"First of all, we are very grateful to the technical support provided by the Bavarian Ship Design Bureau. We redesigned this class of battleships based on your design characteristics and combined with the needs of the Imperial Navy, adopted a layout similar to yours, and accepted the suggestion of Count Vittorio Kuniberty to arrange five turrets on the central axis to obtain a better shooting range." After saying that, Wigner smiled and saluted the prince and the Count to pay tribute. On the other hand, the prince and the Count also nodded with a smile, which was considered a return of the gift.

If everyone else who were not present knew that the two sides were enemies in a competitive relationship, they would have thought that the two were partners and had been dating for many years! Whether it was the German Emperor or the senior officials of the German Admiralty, they all felt that the current situation was too inconsistent! What is the situation like this?

"We have also considered using the triple turret you use, but after careful comparison, we believe that 5 double turrets and 4 triple turrets still have advantages. First of all, this advantage is reflected in the difficulty of design and construction. The triple turret is about 70% heavier than the double turret, and the structure is more complex and the risk is greater."

"Of course, the biggest problem is the problem of walking and precision. The muzzle spacing of the triple turret is relatively small, and it is easy to cause mutual interference of muzzle storms when firing salvos, which makes the walk larger and the hit rate greatly affected. Therefore, we finally decided to adopt the layout of 5 dual-mounted main guns."

Wigner concluded. After saying that, he first signaled to the German Emperor sitting in the head. The German Emperor nodded with a smile and looked at the prince who was also smiling proudly. He seemed to be very satisfied with the result. A big stone in Wigner's heart was also put down. The German Emperor had expressed his opinion. It should be no big problem, right?

There was a hint of curiosity hidden in the German emperor's smug expression. He really couldn't understand why the prince was so calm! "Brother, these people had copied your design. Where did you go when you sued Krupp? He didn't make any statement. This is too silly to Chinese Studio? There are also five warship construction plans. According to the prior agreement, the subsequent battleship construction will be handed over to the Prussian Shipyard headed by William Royal Shipyard. That is a big contract of hundreds of millions of marks. Are you not in a hurry?"

"It's your turn to go." After Wigner left the court, the prince signaled to the servants beside him. A few minutes later, with the help of several staff members, two large-scale models of 1 to 100 were placed on a huge table. The appearance of the two warships was very similar. The person present on the left had seen it. It was the battleship plan submitted by the Bavarian Design Bureau, equipped with 4 three-unit main guns, with a displacement of 25,000 tons.

But the model on the right is a bit strange. The shape is similar to the one on the left, but it seems that the turret has been replaced? The 4 triple turrets have been replaced with 4 double turrets, with similar appearance and volume, but the pipes of the cannon are thicker? What's going on?

"We replaced the cannon!" The Count pointed to the model on the right with the putter in his hand. "We are very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of the triple turret. It can give the warship a greater fire density and shorten the length of the armor belt, but at the same time it has certain difficulty in design. This can be seen by Mr. Wigner, and we can naturally see it."

"But we still decided to use triple turrets. There are two important reasons. The first reason is that the walking problem can be completely solved by half-volley. Each main gun turret fires with 1, 3 or 2 cannons can minimize the problem of muzzle storm interference, and it is even similar to the dual main gun."

"The second and most important reason is that the size of the triple turret and the required ring are large enough to replace the larger caliber cannon in the future! For example, the future dual 14-inch turret!"

"If we look at it now, the four triple turrets do not have any advantages over the five double turrets, then the advantages of 8 14-inch-level cannons over the 10 12-inch-level cannons are probably very obvious? If the two turrets have the same rate of fire, the shells of the 14-inch cannons we imagine are about 650kg. The basic shells of the 12-inch cannon are about 400kg. The former has a huge advantage in terms of projection volume alone. If the armor-piercing ability is calculated, then the former has a greater advantage. After all, the diameter of the gun is 2 inches larger!"

"Everyone, is this advantage obvious enough?" Looking at the shocked German Emperor and the Navy senior official in front of him, Vittorio felt so happy. Of course, at this time he did not forget to mock his opponent with a bad style: "Mr. Wigner, please tell your boss that you must copy the whole set in the future, and don't throw away the most critical part!"

There are not many cases of artillery change in history, but there are also cases. In one battle, the British replaced the 13.5-inch cannon of the last monarch-class battleship with 12-inch cannons, which were used as shallow water heavy gunboats. After the first battle, there were more plans for various artillery change. For example, when Japan was manufacturing the Super Armored Tournament, it considered changing three 3-mounted 310mm main guns to two double-mounted 410mm main guns during the war.

It is said that Schánhorst, a Nazi Germany, also considered replacing three 3-mounted 11-inch turrets with Bismarck's double-mounted 15-inch cannons. Of course, this has not happened in history, and the prince is not optimistic about this plan. After all, Schánhorst has been seriously overloaded, and its freeboard is relatively low. After changing the cannon, it will not be more problematic? As for the Italian Gafore-class battleship, it is actually considered a gun change. After all, the original 12-inch cannon was expanded and turned into a 320mm cannon.

Of course, the real gun change depends on the Japanese's best cruiser in the 2nd battle. Originally, this guy was equipped with 5 triple-mounted 6-inch guns, but when the war started, he changed to 5 double-mounted 8-inch guns! It directly changed from light patrol to heavy patrol! These triple-mounted 6-inch guns were later used on the Yamato... I have to say that the Japanese are still very good at taking advantage of loopholes in the treaty!

"The dreadnought becomes super fearless! How about it? Is it good enough? Aren't you copying it? Now I'll turn it into 14-inch double-mounted 12-inch cannons for me and it will also make it 14-inch!" The prince was very proud. The current situation is very clear. Bavaria's plan may not be better than William's Royal Shipyard's plan, but in terms of upgrade potential, the former is several streets away from the latter! You can fight lions and tigers before changing the cannons, and after changing the cannons, you can pk with the queen. This is a big improvement! In the future, 10 12-inch cannons and 8 14-inch cannons, even if you use your knees, you will know which one to choose!

"By the way, our battlecruiser is actually preparing to change guns using triple turrets. Although the 6 guns are slightly less, we believe that the benefits in armor-piercing ability can completely make up for the losses caused by the reduction in the number of guns." The prince finally made up another blow!
Chapter completed!