As the day-long naval battle between the British and German navies in the Sea of Jutland gradually came to an end, both sides naturally began to count their losses and victories in this battle. However, before the results of the British and German navies came out, the Far East Navy
Commander-in-Chief Liu Qinghui already has a battle report in his hands.
Incomplete statistics: The first and third battleship squadrons of the German High Seas Fleet fired a total of approximately 2,004 large-caliber artillery shells (above 450 mm), with an average of 119 rounds per battleship and 10.9 rounds per artillery piece. Each artillery piece of the German Navy fired
The ammunition capacity is 80-90 rounds.
The German naval battlecruisers fired approximately 1,670 large-caliber artillery shells (above 300 mm), with an average of 334 rounds per battleship and 37.95 rounds per gun. Therefore, the German Navy fired a total of 3,674 large-caliber artillery shells and approximately 3,839 medium-caliber artillery shells.
5500 rounds of small caliber artillery shells.
German Navy hit rate statistics: approximately 120 large-caliber artillery shells hit, with an average hit rate of 3.33%, and 107 medium- and small-caliber shells hit, with an average hit rate of 1.16%.
The British Navy fired a total of 4,598 rounds of large-caliber artillery shells, including 1,239 rounds for 15-inch guns, with an average hit rate of 2.17%.
However, the data on the number and hit rate of artillery shells fired by the British and German navies that Liu Qinghui checked were only for battles during the day. The specific number of shells fired by the two navies that were sunk was an approximate statistical value, while the number of shells fired during the night melee was only an approximate statistical value.
The number of hits is unknown.
But at this time, the British and German naval commanders were looking at their casualties. The total number of participating officers and soldiers of the German High Seas Fleet this time was about 45,000, with 89 casualty officers, 25 alternate officers, 14 mechanical engineers, and non-commissioned officers.
There are 5 combatants, 11 medical officers, 89 warrant officers, 572 non-commissioned officers, and 2,253 ordinary sailors, accounting for 6.79% of the total.
The total number of officers and soldiers of the British Home Fleet participating in the war was about 60,000, 6,097 were killed, 510 were injured, and 177 were captured, for a total of 6,784 people, accounting for 8.84% of the total number of participants.
However, just when Liu Qinghui sent the results of this naval battle to Li Ningyu in Asia, the naval commanders at war all told their heads of state that they were the final victors.
As an outsider, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Navy Liu Qinghui believes that in terms of strategy and tactics of naval battles, the German High Seas Fleet is the winner, because the British Home Fleet lost more total tonnage than the German High Seas Fleet in this naval battle. However, according to the battlefield
Comparing the remaining strength, the British Navy's Home Fleet still has 27 main battleships and battlecruisers that can be put into battle at any time.
On the other hand, the German Navy's High Seas Fleet now only has 10 capital ships that can be deployed at any time to deal with the coming battle. The German Navy's High Seas Fleet has also failed to complete its plan. Now the British Navy's Home Fleet has an advantage in terms of overall strength.
However, there seems to be a key point in this relatively special maritime battle, and this key is the Far East Navy, so the Far East Navy is the only possibility to change the outcome.
In this naval battle, the German High Seas Fleet led by German Admiral Scheer can be said to have successfully sunk more British Home Fleet warships with the loss of relatively small tonnage warships, thereby achieving an absolute local tactical victory.
, but after the battle, the British Navy's Home Fleet battleship squadron commanded by British Admiral Jellicoe successfully blocked the German Navy's High Seas Fleet in German ports, achieving the British Navy's purpose of trapping the Germans.
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Therefore, it was considered a strategic victory, but just when Liu Qinghui couldn't help but admire the German High Seas Fleet and dared to launch a brave challenge to the powerful British main fleet, an order was finally issued to change the Battle of Jutland.
Li Ningyu and the Far East Legion, who had been waiting for five years, finally proved their absolute strength to the world once again. So at six o'clock in the morning the next day, the Far East Navy's Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, which had been moored in the southwest of the North Sea,
, all the warships pulled anchor and set sail, and all combatants began to enter their combat positions.
At the same time, this time, the battle will be fought using aircraft carrier formations as the main force. The reason why Li Ningyu no longer remains silent and takes the initiative to fight with aircraft carriers actually has several deep meanings.
First of all, all countries currently regard aircraft carrier formations as auxiliary forces in naval battles. Their main task is to detect the enemy's situation. Therefore, Li Ningyu will naturally take advantage of the enemy's carelessness to annihilate the main maritime forces of the two European hegemons in one fell swoop.
Secondly, this newly established aircraft carrier battle group will be tested in actual combat, and at the same time, all officers and soldiers of the Far East Navy who do not agree with the combat capabilities of the aircraft carrier will be thoroughly brainwashed. After all, simply explaining the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier is not as convincing as the actual results.
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In the end, it is natural that the aircraft carrier plays a role, because once the main force of the British and German navies in the North Sea is annihilated, it will become the back garden of the Far East Army in Europe. However, Li Ningyu knows that this is not so easy to achieve.
, after all, Britain, Germany, and two other large fleets, once they unite to deal with the Far East Army, everything will be just a fantasy.
So at 7 a.m. on March 4, European time, Huang Song, a diplomat from the Far East Group, sent a mediation proposal to the world's two major military and political groups, the Allies and the Entente. However, the war had already reached this level. Regardless of whether Edward
Neither King VII nor William II would agree to stop.
So the diplomatic departments of the two countries sent a reply not long after, both of which were direct rejections. However, after receiving the cables from the two countries, the diplomatic departments of the Far East Group immediately sent a second cable, this time mainly suggesting that the two countries
Countries can sit together and discuss how to equally share the interests based on their own needs.
But the last sentence in the second telegram made Britain and Germany hesitate a little, because at the end of the telegram, the Far East Group actually calculated the approximate expenses of the two countries in the current war, and what if the war continued in the future.
If you go on, those expenses will appear.
At the same time, he also introduced the current economic and military forces of some countries that did not participate in the war. Of course, Li Ningyu would not be stupid enough to tell the current situation of the Far East Group, so the main data reference is the United States.
The second message seemed to be much more effective than the first one, so both countries hesitated for a while, but still rejected it in one breath an hour later. However, the Far East Group seemed not to give up, and sent the third message again,
This time the Far East Group is not here to break up the fight.