"Could it be an information leak?" Colonel Wolfgang Wei Gena, the deputy captain of the Helgolan-class battleship, has been transferred to try to ease the atmosphere, which completely detonated the anger of the old school.
"Germany is the most United nation in the world, and it is impossible for national intelligence to leak out from the Admiralty!"
Ingenohl and Hertzendorf resigned honorably and shouldered the responsibility for the naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel. All those responsible were Heidi Selim. The imaginative raid was instigated by the commander-in-chief of the ocean fleet and the chief of staff of the navy, and the naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel broke out in the middle of the night. It was a plot by the big fleet to ambush and strangle the German fleet, but I didn’t know that it was the tip of the iceberg.
George von Mueller, the minister of the Navy Cabinet, couldn’t wait to jump to the front desk, waving a big stick and spitting, as if others didn’t see the emperor’s ambition to flatter the clown and try to interfere in the operation of the ocean fleet.
"What’s more important is that all the actions of the ocean fleet have not been reported to the military headquarters, and what about leaking information to raid the fleet position and return route? !”
The quarrel became more fierce, and almost overturned the roof of the old and dilapidated conference room of the naval headquarters.
The Germanic nation can be described as the strangest nation in the world. In the long history of this nation, a group of talented philosophers have emerged, such as classical idealist Kant, friend or foe Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche, the "pessimist philosopher" Shuhua, and materialist Ludwig Elbach. However, the Germans are also the most extreme people in the world, for example, fighting against world madness three times with their own strength.
As General Muller said, the insiders of the Dogel Shazhou ambush plan include Ingenohl, Commander-in-Chief of the Ocean Fleet, Hertzendorf, Chief of Staff of the Navy, Lei Deer, Commander of the Third Battleship Fleet, Scheer, Commander of the First Reconnaissance Fleet, and Wang Haiti, the campaign initiator. Wolfgang-Wei Gena These few people even the imperial emperor and the new navy minister don’t know that it is almost impossible for the magical navy to leak information. It is almost impossible for Wang Haidi to lead the fleet to attack for the first time. Before the flaw of Dogel Shoal is sold, David Betty’s first world war patrol fleet has arrived, which is four or five hours faster than the reinforcements of the ocean fleet. What is this not a password leak?
Wang Haidi also heard a little about the German dual national character in his previous life, hoping that a group of high-ranking naval officers who turned a blind eye to the facts and stubbornly believed in German national cohesion and superb science and technology finally saw it.
"Gentlemen, it’s really safe to think about information leakage, but maybe we shouldn’t be so confident about passwords!" After a bloody battle, Wang Haidi exudes a bloodthirsty smell, and her cold eyes are full of the smell of war and death. "The complexity of German passwords is indeed world-wide, but if people make up passwords, there is always the possibility of deciphering them. Naval commander, we are responsible for the ocean fleet and the empire. We should not sever our arms and deny that it is even worse …"
Wang Haidi deliberately dragged a long tone and looked at those who were blushing and eager to prepare for the otaku’s voice. Just after the words fell, he jumped out to refute the conspirators and told a rock-breaking news.
"What’s worse, with the U-15 submarine being directly sunk near the British coastline, the naval code carried by the submarine communication officer has been leaked! Maybe the generals will think I’m joking with Don Quixote, but the investigation by Captain Otto Weddigen and the U-9 submarine confirmed my guess that the U-15 submarine is quite intact, but there are obvious cutting marks on the bow. The captain’s log book, telegraph and communication officer’s hand code are missing. "
In the psychology elective course of Wang Haidi’s previous life, there was a similar reasoning problem, the prototype of which came from the Madegborg incident. When planning the action plan of ambush in Dogel sandbar, Wang Haidi was very sensitive to the smell of death. After repeatedly confirming that the Madegborg had not sunk, the otaku was barely relieved. On November 14th, when the surprise fleet was attacked by captain Otto Weddigen of U-9, the otaku realized that the Madegborg incident had changed its time and place, and the U-15 submarine repeated itself.
History is always full of too many incredible butterfly effects. It is unpredictable to predict the future, and the golden finger can’t win the most.
"Lieutenant General, do you have any suggestions?" The fact that the password was leaked made the large conference room fall into a dead silence. Did the British cryptographer reach the same depth? How much information has been leaked by the navy during this period? Can it be recovered? Everyone gasped and meditated for a long time, as the old monk sat down and Bohr, the chief of staff of the new navy, spoke.
"The first organization linguists and code experts to change the password; The second is to conduct a thorough investigation of the recent top secret reports and carry out tactical deception one by one; The third naval intelligence service organized elite forces to find out the British people’s mastery of passwords and strengthen the decipherers of British passwords; Fourth, as far as possible, avoid the tip to deliver the message through cable … "Wang Haidi looked ferocious.
"Try to avoid the tip?" The otaku’s aggressive attitude almost made Taiwan’s Lei Deer school laugh and minimize the tip-offs. This almost made the young people control the ocean fleet and tailor it. The mystery is incomprehensible.
The second gun Chapter 9 Swing left and right and swing youth (3)
Chapter 9 Shake your youth left and right (3)
On November 1, 1914, the naval conference held by the Berlin naval headquarters was also called "the 1914 turning point conference" by historians. This conference had a far-reaching impact on the ocean fleet and the sea situation in World War I. A group of talented and courageous young people stepped onto the stage, and the strategic objectives and armament development of the ocean fleet were clearly planned for the first time. The talented Heidi-Selim conference continuously produced three elements of geography, resources and strategy and tactics that were more concise than Mahan Sea Theory.
From the end of 1914 to the beginning of 1915, Heidi Selim successively published three papers, Breaking the Long-range Blockade, Resource War and Fleet in the Age of Fear of Ships, according to the three elements of the sea. Wolfgang Wei Gena, another genius of the German Navy, wrote Thinking about the situation in China’s sea in June-June 1915 and Can we improve the present situation? After the war, the three articles "Naval Base Policy Fleet" were revised into "Naval Strategy in World War II" and became the necessary teaching materials for naval military schools in various countries.
Although British spies reported vague information about the "1914 Turning Point Meeting" to the British Admiralty, Winston Churchill and William R-Hall (nicknamed the "signal light" by the British Naval Intelligence Minister) were also wary. It can be said that neither Churchill nor the "signal light" could have predicted the impact of the "1914 Turning Point Meeting" on the naval situation, which would be manifested in the naval battles in Jutland in 1915 and Orkney Islands in 1917. "
-Excerpt from "Ocean Fleet in World War I" Reinhard Schell
After an hour-long dispute and compromise, the conservative and stubborn admiralty reached a consensus on password leakage, changed passwords as much as possible, learned as much as possible about the British progress in deciphering German passwords, carried out targeted strategic deception, increased interception and deciphering of British newspapers, and tried to avoid informants.
Wang Haidi repeatedly asked for line directional ranging technology and the problem of contacting low-power Taiwan ships with warships was also on the agenda.
"In 1913, due to the huge expansion of the army and the extreme lack of manpower and resources in the preparation plan, the construction of four Bavarian-class battleships originally scheduled for 1913 had to be postponed until 1914. In 1914, the navy obtained 4.7 billion marks, which was enough to start two main ships after mobilizing the reserve fleet and preparing for the war and refitting the German patrol."
Born in Brawles, Silesia Province, the chief of staff of the new navy swept his eyes and couldn’t lift a ripple in his old face.
"Thanks to the brilliant victories of the Helgolan Bay naval battle and the Shazhou naval battle in Dogel, the Admiralty can confidently ask the military command for more resources. The emperor also privately promised me that the navy will get five capital ships a year. It is worth considering whether the ocean fleet needs more Jutland-type patrol ships or Bavarian-class super-fear ships?"
On November 17th, across the North Sea, the British announced in a high-profile manner that the modification of the Iron Duke and the Battleship Huntington had been completed before the construction (the Iron Duke temporarily terminated the power modification project), and the Irish Battleship and the Aegean Sea were modified accordingly. The indomitable and indomitable patrol returned to the big fleet, with 21 battleships and 6 patrol ships (the British included the enemy). At this time, the ocean fleet had 15 main battleships and 4 patrol ships at a disadvantage.
Faced with the double pressure of the Royal Navy and Emperor William, Hugo von Bohr will bring enough sleeping pills. From the very beginning, he will sacrifice the banner of "Fleet" and cancel the ambitious combat cruise of the ocean fleet. However, he controls the general staff of the Navy and has battle planning. Bohr is a sailor after all. He does not object to adding fuel to the fleet.
In 19 years, Congress passed the First Naval Expansion Act. Historians regarded this symbol as a German-British naval arms race, and rendered the competition for more than ten years as two countries comparable to white knights fighting with great elegance.
In fact, the German-British naval arms race is not at the same starting line between the two navies. The British pocket army has always played a role, and the Royal Navy can exploit% of the army without fear. On the other hand, the old enemy of the ocean fleet, the German army, made the development of the ocean fleet, which was nicknamed "the emperor’s toy", difficult. In 1914, the budget of the German army was 44.2 billion US dollars, while the navy had a pitiful 11.2 billion US dollars.
Although the young German Empire and its emperor waved swords and naval flags to claim the sunshine territory from the ocean, the national gap army between the marine nation and the mainland was exposed here.
In fiscal year 1999-19, the German navy was only 31.91 million US dollars, France 5.67 million US dollars, the United States 57.41 million US dollars, Russia 44.97 million US dollars and Britain 11.9 billion US dollars. In fiscal year 1995-1996, the German navy was 56.16 million US dollars, and the British navy was 29 times that of Germany. In fiscal year 1913-1914, the budget of the British navy was 23.7 billion US dollars.
This is only the gap between naval forces and naval equipment. In 1997-1914, the allocation for German naval equipment construction was only equivalent to 4% of that of the British navy in the same period. The German naval forces could support the ocean fleet and build four capital ships every year or every two years, while the British were terrible. Seven!
However, the embarrassed army failed to defeat this ignorant mainland nation, Erpitz, and his ocean fleet tried their best to be so pitiful. After establishing the world’s second largest ocean fleet, the number of main fleets with no quality advantage exceeded 70% of that of Britain.
"Seven capital ships?" After the parliament handed over all the profits to the army, the imperial emperor and the high military command became the resource dominators. The high military command always insisted on giving priority to the army, and the occasional favor of the high command flattered some people in the place. You must know that the Admiralty has never been so rich as this year to hold the quota of seven capital ships.
The shortage of the navy has a long history, and the flagship of the first reconnaissance fleet, Cedritz, is the product of the shrinking army! In November 1999, Parliament reluctantly agreed to add a Caesar-class battleship, frederick the great, with an allocation of 4.54 million marks. The navy was determined to add the flagship equipment to the flagship of the frederick the great Ocean Fleet, and the funding gap was as high as 110,000 marks. It can be seen that the navy could shrink the Mao Qi-class battleship No.3 if it cried that the parliament was indifferent.
"There are already three Devlinger-class patrol ships in the patrol fleet. Maybe we should build the ultimate battleship more powerful than Bavaria!" Lieutenant General Franz auve, Commander of the Second Battleship Sub-fleet, made a decisive statement.
According to the star information of the Naval Intelligence Service, the British made a large-scale shipbuilding plan stimulated by the news that the king-class battleship Shui and Bavarian-class battleship Jia started construction. Five queen Elizabeth-class battleships and more than seven revenge-class battleships appeared in the dry dock one after another. These new battleships are equipped with "14-inch main guns", and the waterline has main armor and turret armor over 12 inches, especially the queen Elizabeth-class battleships. The design speed may be almost equal in general.
Of course, the information of the German naval intelligence service is not accurate. Five revenge-class (R-class) battleships have been built, and more than three ships are planned to temporarily change the design speed. The standard displacement is 33,725 tons, and the main armor of the turret is 1 inch, equipped with a 15-inch main gun, while the "14-inch" main gun is just a smoke bomb thrown out by the British to maintain their caliber advantage. These cutting-edge warships are all equipped with terrible 15-inch (31 mm) main guns.
Even smoke bombs have exerted unparalleled pressure on the Germans, not only because of the speed of British man-made ships, but also because of the design concept of Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships. Lieutenant General Mawei, a German navy man, can’t wait to see that the ocean fleet has more Bavarian-class super-feared ships. Of course, Lieutenant General Mawei also has selfishness. His second battleship sub-fleet is all pre-feared ships. If those seven super-feared ships are built, it is obvious that the second battleship sub-fleet can’t escape.
"The naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel has proved that the value of battle cruiser is worse. After that, the 35 mm waterline and turret main armor of Cedritz patrol surpassed that of British iron duke class’s 12-inch main armor, and the 35-caliber main gun was not inferior to that of British Queen Elizabeth battleship’s 14-inch (357 mm) main gun!" Flantz von hippel, who is known as the deputy commander of the ocean fleet and recognized as the best tactic of the ocean fleet, will say coldly, "What about even the fast battleship? The defense and firepower of the Cedritz patrol may not be inferior to that of Queen Elizabeth, and the battleship can run faster than the patrol?"
Since the Seidlitz, the German patrol has been wearing the same level of hull defense armor as the battleship. These patrols are also collectively referred to as the post-Cedritz patrol. In naval history, the Queen Elizabeth battleship is usually the world’s first-class fast battleship. However, many people hold the opposite view, because the German Cedritz patrol is no less than the so-called fast battleship in Britain and the United States except for the number of main guns, caliber and endurance.
"General, what do you suggest?" Hugo von Bohr will take a slightly surprised look at the matter-of-fact, hippel asked
"Accelerate the progress of mackensen-class war patrol design. The more mackensen the navy needs, the better!" Hippel milli out of water light way
"The cost of the Devlinger class patrol is 560,000 marks, and the Bavarian class equipped with 3 main guns is only 50,000 marks!" Lieutenant General Franz Mavi almost didn’t jump up and lift the table and sulked, "Is it 60,000 marks or 650,000 marks in mackensen? If equipped with mackensen, I’m afraid we can afford six Bavarian-class ships with good quality and low price. We can equip seven ships with a light cruiser! Hippel, you are the biggest wave of scarce resources in Germany! "
The meeting room is noisy. Most people think that enough and powerful ships are the symbol of the sea, while the patrol deviates from orthodoxy. However, there are not a few people who support the construction of mackensen class. Because of the strong shipbuilding strength, it is impossible for the British to outnumber the capital ships.
At this time, the commander-in-chief of the ocean fleet, Reinhard Schell, who has been silent, will speak.
"In 1997, the strategic genius of the German navy first loaded the concept of heavy artillery and the concept of perfect cruiser in the paper, so we were unfair. In 1914, the strategic genius revised the paper on the asymmetric warfare of the battleship era, and it was very gratifying to build a fast battleship with both fear of ships and patrol. Since all this can’t escape, why not refer to his opinion?
The second gun Chapter 9 Swing left and right youth (4)
Chapter 9 Shake your youth left and right (4)
"Shuang Jie-Wolfgang-Wei Gena, who went through the Jutland war to refine the German naval strategy, wrote" Thinking about the situation in China’s sea "and" Can we improve the status quo? " "and" naval base policy fleet ".
Forty-year-old Wei Gena pointed out that the Helgolan Bay base has no tactical value based on the naval situation of Germany and Britain after the Jutland naval battle. Germany should attack the British transport lines and coastline with light ships, and then quickly occupy Shetland or Orkney Islands with the backbone of battle cruiser troops, thus breaking the chance of Britain blocking the German fleet once and for all. Finally, Germany chose a favorable sea area for the big fleet to fight.
Throughout the First World War, the high-level officials of the ocean fleet did not evaluate the strategy of Shuang Jie-Wei Gena as much as Heidi Selim, not only because paradoxes can be seen everywhere in Wei Gena’s papers, but also because his papers were born out of the hearty Jutland naval battle. Undoubtedly, without Heidi Selim’s "1914 turning point meeting", there would be no strongest voice in the era of big ships and huge guns in 1915 and three controversial papers by Wei Gena.
-"Heidi Selim and Wolfgang Wei Gena in the Age of Late-arrival of Hermes and Fear of Ships"
All eyes are focused on Wang Haidi, who is dismissive, who is on the sidelines, and more people are expecting German strategic genius to see what world he has created by blocking the base and penetrating into it!
Wearing a military cap and covering her head with bandages, accompanied by hippel and Scheer’s inspiring eyes, Haidi took a deep breath and walked away from the podium