The German side was impatient to contact the northwest, and the northwest who got this request was also a little laughable and crying, but I didn't expect the Germans to pay attention to it here, about the stronger 16-inch, or even 18-inch caliber naval guns, the northwest has dabbled, because the range is about 6000 meters for the sake of anti-aircraft guns, with that as the main body as the artillery cannon steel, 20 inches can be.

Large-caliber artillery is very good for the spleen and stomach of the researchers of the era of strong ship cannons, and the first batch of warships in the northwest were directly on 15 inches, and these experts began to prepare for the next generation to have a significant improvement, on 18 inches, or even 20 inches.

The fanatical slogan made Yang Yuanzhao cry and laugh, he knew the key to the future naval battle, and knew that these were completely meaningless, when the aircraft carrier as the main body appeared, no matter how big the battleship guns were, it was meaningless, the world's strongest Yamato, with a weight of more than 70,000 tons and an 18-inch naval gun, was still hated in front of the small aircraft whose price was far inferior to his, and directly announced that the battleship had withdrawn from the ranks of capital ships.

Of course, in this era, aircraft carriers have not been able to be produced, and the aircraft cannot meet the standards of carrier-based aircraft in World War II, and battleships are still the mainstream, but with Yang Yuanzhao's cognition, it seems that if the balance of warships is taken into account, if it is less than 50,000 tons, 16 inches is barely enough, to 18 inches, 20 inches, at least 70,000 tons.

Yang Yuanzhao pretended to be hateful and casually raised this question, after the support of Germany, plus over the past few years, the Northwest has spared no effort to improve, the Northwest Naval Research Institute has been quite mature, divided into different research institutes, and the experts in the ship, after systematic calculations, if it is an 18-inch caliber artillery, the weight of a single tube is about 160 tons, in order to save the state of the triple. With all the necessary equipment and ammunition, a turret weighs at least 2,500 tons or more, and such a turret is a nightmare for today's tonnage artillery, unless it is like the Japanese Mikasa. The boat carries a cannon, otherwise there is no way to balance.

This is still a triple installation, naval experts have always been inclined to double artillery, triple artillery batteries, even in later generations, there is a difficult problem to solve, that is, the gun fire scattering brought by reducing the speed is not as mature as the double installation, and the muzzle has a huge impact on the muzzle. If it is not necessary, the Northwest will still choose a duplex to ensure the power of artillery.

The Northwest can build a huge ship of 45,000 tons, and if the artillery system alone occupies the weight of eight or nine thousand tons, this is simply impossible to balance for a ship. power, protection and firepower. The weight of the ship will certainly exceed 60,000 tons.

Jumping from 45,000 tons to 60,000 tons, this span is too large, and the most important thing is that in addition to the reserves of armor steel, the remaining artillery and power systems cannot solve the problem. If there is no guarantee that the battleship will speed at 25 knots, everything will be given in vain, and this plan will only be used as a reserve.

From this day on, the 18-inch and 20-inch clamor were gone, of course, Yang Yuanzhao knew. With the urine of the researchers, the continued research is definitely ongoing, but it is not so high-profile, the cost is lower, and the progress is very slow.

For this, Yang Yuanzhao not only did not object, but will be more recognized, although the battleship is outdated, but the naval gun is okay, whether it is the shallow water heavy gunboat that Britain has tried, or the fire support ship that has gradually taken shape later, these are the new applications of large-caliber heavy artillery, the initial purpose is of course to digest the large number of heavy artillery barrels that have been produced, but after really getting it out, the navy keenly felt the benefits of heavy artillery. The advantages of heavy artillery in terms of continuity and saturation make naval artillery have a natural advantage in naval warfare against land, no matter what, the aircraft is still affected by the climate, and it is not affected at all, and the all-weather aircraft will probably not be gradually developed until the end of the 20th century.

Now, it seems that the problem of the northwest has reappeared in Germany, and the northwest can understand Germany's excitement when it knows that the northwest can make 18-inch or even 20-inch artillery, but it can't trap them, and on the premise that there is no direct contradiction with Germany for the time being, Germany is an important part of the strength of the great powers.

It took less than a day for the Northwest to respond to the request of the Germans, and the Northwest did not say much, but only gave the weight of the single barrel and the weight of the turret, of course, the weight of the single barrel increased by 20%, and the turret also took out a duplex.

It's not that the Northwest deliberately pits Germany, it's because of the previous forts, a lot of new materials were used, these are the polymer materials synthesized in the all-in-one machine, and the performance is quite outstanding.

In the end, the data of the gun barrel and the battery were to remove all the materials that were not suitable for leakage, and to use more conventional materials, and finally solve the problem, seeing the figure of 2400 tons of twin gun barrels, the German side was suddenly a little angry, and thought that the northwest was prevaricating.

But then, more perfect performance indicators were sent, including the proportion of those cannon steel, these relatively straightforward things, the data indicators can't deceive people, and Germany is not without foundations.

The twin is 2,400 tons, if the four will be 10,000 tons, the five will be an astonishing 12,500 tons, and if the armor and speed are reasonably balanced, the weight of the entire ship is estimated to exceed 90,000 tons.

This is the beginning of the 20th century, the weight of the capital ship has just climbed to the level of 40,000 tons, and even many British ships have not yet arrived, that is, the Northwest and Germany jointly developed, the Fantasy class has reached this level, and now the displacement of the entire ship has been doubled at once.

Fortunately, for Germany, it is not without gains, 18 inches and 20 inches are impossible, the northwest still gives the 16-inch guns that can be exported, compared to the 18-inch and 20-inch unattainable, the 16-inch guns are relative to the 15-inch, the improvement is not too much, because technically, there is no such difficulty as the two models, the technicians, just a little effort, the 16-inch guns have been made, the weight is moderate, if placed on the maximum tonnage of the Bavarian class, it can be regarded as complementary.

This made the Germans very excited, after getting the artillery data of the northwest, they knew that in order to adapt to the Bavarian class, it was necessary to expand the displacement and modify the Bavarian class, and the famous general class named after the famous general would increase the displacement from Bavaria to about 10,000 tons, barely enough, and the Bavarian class also went from 15-inch guns to 16-inch guns, and it was 45 times the pipe-to-body ratio, and the standard adopted was also the British standard.

Not to mention the careful thinking between Germany and Britain and France, Germany used anti-aircraft machine guns to bury a pit, and most of the British and French airships were put in the pit, and the obstacle to attacking Paris no longer existed, and the battle of Paris could be started.

The airship is the forerunner, compared to the air battle, the airship because of the bombardier provided by the northwest, the ground attack is more powerful, Britain and France spent several months to build a strong position, facing the airship as the vanguard, heavy artillery pressure formation, the ferocious and abnormal German army, suddenly like paper paste, was directly dug out, on the first day, at least 200 airships, in different positions, to clean up the outer defense line of Paris.

The airship made in the northwest, although it was thrown out, existed in order to consume the powers, but it was given to Germany that was genuine, and on the basis of the airship, a variety of innovations were carried out, and the German airship was in the same number as Britain and France, and the final sinking was always Britain and France.

If you can learn from the appearance of the airship, some of the ancillary things of the airship are not studied by the British, and the British and French also tried to bomb with airships, but because of the German threat, they were more focused on air combat, and it was just a simple attempt on the ground, and the results of the attempt were very poor, far less sharp than the German attack on Belgium.

Britain also disagreed, Britain is a naval country, and the importance of the navy is much stronger than that of the army, and the airship is just a tool used to resist the Germans, even if it is more expensive.

Germany's speed was too fast, Belgium surrendered directly, and in northern France, although the airship intervened, but at that time, the war of annihilation and encirclement and suppression, those who had seen the airship were either captured or fled, and the rest was only hearsay, and few people believed in these things, so the power of the airship had not yet been shown in front of the current British and French troops.

The German army was fundamental, with the help of the northwest, the ability of airships to bomb the ground was far superior to that of Britain and France, and only a team of 10 airships bombed the outer positions of Paris for two hours, and in the end, it became a blank field, and the three-month effort was almost ruined.

On the outskirts of Paris was a very large fortification, and only a small part was destroyed, but the French army, which was powerless, could only watch this part be destroyed without any way.

The airship itself was at a disadvantage because most of the airships were wiped out, and it became precarious because of the unexpected ground attack capabilities of the German airships.

Britain and France knew very well that the strategic offensive in the spring was already in jeopardy, and could only be front-loaded as much as possible, and Paris was to some extent abandoned, but no matter how it was abandoned, Paris also needed to be used to become the flesh mill of Germany, and the huge Paris, coupled with the fortifications that the heart was building, made Paris the only choice.

But as now, the Germans can slowly clear the periphery of Paris just by relying on airships, and gradually encroach and occupy Paris, which is definitely not what Britain and France want to see, and after the first day, Britain and France have made changes on this issue. (To be continued.) )