Historically, the London Declaration of 1909 stipulated that all goods destined for neutral countries, with the exception of armed ammunition and other obvious war materiel, could not be confiscated, even if they were to be transited to a hostile country. In fact, the British followed the terms of the declaration for only a short time after the start www.biquge.info of the war, and soon after the start of the war, the British laid mines from the mouth of the Thames to the Belgian coast, and all neutral ships had to be inspected for contraband in British ports before they could obtain a manual for passing through minefields, and a month later, the British Admiralty designated the straits between the North Sea, Iceland, and Norway as a war zone, and restricted all goods destined for neutral countries. So the Germans called this blockade a war of mutilation of women and children.

Well, then, everything that needs to be said has been said, and the prince thinks that he has made it very clear about the possible disposition of the British. He now wanted to see what the others in the room had to say!

"Obviously, our funds are only about half of the British, and it is impossible for us to have a head-on confrontation with the Grand Fleet, and with the outbreak of war, a large amount of resources are used for war, and the navy's ability to build capital ships in wartime is completely unguaranteed. It's an almost unsolvable problem. Tirpitz didn't say it explicitly, but it could already be seen in his tone that he had yielded and was helpless in the face of tremendous pressure.

"In fact, in addition to the British Grand Fleet, whether it is the old battleships deployed by the British in the Strait, or the light cruisers that keep on guard, or the fast battleships deployed in the central part of the country, we have a way to deal with them, the biggest problem is maneuverability, if the speed of our fleet can form an advantage over most of the capital ships of the British, then there is still a tactical advantage." Feng. Admiral Pol said.

"Yes, you're right, this is one of my most basic requirements for the main fleet, in the future, all our capital ships will have to be faster than the British battleships! At least 3 knots or so faster! If the average speed of the Great Fleet of the British was 22 knots, then we had to go at least to 25 knots! Only then will we have a chance to escape if we accidentally run into our opponents. And if we replace all the capital ships with such ships, then we will definitely have more warships with a speed of more than 25 knots than the British! **** said with satisfaction.

"But the speed of such a battleship is still not comparable to the British battlecruisers, according to our intelligence, the speed of the British to the battlecruisers can be described as harsh, their speed is at least 26 knots, if we accidentally run into the main fleet of the British, then their battle cruisers still have a chance to entangle us and provide opportunities for the main fleet." Tirpitz said.

"In the case of a certain cost, speed, firepower and defense are the trade-offs, which is one of the reasons why I am reluctant to pursue extreme speed, the power system of the British is not as good as ours, and they require the battleship to have a higher speed, then there will definitely be problems with firepower and defense. Especially the latter. The prince didn't mind.

Taking the Anglo-German late battle cruisers Tiger and Lütsov as examples, the displacement of the two sides is about the same, the normal displacement of Lütsov is 26,500 tons, and the Tiger is 28,430 tons. Lütsov's power system accounted for 14.2% of the total weight of the battleship, which is about 3,763 tons, and the actual output was more than 80,988 horsepower, which allowed the battleship to run a speed of 27.9 knots in sea trials on May 16, 1915!

The weight of the power system of the Tiger accounts for 20.7% of the total weight of the battleship, and the total power weight reaches an astonishing 5885 tons! Although the output is a bit higher, it reaches a maximum of 104635 horsepower and a maximum speed of 29.07 knots. From the point of view of power-to-weight ratio, Lütsov's output per ton is around 21.5 horsepower, while the Tiger power system has an output of 17.8 horsepower per ton. A little lower than the Germans.

The weapons of both sides are about the same weight. (Well, I don't know why the Germans' 12-inch guns and the British's 13.5-inch guns weighed about .......) There is not much difference in the structural weight, the structural weight of the Tiger accounts for 343 of the total weight, and the weight of the Lutsov is 30.5%. So where is the difference in weight savings from the powertrain? It's all on armor!

The weight of Lultov's armor was 35.5% of the weight of the entire battleship. That's 9,400 tons! You must know that the weight of the armor of the Bavaria is only 11,610 tons! (40.5% of the ship's weight) and what about the Tiger? The weight of the armor accounted for 25.9% of the entire weight of the battleship, that is, only 7363 tons. A full 2000 tons of armor less than Lyutsov. The difference in the weight of the armor is even greater than between Lütsov and Bavaria......

As the saying goes, the cost and weight of a battleship are the basis of performance. The British cut their defenses in pursuit of high speed and heavy firepower, and the fuses of the 13.5-inch heavy guns were not easy to use, so in the case that the heavy firepower could not obtain sufficient benefits, the engagement situation would have suffered, coupled with the problem of fire protection of the British, well, the fiasco of the Jutland avant-garde war was inevitable. If the Tiger is still like this, then it is even more so like the invincible and tireless stream! There's no way to get firecrackers.

Of course, if you ask Your Highness, do you like lions, tigers, or Lu Tsofu? His Highness will definitely choose the tiger after some careful consideration! His Highness admits that under the conditions of the First World War, Lütsov was indeed stronger than the tiger and the lion, but if the potential is considered, the lion and the tiger have more potential. If the British were more particular about the fireproof design, the 12-inch bombardment of the British's ultra-dreadnought patrol was actually quite difficult, and the Tiger was hit by more than a dozen shells of various kinds and finally succeeded in turning in? And at the beginning, the Germans also had problems with fire prevention, for example, in the Battle of Sandbank, Lütsov's ship Setritz was almost set on fire. This can be fixed at a very small cost.

The same is true for armor, since the 9-inch main armor is very reluctant to resist the 12-inch gun, then thicken the dome armor ....... In fact, the British really did this after the Battle of Jutland, and the dome armor was generally thickened by 1 to 2 inches, and from then on most of the capital ships of the British could finally come out and say that Lao Tzu was no longer afraid of the Germans' 12-inch pipes....... The armor and fire protection are easy to change, but you tell me how to change the artillery is not powerful enough? It may be more difficult to put two 14-inch guns in the twin 12-inch turrets. The lion tiger King Kong and the like continue to use 2 battles, what should you do if you let Lu Tsofu's 12 inches put 2 battles?? Of course, if you want to talk about the Americans' Alaska, **** can only say that the American imperialists are rich and capricious, and they can ...... how they play.

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