Chapter 2091 Strait of Dover Raiders Three
"If the British do this, they must be crazy. The apex is the fastest update," exclaimed General Benson, who had been listening until Admiral Scheer answered. After all, at night, the range advantage of the capital ship's main guns will be greatly reduced, and the British battleship is also very vulnerable to torpedoes and mines. If it is a German battleship, it is not a big problem to resist two mines. But if it is a British battleship, then maybe, the Germans are not willing to throw the battleship into the strait, so why are the British willing to throw their crispy skins in front of minefields and torpedoes? This capital ship is a bit dangerous.
"It makes sense for the British to do this. The so-called capital ship does not necessarily have to be super-dreadnought, it may also be an early dreadnought ship, armored cruiser or pre-dreadnought, in short, as long as it can suppress the existence of light cruisers in artillery battles. The British The early dreadnoughts are of limited use in future fleet battles, they are slow and have poor armor, but they are no problem to deal with light cruisers." Admiral Scheer said with a distressed expression after a moment of contemplation.
In a word, the British Navy is a big business, what's wrong? Even though it has suffered many heavy losses, the number of battleships in the British Grand Fleet is still stable at one end of the Germans. At this time, if you ask the British to send a squadron of super-dreadnoughts in, the British may feel distressed, but if you say that you send a squadron of super-dreadnoughts Maybe the British don't mind it very much. Moreover, this is the result of the previous attack on the British Channel Fleet outside the Port of Calais. This battle caused those old antiques of the British Channel Fleet to be killed or injured, and they could not be used in a short time. Otherwise, the British may not be able to use them. It is enough to use the capital ships of the large fleet and directly use the front dreadnoughts to defend against the German light cruiser raids!
Ever since, Scheer is really entangled now! He seems to be in a deadlock. The British send capital ships into the strait. If the Germans don't send them, the British fleet will completely crush the German fleet. If the German fleet sends them, they must be prepared to lose their capital ships. , not to mention 1 for 1, even if it is 1.5 for 1, the Germans are losing money. After all, what the British lost was the old-fashioned dreadnoughts that were not very useful in fleet decisive battles. Although the German warships were elite, their number was too small . Even if it is not a loss, as long as it needs to enter the dock for half a year for repairs, it will be very painful for the Germans.
At this time, a decision needs to be made. This is not only a matter of tactical choice, but also a matter of bearing certain pressure, losses and responsibilities. It can only be said that the previous naval battle was fought under the command of Crown Prince Ruprecht. It was so smooth, making Scheer very sensitive to losses, but at this time, some key decisions still have to be made.
"We also need to dispatch a capital ship at a critical moment. Of course, we must prepare for it." Admiral Scheer set the tone in his heart. The means of both Britain and Germany have been exhausted, and it depends on how the Germans crack the last link!
"I feel that if we can severely damage the British dreadnoughts entering the strait once, then we will succeed. Jericho can tolerate the loss of one battleship squadron, but he will never tolerate the loss of two battleship squadrons! He will not Dare!" Admiral Scheer added after thinking for a while.
"Smart! This is the most useful sentence you said in today's deduction. We can understand it as an effective deterrence. This is the key! It is also the core of breaking the game!" Ruprecht said while applauding, Of course, if Jericho didn't have the IQ or the guts to send dreadnoughts in, then it wouldn't be so complicated. The German High Seas Fleet still has some old-fashioned pre-dreadnoughts, just a few in the past. But if Jericho sends a small number of dreadnoughts, then there is still a bit of trouble.
"If the British send dreadnoughts,
Then we will definitely withdraw from the strait at dawn. Because of the light and morning fog, it is difficult for us to find our opponents at a long distance. The British will definitely calculate the time and distance very accurately and find them in our land-based air force The British fleet may have entered the safe zone before. "Admiral Scheer said.
After all, the dreadnought is a new ship, and its age is no more than 12 years. If it sails at full speed, it will not be a big problem to reach 18 knots. If the British evacuation time is calculated as 2 hours, it will be nearly 70 kilometers. Taking into account the time spent by the German army on investigating and tracking the British fleet and the current speed of the aircraft, the possibility of the opponent escaping is relatively high, and at the same time the factor of the British Air Force must also be considered. After all, the German Air Force can guarantee to suppress the opponent in the Strait of Dover, but as the battlefield Going north, the British Air Force will gradually gain the upper hand.
"Why don't we have a submarine ambush?" General Benson said.
"It is very difficult for a submarine to ambush a fast-moving capital ship, the torpedo range is very close, and there must be destroyers next to the capital ship. The submarine cannot track on the surface, and underwater, the maximum speed does not exceed 12 knots. And if the British choose If they approach the sea, they can use their familiarity with the sea conditions to avoid shoals and minefields, but our submarines cannot. Offshore reefs, shoals, and sunken ships deliberately set by the British will all become killers for submarines." Hipper said the admiral.
"What if we intercept the opponent at the eastern exit of the strait? The Dover Strait is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside. The British cannot deploy so many mines in a short period of time, and even if there are, we can rely on minesweepers to clear some of them in advance to cooperate with them." The searchlights of destroyers and cruisers still have a good chance of blocking the opponent at dawn." Benson made a second suggestion.
"It makes sense. If you only consider it from the sea, even if there are a small number of submarines setting up an ambush in the north, we can try it, but it is a pity that if the British deploy train guns in this generation, our battleships will be destroyed." We were under fire from the train guns. But we couldn't fight back because the British could locate us through the coastal observation post, but we couldn't see the opponent through the terrain obstacles," Hipper said.
Someone may ask, it should have been dark when the British withdrew, so how can the British maritime observation post determine the position of the German fleet? This is easy to solve. First of all, once the British and German fleets are at war, they will definitely open fire. The British can determine the approximate position of the German fleet through the muzzle flames, and then the British battleships or shores will definitely be deployed. The seaplane, the seaplane flies over, and then throws the flares down.
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