Chapter 47： Maritime undecided ask buddy! (1/2)
The two sides continued to mushroom for about a week before finally signing a cooperation agreement. And when the Austro-Hungarian delegation was sent away, before Ruprecht had a rest, a letter with the royal mark was sent to the prince. My good friend, my comrade-in-arms who once fought on the battlefield of the mouth-cannon, and business partner-the German Crown Prince Wilhelm II has written again!
”Damn it? It's a postal package? Wouldn't it be a gift for me? His Royal Highness is too polite. ”Looking at Fang Zhengzheng, some heavy postal package, Prince Ruprecht smiled. This Prince William is very prosperous, knowing it's okay to send some gifts to exchange feelings. Let me think about what is inside...
Ok? what? ”Damn! What are you doing to send me a book?” After opening the package of the mail, it was a box with a high-end atmosphere. The silver-plated shell and complicated patterns make people think about it, but when the traveler enthusiastically opens the box, there is no valuable jewelry or some artworks inside, but drawings and descriptions that match the drawings. file!
”Is this bear kid addicted to being overhead? Then you get a design bureau yourself!” The prince said in a very depressed heart, but after looking at the line drawing on the drawing for himself, he found that the things sent this time The author is definitely not Prince William, an amateur who can't even count as three knives!
Because I know all the people who cross the pictures! This thing is the Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleship in history! It's the warship that claims to be the closest to fearless in appearance!
Seeing the three turrets arranged on the central axis, the prince was immediately messed up. He really did not expect that the Brandenburg-class battleship, which had died because of his cruiser plan, would still be in the shadows! Still stubbornly survive.... This vitality is stronger than Xiaoqiang! In other words, the German Navy still believes that it needs a first-class battleship that can take the lead, and the Munich-class armored cruiser is still too small...
Although the budget for large warships that will not be available in the next three years has been passed, the fourth year is 1894. When the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War that shocked the world broke out, a new wave of naval construction was about to be detonated! But the prince thinks about it, the German navy should get a few warships of more than 10,000 tons. Aside from other things, pretending is always necessary, right? If it starts construction in 1895 and enters service in 1898, it can at least be used as an offshore defense gunship in the first battle.
Kumako’s letter first explained the background of the emergence of this class of battleship. Although the Munich-class armored cruiser is very good, but the tonnage is too small, it can be regarded as a compromise between performance and budget, and the firepower of the main gun is too thin. In the first battle, the strength was limited. Therefore, in order to make up for the lack of large-caliber naval gun firepower in the fleet, the German Admiralty came up with a plan equipped with 6 280mm guns.
The overall design is better than in history. At least the thickness of the armor belt has dropped. The main armor belt, which had a maximum thickness of 16 inches, was cut to about 11 inches. Although the thickness is slightly larger, it can be considered acceptable. Generally speaking, as far as the firepower level of the former dreadnought battleship is, the hardened armor can be insured to 9 inches.
The historical terrace turret has also been improved and replaced with a turret with a more complete servo system. According to the above, the single firing speed of each artillery is about 40 seconds. This performance is already very good. The main gun layout is still the central axis layout, and the secondary gun firepower is still weak, 8 105MM guns are distributed on the side string.
The thing that most fundamentalist dreadnought enthusiasts can't stand is that the barrel length of the middle turret is still 35L. In order to allow the turret to rotate and to save deck space, the German designer still cut it short. How do people look, how uncomfortable...