After saying that, Scher was also a little nervous and looked at Huang Zhe, not knowing what East China ** commented on this tactic.

Huang Zhe nodded and said, "Yes, this tactic is very reasonable. It seems that the German Navy has indeed taken hard work. So I want to ask a question: Before the main force fights, we must weaken the strength of the British Navy. What tactics are mainly used by the German Navy, what type of warships are needed, and what performance do these warships need?"

Schell said: "As soon as a war occurs, the British Navy will definitely adopt a port blockade tactic against us. We can arrange ** on the waterway cruised by British warships, and send destroyers to approach the British fleet at night and cast **."

Port blockade is a common tactic used by the superior navy. During the Napoleonic War, Britain vs. France, and the Russo-Japanese War that just ended, the Japanese Combined Fleet adopted the port blockade tactic against the Russian Pacific Fleet. The navy blocked in the port usually counterattacks with ** or **. In the Russo-Japanese War, the two battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the Hirase and Yashima, sank when they touched the mine. Of course, the party blocked the port can also use **. Makarov, the commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, also died of a ship hitting the mine.

Huang Zhe shook his head and said, "If I were the commander of the British fleet, I would not use the port blockade tactic." He said, and ordered people to hang up a map of the North Sea, saying, "The North Sea faced by Germany has only two exits. One is the Dover Strait and the English Strait in the southwest. Among them, the narrowest part of the Dover Strait is only 28 kilometers. Only placement is the turret on both sides, and the turrets on the shores can be defended with a small fleet; the other is the Orkney Islands in the north and

The waters of the Shetland Islands, so if I were the commander of the British fleet, I only had to station the fleet in the Orkney Islands and guard the northbound estuary, so that the German fleet could be blocked in the North Sea. I usually sent light cruisers to patrol the German coast. When I found that Germany was dispatching a fleet, I immediately attacked and intercepted from the Orkney Islands without risking the mines and blocked Germany's ports. If Britain adopted such a tactic, how could Germany weaken the strength of the British navy?"

The German Navy officers present were all silent because Germany had expected the port blockade of the British fleet. At this time, another German Navy officer, Hippel, said: "If I were to command the battle, I would send a team to attack as bait and pretend to attack the British coast. In this way, Britain would send a fleet to intercept it. If the British fleet was in full swing, the fleet sent would be withdrawn immediately. If Britain only sent a squadron, I would concentrate my forces and annihilate it, so that the goal of weakening the British Navy can be achieved."

Huang Zhe nodded and said, "Very good, so what kind of warship should be used to implement this tactic?"

The German Navy officers all thought about it again. After a while, Scher said: "Speed, implementing this tactic requires fast battleships. Whether it is the outpost fleet serving as bait or the subsequent support fleet, they all require fast battleships."

Spee said: "The Nassau class that is being built now and the Helgolan class that is to be built, the design speed is 22 knots, which should be enough."

Huang Zhe shook his head and said, "No, 22 knots are just the most basic speed. We believe that to implement this tactic, at least two battleship fleets with a speed of 25 knots are required."

All the German Navy officers present were shocked, and even Tirpitz, who had always been calm, took a breath. At this time, Schell suddenly thought of the so-called "ideal cruiser" under construction in the UK, saying that its speed reached 26 knots, and could not help but say, "Are you referring to an ideal cruiser similar to the one built by Britain?"

Huang Zhe shook his head and said, "Britain is building an ideal cruiser. We know that, but an ideal cruiser is just a code name. This is a brand new type of warship. The real name given by the UK is a battle cruiser, which means the powerful firepower of a battleship and the high speed of a cruiser."

The officers of the German Navy all showed surprise expressions again. It seemed that the intelligence capabilities of East China were stronger than those of Germany. At least Germany did not find out the real name of this warship, and judging from the characteristics of this warship, it was indeed worthy of its name.

Huang Zhe continued: "We will talk about the issue of battlecruisers later. Here I will just briefly talk about it. Battlecruisers can serve as bait fleet tasks, but what I am talking about is not a battlecruiser, but a battleship with a speed of 25 knots."

In this era, the general view is that battleships do not need to be too fast. First, the speed of battleships will affect the accuracy of artillery attacks. Second, battleships are usually lined up in columns to fight on the battlefield, so of course they do not need to be very fast. Therefore, in the pre-dreadnought era, the speed of battleships was generally around 18 knots, the speed of armored cruisers was 20-21 knots, and the speed of protective cruisers was 22-24 knots, forming three speed levels, and the warships built by Yingde were basically within this range.

Entering the era of Dreadnought, since the power of the warship was changed to a steam turbine, the speed of the USS Defence battleship reached 21 knots. This speed also became the benchmark for the speed of the dreadnought in the old time and space, before World War I. All dreadnoughts built by Germany, except for the first Nassau-class, which used a reciprocating steam engine, had a speed of only 20 knots, and other dreadnoughts using steam turbines were 21 knots; the situation in the UK was also similar. Starting from the USS Defence battleship to the Iron Duke class, they also maintained a speed of 21 knots.

However, the British naval heritage and experience are far from comparable to Germany. After mass production of battlecruisers, the British discovered that increasing the speed of battleships can also have great tactical value, so they pioneered the creation of fast battleships. The Queen Elizabeth-class battleship speed reached 25 knots. The subsequent Revenge-class battleships reduced their power due to reduced costs, but their speed also reached 23 knots, which completely broke the speed benchmark of the 21 knots of the dreadnought.

During World War I, the performance of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships was very eye-catching, much better than the battlecruiser with weak defense. It also proved the success of this new warship pioneered by Britain, which also affected the development of battleships after World War I. By World War II, the speed of the Iowa-class battleships built by the United States reached an astonishing 33 knots.

Huang Zhe said: "High-speed is one of the directions of the development of battleships. 21 knots are by no means the speed benchmark for battleships. In addition to participating in ordinary battle lines, high-speed battleships can perform diversified combat tasks based on their navigation speed. Even on the battle lines, fast battleships can rank ahead of the fleet battle lines and use their speed advantages to disrupt the enemy fleet formation. This is actually reflected in the Natuna Islands Battle in the Far East War."

This battle example is known by German naval officers. Before the Expeditionary Fleet joined the war, a naval battle between the Navy of East China and the British Far East Fleet. The main force of the Navy of East China was 6 battleships and 2 armored cruisers. The British Fleet had 8 battleships, but the two Ganjiang-class battleships in East China reached 20 knots, while the British battleships had a speed of only 18 knots. Therefore, the Ganjiang-class battleships performed very well in this war with their speed advantage, making their first contribution to the Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy'

Moreover, Germany has conditions to build fast battleships. First of all, in terms of industrial manufacturing capabilities, Germany is not inferior to Britain. With the intervention of East China, it caught up with Britain in steam turbine technology. Moreover, Germany's small-pipe boiler technology is stronger than Britain. Therefore, under the same conditions, the power provided by German boilers is greater than that of Britain. Coupled with the ship-type design capabilities of East China, Germany can fully build fast battleships.

Although German naval officers still have doubts about the tactical value of fast battleships, in terms of the naval field, East China is undoubtedly more authoritative than Germany and has successful battle examples to support it. Therefore, German naval officers dare not question it for a while. Anyway, listen now and wait until this exchange is over before slowly studying and digesting it.

At this time, Tirpitz said: "Since fast battleships are needed, will the design of the Helgolan-class battleship need to be revised?"

Huang Zhe said: "We believe that the construction of the Nassau class and Helgolan class will be carried out as planned, and there is no need to modify it, because the modification of the design, the power design of the warship is too large, which is almost equivalent to redesigning a warship, which will drag down the German shipbuilding speed. Moreover, the design speed of these two types of battleships is 22 knots, which is actually a little conservative. The actual speed is likely to exceed 22 knots, reach or approach 23 knots. Even if it is only 22 knots, it still has a certain advantage compared to the same type of British battleship. Therefore, we tend to design a brand new battleship, which not only needs to increase the speed, but also needs to increase firepower and develop a larger caliber naval gun."

Tirpitz was stunned and said, "Develop a larger caliber naval gun? Isn't a 305mm caliber gun enough?"
Chapter completed!