Chapter 339: Small means
As for whether the prince thought about whether he had come up with quasi-fearless and trumpet bc so early that the age of fearless would come early, the answer is naturally yes! The prince is not going to let the Dreadnought not appear until 1905! In history, Germany created a large number of useless pre-fearlessness, which was a waste of a lot of money. The prince spent so much effort to get Krupp. He used a 10-inch gun ahead of time. It also used a steam turbine and a coal-fired boiler. ,What for? Naturally, to be fearless as soon as possible!
Now it's almost time to go! Would the prince give up this foot because the British might refer to their own designs? After all, the advent of the fearless era is a matter of time, and I can only fight for the first place, not back! However, this does not mean that His Royal Highness can not do any means, because although the idea of using all-heavy artillery battleships is an inevitable trend in history, there are still some tricks that can be played before this.
Prince Ruprecht vaguely remembered seeing such a record in a book. The idea of the first all-heavy gun battleship was to use the medium-caliber 234mm heavy gun. And in history, the British realized that the 12-inch heavy gun was more effective than the 9.2-inch gun.
In addition, although the British were the first to create fearlessness, they were not so confident in the idea of fearlessness. Therefore, while building fearlessness, the last quasi-fearless Nelson-class battleship was also being built. And this time the prince finally eliminated the two battleships from the visiting fleet. One of the very important reasons was to push back the appearance of the British full-caliber gun battleships!
In fact, under the current circumstances, the use of medium-caliber naval guns is still better than 12-inch guns. On the one hand, it is because before the emergence of cap-piercing shells, the hardened armor of 6 inches or more is enough to cope with various calibers. In terms of the amount of projection, it is obvious that the medium-caliber artillery with a faster rate of fire has an advantage. Another very important issue is that the fighting distance is still very close. You know, it is now in 1899, and in history, when the Russo-Japanese War broke out in 1904, the fighting distance between the two sides only increased to about 7 kilometers.
In this era, apart from Germany, the combat distance of other countries is still swaying up and down 4000 meters. The advantages of large-caliber artillery at long distances have not been reflected. Therefore, unless there is enough foresight and enough courage, otherwise It is not so easy to decide on a battleship with all main guns!
The Japanese also planned to mount 8 12-inch guns on the Satsuma-class battleships. At least this plan was planned, but in the end, a bunch of 10-inch guns were installed due to cost issues. Coincidentally, after the appearance of the dreadnought, the French did not immediately follow suit. After 2006, the French successively started construction of 6 Dandong-class battleships equipped with 4 12-inch guns and 12 240mm guns.
Therefore, the prince believes that as long as it works properly, it is still possible to fool the British for a few years! After all, the pressure on the British capital ships is not great. If nothing happens, the British will continue to build more than ten former fearless ships before they can start fearless.
Think about it, the German navy bill was not passed. Although the number of battleships in service is not much less than in history, because of the navy bill, this kind of naval expansion is not standing in place. For a while, at least before 1901 There is no plan to start construction of new battleships. On the one hand, it is necessary to be cautious when building fearless for the first time. On the other hand, most of the shipyard's production capacity is occupied by foreign-sold battleships, and the remaining berths need to maintain existing battleships. In addition, the relationship between Britain and Germany is still reasonable, so the British do not have such an urgent need to expand their battleship formation!
On the contrary, the cruisers of this era are becoming more and more enchanting, especially during the Sulu Sea battle, there has been a cruiser omnipotence theory. A large number of old cruisers in the hands of the British have depreciated seriously, and this type of cruiser is rapidly spreading, the Germans have, the Japanese have, the Russians will be more powerful, the Americans intend to have new cruisers, all the British enemies and potential opponents At this time, the most normal reaction of the Royal Navy is to produce more and better cruisers!
In fact, the British really built the armored cruiser to the end, such as the famous Black Prince (the worst armored cruiser that died in World War 1) or the Minotaur, which is known as the last British armored cruiser. The last wave of armored cruiser construction began in 1900.
From 1900 to 1905, the British started a total of 5 armored cruisers and built as many as 25 armored cruisers! A total of 10 ships were built for the most tier one! From this performance, it can be easily seen that with the massive equipment of armored cruisers from other countries in the world, the British sea transportation lines have felt tremendous pressure, and they are indeed concentrating their efforts to supplement their own cruisers!
Under the influence of the prince, the British armored cruisers will expand even faster! Larger, naturally means that the starting point of the armored cruiser is relatively high, it will not start to be similar to the Montmorn County class, the latter has only 14 6-inch guns... The British are likely to have 7.5-inch guns or even 9.2-inch guns from the start!
This behavior can be seen as a response to the performance of various armored cruisers equipped by other countries in the world! The prince is not worried about the British building a bunch of super-equipped cruisers similar to the Mainz-class armored cruisers at this time~www.wuxiaspot.com~Because the British faced too many opponents, and the sea transportation line was too long, the opponent warships The quality is also uneven. Therefore, the British must first guarantee the quantity, and then produce some high-quality warships.
In history, couldn't the British make better outfits? The answer is no. Apart from anything else, the four armored cruisers built by the British for the Japanese are much higher than the Montmorn County class, but the fundamental reason for choosing the latter over the former is that the latter is cheaper And more operability.
The same is true in this era. The British have many opponents. Russia is the first, Germany is potential, and the United States is similar to potential opponents. The French and British have many awkwardness. In short, the British have seen it. , "There are always people who want to harm me!" And the opponents are not all super masters like Mainz 2, there are always some trash fish, and to deal with trash fish, obviously the consideration of quantity and economy is higher than quality. .
After clarifying the relationship, His Royal Highness confidently embarked on the voyage to Malta. Now he is a little eager to see the father of British bc. Built a lot of Crispy BC Sir Fisher for the Royal Navy! To some extent, the opponent counts as half of his teammate...
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