Chapter 2252 Military and Political II

"Your Highness, this is the loss of our main fleet." At this time, Admiral Scheer sent another telegram to the crown prince.

"Von der Tann, Moltke, and Rheinland were sunk, Thuringen and Oldenburg were severely damaged, and may have to be forced to give up," Ruprecht said, looking at the telegram. Well, in this case, the German Navy will lose at least 3 capital ships, and may lose up to 5 ships. Ruprecht began to think about another issue, that is how to report his own losses

"Have all the personnel been transferred?" Ruprecht asked.

"Except for the necessary personnel left behind, everything else has been transferred," Admiral Scheer said.

"That's good, come on, as the admiral of the High Seas Fleet, let's discuss a problem. Do you think it's better to keep these two severely damaged warships, or count them as losses?" Ruprecht suddenly became interested . Decided to have a good chat with Sher.

What are you talking about chasing the British fleet? It’s not urgent. The British fleet has 9 escaped ships. It seems like a lot, but in fact, the 2 first-generation battlecruisers have no combat effectiveness, and the Tiger will be rubbish. The rest The 6 fast battleships were all wounded, and there was not much ammunition left. With aircraft scouting, it would not be a problem for Earl Spey to stop them, and it would not be a problem to win them. To be on the safe side, Ruprecht sent the third battleship detachment The 4 Bavarian-class battleships can be used to support it. Anyway, the crown prince did not intend to drive the Thomas fleet to extinction.

"By the way, send a telegram to the third battleship squadron, asking him to take the subsidiary fleet to help Earl Spey, and tell Lieutenant General Schmidt to follow Earl Spey's arrangement." Ruprecht said.

"Are you going to leave the final result to Earl Spey?" Admiral Scheer asked.

"Well, there will be a new group of admirals after the war, and Earl Spey should be among them." Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

"I support it. After all, Earl Spey is the commander-in-chief of the strategic direction, and he has performed well." Scheer nodded and said.

In fact, this is indeed the exploit that Ruprecht left to Earl Spey, and now that Ruprecht has already figured out who the new batch of German admirals will be in the future, Scheer will definitely have them. Hipper seems ordinary, but with the background of the Kingdom of Bavaria and reasonable military exploits, he can also be a marshal. As for Earl Spey? Scheer and Hipper are almost the same, but, except for the recent Battle of the English Channel, Earl Spey has never commanded the German fleet. This is a very embarrassing and embarrassing thing

You must know that the rank of admiral awarded after the war is not the same as the honorary rank given to certain foreign heads of state by the German government. The former has real power, and if a German admiral has not even commanded the battleship of the German High Seas Fleet If it is said, it is a bit unreasonable, although it is true that Earl Spey and the crown prince are not to blame for this matter.

Therefore, in this naval battle, Ruprecht will help Earl Spey make up for this regret or shortcoming. This is not to say that Ruprecht is partial to the Earl, but because Earl Spey's contribution is indeed worthy of the rank of Marshal He was on the Mediterranean battlefield, which was the worst battlefield. He supported himself, persisted tenaciously to the end, and brought the fleet over to support the High Seas Fleet. If such a person cannot obtain the rank of marshal, then Scheer and Hipper will also It is unreasonable that Earl Spey has given so much to get the corresponding glory and rewards. This is an axiom and Earl Spey is not alone, but also his subordinates. These people also need to give appropriate rewards and reputations.

Therefore, Ruprecht decided to help Earl Spey make up the rest.

Now, after Ruprecht's operation, Earl Spey has at least commanded the final stage of the Norwegian sea battle. According to the crown prince's plan, Earl Spey can sink at least 4 British battleships, which is not bad. Moreover, there are also German naval commanders such as Su Xiong and Schmidt, as well as the fleet. In this way, they can be regarded as having commanded the German fleet.

"By the way, send another telegram to Earl Spey, and only let him read it, and carry out the task according to the orders above." Ruprecht wrote a telegram by himself and handed over his confidential Secretary, this person is someone who has been following me in the Bavarian Army, and so is his sending team, and the content of the telegram sent is about the "upper limit" that Earl Spey can sink the British fleet

"From the perspective of the navy, I hope that these warships can be towed back and treated as scrapped. As a warship that has made great contributions to the empire, I hope they can die well. As an admiral, I It has to be said that the battleships other than the Bavarian class are already a bit old and need to be replaced. The more warships lost, the easier it is to obtain budget and new ships." Admiral Scheer said.

"Then do as you said. But it's better to drag it back first." Ruprecht is quite satisfied with Admiral Scheer's answer, at least Admiral Scheer is still on the line in terms of political IQ . However, Admiral Scheer only focused on the country. In fact, in Ruprecht’s view, a limited exaggeration of the losses of the German High Seas Fleet is still beneficial to the future bargaining between Germany and the United States in the Pacific War.

That’s right, you read that right, it’s just a bargain. As for what Taft said before, the Americans can pay for the German Navy’s loss of warships. It’s just a very small benefit. The real benefit lies in the Pacific War. The German fleet The question of the number of dispatches

Compared with the British fleet, the German navy is obviously taking a less and better route. The entire high seas fleet has a total of 23 battleships and battlecruisers, which is not a little bit worse than the British. Why do you say that the two ships in Su Xiong’s fleet were sold and embezzled. After the war, they might have to repair them and return them to the buyers. Those are not German ships.

Well now, 23 capital ships, 5 lost, so there are 18 more. Although they are all elites, there is a saying that they are incapable of splitting up. Although, after the war, the British will definitely not fight Germany again, but this does not prevent Germany from keeping some capital ships under the pretext of guarding against the UK. . After all, there are more than 12 British battleships, isn't it?

The second is to ask for a subscription and a reward