"Your Highness, this is the loss of our main fleet." At this moment, General Schell sent another telegram to the Crown Prince.

"The war between von der Theng, Moltke and Rhineland were sunk, Thuringia and Oldenburg were severely damaged and might be forced to give up?" Ruprecht looked at the telegram and said. Well, in this case, the German Navy would lose at least 3 main battleships, and at most 5. Ruprecht began to consider another issue, that is, how to report its own losses!

"Have all the personnel been transferred?" Ruprecht asked.

"Apart from the necessary left-behind personnel, everything else has been transferred," said Admiral Schell.

"That's good, come on, as the general of the High Seas Fleet, let's discuss a question. Do you think these two severely damaged warships should stay or be considered as losses?" Ruprecht suddenly became interested and decided to have a good chat with Scher.

What? You said that there is no hurry to pursue the British fleet. The British fleet has 9 records of escaping, which seems to be a lot, but in fact, the two first-generation battlecruisers have no combat power, and the Tiger will be garbage. The remaining 6 fast battleships are each injured, and there is not much ammunition left. There are aircraft to provide reconnaissance. It is no problem to Count Spey stop them, and it is no problem to win them. For insurance, Ruprecht sent four Bavarian-class battleships from the third battleship team to support them. Anyway, the crown prince did not intend to kill all the Thomas fleet!

"By the way, send a telegram to the Third Battleship Squadron, asking him to bring his subordinate fleet to help Earl Spee, tell Lieutenant General Schmidt to obey Earl Spee's arrangements." Ruprecht said.

"Are you planning to leave the final result to Earl Spey?" General Schell asked.

"Well, after the war, there will be a group of new marshals, among which there should be Earl Spee." Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

"I support it, after all, Earl Spey is a strategic commander-in-chief and performs well." Schell nodded and said.

In fact, this is indeed the military achievements left by Ruprecht to Earl Spee. Now Ruprecht has already figured out who will be the new batch of German marshals in the future. Schell must have. Hippel seems average, but with the background of the Kingdom of Bavaria and the reasonable military achievements, then you can also be a marshal. As for Earl Spee? How to say it? Although he is a commander in a strategic direction, although his qualifications are similar to those of Schell and Hippel, except for the recent Battle of the English Channel, Earl Spee has not commanded the German fleet to fight. This is a very embarrassing and embarrassing thing!

You should know that the rank of marshal awarded after the war is not the same as the ranks of honor given to certain foreign heads of state by the German government. The former has real power! And if a German marshal has not even commanded the battleships of the German high seas fleet, it would be a bit unreasonable, although this matter is indeed not blamed by Earl Spey and the Crown Prince...

Therefore, in this naval battle, Ruprecht wanted to help Earl Spee make up for this regret or shortcomings! This is not to say that Ruprecht is biased towards Earl, but because Earl Spee's contribution is indeed worthy of the rank of marshal. He was in the Mediterranean battlefield, which was the worst battlefield in the situation, and he insisted tenaciously until the end, and brought a fleet to support the high seas fleet to fight. If such a person cannot obtain the rank of marshal, then there is no reason for Scher and Hippel! Earl Spee paid so much and naturally had to obtain corresponding glory and rewards, which is axiom! Moreover, Earl Spee is not alone, and his subordinates, and these people also need to give appropriate returns and reputations. Therefore, Ruprecht decided to help Earl Spee make up for the rest of things.

Now, after Ruprecht's operation, Earl Spee has commanded at least the final stage of the Norwegian Sea Battle! According to the crown prince's plan, Earl Spee can sink at least 4 British main battleships, and this record is also considered as a good candidate. In addition, he also has German naval commanders and fleets such as Su Xiong and Schmidt. In this way, he has commanded the German fleet...

"By the way, I'll send another telegram to Earl Spee, so I can only let him see it and perform the mission according to the above order." Ruprecht said, writing a telegram by himself and handed it to his confidential secretary. This person has been following him in the Bavarian Legion, and the same is true for his sending team. The content of the telegram sent was about Earl Spee's "upper limit" to sinking the British fleet!

"If I only look at the naval perspective, I hope these warships can be towed back and then scrapped. As a warship that has made great contributions to the empire, I hope they can end up well. As an admiral, I have to say that warships other than the Bavarian class are already a bit old and need to be replaced. The more losses the battleships, the easier it is to obtain budgets and new ships." Admiral Schell said.

"Then do what you said. But it's better to drag it back first." Ruprecht was quite satisfied with Admiral Scher's answer, at least in terms of political intelligence, Admiral Scher was still online. However, Admiral Scher only focused on the domestic focus. In fact, in Ruprecht's view, a limited exaggeration of the losses of the German high seas fleet will be beneficial to future bargaining between Germany and the United States in the Pacific War!

That's right, you read it right, it's just bargaining. As for what Taft said before, the German navy lost warships and the Americans could pay for it, it was just a very small interest. The real interest lies in the number of German fleets dispatched in the Pacific War!

Compared with the British fleet, the German Navy obviously took a route of less and more refined. The entire high seas fleet had a total of 23 battleships and battle cruisers, which was not a little worse than the British. What? You said Su Xiong's fleet? Those two ships were really misappropriated. After the war, they might have to be repaired and returned to the buyer. That was not a German ship!

So now, 23 main battleships have lost 5, and there are still 18... Although each of them has elite troops, what is the saying? They are too clones! Although, after the war, the British would definitely not fight with Germany again, but this does not hinder. Germany left some main battleships under the pretext of preventing Britain... After all, there are more than 12 British main battleships, right?
Chapter completed!