"The British fleet has also owned aircraft carriers in the past six months, and their number is similar to ours. Currently, there are 4 to 5 aircraft carriers, and the number of carrier-based aircraft is expected to be around 300 (Sher overestimated). Our aircraft carrier advantage has been greatly reduced. Moreover, if we want to break the blockade, we must send the main fleet to the Shetland Islands. The main force of the High Seas Fleet will be under the attack of the Shetland Islands Air Force and the British Fleet. After all, the fleet cannot travel 900 kilometers in covertly without being discovered by the British."

"And, because of some previous events, the Kingdom of Bavaria and the High Seas Fleet have developed great distrust. Now, the carrier-based aircraft units in the entire aircraft carrier detachment and the Bavarian Air Force units in the land-based aviation forces refuse to perform any combat mission without the orders of His Highness Ruprecht. Moreover, His Highness is currently the commander of the Imperial Navy and the director of the High Seas Fleet, any combat plan cannot be implemented without his approval." Faced with Marshal Tirpitz and the German envoy Rudendolf, General Schell talked freely.

Faced with the pressure from the top, General Schell decisively chose to turn the blame! He threw the responsibility on the head of Crown Prince Ruprecht. In addition to the objective reasons mentioned above, in the following content, Admiral Schell proved the correctness of his opinion from the navy's decision-making system! As the highest commander of the German Navy's strategic and tactical level, Crown Prince Ruprecht, as long as he is the director of the German Navy! Then all the matters about attacks should be discussed, rather than the commander of the High Seas Fleet......

"Damn!" Faced with Scher's remarks, even Tirpitz had to give a thumbs up! Madan, what he said was perfect! First of all, from the perspective of the decision-making system, this is indeed correct. Secondly, even if the German Emperor and Bavaria do not deal with it, under the current circumstances, the German Emperor will never revoke His Royal Highness the position of the Crown Prince in the navy, and it can only be underestimated. This is what is called, some things can be done, but it cannot be said! If the high seas fleet cooperates and executes the German Emperor's orders, then Ruprecht's naval rank is really worthless, but unfortunately, now, Scher and the prince have the same opinions, and there is nothing to do.

"The high seas fleet belongs to the empire, and the fleet should act in accordance with the will of His Majesty the Emperor. The Crown Prince Ruprecht's opinion cannot be an excuse for you to refuse to attack. Compared with your so-called procedural issues, I think the most important issue is that you do not have the courage to face the British Royal Navy." Rudendolf said.

"We are all implemented in accordance with the Navy's regulations. His Majesty the German Emperor cannot change the General Staff's complete combat plan without authorization, and he cannot change the Navy's rules and regulations and decision-making system without authorization. Of course, if His Majesty thinks that there are inappropriate naval generals, he can choose to replace them." Scher was not afraid!

This is true. Although Germany is a country with emperors, and although the emperor has great power, it is also impossible to act recklessly! This is like in history, when the war broke out, the German Emperor once asked Xiao Moltke a sentence, could he not declare war on Russia while attacking France? At that time, Xiao Moltke's answer was very simple: "No!" The German Emperor, whose opinion was rejected, had no choice but to complain: "Your uncle (old Moltke) would never answer me like this."

This is not because the little Moltke takes power, but because military things are a rigorous matter. For example, mobilization, once a decision is made to fight, the entire state machine will quickly move into combat readiness, which is absolutely impossible to stop because of an order. By the same token, on the naval issue, the German Emperor directly crossed the crown prince and ordered the high seas fleet to come up with an offensive plan and even attack, which is also illegal... No problem!

Moreover, Admiral Scher said it very clearly. You can remove me from office, but it is impossible to attack now. And even if the fleet can attack, there is really no way for the carrier-based aircraft troops and land-based aviation troops to be unable to be dispatched. After all, you can still say that the High Sea Fleet is the Imperial Fleet, but the aircraft belonging to the Bavarian Air Force is from the Kingdom of Bavaria.

When the relationship is good, it is OK to listen to the orders of the German Emperor. When the relationship is bad, it is really impossible for the German Emperor to force the orders! Because no one in the German General Staff, including this newly appointed Hindenburg, could risk the civil war and use the wartime military orders! Just like, now the German Emperor can only bypass the crown prince, but he must never remove the position of the crown prince!

"So, General Rudendolph, the situation is now very obvious. The current situation of the High Seas Fleet is not suitable for combat, neither hardware nor software is ready. Even if we attack hastily, we have no chance of winning. Unlike the Army, we will not be able to supplement once there is a major loss. In fact, we can no longer supplement the main ships." Marshal Tirpitz said to Rudendolph.

"The High Seas Fleet has defeated the arrogant British fleet many times. Are we afraid to fight now because of the lack of one person? The empire is already in an extremely dangerous situation, and anyone must be prepared to devote themselves at any time. The amount of our imported materials has dropped significantly, and now, every second, our reserves are decreasing at an extremely high rate." Ludendolf said.

"At least, the fleet is there, and our hope is there too. If there is no fleet, then the final hope will be gone. In addition, as an army personnel, they cannot make any creative opinions on naval tactics and can only spread rumors and slander, so the Navy does not welcome such people." Scher's attitude was very firm!

After Scher said that, the entire venue fell into a long silence because the topic could no longer continue. As long as Scher was still the commander of the German High Seas Fleet, he would not attack. If Scher was replaced, then who would command the German High Seas Fleet? Tirpitz? Don't be joking, this guy can be an office bureaucrat, and he can also fight for a budget. But he really can't command the war...

"Is there no room for anything?" asked Rudendolf.

"Sorry, war is not about doing business, there is no such bargaining," said Schell.

"If this is the case, I can only regretfully recommend the German Emperor to cut the navy's supplies and military expenditure. After all, there is a shortage of supplies now, and large-scale wars have broken out on both the Eastern and Western fronts. We need to use more supplies where we need them." Ludendolf said.

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