injured, it would be almost as good as death.

Even leaving aside the issue of war, getting from the North Sea to the Indian Ocean is a problem in itself. Looking at the history of the Russian fleet, it was a bumpy road. That was because the opponent was unable to kill you halfway. But now,

Su Xiong wanted to take two warships to first break through the blockade in the North Sea, then avoid the British fleets around the world, and finally fight to the Indian Ocean.

"You don't have to worry about port issues. The Port of Fao can completely solve the basic maintenance problems of the two warships. As for passing through the North Sea, theoretically there will not be a big problem, because on the surface, these two warships are delivered to the Argentines. , the British are unlikely to take action against the Argentines in this situation!" Admiral Bol said.

"This is impossible. Argentina has sent people to pick up the ship. As long as we board the warship, it will not be returned to us unless we arrange two companies of marines on each warship to deal with those people." Su Xiong I feel that this plan is quite absurd.

"No, there will be no Argentines on it, I promise. Diplomatic matters will be handled by others. What you need now is to quickly board the two warships with your original crew. Then be ready to go to sea to fight. Yes By the way, although we can't arrange frigates for you, you are not fighting alone." Admiral Bohr said.

If these two warships want to go to the Indian Ocean, it is absolutely impossible to go through the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal and then into the Red Sea. Don't even think about it. If you do this, the British will be able to find out the tricks with their knees, so the fleet's course can only be vertical. It runs through the entire Atlantic Ocean, then around South Africa, and then across half of the Indian Ocean...

It's such a long distance, even if no one beats you up, you might as well go down and go to sleep if you want. There is no way, the endurance is not that great. The reason why Germany was able to fight the maritime cruise battle in World War II was because there were camouflaged supply ships to provide supplies, and there were also supplies that could be directly grabbed. Historically, Count Spee's fleet in World War 1 also relied on the material reserves at the beginning of the war. The cruisers of the Far East Fleet were followed by a group of coal ships. As for the White Swan Emden, it is true that there are no supply ships accompanying it, but can the consumption of a cruiser of several thousand tons be compared with that of two battleships of nearly 30,000 tons? Obviously impossible.

Therefore, in order to ensure that these two warships can go to the open sea safely, necessary supply ships are still needed. Of course, at this time, the German Navy is not yet luxurious enough to provide these two warships with a speed of more than 25 knots, so that they can race together with fast battleships. There are only about 30 fast merchant ships in total that must pass through Germany. Excluding those that may be killed by the British, excluding those that are ready to be transported under different national flags, the rest are kept at home and have other uses. Naturally, it is impossible to equip them with these ships.

Moreover, these ships are quite respectable ships and will be recognized as soon as they go out. This is what is meant by the saying that a big tree attracts the wind. Therefore, the German Navy equipped these two warships with two very ordinary appearance, with a displacement of 9,000 tons, but a maximum speed. Modified merchant ships that can reach 17 knots. No, it may not be accurate to say merchant ships. These two ships have been modified into camouflage cruisers. Each warship has certain armaments and each brings 400 to 500 mines. Some defenses have also been added to key areas. Of course, more importantly, each auxiliary cruiser can provide 3,000 tons of coal and fuel for two battleships.

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