Scheer got his wish and sat in the office of the German Navy Minister. Top Novels

He has reached his peak! After more than ten years of front-line career plus five years of bloody battles, countless steel and blood have paved his way to promotion. Now he is almost at the height of the German High Seas Fleet's glory.

It wasn't just that they gained tons equal to the British fleet

More importantly, Scheer can command a very large fleet with the High Seas Fleet as the core and other members of the Allied Powers as arms. With the implementation of the German fleet's plan to move south, the Allied fleets will completely become a fist.

Based on the Mediterranean Sea, it radiates to the whole world!

Rights and responsibilities go hand in hand. While enjoying great honors and rights, Admiral Scheer also needs to face more and stronger challenges! He clearly realized that the Allied fleet was actually lucky in World War I.

Whether it was Italy and Austria-Hungary who joined forces to severely damage the French fleet, or the United States because of private

These reasons allowed the Allies to bring down the powerful British fleet from both fronts. However, such an opportunity would only come once. The United States, Britain, France and other countries that had suffered losses would not give Germany such an opportunity again.

Once the war breaks out again, the Allied fleets will probably face a full blow from the Allied fleets.

Scheer is most worried about the United States. This powerful country has industrial strength that is difficult for other countries to match. If it is simply about its ability to build ships, I am afraid that Germany and Austria-Hungary are still no match for the United States. The treaty restricts Germany, but

It also tied the hands and feet of the Americans. If a war breaks out, as time goes by, the Allied Powers will lose more power in their overall naval strength.

The advantages on the battlefield will become bigger and bigger. Therefore, in the future battle layout, Scheer still tends to accumulate a large number of advantages in the early stage of the war. The term of the treaty is 12 years. During this period, the central issue of the German Navy is how to

Build the warships stipulated in the treaty and how to make good use of these warships! As for the future? That will be the responsibility of the next minister.

"In future naval battles, what determines the strength of both sides is not how many warships our navy has, but how many warships we can mobilize in this battle. The Indian Ocean is different from the North Sea. In future wars, we need to operate on a larger scale.

When conducting mobile operations within a certain period of time, time is life and victory, so we must make our fleet suitable for future wars. High speed and range will be what we must consider.

Question. Our two newly built battleships will reach a speed of about 27 knots, while the minimum speed of the aircraft carrier will be more than 30 knots, and the speed of the cruiser will be faster. So now, should we consider how to treat our former sailors?

Are there any battleships with great achievements in World War I? For example, the König-class battleship, or the Bismarck-class battleship." Scheer said at a naval conference.

"According to the provisions of the treaty, our three König-class battleships need to remove the central turrets, and the free space can be used to add power systems. This is a big project. But after completion, they will reach a speed of at least 27 knots.

." An official in charge of technology replied.

"The King must be changed, but what about the Bismarck-class battleships? Their speed is still too slow, and with the passage of time and the aging of their power, their speed will be even slower and will drag down the speed of the fleet." Scheer looked at it.

asked a room full of officers.

"The Bismarck-class battleships have 15-inch heavy guns. And two of them have just entered service." An officer said in a low voice. "This will cause us to lose eight 15-inch heavy guns for nothing." Another officer said with some worry. King-class

Change it, change it, first of all, this is a treaty

It is stipulated and cannot be changed unless it is changed, and it is also because the power of the 14-inch heavy guns of the Königs-class battleships is too limited. The future German navy will not rely on them. But the 15-inch guns of the Bismarck-class battleships are different. Many senior German navy officials still criticize them.

Have great hopes.

"Weapons that are useless no matter how powerful they are. After improvements, the speed of our fleet can be increased by more than 20%. This will have a great impact on the battle situation. And with the weight saved, we can make other changes, such as increasing

The level of defense, such as adding underwater mine protection protrusions. In short, I believe that the comprehensive combat capability of the Bismarck-class battleship will be greatly improved after the improvements.

Big improvement, I don’t think anyone thinks that the current Bismarck-class battleship can withstand the attack of 16-inch guns? If we insist on not changing it for the sake of those two guns, and the armor is thicker, the speed of this battleship will probably be only

It can be described as a turtle speed. And the range is not enough for it to fight in the Indian Ocean." At this time, a voice stood on Scheer's side, and this person was Redel.

Raeder was not only the leader of the aviation cruiser, but he was also a supporter of the high-speed fleet. He believed that only by maintaining a high-speed fleet could Germany cope with the Allies' industrial and overall strength advantages. And compared to Scheer, Raeder

What he goes further is to require battleships to fight aircraft carrier formations and provide night combat and close combat protection for aircraft carriers. "Aircraft carriers are powerful, but this kind of

There is a premise for being powerful, that is, they are outside the strike range of the opponent's naval guns. In order to deal with possible night battles and close combat, I think the aircraft carrier fleet needs battleships to provide cover. And in order to be able to accompany the aircraft carriers in combat, the speed of the new battleships must be

Fast. And the endurance must also be improved to support the fleet's long-term high-speed maneuvers. Otherwise, the strike effect of the fast fleet will be greatly reduced."

Although there were various objections within the German Navy, with the vigorous promotion of Scheer and Hipper, the rapid development of the German Navy was proceeding with difficulty. First, the remaining three König-class battleships began to be improved, and the middle turret was

removed and replaced with a new power unit. The weight saved

The amount of anti-aircraft guns, underwater mine protection protrusions and other equipment will be increased. At the same time, the original oil-coal mixed-fired boilers have also been replaced by heavy oil boilers, and the fuel tanks have also been rearranged. And the two battle-tested Bismarck-class battleships

It will also enter the dock to undergo similar modification work after the King-class is improved.

Scheer's idea was not only promoted within the German Navy, but also affected the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Empire obtained a battleship tonnage of 150,000 tons during negotiations. There were two ideas about the new battleships in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

, one is to build a slow battle line like Colorado

This type of battleship has a lower tonnage, has 8 to 9 16-inch heavy guns, has a lower speed and is cheaper to build. The other type is to build a fast battleship like China's Tianjin-class battleship. Of course, the price and tonnage will vary.

rose. The dispute ended with the intervention of the German navy.

Germany stated that it would provide Austria-Hungary with the power system of new battleships at cost price, and at the same time provide technical support to the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The condition is to build two pure fast battleships equipped with nine 16-inch guns. Their speed must be 27 knots.

Above. And the voyage must reach the standard of more than 15 knots and 12,000 nautical miles. Regarding this suggestion, Austria-Hungary naturally had no reason to refuse and readily agreed to the other party's request.

After defeating the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany began to contact the Italian Navy again, hoping that Italy's new warships would have higher speed and range. But this time, Italy's reaction made Germany very dissatisfied. Italy first stated that as an ally, Italy had an obligation to guarantee

Allied interests in the Mediterranean, but at the same time hoped that Germany could respect Italy's choices and interests.

"Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire obtained the fertile Eastern Europe, and even Turkey got a share of the Caucasus and Ukraine. But what about us? Our interests have never gone beyond the Mediterranean. If this is the case, then why does our fleet have to have super large weapons?

What about the range? The Italian Navy is for Italy

Italy's national interests are served, this is the first priority. We have to consider the cost of building warships with long range and high speed. Germany can pay for it, but Austria-Hungary can pay for it, so who will pay for us?" In an African

On a formal occasion, an Italian officer complained.

Faced with the uncooperative attitude of the Italian Navy, Germany had no good solution. After abandoning Italy, the German Navy refocused its attention on Spain and Turkey. Because their tonnage was scarce and their main warships were relatively new, so in the short term

There is no problem of upgrading. But after all, these countries need to build new light cruisers, destroyers and submarines. Germany has not given up on these aspects, especially submarines. Spain is the western gate of the Mediterranean and can directly threaten the Atlantic routes of the Allies. Germany

The more people

I helped Spain plan and design a new generation of ocean-going submarines. According to the Germans, this new type of submarine can completely set off from Spain to the offshore waters of the United States and then return to the Mediterranean and then to the Indian Ocean! Of course, this statement is a bit exaggerated.

, but its endurance

It is indeed amazing. The Germans even began to design submarines and supply ships to provide supplies for ocean-going submarines. Such submarines that can carry large amounts of fuel and weapons further increase the endurance of the submarine force. This inevitably caused the Allied Powers and China to

of attention.

The Germans were busy integrating various forces within the Allies, and the Allies were not idle either. The British began to build their own first-class main aircraft carriers with the help of China, and the Americans were also re-formulating their strategic plans. The British

It is worried that the Germans’ next target of attack will be the South Asian subcontinent, while the United States is worried about the German navy’s attack on the Atlantic route and the Panama Canal. As for what may happen in the South Asian subcontinent

The Americans did not dare to ignore the war. After all, if Britain was finished, then all of Europe would be under the control of the Allies. The United States would be prepared to fight on two battlefields at the same time in the future. One is to ensure the safety of the Atlantic transportation line and at the same time use France and

Britain serves as a bridgehead to withstand the opponent's attack, while the other direction is the South Asian subcontinent. What the United States needs is a powerful Britain, not a Britain that only has its own homeland and no colonies.
Chapter completed!