In the old time and space, from the comparison of performance between German battleships and British battleships, the German battleships had better armor protection; in terms of speed, if they were not considered fast battleships, they were almost the same; but in terms of firepower, German battleships were obviously inferior to British battleships. British battleships started with fearlessness, and their main guns started from 305 mm, while Germany's first two types of dreadnoughts, the Nassau-class and Helgolan-class battleships, were only 280 mm, and only 305 mm was used until the third type of dreadnought Caesar class. At this time, Britain had successively developed main guns such as 343 mm, 356 mm, and 381 mm, and assembled subsequent types of battleships. Germany only jumped directly from 305 mm to 381 mm until the last type of dreadnought before World War I.

Such performance differences are due to the different understanding and understanding of the navy of Germany and Britain. Germany believes that its navy is weak, so it focuses on strengthening the protection of warships to ensure the survival of warships. No matter how severe the damage is caused in the war, it can be repaired as long as it is not sunk, it can be restored. It is more cost-effective than rebuilding a warship; the German Navy expected the combat environment in the North Sea, where the sea area here is small, the meteorological conditions are harsh, the viewing distance is limited, and the artillery battle distance will not be very far. The gun fire rate, relative to the caliber and range, is much more important. Therefore, the tonnage saved is used to increase armor with a small caliber but a fast rate of fire.

The British navy has a great family and a large business, and even if it loses a few ships, it will not hurt the bones. Moreover, the British navy is a global warfare and faces various combat environments, so it is preferred to strengthen firepower. On the other hand, the British understanding and understanding of the navy is that the development law of battleships is that the tonnage is built more and more, the protection is getting stronger, and the combat distance is getting farther and farther. The battleships built five years ago were only about 15,000 tons, but now they are basically more than 20,000 tons, and the naval guns naturally cannot remain unchanged.

Later facts also proved that the British's vision was indeed correct, and the trend of increasing the caliber of the ship gun was irreversible. However, when Germany understood this, it was too late to build the Bavarian-class with a 380mm naval gun, but because the beginning of the World War, Germany invested a lot of resources into the army. Only two of the Bavarian-class battleships originally planned to be built, and they all missed the Battle of Jutland.

In fact, Germany's artillery technology is not inferior to that of Britain. As a mainland army country, Germany has always attached great importance to artillery technology. During this period, it developed a large Belt Tower gun with a caliber of 420 mm. Therefore, as long as the concept keeps up, it is completely possible to develop a larger caliber naval gun.

Scher said: "Then what caliber gun does the colonel think Germany's next battleship need?"

Huang Zhe said: "The UK has developed a 13.5-inch naval gun. We recommend that Germany be in place in one step and develop a 350-mm naval gun."

Tirpitz said: "How large tonnage is needed to assemble a 350mm naval gun."

Huang Zhe said: "The estimated tonnage of this type of warship is about 25,000 tons, equipped with 8 350mm naval guns, with a speed of 25 knots."

The German naval officers breathed in. The Helgolan-class battleship designed by East China for Germany was only 22,000 tons, which immediately rose to the 25,000 tons. However, once this type of warship was completed, it would undoubtedly surpass the same type of warship of Britain, making Germany lead again in the competition with the British naval shipbuilding, and the officers were quite excited.

Tirpitz was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, but I need to consult the relevant departments to confirm the relevant technical issues."

Huang Zhe nodded and said, "Then let's talk about the third point, Breaking the diplomatic relations. Britain is an island country with poor domestic resources. All wars and daily necessities require overseas colonies, so it is extremely dependent on the transportation lines at sea. Britain calls it the lifeline at sea, which is not an exaggeration. This is precisely the weakness of Britain. It is common sense to attack the enemy's weaknesses. Breaking the diplomatic relations can not only weaken Britain's war capabilities, but also force Britain to invest more troops in the mission of escorting the maritime and counter-breaking the diplomatic relations, thus weakening the strength of the German navy. It can also be said that this is another tactic to weaken the British navy."

When Huang Zhe said this, many German naval officers showed excitement again. Compared with the decisive battle with the British main fleet, it seemed easier and more realistic to break the battle.

Seeing the German naval officers, Huang Zhe continued: "But it is not that easy to break the battle. To fight the battle well, you need to prepare carefully and professional warships."

In fact, for the German Navy, breaking the war is indeed a more realistic option than engaging in a fleet decisive battle with Britain. Moreover, during the First World War in the old time and space, the German Navy achieved quite good results in breaking the war. Because it was Germany's infinite submarine warfare, the pressure on Britain far exceeded that of the main fleet, and also saved a lot of face for the German Navy's performance during the First World War, proving that the navy was not really useless. Therefore, many extreme views in later generations believed that Germany did not need to develop the main fleet at all, but should devote all naval resources to the broken war, which may help Germany win in the First World War.

This view is of course undesirable. A strong force in Britain had to face the existence of a fleet carefully, which was actually very helpful to breaking the war. However, Germany lacked the background and experience of the navy, and there were also a lot of problems when carrying out the war. Although it caused huge losses to Britain, it did not have much impact on the entire war situation.

Huang Zhe continued: "If you want to fight a good battle, you must do three things well. First, build a large number of overseas ports to support the renovation and repair of the battle fleet; second, build suitable battle warships and form a battle fleet; third, interact with the local main fleet and cooperate with each other."

After listening to Huang Zhe's words, the German naval officers looked at each other, because in the German navy's understanding, isn't a warship to send warships to rob the enemy's merchant ships? As for the complicated things, it's easy to understand. Of course, the warships that carry out the warships need to be repaired and supplemented. If there are overseas ports, it is of course more convenient, but does a special warship need to be used for a warship? What else should I do to engage in a warship? And also interact with the local main fleet? How to interact with the local main fleet?

In fact, the three points proposed by Huang Zhe are suitable for Germany's tactics of breaking and fighting in the old time and space. As the strength of Germany's naval force is obviously weaker than that of Britain, and its own position is relatively easy to be blocked, in addition to submarines, it is basically difficult for other surface warships that perform breaking missions to return to Germany once they leave the port. Even after the British Navy completes the blockade of Germany, surface warships are difficult to sail out of the North Sea. Therefore, overseas ports are extremely important, not only for supporting the breaking and repairing of the breaking fleet, but also for ensuring that the German Navy can fight on the periphery and break the overseas bases of the British Navy blocking the German local fleet.

In addition, in the old time and space, Germany had an obvious characteristic in the battle between the surface warships, that is, the results of the battle between the surface warships were significantly smaller than those of the submarines, and the results of the battle between the early battleships were significantly greater than those of the later stages. In addition to the Emden, the achievements of the battle between the other warships were basically lacking; most of the achievements of the battle between the warships were actually achieved by submarines. This is mainly because when Germany carried out the battle between the surface warships, whether it was the surface warships or submarines, they basically fought on their own, did their own things, lacked unified command and coordinated warships, and there was no support from overseas bases. As a result, they were often escorted by Britain and defeated one by one by one. Submarines were conducive to concealment, but in the late stage of World War I, after Britain strengthened its escort of merchant ships, the results of the battle between the submarines also decreased significantly.

At the same time, since Germany mainly carried out light cruisers in the war, the combat effectiveness of such warships was not strong, Britain only needed to dispatch armored cruisers or large protective cruisers, which could not handle escort and counter-breaking tasks, and did not have to send out main warships at all. As a result, Germany's battle battle could not contain Britain's main warships, and it could not interact with the local main fleet. It should be noted that when encircling the Spee fleet with two armored cruisers as the core, Britain dispatched two battlecruisers and three armored cruisers, with a sufficient force of more than three times that of the Spee fleet. Unfortunately, during the entire World War in the old time and space, Germany had only one such fleet and could not restrain the British Navy's more than the power of the British Navy.

Huang Zhe continued: "Overseas ports are mainly divided into three categories. The first category is a base-type port. Strictly speaking, this port is a military base with complete functions, complete facilities, rich reserves, and self-replenishment. It can be stationed in a fleet for a long time and provide various replenishment and support capabilities to the fleet. It also has a dry dock that can repair warships that have been injured in wars and replace basically all spare parts on the warships. Of course, the garrison of this port is also very strict, and should be roughly equivalent to the local ports, and a part of the army should be stationed.
Chapter completed!