"You have a better ability to spend money than Tirpitz. It seems that we have to increase our budget again." The German Emperor said half-seriously and half-playingly. More than 60% of the 100 submarines are large submarines.

"But this is a must. This is the key to our victory in this war. The Kingdom of Bavaria can even build a fleet of 12 submarines and hand it over to the high seas fleet for command." The significance of submarines is so great that it even exceeds the main fleet. So even if Germany is unwilling to do it, **** would rather pay for it yourself to advance the submarine fleet! And according to the unspoken rules between the kingdoms, since Bavaria must have its own submarine formation, Prussia always wants to express it?

What's more, although the 12 submarines look like a lot, the tonnage is small. If it is 700 tons per ship, it will only have a total tonnage of 8,400 tons. It is just a cost of two 5,000 tons of light cruisers. It is estimated that it will not exceed 800,000 pounds. The prince thought in his mind.

"General Liao Le, do you have any objection?" The emperor looked at General Feng Liao Le next to him.

"This is a brand new way of combat, and the combat effectiveness should be good. After all, there is no technology that can effectively restrain submarines. I believe that His Highness Ruprecht and Admiral Boer can formulate a very good submarine warfare system." Admiral Liao Le first affirmed the work of **** and Admiral Boer, and then continued.

"But what I am worried about is whether this system will face some legal or moral issues? For example, what should we do if the British hired neutral ships to transport materials for them? Should we fight or not? What should we do if other countries are dissatisfied or even interfered? Well, let's make it clearer, if we discovered American transport ships during wartime, will we launch an attack?" Admiral Liao Le raised a very sharp but realistic question!

"Very good, good angle!" **** praised General Liao Le in his heart. The latter was right. The biggest problem in submarine warfare in War 1 was not the British counterattack or escort, but because of the various political problems caused by unlimited submarine warfare. Sinking two transport ships is not a big deal. Sinking the passenger ship will cause problems! More importantly, **** itself does not have a good way to deal with this situation.

If a neutral country transport ship may lead to excessive reactions from some countries. Of course, if a small country's reaction is not mentioned, no matter how much jumps, it will not be able to do anything to Germany. But big countries, such as the United States, are different. Although Britain and the United States have become enemies in this plane, if according to the profit-seeking nature of capitalists, once a war begins, American ships will definitely transport supplies to the British. So, for these ships, will Germany fight or not? What if the United States joins the war? If it does not fight, then a huge loophole will appear on the British.

Not to mention fighting the merchant ships of neutral countries, even the transport ships of civilian ships from hostile countries will cause great criticism. After all, during World War 1, countries did not have the idea of ​​a total war, and they thought they were in the hotbed of the civilization era. This kind of naked killing of civilians is still difficult for most European and North Americans. Of course, if it comes to harm, the British blockade actually poses a greater threat, but it is not so bloody on the surface. The Americans also asked Britain to relax its blockade on Germany in the early stages of the war. Therefore, public opinion in this era is the biggest problem in submarine warfare.

Of course, at the beginning, there were requirements for submarines to attack merchant ships. They first had to warn the transport ships and give the crew time to transfer them. They even had to verify the relevant documents on the merchant ships and confirm the safety of the personnel before attacking them. This was the provision made by the law of war at that time on submarines to attack merchant ships. However, even a person who did not understand the navy knew that this was a very dangerous thing, floating on the sea for a long time, and then a torpedo or even a few shells could solve the problem. It took half a day to trace the details. God knew whether there were British destroyers around. So the submarine force asked to launch an attack without warning from the beginning.

What's even more terrible is that many merchant ships were equipped with artillery in the first battle. Don't say that you float up to warn the other party before launching an attack. If you dare to float up and stand and fight against each other, you may not be able to beat the opponent! At this time, it is naturally impossible to implement the so-called war method. Just approach quietly and take it away with a torpedo. Why do you care about other things? What's more, the British later on specially formulated a camouflage submarine hunting ship, which specifically used this war method to hunt submarines. This is the Q ship that later generations often call it.

Therefore, it is impossible to perform tasks in accordance with the provisions of the Law of War, because it is not realistic, and more importantly, the British blockade has already destroyed the law of war. If the British cannot destroy it, Germany must abide by it, right? Did the American empire consider international law when using cluster bombs or white phosphorus bombs in later generations? Obviously not.

Of course, if the United States is sure not to participate in the war, the prince will definitely support unlimited submarine warfare and will not give any reminders. But the key issue is that no one can determine the direction of American public opinion and politics. The prince can only say that the United States now tends to Germany and really fight, especially when Germany wins the Eastern Front, what decisions will the Americans make? No one can say this accurately.

"I personally mean that submarines that perform missions close to the UK's mainland do not need warnings, because the battlefield situation does not allow it, and most of them are British ships. Submarines that perform missions in the Atlantic Ocean should be warned and be cautious when attacking passenger ships. Ships from neutral countries to the UK can attack, but try to avoid casualties." **** said after thinking about it.

"This is acceptable. But I am worried that such a requirement will be implemented after the war begins." Tirpitz thought for a while and said. In fact, in history, the top German leaders still had many concerns about unlimited submarine warfare. At the beginning, submarine warfare was mostly carried out in areas near the North Sea and Britain, and not in the Atlantic Ocean. Moreover, because of the protests of the US government, the US government had been terminated many times, and even because of the problem of submarine warfare, Marshal Tirpitz was dismissed for his hope of reopening the submarine warfare.

The real start of unlimited submarine warfare was after Rudendolf took full control. Submarine warfare is a sharp sword, but at the same time, the political risks are also very high. This requires good grasp, as well as public relations and diplomacy. The prince has not yet thought about this, so he can only give an ambiguous answer first.
Chapter completed!