From the current point of view, the situation faced by the British Empire's Grand Fleet is very harsh. It is even worse than the environment during the Anglo-Dutch War and the struggle with Louis XIV. The British Empire needs to fight four countries on three battlefields.

, although there is still France on the British side, the French have begun to concentrate on repairing fortifications and building tanks, and cannot help the British much.

Historically, Britain's maritime environment was much better. Its main fleet was basically shrinking on the mainland. In the Mediterranean, the French fleet and the Italian fleet were blocking the four Austro-Hungarian dreadnoughts. There was one in the Far East and the Indian Ocean.

The old ships and the Japanese navy, and in the later stages when the American fleet joined, they had an overwhelming and absolute advantage. But now, the situation is not optimistic.

At present, Italy seems to be on the side of Germany and Austria, and the Germans have also started to develop large-caliber naval guns as soon as possible. If the German naval guns were not too weak in Jutland, there might be a few Queens left behind. Then

The victory of the German navy in Jutland would be more than double the original one. This may prompt the Germans to adopt a more active policy. After all, if the Queen is lost, the British fast vanguard fleet will really be defeated.

Disabled.

The addition of Italy has put a lot of pressure on the French in the Mediterranean. If the French cannot handle it themselves, the British will have to help. Moreover, no one in the British can be relied on in the Indian Ocean. The historical Japanese ally is gone and replaced by relations with the British.

Hua Xia is average but has excellent relations with Germans

, and the Turkish fleet has also been strengthened and will be deployed in the Persian Gulf. The Spey fleet is even more likely to cooperate with the Turkish fleet. Faced with this situation, if the British want to win, they will simply rely on the strength of the fleet to fight

Absolutely not. The tactical thinking and system must be changed.

As the appointed commander of the Grand Fleet, Jericho is also considering how he needs to face these powerful enemies in the future. It is obviously not feasible to divide the troops and deploy them in various places. Let’s not talk about how much more fleets the British Empire and France will eventually have than the other side. Simply

From the perspective of the defending party, such a deployment is too risky. For example, if you deploy a

A fleet, the German fleet is small, so if your fleet is enlarged in the same proportion, it will only have one or two more battleships than the opponent. This will only happen if it is destroyed in a battle or due to other reasons for a long time.

If the country fights internally, it will lose control of the Indian Ocean, which will lead to a series of shocks.

Jericho is quite satisfied with the quality of his fleet's officers and men, but he has some criticisms about the construction of battleships. Historically speaking, after the British Empire fleet entered the era of forward-thinking, there were few truly top-notch battleships in terms of design.

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Everyone talks about how great the Sovereign class battleship is. The actual combat effectiveness of this thing is not as good as the American Indian Anna class battleship. They already have turret guns and secondary main guns. When it comes to the Dignity class, the British were on the first few Dignity class battleships.

Still using the patio cannon!

The so-called fear created an era. That is because it was relatively early and was surpassed by latecomers not long after. The subsequent 1909 type battleship did have a 343mm large-caliber main gun, but its own protection and underwater mine protection

But so bad

It's a complete mess. Do you know that audaciousness can be sunk by a thunder? The British Super Audacious was disabled by an old-fashioned mine with a charge of 180kg! A German battle cruiser, the Goeben, even hit two mines and returned alive.

How embarrassing is this for the British!

Although now due to some reasons, Jericho is trying his best to reverse this situation, and he started making preparations before the British army went on a rampage. However, in the face of the integrated shipbuilders and the huge British naval bureaucracy, Jericho

I still feel a little powerless. But after all, he is also an excellent naval commander in history. In addition, here

He has participated in many naval battles in this plane, and his understanding of the navy is more accurate than in history. He is fully aware that relying on the Royal Navy's numerical advantage to fight against the equally huge fleets of Germany, Italy, Austria, and Turkey is no longer enough.

Because the family is not small, and the British have to face the other party's breakup of diplomatic relations at sea. So changes are necessary.

Stationing a powerful squadron in the Mediterranean and India for a long time is a very dangerous behavior. The large fleet must always respond to the challenge of the German High Seas Fleet, and your fleet stationed in the Mediterranean will undoubtedly weaken the already small advantage. Another

The question is, how many warships will you send to the Mediterranean?

The new fleets of the Chinese and Italians are similar in size. After adding the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the other side can at least have about 4 more dreadnoughts. The British sent 4 ships but they were only equal in number. Maybe they sent 6 ships to fight.

It’s a tie. After all, the Italian warships’ combat power is obvious to all![

Then, there is the Indian Ocean. Jericho has already received the news that Turkey will order Dreadnought warships. At the same time, he also received the news that China will build new warships to compensate for its compensation to Germany. Combining these two news, Jericho predicts that in the Middle East, there will be

There are 3 to 4 dreadnoughts. Then the British will send no less than the opponent's number of battleships, and this is only a tie on paper. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose in a real fight! These two battles

If the British are responsible for all the battles, the British will have to send out at least 10 battleships and a large number of auxiliary warships. And even this may not be able to calm the scene! Once these fleets are transferred, I am afraid that the grand fleet will really

It can’t beat the High Seas Fleet! 10 capital ships and auxiliary fleets! This is already the entire wealth of a maritime power. The entire Italian navy combined may not have such a scale!

Well, although the British are allies, the Russian fleet is blocked in the two fish tanks of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. It can only ensure the safety of its coastline. It is impossible for the main fleet to take the initiative to attack. The Baltic Fleet comes out to find trouble for the German fleet.

If you are looking for death, you may not be able to escape even if you are in the harbor. As for the black

The naval fleet? They are all a group of old warships, and there is no future for them now. Although the dependent countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand have agreed to support the British Empire, in the end it is still doubtful how many warships will be available. Belgium focuses on the army.

, the Netherlands used to have some money, but now, the situation is worrying.

Therefore, Jericho needs to improve the overall strength of the fleet, and each warship must strive for excellence. If you can build a good ship with 2.2 million pounds, you must not build a bad one with 1.8 million pounds! The former can survive a battle,

The latter is very easy to lose. Under normal circumstances, the battle

Combat power and price are directly proportional. Secondly, the design of the main fleet must also shift from emphasizing speed and firepower to a balanced design, and the speed can even be reduced when necessary. The reason is very simple. The British do not necessarily have to destroy the German fleet in the North Sea.

, as long as it can be locked tightly.

In Jericho's vision, the future British battleships are divided into two types. The first is fast battleships with a speed of 25 to 26 knots. These battleships have firepower and protection that are no less than those of orthodox battleships and can reach altitudes of 3 knots to 26 knots.

With a speed of 4 knots, similar to the Longtai-class fast battleships in the Chinese fleet, they will become a reliable vanguard of the British fleet and can maneuver on the battlefield.

, cooperate with the main fleet to attack the opponent. The second type is the orthodox battleship, with thick armor and heavy firepower, and even protection requirements must be placed before firepower. The average speed is based on 22 knots. The first-class battleships currently being built by the British

It was based on the drawings provided by the Chinese Navy to the British at that time. Jericho was very satisfied with this orthodox battleship with 10 main guns arranged on the central axis.

As for the battlecruisers? If it weren’t for Sir Fisher’s request and the need to attack possible high-speed enemy ships in the Indian Ocean (such as light cruisers and fast battleships of Germany and Turkey), Jericho wouldn’t even want to think about it.

These battleships are incorporated into their own plans. They are too fragile. This kind of fragility

Maybe it's not that it explodes as soon as it's hit, but because the combat effectiveness drops too fast. Even if the safety of the core area can be ensured by strengthening the dome armor, the damage and water intrusion will still cause the battleship's combat effectiveness to decline. They do not have the ability to independently hunt.

The ability to kill German fast battleships can only be achieved when they are injured.

The only thing that currently satisfies Jericho is that Sir Fisher seems to have seen the problem of the "Perfect Cat". In the naval battle in the Far East, even the seven-provincial fast battleship with enhanced protection would still be hit by the opponent's superior firepower.

If it collapsed, let alone a battlecruiser that only focused on speed and firepower. The reason why the Longxu survived was because it

One's own side's absolute advantage and sufficiently thick dome armor. So facing the facts, Sir Fisher also believed that when one's own side did not have an absolute advantage, a simple thin-skinned battlecruiser was indeed too dangerous. And he also focused on the turrets.

Protection and fire prevention, after all, the turret is not called a gun magnet for nothing! Too many turrets have been hit in previous naval battles!

The so-called butterfly effect is that a small change in history may lead to huge changes in the world. Fisher is not a fool. If there are war examples, he will naturally learn from them. Jericho has experienced it in this plane.

Too many bloody battles and killings. So inadvertently, they have begun

It has subtly changed the history of the British warships cheating. If Xu Jie knew about this, would Xu Jie cry or laugh? He carefully considered how to strengthen the German fleet to consume the British fleet. He made many cheats.

, as a result, Britain, which is powerful, rich and capable, also began to cheat!

In addition to strengthening the design of battleships, Jericho also has a very important plan, which is to optimize fleet deployment and select a powerful fast fleet from the main fleet. The strength of this fleet is not only reflected in the main ships.

, there must also be an overwhelming advantage in light cruisers. This fleet has only one purpose, which is to conduct mobile operations on the mainland, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean through rapid maneuvers, and actively look for fighter planes to annihilate the opponent's capital ships. From a strategic point of view

It's a bit like mobile defense in the army.

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