"Remember, our principle is that children are not bullied, only recognize money and not people! As long as they give us real money, then we will build them first-class warships, and this principle applies not only to Germany and Turkey, but also to other neutral powers. Even for Russia. Don't worry that one day they will use these things against us, after this collective suicide in the Western world, they absolutely do not have the strength to take care of the Far East anymore, our purpose is to make this war more intense! Xu Jie said with a rather dark belly.

"Mass suicide? I like that. Yan Boxun said with a smile. However, if we let others refer to our design like this, we may be very difficult to maintain our design advantage. Again, I would recommend some reservations. Yan Boxun added.

"It is really necessary to keep some, and in addition, you can note all the countries that want to purchase, and the subsystems can be purchased from other countries, for example, you can use Huaxia's own, or you can use Wix's, Krupp's, and Schneider's. Steam turbines can be British, American, or German. In short, this is an opportunity, an opportunity for China's shipbuilding industry and heavy industry to take off, and we must grasp it well. Xu Jie said solemnly.

So, Xu Jie once again interfered with the design of the first class of super dreadnought battleships in Huaxia, Xu Jie didn't expect that his plagiarism career reached its peak in this time! More than 10 battleships of this class and their derivatives have been built over a period of almost 8 years! Equipped with the navies of 5 countries, even the most dazzling and powerful existence in the British Empire World War 1 - the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship is based on this amplification. It eventually became a sign of the times. It became the most reliable and trustworthy force of the British Imperial Navy in World War I!

First of all, in the choice of firepower. Xu Jieli decided to adopt a similar layout to the Longtai class, with 3 14-inch main guns in 3 units. Of course, the two main guns will not be arranged in the stern of the ship, as in the case of Longtai. Rather, there are two main guns in the bow and one in the stern. Tucked into a motor trap between the two main turrets in the bow. Make sure there is enough space between the two main guns to prevent damage to both turrets by one shot. When designing the turret and turret, there is a certain gap between the rotating part of the entire turret and the peripheral turret armor to prevent the turret from being hit and causing the turret to deform and jam the turret. There is also an armored partition between the 3 guns to prevent the 3 guns from being destroyed if the turret is penetrated.

Xu Jie once thought of adopting the design of a 4-seat twin-mounted main gun, but it was later rejected. In addition to the three three-mount main gun turrets that save weight, the four twin main turrets can be limited to a certain length if you want to limit the length of the armor box. The gap between the two main turrets in a piggyback arrangement will be small, and it is easy to scrap both turrets with a single shot. And for a battleship of a certain length, 4 turrets are obviously easier to hit than three. As for the turret armor, this one depends entirely on the amount of funds. The Republic of China can equip you with a 16-inch turret front. It may also be 14 inches or even 12 inches, and you get what you pay for!

In addition to the main turret, the number of secondary guns generally locates 14 smaller caliber guns of 6 inches or more, such as 5 inches. These guns will be deployed on the gallery deck, and can be fitted with gallery emplacements or pseudo-turrets according to customer requirements. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE NO LESS THAN 88 OR 75MM ANTI-LIGHTNING GUNS WITH NO LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SECONDARY GUNS, OF COURSE, IF THE CUSTOMER REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ANTI-AIR CAPABILITIES, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO ADD SOME ANTI-BALLOON GUNS. Battleships of this class were not armed with torpedoes in principle. However, if the customer has to ask for it, it can also be installed. Of course, there is an additional money.

In terms of power. Authors can order equipment such as steam turbines and boilers according to their needs. Of course, this was only theoretical, and it was impossible for the warships of the Central Powers to have British steam turbines on them, and likewise, countries close to Britain and France could not get small German boilers. Only the Chinese Republic could use the British steam turbine while installing a small boiler from the Germans! The speed and endurance can be adjusted to a certain extent.

There will be the first cat here, that is, the power layout on the battleship used by the Chinese Republic itself will adopt the method of unit staggered layout, and the entire power pack will be placed in 4 separate compartments, even if the TDS or armor does not resist and the power compartment is destroyed, it can only make the battleship lose a quarter of its power. As for the warships of other countries? Those who give more money directly get two separate positions, and those who give less one separate positions do something. In terms of speed, from the standard dreadnought of 21 knots to a fast battleship of about 24 knots can be satisfied, and if it is faster, I am afraid that it will not work, and at a certain speed, every increase will be very expensive. If the customer had to make the battleship run more than 27 knots, it would have to redesign a battlecruiser!

If there is nothing greasy in terms of firepower, and a bit greasy in terms of power layout, then it is all greasy in terms of protection! First of all, in terms of the layout of the armored belt, the Chinese Republic adopted the armored layout of the historical Yamato-class and the optimized layout of the Veneto for the warships produced by the Chinese Republic. First of all, the height of the main armor belt must be ensured, the vertical height should reach 5 meters, and at the same time the armor as a whole should be tilted 18 degrees. THE THICKNESS OF THE ARMOR IS 320MM. THIS 320MM IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: 60MM OUTER ARMOR AND 260MM MAIN ARMOR. The outer armor is used to shatter the cap, while the inner layer is used to defend against shells after the cap is removed.

Secondly, in terms of horizontal armor, Huaxia adopted a large single-layer armor plate with the last structural steel plate to match the defense method, the upper deck is rolled from two layers of shipbuilding steel, with a total thickness of about 40MM, which is used to destroy the shell cap fired from the horizontal direction. Although this part uses shipbuilding steel instead of armor, it can also play a role in destroying the quilt cap and save money. WHILE THE THICKNESS OF THE MAIN HORIZONTAL ARMOR IS 110MM, AND THE THICKNESS OF THE AMMUNITION DEPOT IS 130MM. Historically, the defense of a single layer of large-thickness armor was better than that of multi-layer thin armor, so Xu Jie directly adopted a single-layer of large-thickness armor.

And the design of the underwater part is much more complicated. The main armor of the Chinese self-use warship extends to the bottom of the ship, in which there is a layer of high-elastic steel plate with a large thickness of about 5 meters underwater that the projectile may shoot into the water, and its thickness is about 70MM. The tilt angle is around 15 degrees. It is possible whether it can prevent 15-inch water-borne bullets, but it should not be a big problem to resist 14-inch shells, after all, 14-inch shells are less powerful and there are no special water-borne bullets developed by the state.

In terms of lightning protection, the Chinese Republic integrated the multi-layer lightning protection system of the United States and the subdivided compartment system of Germany. In the case of ensuring the large depth as much as possible, the compartment is divided into 4 layers, which are empty warehouse, liquid tank, liquid tank, and empty warehouse. The maximum depth is about 5.5 meters. At the same time, in order to prevent the destruction of the main armor belt into the water, the rear part of the main armor must also be subdivided into compartments. Moreover, access to these compartments can only be accessed from the top and bottom of the ladder, and the left and right compartments are not connected to each other. The result of such a complex underwater protection will naturally lead to an increase in tonnage, but at this time, the Republic of China is no longer short of this little money, and as a warship that intends to be used for decades, it is natural to keep improving its design!

As for whether to sell warships, it all depends on the amount of money given by the other party and the relationship between the two countries. First of all, the height of the armor belt may be mixed with water, and it is important to know that the height of the main armor belt of the king level in the history of the road is only 3.8 meters. If the other party gives less, it is possible to drop directly to 4 meters. A little lower? 3.2 meters is also sufficient. And it will definitely not use double-layer armor, as for whether it is inclined or not, this also depends on the situation, the more you give will be made into inclined armor, and the less you will give a large straight plate.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR UNDERWATER PROTECTION, AND THE THICKNESS OF THE LAST LAYER OF HIGHLY ELASTIC STEEL IS GENERALLY NOT MORE THAN 50MM IN PRINCIPLE. There won't be as many divisions as there are self-used battleships. There may be some depth, but generally speaking, the German-style empty-tank layout will be adopted, simplifying the entire underwater defense system into two layers. It is enough to be able to resist a torpedo or mine with a charge of 100+KG, so why make it so advanced. Anyway, it's not for your own use.

Ships of this class will not be equipped with Dome Armor within the range of the main armor box. This weight-wasting layout has been replaced by a quilt cap design. The length of the armored box of the Huaxia self-use battleship will account for 60% of the entire battleship. The rear driveshaft section will be the standard dome armor design, with enhanced defenses in the wheelhouse. Here there will be standard vertical and horizontal protection. AT THE BOW, THERE WILL BE 100MM OF VERTICAL ARMOR TO DEFEND AGAINST ATTACKS SUCH AS 8-INCH AND 9.2-INCH GUNS, PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING SIEVEED BY THE OPPONENT'S SECONDARY GUNS AND INFERIOR CAPITAL SHIPS IN ENGAGEMENT. So much so that the reserve buoyancy is lost. Causes severe first tilt.

As for the cost, when Xu Jie watched such a battleship be used well, he could single-handedly challenge Queen Elizabeth before 1918 in history. (The queen in history is not as NB as everyone thinks, the first problem is that the queen herself is overweight, resulting in the 3-meter-high armor belt is not much exposed, and the gun mount is only 10 inches, which is worrying after hitting.) And in the absence of new armor-piercing shells, the power and caliber of the 15-inch gun obviously did not match. Therefore, the queen of the 1st World War is still more cheating. It's not too much to ask you £2.7 million. What the? Don't have that much money? Then it can only be cut a little bit, and this thing is the same as buying a car in later generations, with different prices and different colors!

"Boss, this is what you mean by Tong Suo? Don't bring this! When Yan Boxun saw Xu Jie's plan, there was a trace of contempt on his face.

"Compared with some countries, we are already very conscientious, if you look at the performance of the takeaway battleship, it is indeed a child's undeceptive, every penny, every penny, the price is clearly marked. Your own use will not appear on the takeaway list, so naturally it is not a lie to them. Xu Jie said expressionlessly.

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