"The 10-inch artillery has certain advantages at long distances, but it still cannot penetrate the opponent's armor. It is very difficult to rely on high-explosive bombs to suffocate the opponent during battles, so we must enhance the armor-piercing ability of the artillery shells. Whether it is to improve the armor-piercing shells or use larger caliber artillery guns!"

However, the same viewpoint came to a different conclusion. Schell strongly demanded that the future rapid warships of the High Seas Fleet directly equipped with the same artillery as the battleship! They also required that protection must also be able to withstand the opponent's artillery. However, the requirements for speed were not very high. The reason why he made such a reason was to refer to the current situation and future situation of the German Navy.

"It is predictable that in the future, the main combat direction of the German high seas fleet is the North Sea. In the narrow North Sea, we do not need too high range, and the range of maneuverability will not be very large. It is more likely that the situation will be to fight the main force between the British Royal Navy. Obviously, in this case, we will be at a disadvantage in quantity. Each main ship is very precious and must play its due role! All warships must be able to fight against the main force of the opponent on the battle line. The artillery that has can destroy the opponent, and the defense that has must also be able to withstand the strike of the main gun of the opponent. Of course, I admit that this requirement is a bit high. So in terms of speed, we can lower the standards accordingly."

"The speed of the fleet depends on the slowest warship in the entire fleet, so the speed of some warships is actually not very meaningful. In order to ensure the uniform movement of the fleet, we must set the speed of most warships in a reasonable range in the future, not too slow or too fast!"

The German Navy does not need to consider as many issues as the British Navy. The British need to balance the fleet's decisive battle and counter-breaking power. They need to consider beating all potential opponents and dealing with all kinds of ubiquitous attack ships. The German Navy only needs to consider one thing, that is, how to pk the main fleet of the Royal Navy in the pond of the North Sea! If the Royal Navy cannot defeat the Royal Navy, the German surface fleet is not qualified to discuss other issues.

Therefore, Schell only needs to consider how the fleet can fight. Under this simple purpose, the stronger the firepower of the fleet, the thicker the armor, the better. As for speed? It's enough to be faster than the British battleships. Anyway, no matter how strong the British are, a simple fast fleet will definitely not be able to defeat the German main fleet.

"In the future, if our fleet speed can be unified to about 25 knots and no battleships with a speed of 21 knots or battlecruisers with a speed of about 27 knots, it will probably be more suitable for the future North Sea battlefield. The speed of 25 knots can allow us to get rid of the British fleet, and it is not much more than the British warships of the same level. I think the von der Tin-class battlecruiser designed by His Royal Highness the Prince has a speed of 25 knots. Because this speed is moderate and the power weight of the warship is moderate, it can leave enough margin for armor and artillery." In the report, Scher praised Prince Ruprecht's suggestion. He believed that his thinking just grasped the pulse of the times.

"In order to gain greater tactical advantages, we need to equip more powerful artillery and have a longer effective shooting distance. We should vigorously develop long-range artillery techniques. The combat distance of the Nassau battleship should be about 15 kilometers, and the maximum range is reasonable to 20 kilometers. The elevation angle of our battleship artillery should be increased to about 35 degrees. This shows that the elevation angle of the turret of Krupp is a little small, while the elevation angle of the three-unit artillery in Bavaria is just right!"

"The British already have 12-inch guns, and there is no need for our next generation of guns to continue to study 12-inch l50 guns. The power of this gun has not been significantly improved compared to the 12-inch l45 gun. We should directly study 350mm guns! Prince Ruprecht's foreseeable practice of reserving artillery space for improvement is worthy of our reference and imitation. Since our fleet cannot have more naval guns than the British, then our naval gun caliber must be at least thicker!"

Scher also commented on his allies. To be honest, Turkey is far inferior to Italy in terms of naval forces, and in some people, the Turkish navy is not as good as the small country called Greece next to him. "Turkey cannot rely on its own strength to protect the long coastline. If we want to defend the crucial Dardanelles, at least one squadron needs to be deployed, or the Germans can control the Turkish fleet. Otherwise, Turkey will not be able to resist the Russian Black Sea Fleet at all. If we want to fully utilize Turkey's geographical advantages, in addition to selling Turkish warships, we also need to build two relatively complete military ports in Istanbul and the Persian Gulf. And help the Turks establish a complete set of relatively complete naval personnel systems."

"Other thing to note is that it is to assist in the construction of warships. In this battle, the Italians' small armored cruiser played an important role. Although the cruiser was very fragile in the battleship-level firepower, it still shared considerable pressure on the Agility. In the future battle between the large fleet, there may not be a situation where small cruisers fired the main ships with high explosive bombs at close range (because 80% were killed before they could reach it). However, light cruisers can still play a huge role in avant-garde reconnaissance and lightning strikes."

The speed of all German main ships will not be very high, and speed is one of the key attributes of warship reconnaissance capabilities. Since this is the case, this reconnaissance mission can only fall on the cruiser. In reconnaissance, the light cruisers of both sides will easily meet. At this time, the battle between the light cruisers will be inevitable. Who can successfully defeat or expel the opponent will become a very important issue! Therefore, Schell suggested that light cruisers also carry out moderate large-scale and heavy equipment. Of course, this time the speed cannot be reduced. Only military equipment and defense can be reduced. The defense standards do not need to be too high. They can withstand 6-inch gun washing decks, and the firepower is to be determined.

Overall, Scher's idea is roughly the same as Prince Ruprecht's idea. In the future construction of the main fleet, the principle of better than nothingness and moderate mobility are adhered to. These two principles have been throughout the future German High Seas Fleet's shipbuilding strategy of 1 battle!

Jericho's report was first sent back to the UK. The new Navy Secretary must be dissatisfied with this report, which means that the perfect cat he expected would delay for a while. But at the same time, he had to admit that the report was reasonable and indeed suitable for the current Royal Navy. Therefore, the final result of the discussion was that the old armored cruisers needed to continue to be built, and turret-shaped 9.2-inch and 10-inch naval guns were adopted according to Jericho's opinion. The new battlecruiser started construction as early as 1905.
Chapter completed!