"What you said makes sense. This result makes me a little embarrassed. But if I have to make a choice, I think Ruprecht's opinion is better. Don't be afraid that our sword is not too sharp enough. This is a war that determines the destiny of the country. No matter which side will try hard to solve it." A moment later, Emperor William decided the result of this dispute with his supreme authority, and His Highness **** won again.

"From then on, the Imperial Navy became a vassal of the Bavarian ****. Although the latter had no title, it replaced the Navy as one of the actual commanders of the Imperial Navy. I was very depressed at the time. His Majesty the Emperor finally chose to believe in the heir of a country rather than me. But fortunately, this Imperial Navy was indeed far higher than me, higher than General Liaole and higher than General Bohr. The Imperial Navy grew and became glorious in his hands. If God gave Germany another chance, I hope the Empire would still choose His Highness Ruprecht instead of me." Tirpitz wrote in his memoirs in his later years.

As the winner, Ruprecht **** was not ecstatic. The aristocratic education was one aspect, and more importantly, he knew the result! Because, in history, the plan of the Markensen battlecruiser had a plan to use 6 380mm guns, and the plan was very popular at the beginning, especially the support of the German Emperor!

Historically, the emergence of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships not only stimulated the German battleship plan, but also stimulated the German battleship plan. The 12-inch gun was accused of being too small. In the subsequent battleship plan, the Germans proposed three caliber artillery carriers, namely 340mm gun, 350mm gun and 380mm gun. The tonnage of the battleship was set between 29,000 tons and 30,000 tons.

At first, the German Navy tended to use 6 15-inch naval guns as the main guns of the new generation of battle cruisers. The reason is very simple, because the penetration of 15-inch guns is stronger. Although in the subsequent meeting, someone pointed out that 6 cannons are not good for fire control, when a turret is destroyed, the warship cannot use a semi-volley to find out, which will reduce the speed of the fire. Some people also pointed out that other countries also had a lot of complaints about the 6 main guns when choosing the number of main guns. What really made this plan stranded was not the technical reason, but the source of a wrong intelligence.

At the beginning, the German Emperor had already approved the plan to carry 15-inch artillery ships, but later the Germans received an information that the British tended to the latter in terms of better single-ship performance and more warships, so they decided to reduce the number of 15-inch artillery ships and increase the number of 13.5-inch artillery ships... After learning about this news, the Germans naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and some even called it "a victory achieved without firing a shell." Since the British chose smaller artillery, was it a bit too much for the Germans to use 15-inch artillery?

This was one of the turning points of the Markensen battleship design plan. Subsequently, the German internal naval meeting believed that the 12-inch gun could already deal with all British battleships that have appeared so far. The 350mm gun was enough to deal with all British battleships. So they believed that the 350mm gun was enough. Instead of pursuing a large penetration depth, it would be better to consider more guns to obtain better artillery effects. In this case, the Germans finally chose the 350mm gun as the weapon of the Markensen-class battleship cruiser, rather than starting to be optimistic about the 15-inch gun.

In fact, the Germans were obviously slandered this time. The British started with Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and the battleships behind them were all 15-inch guns, 5 Queen Elizabeth, and then 5 Revenge-class battleships, and then Hood, and a lot of 15-inch gun warships.

As for whether the 350mm cannon is enough, it cannot be said. After all, it has not been tested in practice. However, based on the prince's personal experience, the 12-inch main armor belt of some 13.5-inch cannons equipped with ships of the British 13.5-inch cannon is still relatively high. Jutland may have been useful before, but after the Battle of Jutland, facing the British fleet battleship that strengthened the dome armor, it may be difficult to kill this 350mm cannon in seconds. If you consider the advantages of Wicks hardened armor over German armor, in fact, the 750kg shells used by the 380mm cannon may not be stable in actual combat. Therefore, the shells still need to be modified.

"The second batch of main ships were built into two groups. Two battleships were started in 1905 and 1906. In the middle of 1906, I hope to get the exact news of the 15-inch artillery. If the Bavarian side could complete the development of artillery and turrets before 1908, then we would use 15-inch artillery. If it doesn't work, I can only apologize. I gave you a chance and hope you can cherish it." William II said seriously. This is a very important statement from him, which means that His Highness **** has truly entered the highest level of the German government! He is not just a state of ****, a shareholder, but a member of the board of directors and a decision-maker of the major policies of the empire!

"But if this is the case, if we follow the size of our previous fleet, our shipbuilding funding may have serious problems. We finally let the parliament pass this bill, but we cannot maintain this bill. This is a pity." Tirpitz originally wanted to say it was a ridiculous thing, but considering the face of the German Emperor, something would happen if he said it 80% of the time. Maybe the cane on the German Emperor's hand flew over directly... So I changed the word in the end.

(Looking at a book describing the German royal court, William II has a bad temper and records of humiliating or whipping ministers. Of course, this is only for ordinary senior officials in Germany, as for other royal members, there is no record.)

"After this memory is over, convey your opinions to our Bavarian prince and let him handle this matter. If he can't handle it, tell me again." William II pointed to Ruprecht, who was sitting in his left hand and said.

"We have 5 days left before our next meeting. Can Your Highness handle this?" William II said with a smile.

"But I am not very clear about the use of military expenditure of the Imperial Navy." Ruprecht said unexpectedly.

"Then go and study immediately. Just now, you disrupted our entire plan, and now you have to learn to make up for it! If you can't convince Tirpitz, then my impression of you will fall." William II's smile became stronger and he showed a look at the show.
Chapter completed!