The Rise of the Empire

"The thickness of the side string armor of the battlecruiser designed by Bavaria is 250mm armor inclined at 15 degrees. If you count the underwater extension, the vertical height is 4.8 meters if I remember correctly, of which the 250mm thick armor is 3.2 meters. The underwater part Gradually weakened to 180mm, isn't it?" said Willem II. \u003c/p\u003e "That's right, Your Majesty the Emperor." The prince nodded. \u003c/p\u003e"Well, Wigner, the height of the main armor of your battleship must meet this standard. I don't care how much tonnage you use. The Navy's budget for this battleship is only 44 million marks! If it is not enough, Then make it up yourself." The Kaiser said very calmly, but for some people, this is tantamount to a bolt from the blue! \u003c/p\u003eIf the prince participated in the bidding, half of the reason was for the strength of the German High Seas Fleet, and the other half was for making money. Then Kaiser Wilhelm Shipyard, as a pure merchant, is purely for making money! Think about it, in order to make money, the French warships can be equipped with German optical instruments. What moral integrity do these businessmen have? What's the point of bidding if you can't make money? \u003c/p\u003eNow the price of a ton of hardened armor is 100 pounds. Even if the weight of the defensive armor is only increased by 100 tons, then it is 10,000 pounds, which is 200,000 marks! Wegner didn't calculate how much extra weight would be needed by Bavarian standards, which would certainly be uncomfortable anyway. Although 44 million marks seems a lot, in fact, the profit is only about 20%, which is 8 million marks. The increase in armor weight of warships is not just about adding armor, but other tonnages will also increase. \u003c/p\u003e (Looking at the Derfflinger and the Moltke, the weight difference between the two sides is 4,000 tons. In terms of power, the former is not as good as the latter, and the weight of weapons is similar. The main weight difference is in defense. Compared with Moltke, chocolate is the real conscience.)\u003c/p\u003e There was a slight smile on the corner of the prince's mouth. The Kaiser's statement showed that he was already somewhat dissatisfied with Wegener's plan, but this was not enough. Because adding armor and increasing weight will indeed increase a lot of expenses, but there are still profits, and if you want to save some weight, it is not a rare thing for a designer. There are too many places where armor can be cut Yes, for example, the armor of the gun gallery is cut a little, and the armor of the head and tail is cut a little. Although it is estimated that it is difficult to accept the key protection now, it does not prevent Wigner from doing some tricks in the secondary protection! \u003c/p\u003eSo the prince needs to make persistent efforts to overthrow this plan in a more intuitive and thorough way, and then step on ten thousand feet, so that he will never stand up again! In order to realize this plan, the prince still has to find problems in terms of performance, and it is not easy to find problems in battleships of this era! \u003c/p\u003eThis time, the prince's entry point is still the sidestring defense! Although the prince of this plane has not brought out the ultimate theory of battleship defense in history - key defense, it has been considered when doing it. For example, in Bavaria's plan, the thickness of the main horizontal armor is 3 inches, and the upper edge It is connected to the upper part of the main armor! \u003c/p\u003eThe main horizontal armor of 75mm and the side chord 250mm armor inclined at 15 degrees form an armor box, which can perfectly keep the shells out of the core compartment, although the total height of the armor belt is only 4.8 meters. But because there is no dome armor, there is no limit to the height of the boiler room, which is enough. The prince has not yet dared to cancel the upper armor, but it has been weakened to 6 inches, which can block the secondary artillery shells, but it is difficult to block the armor-piercing shells of the main gun. \u003c/p\u003eBut it doesn't matter if you can't stop it. Anyway, after penetrating the 6-inch upper armor, there is still a 75mm horizontal armor to cover the leak. It is absolutely impossible for shells from this plane to penetrate the 6-inch side string armor and then the 75mm horizontal armor of.

Although the key defense is advanced, the 6-inch top is still very useful for reducing damage when facing the semi-armor-piercing projectiles that the British love to use. Moreover, the removal of upper armor in this era may not be accepted by the German Navy! \u003c/p\u003eBut what about the armored defenses Wignardo designed? The side string defense is almost 200mm armor mainly, supplemented by 270mm armor. The horizontal defense is divided into three layers, the thickness of the top deck is 35mm, there is a layer of 15mm steel plate in the middle, and the bottom layer is a 25mm horizontal dome armor! In fact, steel plates below 20mm have almost no defense against large-caliber artillery, and even fragments of shells can penetrate this layer of thick armor. That is to say, if the ice behind the 200mm armor on the side can be penetrated without exploding in advance, then the role of the dome armor at the back is extremely limited! \u003c/p\u003e"Even after strengthening the side string armor, there will still be problems. Mr. Wigner's defense design has serious problems. Unless major modifications are made, it will not be able to adapt to future battles." The prince said with a smile . \u003c/p\u003e"But what I want to point out is that even if there is only 8-inch armor, it is enough to resist the attack of 12-inch naval guns. At least from now on, there is no case in actual combat that can penetrate 7-inch hardened armor." Wegner countered. \u003c/p\u003e"Sir, you're talking too much, it's not necessarily true! Just yesterday, I just received the range test data of the new 12-inch L45 artillery from Skoda, everyone can take a look!" The prince finally took out his long-prepared trump card! \u003c/p\u003e"At the simulated distance of 10km, the new 12-inch artillery can easily penetrate the hardened armor of more than 9 inches with the new capped armor-piercing projectile! Our current combat distance is only about 8km, and at this distance, Mr. Wigner's design can't resist at all! Even the dome armor at the back can't stop it! Because the horizontal armor is only 25mm, the fragments after the shell explosion can penetrate, and if the shell does not explode early, the remaining shell body It may also blow through the 50mm dome armor behind!"\u003c/p\u003eThe prince finally took out his trump card! In the absence of a cap, the 8-inch armor is enough to resist all damage. It doesn't matter whether it is thickened or not! But in fact, during the First World War, the German 12-inch guns could already penetrate 10-inch armor at a distance of 11 kilometers, and in this plane, although the prince only used hard-cap armor-piercing bullets, the projectiles were elongated, At the same time, the charge is reduced to increase the strength of the projectile, but because of some basic technologies and the lack of reliable fuzes, the penetration of shells in this era is worse than that of the German 12-inch guns in World War I in history. \u003c/p\u003eHowever, this is enough to challenge the 8-inch armor in the current environment! Although the penetration depth is worse, the combat distance is also close. Compared with the combat distance of about 15 kilometers in the Jutland period, the current combat distance is only half! At the current combat distance of 8 kilometers, it is true that Skoda's new 12-inch gun penetrates Wigner's 8-inch armor without any problems! \u003c/p\u003e "This..." Both Wegner and Liorer were stunned. There was no way, no one would tolerate their battleship being as crisp as paper in front of the opponent's main gun! What is most important in this era? Knowledge and information! Wigner's design is completely based on defense against existing weapon attacks. And after the prince took out a weapon that was beyond the times, Wigner's design was naturally defenseless! Needless to say, this bid is still a failure! \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends Belisariu, Juvenile Shuang, Song of the Lost, First Guards Tank Brigade, Slowly Youk, Li Qingyu, bighill1982, De\u003c/a\u003e~~~, and book friend Pu Burn, a little soldier who likes to use Thomson, 62592299, loli is so cute, Yipin Huangshan smoking is harmful to health\u003c/a\u003e support~~~. Three more today~~~! Tomorrow will continue three more~~~! Ask for support and subscribe~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e