A large number of British and French airships were shot down, and the huge losses themselves were already quite large, but no one thought that this matter would be so big, and it actually jumped from guns to artillery, and the jump was so big that it was incredible.

Firearms, at most, let the airship be abolished, less air combat this weapon, Britain may suffer a loss and backward, but it will not be related to the national fortune, but the naval guns are different, especially the naval guns of the capital ship, although the three elements of the battleship, speed, protection and firepower, each item is very important, but when ordinary people mention the capital ship, the first thing that comes to mind is the caliber of the capital ship, you make a lump of steel, the protection is enough, there is no attack, what is the use, all weapons must ultimately be reflected in the attack.

The news began to spread in the army and the government, and the leaders of the Naval Weapons Research Institute were also alarmed, and the project they are currently researching is used by the British new generation of battleships, which is the 15-inch gun, which represents the highest level of the British Navy's battleship, which perfectly concentrates speed, protection, and firepower, and is the crystallization of naval science and technology, and the firepower of the battleship will be compared with the 14-inch gun, which will be greatly improved, so that the British battleship can completely suppress the German cutting-edge warship.

Even if it is such a battleship, it was launched as early as 1913, but until now, it has not entered the naval sequence, the reason is because of the 15-inch naval gun, this new artillery, the research is time-consuming and laborious, there are too many things that need to be solved, and the use of artillery steel is not enough time, which is a key, in the continuous trial and investment, the naval gun has gradually embarked on a correct path, and it is expected that in about 15 years, the battleship will complete all the sea trial projects and put it into active service.

15-inch gun. Representing a peak of the British Navy, artillery experts will extend on this basis, on the one hand, the pursuit of more outstanding performance, higher barrel rate of artillery, on the other hand, the need to challenge is of course 16 inches. When it comes to artillery above 12 inches, because under the premise of reaching a certain height, let alone not an inch, every little improvement represents the continuous efforts of researchers day and night, and the waste of countless funds and materials.

But at this juncture, I heard that Germany might have solved the problem of 16-inch artillery guns, which was simply a stuffy stick, and it hit them directly on the head. Several artillery experts didn't care about the task, and now they are tackling the sub-project of the 15-inch artillery in the state, and they came over together, and when they saw the researchers here, they opened their mouths to ask for materials.

At this time, the Firearms Research Institute, of course, did not have materials, everything for him was calculated based on real data on the battlefield, an airship transported back from Paris. Plus some other material specimens, detailed data. Just calculate the ballistics of the two caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, even if there is no physical object, the whole calculation process is quite rigorous.

It's all about weapons, the most basic ballistics and data calculations, and it's quite clear that these artillery experts. Seeing the data calculated by the machine gun research experts, their faces sank, and they hurriedly asked how they got these, there is no problem with these, if they are true. These anti-aircraft machine guns used barrels, some of the performance above, even more than their 15 inches.

They are all senior experts, of course, the level of artillery is higher than that of guns, and there is no hiding in guns, and all the samples, front-line soldiers, and airship members have been pressed out for you, and the calculation process is clear, and there are even shots above 2000 meters, and the strength of the metal is even more terrifying, fortunately, it is only a single case, and it is not certain, but a large number of other data show that Germany may really have such a terrible weapon.

This is a big event, since the outbreak of the war, Britain has been most concerned about the German High Seas Fleet, although the High Seas Fleet has never left the Baltic Sea, but in this world, there is only one Germany that can threaten the Royal Navy.

The facts are placed in front of everyone, these arms experts understand that the Germans not only produced, but also produced artillery steel that was even more powerful than they imagined, once these artillery steels were applied to large-caliber naval guns, it was a nightmare for Britain, and the disadvantages of air combat were suddenly associated with naval warfare, which had to be said that the brains of British designers were wide open, jumping from guns to guns.

This is normal for Britain, the navy is the foundation of the British people's strength, Britain has colonies all over the world, and it also needs the protection of the navy, if it is really missing, Britain will be completely finished.

This world war was first initiated by Germany, and it was Germany that blitzkrieg attacked Belgium and announced the outbreak of this war, but Britain and France purposefully promoted it, the reason is very simple, it is getting stronger and stronger, and gradually approaching the British battleship is the key, Britain can no longer support the two-power strategy, and it is even difficult to suppress Germany, so it is forcibly implemented.

At this point, senior battleship experts know through various channels that now, not only in terms of numbers, but even in terms of artillery, British battleship guns, much higher than the German level, have been since the era of dreadnoughts, and the other side has overtaken, how not to be surprised.

These arms experts have obviously reached a dead end, they will not know that this anti-aircraft machine gun, not produced in Germany, was obtained from the northwest, and is directly a finished product, but they regard it as a German invention and production, specifically to counter the British and French airship superiority.

By mistake, the importance of this anti-aircraft machine gun gradually increased among the British military department, and even the reward for capturing one such machine gun and upgrading it to three levels in a row was issued. Of course, this is only for captured grassroots soldiers or officers, and if they really reach a certain level, such as a colonel or above, the chances of them going to the battlefield in person are very small. Since it was issued for the whole army, the British did not keep it secret, unless the Germans did not send anti-aircraft machine guns to the battlefield, which was exactly what the British meant, but reduced the number of deeds.

The war broke out, as the key two sides of the operation, constantly spying on each other's intelligence, this kind of reward plan issued for the whole army, of course, it is impossible to keep it all secret, Germany has pervasive reconnaissance methods, knowing the actions of the United Kingdom, it is very strange, this reward specification is too high, the anti-aircraft machine gun is to kill a large number of airships on the other side, but this kind of thing, after listening to the description of the front-line soldiers, plus some imagination, it should not be difficult to get out.

Continuing to dig deeper, I found out that the order was issued by the Admiralty Weapons Research Institute, which is a professional place for making warships, and Germany has always wanted to enter it to spy on intelligence, but there has been no gain, but I didn't expect this matter, but it came out, since it is the Admiralty Weapons Research Institute, then this machine gun has merit, and even useful for naval weapons.

The Germans didn't think so much, and later, with the deepening of the investigation, they learned that the British Naval Research Institute attached great importance to this machine gun, and even gradually found that the people who paid attention to it included the naval artillery research room, and now, not only the army paid attention to these anti-aircraft machine guns, but also the navy.

In itself, the German Navy's naval artillery research strength is not as good as that of the British, otherwise, the capital ships in batches will be constantly suppressed by the British. From 12 inches to 11 inches, 13.5 inches to 12 inches, or even 14 inches to 12 inches, keep catching up, but getting farther and farther, which makes Krupp very stressed, and in the end, on the Bavarian class, 15-inch artillery was used, but according to the German system only 38 times the caliber, according to the British standard may be worse, this is compared with the Queen Elizabeth class 15 inches 42 times the caliber of the naval gun, the gap is relatively large, Germany is equivalent to no way, only the pursuit of speed, over 13.5 inches, 14 inches, directly towards 15 inches, so that under the help of the seedlings, the power of the artillery can be imagined.

The strength of the German artillery experts is a little worse, but they have an advantage that Britain does not have, that is, they have the real thing, they know that the British value it, they have 7,000 machine guns on hand, and they take out two for a comprehensive test to see how strong this thing is and what attracts the British.

After some testing, the data exploded, from the beginning of the light weapons experts, to the back of the artillery experts, and even the battleship experts, although Germany from the northwest, obtained a 15-inch naval gun, but the country's heavy weapon, should not be in the hands of others, Krupp did not give up the development of large-caliber artillery, just because it was not so urgent, but the development was carried out step by step, and the progress of development was better than in history, but such a higher data shocked everyone's eyes.

The Admiralty and the Kaiser did not pay much attention to it, but under the reminder of the artillery experts in Krupp, they understood how terrifying the metal characteristics of these guns were, and the British side calculated and speculated that the anti-aircraft machine guns with a range of 4,000 meters were directly floated away, but on the German side, The first to test was the 14.5, this anti-aircraft machine gun with a range of 4000 meters, using far more than 12.7 mm of materials, Krupp's artillery experts, and even deduced from this point that the Northwest has the ability to manufacture 16 inches, even 18 inches, 20 inches caliber guns.

Jianship artillery, these are complementary to each other, Germany has always been 11 inches, 12 inches of steady development, not that he does not want to improve, is the strength of the artillery, knowing that the northwest can mature the production of 15 inches, when the order is direct, but now, when 16 inches, or even 18 inches, 20 inches of ability, everyone is not calm, the caliber of the artillery increases by an inch, for artillery, it is not just about the increase in weight, muzzle velocity, charge, destructiveness, destructive power, After all these improvements, those high-ranking officials of the Admiralty began to agitate to the northwest to demand large-caliber naval guns, and the new generation of German battleships must be all-heavy artillery battleships, and they must also be the world's first caliber. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are some things delayed today, so I'll send a chapter first, and another chapter will be around 9 o'clock!