Chapter 571: Postponed battle tour

"But based on the experience of this war, we also need some warships with the same speed as the British fleet to ensure tactical advantages, at least they are more suitable as avant-garde." Tirpitz thought for a while and said, Tirpitz's thinking is still balanced. The idea of ​​the fleet is that we do what the other side does. As followers, there will be no big mistakes. When both Admiral Boll and Ruprecht decide to speed up the main fleet, he does not want to object, but At the same time, he insisted on owning warships that were at the same speed as the British battlecruisers.

   "You can have this, but the quantity is questionable." Ruprecht nodded after a moment of contemplation. Speeding up the main fleet is a major change, and the prince has been hesitant to keep the thoroughbred battlecruisers. The reason is as mentioned above. The cost is certain. If a 28,000-ton warship can run at a speed of more than 25 knots, as long as the ship is decent, 70,000 horsepower is almost the same. You must know that the historical Bavarian output power Both have more than 50,000 horsepower. Don't talk about the queen, the ship design of this thing is a pitfall, look at the queen. More than 70,000 horsepower is not even 25 knots, the Japanese Nagato-class battleship is much heavier than it, the horsepower output gap is not big, and it runs faster than the queen!

In the eyes of the prince, as long as the ship type is suitable, the power output uses the same 4-axis propulsion as the battle cruiser, and then the distance between the propellers is increased to reduce interference, then even the battleship equipped with 15-inch heavy guns will use the maximum output power of 7. A 10,000-horsepower power pack is enough, and 25 knots or more is adequate. But if you want to jump from more than 25 knots to more than 28 knots, the price is not small. This is not only because of the increase in the weight and space of the power system, but also the weight of the armor. After all, you have to increase the protection of the power cabin, right? A 180-meter-long battleship and a 210-meter-long battleship are also 60% of the core area. This defense length can be 18 meters away! Look at Bavaria. The total weight of armor is no more than 1,000 tons more than Lützoff, but the defense is generally one or two grades stronger!

  Don’t just think that Bavaria is better than Lützoff on the 350MM vs. 300MM main armor. Other parts of Bavaria are also much better than Lützoff as a battle patrol. The upper armor belt is 250MM vs. 230MM. The armor at the gun gallery is 170MM vs. 150MM. And the 350MM vs. 270MM of the turret. The most important thing is the gap between the fore and aft armor belts. The Bavarian bow armor belt has a thickness of 200mm in the non-key protection zone from the bow to the stern except for the 150mm in the front section! What does this thickness mean? Even if the British 13.5-inch gun wants to penetrate the Bavarian armor, it is not easy!

If the Lützoffs and others may be forced to give up because of the penetration of the armor belt at the front and rear, then in the artillery battle, without considering the water bombs, more than 80% of the waterline part of the Bavarian hull is 13.5 inches immune to the British. The following artillery! If the 13.5-inch gun wants to penetrate the 8-inch armor, it depends on the angle. The armor thickness of Lützoff's non-key protection zones is only 4 inches! Almost half of the Bavarian level. Let alone whether the Bavarian design is appropriate or not, from the perspective of the area and strength of the defense, it is so much higher than Lützoff!

  So the current prince has been struggling between speed and defense and firepower.... The defense of the German warships in the 1st battle is indeed NB, but you say it must be enough. This is not sure. After all, the artillery shells not only hit the main armor belt, but may also penetrate the horizontal armor, there may be water bombs, and they may hit the head and tail. As a result, the battleship flooded too much and gave up. In history, the main PK of the British and German navies has been fought once. The problem has not been exposed much, but it does not mean that it does not exist. In this plane, the main fleet of the German navy will definitely not be able to shrink, and the problem will naturally be exposed if there are too many fights.. ..... How can you not wet your shoes when you often walk by the river?

The prince’s original plan was that if there were 15 dreadnoughts at the beginning of the war, the number of battlecruisers would be 7. However, after calculations by relevant departments, it was found that this number was still too large, or in terms of budget and tonnage, the war The price of a cruiser is a bit high. Take the German battlecruiser Markenson, the most balanced and practical during World War I in history, as an example. The displacement of this battleship reached 30,000 tons, and its power and speed were almost the same as Hindenburg. This is a relatively well-designed warship, but this does not mean that it has no problems.

  First, the horizontal armor needs to be strengthened. Unlike other German battlecruisers, this cargo does not have a dome armor, and the main level armor is not that thick... Then, the underwater protection system of all German warships needs to be greatly changed, from the simple empty tank and liquid tank mode to the empty tank empty tank mode, and the last layer of lightning protection is thickened to resist as much as possible. bomb. After some strengthening, the displacement will definitely rise. This will put a lot of pressure on funding and the construction cycle, and to be honest, the prince is not optimistic about Mackensen’s 350MM artillery... I can't say whether I can deal with the British battleship with iron panties... And if you plan to change to a 15-inch gun, the tonnage will increase even more.

  Of course, if you completely abandon the Thoroughbred Battlecruiser, there will be problems. If nothing else, what about those light cruisers? Want to use Germany's own light cruiser? Stop dreaming~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If the British battleship is a big advantage to Germany, then the British light cruiser formation is an absolute advantage to Germany in history. Whether it is quantity or quality, look at the history of Egypt. The 105mm small tubes and dome armors of Muden, Königsberg and others, and the 6-inch large tubes and armor belts of Sydney and Lin Xian, you don’t have too much hope for the quality of German light cruisers. In the Battle of Derain, the British had four complete light cruiser squadrons, and the only two light cruiser squadrons in Germany. It can be seen that the German light cruiser formation is stretched.

  The light cruiser is also an important role in detection and anti-lightning strikes, especially the former. The Halic fleet is composed of light cruisers. These extremely fast guys are reconnaissance, which is about the same as the German fleet. When your light cruiser comes out, people will fight you, and your fast battleship comes out, people will immediately turn in...

  From time to time, Betty’s battlecruiser formation may come and wander around. These things can be quite annoying. The light cruiser must be strengthened, but the funds that Germany can allocate to the light cruiser are really limited, and the light cruiser needs to better balance the quantity and quality issues. Therefore, when there is a huge gap between the power of light cruisers and the British, sometimes battlecruisers must be touched to make up for it, and this era is still the era when battlecruisers can rival light cruisers. The fastest fast BB in the second battle Not as good as the fastest CA. But in the first battle, the speed of the two sides was really similar...

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