Chapter 92 Caesar Class Battleship
"Very good, a very good warship with a very good name." William II nodded in approval.
The performance of this battlecruiser designed by Qin Tian is indeed very good, which made William II very satisfied. What made William II even more satisfied was that Qin Tian actually knew how to find a way to ease the conflict with Xiao Maoqi, instead of blindly confronting each other. In this case, it is undoubtedly more suitable to become the future heir of the empire. After all, being an emperor requires a broad mind.
William II had to admit that in these respects, Qin Tian was much stronger than Crown Prince William. So much so that he couldn't help thinking that it was a wrong decision to let Qin Tian be the current crown prince and leave the position of crown prince for Crown Prince William?
"The battlecruiser designed by His Royal Highness is indeed very powerful. If it can be put into service, it will further strengthen the strength of the German Navy." Marshal Tirpitz commented on the 'Moltke-class' battlecruiser performance, very satisfied.
William II nodded and looked at the Naval Technical Committee. In principle, each new type of warship needs to be approved by the Naval Technical Committee if it wants to start construction. Of course, because of the previous 'Nassau-class' battleships, the Naval Technical Committee no longer dared to embarrass Qin Tian's design. They also didn't want to be slapped in the face by Qin Tian again.
"Ahem!" Count von Warren coughed twice and had to stand up.
"Your Majesty, the Moltke-class battleship designed by His Majesty the Crown Prince is very good in all aspects. The Naval Technical Committee believes that this is a very good battleship. However, our only concern is that this The cost of the battleship will probably be very high!" said Count von Warren. In order to avoid offending Qin Tian, who had become the crown prince, Count von Warren had already carefully considered the choice of words and sentences.
Qin Tian nodded: "Indeed, according to our estimates, the cost of the 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers will be very high. It is estimated that each ship will reach about 60 million marks."
"Sixty million marks per ship?" Everyone couldn't help but gasped. Such a price is undoubtedly very high. Even William II couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth. If it weren't for Qin Tian and the royal family to provide the navy with a loan of 100 million marks each year, the navy would not have so much money to build these expensive warships.
"Everyone, the navy is very expensive. Especially when we can't compete with the British in the number of battleships, we can only try to improve the combat effectiveness of each class of warships. Only in this way can we achieve Only by winning more with less can we defeat the British in future naval battles. The price to be paid for this is nothing more than a high price. After all, the excellent performance of warships requires advanced technology and equipment to pile up These are very costly." Qin Tian said.
Everyone nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Qin Tian's statement. After all, strengthening the performance of each class of warships as much as possible is undoubtedly the only way for the German Navy to catch up with the British Navy at this stage. If it competes with the British navy in quantity, the German navy has no chance of winning. The British could even build capital ships with double or even triple the number of German navy. In that case, the German navy has no chance of winning at all.
"Do you still have objections to this? If not, then approve the construction of the 'Moltke-class' battlecruiser." William II said.
No one raised any objections, even Xiao Maoqi, who had always been against Qin Tian, remained silent. It is estimated that he also hopes that this class of battlecruisers named after his uncle can be built smoothly!
William II nodded, and then approved the construction of the "Moltke-class" battlecruiser.
"Father, please also name the other two 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers." Qin Tian requested. The "Moltke-class" battlecruiser is still planned to build three ships.
William II thought for a while, and then said: "The other two ships are called 'Goben' and 'Sedlitz' respectively!"
"Yes, Royal Father!" Qin Tian didn't have any objection to this.
"In addition to the battlecruiser, we also need to start building a new type of battleship as soon as possible, as the follow-up battleship of the 'Helgoland-class' battleship." Qin Tian continued.
Afterwards, he instructed someone to hang a large design drawing on the wall. On the blueprint, there is a huge battleship. Its shape is very similar to that of the "Helgoland-class" battleship, and it can be said to be an improved version of the "Helgoland-class" battleship.
"Everyone, this battleship is 185 meters long, 28.5 meters wide, and has a draft of 9.1 meters. Its standard displacement is 28,500 tons, and its full load displacement is 32,500 tons. Its armament is three triple-mounted 343 mm 50 times Caliber main guns, 14 150 mm 45 caliber secondary guns, 16 88 mm 45 caliber anti-torpedo boat guns. The power is 24 improved Sulzer oil-fired boilers, four Curtis steam turbines, and the maximum power of the main engine is 60,000 Four horsepower, four-axis propulsion, and a maximum speed of 23 knots. In terms of armor defense, the main armor belt defense is 350mm, the frontal armor of the turret and the armor of the conning tower are both 350mm. The deck armor is 65mm. It can be said that this class of battleship is' An enlarged version of the Helgoland-class battleship. It's just that we have optimized the relevant design, especially strengthened the defense." Qin Tian introduced.
In this regard, everyone has no objection. It is a common practice to improve on the basis of a certain level of battleship, strengthen certain aspects of performance, and then build another level. It is obviously unrealistic if every class of battleship has to be redesigned.
Qin Tian wanted to install a 380mm main gun on the capital ship of the next level. But he knew that this was simply not realistic. Although the Krupp company has already opened up its horsepower, it has just developed a 305 mm 50 times the caliber and delivered it to the shipyard. The 343mm main gun is still in full public relations. It is expected to be able to catch up with the launch and outfitting of the "Helgoland-class" battleship. If Krupp is to develop another 380mm main gun, it will probably kill them. Of course, Qin Tian would not let them relax. The 380mm main gun must be developed and equipped with warships before the outbreak of World War I. Only in this way can the German Navy have a higher chance of winning in the future.
As usual, William II asked everyone if he had any objections to this class of battleships. Everyone still shook their heads, expressing no objection. As a result, the construction plan for this class of battleship was also approved. This level of battleship was named the "Caesar-class" battleship by William II.
