"Your Excellency, Commander, the Navy Department has agreed to conduct a thorough investigation of all ammunition, and before finding a solution, the U.S. Navy will provide us with ammunition. Experts from the Ordnance Bureau said that the performance of American armor-piercing elastics is indeed good.

, the D explosive they used is very stable, and the fuze is much better than ours."

"The government has agreed to tilt the Royal Navy's fleet in terms of manpower and materials. All five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships will be completed before October. If we are lucky, there will be one Revenge-class battleship in service this year, and it will be in August next year at the latest.

By August, all five Revenge-class battleships will be completed and put into service, and a new battleship construction plan will also begin. We will build a new class of unparalleled fast battleships to completely overwhelm our opponents."

"Very good, Rear Admiral Harry. Now I want to know how long it will take for the entire fleet to complete maintenance, and what the performance of our new warships is." Jericho asked. Although he experienced another fiasco, but

This matter really has nothing to do with Jericho. The information was provided by the intelligence department.

Naturally, the omissions in intelligence should not be borne by the commander of the Grand Fleet. As for the battle? Jericho's command is understandable. His own shells just can't penetrate the opponent. This is something even God can't do. The only blame is those arms.

The producers! Jericho is fine, but Betty is not so lucky this time.

Even Churchill couldn't tolerate Betty's repeated defeats. At the last moment, Betty blocked the German fleet like a mantis, causing the British Navy to lose two more warships. This behavior is simply a crime in the eyes of some people!

Okay, these are just words on paper.

The guys may have forgotten the accusations against Thomas when he withdrew from the battle in the Battle of Malta. Many of the people who are now accusing Betty of rushing in are the same people who once accused Thomas of not pursuing the victory. But luckily among the misfortunes, Betty was sunk after all.

Two German battleships.

But according to reliable information, even so, Betty may be forced to resign as commander of the Grand Fleet's fast fleet and go to the Mediterranean. His replacement will be Thomas, who will soon take the fleet from the Indian Ocean around Africa and return to the Mediterranean! Betty will

Command 4 Overseas Leader-class battleships and the remaining French battleships to contain the Allied fleet in the Mediterranean. Thomas will command the fast fleet and work with his old boss to deal with the German High Seas Fleet!

The successive setbacks did not make the British Navy give up its ambition to win at sea. To be fair, all the mistakes had little to do with the Grand Fleet. The first was the intelligence errors of the intelligence system. They relied too much on the code book that fell from the sky and fell into the trap.

The German trap. Secondly, it is a matter of preparation. From the perspective of actual combat

Statistically speaking, the hit rate of the British and German navies is actually not bad. Otherwise, Jericho would not have severely damaged three Caesars simply with armor-piercing shells that were more like high-explosive bombs. The British navy still has as high morale as before.

They hope to take revenge in the next battle. What makes them even more encouraged is that new warships are about to arrive.

Not only the Queen-class battleship that withstood the test of the German fleet's guns in this naval battle, but also the Revenge-class battleship, which was slower but better protected. More importantly, the British had already started construction of the Admiral

-class battleships will also work overtime to continue their work. They are more powerful than the Queen -class battleships! (Of course, the speed is not as good.)

A fast battleship with eight 16-inch guns! Displacement is up to 34,000 tons! Maximum output power is 60,000 horsepower! Maximum speed is up to 24 knots! The armor belt is more than 4 meters high, and it also has 14-inch armor and turrets tilted at 18 degrees.

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The thickness of the surface armor and gun mount armor has also been increased to 16 inches. This time it was Xu Jie's miscalculation. Historically, countries have been very slow in developing 16-inch guns. On the one hand, it is because of the technical difficulty, and on the other hand,

Because there is no pressure

The first two countries to produce 16-inch guns, Japan and the United States, did not face the threat of war at first. Although Japan was an Allied power, except for undertaking escort missions and individual combat missions, it did not participate in the war at other times.

China and Europe were fighting life and death, while Japan was still developing and making money in Asia with peace of mind, so that Britain, France and Italy were all impoverished in the end. Japan still had the energy to start a shipbuilding competition, not just two Nagatos, but even

And Kaga and Amagi-class battlecruisers!

Another very important point is that because of the emergence of Xu Jie, the speed of technology research and development has been advanced to a certain extent. The British completed the development of the 15-inch gun very early. However, the development of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship was delayed due to the Bold incident.

The construction plan resulted in a delay in the installation time of the 15-inch gun, but

Artillery has been available for a long time, and the Americans have been equipped with 14-inch guns much earlier, so the development process of 16-inch guns has also been advanced. After this back and forth, the British seem to be equipping 16-inch 45l main guns on the Admiral-class battleships.

It’s really feasible! After all, it will take at least more than 2 years for the Admiral to enter service!

To say that there are some Italian factors involved in the start of the construction of the Admiral-class battleships. The British have always pursued absolute superiority, and when the Italians unexpectedly severely damaged the French, and the United States had no idea of ​​​​entering the war immediately, the British

People realize that in order to ensure absolute maritime superiority

Given the situation, 5 Queen-class fast battleships and 5 Revenge-class battleships may not be enough! So after some research, the British decided to start construction of 4 new and more powerful battleships that year (1914), and this was what later generations

The Admiral-class battleship was known as the most powerful battleship in World War I.

What is different from history is that the British who really felt the pressure did not continue to be funny like in history. If you look at the newly built battleships built by the British after completing the five Revenge-class battleships in history, they can be described as funny. Two

A prestigious battlecruiser with a displacement of up to 27,000 tons, equipped with 6 powerful 15-inch heavy guns, output

It has up to 112,000 horsepower and can run at a high speed of 30 knots! But the armor is only 6 inches! It is not as good as the Tiger Lion of the year. Of course, when it was put into service in September 1916, although the Battle of Jutland had already been fought, it was obvious that

There is no way to improve the armor. The mistake has been made and cannot be corrected even if we want to. Let us forgive this for the time being.

But what do you think of the two Brave light battlecruisers that were later put into service in 1917, with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons, equipped with four 15-inch guns, an output of 90,000 horsepower and a speed of 32 knots, but with only 50mm side string armor?

What? Is this the so-called front-dreadnought type equipped with a 15-inch gun?

Battleship? What’s even more frightening is that the British later Furious light battleship was actually equipped with two 18-inch 40l guns! Of course, it was later converted into an aircraft carrier. But generally speaking, these battleships can be used as cheating when they were first built.

Two words to describe it. These five battleships used a total displacement of 120,000 tons.

Historically, the British started construction of four Admiral-class battlecruisers in 1916, but by 1918, except for the Hood, the remaining three battleships were suspended. There was no money and no pressure.

For this reason, these terrifying sea monsters were stillborn. But this time, under tremendous pressure, the British decided not to be funny! In 1914, when several Queen Elizabeth-class battleships stepped off

Shortly after the slipway, several Admiral-class battleships began laying the keels. Although the British had to re-modify the original designs due to the lessons learned from many naval battles, because they started construction very early, these can be called the British Empire's

The most powerful sea monster will definitely be more powerful than in history, and will be completed earlier. (Of course, the speed will be more miserable. But the firepower and protection will stabilize the historical Hood.)

The Germans are already hesitating whether to spend the last bit of capital to save two more Bismarck-class battleships, and the British have no more energy to build new battleships after starting construction of four Admiral-class battleships! Here!

At that moment, the last remaining strength of the British was also suppressed. In addition to maintaining the completion of the Revenge-class battleships and the Admiral-class battleships, the British Navy's resources also needed to repair the damaged battleships.

The warships were repaired and improved. This time, all the warships of the British Grand Fleet were injured. The only difference was the severity of the injuries. The repair work of more than 20 battleships was a huge project, but fortunately the Germans also

The same is true! Before 1916, the British and German navies were no longer able to continue fighting to the death. The British needed to wait for battleships and artillery shells, and the Germans also needed to wait.

While Jericho was working desperately to restore the Grand Fleet, his old subordinate and old friend Thomas was preparing to move. The second-rate British army guarding Egypt was ultimately unable to stop the influx of Allied forces.

Finally decided to surrender in Alexandria after paying a heavy price.

!At this point, the entire Egypt was brought under the control of the Allies, the Suez Canal was opened, and the Italian-Austrian fleet, which had been doing nothing since it severely damaged the French fleet, finally moved south under the command of Tycho, and their goal was

British Indian Ocean Fleet stationed in Bombay Port.

Faced with a gap of nearly three to one, Thomas didn't even have the chance to fight, so it was his last choice to pack up and move out of the Indian Ocean, cross the Atlantic through the Horn of Africa, and enter the Mediterranean Sea. There he would fight with the remaining French fleet.

The Allied navies ensured the security of the Western Mediterranean. And the Germans finally got the passage they dreamed of, a passage connecting Germany and China. So far, no force from the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia can block the connection between the two.

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