Chapter 1232: This is impossible
A naval battle in the Jutland Seas, involving a naval battle of 4 million tons of warships, finally ended, if the victory is counted, it should be the victory of the German Navy, whether it is strategy, or tactics, have achieved a complete success, all the personnel are happy, they not only welcomed back the powerful 9 capital ships, but also sank 5 battleships. Although 2 of them are American, but the rest, but the real British capital ships, none of them are cutting-edge, but it will have a huge blow to British strength, you know, itself was caught up by Germany on the battleship, reaching the smallest difference in history, has made Britain quite unhappy, but now, in the case of 3 less, it is equivalent to narrowing the distance again, maybe, in the near future, the number of German battleships will surpass Britain.
In fact, in the next year or two, the number of German warships really surpassed that of Britain, but by that time, the competition between the two countries was meaningless, and even the core of the war had been deviated, and the competition between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, these small seas, was really very different from the duel of warships in the Pacific Ocean with tens of millions of tons or even higher tonnage.
Those are all afterwords, it has not happened yet, and even exceeds people's imagination, for now, the result of this battle can be said to be unprecedented, sinking five capital ships, as far as the capital ship is concerned, this is the largest battle damage after the appearance of the dreadnought, Japan in the battle of Shandong, just sank a King Kong class, the rest are the first five or ironclad ships, this time, it is the real capital ship sunk. If only the capital ship is down. There are also dozens of large and small ships, heavy cruises. Light cruisers, destroyers. Hundreds of thousands of tons of tonnage and a large number of naval officers and sailors were lost to the people, and they could use their names or words to fight ambushes, but the British Admiralty had to figure out why the Scheer fleet was so strong and the results were so great in such a short period of time.
They were more concerned with the powerful roots of the Scheer fleet than with these superficial things. Even in the British Naval Institute, research on the Scheer fleet began. In the smoky room, dozens of naval ship experts were arguing, and the smoke was filled, in this era, cigarettes were still fashionable, and even in this era, (heroin) could be a painkiller. The ban on smoking is impossible to mention, and for intellectual workers, smoking is to a large extent a tool to refresh the mind.
A dozen raunchy. Even the designers, who smoke billowing from their cigarettes, are arguing about war. They may not be the best, but when it comes to the study of warships. They are definitely the strongest. Because of this, they can clearly grasp the strength of the Scheer fleet. The telegraph was limited in what it could carry, and with the secrecy of the relationship, it was only possible to transmit a little bit of what could be sent back, but it was this that made them feel as if they had discovered a new world, and such a powerful battlefleet.
The first time the Scheer fleet appeared, it was the battle off the coast of West Africa, the time and location are accurate, it was the first battle of the Scheer fleet near Europe, and then, the encounter in the North Sea, there was almost a week in between, for others, this was a period of missing time, and it was difficult to find their trajectory. For the battleship designers, this is the easiest, they drew a few lines in the middle, plus what was judged by the Navy Staff before, integrated together, it formed a deviation, and after careful examination for a long time, in the end they came to an amazing conclusion that the opponent's battleship was fast.
That's right, it's speed, giant warships of more than 45,000 tons, each of which can guarantee a speed of 25 knots, or even more, which is impossible to achieve in the eyes of most designers, at least not now. But if you don't assume this, it can't be explained, the distance will not deceive people, where are the basic conditions such as ocean currents and wind speed, if you go in a straight line, it should be at least about 23 knots, in fact, in evading their search, plus the nearby sea conditions and reef conditions, it is almost impossible to drive in a straight line, through the calculation of the system, a few simple data are obtained, between 25 and 26 knots, there will be deviations, which is not much.
This is just a very boring number for battleship officers, who are accustomed to seeing some high-speed warships, such as fast light cruisers and destroyers, whose speed can even reach 36 knots, which is more than a dozen knots faster than the speed of 25 knots. For the designers, this represents the power of a battleship, they don't know what the power of the Scheer fleet looks like, 30,000 tons to be pushed to 25 knots is already unimaginable power for them, let alone 45,000 tons, more than 50% of the weight, the required kinetic energy can be greatly improved.
With the emergence of various battleships, although many battleships are divided by main guns, but the truly mature designers will understand that power is the foundation of a battleship, without enough power, other balances can not be made, either to reduce speed, or to reduce protection, which is also the fundamental reason why the Queen Elizabeth class is so valued by the Navy, this is a masterpiece, a masterpiece of power, protection, and firepower are perfectly balanced.
However, when the Queen Elizabeth class did not play a role, the Scheer fleet crushed his strength, and the Scheer fleet showed that in addition to this speed, according to their calculations, they obtained a very unbelievable data, but it should be the most real. Is it too much power, these designers know that this is impossible, because after that, there are still a lot of operations, within 30 minutes, 9 to 9, to be exact, it should be the capital ship 9 to 9, there are 33 warships on their side, they can't go on the battle line, but the tonnage is always superior, in this case, the other party can sink 5, what does this mean, it means that the attack power is extremely strong, although the specific indicators have not come back, and the process of the battle has not been, a brief battle report, It has already made the Admiralty quite vigilant against the Scheer fleet, this is a very powerful offensive fleet, and if you don't know his strength, I'm afraid the Admiralty won't even be able to sleep.
The three major elements of the battleship, power and attack are so powerful, on the other hand, the protection is not much described in the report, I think it can be with the capital ship head-on absolutely, in terms of protection, it should be above the level, such a perfect battleship, silently, suddenly appeared in front of everyone, especially the self-proclaimed first naval power, has always been at the forefront of the navy Britain is even more so.
The more the reasoning is clear, science is like this, when most of the things are fixed, the result must be fixed, there are few variables that can change, at the beginning, there are people who have different opinions, with the deeper of the problem, some mistakes, or estimates, more and more subtle and accurate, the approximate content, the possibility of change is not large, but it is this more and more correct data, so that every designer here is puzzled, the more you look at the doubt in your heart, the bigger the doubt, a lot of things, a little too unbelievable, Many designers split up and argued with each other.
A more detailed battle report, sent back by a fast destroyer, before the main fleet arrived, all the executives of the Admiralty, the Naval Research Institute, and even the battleship designers, all waited for this battle report, from this, it is possible to assess the naval potential of Germany and even China, and in the middle of it, it is necessary to say in particular, the Allied fleet action, part of the losses are American naval ships, they also asked to observe because of the sinking of 2 American battleships and many small warships.
The Americans' request is very reasonable, and the British Admiralty cannot refuse, although this will reveal the secrets of the British Navy to a certain extent, but the data and manufacturing methods of the latest Queen Elizabeth-class battleships have been given to the Americans, and what else can be hidden, besides, the two sides are close allies, to a large extent, in the next war, Britain will still rely on the power of the United States, and there are even a few battleships that are being built in the United States, without the support of the United States, Whether it can continue to fight with Germany has become a problem, and Britain, which is deeply caught in the whirlpool of war, is simply unable to support the consumption of continuing to build ships, because of the emergence of airships, the coastal seaports and shipyards are no longer safe and cannot meet the needs of building ships.
The detailed battle report sent back by the destroyer almost made the details of every local battle clear to the British army that could be found, especially the duel of the capital ships of 9 against 9, which was not completely sunk, and there were more detailed battle reports, including the whole process of the 30-minute battle, but these detailed battle reports made everyone stunned, and the first round formed a straddle shot, which is no longer a problem of attack power, which has a huge relationship with the aiming system, only the breakthrough progress of the aiming system, to be able to make the battleship fight so accurately.
Can the aiming system still be improved? In the entire research room, are the designers of the top group of British battleships, they have their own advantages in the professional field, they know very well the origin of the dreadnought, not only the structure of the all-heavy gun, but also the great improvement of the aiming system, has a direct relationship, could it be that the Germans, or the Chinese, have mastered a newer aiming method.
But when they continued to look at it, most of the people's faces changed, because they happened to see the formation adopted by the other party, before, they thought that the Scheer fleet, under the premise of the beginning of the war, seized the battle line, but Scheer's fleet did not seize the battle line, it was a very loose arrangement, but it could hit accurately.
"It can't be!" The chief designer of England, seeing the beginning, slapped the table and shouted loudly. (To be continued.) )
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