Chapter 2252： Military and Political II (1/2)
”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.