Chapter 2111 Waiting One

"Your Highness, this is a telegram from General Crook." At this time, Crown Prince Ruprecht, who had already gone to Kaiser Wilhelm Harbor, shook his head involuntarily when he saw the telegram sent from the Western Front.

"Is it convenient to disclose it?" asked Sher on the side.

"The Army said that if I agree, in ten days, they can solve the entire British Expeditionary Force." Ruprecht said.

"Are you shaken by the decision to continue to retain the British Expeditionary Force? Do you think the gain outweighs the loss?" Admiral Scheer asked tentatively.

"A little bit." Ruprecht nodded and said: "Originally, we kept this expeditionary force not only to not want the British to resist too fiercely, but also to use it as a bait to attract the British fleet. But now it seems , the morale of the British has also collapsed, just yesterday when three reorganized divisions surrendered. But now, Jericho is really calm. The large fleet in his hand still has not been significantly mobilized. If this is the case, why do we still What about keeping the British Expeditionary Force?"

"Besides, are you dissatisfied with Earl Spey who led the former dreadnought battleship into the Strait of Dover two days ago and was ambushed by a submarine?" Admiral Scheer said carefully. Eight days have passed since Earl Spey commanded the German Channel Fleet to enter the Strait of Dover on a large scale for the first time. From this point of view, the Earl's operation was relatively successful, but in the night operation two days ago, a Caesar-class battleship was ambushed by a submarine, the other three destroyers seemed to be hit by mines, and another light cruiser was injured, which is also suspected. Thunder. This makes the current action somewhat embarrassing.

Therefore, the high-level German military has now begun to consider whether to continue to implement this blockade mission. After all, the first goal of the entire naval campaign is to ensure that the British Expeditionary Force cannot evacuate. The British Expeditionary Force ate them all. The second goal was to use this as a bait to see if the British fleet came out. As a result, Jericho was very stable.

Well, the problem now is that since the two goals are already like this, it seems that Earl Spey's actions have become meaningless when the British Army is doomed and the British fleet is not fooled.

"The army's campaign went smoothly, which was somewhat beyond my expectation. As for Earl Spey? I don't mean to blame him. In the dark of night, entering the strait that the opponent has operated for a long time is inherently dangerous. In this case, it is normal to have some losses," Ruprecht said.

"We have done deduction before. As time goes by, the British submarine ambush circle and minefield in the Channel area will become more and more perfect. This is expected. Some people in the Navy also think that it is meaningful to continue night operations. It won't be big, but I think whether Jericho and the British high command realize our plan or not, before the final moment, they will have to send the main fleet to fight. We will have to deal with the remaining nearly one million British troops Confident, they will convince the British government." Finally Ruprecht said with a smile.

The crown prince really didn't care much about this loss. Referring to the situation encountered by the German fleet when it attacked the Gulf of Riga twice in history, Earl Spey's actions were simply perfect. When the German High Seas Fleet had an absolute advantage, it attacked the Gulf of Riga twice. The battlecruiser Moltke was attacked by a submarine, and the battleship Bavaria and the Kurfürst were hit by mines. The total number of cruisers is more than ten, and this is because the Russian army was close to collapse during the second attack on the Gulf of Riga.

What's more, the loss is the former dreadnought, which does not have a great impact on Ruprecht's upcoming new battle plan, because up to now, Ruprecht has not decided whether to bring these quasi-dreadnoughts, after all These ships have some drag speed, and the 12" L40 guns are not enough lethality. Up to now, Ruprecht has only two reasons for Earl Spey to continue to act. That is, he wants to see if he can catch some British battleships. What is the lethality of the fleet! Sounds scary, right? But it is really necessary!

In fact, whether it was the avant-garde battle of the Battle of Jutland in history or the several naval decisive battles in this plane, half of the reasons why the British fleet performed so poorly were due to the lack of shell penetration. To put it bluntly, If the British battlecruisers were modified to be fireproof and had new reliable armor-piercing shells in the avant-garde battle of Jutland in history, it is hard to say whether Betty's lion has an advantage in defeating Derfflinger, but it is hard to say if it kills a battleship like the Moltke class. There is no problem at all with a cruiser!

As for this plane, the defense level of the Bavarian-class fast battleship is indeed beyond the specification. The outer armor plate of 70MM plus the main armor of 280MM plus the inclination angle of 18 degrees, this defense system is enough to make it equipped with new armor-piercing projectiles. The Queen-class battleship is desperate, and the downward extension of the main armor belt is enough to make the British have no idea about the water bombs. Generally speaking, at a normal combat distance, the Bavarian-class battleship can guarantee that its core area will not be destroyed Any naval gun of the British fleet penetrated.

As for the Helgoland-class battleship? 60+250MM armor belt and 18-degree inclined armor belt is not a big problem to defend against 15-inch naval guns, but whether the 350MM armor belt at the front of the turret is enough depends on the situation.... After all, in history, when the British tested the 15-inch naval gun with live ammunition, they penetrated the 350MM armor belt of the German battleship. In other words, the defense of the Helgoland-class battleships is not so reliable.

As for the dreadnoughts and battlecruisers that are closer to the front, they are very dangerous when facing 15-inch naval guns, and even the British 13.5-inch naval guns are also threatening. Even when facing the dreadnought's 12-inch naval gun, the quasi-dreadnought ship did not adopt the quilt cap design of double-layer side armor. And the Krupp steel armor at that time was different from the secondary hardened armor used by dreadnought ships later!

Although the fire protection of the German battleship will be better, there is still no way if the shell directly penetrates the core compartment, or directly penetrates the turret and detonates the ammunition depot placed in the tail compartment. Therefore, Ruprecht is very sensitive to penetration.

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