Raider support plans still needed practical logistics

Could Germany have skipped cruisers and built a support-and-destroyer force around its pocket battleships?

Some details are awkward, especially ammunition resupply, but long-range fast trawlers for shadowing the Royal Navy are an interesting idea.

The comment proposes avoiding new cruisers after 1935 and supporting pocket battleships with specialized supply vessels, destroyer flotillas, submarines, autogyros, and long-range trawlers. Some pieces are doubtful, especially ammunition supply by submarine, but fast trawlers under Norwegian cover offer an interesting scouting and shadowing idea. Commerce-raiding schemes depend on support ships, scouting, and diplomatic cover as much as on the raider itself.