The real leader was the German battleship and 6 Caesar-class battleships. These seven battleships were equipped with 6 12-inch l40 main guns and arranged in the central axis. Among them, the four Caesar-class battleships had moderate speeds, around 20 knots. The German was the earliest battleship cruiser of the German Navy. During construction, it used advanced equipment such as kerosene mixed boilers and steam turbines. The maximum speed was 23 knots, which could barely be called a battle patrol. Although these warships were worse than the British dreadnought equipped with new cuckold armor-piercing bombs, they were also considered capable of fighting. As for the British, it was more advantageous than the British who might have survived.

In the distance, four Mainz-class armored cruisers docked on the other side of the port. These four armored cruisers are called the masters of the pre-Dreadnought era armored cruisers! This evaluation is quite high. Eight 254mm main guns use a quadrilateral layout similar to the battle cruiser in history. In addition to being slightly smaller in diameter, this is the battle cruiser at that time! Whether it is power, defense or firepower, they are the best of the armored cruisers at that time! In the conflict between Germany and France in Africa, the Mainz-class battle cruiser performed very well, killing the French former dreadnought Charlemagne. It made a great reputation at that time.

However, afterwards, as the German Navy entered the era of fearlessness, the status of Mainz-class armored cruisers in the German Navy gradually declined, from the main warships on the front line to the warships that cruised the colonies. However, the German Navy really did not forget this class of warships, otherwise they would not have spent extra money to replace the power system for these warships. Although these warships did not participate in the battle in the Dogers Sands that shocked the world, and they did not have their share in siege and kill Thomas' Queen-class battleships, in the final decisive battle, Mainz-class armored cruisers still had to assume the responsibility of fighting against British light cruisers. There was no way. The German army had a little different from the British in light cruisers, so they could only use armored cruisers to make up for it.

To a certain extent, just because the Mainz-class armored cruiser can run at a speed of more than 23 knots after modification and can race with the main fleet, the Mainz-class armored cruiser has a higher status in the German navy than the Caesar-class battleship. So before joining the war, Scher also specifically reminded Earl Spee that these four armored cruisers are an important part of the future cruiser team. If necessary, it is better to lose Caesar-class battleships than to lose armored cruisers.

Next to the Mainz-class armored cruiser, there are two other armored cruisers that have been smaller in circles. Maybe younger people don’t know them anymore. However, as Earl Spee, who served on this warship, these two warships are quite friendly, that is, the Munich-class armored cruiser that pioneered a generation. Of course, the Munich-class armored cruisers that built six Munich-class armored cruisers can now use the last two. They are not in good condition and are not fast in speed. These last two are actually just reserve warships.

In addition to these old warships, Ruprecht also gave Earl Spee some new warships, such as the Frankfurt-class light cruiser with a standard displacement of up to 6,500 tons. This warship is equipped with 6 175mm guns, and is equipped with a pure turret configuration. The weapons and hull armor protection are enough to resist the various ammunition fired by the British 6-inch guns. The power compartment adopts an interlaced layout, and the maximum speed is more than 27 knots.

This is definitely the leader among the light cruisers in the entire high seas fleet. When Hippel took his battlecruiser team to attack, he could only have one team of four battleships. This time, the prince equipped Earl of Spee with 4 Frankfurt-class light cruisers and two slightly smaller Stettin-class light cruisers! The defense level and speed of the Stettin-class light cruisers are similar to those of the Frankfurt-class light cruisers. The only difference is that the central axis is deployed with 6 150mm cannons.

Looking at the once glorious warships in front of him, Earl Spee was also filled with emotion. Although the main battleship configuration felt not so high-end, Ruprecht was still very interesting in terms of destroyers and torpedo boats. There were only 15 destroyers in the German Navy with more than 1,800 tons, and 9 were assigned to Earl Spee. You should know that these super-large destroyers (according to World War I standards) were originally the leader of major destroyers or torpedo boat brigades.

(I'll tell you here that the letters before the numbering in German destroyers and torpedo boats mean that this letter does not represent the model of the destroyer, but represents the manufacturer of the destroyer. For example, b represents the Brom-Foss Shipyard, v represents the Vulken Shipyard, g represents the Germanic Shipyard, w represents the William Royal Shipyard, and s represents the Xisha Shipyard located in Danze.)

Because the German fleet is far from the British in terms of the number of main battleships and the number of cruiser-level auxiliary warships. In this case, in order to ensure that the situation is not good, the Germans have put a lot of effort into destroyers and torpedo boats. Historically, the Germans owned and started construction of more than 300 various torpedo boats and destroyers before the end of the war. After the war, even if 50 most advanced destroyers were seized in the UK, there were still 114 left in the Germans! Although only 24 were allowed to be retained in the end, it can be seen that the Germans still had a large number of torpedo boats. It was precisely because of the huge number of lightning strike fleets that the German Navy had the confidence to attack the British troops in the Dover Strait at night!

In this plane, there are also many German destroyers and torpedo boats, and there are currently more than 200 completed ships. Among these huge destroyers, the number of tonnages exceeding 1,500 tons is a minority, most of which are only about 1,000 tons, and many of them have a displacement of less than 500 tons. These small boats are a bit difficult for them to operate in the North Sea, but it is still fine if used in areas like the Dover Strait. The destroyers in the hands of Earl Spee are also divided into three categories. Some destroyers have been improved.

For example, the S113 destroyer is the largest tonnage among the currently active destroyers of the German Navy. It has a standard displacement of 2,060 tons and a full load displacement of more than 2,400 tons. The length of the ship is 106 meters and a width of 10.2 meters. If you just look at the length of the waterline from a long distance, it is close to a small cruiser. The original equipment on this destroyer was 4 150mm cannons and 2 dual-equipped 600mm torpedo launchers.
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