Before the outbreak of World War I, although Germany desperately strengthened its naval power, and Wen Desi, the number one "self-made five mark" on earth, also worked very hard to strengthen Germany, the British family was too rich.
By the time the First World War broke out in this plane, although the German navy was much stronger than at the same time in the original time and space, it still lagged behind the British in terms of the number of ships and displacement tonnage.
In addition, Kaiser Wilhelm II's mind was quite different from ordinary people.
He seemed to regard the fleet as a toy or collectible rather than a weapon, so he never dared to use the navy to fight the British head-on.
Therefore, for two and a half years after the war began, Britain relied on its naval superiority to impose a naval blockade on Germany.
The British Home Fleet squatted in Scapa Flow like a watchdog, keeping an eye on the German High Seas Fleet, making it basically trapped in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven, becoming a veritable " Fleet exists”.
Compared with the original time and space, the German navy in this plane is much stronger.
Stimulated by the "Fuxi-class" super-dreadnought ships, their original problem of "big ships carrying small guns" has been greatly improved.
They also introduced Skoda's 310mm, 360mm, 390mm and other large-caliber naval gun technologies, and replaced four Nassau-class and three Helgoland-class ships with 310mm main guns.
There were four Helgoland-class ships in the original space and time.
The Oldenburg was added in 1912.
There is no such ship in this plane, and the ship's name was used for the Bavaria-class.
The subsequent four Emperor-class ships and the four King-class ships used the same 360 mm 45-caliber main gun as the Fuxi class.
In fact, the König-class battleship was built by Germany using the Fuxi-class battleship blueprints purchased from China.
Originally, the Germans were planning to make major changes when they got the drawings, but found that the overall design was perfect and almost impossible to change, so they simply used it directly, only making some changes in some details.
The five Bavarian-class battleships built subsequently were also different from those in the original time and space.
This is a proportionally enlarged product based on the Fuxi class.
It also has four triple main guns, but the caliber is increased to 390 mm, the armor is also proportionally increased, and the displacement is expanded to 40,000 tons.
The 21 battleships currently in service in Germany are all heavy guns with over 300 mm.
In addition, they have introduced new processes such as welding technology and segmented construction from China, as well as equipment such as semi-automatic welding machines and large gantry cranes.
The construction speed of warships has greatly increased. promote.
None of the Bavaria-class ships in the original space-time were in service before the Battle of Jutland, but all five of them were completed in this plane.
The last one, the Oldenburg, was commissioned in August.
In addition, the battlecruisers have also been strengthened a lot.
The von der Tann class and Moltke class that were first built have no choice but to be modified.
The main gun of the Seydlitz class has changed from the original five-seat twin-mounted 280mm gun to the current five-seat twin-mounted 310mm gun.
The subsequent Derfflinger-class battlecruisers were replaced with 360mm main guns, and the latest Mackensen-class were replaced with 390mm main guns, with a displacement of 38,000 tons.
In the history of the original time and space, the Mackensen class did not complete even one until the end of the First World War, but in this plane, all four ships were completed, and two of them were already in service.
In other words, the German Navy now has a total of 21 battleships and 9 battlecruisers.
The number alone is more than in history, not to mention the improvement in quality.
In addition, light ships have also been strengthened.
For example, they built two of the "Kitagami-class" heavy mine-armed cruisers provided by Mr.
Wen.
Of course, they were not called "Kitagami-class" and were renamed "Pilao-class".
Law and Elbing.
As payment for the purchase of the German Pacific colonies, China also delivered to Germany 30 Type 901 submarines, 30 Type 100 torpedo boats, and 4 reduced version of the lightning strike destroyer Shimakaze class before the outbreak of the war.
Although this Shimakaze class reduced the speed to 35 knots, it was still a very good destroyer in World War I.
Germany was very satisfied after getting it and tried it out.
It also started building 6 ships, called the 1914 Class Fleet Lightning Strike. ship.
Of course, the biggest change is submarines.
So far, China has delivered 108 submarines to Germany, all of which are U-boats of the late World War II level.
And the "powerful acid torpedo" that goes with these things.
The Germans regard this sky-shattering torpedo as a key weapon.
Although their strength is much stronger than that of the original time and space, there is still a gap compared to the UK.
Because it is not only Germany that has been strengthened, but the British Navy is also stronger than in the original time and space.
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Germany has five battleships with 390mm main guns, which seems very impressive, but the British also have a large number of battleships with 381mm main guns.
Four Iron Duke-class ships, five Queen Elizabeth-class ships, and five Revenge-class battleships.
Therefore, the Germans still dare not move.
They are still staying in their old dens as they did in the original time and space.
But today, the German Navy, which has been acting as a "presence fleet" since the war began, finally moved.
As for the motive, it is not clear.
It may be that in the recent Battle of the Black Sea, the Turkish Navy's great victory gave them enough confidence, or the German Navy boss was stimulated by the brilliant victory of the Army's "Tamp Tank Battle".
Of course It may also be that the nervous Majesty Wei Er's forehead is getting hot again.
Anyway, no matter what the reason, the "Existence Fleet" finally went to sea.
Although the decisive naval battle between Britain and Germany in this plane still broke out in the North Sea near Denmark's Jutland Peninsula, the script was different from the beginning.
First of all, the lineups of both sides are much larger than in the original time and space.
The British battlecruiser detachment has 9 battlecruisers, and the German reconnaissance detachment also has the same 9 battlecruisers, instead of 6 to 5 in the original time and space.
The starting process was also different.
The two vanguard fleets of the original space and time discovered each other by chance and almost passed each other.
But this plane is different.
At 6:10 in the morning on October 2, the vanguard fleets of Britain and Germany discovered their opponents almost at the same time.
This was thanks to the popular seaplanes.
Now large warships in various countries are equipped with seaplanes.
Germany, the two major naval powers, is no exception.
When the sky was just getting dark, both sides launched seaplanes to conduct reconnaissance.
A seaplane launched by the German battlecruiser Goben discovered the British fleet in the northwest.
Originally, the British fleet's aircraft did not find the German fleet, but a British aircraft that was searching everywhere discovered the German aircraft, so I followed its course and immediately found the German fleet.
The Goben in this plane did not go to the Mediterranean Sea At this time, the two sides were less than 50 nautical miles apart.
British Commander Beatty and German Commander Hipper simultaneously issued orders to accelerate the advance. 6:41.
The lookouts on both sides saw the smoke column of the other side's fleet.
At this time, the distance between the two fleets was about 25 kilometers.
The British fleet first turned eastward, preparing to form a battle line, and the German fleet also turned eastward.
Both sides maintain the same course. 6:53.
The fleets of both sides formed two parallel lines about 20 kilometers apart.
The German fleet opened fire first, and within half a minute the British fleet also began to fight back.
Since both sides had the same number of battleships, it became a one-on-one duel.
The British array was led by the flagship Lion, followed by Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Tiger, Indefatigable, New Zealand, Invincible, Indomitable and Indomitable.
The German array was led by the latest "Mackensen" and "Graf Spee", with the flagship "Luzow" in third place, followed by Derfflinger and Hindenburg , Derfflinger, Seydlitz, Moltke, Goeben, von der Tann.
Both parties didn't say much and just started talking.
Suddenly the sea was filled with smoke and the sound of cannons was rumbling.
More than a hundred heavy artillery pieces of 280 mm or more sent warm greetings to the opponents at the same time.
This originally one-on-one war patrol battle had some problems.
Somehow, the British battlecruiser "Tiger" ignored the Derfflinger opposite it, and instead targeted the light cruiser "Frankfurt" a few kilometers away.
While the other eight teams were fighting each other, it bit the Frankfurt fiercely.
The Tiger battlecruiser is the most powerful among the British battlecruisers currently in service.
It is equipped with four twin-mounted 381mm 45 times caliber main guns.
The "Frankfurt" that was unfortunately lying dead was just a 0-ton light cruiser.
The captain of the Frankfurt is about to cry.
Damn it, we are just a light cruiser.
Do we need to use 8 15-inch guns to greet us?
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Why do we end up like this?
At 7:07 minutes, both sides achieved victory.
"Lützow" hit Queen Mary twice, Lion hit Mackensen once, Mackensen hit Lion twice, Indomitable hit Von der Tann once, Goeben Hit the Indomitable three times.
German battleships had better ballistic computers and sights, and their gunfire was more accurate.
Well, that ballistic computer is an electric computer bought from China.
Note, it is not an electronic computer, but a mechanical computer driven by an electric motor.
Although this kind of thing is weird, it is much faster than the hand-crank computers used in the UK. 7:10.
The Lion was hit by another shot.
This shot knocked away the firing director, and the shooting hit rate plummeted instantly.
The German artillery fire seemed to have eyes, and even if it missed, most of the missiles were near-misses.
Almost at the same time that the Lion's firing director was destroyed, the Goeben showed off its power again, hitting the Indomitable three times, including Both shots hit the forward main gun, and a few seconds later there was a big explosion, destroying the entire bow.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, British commander Betty quickly ordered the light ship to move forward to launch a lightning strike.
The movements of the British army were quickly discovered by German water reconnaissance aircraft, and the intelligence they sent back quickly reached Hipper, who also issued the same order in response.
Now the German army is equipped with "powerful acid torpedoes", so they are not afraid of being struck by lightning. 7:14.
The German Vondertann was hit twice, the superstructure was destroyed, the coal bunker was ignited, and a raging fire broke out.
The entire ship was surrounded by thick smoke and had to withdraw from the battle.
But its last salvo before withdrawing from the battle was like a divine aid, hitting the Indomitable four times, one of which penetrated the rear main gun magazine.
In a burst of earth-shattering explosions, the Indomitable broke into two pieces and sank into the sea. 7:18.
The Royal Princess was hit on the front deck, the moving mechanisms of the two forward main guns were jammed, and the starboard secondary battery was completely destroyed.
The Tiger, which had poor eyesight, was even more unlucky, because it saw the wrong target, allowing its opponent Derfflinger to calmly mobilize eight 360mm heavy guns to shoot at it.
After a rear main gun was taken away, it suddenly realized that it had mistaken the target, but by this time it was too late.
The Derfflinger seized the opportunity and fired hard at it, scoring seven consecutive hits.
The British shipyard's jerry-rigged armor design had serious consequences.
Three large holes were opened in the starboard connection of the Tiger.
The last two rounds were water bombs, destroying a large number of watertight structures.
After a large amount of water entered, the Tiger tilted seriously. 7:25.
The light ships of both sides began to fight, because the maximum range of the British torpedoes was only 7 kilometers, and they were stopped by the German light ships when they were still 12 kilometers away from the German battleships.
However, before the exchange of fire, the German ship fired a torpedo salvo at the British battle line at a position 14 kilometers away from the British battleship.
The German light ships that had fired all their torpedoes just went into battle lightly and fought with their British counterparts.
The British light ships were ordered to launch lightning strikes against the German battleships.
Because they were eager to complete the task, they seemed a little timid when facing their German counterparts.
Just as the light ships of both sides were fighting each other, the British Invincible was unlucky.
The Moltke opposite it was continuously hit by multiple 280mm artillery shells.
Two of the shells hit the bridge, penetrated the armor and exploded, sinking the interior of the bridge in a sea of blood.
Another shell penetrated the secondary battery magazine, causing the internal ammunition to explode.
Half of the starboard side of the Invincible was blown away.
It also caused a fire.
The billowing smoke covered the entire battleship, and the Invincible suddenly lost its combat effectiveness.
However, the British New Zealand made a great contribution.
It and the opposite Seydlitz hit each other many times.
In the end, New Zealand's character was stronger.
Although it was beaten all over, even one of its front main turrets was knocked off.
But the Seydlitz was even more unlucky.
Before it fired a few shots, a bizarre water bomb blew off one of its propellers and steering gear, causing it to spin directly on the water.
Turret No. 1 also took a hit and was knocked mute.
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New Zealand took this opportunity to rain down shells on her opponent, turning Seydlitz into a burning torch.
Now the British fleet's Indomitable and Indomitable have been destroyed, and the Invincible and Tiger have been scrapped.
The Lion's firing director has been destroyed, and its combat effectiveness has been reduced by half.
The remaining five ships were not in perfect condition, as they were all hit by multiple bullets.
Only two of Germany's battle cruisers were scrapped, and the remaining seven battle cruisers still retained considerable combat effectiveness.
In addition, Betty was very anxious when she saw that her own light ships were still unable to break through the opponent's defense line.
But he firmly believed that the main force of the local fleet led by Jericho was about to arrive, so he continued to brace himself and try to buy time for the main fleet.
But at this moment, the torpedoes launched by the German light ships arrived: