The Rise of the Empire

Ruprecht admitted that in the current environment, an armor-piercing projectile without a cap and a stable delay fuze is not useful, but at the same time you must also see that if World War I still breaks out, the shy German fleet would think To replenish combat power, one must rely on some former fearless battleships,

　　 In the history of the war, the High Seas Fleet had a total of 3 battleship squadrons, of which the second battleship squadron was composed of 8 former dreadnoughts, and the commander of this fleet was later Admiral Sher of the High Seas Fleet! In the Battle of Jutland, Scheer insisted on taking the former Dreadnought Fleet up there. There was nothing he could do. He couldn't bear the dozens of 11-inch guns!

　　 Compared with the wealthy British fleet, the German fleet is a poor ghost. As a poor ghost, you must have the consciousness of the poor ghost and use the least money to make the most powerful fleet possible. Do you want to continue to increase military spending? That should be within the range that Germany can bear! If it is the same as in history, more than 20 dreadnoughts are 11-inch and 12-inch artillery, then it would be a shame!

　　 So the prince can tolerate the German Navy's experimental construction of 2 to 3 Brandenburg-class battleships to deal with the current battleship vacuum period. But the German navy’s former dreadnought battleship continues to use 11-inch guns or even 240MM guns! The cruiser’s 210MM gun must also disappear from history!

　　 Therefore, the prince's standard for future German battleships and armored cruisers is this. Battleships must use 12-inch L40 guns, and armored cruisers have a gun caliber of about 10 inches! This is also the original intention of the cooperation between Prince and Skoda. If Krupp cannot provide it, the newly established heavy artillery production plant will directly squeeze Krupp's market share! For the current traversers, as long as the newly established artillery factory can develop artillery of the corresponding caliber, then he is 90% sure that he can convince the future Kaiser!

　　 In addition to guaranteeing the caliber of the artillery, the number of artillery must also be guaranteed. From a historical point of view, the number of artillery pieces of the same caliber on the same side of a warship is the lowest level requirement for long-range artillery combat. The prestige and counterattack that the British later engaged in also ensured the minimum amount of six main guns.

　　 The old dreadnought ship with 4 main guns, even if the Russians made a weird three-ship combined shooting method, it didn’t work. In actual combat, there was nothing about the Goben... Therefore, the Brandenburg-class battleship with 6 guns is a representative of advanced combat effectiveness. The layout needs to be retained and the caliber needs to be increased!

　　According to the technological level of the fearless era before construction in 1900, the power-to-weight ratio of the power system was too low, and the tonnage limit of the battleship was generally around 15,000 tons when the size of the battleship was limited. The speed is below 20 knots. In theory, it is feasible to install 6 12-inch guns while ensuring a certain number of secondary guns. If you can get an early steam turbine by opening a hook, or if you optimize the line of the ship, you can reach 20 knots. Battleships of this level can already be used in the fearless era.

　　 The tonnage of large armored cruisers in history is also more than 12,000 tons. In the later period, the Minotaur and his like were directly 15,000 tons. Based on the technical level after 1900, theoretically, this tonnage would not have a big problem with 8 10-inch guns while ensuring a speed of more than 20 knots. After all, the famous PISA in history is less than 10,000 tons, directly 4 10-inch guns and 8 8-inch guns. It ran a high speed of 23.6 knots with a steam engine.

　　 Even if they serve later, Ruprecht will try to see if he can use the steam turbine earlier, and then repair the line, so that a 12,000-ton armored cruiser can run out of 21 knots is still promising.

According to the prince’s plan, if there is no threat of war in Germany, the Munich-type armored cruiser and the improved version of the Brandenburg-class battleship are enough to meet the existing challenges. If you want to build a battleship of 15,000 tons and more than 12,000 tons As for the armored cruiser, it is better to start construction around 1898.

　　 This is not just nonsense. If history does not change, Bismarck can live at least until 1898. As long as he is in power, there will be resistance to large-scale naval construction. And the technology before 1898 is really difficult to guarantee the level required by the traversers. At this time, the value preservation of the fleet building was very poor and its significance was limited.

From the perspective of the naval budget, before 1894, the German Navy first built 6 to 7 Munich-class armored cruisers. After 1894, it would be good for the Reichstag to pass the Brandenburg-class battleship plan. You know, Even after Bismarck stepped down, the historical budget for the construction of the original four Brandenburg-class battleships was completely useless. The new Brandenburg-class battleships are now stronger and more expensive, and I am afraid that the number of them will not be much.

　　 After 1898, the Prime Minister changed, the resistance dropped by more than half, the technology also accumulated a part, and the shipyards became proficient. William II may also come to power, and then Dajian will probably begin! The traveler couldn't help but clicked a like for his plan! This schedule and arrangement is simply fantastic!

　　 It is possible for battleships to directly use the 6-gun central axis~www.readwn.com~ with two turrets. So what about the cruiser? Eight 10-inch guns use the classic bottom bracket layout and then guard the design? This method is very good, but when implemented, it is still limited by the length of the battleship and the deck area.

In this era, the level of power system is low and it occupies a lot of space. If you squeeze all 4 turrets in the middle, the length of the hull must be very touching. After all, cruisers will still be deployed overseas. The reason why the British dare to be In 1898, the Qiangsheng-class cruiser with a length of more than 160 meters was built. In addition to maintaining the stability of Rurik, another reason was that the British overseas bases were very sound. The British can, but the Germans can't. At least not now.

　　It is also possible to use Scharnhorst’s layout, with four artillery on the central axis, and the other four artillery in a single installation at the four corners. It is symmetrical, beautiful, and also meets the minimum requirements of six main guns on one side. But in the view of the perfect traverser, any layout that theoretically cannot play all the firepower on the same side is a heresy! All should be tied to the cross and burned! Scharnhorst and later Lützoff's layout should be thrown into the garbage dump of history, and then stepped on a few feet, never to turn over!

In addition to the layout of the central axis, the only thing that exerts all the firepower is the layout of the quadrilateral artillery of Vonde Tahn in history. Although the artillery on both sides of this layout in history is not large in the opposite direction, but at least theoretically. This is possible, if the design is good, the reverse angle of fire of 60 degrees can still be achieved. In the eyes of the prince, the new armored cruiser is directly made into a reduced version of Von De Tann with a steam engine!

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