() The Germans are rigorous and meticulous, but they are a little too conservative in shipbuilding. This was vividly reflected in World War 1! In terms of main gun selection, all 13 German battleships of the third level used a 12-inch L50 main gun.

!Thanks to this, Thomas's four Queen Elizabeth-class battleships successfully turned around under the full force of the High Seas Fleet! Even the Warspite, which had problems with its steering gear, escaped the fate of being sunk!

In terms of design, from taking the SAO to Helgeland, Xu Jie thought that there was some leakage from the front Dreadnought! The hexagonal main gun arrangement was a waste of tonnage and weakened the firepower. The 12 main guns could only use part of it.

Isn’t 8 doors a cheat? After arriving at Caesars, I finally made some progress. I know the diagonal layout and can use it under certain circumstances.

With the firepower of 10 main guns, the king finally mastered the central axis layout. As for Bavaria, who faced the rear, he could see through the ground-breaking work of the battleships in the first battle, and the battle line ability surpassed the queen. But it came out too late.

, and there were only 2 ships! Facing the subsequent 5 Queens and 5 R-class ships, Bavaria burst into tears!

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The Germans also appeared to be too cautious when it came to battleship tonnage. As of before 1915, the largest German battleship at that time was the König-class, with a displacement of 25,000 tons. The tonnage of the American New York-class and the British Queen Elizabeth-class had already

It reached 27,500 tons. At that time, Japan built

The Fuso has reached 30,000 tons. The tonnage of German battleships is relatively low, which strictly affects the improvement of combat effectiveness. When the King class was built, there was the intention to replace it with a 320mm main gun. However, under the dual restrictions of tonnage and funding,

, in the end it was tragic to continue to use the 12-inch 50l main gun!

When they arrived in Bavaria, the Germans repented! Large-caliber main guns and larger tonnages began to be launched, but it was too late! It was too late! Bavaria did not fire a single shell against its old enemy the Royal Navy! In order to let this

Germany in this plane can better weaken and contain Britain. Xu Jie must let the Germans let go of their courage as soon as possible!

"Your Excellency, what opportunities do you think the German Navy will have once a war breaks out?" Xu Jie asked after taking a sip of Pu'er.

"What does Mr. Xu mean? Aren't we talking about battleships again?" Tirpitz was a little confused. To be honest, the rigid and rigorous Germans are really not suitable for the Chinese people's jumping thinking, especially the jumping thinking of the time travellers!

"There is a fatal flaw between the German Navy and the British Navy. That is that Germany is a country with a large army. Facing a double attack from Russia and France, the German Army is never enough. I guess Chief of Staff Moltke has been having a headache about this problem?" Xu

Jay said with a smile.

"So our navy's military expenditure has never been comparable to that of Britain. What's even more frightening is that once a war breaks out, it will be difficult for the navy to launch new warships, so it will be difficult to replenish the naval fleet." Tirpitz finally reacted.

"Therefore, every battleship of the German Empire must be a classic. They must be the most top-notch existence of the same era. Once the war begins, when the gap between the two sides is smallest, victory will be won with a fierce and swift attack! Only in this way, the German High Seas Fleet will

Only then can there be a way out! Only then can we be worthy of the marks and manpower spent on this!" Xu Jie said.

"And my class of battleships can definitely allow the German Empire to have a super battleship that can defy other battleships of the same class for the first time. I commissioned the Leo class to name the new battleship that is about to be built Dreadnought, and I call this class of battleship the Dreadnought.

King!" Xu Jie said somewhat excitedly.

In the pyramid of needs, being recognized by the world is the highest need. Since Xu Jie traveled through time, it can be said that it has been smooth sailing. However, the words of entrusting Leo and Yan Boxun this time made Xu Jie a little depressed. Now, Xu Jie has received a new realization.

Naturally, I will not give up the opportunity of my ambition!

"Your Excellency, please see, this battleship is equipped with 4 triple turrets. In most cases on the battle line, it can cover the opponent with the firepower of 12 main guns. The firepower is that of the current Dante class.

Twice! Don’t worry about the problem of too large a walk. We can control it on the fire control. Each time we try to fire one shot from each turret

Artillery shells, 4 rounds of artillery shells are used for correction. When entering the effectiveness, only half a second between the same turrets can effectively reduce the impact of the muzzle blast, or the artillery on the left and right fires first, and then the artillery in the middle fires.

Hit! Triple-packing is the development trend, double-packing is just for emergencies." Xu Jie took out a piece of paper and drew while talking.

"The space between the two turrets on the bow is used to install the diesel engine responsible for driving the rotation of the turrets. This can prevent two turrets from being blocked by one gun. The forecastle has been extended to the third turret, and the gun gallery and gun gallery have been eliminated.

Armor, replace the turret. In this case, we can strengthen the height of the main armor belt, and at the same time weaken the upper body to 150

mm can be used to resist medium-caliber artillery. Make the gun base larger and leave enough space between the turret and the turret to reduce the occurrence of jamming. This warship is definitely first-class in terms of firepower maintenance and firepower display.

"Twin-mounted main guns take up too much space when the number of main guns is the same, which is actually not advisable," Xu Jie said.

"There is also power. In fact, using heavy oil boilers has more space, weight, and is cheaper than using coal-fired boilers. (History is indeed like this. Although it is difficult to understand, a certain expert took a screenshot and it is indeed fuel oil.

The boiler comprehensively suppresses the coal-fired boiler.) I know that Germany lacks heavy oil and we can use oil-coal mixture

The boiler is used to maintain the cruising speed of the warship. When full speed is required, the pure oil-fired boiler can be used to achieve high speed. In addition, if fuel is poured into the underwater compartment, the level of protection can be effectively improved." Xu Jie will be fearless for future generations.

The power supply methods of oil-coal mixed combustion and pure oil-fired boilers during the warship period were stated in advance.

"Boss, I just realized that your eloquence is so good. I almost agree with you, but there is one problem, and that is the construction risk and price. The tonnage of this ship is conservatively 22,000

Ton to 23,000 tons," Yan Boxun said.

"Price is not a problem, what we need is the feasibility of this plan. No matter how big the tonnage of this battleship is, the price will not exceed the 10-gun battleship built by Italy for your country. As long as this plan is feasible, then we can provide Beiyang with the best

It is also the cheapest warship!" It must be said that Xu Jie still has some MLM talents. After weighing it, Tirpitz decided to accept this order as much as possible. What the German Empire lacked was not money, but good quality.

Design and concept.

"Back then, when your country ordered Dingzhen from our country, our quotation was only 350,000 pounds. When ordering the King class, our quotation was even lower than when you ordered the Garibaldi armored cruiser from Italy.

Today, for the sake of the friendship between the German Empire and the new Chinese Republic, we will still provide your country with the most cost-effective warships."

"You can rest assured about the quality. The German Empire will work with your country to equip this type of warship. We will make a large-scale model for pool experiments, and the slipway used to produce large luxury cruise ships for Hamburg America will be freed up to produce this type of warship.

The king of battleships!" the German Empire's Navy Minister loudly assured. (Hamburg America Company was the largest luxury cruise operator at the time, with many cruise ships of more than 20,000 tons. In 1906, there were more than 30,000 cruise ships in the world.

tons of luxury cruise ships)

"In addition, I hope that you will equip the new battleship with 4 propellers instead of the 3-axis power system that your country often uses. According to the reaction of the officer below, the three-axis König-class armored cruiser has worse sailing performance when the power is equivalent.

Using 4-axis Pisa-level armor

Cruiser, and because the distance between the power shafts is too close, the interference between them is too large, so the efficiency is really a bit tragic." Finally, Xu Jie did not forget to point out the biggest problem in the power of the German warships, and he did not want it.

There is such a problem on the battleship I ordered.

Historically, the German battleships used three drive shafts, and because the propellers were too close together, there was serious disturbance during rotation. Therefore, the power of the German battleship itself was not low, but its speed was slower than that of the British battleship with a similar situation.

Some.

"Mr. Xu, I hope you can ask the relevant technical personnel to summarize these issues, and then submit them to our ambassador to your country, and then forward them to the shipyard." Tier said with some embarrassment. Compared with being able to command battles and

For Xu Jie, who can design warships, the Tire batch cannot be called versatile.

"Then I would like to ask, how many such warships does your country plan to order?" Tier asked in batches.

"2 ships." Xu Jie stretched out two fingers and gestured. "We will add at least 4 new battleships, of which the Italian Royal Shipyard will undertake the construction of two of them, which are the 5-seater twin main ships we selected.

A new warship with an 11-inch main gun and a speed of 20 knots. The remaining two will be built by the German Empire's Germania Shipyard or Wilhelm Shipyard. What do you think?" Xu Jie asked.

"That's great." Tirpitz nodded and said happily.

"If your country still has room on its slipway, I hope to produce a new type of battlecruiser. This class of battleship can be regarded as the battlecruiser version of the 12-gun battleship. It is equipped with three triple-mounted main gun turrets and is lightly protected.

, with a speed of 23 knots. This battleship will serve as the flagship of the Beiyang Fast Fleet." Xu Jie thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and gave some orders for battlecruisers to Germany.

The Germans have absolutely no problem with their industrial base and technology, so Xu Jie doesn't mind at all to give the German dreadnoughts a high starting point! He directly launches a battleship with firepower that surpasses the king's. If the Germans don't figure it out, Xu Jie has nothing to do.

Oh! It’s not that the Germans don’t have the ability to develop powerful enough artillery at the same time as the British, but that they are limited by design ideas, funding and courage.

"It's a different battle. Now I wonder what Beihai will be like in more than ten years!" Xu Jie said in his heart.
Chapter completed!