Chapter 1,158 The Restless Jericho
Chapter 1158 Restless Jericho
Generally speaking, a shadow called confusion is hanging over the Royal Navy. They are like a forest of ships and oars. They have a large number of people, but they cannot defeat their opponents. They cannot find a correct path and are just repeating it. After repeated failures, even Jericho believed that until the Queen-class battleship reached double digits, it would be difficult for the large fleet to completely suppress the opponent!
How to put it, to a certain extent, the state of the British fleet is somewhat similar to the state of the German High Seas Fleet in the middle and late stages of history. Historically, the German surface naval forces could not find a way to realize their own value. In this dimension, the British are better than the Germans. They at least know that they must ensure their own offshore security and block German maritime transportation as much as possible. But during the actual implementation, we faced battles again and again. The British have a sense of powerlessness. Although there were no major losses in each attack, some were always lost. Maybe a few light cruisers, maybe a battlecruiser, or if you were unlucky, maybe a battleship. This feeling of being cut with a dull knife makes the British extremely uncomfortable.
However, as a fleet commander, Jericho, who was in the Shetland Islands at this time, thought more and deeper than anyone else. He felt that the current battle situation was very delicate. The German navy seemed to have taken shotgun medicine recently and would just come out and sneak around when nothing happened. The British Navy is like a city guard. It must keep an eye on the High Seas Fleet that sneaks out. If you are not careful, you will lose something. As a person who is in charge of the largest fleet in the world, a battleship will be lost in a blink of an eye. The cruisers were indeed irritating, but what disturbed him most was that he couldn't figure out what the Germans' purpose was!
This problem was encountered as early as the last time the High Seas Fleet and the Grand Fleet met for the first time. And until now, Jericho still doesn't know what the purpose of the German fleet is running out all day? Is it really just piecemeal? Or are you talking about testing the strength of the British Navy? If it's the former, then there's no need to worry, but what about the latter? Once the Germans discover that the British fleet cannot effectively contain the German fleet, then their courage will inevitably grow stronger! Well then, if you are bolder, you will take bigger steps. Jericho would not believe it if there would be no big action behind the German fleet!
"Thinking about what the heir to Bavaria did when he calculated Betty, I can clearly feel what the other party is preparing. But now, we are just as ignorant of the enemy's plan as Betty was at that time. And When they found that something was wrong, their butcher knife had already fallen!" Lieutenant General Jerram, who had experienced that battle, said to Jericho worriedly.
"Yes, there are very similar points. If the German Grand Fleet wants to take action, it will never act blindly. They will carry out many purposeful exploratory actions before. After they have collected enough intelligence and completed the After our campaign has deceived them, they will strike out with deadly daggers like the most insidious assassins," Lieutenant General Madden said.
"So what do you think their purpose is?" Jericho asked casually.
“All I can say is that the condition of our fleet is constantly declining.
It’s not just a fuel problem, this has been a problem that has troubled us for a long time. I mean the situation of the fleet. After every battle, we will have some warships that need to enter the dock for repairs. The Germans will also have ships injured, but their The injuries are much lighter than ours. Just this time, the Warrior and Warspite must undergo major repairs and may not be able to serve within 3 months. In addition, there is a Revenge-class battleship still in the dock, and the sunk Australian No., we are already missing 4 battleships. If we encounter them again, the strength comparison between the enemy and ourselves will probably approach a dangerous area. Lieutenant General Jerram said worriedly.
"Hiss..." Jericho couldn't help but take a breath of air. He didn't pay much attention to this problem before, but now after being raised by Lieutenant General Jerram, Jericho finally realized the seriousness of the problem. Sex! The current strength advantage of the large fleet has been greatly weakened.
And this is only for the main ships, the consumption of auxiliary battleships is even more astonishing, such as light cruisers. It turns out that Betty's 7 battlecruisers are equipped with 3 detachments, a total of 12 light cruisers, and 2 of the 4 torpedo boat detachments. A light cruiser serves as the fleet leader. There are 14 light cruisers in total.
And now? The fleet commanded by Thomas has 10 capital ships! There are only two regularly assigned light cruiser squadrons, with a total of 10 light cruisers. The destroyer fleet leader also has two light cruisers, but now there are only 12. Previously, one battleship could be assigned two light cruisers. And now? A battleship can only be allocated 1.2 light cruisers... When he thought of this, Jericho could feel a chill running from his tailbone to his forehead... This is so scary.
The two sides are now engaged in tug-of-war after another, but the result of the tug-of-war is that more and more warships in the British fleet are sent to the slipway for repairs. But what about the Germans? Because the battleship was in better "physical condition", the British shells had problems, and they came out full of health two days after returning home. Such a war of attrition was obviously a disadvantage for the British. And if the strength of the British Grand Fleet really drops to a dangerous level, will the German fleet rush out and make a bold move?
This is completely possible! After all, these few times the High Seas Fleet can only be regarded as the deployment of all the elites, not the entire main force! When Jericho was free, he licked his fingers and counted all the possessions of the High Seas Fleet. There are now 9 Bavaria-class fast battleships, Hipper's 4 battlecruisers, and 3 Helgeland-class battleships. However, in addition to In addition to these, there are 4 dreadnoughts, namely the Nassau equipped with 10 12-inch main guns, 2 Posen-class battleships equipped with 12 12-inch guns, and one equipped with 12 12-inch guns. The fast battleship Rhineland! As a result, the main force of the High Seas Fleet will have 20 Dreadnoughts and Super Dreadnoughts!
If we pull out those battleships with quasi-fearless combat effectiveness, the German fleet can increase by 6 ships. In this case, if we do not consider the fast fleet, then if we compete with the large fleet that is currently in bad condition, Jerry Ke is really unsure... Although 6 of the 26 battleships have pre-dreadnoughts, the Germans' super-dreadnoughts and intrepids are simply too strong!
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