Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I have only one request, which is also the request of His Excellency the Prime Minister, that is, to solve the Germanic fleet. It is absolutely impossible to let their fleet return to the Germanic Empire alive. Our three ‘Invincible-class’ battle cruisers cannot be lost in vain just like that! Sir John Fisher said through gritted teeth.

Although, as the original battle cruisers, the performance of the ‘Invincible-class’ battle cruisers was not very good.

However, there are not many battle cruisers in the Royal Navy of the Empire, and there are only three ‘Invincible Class’, three ‘Tireless Class’, three ‘Lion-class’, one ‘Tiger’, two ‘Prestige Class’, and three ‘Brave Class’ under construction.

Sir John Fisher is actively preparing to start construction of four ‘Admiral-class’ ships after receiving more funds from the cabinet. Even, the construction program of the G3-class battle cruisers was launched, and four super battle cruisers with 406 mm guns were built.

With the loss of three Invincible-class battlecruisers, only nine battlecruisers remain in service with the Royal Navy.

Although the number is still large, it does not meet the needs of the Royal Navy.

“Yes, Your Excellency, we will definitely complete this task!” Marshal William May looked firm.

Subsequently, Marshal William May, after consulting with Admiral Hedworth Moox, decided to send a larger fleet to encircle the fleet of the Germanic Imperial Navy in the Atlantic.

In order to deal with the battle cruiser with a 380mm gun, the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Imperial Empire will dispatch two ‘Prestige-class’ battle cruisers, plus the ‘Tiger’ battle cruiser. In addition, 5 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were drawn from the battleships. The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were capable of reaching a maximum speed of 24 knots and were classified as fast battleships. Although not comparable to battle cruisers, the gap is not very large.

In addition, more warships will be transferred from the cruiser side.

Among the armored cruisers, the Royal Navy will plan to dispatch two ‘Minotau class’, four ‘Warrior class’ and two ‘Duke of Edinburgh class’. These eight armored cruisers are all large armored cruisers with a displacement of more than 13,000 tons. Except for the heavy cruisers that were not as fast as the Germanic Imperial Navy, everything else was only strong, not weak.

Coupled with the speed advantage of the Royal Navy of the Germanic Empire, there is absolutely no problem in taking out the heavy cruisers of the Imperial German Navy.

For light cruisers, the Royal Navy dispatched more than fifteen ships.

Although the Royal Navy was short in building light cruisers, they had some of the most powerful shipbuilding capabilities in the world. During these years, a number of light cruisers were also built.

This allowed the Royal Navy to send a large number of warships into the Atlantic to encircle the Germanic Imperial Navy, strive to wipe out the Germanic Imperial Navy Task Force in the Atlantic, prevent them from returning to the mainland, and avenge the sinking of the three ‘Invincible-class’ battle cruisers.

On the side of the Germanic Empire, Emperor August also learned the results of the Battle of the Azores.

Being able to use the loss of one heavy cruiser to exchange three battle cruisers for a day without falling was also very satisfactory to August.

“Your Majesty, after destroying the three ‘Invincible-class’ battle cruisers of the Sun Never Sets, the task force has continued north. However, the sun will definitely not give up. Having lost a whole three capital ships, they will definitely use greater forces to blockade the North Sea and prevent the task force from returning! Marshal Count Tirpitz had a smile on his face. But again, there is some concern.

August nodded: “The task force did a very beautiful job this time. But in the same way, it is equivalent to hitting the face of the person who never sets. If the sun does not set, people will naturally not let them return safely. Otherwise, where will the face of the sun not set? ”

“Your Majesty, in this case, I am afraid that the task force will be in danger. According to the information we have received, the people of the sun are actively deploying warships, preparing to send more warships to the Atlantic Ocean to encircle and suppress the task force. Marshal von Boer also said.

August looked at the chart hanging on the wall, and then said: “No matter what, we must do our best to rescue the task force and let them return safely.” ”

Originally, the task force was sent to the Atlantic Ocean to rescue the Pacific Fleet.

Now, after the sinking of the heavy cruiser “Sagittarius”, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, only two light cruisers remained.

However, the task force was surrounded by the sun and fell into danger.

It was naturally impossible for the Germanic Imperial Navy to abandon the task force. Otherwise, the Germanic Imperial Navy would have suffered a heavy blow.

“The Navy liaised closely with the task force to discuss their repatriation. If necessary, the main fleet of the Imperial Navy can all be dispatched to go around the North Sea and attract the main fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy. Even, you can put on a posture to go to the mouth of the Thames River and attack the foggy capital. I don’t believe that under such circumstances, the sun does not set and people can still sit still? They will inevitably shrink with all their strength and mobilize the main forces to deal with us. At that time, the task force can take this opportunity to break through the blockade of the sun and enter the North Sea, and then enter the Baltic Sea through the Skagerrak Strait, and return to the mainland. August said.

Marshal Count Tirpitz and Marshal von Boer nodded one after another, as if agreeing with the plan.

“Your Majesty, we can try it. With the current strength of the Imperial Navy, if the nest is dispatched, the sun will not set and people will not dare to underestimate it. If they dare not mobilize the main forces to deal with us, we can seize this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on them, further narrow the gap in the number of capital ships on both sides, and strive for more favorable conditions for the complete defeat of the Sun Never Set people in the future! Marshal Count Tirpitz said.

“The specific plan, you can discuss it!” August said.

Subsequently, the Admiralty immediately discussed how to deal with the task force so that they had the opportunity to break through the blockade and return home safely.

After determining the plan, it immediately sent a telegram to the task force through the long-wave radio to get the task force to pay attention to cooperation.

In any case, it is obviously impossible for the Germanic Imperial Navy to abandon the task force, and it will definitely allow them to return to the empire mainland safely.