What is a friend? Friends are able to seek common ground while reserving differences, and can turn not big differences between each other into small things. What is called an enemy, big things can be fermented, and then they can't be cleaned up. From the current point of view, Ruprecht and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obviously belong to the former, and Ruprecht said so righteous and awe-inspiring, Crown Prince Wilhelm can't say that he refused to bid for it, right? Moreover, judging from the current situation, it is also possible for the Kaiser to take a stake in the Bavaria-Austrian arms complex, after all, the other side is not blocked.

Therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince decisively chose to put aside the controversy and talk about other topics first. "You just said that there are two options for the new cruiser, so what is the other one? Can you tell us about it now? ”

"THE OTHER SCHEME IS NOW BEING DESIGNED, SIMILAR TO THE FIRST IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, DEFENSE AND NUMBER OF GUNS, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE WAY THE GUNS ARE DEPLOYED, THE EIGHT 260MM HEAVY GUNS OF THE SECOND SCHEME ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR TWIN TURRETS, TWO OF WHICH ARE ARRANGED AT THE END AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ARRANGED IN THE DIAGONAL POSITION OF THE HULL. IN THIS WAY, AT A CERTAIN ANGLE, SCHEME 2 CAN EXERT THE FIREPOWER OF EIGHT 260MM GUNS," Ruprecht said, and he brought in another model.

"This is really extraordinary!" When the model of the second armored cruiser of almost the same scale was delivered to Crown Prince William, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately felt a shock! I don't understand it, but I feel powerful! This strong visual impact is definitely not something that can be described by simple words!

This battleship is so beautiful, and the simple and crisp layout of the ship makes His Royal Highness Crown Prince Wilhelm very comfortable to look at. Although the diagonal arrangement somewhat affects the aesthetics, in the overall visual, this battleship still makes Prince William's eyes shine!

"In order to give the gun a better backfire range, we deliberately reduced the number of chimneys and integrated the chimneys and snorkels. To make the surface of the ship cleaner, while optimizing the hull layout as much as possible, the range of our artillery back fire has reached about 90 degrees. Unleash the power of the main gun! This layout is more advanced and scientific than Scheme 1. Ruprecht said.

Of course, the real central axis layout, compared with the fundamentalist BB carried from the end to the end, this quadrilateral layout is definitely not advanced, but in the current scientific and technological environment, this layout still has its advantages, the power system of the former dreadnought era of the power system per unit weight is extremely low, and the battleship must install a large number of boilers if it wants to be at high speed, and the proportion of the power compartment is very large.

Although with hardened armor, the cost of defending against heavy artillery in the same situation has come down, but in close-range high-explosive shell battles, a huge protective area is also required, so the overall weight of the armor is not much less. In the era of slow artillery and black powder shells, it was not easy to burn a battleship by projection, so the defensive area of the battleship at that time was usually relatively small.

In the end, the contradiction between the length of the hull and the armor defense was not completely resolved, so limiting the length of the core area and compressing all the important equipment into a small range as much as possible became a must-do for the designers. The central shaft arrangement does have benefits, but the length cost is a bit large. Not only the length of the core area, but also the area of equipment on the surface of the ship has also caused a lot of pressure.

Moreover, there is another hidden danger of arranging the turret on the central axis, that is, if the two turrets are too close to each other, it is very likely that one shell will destroy the two main guns. And the arrangement of a battlecruiser like the Von der Tann would never have been like this!

Therefore, after some hesitation, Ruprecht still adopted a gun arrangement similar to that of von der Tann, and at the same time optimized the ship's surface equipment and pipelines, and completed the fusion design of the chimney and ventilation duct ahead of schedule. The battleship's chimney was reduced to two. And it adopts a sturdy and durable triangular mast design. The armed mast was eliminated. Either way, this design is really trendy and beautiful enough!

"That's it!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made a decision.

"Your Highness, this design is not yet complete. It can take a long time. Ruprecht grimaced a helpless expression.

"And what about the battleship scheme?" Crown Prince William said with some interest.

"It's an enlarged version of the Brandenburg battleship, the firepower layout is still 1 in the front and 2 in the rear, and the two turrets in the back are one on the extended sales building and one on the main deck. The lateral chord armor was 10 inches thick, gradually weakened upwards to 6 inches, and was attached to the upper deck. The thickness of the armor in other parts refers to the cruiser scheme. The main guns were 6 12-inch L40 guns. SECONDARY GUNS: 12 150MM SECONDARY GUNS. The speed should be around 19 knots, because it is a battleship, the endurance requirements can be lower. The displacement is about 15,000 tons. ”

"This plan doesn't have much traction other than firepower. It's basically a simple upgrade. Sacrifice speed for defense and firepower. Kaiser Wilhelm II said.

"This is true when it comes to the defense of artillery alone. But the biggest advantage of this new battleship was the defense against torpedoes, mines! We used subdivided compartments at the bottom of the hull and defended them with three layers of TDS, the outermost layer being empty compartments and the middle layer being liquid tanks for ballast water. The innermost layer is the coal bunker, and the back plate of the coal bunker is made of armored steel. If the shrapnel penetrates the outer three compartments in time, then the last layer of steel plate can also block the remaining fragments and protect the internal facilities. Ruprecht explained.

Originally, Ruprecht also wanted to get a three-layer mine protection compartment for the armored cruiser, or even a mine protection protrusion or something, but considering the high-speed needs of the cruiser, an overly thick hull was obviously not good. Therefore, the outer empty bunker and the inner coal bunker are still used. Then a subdivided compartment design is adopted. So this initial design was used on battleships. As for the layout of the three-story boiler room, let's think about it now.

Now the situation is like this, 2 sub-plans, 3 small plans, Ruprecht has all been explained, it depends on how the German Navy chooses.

"What do you mean?" Wilhelm II thought about it and decided to listen to Ruprecht's opinion first.

"After completing two Brandenburg-class battleships, I prefer to build two battleships first, and then think about cruisers." Ruprecht pondered for a moment and said.

"Is there any reason for that?" Wilhelm II asked, raising a slight eyebrow.

"For a reason, of course! And for good reason! Ruprecht kept roaring in his heart, today, after a long time of waste, now he finally has to get down to business! Ruprecht always thought that since he had made so many contributions to the development of the German Navy, it was only right for him to let the German Navy pull in if he had difficulties!

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