The time traveler admits that in the current environment, armor-piercing bullets without being capped or not having stable delay fuses are not easy to use, but at the same time, you must also see that if the first battle still breaks out, the cash-strapped German fleet wants to replenish its combat power, it must rely on some former fearless battleships.

In history, when war started, the High Seas Fleet had a total of 3 battleship squads, of which the second battleship squad was composed of 8 front dreadnoughts. The commander of this fleet was Admiral Scher, the boss of the High Seas Fleet. During the Battle of Jutland, Scher also insisted on taking the former Dreadnought Fleet up. There was no way, and he couldn't bear to leave those dozens of 11-inch cannons!

Compared with the wealthy British fleet, the German fleet is a 11-inch and 12-inch gun. As a 11-inch gun, you must have the 11-inch gun awareness and use as little as possible to create a 12-inch fleet. Do you want to continue to increase military spending? It must also be within the affordable range of Germany! If it is still the same as in history, more than 20 dreadnoughts have 11-inch and 12-inch guns, then it will be a furious!

Therefore, the crossover can tolerate the German Navy to build 2 to 3 Brandenburg-class battleships with experimental nature to deal with the current capital ship vacuum period. However, it is absolutely impossible to tolerate the German Navy's former dreadnought battleships continue to use 11-inch guns or even 240mm guns! The cruiser's 210mm guns must also disappear from history!

Therefore, the standard for the German future battleships and armored cruisers is as follows: Battleships must use 12-inch l40 naval guns, and the armored cruisers' ship gun caliber is about 10 inches! This is also the original intention of the cooperation between the Time Traveler and Skoda. If Krupp cannot provide it, the newly established heavy artillery manufacturer will directly squeeze out Krupp's market share! For the current Time Traveler, as long as the newly established artillery factory can develop artillery of the corresponding caliber, he is 90% sure that he can convince the future German emperor!

In addition to ensuring the caliber of artillery, the number of artillery must also be guaranteed. Historically, the number of artillery on the same side of a warship reached 6, which was the minimum level of long-range artillery battles. The British later gained popularity and counterattacks also ensured the minimum limit of 6 main guns.

The old-style dreadnought with four main guns, even if the Russians created a strange three-ship joint shooting method, it would have no effect, and the Goben did not do anything in actual combat... So the Brandenburg-class battleship with the 6 guns is a representative of advanced combat effectiveness, the layout needs to be retained, and the caliber needs to be increased!

According to the technical level of the Fearless Era before the start of construction in 1900, the power system weight ratio is too low and the size of the warship is limited, the tonnage limit of the battleship is generally around 15,000 tons. The speed is below 20 knots. It is theoretically feasible to install 6 12-inch guns and ensure a certain number of secondary guns. If you can get an early steam turbine or optimize the line type of the ship, it is also possible to reach 20 knots. Such a level of battleship can already be used in the Fearless Era.

In history, the tonnage of large armored cruisers was more than 12,000 tons. In the later period, the minotao and others were directly 15,000 tons. Judging from the technical level after 1900, theoretically, it is not a big problem to plug 8 10-inch guns at the tonnage with a speed of more than 20 knots. After all, the famous Pisa in history was only less than 10,000 tons, and it directly had 4 10-inch guns and 8 8-inch guns. It ran a high speed of 23.6 knots when using a steam engine.

Even if they serve later, the time traveler will try to use the steam turbine as soon as possible, and then repair the line shape to allow an armored cruiser of about 12,000 tons to run out of 21 knots.

According to the Crossover's plan, in the absence of war threats in Germany, the Munich-type armored cruiser and the improved Brandenburg-class battleship are enough to meet existing challenges. If you want to build a 15,000-ton battleship and an armored cruiser of more than 12,000 tons, it would be better to start construction around 1898.

This is not a random nonsense. If history does not change, Bismarck would have lived to at least 1898. As long as he is in power, there will be resistance to large-scale construction of the navy. Moreover, the technology before 1898 was indeed difficult to ensure that it reached the level needed by time travelers. At this time, the value preservation of the fleet was very poor and its significance was limited.

From the perspective of naval budget, before 1894, the German Navy built 6 to 7 Munich-class armored cruisers. After the beginning of 1894, it would be good that the Imperial Parliament could pass the Brandenburg-class battleship plan. You should know that even after Bismarck stepped down, the budget for the construction of the original four Brandenburg-class battleships in history was a waste of time. Now the new Brandenburg-class battleships are more powerful and cost more, so I am afraid that the number of construction will not be large.

After 1898, the Prime Minister was replaced, and more than half of the resistance was reduced, some of the technology was accumulated, and the shipyard was also proficient. William II might have also come to power, and then the construction of the big building was probably started! The time traveler couldn't help but give a thumbs up for his plan! This timetable and arrangement were simply great!

The battleship directly uses the design of the 6-cannon central axis, 2 and 3 turrets to carry. So what should the cruiser do? The 8 10-inch-level cannons adopt the classic central axis layout and then the guards carry the design? This method is very good at first, but when implemented, it is still limited by the length and deck area of ​​the battleship.

In this era, the power system level is low and it is certain that it takes up a lot of space. If you squeeze all four turrets in the middle, the length of the hull must be very touching. Cruisers must be deployed overseas. The reason why the British dared to build a powerful cruiser with a length of more than 160 meters in 1898 was not only to stabilize the pressure of Liu Rick, but another reason was that the British had a very sound overseas base. The British could, but the Germans could not. At least not now.

The layout of Schonhorst is also possible. The central shaft of the 4 cannons and the other 4 cannons are arranged in a single-mounted manner at four corners, which is very symmetrical and beautiful, and also meets the minimum requirements of the 6 main guns on one side. However, in the view of the time traveler who pursues perfection, any layout that cannot exerts all firepower on the same side in theory is heresy! They should be tied to a cross and burned! The layout of Schonhorst and later Lutov should be thrown into the garbage dump of history, and then step on a few steps, and you will never turn over!

In addition to the central axis layout, the only thing that exerts all firepower is Von Detten's quadrilateral artillery layout in history. Although the guns on both sides of this layout have not had a large shooting angle in the reverse direction, at least in theory, if the design is good, the reverse 60-degree shooting angle can still be achieved. In the view of the time traveler, the new armored cruiser will be made into a reduced version, using the steam engine.

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