The Rise of the Empire

"Great! This is the most perfect warship, let the big and injustice die! This is a perfect warship, even better than my reputation! The Royal Navy should be equipped with such a warship! With such a The Royal Navy’s cruisers and battleships can all be replaced!” While Jericho was commenting on the Mainz-class armored cruiser in the North Sea, Sir Fisher, the commander of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet, was very excited, because he Finally found an ideal armored cruiser! \u003c/p\u003eFisher can be regarded as an outlier in the Royal Navy. He is full of energy, dares to challenge the old system, and is full of pioneering spirit and new thinking. This kind of officer is either suppressed in the Royal Navy system, or must Will make a career out of it. Fortunately, Sir Fisher belongs to the latter! And now he is already the commander of the most powerful squadron in the Royal Navy. If there is no accident, he will be promoted again to serve as the leader of the Admiralty! And this is undoubtedly an opportunity to realize his ambition! \u003c/p\u003eFischer doesn't like battleships such as monarchy and dignity, he has his own ideas. "I don't think anyone in this world can challenge the Royal Navy's battleship formation head-on, and even the two naval powers can't take advantage of the Imperial battleship formation! Our battleship formation is enough. And the Empire What the navy lacks is the protection of sea transportation lines and the ability to strike the opponent's cruisers!"\u003c/p\u003e"The Royal Navy will rarely face large-scale fleet battles in the future. On the one hand, because battleship formations rely heavily on ports and logistics, the only one that can build a naval military system around the world is the Royal Navy. For other countries, let alone whether their battleship formations can defeat the Royal Navy. Projecting it to a distant place is a very difficult operation! Because they lack the support of the base! A fleet that cannot win in the ocean, even if it is strong, is it useful?"\u003c/p\u003e"The thing that really deserves the attention of the Royal Navy is actually It is those cruisers. Although the Royal Navy is strong, it needs to protect the sea transportation lines around the world. Once the huge fleet is divided into the vast sea area, it becomes very limited! The opponent's cruiser can find loopholes, and it must be pointed out that, In order to encircle an attack ship, we often have to use as many as several times the force! This time our force advantage is greatly weakened, and even has an impact on the entire battle situation."\u003c/p\u003e Fisher has a set of views on his own A very complete theoretical system, he carefully analyzed the history, and keenly felt the possible risks of the Royal Navy based on the wars that have occurred in recent years. When he learned that the first-generation armored cruiser Mainz was killing people in the Far East, he predicted that this brand-new cruiser would have a profound impact on naval warfare, and he even radically proposed to suspend all British cruisers. The cruiser being built now is starting to build a new type of warship that can rival Mainz! \u003c/p\u003eHowever, the Admiralty at the time did not take Fisher's remarks too seriously. Old-style cruisers were still being built, but in order to balance the influence of Germany's garrison in the Far East, two Centurion-class second-class battleships were deployed. To the Far East, and Fisher's Mediterranean fleet also obtained the follow-up model of the Centurion-class second-class battleship-the prestige-class second-class battleship, and obtained this ship with a speed of 20 knots, equipped with four 10-inch guns and a large number of 6-inch guns. Inch gun battleship, overjoyed Sir Fisher directly made it his flagship! \u003c/p\u003eFischer's prediction was fulfilled again not long after. In the US-Japanese War that just ended last year, the Japanese fleet took only half a day to destroy the huge US-Russia joint war with four super armored cruisers ordered from Germany. The fleet is sent to the bottom of the Sulu Sea! This powerful existence, which is as fast as a cruiser and has even more firepower than a battleship, not only shocked the Americans,

It made the British see the imminent threat! And Fisher once explained the threat facing the Royal Navy very vividly:\u003c/p\u003e "It is powerful, it is agile, it is everywhere, and you cannot catch it, and you must always beware of being bitten by the other party! This is It's like the feeling of the old European knights facing the Mongolian cavalry! The performance advantage of a single ship has been transformed into a strategic advantage, and the Imperial Navy is not ready to deal with it!"\u003c/p\u003e"And this nightmare existence is still rapidly Expanding, the Germans have begun to build new armored cruisers, and Russia has obtained more powerful warships from Germany. I can't help but ask our navy, where are our super cruisers?"\u003c/p\u003e Even Fisher In private, I asked the ship designer I made friends with about related matters in my personal capacity, and proposed the idea of ​​designing a more powerful armored cruiser with reference to the warships of the German Navy. The Germans installed 8 10-inch guns on the Mainz-class armored cruiser, and Fisher planned to install 12 in his plan! (In history, there is a more terrifying plan than this plan, planning to install 16 234mm guns!)\u003c/p\u003e But this time, the performance of the German fleet in the English Channel made the British lose a little face, and stimulated by various aspects The Lower Brits are finally starting to decide for a change. The British began to use various channels to collect relevant intelligence, and began to issue notices to major domestic shipyards and ship design bureaus. \u003c/p\u003e"The coming of the Germans this time is a great opportunity for us! We can observe this class of warships by ourselves. I am now looking forward to the visit of the Germans. The Royal Navy's warships have fallen behind It is the time, and we should learn from the pioneers when necessary!" Fisher wrote in his diary. \u003c/p\u003eThe details of the German visit to the island of Malta were quickly sent to Fisher by telegram. This time, it may be to ease the relationship between the two parties. Both were excluded, with only two armored cruisers visiting. But this doesn't affect Fisher's nature, because he doesn't have much cold for those big guys! \u003c/p\u003e"His Royal Highness, this time we have exposed our most elite warships to our opponents. Some design ideas and ideas cannot be hidden at all. I am worried that our technological advantages will be obliterated soon." In recent days , Bohr, Hipper and other naval officers told the prince more than once about their worries. \u003c/p\u003e"The performance of a battleship is not only external. If you only see a layout and think you know everything about a battleship, then you can only say that you are too superficial." The prince smiled slightly and pointed at Main Said the twin-mounted main guns of the Cici. "This kind of similar thinking has appeared a long time ago. The main firepower of warships relies on main guns instead of relying on medium-caliber rapid-fire guns to burn the deck. Cannon. We just took a step ahead of time. The British are not fools or blind, and they will take this step sooner or later."\u003c/p\u003eThe third update is ~~~, please subscribe and support~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e