Chapter 851 The Road to War 3

"Perhaps, General Hipper can sink a British battlecruiser, but this is not what we need. We need to sink at least three more British battleships! Our efforts must be able to change the situation in the North Sea to a certain extent. , the empire is in the midst of a life-and-death war, and the empire hopes that every soldier will fulfill his duties. The High Seas Fleet is unshirkable!" the prince said.

"And now, I believe that the British have also received relevant intelligence. If Betty chooses to fight us, then they will definitely strengthen it. This is not something that the Hipper fleet can handle, and such a moderate-sized fleet , Only delicious prey is worth hunting!" "Although we still don't know how the British will adjust the Betty fleet, we might as well imagine that now on the mainland, the British still have a Queen. Recently, A new super-dreadnought battle cruiser, the Queen Mary, has been commissioned. In this case, the number of Betty's fleet may increase to 7 battleships. The Grand Fleet will retain at least one battle patrol detachment, which should be Rear Admiral Hood's first Three battlecruisers." "The size of this fleet is three. Then the British also have three dreadnought battlecruisers, two of which are in Betty's hands, and one Australian may also join, so If so, the pinnacle of Betty's fleet is eight fast battleships, and there can be no more," the prince said. "The size and strength of this fleet may be difficult for General Hipper, but is it just right for our Bavarians?" Scheer said. This time, it was Scheer who replaced Hipper on the combat mission. The German fleet, at this time, the first battleship squadron in his hands concentrated the most powerful combat force of the German High Seas Fleet! 2 detachments, a total of 6 Bavaria-class battleships! If there were 8 Queens on the opposite side, Scheer would still feel a little guilty, but if it were 1 Queen with 4 Super Dreadnought battle cruisers and 3 Dreadnought battle cruisers, then Scheer would only have haha ​​in his heart. . Although he didn't know what results he could achieve, he thought winning wouldn't be a big problem! "Actually, if it is just to deal with Betty, such a fleet is already highly equipped. We all know that the combat effectiveness of the Bavaria-class fast battleship is definitely one level higher than the Scharnhorst-class fast battleship. But this is It is necessary, because we may face more than just the Betty fleet! General Hipper mentioned many times in the report that the British Navy has other main fleets, so while our fleet is dealing with Betty, it also needs to have spare power to deal with other fleets. Fleet!" said the prince. Faced with this problem, the prince also considered whether to increase the number of battleships to solve the problem of insufficient combat effectiveness. However, doing so may cause the fleet to be too large, which will make the British smell something. If you simply send a fleet, whether it is 5 or 6 ships, it can be considered a small-scale attack, but if you add other warships, it will be different. If you go out with 12 battleships at once, Betty will definitely not fight you. If you insist on going up to fight, you may encounter a large fleet... Judging from the current situation, the Hipper fleet has to perform other tasks. The German High Seas Fleet currently has 13 main ships, including 6 Bavaria, 3 Helgoland-class fast battleships, and 4 dreadnought battleships. . The 6 Bavarias have accounted for more than half of the remaining fleet's combat effectiveness. In fact, the High Seas Fleet will no longer provide much combat effectiveness. And if all the warships go to sea together, the scale will be too big. After all, before the two sides officially fight, the British can choose not to fight! What's more, the four dreadnought-type battleships have been in service for a long time, and there is also a slow-speed dreadnought. It is difficult to keep up with the new Bavarian fleet in terms of speed.

So, it’s okay not to take it with you in this operation.

When fighting, sometimes you have to put yourself in the opponent's perspective, and this time the prince wanted to give the British the illusion that this High Seas Fleet attack was the same as the usual Hipper Fleet attack, but it was a lack of success. Prepare, and there will be no harassing operations by subsequent fleets. The prince wants Betty to believe that his fast fleet is enough to kill this fleet. Only in this way will the British fight, and only in a fight will the German High Seas Fleet have a chance to trick their opponent! The prince is very ambitious, no matter what, he must achieve a battleship kill score that is no less than that of Jutland! In other words, at least 3 battle cruisers must be sunk, at least one of which is a super-dreadnought. As for the kill tonnage, it may not be reached. After all, in the Battle of Jutland, the British sank several armored cruisers and light cruisers. If these things are converted into tonnage, they are also very heavy! In order to achieve this goal, the German High Seas Fleet took out its most elite battleship squadron! "According to my last observation, the size of another British fleet is about 4 ships, and I feel it may be a dreadnought." At this time, Hipper spoke. Why is it said that about 4 ships may be dreadnoughts? This is not only because the British Empire has a dreadnought squadron of about 4 ships, but more importantly, if the number of a battleship squadron reaches more than 6 ships, then there are only two possibilities. First, you encountered a certain part of the British Grand Fleet. The scene of the Grand Fleet deploying more than two dozen Super Dreadnoughts was really shocking. Not to mention the Grand Fleet, even if the High Seas Fleet was deployed in history, the entire length would exceed 10 kilometers (because of the Dreadnought)! Therefore, it is really difficult to see the entire fleet from one angle on the sea. Only part of it can be seen. As for whether it is possible that the British sent two squadrons? This possibility is also very low, because Jericho emphasized that the Grand Fleet has enough frontal crushing capabilities. If two squadrons are sent out, which is about 8 capital ships, then the Grand Fleet will only have 16 ships left. This is no longer enough to guarantee the advantage of the large fleet, and it is more like a refueling tactic. It cannot be said that it does not exist, but it can only be said that the probability of it occurring is low. Second, you are meeting a group of fearless people! The British have a lot of pre-dreadnoughts. Moreover, if these battleships sink, the British will not feel too distressed. There are large numbers, sufficient quantities, and relatively low combat effectiveness. Naturally, the size of the pre-dreadnought battleship detachment will be larger. If it were a fleet size of more than 6 ships, Hipper might be able to get on board, and precisely because it was 4 ships, which was not too high and not low, and could be a squadron of dreadnoughts, Hipper finally gave up... After all, once there is a fight, it will not be easy to leave. The second update~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~!