Chapter 2252： Military and Political II

"His Royal Highness, this is the loss of our main fleet." At this moment, Admiral Scheer sent another telegram to the crown prince.

"The Vonde Tahn, the Mauchi, and the Rhineland were sunk, and the Thuringia and Oldenburg were severely damaged and may be forced to give up," Ruprecht looked at the telegram and said. Well, if this happens, the German Navy will lose at least 3 capital ships, and possibly 5 at most. Ruprecht began to consider another issue, which is how to report his own losses

"Are all the personnel transferred?" Ruprecht asked.

"Except for the necessary left-behind personnel, everything else has been transferred." Admiral Scheer said.

"That's good, come, let's discuss a question as the Admiral of the High Seas Fleet. Do you think it is better for the two heavily damaged warships to stay, or is it better to be regarded as a loss" Ruprecht suddenly became interested . Decided to have a good chat with Scheer.

What do you say about pursuing the British fleet? This matter is not urgent. The British fleet has nine escape records, which seems to be a lot, but in fact, the two first-generation battlecruisers have no combat effectiveness, and the Tiger will be rubbish. Each of the 6 fast battleships in the United States was wounded, and there were not many ammunition left. There were aircraft reconnaissance. It was no problem for Earl Spey to stop them, and it would not be a problem to win them. For insurance, Ruprecht sent a third battleship squadron. The four Bavarian-class battleships of the United States are enough to support, anyway, the crown prince did not intend to destroy the Thomas fleet.

"By the way, send a telegram to the third battleship squadron and ask him to take the subsidiary fleet to help Count Spey, tell Lieutenant General Schmidt, let him follow the arrangements of Count Spey." Ruprecht said.

"Are you planning to leave the final result to Earl Spey" Admiral Scheer asked.

"Well, there will be a group of new admirals after the war, including Earl Spey." Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

"I support, after all, Earl Spey is a commander-in-chief in a strategic direction, and he performed well." Scheer nodded and said.

In fact, this is indeed the military exploits Ruprecht left to Count Spey, and now Ruprecht has already figured out who will have the new batch of German naval marshals in the future, Scheer must have, Hipper seems to be average, but with a Bavarian background and decent military exploits, he can also be a marshal. As for Earl Spey, how can I put it? Although he is a commander in a strategic direction, despite his qualifications and Scheer and Hipper are similar, but, except for the recent Battle of the English Channel, Earl Spey has not commanded the German fleet operations. This is a very embarrassing and embarrassing thing.

You must know that the rank of admiral awarded after the war is not the same as the honorary rank granted by the German government to some foreign heads of state. The former has real power and if a German admiral has not even commanded the German High Seas fleet battleship. If that is the case, it is a bit unreasonable, although Earl Spey is indeed not to blame for this matter nor the Crown Prince.

Therefore, in this naval battle, Ruprecht wants to help Count Spey make up for this regret or shortcoming. This is not to say that Ruprecht is biased towards the earl, but because the contribution of Count Spey is indeed worthy of the rank of marshal. He was on the Mediterranean battlefield, which was the worst battlefield. He supported independently and persisted stubbornly to the end. He also brought the fleet to support the high seas fleet. If such a person can't get the rank of marshal, then Sher and Hipper will also It is unreasonable that Earl Spey paid so much to get the corresponding glory and rewards. This is axiom and Earl Spey is not a person, and his subordinates, these people also need to give appropriate rewards and reputation. Therefore, Ruprecht decided to help Count Spey make up the rest.

Now, after Ruprecht’s operations, Earl Spey commanded at least the final phase of the Norwegian Sea Battle. According to the Crown Prince’s plan, Earl Spey can sink at least 4 British battleships. This record is considered acceptable. Moreover, there are German naval commanders and fleets such as Su Xiong and Schmidt under his command. In this way, he has commanded the German fleet.

"By the way, send another telegram to Earl Spey, so that he can only read it and perform the task according to the above orders." Ruprecht said as he wrote a telegram by hand and handed it to his confidential information. Secretary, this person has been following him in the Bavarian Legion, as is his sending team, and the content of this telegram sent is about the "upper limit" that Earl Spey can sink the British fleet.

"From the perspective of the navy alone, I hope that these warships can be towed back and treated as scraps. As a warship that has made great contributions to the empire, I hope that they can die as one. An admiral, I have to say that the warships other than the Bavarian class are a bit old and need to be replaced. The more warships that lose, the easier it is to get the budget and new ships.” Admiral Scheer said.

"Then do as you say. But it's better to drag it back first." Ruprecht is quite satisfied with Admiral Scheer's answer, at least in terms of political intelligence, Admiral Scheer is still online. . However, Admiral Scheer only focused his attention on the country. In fact, in Ruprecht's view, a limited exaggeration of the loss of the German High Seas Fleet is still good for future bargaining between Germany and the United States in the Pacific War.

That’s right, you’re right, it’s just bargaining. As for what Taft said before, the German navy loses its warships and the Americans can pay for this. It’s just a very small benefit. The real benefit lies in the German fleet in the Pacific War. The number of dispatches

Compared with the British fleet, the German navy is obviously taking a small but refined route. The entire high seas fleet has 23 battleships and battlecruisers, which is not a little worse than the British. Why do you say that the two ships of Su Xiong’s fleet were really embezzled for sale. After the war, they might have to be repaired and returned to the buyer. They are not German ships.

So now it’s fine, 23 capital ships, 5 lost, so there are 18 more. Although they are all elites, there is a saying that they do not have enough skills. Although, after the war, the British will definitely not fight with Germany again, but this does not prevent Germany from leaving some capital ships on the pretext of preventing Britain. . After all, there are more than 12 British battleships.

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