Chapter 852 The Strongest Blade!

"Which one of the Helgeland-class fast battleships is in the best condition and is the fastest?" the prince thought for a while and asked. After all, he was going to the battle in person this time. If something unexpected happened, he would have worked so hard. What are the decades for? That was too unfair, so I thought about it and decided to add another battleship.

"The best is the Oldenburg, which is the latest ship of this class and can reach a speed of more than 25.5 knots. It can keep up with the Bavaria-class battleships. Moreover, the training quality of this battleship is very good. I have won two Emperor's Cup gunnery competition trophies." "Then add to that. In addition, I need two complete light cruiser squadrons and at least three torpedo boats of the lightning strike group." The prince thought for a while and said . From the perspective of the scale of auxiliary battleships, there is a huge gap between Germany and the Royal Navy. During the Battle of Jutland, Hipper only had one light cruiser squadron, which was four ships. Scheer's fleet headquarters did not have many light cruisers. On the contrary, the British light cruiser squadron is very powerful. Not to mention the large fleet, Betty's fleet alone has 3 light cruiser squadrons, which makes 12 ships, and this does not include the light cruiser squadron as the leader of the destroyer fleet. cruiser! "If the operation starts within a week, you will have more light cruisers, and then General Hipper will have fewer. We have a limited number of light cruisers, and some fleets have been executing in the direction of the Baltic Sea. Combat mission." General von Boll said. "I can choose some ships with a slightly slower speed. His Royal Highness helped me attract the attention of the British, and the pressure on my side will be less." Hipper said. Hipper did not give in because of his status as a prince, but because after many entanglements with the Betty fleet, the British Royal Navy's light cruiser force left a very difficult impression on him. With large numbers and tough style, the British fleet can cover the retreat of the fleet when it is weak, and can hinder the actions of the German fleet when it is strong. If the prince wants to chase the British, then there must be enough light cruisers to defend the opponent from lightning strikes and interference. According to Hipper, the Betty fleet is usually accompanied by two detachments. Light cruisers, that is, at least 8, (the leader of the destroyer fleet may also be a light cruiser). If the Grand Fleet assigns Betty a battleship squadron, then it is normal to assign a light cruiser formation. In that case, Betty has at least a dozen light cruisers in her hands. If the prince wants to bite Betty, not two light cruiser detachments are simply not enough. So at this time, although Hipper also wanted to attack, he was willing to give up his light cruiser force. "Work hard to prepare first. I hope that when I attack, I will have no less than 8 light cruisers, and General Hipper can allocate 4. That's it." Only then did the prince really understand Hipper was somewhat impressed. It was very rare for him to give up the fleet that could have been allocated to him during the war. However, in order to attract the firepower of the British fleet in the Battle of Jutland in history, Hipper brought the already-distributed fleet with him. The prince had to admire the actions of the scarred battlecruiser detachment rushing towards the grand fleet! After all, Hipper was facing the most powerful battle line in human history! The number of battleships is not enough, even God can do nothing. Although the light cruiser force of the German Navy in this dimension did not suffer huge losses due to the destruction of the Spey fleet and the British anti-diplomatic operations. Although some German light cruisers were lost in the Battle of Helgeland Firth, the overall loss was far less than in history. However, because the performance and cost of light cruisers in this plane have increased, the number has actually decreased. Now counting all light cruisers , the German fleet has less than 20 light cruisers.

And if the ship condition and speed are further restricted, the number will be even less.

"Well, if the number of light cruisers cannot be guaranteed, then I hope that the number of torpedo ships in my hands should at least not be less than that of the British, that is to say, there should be more than 25 ships!" The prince looked at it and was at a loss. Tirpitz and General von Boll said. This number of destroyers is also based on history. In the Battle of Jutland, Betty's two battlecruisers and Thomas's fast battleship squadron were assigned a total of 4 destroyer units, a total of 27 destroyers of various types. In the Battle of Dogger Sandbank, due to the support of the Harwich Fleet, there were as many as 34 destroyers in the Betty Fleet! It is true that the auxiliary battleships of the German High Seas Fleet are weak, and the prince does not require these auxiliary battleships to do anything to the opponent's fleet. But at least it has to be said in the past, right? There are 3 destroyer groups, each group has two squadrons, each squadron has 4 to 5 destroyers. This is the minimum requirement. "Thunderstrike battleships and destroyers are not a big problem. We can assign you the three most powerful lightning strike groups, and the number of destroyers can reach 30. However, the tonnage may be slightly smaller." Tirpitz said. "There are also submarine cordons and airships. We need to monitor the Firth of Forth and the sea area from the Shetland Islands to the Firth of Forth. I do not require the submarine force to pose any threat to the British Empire's Grand Fleet. I I just hope that you can provide a basic early warning. This is also the request of the airship unit," the prince said. "Currently, the number of submarines we can mobilize is about 32, and the Navy can provide you with more than 20 submarine deployment cordons. There are 6 airships available." Tirpitz replied. Although history has proven that the warning effect of airships in World War I was very bad. (The author doesn’t know why, but historically the false alarm rate has been relatively high.) However, in line with the principle of using whatever is available, Ruprecht still requested the deployment of airships. As for the submarine cordon, This is even more necessary. It is difficult to ambush the large fleet by setting up an ambush, but if hundreds of warships pass by the submarine at the same time, the submarine will not be unable to detect it. As long as it can play the most basic early warning role, the prince's request is also Not too high. "That's good, get ready now. Let's take a rest now, and then we start the next topic." The prince estimated that the fleet ratio was close to the limit. Although the High Seas Fleet was probably the second in the world, he wanted to squeeze more It is also very difficult to produce something. But even so, this fleet can definitely be regarded as the largest creation of the German Navy since the beginning of the war, with 6 Bavaria-class battleships, 1 Helgeland-class fast battleship, more than 6 light cruisers and nearly 30 If a huge fleet of destroyers and a warning network of more than 20 submarines are used to deal with Betty, this is really a big deal for him! The third update is here~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~!