"This battleship is terrifying on paper, and it is a miracle in itself to be able to put 14 7.5-inch guns on this battleship. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info If it's not a little boring, I don't believe it! After listening to Lieutenant Colonel Hood's introduction, Lord Hamilton said.

"Can you tell me, then, what did you find?" Major Hood said with a smile.

"First of all, the freeboard of this battleship will be very low, and if it is going to sea to fight, the height of the lower gun gallery of this battleship from the water surface should not exceed 3 meters! This meant that with a little wind and waves, the 10 7.5-inch guns in the lower part of the battleship would become an ornament. ”

"Secondly, these secondary guns are all artillery gallery artillery, not turret artillery, the problem of limited firing range itself is not much to say, the most important thing is the lack of sufficient servo, the weight of a 7.5-inch gun shell is about 68kg, such a heavy shell if you rely solely on simple machinery and manpower, I am afraid that the continuous rate of fire is worrying!" Lord Hamilton is indeed a proficient person in both technology and administration, and in just a few sentences, he makes the pros and cons very clear!

"What you said is very good, Sir Watts did take advantage of the weakness of the Chileans' greedy surface data to build such a first-class battleship to win the order, and the two points you said are very good." Lieutenant Colonel Hood's words were full of approval. "But this battleship is really good for the Italians, isn't it?"

Are Agile class 2nd class battleships powerful? It is very powerful, on paper, and in fact it can be said to be powerful, but whether it can be completely transformed into combat effectiveness depends on the situation! According to historical records, even in good sea conditions, when the Agile class battleship was sailing at 15 knots, the lower 7.5-inch guns could become unusable due to water ingress. Therefore, in places with high sea conditions, the agility class cannot exert its due combat effectiveness at all, and again, because there is no turret structure, how much power those large numbers of 7.5-inch guns can exert depends entirely on the physical ......strength of the gun crew.

However, it is true that, as Lieutenant Commander Hood said, such a battleship is actually quite suitable for the Italian Navy. The Mediterranean bathtub has always been calm and civilized, the sea trial performance is not good, the problem of low gun position can be compensated to a certain extent, and the problem of physical strength of personnel can also be maintained a relatively good physical strength because of the reason of coastal operations. These two battleships were not so much designed for Chile as for the Italians as ......

Of course, the most important thing is that the price of the agile-class battleship is not high, and the full price purchase is only 1.1 million pounds. If you look at the hedgehog-dense guns on the battleship Agile, you can see that the price is really not high. In terms of projection, this product can be a few streets away from Mikasa and other Japanese battleships in history!

"That's him, I'll recommend the Italians to buy this ship if they need it." Lord Hamilton nodded.

"By the way, it is said that Mr. Admiralty also ordered a toy at the Armstrong Shipyard, which is the backbone of the future Royal Navy, and is said to be called the killer of all cruisers, right?" After finishing business, Lord Hamilton, who had relaxed down, suddenly asked.

"There was a plan, supposedly to be equipped with 12-inch guns, larger in displacement and shape than battleships, and they had battleship-level firepower, but they were fast enough to surpass all the existing cruisers, and in terms of firepower and speed enough to suppress the Germans in Mainz Class 2 armored cruisers. Although the defense is relatively weak, it can also withstand the attack of the existing 12-inch naval guns! Lieutenant Colonel Hood thought for a moment and said.

"So can we take a look?" Lord Hamilton asked.

"Which design are you going to look at?" All the plans are under discussion, and I don't even know how many of them have passed the selection from the periphery. They are still on the drawing board of the designers, and I estimate that at least 3 years will pass for these ships to enter service. Lieutenant Colonel Hood said.

Sir Fisher began to think about the battlecruiser as in history, to some extent, the Mainz Class 2 armored cruiser can actually be called a battle cruiser to some extent, and Fisher also understood that it was very difficult to suppress this battleship that could already be described as the pinnacle in design by relying solely on a battleship of the same class and tonnage, so he decided to build the ultimate fast battleship that could put an end to all armored cruisers! This is the battlecruiser of later generations!

The British developed the Battle Cruiser earlier than in history, but it was not essentially improved, still defending against the 6-inch side-chord armor of armored cruisers, and four twin 12-inch main gun turrets arranged in a quadrangular pattern, as well as steam turbines.

"Can you tell us about the behemoths on the drawing board? Lord Hamilton asked.

"The armor will remain the same, the power will be new steam turbines, and these new equipment have been tested many times on the Navy's experimental ships, and they are more reliable and economical. The biggest improvement was the firepower, and we would probably have to fit more than a dozen 9.2-inch guns on this battleship, with more than 6 12-inch guns. Lieutenant Colonel Hood thought for a moment and said.

"More than a dozen 9.2-inch guns? Then its firepower is even more powerful than agility! Lord Hamilton said with some surprise, he did not expect the newly appointed Lord Chancellor of the Navy to be so bold. The tonnage of this battleship will certainly not be small. Maybe it's going to break the record! ”

"Actually, Mr. Fisher is still hesitating between the two firepower options, if the Italians really want to buy warships from us, maybe actual combat will tell us which option will be better." Major Hood said. Historically, there was a scheme in the construction of the Invincible-class battle cruisers equipped with 16 9.2-inch guns, which shows that in the original design of the battle cruiser, the British still hovered between a larger number of medium-caliber guns and a smaller number of large-caliber guns. In the end, of course, they chose the latter.

However, it should be noted that at the same time as the construction of the Invincible, the last armored cruisers led by the Minotaur were also being built, and even the latter was completed later, which is the same as the construction of the Dreadnought, the last of the British dreadnought Nelson class is also being built, the British with deep pockets are always making preparations with both hands, and it is good that the new innovation can succeed, but if it doesn't work, there are still old warships to support!

"Well, we can give the Italians a wake-up call first, and see how they should deal with it, whether to start a war in advance, or wait until they buy warships from us, I would like to know how the Italian military strength will be this time, and whether it is really worth our co-optation." Lord Hamilton concluded.

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