After traveling through time, Xu Jie still vaguely remembered some of the posts he had seen when he was on forums and post bars. In addition to the legendary long-lasting ranking posts of the top three European powers (that is, Richelieu, Veneto and Bismarck).

The question of who is the strongest European battleship.) In addition to the comparison posts about Yamato and Iowa, there is another type of post that is the most eye-catching, and that is the question of which ship is better for breaking off at sea.

I remember that at that time, most people tended to think that the more powerful the ship, the better. Basically, the posts could start with light cruisers, go all the way to armored cruisers and battle cruisers, and even end with fast battleships! Basically, they all wanted to at least be able to fight.

Position your own engagement-breaking battleship by surpassing the standards of the other party's battleship! It is faster than others, has stronger firepower than others, and has decent protection. In short, it is developing in the direction of being high and complete.

But what about in reality? Are the ideal warships that are really powerful enough to serve as the main fleet warships? In fact, this is not the case. From ancient times to the present, in the war of breaking wars, the ones that can really recover the cost are the ones that can really recover the cost in the war.

Suitable engagement-breaking battleships have never been those real battleships. If you don't believe it, you can look at history and start from the age of sail.

The battleships in the age of sail are generally divided into three classes. The first-class battleships are equipped with nearly a hundred guns of various types. The second-class battleships are generally equipped with about 80 guns. The third-class battleships depend on the conditions of each country. They are generally equipped with more than 64 guns.

.These are capital ships. No one has ever seen these battleships used to break up diplomatic relations. Pirate ships or pirate ships that are actually used to attack merchant ships.

Other naval battleships are generally cruisers equipped with about 50 guns or even smaller ships (of course, the situation like the Anglo-Dutch allied forces attacking the Spanish fleet is not included. This is already among the naval battleships.

The battle started.) Some even just added a few cannons to merchant ships and just made do with it. They grabbed those they could beat and left those they couldn't.

And in the era of ironclads? The so-called warships designed by various countries are generally not large. The French cruisers before 1895 were only 4,000 to 6,000 tons, and the British anti-warships were only about 7,000 tons. For example

It is said that n number of angstroms were created

Degas class. It wasn’t until later that a country began to violate the rules and built a tens of thousands of tons of cruisers for breaking traffic. This is the famous Rurik 1 type cruiser in history, with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons and numerous

The artillery and the long range made him instantly famous!

But the end of this battleship was not good. In the far East, the Rurik was directly shot to death by a later Japanese patrol, ending its legendary life. Later, the French and Americans did build a million

A ton-class armored cruiser. But we have to note that by 1905, the Dreadnoughts came out.

Such a domestic ship of over 10,000 tons can no longer be regarded as a battleship. In other words, no matter how hot the French and Americans are, they have never thought of using a battleship to destroy warships. Things like cruisers have evolved from sails.

Since the beginning of the era, they have been used for break-up and avant-garde reconnaissance. But battleships have always been associated with break-ups.

Of course, by the time of World War II, some people thought that the German Scharnhorst-class battleship was a battleship that broke up engagements. Xu Jie verified this from research, but in fact, this battleship was not good at breaking up engagements, and could only be said to be average. In

In nearly 60 days from January 22 to March 22, 1941, these two 30,000-ton battleships destroyed and captured a total of 22 ships, with a total tonnage of 110,000.

5,000 tons. This looks good, but there is another much smaller battleship, the cultivation battleship named Admiral Scheer, with a displacement of just over 10,000 tons. During the five-month long sea battle

It spanned two oceans, traveled 46,000 nautical miles, and sank or captured 17 ships. The total tonnage was the same as the results achieved by the two Scharnhorst-class battleships. It was also 115,000 tons!

Judging from this comparison, in fact, small warships are not necessarily worse than large ships in breaking engagements. The Admiral Scheer is not the best yet. Let us look at those historical warships that although their combat effectiveness was not high, they achieved fruitful results.

It's a battleship. During World War I, the famous battleship Emden was a displacement ship.

It was a little over 4,000 tons, with a speed of less than 23 knots, equipped with 10 105mm guns, and cost only 320,000 pounds. As a result, this battleship sank 16 transport ships, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer, causing

The Allies suffered losses of up to 5 million pounds, which was an absolute profit!

And in the second battle, most of the real surface battles were achieved by those seemingly ordinary battleships. The most brilliant results and the highest efficiency in the second battle were just those auxiliary cruisers that were half-hearted monks and converted merchant ships into disguised assault ships.

.These auxiliary cruisers are basically merchant ships.

A few guns were added to the ship, a few seaplanes were added to the ship, and then they were released. In history, only 9 of these auxiliary cruisers were built, but because of these 9 battleships, the Germans destroyed and captured 140 of the opponent's ships.

Various ships with a total tonnage of 800,000 tons![

Among them, the one with the most fierce performance is the Penguin attack ship. This little guy with a displacement of less than 8,000 tons has eliminated a total of 32 ships of the opponent, with a total tonnage of more than 150,000 tons. And one is known as the most ferocious corbel.

The Harrier attack ship actually fought against an Australian light cruiser and died together. The biggest feature of these attack ships is that they use various methods to

They are equipped with enough materials to disguise themselves. Sometimes they change their appearance and disguise themselves as other ships as needed to evade the enemy's pursuit. Moreover, the entire battle process adopts a battle-based strategy and does not rely on supplies from the home port.

, wandering at sea for more than 600 days at most, and the voyage spanned three oceans! This highly mobile style of play made the opponent very uncomfortable.

Of course, the results of submarines in World War 1 and World War 2 were also very brilliant, but the ability of submarine captains to defeat submarines depends first on the quality of the captain. In World War 2, Germany built thousands of submarines, of which more than 200 submarines were built in a lifetime.

Not destroying a single enemy ship, leaving empty-handed

Return situations abound. If you can get a copy of German submarine records, you will find that the results of German submarines rely heavily on the top 40 captains, who account for probably more than 60% of the total results! (Author

I remember it was this number. Not sure)

Some people may ask why capital ships are not as efficient as light battleships and camouflaged assault ships in breaking diplomatic ties. The reason is simple. Capital ships are too eye-catching and rely too much on ports and logistics. Generally, breaking diplomatic ties is an action taken by the disadvantaged party.

(The dominant side will directly block it.) If you send out

If it is a capital ship, then when you leave the port first, you may be targeted by spies planted by the other party. When the defender sees that the capital ships have gone out, they will naturally go up to block you. To a certain extent,

Generally speaking, whether overseas warships can survive depends to a large extent on how seriously the opponent takes them.

At the beginning, the fact that the Admiral Scheer and the Scharnhorst sisters were able to return alive was directly related to the weak containment force on the British side. Otherwise, if the British Empire got anxious, even a battleship as powerful as the Bismarck would be destroyed.

Sinking sand. Another example is the Spey fleet in World War 1. When it began to wander in the Pacific Ocean, the pressure of the Spey fleet

The force is not very strong, and they can even wait for other battleships to arrive. But when they destroyed several British cruisers, the British Empire was very unhappy, and the consequences were serious. They directly sent battle cruisers to the South Atlantic to block you. Then the story unfolds

Everyone knows that the entire Spey fleet was reduced to rubbish by the overwhelmingly superior British fleet in just a few days.

The biggest advantage of camouflaged assault ships compared with submarines is that they are faster and have a long endurance. As long as it is marine oil or even coal, it can be thrown into the boiler to burn. Unlike submarines, which can only use diesel, and their underwater speed is very low.

The camouflaged assault ship can even disguise itself as a neutral ship and go to the ports of other countries for supplies. The camouflage ability is greatly reduced.

The probability of being discovered, and a small ship is sailing on the sea, even if the other party gets the information, it may ignore it. On the one hand, there are many false information, and on the other hand, the pressure is not very high. After all, it is a small ship. But wait until

In the end, the other party will find that ants can kill elephants! By the time it attracts attention, too many merchant ships may have been lost.

The same is true for light cruisers. They have small targets and are not easy to attract attention, and they can be modified. After all, the light cruisers were all similar in appearance during World War I. If they were caught, losing one would not be very heartbreaking. Dönitz was there

During World War 2, the idea of ​​tonnage war was proposed. That is, the ships of the party responsible for sea attack

How many transport ships can be sunk before they reach the ground? Obviously, historically speaking, the efficiency of large battleships in breaking ocean traffic is very average, because when facing merchant ships, there is actually a difference between 6-inch guns and 15-inch guns.

Not big. But the enemy's encirclement and suppression efforts faced by battleships with 6-inch guns are much smaller than those of battleships.

Another problem is logistics. Light cruisers and camouflaged raiders can provide supplies at almost any port. A German light cruiser even went to Africa in World War I and is still alive, but there are not many ports that can supply a battleship.

Moreover, when going out to rob, the consumption of capital ships is much higher than that of disguised assault ships. So from any aspect, the best assault ships are light cruisers and auxiliary cruisers, so forget about capital ships.

However, for breaking ties, capital ships may be very ineffective in attacking merchant ships, but if the usage is changed and used as a guerrilla force, they may play a very good role. Although they are all mobile operations,

But it must not be confused. The target of the attack ship is the merchant ship. The attack is very random and lacks too careful planning.

But guerrilla warfare is different. Their target is the opponent's fleet or port that is away from the main force. They have clear goals, careful plans, and are equipped with reconnaissance and escort forces. In fact, to a certain extent, in

After the start of World War II, the U.S. fleet's bombing of Japanese island bases and Tokyo as the Japanese fleet swept across the Far East should be regarded as mobile operations.

Now Xu Jie's idea is, can the two cooperate with each other?
Chapter completed!