"But based on the experience of this war, we also need some warships that are on par with the British fleet's speed to ensure tactical advantages. At least they are more suitable as avant-garde." Tirpitz thought about it and said that Tirpitz's idea was to balance the fleet's idea, that is, we would do whatever the other party did. As followers, there would never be any big mistakes. When General Boer and Ruprecht both decided to speed up the main fleet, he did not want to object, but at the same time, he insisted on having a warship that was on par with the British battlecruiser's speed.

"This can be available, but the quantity is worth discussing." Ruprecht nodded after pondering for a moment. The speedup of the main fleet is a major change. The prince has been hesitating about whether the pure-blooded battlecruiser is retained. The reason is as mentioned earlier, the cost is certain. If a 28,000-ton battleship runs at a speed of more than 25 knots, as long as the ship is good, 70,000 horsepower is about the same. You must know that Bavaria's output power in history has more than 50,000 horsepower. Not to mention the Queen, the ship design of this thing is a pitfall. Look at the Queen. There is more than 70,000 horsepower, and there is no 25 knots. The Japanese Nagato-class battleship is much heavier than it, and the horsepower output difference is not big. It runs faster than the Queen!

In the prince's opinion, as long as the ship is made up, the power output uses the same 4-axis propulsion as the battle patrol, and then the distance between the propellers is larger and the interference is reduced, then even if the battleship equipped with a 15-inch heavy artillery later is enough to use a power set with a maximum output power of 70,000 horsepower, which is definitely more than 25 knots. But if you want to jump from more than 25 knots to more than 28 knots, the price will be quite high. 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 also need to increase protection if the power bay is lengthened. A 180-meter-long battleship and a 210-meter-long battleship are also 60% of the core area. The defense length can be 18 meters away! Look at Bavaria, the total weight of the armor is only more than 1,000 tons more than Lutov, but the defense is generally one to two levels stronger!

Don’t just think that Bavaria is stronger than Lutov than Lutov’s main equipment. In other parts, Bavaria is also much stronger than Lutov, who is a battle patrol. The upper armor belt is 250mm vs. 230mm. The armor at the cannon gallery is 170mm vs. 150mm, and the 350mm vs. 270mm of the turret. The most important thing is the difference between the head and tail armor belt. Except for the short section of the front armor belt in the Bavarian bow armor belt, the thickness of the armor belt in the entire bow to the stern is 200mm! What does this thickness mean? Even if the British 13.5-inch gun wants to penetrate Bavarian head and tail armor!

If Luciov and others may be forced to give up because of the breakdown of the head and tail armor belt, then in artillery battles, if the waterline of the Bavarian hull is not considered in water, more than 80% of the waterline part of the Bavarian hull is immune to the British artillery below 13.5-inch guns to penetrate the 8-inch armor must also be determined by the angle. The armor thickness of Luciov's head and tail non-key protection zone is only 4 inches! Almost half of the Bavarian class. Not to mention whether the Bavarian design is suitable, just from the area and strength of the defense, it is so high that it is not known where it is!

So the prince is always struggling between speed and defense and firepower... The defense of German warships in 1 is indeed NB, but do you think it must be enough? This is not accurate. After all, the shells not only attack the main armor belt, but may also penetrate horizontal armor, and may also be shot in water. It will also hit the front and tail, and then cause the warship to enter too much water and give up. In history, the main force of the British and German navy has only been attacked once, and 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 shrink, and if there are too many problems, it will naturally be exposed... There is no way to walk by the river!

The prince's initial plan was that if there were 15 dreadnoughts at the beginning of the war, then the number of battlecruisers would be 7. However, after calculations by relevant departments, it was found that this number was still relatively large, or in terms of budget and tonnage, the cost of battlecruisers was a bit high. Taking the most balanced and practical German battlecruiser during World War 1 in history as an example, the displacement of this battleship reached 30,000 tons, and its power and speed were almost the same as that of Hindenburg. This is a warship with a relatively good design, but this does not mean that it has no problems.

First of all, horizontal armor needs to be strengthened. Unlike other German battlecruisers, this cargo does not have a dome armor, but the main horizontal armor is not that thick... Then the underwater protection system of all German warships needs to be greatly modified, from a simple empty capsule-cabin mode to an empty capsule-cabin-cabin mode, and the last layer of lightning protection wall is thickened to protect who is caught as much as possible. After some strengthening, the displacement will definitely increase. This will put a lot of pressure on the funds and construction cycles. To be honest, the prince is not optimistic about Markensen's 350mm artillery... It is really hard to say whether it can deal with the British main ship with iron underwear... And if you plan to change to a 15-inch gun, the tonnage will increase more.

Of course, if you completely give up pure blood battle patrols, there will be problems. If you don’t say anything else, what should you do with those light cruisers? Want to use Germany’s own light cruiser? Don’t dream. If the British main battleships have a great advantage over Germany, then the British light cruiser formations in history have an absolute advantage over Germany. Whether in quantity or quality, look at the 105mm small pipes and dome armors in Emden and Konisburg in history, and then look at Sydney and Lin Xian’s 6-inch large pipes and armor belts. Don’t have too much hope for the quality of German light cruisers. Look at the 4 complete light cruisers of the British in the Battle of Jutland and the only two light cruisers of Germany. You can see that the German light cruiser formation is stretched. (There are also some light cruisers serving as the lead ships of the destroyer fleet, which is another count)

Light cruisers are also an important role in reconnaissance and lightning strikes, especially the former. The Harlic fleet is composed of light cruisers. These extremely fast guys are reconnaissance, which is about the same as stalking at the door of the German fleet. If you come out, you fight with you, and you quickly come out, and you turn in immediately...

From time to time, there may be Betty's battle cruiser formation coming to wander around. These things are quite annoying. Light cruisers must be strengthened, but the funds that Germany can allocate light cruisers are really limited, and light cruisers need to better take into account both quantity and quality. Therefore, when the power of light cruisers is huge and the United Kingdom is huge, sometimes they have to touch the battle cruisers to make up for it. Moreover, this era is an era when battle cruisers can be comparable to light cruisers. The fastest fast bb in 2 battles is not as fast as the fastest ca. However, in 1 battle, the speed of both sides is really the same...
Chapter completed!