Would Germany double down on diesel propulsion?

Would Germany respond to British gas turbines by pushing diesel propulsion even further?

Possibly; a more heavily diesel German fleet facing a gas-turbine Royal Navy is plausible, but British success could throw German planning in several directions.

A stronger German commitment to diesel propulsion is plausible. The contrast could produce an especially dangerous competition between long-ranged German diesel cruisers and faster British gas-turbine ships. Germany might alternatively divert scarce money, materials, and engineering capacity into a rival turbine program. The precise response remains open because visible British success would disrupt several historical planning assumptions at once.