"General, Betty's opinion has been rejected. In the fleet, Sir Fisher has become completely alone." Thomas looked at Jericho and said excitedly. Jericho is finally going to take action, and this action will directly determine the British

The future of the Royal Navy is heading towards a new

Glory or destruction, it all depends on the actions in the next few weeks! Of course, the risk of this action is still very high. If you are not careful, the future of Jericho and Thomas's series will be completely ruined, not only leaving

If you have problems with the navy, you might even be sent to jail!

"Wait a minute." Jericho took a deep breath and said. He handed a document to Thomas and motioned for him to read the contents. Thomas noticed that Jericho's hands were shaking.

"General? Are you afraid?" Thomas's eyes showed a hint of sharpness. He felt Jericho's hesitation. Jericho had never been worried or fearful even during the most difficult period of the Spanish-American War, but now, Jericho

Coe was scared. "Sir Fisher has gone too far down the road in the wrong area and we have built

We have lost 7 battleships and 3 battlecruisers. Their performance is too backward and their defense is simply straight-up. We must change everything. Maybe some innocent people will die, but we are here to save more people.

People, if we give up today, more people will die during the war!"

"This is a very bad precedent. And it will lead to extremely serious chain reactions. Whether we succeed or not, it will cause extremely serious consequences across the country. Even if we succeed, it is not just Fisher who will fall."

All departments and factories related to the field of warship production will be thoroughly reviewed, which may even lead to a complete halt of the warship production plan." Jericho looked at his favorite generals and said.

"So, I want to give Fisher another chance. If he can accept my plan, then everything can be undone." Jericho paused and continued. "Fisher said that the quantity must be guaranteed first.

advantage, now we have a numerical advantage over the German fleet, if he is willing to

I will refer to the words of the Australia in the next phase of the construction plan. I think everyone can still live in peace with each other." Looking at Thomas who was eager to speak, Jericho made a move that I had already made up his mind, and then left the office. And what followed?

An attendant packed the document and sent it out.

Deep down in his heart, Jericho still didn't want to execute the plan he had been preparing for several years. For this plan, he contacted front-line officers as much as possible. He took the trouble to talk about his theories and experiences so that he could be influenced by the voices of front-line officers.

High-level decisions. And today, even Betty thinks Fisher's opinion is wrong. Most officers have more or less complaints and dissatisfaction with the construction plan led by Fisher. And today, this

Dissatisfaction has reached its peak

, as Fisher dismissed Betty's summary, the generals of the British Empire's squadrons would at least not support Fisher. In other words, once something goes wrong, the fleet commander should not make any mistakes. Although Jerry

Jericho believed that his plan was absolutely certain, and once successful, he would immediately ascend to the throne of the Commander of the Grand Fleet. But Jericho really didn't want to use such a drastic method to resolve the dispute within the Royal Navy. This was a bomb. I don't know.

How much damage will it cause!

"Lieutenant General Jericho, maybe from a purely military point of view, what you said is indeed correct. But we cannot only consider military issues. The government's military spending is limited. If we improve the performance of the warships, the cost will also increase.

, as battleships become larger and larger, profit margins are sharply compressed,

A large number of shipyards may not be able to accept such orders in the later period. This will be a fatal blow to our naval construction. The British Empire has a lot of production capacity, but if this production capacity cannot be converted into combat power, everything will be out of the question.

"Fisher rejected Jericho's request in his reply.

There is a huge interest group behind Fisher, which is composed of officers of the Navy, factory owners and major shipyards. When formulating policies, in addition to considering the needs of the navy, they also need to consider these interest groups.

Economic benefits. If a battleship costs 2.1 million pounds, 7 factories can share it. If the cost soars due to performance improvements and procurement funds are not sufficient, then there may be only

4 shipyards can build, while the remaining 3 will be eliminated. This is a situation that this interest group does not want to see! This kind of thing is a convention, and any country has unspoken rules. The United Kingdom is no exception, and the United Kingdom

In fact, problems with artillery shells were already discovered during the Jutland period, but the new green hat armor-piercing projectiles were not put into service until 18 years. This absolutely cannot be described in terms of technology, even if you refer to the American m1916 armor-piercing projectiles!

When Jericho received Fisher's reply, he did not get angry as people imagined. Instead, he threw the letter aside lightly. "The fleet will be performing in the North Sea next month.

Sir Fisher, I really hope I'm wrong." Jericho said to himself.

"How are the preparations going?" Jericho asked Thomas next to him.

"It should be no problem. During the anti-lightning strike exercise, we tampered with all the torpedoes used by the torpedo boats. At least 10 of them would have an 80% chance of exploding when they collided with the hull. But don't worry, these

The torpedoes are all old goods produced in 1900. They are the first generation of thermal-powered torpedoes, and the charge capacity is only 140 pounds. Why are the new torpedoes simply incomparable?

Compared with the Dreadnought, the lethality is very limited. According to the analysis of the technical staff, even one such torpedo in our first Dreadnought will not cause any harm. We conducted a simulated blast test before building the Dreadnought. Even if it is hit by a mine,

, the warship also has a 70% probability of being able to withdraw at a speed of 18 knots. And we will only arrange three of these 10 torpedoes on the first day of operation."

"How to deal with the aftermath?" Jericho asked expressionlessly.

"It doesn't matter what the aftermath is. None of our torpedoes have fuses installed on them. However, the charge inside is picric acid explosive, which is extremely unstable and may explode after a violent impact. Moreover, we have made some tricks inside, and in the end we can only boil it down.

Torpedoes charged with picric acid are not stable. That's all."

"It won't cause any serious consequences? Which ship did you choose?" Jericho asked.

"Bold, this is the first-stage Fisher-type super-dreadnought, although its TDS width is only 3 meters. The final result may be heavy damage, but other problems will not be too big. The Dreadnought can return at a speed of 18 knots

, even if the TDS width of the Audacity is only two-thirds of that of the Intrepid, is it not a big problem to return at a speed of 12 knots?" Thomas also said in the end

I'm not sure. After all, I'm not a professional naval technician. My understanding of how much damage a torpedo can do comes entirely from naval experiments and battle reports provided by the Chinese Navy. According to the Chinese Navy, even seven provinces can withstand such an equivalent force.

The torpedoes are at least guaranteed to be unsinkable. This 22,000-ton super-dreadnought shouldn’t be a big problem.

"It's really ridiculous. In order to correct the mistakes of the Navy, we actually have to use our own torpedoes to test the defensive performance of the battleship." Jericho finally said with a bitter smile. What Jericho was most dissatisfied with Fisher was the excessive underwater protection of the battleship.

Contempt, with the development of science and technology, fish

The range and speed of mines are increasing faster and faster, and various mines are getting bigger and bigger. In the narrow North Sea, in addition to facing German heavy artillery, the British fleet also has to consider the opponent's lightning strike formation and possible submarines.

Offensive mine laying. Of course, there is also the threat of water bombs.

The underwater protection part of the dreadnought that Fisher decided to build was almost a tragedy among tragedies. The first problem was that the depth was not enough, with the widest part being only about 3 meters. Secondly, there were no subdivided compartments, and the mine protection wall was not in Fisher's position.

It seems too thin, only 20mm! The Dauntless has 50mm of highly elastic steel. In addition, the longitudinal partitions of the compartment are also suspected of being insufficiently strong.

.And the width of the outer empty bunker is too small, while the inner layer is a coal bunker. If the coal bunker is full, it can still block water. If the coal bunker is empty, it will be a two-layer empty bunker! And although the Intrepid is also a kerosene mixed-fired boiler

, but the coal bunker is at the upper part of the waterline, and the lower part is loaded with heavy oil and is a liquid tank. At least the opening reserved for taking out fuel should be smaller. In other words, it is relatively easy to control water ingress.

According to the plan of Jericho and Thomas, an "accident" will occur during this exercise. An old and poorly maintained torpedo will explode after "hitting" the battleship, causing the death of a British Empire ship.

The brand-new "super-dreadnought" ship was seriously damaged, and then Jericho could use this as an excuse to distrust the Navy's warship construction. With the publicity of some media, this incident will be amplified, and eventually

Use pressure from all sides to change the established policy of the Navy Department.

This plan seems very crazy. But in Jericho's view, it is still very necessary to use a strong stimulus to change the current bad situation. At least damaging a battleship in peacetime is much better than sinking a battleship in wartime! And!

Jericho thought he was very measured. How powerful could an old-fashioned torpedo with a charge of only 140 pounds be?

Threat? According to the data analysis provided by the Chinese Navy, such a torpedo will only cause local flooding of the Longxing class. If it hits the widest part of the underwater defense, it will cause no more than 8 damage to this giant ship at most.

A degree of inclination, plus nearly a few hundred tons of water. The problem will not be too big. Even continuing to carry out limited combat will not be a big problem.

"May God bless the British Empire." Finally, Jericho said this pun. On the one hand, he hoped that his plan would succeed, and on the other hand, he hoped that this "problem" torpedo would not cause any harm to the Bold.

It’s not a big impact, after all, it’s more than 200 people

If the problem of a new type of warship built with 10,000 pounds is really big, the navy will lose just one warship, and the British Empire cannot afford to lose face! In Jericho's opinion, the deterrent effect of the British Empire's grand fleet is greater than its actual strength.

If it's bigger, it'll be too bad if you can't intimidate it!
Chapter completed!