Chapter 829： Military Insurance

"If we catch up with our brains, we can be sure that our mission may fail 80% of the time! What we want is not to defeat the opponent, nor to drive them away. We need to completely destroy the two warships! It is a malignant tumor on the blood vessels of the British Empire. If it exists for a second, it will cause great damage to the empire! And in order to cut off this malignant tumor, we need to pay some price and take some risks." Looking at the captain and the squadron sitting next to him commander. Thomas took a deep breath, and finally said this controversial plan for later generations.

"So, I decided to divide the troops and intercept the German fleet!" Thomas finished speaking and glanced at the people around him, watching their reactions.

"This plan is a bit risky. If we are the first encounter between the two Queen-class battleships and their opponents, I can't guarantee that we can keep them." The Malayan Captain Lieutenant Colonel Soth said first. 2 vs. 2, the only advantage of the Queen Elizabeth battleship on the bright side seems to be that the caliber of the artillery is one inch larger... Whether there is an advantage in the armor is difficult to say, because the opponent's armor seems to be more than 300mm thick, and it is also inclined. How the defensive effect compares with the Queen’s 330mm armor, Soth is not sure, but Soth can be sure that the Malaya’s 15-inch gun would need to penetrate such a thick armor within 10 kilometers!

Within 10 kilometers, this is almost a close face for battleship engagements! This also means that it is very difficult to force the opponent to slow down or damage by damaging the opponent's core compartment.

Before, on the way here, the British had conducted an in-depth discussion on how to keep the two German fast battleships, and the results of the discussion were very frustrating.

Although the queen's artillery is an inch larger, it has no advantage if it can't penetrate the opponent. Scharnhorst’s 350mm gun is one inch smaller, but... It seems that the penetrating power is very good. According to the testimony provided by Japanese naval officers and soldiers who survived the tortured battleship Satsuma, the 10-inch main armor of the Satsuma seems to have been pierced many times? !

Why do you say "seems to be passed through multiple holes"? The reason is simple. After asking no less than three-digit survivors, the Japanese provided at least 5 locations for the shots! Four of them are main installations. Considering that it is impossible to collude, there is only one explanation. The main armor of the Satsuma is no different from paper in front of Sister Shane! People want to wear it!

Everyone is sensible. Being able to penetrate 10-inch armor in the shooting range does not mean that it can be done in actual combat. After all, anyone who has played ot in later generations understands that tanks can be posed! Of course, this is also the case in naval battles. The battleships are most likely not directly facing each other, so they will come out to integrate the angle of incidence. It can only be said that the Satsuma and his like are really not strong enough to measure the upper limit of the German 350mm artillery.

But even so, the British are scared enough. After all, although the Queen said that the 330mm armor, the height is not too high, although it is not like the historically said that only 6 inches can be exposed under full load. But it's really not reliable! And this time, Thomas asked the fleet to move forward lightly. In addition to reducing the load and running faster when necessary, there is also the desire to make the queen's belt armor slightly higher...

Well, excluding the 330mm genuine armor, there is still some transition from the main armor belt to the upper armor belt, and then the 6-inch armor belt is on top. According to the actual penetration depth of the German 350mm gun, this transition zone is already very unreliable. In addition to the main armor belt, there is another problem with the gun mount. The 13-inch armor of the queen’s front face is still trustworthy in the United Kingdom, but the armor level of the 10-inch-9--7-inch gun mount is really the same. Hidden danger! People easily knocked on the 10-inch armor. This gun mount was very unreliable under the German artillery attack!

Of course, even if it is not reliable, there is no way. There is no time to change this thing now. So before coming, the original plan was to punch the master indiscriminately and board the four battleships together! Take advantage of absolute numbers to teach German warships to be a new man! Is there an advantage to not having to wait for the expiration date to become invalid?

But now, Thomas suddenly proposed a plan change, which makes everyone in the audience feel incredible and unacceptable. After all, if you play 2 on 2, everyone in this room is not afraid of fighting, but they all know instability in their hearts. This is like Jutland. In the naval battle, Betty, even though Betty could sink two more warships in succession, from a slight advantage in quantity to a slight disadvantage in quantity, he pretended to say: "What is going on with these ships today." But in fact, he also knew that his situation was very, very dangerous. If there was no 5bb (the fifth battleship formation) that he was going to come to before the battle, Betty would have screamed.

"Listen to everyone, I have already said the reason. I don't allow this battle to be a chase battle, although they have been out at sea for nearly a month. But you also know the speed and level of our warships, under standard conditions. Thank God for being able to run 24 knots. And Malaya’s recent steering gear is still a bit problematic. I think the probability of us directly chasing the opponent will not exceed 60%! This is an intolerable probability~www.novelhall. com~War has always been accompanied by sacrifices, and there is no victory without sacrifice. The reason why the British Empire can have its current glory, we must not forget those who performed their duties for the empire during the Battle of Trafalgar! In the battle, we lost the best commander in the history of the Royal Navy."

"I believe that if sacrificing some of us here can increase the probability of success of this operation by 10%, everyone will definitely not refuse! Neither will I! So, I hope that after listening to our complete plan, Make a decision again. We are facing a lion this time, and I hope everyone will have a certain level of consciousness!” Thomas finished speaking and motioned to his staff to pull the curtain on the wall, and then a huge chart appeared on the wall. In the eyes of everyone.

"It has to be said that the location chosen by the Germans is very good. This is an open water area. There are no islands or land within 100 kilometers. It is outside the transportation line, but the distance is not too far. This means They can complete the supply safely and then quickly insert it into our maritime transportation line."

"The sea is unobstructed, and they also have seaplanes that can provide investigations. Maybe there is some telegram for verification, but it is a pity that the captain of the Star is dead, and we have no way of knowing, which made our plan too A lot of uncertainty. It is impossible for Germans to enter their pockets honestly!" Thomas began to talk.

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