My Italian: Chapter 364 German-Italian Naval Cooperation Part 1

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After a roar, the Italian officer wearing the rank of captain rushed towards the forward position with his soldiers.

"Press them back."

On the other side of the position, the defending German officers and soldiers, led by their officers, were also desperately resisting, relying on incomplete fortifications. This is not an isolated case, as we expand our perspective to a larger area, the Italian army is launching an onslaught against the defending German army. But in the end, the defenders had the advantage of the terrain, and the onslaught of the Italian army was slowly suppressed.

And farther away, a group of people wearing the military uniforms of the two countries are watching the performance of the two sides. Of course, among the star-studded generals, two figures who seem too young are surrounded by them.

"William, your country's army is elite enough, but our army is indeed not good enough."

Carlo let go of the high-powered telescope in front of him, and commented to Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was also observing the exercise.

Faced with Carlo's evaluation, the generals on the Italian side blushed. Although they knew that their army was indeed somewhat different from the German army, how could they remain indifferent when the monarch pointed it out so mercilessly.

As the party being evaluated, the German generals are also somewhat proud after being evaluated by the monarch of a country. After all, the Italian king seldom evaluates foreign troops.

Facing Carlo's evaluation, Kaiser Wilhelm II said after leaving the high-powered binoculars. "We have all seen the progress of your country's army. I believe that it won't be long before your country's army will perform even better."

Well, the business boasted that Emperor William would also do it. Of course, the performance of the Italian Army has improved a bit. In recent years, the Italian side no longer sent its most elite Guards, but instead sent the army's mid-rated troops.

Of course, because of this change in the army, Italy has performed poorly in the military exercises between Germany and Italy in recent years. However, the performance of the Army, including Carlo, can see the changing side of its efforts. No longer try to cover up your own shortcomings, but try to find out the problems and make adjustments.

However, in this army exercise, there are a few who seem a bit conspicuous. No way, among a group of army generals, several naval generals are indeed a bit strange.

Of course, among these naval generals, there are two generals who look a little different, because those who know them will be very surprised. These two heads of the German and Italian navies are engaged in a debate that has nothing to do with the exercise.

"Major General Tirpitz, I don't agree with your Excellency's point of view. The navy is an offensive service. Although it can preserve its strength in the port, it will lose its strategic initiative. And this will also lead to a position in the contest with the enemy If it is at a disadvantage, the difficulty of regaining the strategic initiative will increase exponentially."

Admiral Yagier, who is the Minister of the Italian Navy, is refuting Rear Admiral Tirpitz's remarks.

Although one of the two is a major general and the other is an admiral, their status is similar, and they are the heads of the navies of various countries. Therefore, the conversation between the two can also be regarded as the development policy of the two navies.

"Admiral Yagier, I can only partially agree with your point of view. The navy is indeed an offensive service. Since the British Nelson spirit was proposed, navies of all countries have been learning its concept. But I think that the navy cannot only have an offensive concept. Among them We also need to consider the actual situation. For example, the total tonnage of our navy is only 300,000, while the enemy who declares war on our country has a total tonnage of 700,000. In this case, it is also very important for the navy to preserve its strength and rely on coastal defenses to resist the enemy's harassment Reasonable."

Well, at this time, Major General Tirpitz's fleet theory of existence has not yet taken shape, but it has already begun to show signs. When it is at a disadvantage, the idea of ​​​​preserving the strength of the fleet can already be seen.

However, his idea, after communicating with Admiral Yagier, obviously failed to be recognized by his Italian counterparts.

Even after Major General Tirpitz explained, Admiral Yagier still did not agree.

Of course, the concepts between the two are different, and there are also reasons for national defense needs.

For example, the German navy has a short coastline due to Germany's geographical location, so the theory of preserving the fleet has a basis. The strength of the own fleet is weak. In order to contain the opponent, it is necessary to avoid fighting with it and let the enemy put more naval tonnage on the own fleet, so as to avoid the enemy navy from harassing the coast of the country.

But this theory may be suitable for Germany, but it is definitely not suitable for Italy. Italy's land is like a boot stretching out to the Mediterranean, which also leads to its long coastline. If Italy adopts the idea of ​​protecting ships, it will lead to too much cost for Italy to build coastal defenses, which Italy cannot afford (coastal defense forts are very expensive, at least 150mm cannons are required to start, but generally more than 200mm can be used as shore defenses) Defense main battery).

In view of the high cost of building turrets, Italy is taking another path, that is, except for a few important port cities, the Italian Navy's funds are biased towards shipbuilding, hoping to use its own naval warships to hold back the enemy's footsteps.

In addition, in terms of shipbuilding concepts, compared with the German navy, which focuses on armor protection, Italian shipbuilding pays more attention to the speed of warships. In the view of the Italian Navy, the speed of warships is a crucial factor. With the advantage of speed, the navy has more tactics available. Regardless of whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage, speed is a priority among the three elements of a battleship.

As for the navies of Germany and Italy, perhaps it is precisely because of various differences that the two navies have different concepts.

The heads of the navies of the two countries also gradually lost their voices in the dispute because of their ideas, which also attracted the attention of others.

"The two generals have different naval concepts. In fact, they can also change over time. For example, after the strength exceeds the potential opponent, can their ideas remain the same as before?"

Carlo stepped forward to smooth things over, and Kaiser Wilhelm took over the conversation naturally. "Carol, you are right. The navy also changes its philosophy according to its own changes. Of course, how to measure this also needs careful consideration."

Well, the words of the two monarchs immediately dispelled the dispute between the two, and of course it mainly reminded them of the reason for coming here.

They didn't come here to learn the experience of army exercises, and everyone didn't have that time and spare time. It is the navies of the two countries who seek cooperation. It would not be fair to say that it is more the German navy that seeks help.

That's right, although Germany has not yet come up with the first naval construction bill, the German navy is expanding~www.mtlnovel.com~ The four Brandenburg-class battleships can be regarded as the beginning of Germany's naval development, although this The performance of the battleship is not comparable to the Turin class that created the pre-dreadnought era, but it is a good start.

After the four outdated Brandenburg-class battleships were built, the German Navy came up with the Kaiser Frederick III-class battleship plan. Although this class of warships is much better than the Brandenburg class, let alone compared with the new Italian battleships, even the Turin class is superior. If there was one redeeming feature about this German battleship, it was the sheer number of rapid-fire guns.

In addition, compared with the previous Friedrich III class one-water rapid-fire gun (the main gun was also the largest caliber rapid-fire gun at that time, 240mm), the current Friedrich III class has four 350mm caliber main guns. gun. This was also affected by the naval battle between China, Italy and Japan in the Sino-Japanese War. The large-caliber main gun still has sufficient deterrent power, so Germany is also on the road of guaranteeing the caliber.

And this time Kaiser Wilhelm II personally invited Carlo, naturally he was still dissatisfied with his own naval warships and wanted to learn from the experienced Italian navy.

As for the naval cooperation that Germany is seeking, Carlo also has his own ideas, but how to cooperate will need to wait until he has talked about it.

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