The traverser admits that in the current environment, armor-piercing shells without caps and stable delay fuses are not easy to use, but at the same time, you must also see that if the 1st World War still breaks out, the German fleet, which is shy in its pockets, must rely on some of the former dreadnought battleships if it wants to replenish its combat effectiveness.

At the time of the war in history, the High Seas Fleet had a total of 3 battleship detachments, of which the second battleship detachment was composed of 8 former dreadnoughts, and the commander of this fleet was the later Admiral Scheer, the boss of the High Seas Fleet! And in the Battle of Jutland, Scheer also insisted on going up with the former dreadnought fleet, there was no way, he was reluctant to give up the dozens of 11-inch guns!

Compared with the wealthy British fleet, the German fleet is the first silk, as the first silk, you must have the consciousness of the first silk, and you must use as little money as possible to make the most powerful fleet possible. Do you want to continue to increase military spending? That should also be within the limits of what Germany can afford! If it's still the same as in history, more than 20 dreadnoughts have 11-inch and 12-inch guns, then it's still a hair!

Therefore, the traverser can tolerate the German Navy building 2 or 3 Brandenburg-class battleships on an experimental basis to cope with the current vacuum of capital ships. BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY INTOLERABLE THAT THE FORMER DREADNOUGHTS OF THE GERMAN NAVY CONTINUE TO USE 11-INCH GUNS AND EVEN 240MM GUNS! AND THE CRUISER'S 210MM GUNS MUST ALSO DISAPPEAR FROM HISTORY!

So, the traverser's standard for future German battleships and armored cruisers was such that the battleship had to use 12-inch L40 naval guns, and the caliber of the naval guns of armored cruisers was about 10 inches! This is also the original intention of the cooperation between the traverser and the Skoda company. If Krupp can't provide it, the newly established heavy artillery production plant will directly squeeze out Krupp's market share! For the current traverser, as long as the newly established artillery factory can develop a gun of the corresponding caliber, then he is 90% sure that he can convince the future Kaiser!

In addition to ensuring the caliber of artillery, the number of artillery pieces must also be ensured, and historically, the number of guns of the same caliber on the same side of a battleship reaching 6 is the minimum requirement for long-range artillery warfare. The prestige and counterattacks of the British later also guaranteed a minimum of 6 main guns.

And the old dreadnoughts with 4 main guns, even if the Russians came up with a strange three-ship joint firing method, it had no effect, and the Goeben did not do anything in actual combat. So the Brandenburg-class battleship with 6 guns is a representative of advanced combat effectiveness, the layout needs to be preserved, and the caliber needs to be increased!

According to the technical level of the dreadnought era before the start of construction in 1900, the power-to-weight ratio of the power system was too low, and the tonnage limit of the battleship was generally about 15,000 tons when the size of the battleship was limited. The speed is below 20 knots. Theoretically, it is feasible to install 6 12-inch guns and ensure a certain number of secondary guns. If you can get an early steam turbine or optimize the line shape of the ship, it can reach 20 knots. Battleships of this class can already be used in the Dreadnought era.

And the tonnage of large armored cruisers in history was also more than 12 thousand tons. In the later period, the Minotaur and the like were directly 15,000 tons, and from the technical level after 1900, theoretically this tonnage was not a big problem to stuff eight 10-inch guns under the condition of ensuring a speed of more than 20 knots. After all, the famous PISA in history is less than 10,000 tons, and it has 4 10-inch guns and 8 8-inch guns. With a steam engine, it ran at a high speed of 23.6 knots.

Even if they serve late, there is still hope for the traverser to see if he can use the steam turbine earlier, and then repair the line type, so that an armored cruiser of about 12,000 tons can run out of 21 knots.

According to the Traverser's plan, in the absence of the threat of war in Germany, the Munich-type armored cruisers and the improved Brandenburg-class battleships were sufficient to meet the existing challenges, and if you want to build 15,000-ton battleships and more than 12,000 tons, it is better to start construction around 1898.

This is not a casual nonsense, if history does not change, Bismarck will live at least until 1898, as long as he is in power, there will be resistance to the large-scale construction of the navy. And it was really difficult for the technology before 1898 to guarantee the level required by the traverser. At this time, the value of building a fleet is very poor, and the significance is limited.

From the point of view of the naval budget, before 1894, the German Navy built 6 to 7 Munich-class armored cruisers, and after the start of 1894, it would be good for the Reichstag to approve the plan for the Brandenburg-class battleships. Now the new Brandenburg-class battleships are more powerful and cost more, I'm afraid there will not be a lot to build.

After 1898, the prime minister changed, the resistance went down by more than half, the technology also accumulated a part, and the shipyards became proficient. Wilhelm II may also come to power, and then the construction is estimated to begin! The traverser couldn't help but give a thumbs up for his plan! The schedule and arrangement was simply fantastic!

The design of the battleship directly using the 6-gun central axle, and the 2 and 3 turrets were carried on the back. And what about the cruiser? 8 guns of the 10-inch class with a classic central shaft layout, and then guard-carrying design? This is a good precedent, but it is still limited by the length and deck area of the battleship.

In this era, the level of the power system is low, and it occupies a large amount of space, if you squeeze the 4 turrets in the middle, the length of the hull must be very impressive, and the cruiser still has to be deployed overseas in the final analysis, and the reason why the British dared to build a 160-meter-long Qiangsheng-class cruiser in 1898 is that in addition to stabilizing Rurik, another reason is that the British have a very sound base overseas. The British can, but the Germans cannot. At least not yet.

The layout of Scharnhorst can also be used, with 4 guns in the center and the other 4 guns in a single installation in the four corners, which is very symmetrical, very beautiful, and also meets the minimum requirements of 6 main guns on one side. But in the eyes of the traverser who pursues perfection, any layout that theoretically cannot exert all the firepower on the same side is heresy! They should all be tied to the cross and burned! Both the Scharnhorst and later the Lütsov layout should be thrown into the dustbin of history, and then stepped on a few times, never to turn over!

In addition to the central axis layout, the only thing that exerts all the firepower is the historical Von der Tann's quadrangular artillery layout, although the guns on both sides of this layout in the history of the reverse firing angle is not large, but at least theoretically this possibility, if the design is good, the reverse 60-degree firing angle can still be achieved. In the eyes of the traverser, the new armored cruiser will be a miniaturized version of the von der Tann with a steam engine!

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