"What should be combined with a politician like Sonnino?" Italians are elated and go far, and indulgence is a big slogan. Hippel will forcibly pull out the glass from Wang Haidi’s hand and frown. "They may have interests in their dictionary but not responsibilities!"

"Sonnino’s position in Italy is quite awkward. Italian opposition leader Sonnino has twice resigned under the pressure of Italian Prime Minister Giomidi. After Giomidi came to power last year, Sonnino not only failed to get the post of Prime Minister, but also became marginalized. Sonnino urgently needs external forces to break this situation. The Mediterranean naval battle can’t give up the opportunity for him!"
Wang Haidi, a drunkard, looked forward to hippel sending the goblet back to the reception tray and pie pie to continue his topic. Wang Haidi once worked hard on the turbulent situation in the Mediterranean and the Balkans, and he was also familiar with the political situation in the Italian kingdom, which was relatively unfamiliar to Germans.
"Commander, if Sonnino succeeds, it is not an extravagant hope that more than nine capital ships will turn the Mediterranean Sea upside down and drive the allies out of the Mediterranean Sea and completely cut off the Suez Canal; If Sonnino fails, it will be very important. Emperor Giomedi of Rome is a real politician and a devout patriot. Even if he leans towards the Allies personally, he will not stop the allied navy from moving in the Mediterranean. A Mao Qi-class patrol and four joint-power battleships have a great win in the Mediterranean. The last one who is greedy and can’t recognize himself, Italy will not become an imperial threat, but an important force to contain the expansion of Austria-Hungary in Southeast Europe after the war! "
"After the war? Have you lost your chess after the war? "
West Lyme’s eyes once again shocked the commander-in-chief of hippel Ocean Fleet, who unconsciously stepped forward for detailed inquiry. However, just after hippel opened his mouth, Hannah Shaw came.
The Luknals’ navy is more notorious than the whole Berlin politics.
Crazy clamor "Give me a schooner to go out to sea, let me beat the Englishman out of his soul" Count Felix von Luckner’s indomitable style even the arrogant emperor William was afraid of three points. If it weren’t for Wang Haidi’s face borrowing an old-fashioned sailing boat from his alma mater Kiel Naval Academy, perhaps the count would wander like ghosts in Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin’s major cocktail parties, the naval headquarters and Port William base. It is said that … Countess Luckner-Lena von Luckner’s difficult index is no less than her brother’s.
Weddigen lost all day, wearing a pilot’s jacket and a whip attached to a breastplate cavalry regiment, parading through the coastline of the British Empire, Otto Weddigen, the submarine king, fled with full expectation that Weddigen would help Hannashaw’s plan and was soon pulled out of the crowd by the countess.
"Transfer your Imperial Bank’s Imperial Mark Department to my account, cut off all the flowers and plants that admire you, and then write all the female creatures to you. And go to the hotel with me to the center of the dance floor. I want to announce to those coquettish girls in Berlin that Hannah Shaw is my personal possession!" In the blink of an eye, several fierce girlfriends of Countess Hannah Shaw jumped out from every corner, bound the Countess with her hands akimbo, and said to her fiance, "Say one hundred times a day that Elena von Luckner will hold an engagement ceremony next month, and don’t refuse, resist and cry!"
"Damn it, I have to apply for a transfer to the Mediterranean!"
Key words in the second chapter of the second gun-exploding warships (3)
There is no doubt that this is the most difficult period for the British since the British-German naval arms race in 19 years. Now there are only 14 capital ships left in Scarpa Bay to go out to the naval battle fleet. The morale of the high-level turbulent sailors is low and the training is slack.
The good Germans once again "trusted" their naval minister, capelle, and the naval hero, Selim, broke his wrist, so the ocean fleet failed to take a large-scale raid during this period
The Royal Navy has gained a valuable breathing space, and the new Arthur Belfo has not failed to live up to the new Prime Minister’s belief that the Irish executioner paranormal’s victim has never been married for life. The sadist of the British Empire once had no contact with the navy before March 1915. Belfo took control of the navy at the expense of blood and thunder.
Churchill and Hill’s admiralty supporters and sympathizers were purged, and the navy veteran and minister Wei were shelved, and the generals were transferred from Belfo for fear of war. Lei Lingfeng firmly grasped the unruly royal navy’s great iron will and initially won the British letter.
On March 24, 1915, the fog enveloped London, and the brick red building of the Admiralty of the British Empire accidentally opened a lonely rose.
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the just-concluded naval battle in the North Sea, analyze the situation in the sea, and decide the coping strategy of the Royal Navy. The secret meeting of the Navy was finally held. The arched gate was covered with black military vehicles and black umbrellas, and the leaders of the Navy Department were haggard and disappeared into the naval headquarters building.
Except for the temporary absence of the positions of Chief of Staff and the Third Minister of the Navy, all the naval officers who are qualified to attend the high-level meeting are not spacious. When the three ministers of the Navy, the first-line fleet commander, the deputy chief of staff of the general staff and the senior staff of the Navy Intelligence Minister sat in their respective seats, they were surprised to find that the naval high-level officials had changed beyond recognition.
Even if the new officers are unfamiliar with each other, the routine must not be changed. As usual, they will light cigars and smoke. If it is not too early, they may order a cup of afternoon black tea. At 9 o’clock, the door of the conference room was pushed open. Belfo came in with a dark briefcase and sat down in the main seat of the conference room. The commotion in the conference room stopped.
The Royal Navy has been the number one in the world for more than 200 years, which is the pride of Britain but also the burden of the British.
From the era of single sail technology to the era of armored ships, and then to the era of peak fear of ships, the loopholes and disadvantages of the royal navy experienced fermentation and became a law to replace the historical system; Long-term adherence to the principle of "two strong countries" leads to the long-term innovation of technology and tactics; Prejudice accumulated from the era of great navigation made technical officers and marine officers suffer from discrimination.
When entering the second century, except for the eye-catching naval reformer Hill, just erecting several antennas at the top of the brick-red building can not change the gloomy fact that the Royal Navy continues to slide into the abyss.
The heavy history and glory of the past have become unacceptable, even if it is a draw and harsh criticism, and then it becomes a law to bear the burden. Senior officers are more and more focused on management than naval battles. Young officers have Nelson spirit, but they can’t see the risks. Technical officers have been ignored for a long time, which has led to contradictions in the Admiralty. Only reformers have to resign because of their colleagues’ insinuations. It still looks huge. The Admiralty of the British Empire has the meaning of being unable to return.
It is something that John Hill "Hill Gang", a naval strongman, wants to do but can’t do. However, in March 1915, Belfo was given a rare opportunity in the face of the double blow of Mudros Bay and the North Sea fiasco.
Admiralty has a wide range of influential figures who either quit or are about to face a military trial. The British will not speak for the navy until the wounds are healed. The new Prime Minister will belong to the Conservative Party, Belfo. In March 1915, Belfo was the royal navy. The fate of the Royal Navy and the British Empire is so delicate that a cold-blooded guy knows everything.
"Our Prime Minister, the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of the First Sea have resigned to save the negative impact of the continuous defeat of the Navy. General John Jellicoe and General David Betty have also bravely come forward to take responsibility for the naval battle in the North Sea."
Old Belfo drew a heavy memo from his dark briefcase, put on a pair of reading glasses and spread out the signed page. An intriguing prediction, which was repeatedly studied and interpreted by later generations, opened this meeting on the life of the big fleet.
"The storm has passed, but in a sense the storm has just begun!"
"In the North Sea naval battle, we invested 30 capital ships, while the Germans had 22. It seems that we have a quantitative advantage, but this advantage is quite fragile."
Belfo’s confidant, the new First Sea Minister Goff Calthorpe, took the lead in speaking.
"The fast fleet has ten capital ships, which seems to be twice as many as the first reconnaissance fleet, but in fact, our two Queen Elizabeth class battleships have just had limited combat power, and three tireless class patrol ships have just returned from the South Atlantic, and their combat power has been greatly reduced. Then the speed of the capital ships in Gabetti’s hands is not uniform, so it is difficult for the fast fleet to maintain a unified action for a long time in the naval battle. Many problems have led to the fact that the number advantage of the fast fleet cannot be fully exerted in the main fleet, and the advantage of the three capital ships is almost negligible."
"It is not obvious that the number advantage of the capital ships is not obvious, but rather the Royal Navy’s ball policy."
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy, acting temporarily as Major General Frederick Tudor of the Navy General Staff, took over the conversation of the First Minister of the Sea and continued
"The Battle of Da Daniil weakened the soil power and two capital ships were contained in the Mediterranean; Strangulation of Spey’s fleet led to the transfer of three war cruises to the South Atlantic. Although they successfully rushed back to the soil and participated in naval battles, the long-distance attack caused great damage to the combat effectiveness of the three tireless classes. "
It is not the Admiralty’s word that blames the loss of the naval battle in the North Sea on the scattered forces of the Royal Navy, which leads to the shortage of capital ships participating in the decisive battle in the North Sea, but the mainstream public opinion in Britain is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy either suspects that the scars or roots are uncovered and fails to realize something more profound, narrowing his eyes and carrying on the views of the First Minister of the Sea.
"oh! It’s just a shuffle that sound reasonable! " A little discordant noise rippled in the corner of the conference room.
"What’s your opinion, Major General Someden?" Madden mercilessly accused Major General Tudor of being angry. The deputy chief of staff of the new navy stared at Major General Charles Madden, who barely kept the post of chief of staff of the big fleet, and was aggressive.
"At the end of the North Sea naval battle, it was the strategic thinking that went wrong. At the end of the naval battle in the Gerakl Strait, Lieutenant General Betty said that no one had made any mistakes and should be sent to the gallows. It was the designers of the capital ships. Major General Lampard, deputy commander of the fast fleet, recently wrote an article entitled" Scar Gerakl Gold ",and he did point out that the naval strategic thinking was wrong."
"The loss of the big fleet due to the dispersion of forces" obviously helped the Admiralty to look forward to the pride and the most acceptable ending for the British people, but Charles Madden was obviously not included. Even though Madden’s views were not appreciated by his colleagues, he had to say that most people who could see through the root causes of the failure of the British empire by really participating in this naval battle had lost their ability to speak.
"It is obvious that the British Empire no longer has the world’s first-class national strength. It is not worth the loss to continue to adhere to the principle of the two strong countries and maintain twice the numerical advantage over the Germans. The naval battle in the Gerakl Strait proves that our capital ship can’t destroy the German capital ship well, but the Germans can easily sink us. Now it is an opportunity to make changes. Continuing to guide and rebuild the big fleet according to the principle of the two strong countries will probably exhaust the last penny of the British Empire’s treasury. This is the background of war. The British Empire can’t bear the heavy burden!"
"Major General Madden, your point of view is novel, but the problem is that we can’t go back."
Belfo is not overjoyed and short-sighted. Churchill is wise and capable. Belfo may not fail to see the root cause of the Royal Navy’s defeat, but Belfo still has room to refuse to change. It is true that Belfo has won a rare opportunity, but Belfo has a hand that can’t be worse.
"Our technology accumulation is enough for us to design and build a German king-class and Devlinger-class capital ship, but what about more than a dozen capital ships with protective problems? Will the Germans give us a chance to reinvent ourselves? "
Major-General Madden wanted to refute the Secretary of the Navy’s impulsive behavior, but he was embarrassed to find that what Belfo said was true. Belfo pushed his nose glasses and continued
"Gentlemen, the situation in the Allied Countries Sea is very bad. The Germans in East Asia still have a merchant ship modified to attack the ship; Oriental swans in the Indian Ocean also feed; German East Africa Konigsberg Our guerrilla war is not over yet; In German West Africa, they also have an armored cruiser Ganesenau with excellent performance; The Caribbean heikal Bruno light cruiser disappeared, but no one knew that it would suddenly emerge from that place. "
Everywhere Belfo went, his assistant would mark the world chart on the wall of the conference room podium. Soon, the red mark on the chart was shocking. He used to sit in the office and fantasize about the Royal Navy and the First Navy. Senior officials suddenly blushed and Major General Madden bowed his head unconsciously.
The ordeal is far from over.
"The Mediterranean Allies have a Mao Qi-class war patrol four joint-strength battleships; The North Sea Germans still have seventeen battleships and four battle cruiser! German shipyard they also have a Saxon-class four Bavarian-class battleships, three mackensen-class one Devlinger-class patrol, totaling nine capital ships. "
"Maybe you will think that in July at the latest, all the capital ships will return to the battle sequence of the big fleet, and the number of the capital ships of the big fleet will be restored to 22. The Canadian battleship Ireland will be in service in September, and the Canadian battleship Barram will be in service in November. Our strength is insufficient, but it is more than enough. According to the information sent by our latent Italian spies, the Germans are about to install a new York-class warship, and the number may be three."
When the deliberately ignored sea situation was exposed, the conference room fell into a dead silence.
"York class? Is that a battleship or a battle cruiser? " Major-General Madden, an officer of the fast fleet, clearly knows that the mobile force and reconnaissance power of the big fleet are seriously insufficient now. The fast fleet has already curbed the movement of the German patrol. Compared with those who study the proportion of the number of naval high-level officials, Madden is more concerned about whether the three new warships will be new members of the German first reconnaissance fleet.
"The Italians got the news without knowing that our spies could figure out that it was a large light cruiser with a tonnage of 42 artillery or 3 artillery."
Belfo picking reading glasses will be old hand according to the memo is not suitable for gentle dispersed secretary of the navy sound immediately high degree cold way
"At present, we are not thinking about pushing the existing naval route to carry out difficult reconstruction. The problem we have to face is how to deal with the ocean fleet that is about to open the door. If we guard the soil and protect the sea transport line! Colleagues, please put away your outdated and unrealistic ideas for a while and devote your energy to a cause aimed at saving Britain from peril! The Royal Navy exploded warships in 1915! "
The second part of the cannon outside the second chapter keywords-explosive warships (4)
Three York-class large light cruisers are equipped with four 3 mm main guns and 15 mm auxiliary guns. The standard displacement does not exceed 10,000 tons. The German patrol is flat and the protection is similar to that of scharnhorst-class armored cruisers. Plan B is equipped with four 42mm main guns and six 15mm auxiliary guns. The standard displacement is not more than 20,000 tons. The German patrol is flat and the protection is similar to that of the scharnhorst-class armored cruiser.
Although Italian Foreign Minister Sonnino Berlin Plaza Hotel held a grand reception and overheard a fragment, the Italian naval attache in Berlin still locked his office according to his own experience. Italians obviously don’t believe that the German rhetoric about the new battleship "large light cruiser" turned York-class art into a shrinking battle patrol and returned to Rome overnight by encrypting the code.
The Italian navy’s exploration of new technologies and tactics is endless, and Italian designers have indeed built many advanced warships during the Steam Navy era. When the naval attache returned the rough data of Germany’s "latest warships", the Italian Navy was ecstatic and reported this information as top secret.
It’s top secret! It is unrealistic to expect the Italians to put an end to the leak, which is referred to as top secret for short. Perhaps the Italians never thought about keeping the secret. Soon, the British naval intelligence department learned the information. France and the United States also learned the "secret" from Rome in all directions. It was the German emperor William who finally heard the news.
Just now, the navy has made a considerable shipbuilding plan. After Emperor William temporarily stopped hunting in the northern forest, he excitedly called the chief naval shipbuilding minister to Charlottenburg Palace. As a result, the minister in charge of shipbuilding opened his eyes wide and confessed what he knew
No matter how wrong the Emperor William was, the large light cruiser still set off a wave of fanaticism around the world, which was imagined by Wang Haidi and Wei Gena, the so-called "despicable rumors" in the private diary of the chief of staff of the Chilean navy after the war.
Although Wang Haidi’s controversial paper "On Asymmetric Warfare in Battleship Era" boasted about the perfect cruiser, Hill was once a supporter of battle cruiser, but he was still afraid of struggling in the quagmire of ship race. The United States, France, Italy, Russia and Austria-Hungary all chose to wait and see.
Before the European War, Britain, Germany and Japan owned dreaded cruisers, that is, battle cruiser. In 1915, the Japanese owned four King Kong-class patrol boats. This figure should have been dropped by a good Japanese, who ordered King Kong-class battle cruiser from Britain and pulled it home before the outbreak of the European War, so as to escape the black hand of the British alliance.
In November, 1914, the peak battle of battle cruiser broke out in the naval battle of Shazhou, Dogel. The high mobility, surprise and investigation of the patrol team reflected in this naval battle that the US Admiralty had a heated discussion on whether to build a Lexington-class battle cruiser after the war, while the Japanese were complacent with the King Kong-class patrol.