"Marshal, you are looking for me!" Franz Hipper pushed open the door and saluted Tirpitz and Scheer, then sat down and said, "Why is the situation so urgent? You are looking for me in such a hurry.

return."

"Hipper is here, now we can talk about the whole plan." Tirpitz smiled, asked Hipper to sit down, and looked at the two important generals of the German Navy. He felt infinitely relieved, but

When I think of the British Home Fleet, which is like a watchdog, my mood becomes heavy. It is difficult to explain this contrast in a few words.

Scheer and Hipper were sitting at attention. Compared to Scheer, Hipper was even more confused. He was temporarily summoned by Tirpitz. He knew nothing about the whole plan. He only learned from the heavy hearts of Tirpitz and Scheer.

, only then can you feel that you will hear something extraordinary today.

"The war has been going on for a year. The Army has advantages on all fronts, but I believe you can also see that it is unlikely that the war will end in a short time." Tirpitz explained the current situation.

, Scheer and Hipper both nodded in recognition. There is no doubt that the German army's victory is unquestionable, but as time goes by, how long can the citizens hold on?

If the British mainland is not threatened, this see-saw will not end in the foreseeable time. During the Napoleonic period, the United Kingdom, while ensuring the security of the British Isles, blocked the anti-French alliance time and time again.

"Now we must find a way to make a naval contribution in this war." Tirpitz's words made Scheer and Hipper look solemn. No one understood what this meant better than them.

"Marshal, are we going to have a decisive battle with the British Navy?" Hipper said hastily, and his hands under his sleeves were tightly clenched. Unlike other generals of the German Navy, Hipper had fought against the British Royal Navy.

When the war broke out, Hipper led his battlecruiser formation to lurk in the dangerous North Sea. His command post carried out many hit-and-run raids on the British coast in the early days of the war, especially on Scapa.

The bombardment of Le and Hartlepool was very successful. However, many British civilians were killed and wounded in these sneak attacks, so that he was called the baby killer of the German Navy by the British.

After the attack on Scarborough, the British military, under pressure from public opinion, decided to work hard to find Hipper's fleet and destroy it when it was negligent. This effort led to the subsequent Battle of Dogger Bank.

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The first battle between the battlecruisers of the British and German fleets broke out on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea. The Germans lost and retreated. This battle was the first confrontation between the British and German battlecruisers in the North Sea. The battle failed to result in a more decisive British victory.

In this naval battle, the German armored cruiser "Blücher" was sunk and the battlecruiser "Seydlitz" was severely damaged, resulting in 1,034 casualties. The British Navy only had the "Lion"

The battlecruiser suffered heavy damage, with fifteen men killed and eighty wounded.

"General Hipper, we definitely gained nothing from the last naval battle. For example, the British seemed to be able to find our movements. In the past six months, I have determined one thing through a certain number of attacks. Our navy's code book,

I don’t know why it was leaked, but this is how the British Royal Navy seems to be able to see us." Tirpitz paused for a moment before continuing, "And this is what I want to say now, with the success of previous naval battles.

Based on experience, I believe that the British have confidence in their own intelligence."

"Is that so?" Hipper sat there and murmured. If there is something unsettling about the Battle of Dogger Sands, then there is only one thing. The British Navy had foreseen its attack, or the German Naval Headquarters had the British

Human spies, or other reasons, but now Tirpitz's words have shown that it was the navy's radio code that was leaked.

"Okay, two generals, let's talk about this operation." Tirpitz asked the two important naval generals to focus their attention, "The comparison of the strength of our two navies now is better than the comparison of strength in August last year.

Even more unfavorable is that our overseas raw material input is blocked by the British Navy. Although it is not completely cut off, the situation is not optimistic. The launch speed of the British warships on the slipway is not affected, but it is not without advantages. There is an Austrian and Italian fleet in the Mediterranean direction.

In addition, Britain carried out amphibious landings in the Ottoman Empire and some warships went to the Mediterranean. Therefore, compared with a year ago, based on the strength comparison of the British Home Fleet and the High Seas Fleet, the situation we faced has not worsened.

How many warships are currently in combat readiness in the British Grand Fleet..."

Tirpitz treated Hipper and Scheer like a treasure, as if the British battleships he mentioned did not belong to Britain, but were staying in a German naval port.

"General Hipper, let me set a premise now. After it is confirmed that our radio code has been leaked, you lead a battlecruiser formation to attack. What kind of force do you think you will encounter to ambush you?" Tirpitz looked at you.

He looked directly at Hipper and asked.

Hipper fell into deep thought, and after much deliberation, he softly uttered a name, "David Beatty!"

Admiral Reinhardt Scheer nodded, thinking that Hipper's judgment was correct, "Unsurprisingly, it's him."

"Even David Beatty's fleet has a very obvious advantage over Hipper's battlecruiser formation." Tirpitz said with a wry smile, "Zooming into the comparison of the entire Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet, even

The same goes for the entire navies of the two countries. You two should also be very clear about this."

The Royal Navy's basic advantage over the German Navy is reflected in size, not just the size comparison between the Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet; the Royal Navy's advantage is based on comprehensive global military deployment. When the war begins, the Royal Navy can deploy or will soon

The total number of completed super-dreadnoughts/dreadnoughts was up to thirty-five, and sixteen battlecruisers - note, and then forty-one pre-dreadnoughts; this resulted in the Royal Navy, rather than the Grand Fleet, having a battle fleet total of up to

Ninety-one; the fleet that can be deployed at any time includes twenty-two dreadnoughts, forty-one pre-dreadnoughts, thirty-four armored cruisers and fifty-two protected cruisers;

This is not the advantage of the Grand Fleet over the High Seas Fleet, it is the advantage of the Royal Navy over the German Imperial Navy - meaning that even if the Grand Fleet makes a mistake, for example, is forced into a strategic decisive battle with heavy losses, and the Dreadnought Fleet suffers heavy losses, there will still be seventy

2nd class capital ships and the experienced officers and sailors on these fleets are available.

Every time I think of this contrast in strength, it makes me feel heavy. In the eyes of the navy, the army betrayed the trust of William II and did not solve the problem through war on land. But in the eyes of the army, the navy does not even look at the Royal Navy.

Don’t you have the courage?

"Little Moltke said that the navy is very important to Germany, but the navy is also the life of the British Empire to the British." Feeling that the atmosphere in the office was a bit solemn, Tirpitz twitched the beard on his face,

Lengxialian shouted, "We must seize the opportunity when part of the British fleet is pinned down in the Mediterranean and show the navy's courage to fight for Germany. This is not a question of whether to do it or not, but a question of when to start."

Tirpitz's angry shout lifted the spirits of the two of them. They felt that they had a heavy responsibility and their eyes became firm.

"In terms of overall strength, we are not as good as the British, so we must find ways to take advantage of an opportunity to cut off a piece of the British Navy, just like cutting sausages, to achieve a relative balance in strength, and then find ways to force the British to withdraw from the war.

"Tirpitz said minding his own business, "So now that we know about the leak of the password, we must take advantage of it now. General Hipper, General Scheer, in fact, I know in my heart that although I single-handedly built the German Navy,

But it does not mean that I am a very talented front-line commander. I have set the premise and you can speak freely and deduce the situation you are about to face."

"There are just two possibilities! The first is to get the news of Hipper's formation attack, and David Beatty's fleet comes to intercept. I will lead the main fleet to follow General Hipper and besiege the Beatty fleet. This is very good

Predict the outcome of a naval battle!"

"Another possibility that is not very likely is that it is not just the Betty fleet that appears. The British fleet has far more battleships than we expected. But I think the British only know the strength of the Hipper fleet and will dispatch a large number of ships."

fleet."

Reinhardt Scheer paused at this point and said, "Of course, I will prepare for the worst possible scenario. I will not place my hopes on wishful thinking."

Neither Tirpitz nor Reinhardt Scheer had the idea of ​​​​disappearing the British fleet in one battle. From the beginning to the end, their purpose was to beat up the watchdog in the North Sea and wait until the other party bit them.

People evacuated beforehand.

The mission of Hipper's fleet was to lure the enemy into combat, thereby allowing the High Seas Fleet to weaken a certain share of the British Home Fleet's strength.

If the German Navy's ideas were now known to the British, there is no doubt that the British would formulate a similar combat plan, but the Betty fleet serving as a decoy was more powerful than the Hipper fleet. Similarly, the strength of the British mainland fleet was also

Aboard the German High Seas Fleet.

But this time, the British would only know part of the battle plan. When leaving the naval headquarters, Reinhardt Scheer blocked Hipper's path and whispered, "For the battlecruiser formation, this battle is

Very dangerous."

"Yes, but I have no choice. This is my chance for revenge." Hipper said with a solemn expression, "I'm going back first, after all, time is running out now."

After arriving in Wilhelmshaven, Hipper stood on the beach, stretched out his hand to touch the cold water and said to himself, "I don't know how many people will die in Haiti." Based on his understanding of this month, once a sailor falls into the water, he almost insists.
Chapter completed!