Mediterranean Hegemony Road

In addition to the death of the old emperor, a far-reaching event occurred at the end of 1916. Fakkingham, who had just achieved the great success of the Eastern Front, was impeached by the German military. He was removed from office on December 1st and was replaced by the Junker nobleman. Hindenburg served as Chief of Staff of the German Army.

The next day, Prime Minister Teo Baden von Bateman Holwig submitted his resignation to William II, and he also resigned from public office with German government ministers of finance, logistics, and interior ministers.

Obviously, in this round of political struggle, the military won a comprehensive victory, the German government lost its dominance of the country, and Hindenburg also began the road of military dictatorship.

As for William II, he also completely became a rubber stamp emperor, and even if he did not express his stand in this political struggle, he was still suspended by the military.

After receiving this news, Ferdinand had to admit that the indecisive man was really not suitable for emperor. Originally, he and the government could unite Junker aristocracy.

The result was that he was hesitant and determined to let the military forces representing the Junker aristocracy defeat the government. Even at this time, he was still able to intervene as a king.

But William II still chose to remain silent, watched the government fall, and then the bigger military also took him up.

Of course, this is not comprehensive. William II also made efforts, such as promoting Hindenburg, who was born of Junker aristocracy, as chief of staff. He tried to reconcile the Georgian conflict through this effort.

As a result, it goes without saying that, as in history, as soon as he was in power, he united with the Junker aristocracy and suspended his king.

The influence of the German military on the world war still had a huge impact. First of all, the high seas fleet left the port, ready to find the British for a decisive battle.

This is also inevitable. With the end of the Eastern War and the start of the Southern War, the German Army fell into the predicament of protracted combat, and its dream of trying to end the war on land was shattered.

While the German financial community and Juncker aristocrats did not agree to end the war, the German Supreme Commander had to change his original intention and shift his strategic focus to the sea.

In order to break through the British maritime blockade, ensure German freedom of movement at sea, and reverse the passive situation, the German ruling authorities decided to find an opportunity to engage in a decisive battle with Britain at sea.

So on December 10, 1916, the German High Seas Fleet and the British Royal Navy's native fleet broke out on the Atlantic Ocean.

Well, Ferdinand was directly stunned by the news of this thunderman. If the Germans had this courage earlier, they would have a decisive battle with the British when the war broke out.

Not only can the British Royal Navy be re-created, but it can also save the Navy's huge expenses. This funding will allow Germany to add at least another 50 infantry divisions. Maybe the history of the World War can really be rewritten.

As for whether the Germans may win, Ferdinand has never thought about it. The difference in strength between the two sides is too large. The Navy and the Army cannot rely on courage and tactics to fill the gap.

Now the eyes of the whole world are paying attention to this naval battle, and even news that the allies and allies are decisive on the western and southern fronts has been covered up by this naval battle.

Ferdinand knows that this is also a replica of the sea battle of Jutland in history without any accident. Even the location has not changed much, it is near the Jutland peninsula in Denmark.

As soon as the war broke out, the British's main force squatted like a watchdog in the port of Scarpaflo, staring at the high seas fleet of Germany and trapping them in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven. The German High Seas fleet became a veritable "The Existing Fleet".

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the German high seas fleet now has 21 battleships in this space-time, 3 more than in history, while the Royal Navy's native fleet has 35 battleships, 2 more than in history.

There is no doubt that these battleships are all Dreadnoughts or Super Dreadnoughts. In addition, both sides have a series of large and small warships.

There are more than 400 warships in Germany, and the British have more than 700 warships. The Germans account for less than half of John Niu's total tonnage.

Admiral Reinhardscher, commander of the German High Seas Fleet at the time, was dismayed to find that in the face of the powerful Royal Navy fleet, there was only one realistic choice before him, either stuck in the harbor and doing nothing, or fighting John Niu Main fleet.

After receiving the domestic decisive battle order, Admiral Sher was not in a good mood. In the end, he made the same decision as in history, tempting some Royal Navy to come out and kill them. If the time is right, he will lead the high seas fleet and Part of the Royal Navy's main battle

After hesitating again and again, Admiral Sheer decided to hand over this task to Hippel. At 5 pm on December 8th, Hippel led five battle cruisers and twelve cruisers, and the high seas fleet The main force set sail in more than three hours.

Contrary to the hugely bait of the Hippel Fleet, which acts as a "bait," Scher's main formation's departure maintained strict radio silence.

At the same time, the radio station in Wilhelmshaven continued to use the call sign of Scherer's flagship "Frederick the Great" to communicate with the outside world, causing the illusion that Admiral Scherer and the main force of the Ocean Fleet were still in the port.

In fact, winter is not a good time for a decisive battle, but Admiral Sher has no choice. If the conditions are really suitable for naval operations, the British will not be fooled.

"Her commander, will the British be fooled?" The chief of staff asked worriedly.

Sher replied without hesitation: "I don't know if we are unlucky, we just met the British reconnaissance plane as soon as we came out, and we might change from a hunter to a prey."

The chief of staff smiled bitterly and said, "Well, I wanted to find comfort in your heart. I did not expect that the maker of this tactic was actually more pessimistic than me."

Sher sighed and said, "I'm not pessimistic, but the facts that can be said even if the British are fooled. As long as they are cautious enough to come out, we are not trying to escape.

Or maybe he only sent a fleet of troops, and the commander was a coward who took advantage and took it as soon as he took advantage of it, and did not pursue it at all, what can we do with them? "

After a moment of silence, the chief of staff said, "It looks like we can only expect God to bless us now."

The two ended the conversation. This is a gamble. If the Germans simply won the sea battle, there will be another sea battle waiting for them, and John Cow ’s navy will not be able to solve them at all.

If you lose, or you lose both, then there is no more. The German Navy can announce its withdrawal from the World War in advance.

The Germans had very good luck this time, and the British reconnaissance planes returned directly after finding their cruiser fleet.

Of course, their good luck ends here. Due to the weather, British pilots mistakenly made battlecruisers into battleships and reported them.

After receiving the news, Admiral Jericho, commander of the British Ocean Fleet, immediately made a decision to lay out a large net and send a bait fleet to lead the Germans into the pit.

At 21:30 on the evening of the 8th, Jericho led a large fleet of 26 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 20 cruisers and 50 destroyers out of Scapa Bay.

After that, Betty led an avant-garde fleet of 4 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 14 light cruisers and 27 destroyers to leave Port Roseys.

A few hours later, the German submarine set aside outside the Port of Rosses sent a telegram to the Ocean Fleet stating that "the enemy fleet was sailing". The German "bait fleet" was also under British surveillance.

The two fleets that came out almost all believed that their "bait tactics" had succeeded. At this time, neither Sher nor Jericho expected that the opposing fleet had been fully deployed. It is also unexpected that in the near future, they will personally participate in the world's largest fleet battle.

Forget the same sea battle, everyone does n’t want to watch it, I ’m too lazy

Time passed in a hurry. It was three days before the 13th battle between the British and German navy in a flash, and the Bulgarian intelligence department finally figured out the results of the war.

Intelligence leader Sim submitted a document to Ferdinand and said, "Your Majesty, the results of the naval battle between Britain, Germany, and Germany came out, please look over."

Ferdinand took the document and read it carefully. There is no doubt that the British and German governments are bragging.

If according to the results they announced before, they are all winners, but there can only be one winner or no winner in a battle.

The British claimed: sinking 3 German battlecruisers, 3 fearless ships, 1 super-dreadnought, 2 former fearless ships, 7 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats with a total tonnage of 3.66 million tons and wounded 8 German Dreadnoughts, 2 Battlecruisers

The Germans claimed: sinking 2 British battlecruisers, 5 fearless ships, 2 super-dreadnoughts, 3 former fearless ships, 2 armored cruisers, 10 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 5 torpedo boats 4.85 million tons, injured 12 British Dreadnoughts and 8 cruisers

And Ferdinand received information that the Germans did take advantage in this sea battle, but both sides are exaggerating the results of this battle ~ www.readwn.com ~ The Royal Navy sank 2 former fearless ships and 3 wars The total tonnage of the cruisers, three armored cruisers, six destroyers, two cruisers, and five torpedo boats is about 1.78 million tons.

The high seas fleet sank a battle cruiser, a former fearless ship, four light cruisers, three destroyers, and five torpedo boats with a total tonnage of about 890,000 tons.

Although the losses on both sides were much larger than in history, they were still not to the point of being hurt. A main battleship did not sink in the sea battle. It was only a tickle for the British and German navies. Already.

Of course, the small loss of warships does not mean that the loss of personnel is not large. At least the total number of casualties is close to the total number of the Bulgarian Navy.

The total strength of the British army is about 650,000, with 10,472 casualties and a casualty rate of 161; the total strength of the German army is about 50,000, with 4,356 casualties and a casualty rate of 87.

This is also the sequel of the decisive battle in the winter. It fell into the cold sea water, and the survival rate dropped sharply.

Fortunately, both countries have a bottom line. After the war, they sent rescue boats. The two sides tacitly rescued the rescuers, then exchanged their respective soldiers and went back to their homes.

For this result, Ferdinand is satisfied. The Germans won a tactical victory, and the results were even more brilliant than in history; the British won a strategic victory, despite heavy losses.

From the standpoint of Bulgaria, Ferdinand only cares about whether the Royal Navy can continue to block the Germans. As for the size of the casualties of the British Navy, it is not worth mentioning.

Looking at the countries participating in the war on the European continent, who is not hundreds of thousands, or even millions of casualties, more than 10,000 people can not keep up with the casualties on the Western Front

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