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The prince's current attitude is that pure-blooded battlecruisers can be built, but definitely not now, at least until the small water-tube boiler can be produced stably in large quantities, because the current power system weight is still on the heavy side, and if you want to get a higher output, the weight and space cost is still too great. The overall weight of the battleship is certain, and the prince means that the tonnage of the battleship in the later period is less than 32,000 tons. If it is large, there will be problems with the difficulty of construction and the construction period, after all, if the battleship cannot be completed before the war, then whether it can be completed in wartime will be marked with a question mark. Wasn't a large number of excellent ships of the German High Seas Fleet, such as the Saxony-class battleships and the Mackensen-class battlecruisers, not all of them eventually failed to enter service?

"So now the second question is, how will we formulate the next stage of the Navy's capital ship construction plan? How many ships to build and what tonnage? Our first plans are well underway, and it is expected that they will be fully launched by the middle of 1905 and fully commissioned by the end of the year. Then that is, we will start building the second batch of warships next year. "The Secretary of the Admiralty asked the second question.

"The Kaiser and I have considered that all warships must use the new 350mm guns, which will be supplied by Krupp, and for the deployment of the guns, I propose to use three triple turrets. The speed was still according to my previous plan, and all the warships maintained a speed of more than 25 knots, with a tonnage of between 25,000 and 28,000 tons, and a total cost of about 50 million marks. The prince spoke out his plan.

"Three triple turrets? I'm afraid this is not a better choice, our naval gunnery experts believe that 5 twin 350mm gun turrets can have the best walk, if it is more economical, 4 twin turrets can also be used, you can also get a good walk, the actual power is not worse than 9 350mm guns, and the most important thing is that we can't replace the 350mm gun turret, 9 350mm guns and 6 380mm guns are actually about the same, and if you want to change the 400mm level guns, This artillery development is a big problem. This time, Admiral Boll was on the opposite side of the prince.

"In addition, the gun ring of the 3-pack 350mm gun is too large, and the depth of the underwater defense system at the A turret in front of the hull will be relatively small, and this hidden danger must be brought to our attention." Tirpitz added.

What the two said is indeed reasonable, in fact, the reason why His Royal Highness **** proposed the layout of 3 * 3 was also greatly influenced by later generations, and purely from the perspective of efficiency, from the perspective of the 1 war environment, the layout of 2 * 2 and 2 * 4 is actually about the same, and the layout of 2 * 5 is a step higher, but the weight and cost are probably not optimistic, and the conditions for the 3 12-inch turrets to be launched this time do not need to be on the 350mm gun, because this gun really can't be replaced .......

"You can discuss this question of artillery layout later, and I agree in principle with His Highness Ruprecht's suggestions on tonnage, cost, and speed. Let's talk about the construction plan. The Kaiser put the issue under hold for the time being, leaving the Minister of State for the Admiralty to move on to the next link.

"We started construction of this batch of warships before 1905, and we expected to build six, two in 1905, and then three or four in 1906. The construction period is between 2 and a half to 3 years. And if we follow the recently passed Navy Act, we will start construction of 2 to 3 capital ships every year. In this way, by 1910 we would have about 18 ships at our disposal, and by 1912 this number would have increased to about 24! Tirpitz said.

"This plan is even stronger than it was back then." His Highness sighed in his heart. In fact, in terms of shipbuilding speed, this is not the historical German madness, although the cost of a single ship has increased, but because the number is limited, so the annual expenditure will not exceed the historical level. The fundamental reason is that Germany started early, in history Germany did not have 1 Dreadnought in 1906, and in this plane, Germany has 6 ships, almost exchanging the money of the Dreadnought before the construction of the Dreadnought.

On the one hand, the money is from the German central government, and people are willing to build it, but the prince can't control it at all, and on the other hand, Bavaria, as one of Germany's largest suppliers of naval equipment, doesn't need to ......throw out the money he earns in his pocket. If the army expansion is really short of money, there is a lawsuit between Moltke Jr. and Tirpitz, why should the prince come out as this target?

"I agree in principle with this plan, but from 1907 onwards, I hope that the ships we will work on again will be equipped with larger caliber guns!" The prince said.

"Bigger artillery? 400mm or 380mm? Tirpitz said in surprise, he didn't expect the prince to be so obsessed with the increase in the caliber of naval guns. This technology span is a bit too big, right? I find it hard to believe that our artillery factories can supply such artillery. ”

"The span is not large, we still have enough reality, think about it, our new batch of battleships started in 1905 and entered service in 1908, and from now on, the Krupp gun factory has at least 5 years to develop this gun. We will not be involved in the development of 14-inch guns, Bavaria will develop 15-inch guns directly on the basis of 14-inch guns, and if we start construction of 15-inch guns in 1907, then they will only enter service in 1910. We've got long enough time to complete this task! The prince said calmly.

It is true that the timeline for the introduction of the prince was much earlier than the historical artillery update, for example, the British 13.5-inch L45 gun was designed from 1908 and entered service in 1912. Note that it is in service, not the artillery finalization time, considering that it is a battleship such as artillery, this artillery finalization time is actually earlier. In fact, the British Navy proposed to develop a 13.5-inch gun on October 28, 1908, and the first prototype gun came out on November 19, 1909.

And the 15-inch gun was designed from 1912 and entered service in 1915. But don't forget, the technology line of this era is much earlier than it was in history! The British Dreadnought could have entered service in 1904. Technically, countries are about 3 to 5 years ahead of history. For countries like the United Kingdom, there may be less advances, but for Germany, where the design concept and requirements are relatively backward, this advance is greater!

From a technical point of view, the direct leap from the 12-inch gun to the 15-inch gun in Germany was quite successful, and the German 15-inch L45 gun only took 3 years from design to service, (1913 to 1916) and, according to the prince's plan, it was really impossible to make the battleship wait a little for the ...... of the artillery.

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