After the Baltic War, the German Navy entered a period of rest. In the North Sea, the British fleet suffered huge losses in the decisive battle in the Mediterranean. It had no interest or strength in causing trouble for the other side. In the Baltic Sea, the Russian navy was completely destroyed, and the Germans wanted to fight

There was no opponent. The German General Staff believed that the German army had won victory on the entire Eastern Front. A large number of troops

The troops can evacuate from the cold Russia. The new Russian government has a group of capitalists and lower-level officers and soldiers as supporters. Although the absolute number is not large, it is still much stronger than the nobles and landlords who are still loyal to the Tsar. In addition, the German

People handed over part of the captured supplies. Even if the provisional government could not control Russia quickly, it could at least suppress the old Russian army.

Although there was no war anymore, and most of the officers also got a rare vacation, Scheer and others did not relax. On November 7, 1916, Scheer and others traveled by sea to the Naval Shipyard and Baltic Shipbuilding in St. Petersburg.

Where is the factory, there are two battleships that he dreams of waiting for him! At this time, the two giant ships in these two shipyards are in accordance with the Russian Provisional Government.

The agreement reached by the government has been completed and placed under the control of the German Navy. Scheer and others are preparing to inspect these two super behemoths, which the Russians call the world's most powerful warships. This warship is not only the Russian Navy's

A master of technology, it also incorporates British and American technology. This Russian work is enough to be called excellence even in the eyes of picky Germans!

In later generations, there has been debate about the top battleships of various countries that appeared in World War I, just like Xu Jie's. There are endless discussions on various rankings. The British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and Revenge-class battleships, the German Bismarck-class battleships, the Chinese

dragon

The Wu-class fast battleship became the representative of the super battleships of this era. They all proved their strength and value through many battles on the battlefield. They became the most dazzling stars in World War I. Generally speaking, the number one position is

It is these three-tier battleships that compete.

However, the evaluation of other battleships, such as the United States' Tennessee-class and New Mexico-class battleships, is not high. This is not to say that there were no highlights in their battles, but because in the battle on Saipan that year, due to various aspects

Factors, the performance of the U.S. Navy really greatly reduced the impression points of these two battleships. In addition, although they have more artillery, but 14

Although the warships such as Tennessee were originally equipped with 14-inch L50 main guns, the ablation of the gun bore was too severe, which seriously affected the accuracy. As a result, the walk was surprisingly large, and was used by the Americans.

It calls itself a shotgun. So it was forced to replace the original 14-inch 45l main gun. This resulted in a comprehensive lag in the power of the artillery.

But Izmail is an exception. It incorporates the most powerful technology of the British Empire. The 12 14-inch L52 main guns give it a penetration depth close to that of a 15-inch artillery. The power of the artillery is ahead of the Americans. Plus the number of 12 guns.

This makes him even more stable in terms of shooting volume.

It is the same as an ordinary battleship. At the same time, because of the use of a new ammunition supply system and servo, the rate of fire of this battleship is also good. In actual combat, it achieved a rate of fire of 2 rounds per minute, and in the test, it even achieved an astonishing performance of 2.5 rounds per minute.

.As for other aspects, it is also quite good.

"The Izmail-class battleship is definitely the master of our country's shipbuilding industry. It is no less than any active battleship in the world. Whether it is the Queen of the British or the Longwu class that beat opponents in Saipan and the Mediterranean.

Battleship, or your country's Bismarck. The high muzzle velocity of our new artillery coupled with the heavy ammunition has good storage speed at medium and long distances, and the penetration depth at long distances may even exceed that of your country's 15-inch gun.

"

"This battleship is also commendable in terms of protection. The 340mm sloped armor has an inclination angle of up to 18 degrees. The height of the main armor belt is 4.4 meters. Under the main armor belt, there is a layer of armor that gradually becomes thinner, with a thickness ranging from 5

inch gradually reduced to 60mm. This part of the armor will serve as the backbone of the defense against underwater attacks. The entire underwater protection system adopts American

It has a five-layer structure, and this class of warships completely abandons burning coal and uses heavy oil as fuel. The oil tank in the underwater part can form a one-meter-thick protective layer when filled with fuel. If it encounters a torpedo,

It can effectively absorb the energy generated by explosions. And in order to deal with water bombs that appear on the battlefield, we have also deliberately increased the thickness of the armor partitions in some areas."

"Also because of the battle on Saipan, we increased the horizontal protection of the battleship. On the upper edge of the side chord main armor, there is a layer of horizontal armor with a thickness of 120mm. In addition, on the upper deck we used shipbuilding steel with a thickness of 40mm as a

Auxiliary defense. In theory, this warship can withstand the horizontal hit of the Chinese 15-inch artillery from 20km away. At the same time, in order to ensure that the head and tail are hit due to the hit.

Due to the imbalance caused by a large amount of water intrusion, we re-optimized the compartments and retained the 100mm front and rear armor belts. The drainage system was strengthened. The turret of this battleship is almost indestructible, with a 450mm turret front and a 420mm gun mount.

The armor almost prevents the turret from being destroyed. Of course, in order to prevent the turret from being disabled due to bullet shock, we also took it into consideration during the design."

"Don't think that this steel behemoth is a slow-moving fortress. The new Parsons steam turbine and all-oil-fired boiler we use can provide it with a rated output of up to about 50,000 horsepower. If it is overloaded, it may have 7

With an output of 10,000 horsepower. Coupled with the appropriate spacing, this battleship can have a top speed of 23 knots with a displacement of 34,000 tons. This battleship is a perfect

Although we can no longer own the handicraft, its value cannot be denied." The words of the Russian engineer responsible for receiving Scheer and others were full of pride and loss, yes, very contradictory! Proud because they finally created the world

The most powerful battleship on board, and was lost because this battleship no longer belongs to the Russian Empire! They and their accessories will be handed over to the Germans as part of the war reparations!

"A very good battleship." Scheer said with great satisfaction. "I think this will be the beginning of a new history between our two countries." Standing on the side of the Izmail-class battleship, Scheer felt the strength of this battleship.

Huge, it is even longer than the Bismarck class. The knife-like scissors point forward, like a sharp sword, thick armor, thick and long cannons, 4 huge propellers at the stern and three boats.

The rudder makes people feel its power!

"There will also be 500 former Russian naval officers and technicians who will go to Germany with the ship. I believe that after a period of training with their cooperation, this warship will be ready to go to the battlefield." Hipper said.

"Will the Russians help us form combat capabilities?" Scheer didn't believe his ears. Judging from the performance of Essen and others, he always believed that they would not cooperate with the enemy even if they were defeated. Essen finally

He did not leave his flagship and sank to the bottom of the sea with the Sevastopol. Just like his predecessor, Admiral Makanov, the remaining prisoners of war were also very dishonest, let alone cooperative.

"The Russians who were able to sail with Admiral Essen in the end were die-hards. Naturally, these people would not cooperate with us, so their value was just as labor. In any era, any country will have some such hard-core elements, but

After all, they are in the minority, and many in the Russian army actively surrendered.

As for the technical personnel? We can provide them with security guarantees and enough bread. It is better than staying in Russia and living a precarious life. Although the provisional government has been established, Russia is still in chaos. And the material supply is also in chaos.

Very scarce." An officer next to him explained.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad. Just when the Germans were happily celebrating their victory over Russia, when Scheer inspected the two most powerful battleships of the Russian Navy, just when the Kaiser directly transferred these two battleships to the Russian Navy with a stroke of his pen.

When the ships were named Mackensen and York, the British also got the information that a coup had taken place in Russia, the Russian fleet was completely annihilated, and Admiral Essen sank with the ship. The attempted destruction of the two Russian battleships was accepted by the Germans. At this time, the Germans accepted the information.

The British Navy was so disgusted by their own actions! The British put a lot of effort into the construction of these two battleships! Not only did they provide a large amount of technical and material assistance, they also considered the need for support among the Allied Powers during the war.

Due to the inconvenient communication between them, enough parts and supplies were left behind! Although it seems impossible to build the third Izmail-class battleship, these two battleships still make the British Admiralty feel threatened.

"The results of our navy's hard work for a year are just gone! I really don't know what happened to the Russian side. Didn't Essen promise us that these warships will be destroyed?" a British naval vice admiral said angrily.

"I didn't expect the Germans to move so quickly in Russia. Wilhelm II planted a bomb for his cousin, which instantly destroyed the Normanov dynasty that had lasted for hundreds of years. This incident, Essen

The general is right, I can only say that those traitors did it too thoroughly, directly

Kolchak's troops were transferred to the front line, but their people were at the rear. General Essen could do nothing." Jericho's face was full of frustration. The greatest achievement of the British Royal Navy in the North Sea was to sink two

A super-dreadnought, but now, the Germans

They immediately added two more powerful ones from the Russians! What a joke! In addition to the 4 Bismarck-class super-dreadnoughts that had just been commissioned, the Germans had 6 ships that could rival the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships and the Revenge-class battleships.

exists! And

According to the estimates of the Royal Navy, the combat effectiveness of these six warships is actually higher than that of the Royal Navy's 15-inch gun warships, which means that the actual combat effectiveness of the two sides will be closer than the 3 to 5 on paper! And this situation is that the Royal Navy

Absolutely unacceptable to the Navy!
Chapter completed!