Chapter 12 Lead Duck (Part 2)
The lights jumped, making the faces of the three people dimly turn.
Qingying said all the information he had obtained in later generations, and he couldn't express his joy in his heart. At this time, he was no longer worried that what he said just now was not in line with his age. If it really didn't work, he could throw all the reasons to the British "Jane's Battleship Yearbook" published!
William II stayed for a while, his face changed; surprise, ecstasy, pleasure, anger... all these flashed across his face. He closed his eyes and was silent for a while. When he looked at Tirpitz, there was no longer the calmness of calmness in his eyes, but a little more anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Alfred, is what Etel said true?"
After being swept by William II's sharp eyes, Tirpitts did not dare to look at the emperor's eyes. After he thought about it carefully for a while, a piece of data from the warship flashed in his mind, and suddenly stopped in place. After a while, the blood on Tirpitts's face faded away at a speed that could be checked by the naked eye, showing a pale pale like paper. He slowly lowered his head and stuttered: "Yes, what the Second Highness said is not bad at all."
"Since that's the case, I have a question to ask you Alfred." William II's face turned pale and shouted with syllables that popped out of his teeth: "With almost the same speed, why can the British equip 10 120mm cannons on a 2440-ton ship; and the ship I designed has 2650 tons, and only 8 120mm cannons were equipped, so it became a lead duck that sinks when it was launched? The ship built in the UK still has vertical armor, and the weight of the armor is only much greater than that of my design!"
"It seems that the designers of the Empire are indeed a little more conservative, but perhaps they have considered more aspects, such as structural redundancy and navigation. Your Majesty, you know that if the warship does not have enough structural redundancy, no matter how good the paper data is, it is useless." Tirpitz felt a bit strangely dry in his throat. He now regretted evaluating the warship designed by the emperor in that tone just now. The "Chyoda" cruiser that Qingying just mentioned was also regarded as a heretic who was sinking when it started construction. Why didn't he remember it with these designers?
"Alfred, don't think I don't know. Structural redundancy is indeed important, but it must be moderate! The redundancy reserved by these guys has obviously affected the performance of the ship; even the physical objects that Etel can find for reference, these fools don't even know. With this alone, they are not qualified to sit down at the Naval Design Bureau again!" William II's eyes were angry and said loudly, "It's still the navigational performance. The British ship was bought by the Japanese. It requires sailing half the earth before returning to China. Is it still poor? These ship designers under your command serve the empire in this way? Or in their eyes, I am just an idiot who knows nothing about ship design and can't get into their eyes at all?" William II became more and more angry as he spoke, and finally smashed it hard on the desk with a punch; the huge voice made Qingying and Tirpitts tremble in his heart!
"His Majesty, calm down!" Seeing that William II was really angry, Tirpitz quickly stood up from the chair, lowered his head and bowed, "The designers of the Imperial Navy may have been neglected, but they absolutely did not look down on His Majesty at all! In the 5 years since His Majesty ascended the throne, the rise of the German Empire has exceeded the period when the Holy Emperor was in power, and they admire His Majesty from the bottom of their hearts!"
Thinking of his hard work of designing for so many days, he was rejected by several idiot bricks in this way, which made him laughed at all inside and outside the palace. William II, who always regarded himself, was filled with resentment and furious, and couldn't help but roar loudly: "A little neglected? Alfred, you were also on the scene at the time and heard how those guys evaluated my warship. This is no longer a negligence! Such a designer steals high positions. When will the Imperial Navy surpass Russia and catch up with the law?"
"Yes, yes! After I went back, I immediately drove those old people who were ignorant from the design bureau!" Seeing that William II's tone was showing signs of looseness, Tirpitz quickly hit the snake and stick to calm the emperor's anger first, and then talk about others. William II panted with his nostrils for a while, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and the anger on his face disappeared. He exhaled a turbid breath and whispered in a hesitant tone: "Alfred, I just thought of something."
Seeing that William II suppressed his anger so quickly and was so serious, Tirpitz was shocked and did not dare to neglect. He quickly looked solemn and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."
"My lead duck, the designers all think that it is impossible to build without 4,000 tons. When it comes to the Americans' Olympia, what is the tonnage of the Imperial Navy warship? I think about it now, I feel scared!" William II's voice echoed in the room, with a hint of nightmare fear, "Why don't they dare to add firepower to the warship? Where does the weight of these swelling come from? Alfred, you must check it out!"
After William II said this, Tirpitz felt that this matter was serious and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely give Your Majesty an explanation within 30 days!"
William II nodded slightly and said softly: "When you go this time, let's show the data of the warship called 'Chyoda' to the group of people, and let them completely redesign it from the inside out to find out what their previous problems are. If they can't do it in a month... let them all get out of the Navy Ship Design Bureau. Germany does not need to raise such a group of idiot designers who can only rely on tonnage to solve problems!"
A chill surged in Tirpitz's heart, and he said yes.
A moment of sleepiness came, and William II couldn't help but yawn a big yawn. He turned to see that the wall clock on the wall had already pointed to 11 o'clock. He waved his hand and said to Tirpitz: "Alfred, please go back and rest. If you have any questions, we will discuss it tomorrow."
Tirpitz also felt a little tired at this time. He was now in a mess and eager to take a break to recover his energy. After hearing this, he bowed to William II and turned around and left the room.
"Huh... in this case, my mission will be completed!" Looking at Tirpitz's figure leaving, the big stone in Qingying's heart finally landed. He took off the windbreaker from the hanger and was about to retreat, but William II's gentle voice came from behind: "Etel, stay first. I have something to say to you."
Chapter completed!