Chapter 2109 The Naval Fleet Starts Up Two

So what is the size of the German main fleet? There were 6 original dreadnought ships, including one Nassau class equipped with 10 12-inch guns, two Posen-class battleships equipped with 12 12-inch guns, and the Rhineland fast battleship equipped with 12 12-inch guns. It is 1 ship, and there are two battlecruisers equipped with 9 12-inch guns, namely the Von der Tann and the Blücher, and the Blücher has been sunk, and there are still 5 ships.

But according to British intelligence, among the five dreadnoughts, the battleship equipped with three turrets has been upgraded to a super dreadnought by changing the turret! There is only one Nassau class left with a 12-inch gun, and the remaining four are equipped with 350MM artillery!

The first generation of super dreadnoughts has a total of 6 ships, namely 3 Helgoland-class fast battleships and 3 Moltke-class battlecruisers (Moltke, Goeben, and Seidlitz). Both are equipped with 8 350MM artillery pieces.

Finally, it is the turn of the most powerful super dreadnought ship of this era, the pride of the German Navy, and the Bavarian-class battleship of the British Grand Fleet. Up to now, a total of 12 Bavarian-class battlecruisers have formed the core force of the German High Seas Fleet! From the total point of view, the German fleet has a total of 23 capital ships! 22 of them are equipped with artillery of more than 12 inches!

Therefore, the current power balance between the Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet is 34+X against 23. This X stands for the Fury-class fast battleship. Because I don’t know how many ships will be completed when the final battle begins, I can only use X to represent it. From the overall number, the British fleet seems to have a 50% advantage, but what is the actual situation? That's really hard to say, because 14 warships in the British fleet are all dreadnoughts. In terms of super fearlessness, the German fleet has an advantage, and in terms of super fearlessness equipped with 15-inch artillery, the Germans also have an advantage.

And since it is a decisive battle, the German Navy may also bring up the Kaiser-class quasi-dreadnought ships, which is at least 5 or more ships! The overall numbers of the two fleets are already very close. As for the quality issue, it is really hard to say. It can only be said that before the actual battle, this is an endless talk!

Of course, you want to say that the British can also go forward to the dreadnought, but it is actually impossible. After all, the German quasi-dreadnought is equipped with 6 12-inch L40 guns, barely capable of long-distance combat, and the speed is close to 20 knots. , barely keep up with the fleet, and the British, let alone the so-called quasi-dreadnought is also four 12-inch guns plus a bunch of 9.2-inch guns, more importantly, in the Mediterranean, in the Indian Ocean and in the English Channel. The two air strikes in the United Kingdom have already wiped out the excellent quasi-dreadnoughts of the British fleet. Didn't you see that the British fleet didn't even have a quasi-dreadnought battleship tonight? This shows that these quasi-dreadnoughts are either being prepared or repaired, or they have been sunk on the bottom of the sea...

The fundamental reason why Jericho still believes that the Grand Fleet has some advantages is that the Grand Fleet has an aircraft carrier detachment, and the nearly 200 aircraft on it can play a considerable role at critical moments. However, this advantage is still not reliable, because the news that the British fleet has an aircraft carrier has been exposed, and the weather in the North Sea is very bad. Once the Germans choose to attack when the weather is bad, what will the British do... . So Jericho still holds the fleet very tightly in his hand!

Of course, in terms of auxiliary battleships, the British still have a huge advantage. The British Grand Fleet can still make up 5 fully-managed light cruiser squadrons, that is, 20 ships! In addition to these 20 ships, there are also 10 light cruisers assigned to the capital ship squadron as the direct reconnaissance light cruiser, or assigned to the destroyer squadron as the leader of the destroyer squadron.

And what about the German light cruiser squadron? Count to Earl Spey,

There are only 17 light cruisers in total, well, there are only 16 left now... Just sank a ship last night. Except that the battleship unit where the flagship is located can be assigned 1 light cruiser, the Hipper fleet is assigned 1 ship, and the aircraft carrier fleet is assigned 2 ships, leaving only 3 complete light cruiser units. Of course, the Germans have 4 Mainz-class armored cruisers as supplements, and how many armored cruisers the British can use now is still to be determined.

As for destroyers? Most of the Germans are torpedo boats, which are not suitable for fighting with the fleet at all. Generally speaking, the British destroyer force is larger, but the number will not be nearly doubled like the light cruiser squadron. In terms of combat effectiveness, the strength of the main fleets of the two sides is relatively close (with quasi-dreadnought battleships). Then there is the destroyer fleet, and the biggest gap between the two sides is the light cruiser squadron.

What? Aircraft carrier detachment you ask? Let's put it this way, judging from the current situation, it may be difficult for five German aircraft carriers to fight two British aircraft carrier squadrons, but it is not a big problem to fight one and a half. Therefore, in Ruprecht's view, the strength of both sides In fact, it was extremely close, and the Germans also had an asymmetrical advantage and an intelligence readiness advantage. This is also the crown prince's confidence to dare to act recklessly!

As for the British side, although Jericho is not aware of the aircraft carriers of the German High Seas Fleet until now, Jericho understands very well that the Germans dare to fight with the High Seas Fleet and the Grand Fleet, because even if the German High Seas Fleet loses It also cannot shake the result that Germany has already won the war. The naval battle is actually a question of bonus points. It is good to win, but if it cannot win, Germany will earn less.

But for Britain, it is completely different. If it wins, Britain can still achieve a more decent result in this world war, but if it loses, then Britain will really become a loser , a defeated person who can only be judged by the opponent. It is even said that even if it wins, the status of world hegemony will not be related to Britain, because this is a battle between two tigers, and even the winning side will be seriously injured.

In this retreat, it was not easy for Jericho to take out 6 capital ships. Even if these warships were fearless, they were the weakest group in the British fleet, but if these warships were removed , then there are only 26 ships left in the large fleet, which is almost the same size as the capital ship of the High Seas Fleet, and the most terrible thing is that the quality is far inferior to that of the High Seas Fleet. Jericho was afraid that when he divided his troops to support the Strait, the German High Seas Fleet would come out to make trouble! At that time, no matter what the Germans do, the British fleet can only nest in the offshore!

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