The Rise of the Empire

"In other words, if we do not consolidate the port, it is better for us to prepare a large number of camouflage assault ships than to use regular warships? Would it be better if we use high-speed cruise ships or other large high-speed ships to break the relationship?" William Asked the second generation.

   "Your Majesty, you are letting the heavily armored knight perform to fly over the wall." The prince thought for a while and said with a word that he thought was very tactful. The performance of a large cruise ship is indeed good, but the problem is that this thing is like a light cruiser. It is too eye-catching. Although it is not a battleship, it does not have the concealment of camouflaging an attack ship. Moreover, this thing has a fatal problem, that is, it is too wasteful of fuel. Up. The speed is very fast, but after a long voyage, you are not as fast as a regular light cruiser.

  For the assault ship, one month of sailing at sea is not considered a long voyage, and dozens of days or hundreds of days is nothing more than commonplace, so the endurance is more important than the speed at this time. Anyway, after the light cruiser was discovered, I couldn't run away... But in terms of endurance, take the assault ship Wolf as an example. If this cargo sails at an economic speed of 8 knots per hour, it will only consume 35 tons of coal a day. However, this cargo can load up to 6000 tons of coal. In theory, this ship The ship's range can reach 23,000 nautical miles! This endurance can be described by the word terror!

In fact, the sailing process of this ship is really amazing. The cargo departed from Kiel Port, after crossing the North Sea, then went all the way south to know Cape Town, then to Madagascar, and finally made a lap in India, even Mines were also laid in the Port of Mumbai!

  "But I personally feel that the camouflage assault ship is not as good as the submarine in terms of breaking the relationship. After all, the submarine can freely enter and exit the North Sea. It may be more difficult to camouflage the assault ship, and more people are needed." Admiral Boll thought for a while and said.

   "What you said is reasonable, but it is still a bit one-sided." His Highness thought for a while and said. "Compared to submarines, camouflage assault ships still have many advantages, especially in that they can do many things that submarines cannot do."

"First of all, the mine-laying capacity of the camouflaged assault ship is much higher than that of the submarine. A merchant ship of more than 5,000 tons can hold more than 400 mines. How many can a submarine carry? Second, the camouflage assault ship can also provide submarines. Supplies, such as fuel and food. Cooperate with submarines. Third, the camouflage assault ship can also serve as the eyes and ears of the submarine. The hidden identity and the high-power radio on the ship can indicate the target for the submarine. Of course, the biggest and most important benefit Yes, these camouflaged assault ships sailing at sea can contain a large number of British troops! Reduce the pressure on submarines." The prince said.

  Because the camouflage assault ship's voyage and continuous combat capability are too strong, no one will let these camouflage assault ships kill them at sea. Whether they can be caught is a question of ability, but failure to catch is a question of attitude. It is obviously a very energy-consuming task to find a raid ship that is no different from a merchant ship all over the world, and the decision to perform these tasks cannot be a destroyer, nor can it be an auxiliary cruiser with poor firepower. Otherwise, if you run into it, it's not always certain who will fight!

  For example, the Wolf has seven 150MM guns. This level of artillery is already at the same level as the light cruiser. It's really hard to get into the ordinary auxiliary cruisers and destroyers! Therefore, it is very possible that an assault ship involves a dozen or even dozens of ships scattered in the ocean, and if there is no United States, it is purely dependent on the British wanting to simultaneously suppress the German navy and the maritime transportation line. It’s a bit hard work to protect it. In fact, before the United States entered the war, the British sea transportation was really done by submarines to the death.

According to the prince’s plan, before the war, the German Navy would prepare two camouflage assault ships. The first type of camouflage assault ship is a simple civilian ship. This kind of thing is a consumable, needless to say, and the other is at the time of design. The quasi-camouflage assault ship has been strengthened. First of all, the speed of this ship will be relatively faster and the protection will be better. At least the power compartment and ammunition storage must be protected to a certain extent, and the artillery, mine or torpedo must be reserved for Can be quickly modified. Various equipment such as cranes and diesel tanks that can help other ships should also be installed.

  In wartime, this high-profile attack ship is a very versatile camouflage attack ship after adding weapons, fuel and various auxiliary equipment. It can be used to break the sea alone, provide supplies or instruct targets for submarines, and even cooperate with submarine operations, such as attacking auxiliary cruisers or destroyers escorting the transport fleet, clearing the way for submarine hunting. It is also possible to mine mines in some ports, or to pretend to be a neutral merchant ship and go to the other side’s unprotected civilian port to make a fuss.

   "Before the war, I hope that the number of our high-configuration preparatory raid ships can reach about 30, and before the war breaks out, it can be said that 5 to 6 raid ships are currently sent out." The prince concluded.

"We can even mount some old artillery directly on a camouflage ship and drive to the open sea when there is a threat of war~www.NovelMTL.com~ and then contact the ships that are performing civil voyages by radio, and directly serve these at sea. The ships are equipped with weapons and personnel are allocated. In this way, our broken ship can appear on the British sea transportation line in the first time!" His Royal Highness added.

  This is also a historical prototype. For example, the Prince William super cruise ship in World War I once received two 88MM guns and 290 shells and some light weapons from the light cruiser Karlsruhe and turned it into an assault ship. What is even more unexpected is that this temporarily improved camouflage assault ship also revived a search of the 8,529-ton Corentina near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and discovered that there were two 120MM guns on the back of the ship. It was a pity that there was no ammunition, and then the Germans put the two guns without ammunition on their ship.

  Finally, after 251 days in the ocean, the ship intercepted 15 ships, sank 14 ships, and ran to the United States with a total of 58,201 tons. Then was detained. It can be seen from this example that there is no problem with these cruise ships installing 120MM guns at sea. And it can indeed achieve a lot of results, as long as the luck is not particularly unlucky, at least you can pay back!

"Your idea is very good. Do it according to your plan. In addition, I have some things you can go back and see." The meeting went smoothly. At the end of the meeting, William II personally gave the prince a copy. Something surprised the prince.

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