The Rise of the Empire

Don’t you see, Thomas’ 4 queens successfully transferred in front of the entire high seas fleet? If the four kings at the top can be equipped with eight 14-inch guns, the queen might really be able to keep two of them! Therefore, the legacy of the 12-inch gun must be removed, and the largest possible gun is politically correct! The first caliber of artillery, the second in number is the kingly way of the bb era! (Of course, the premise is that the number of artillery can meet the needs of fire control.) The six artillery layouts of prestige and counterattack have already shown this!

At the same time, do not underestimate the British super fearless armor protection. There is a saying that the British super fearless armor is belt armor. The thickest 300mm is only a narrow one, but in fact, the British super fearless armor belt is not lower than the Germans. There are too many, the lower extension is almost worse than the German warship, and the water part is similar. The thickest part of 300mm is not too short, and the thickness of the entire main armor belt is about one and a half decks higher. Just be 3.5 meters.

Moreover, in history, the British learned lessons after the Battle of Jutland. In addition to changing the terrible fire protection, the British also increased the protection of the dome armor. If the prince remembers correctly, the side of the dome armor has been increased. 2 inches, the level increased by 1 inch, even if the 12-inch shells penetrate the 6-inch upper armor, they may not penetrate the core compartment!

In history, there were as many as 12 British Super Intrepids equipped with 343mm heavy guns! It is a well-deserved main force in the early stage of the first battle! Not to mention the later Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and Vengeance-class battleships. Although the British's artillery shells are rotten, but in the later stage to penetrate the opponent's defense, relying on 12-inch guns is definitely not enough!

Therefore, in summary, the prince finally decided to adopt the 12-inch 12-inch gun plan, which is entirely in preparation for future upgrades. This upgrade may be completed in front of the station or soon after the start of the war. Anyway, he will do it!

And even if this is aside, from the internal design, the plan developed by His Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht with later experience is much better than the Krupp plan!

First of all, the gap between the two sides in terms of underwater protection is huge. The Germans still adopted the empty warehouse-liquid warehouse layout. This layout is not good, especially when facing underwater bombs. If the shells penetrate the empty tank and explode in the liquid tank, then this is a torpedo with a small charge! Severe pressure will directly shred the last protection of the warship underwater, causing the core compartment to flood.

In addition, in order to compensate for the small depth of tds at the ammunition depot due to the width of the hull, the prince also specially strengthened the underwater protection of the ammunition depot. The protective thickness of the underwater part of the side is 60mm high elastic steel, and the bottom is a three-layer bottom of the ship. .

As for vertical protection, the 280mm 12-degree inclination armor is higher than the vertical. Although it may not be able to hold the 15-inch shells with the green cap, it is still 12 kilometers away to block the attack of all the British battleships of the 1st battle. no problem! The height of the armor belt also has advantages. And horizontal protection is a masterpiece that transcends the times! The 90mm main horizontal armor will ask you if you are afraid! This thickness is bragging when used in 2 battles, but it is definitely not weak in the 1920s!

In terms of ship type and power, the Bavarian plan has also been well thought out. This class of warship has greatly optimized the ship type, making the ship longer and more conducive to high speed. And adjusted the size of the space between the propeller shafts of the battleships to avoid mutual interference, and at the same time gave up the 3-axis layout of the German battleships (the latter would reduce the strength of the tail.) The 4-axis layout was adopted. So although the power is worse than the Royal William Shipyard, it has a little advantage in speed.

In general, the prince considers his battleship to be a masterpiece of more than an era in the Royal William Shipyard! Except that the cost will be relatively high, visually measuring around £2.2 million, this is simply a perfect first-generation dreadnought ship (this is the quotation in 1900, if it is replaced by the quotation of the king in history, it may be higher. .) At the same time, the Royal William Shipyard's offer was approximately £2.1 million. The opponent has a certain advantage!

The battleship plan is the same for everyone, and the battlecruiser plan is similar (in history, the Germans began to call them large cruisers, and the two titles in the text refer to the same battleship) The plan adopted by the Royal Wilhelm Shipyard almost maintained the original Some designs just weaken the armor and increase the power. It is said that the firepower still adopts a 5-turret layout, but the artillery is replaced with a new 11-inch gun, which makes the prince quite unhappy! For this plan, he is almost unacceptable.

"If the battlecruiser plan uses 11-inch guns, it can be used as a breakthrough!" Without seeing the detailed data, the prince is not easy to make a decision, but subconsciously, he thinks this is an opportunity to break the current deadlock!

And Bavaria does this. Remove the rear No. 3 turret, lengthen the power cabin, and repair the hull again to become the Bavarian battle patrol plan, but the total length of the hull reached 195 meters. The rated maximum output power is 54,000 horsepower. (Note that this is a rating, not actual. The "overclocking" of battlecruisers in World War I was still very fierce. It is estimated that the actual maximum output is about 70,000 horsepower, and the speed is above 26 knots.

In terms of cost, the cost of the battlecruisers and battleships of the two sides is similar. This is not as late as in history. Both sides bc are aiming at a speed of 28 knots, so the cost of construction caused by the surge in power has risen. The phenomenon is not obvious.

The increase in power is not just about the cost of boilers and turbines. If the power compartment is too large, the armor belt will be elongated, which will increase the cost of defense, and ultimately increase the cost of the entire warship. At the beginning of history, the Germans’ first-generation war Tours, such as Von De Tann and Mochi, are not more expensive than Nassau and Helgoland~www.NovelMTL.com~ or even cheaper.

In the later stage, the pride of the German Battleship 1 Bavaria-class battleship cost only about 2.5 million pounds, while the cost of the Hindenburg-class battleship of the same level reached about 3 million pounds during the same period. The armor weight is not much less than that of Bavaria, but because the armor box is a bit longer, the defense level is not one level... And the weapon is even worse by 2 levels, 8 15-inch guns versus 8 12-inch guns, this is unbearable!

In addition to the three schemes proposed by Bavaria and the Royal Wilhelm Shipyard, there are several schemes, one of which is a simple expanded version of the Friedrich-class, adding a twin turret. The displacement is about 18,000 tons, and the cost is only 1.8 million. The defense is also limited, so this plan was rejected because it was too weak.

The other plan was rejected because it was too "powerful", with 6 dual-mounted main guns! There are two dual-mounted knapsack main guns at the fore and aft, and the two turrets in the middle of the hull are arranged diagonally. Even the layman would not comment on this! There are too many gun positions in the hull, which greatly lengthens the armor box of the battleship.

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