The Rise of the Empire

"Equipped with 10 280mml50 main guns, the thickest part of the main armor belt is 270mm, the front of the turret is 9 inches, the side is 170mm, and the maximum thickness of the gun mount is 230mm. Equipped with 24 boilers and 4 steam turbines, the rated output is 54,000 horsepower, and the speed is 25.5 knots. Displacement 22,000 tons, am I right? Mr. Wigner?" After Wigner finished introducing his warship, the prince repeated the data again. \u003c/p\u003e "It is such a prince." Wigner nodded and said. \u003c/p\u003e"Well, I would like to ask, what is the height of your so-called 270mm main armor belt? The description of the main armor belt is 270mm to 200mm thick. Well, I want to know, these two thicknesses What is the proportion of the steel plate!" The prince raised the first question! \u003c/p\u003e"This is just a rough structure. We haven't completed all the design work. We just come up with a rough plan of our own plan." Wegner said with a slightly changed face. \u003c/p\u003eThe design and drawing of a warship is a very cumbersome thing. Before the winning bid is confirmed, most of the design is just a framework, such as the caliber of the artillery, the speed, and the thickness of the armor. Some, such as the height of the steel plates of various thicknesses in the main armor belt, are uncertain. \u003c/p\u003eHistorically, the basic framework of the Moltke-class battleship came out in May 1907. For example, the total tonnage is about 22,000 tons, the weapons are 10 11-inch guns, the speed should be above 24 knots, and the defense should be better than Von der Tann made some improvements, etc., but the real design work was actually completed in March 1908. \u003c/p\u003eThat is to say, now Wigner really doesn’t know what the armor height is, and then calculate it according to the budget and tonnage. thinner. At least when the bidding started, no one stipulated the height of various armors. \u003c/p\u003eSo, Prince's question caught him off guard, after all, before some things are built, there is no way to judge their performance! The prince asked this question so that he could not answer. \u003c/p\u003e"These things require actual calculations, and I can't answer you until the design is actually completed." Wigner softly said. \u003c/p\u003e"Well, everyone, now the question is, what is the height of the so-called 270mm main armor belt here? Is it 1.8 meters or 3.8 meters? If it is the former, then for this battleship Generally speaking, is the 270mm armor with only the width of the belt the most likely to be shot, or the 200mm armor with a large upper area?"\u003c/p\u003e"Everyone knows technology, and you should know that, generally speaking, the side string protection of a battleship Including the underwater part, the height must be at least 5 meters! I would like to know how much weight can be used for defense and what is the distribution of the main armor belt when the speed and firepower are guaranteed with such a tonnage.” said the prince. \u003c/p\u003e "This needs to be calculated, and I can't answer it now. Your Royal Highness, please don't ask such unanswerable questions." Liao Le on the side said a little dissatisfied. \u003c/p\u003e"Hehe, that is to say, if the Royal William Dockyard wins the bid, as long as they can ensure that the main armor has a narrow strip, they will meet the requirements, regardless of the specific height? Is that so? Don't you Do you think this is too irresponsible?" The prince paused and continued: "I am not targeting you, Admiral Liao Le, nor is I targeting you Wigner."\u003c/p\u003e "I am targeting all of you People!" The prince glanced at Tirpitz, Liorer and Wegner who were sitting opposite! "Your plans are full of loopholes, and you simply don't put the needs of the Navy first,

Put the lives of fleet officers and soldiers first, but consider how to get away with a vague concept! "\u003c/p\u003e "Your Highness, you must have evidence for what you say!" The plan submitted by Bavaria is indeed very detailed. There are more detailed sketches on it, and there are data markers. The height, thickness, weight, and depth and width of the armor belt are very detailed. This is commendable. , but you must not attack other people without any basis. "Prince Heinrich said.\u003c/p\u003e"No, I have evidence. My design bureau once roughly calculated the defensive weight and the thickness of the side chord armor of this class of battleship. According to our calculations, if the side chord If the armor covers two and a half layers of decks, (the half layer is the underwater extension), then the armor thickness of 270mm will definitely not exceed 2.2 meters! As for the height of the two and a half decks, I think everyone knows better, at least 6 meters! In other words, two-thirds of the defense area of ​​this battleship is only protected by 200mm side string armor! This is not a crime what is it? "The prince asked\u003c/p\u003eThe side string defense of the Moltke-class battlecruisers in history is actually not necessarily much stronger than that of the Lion Tiger. From the upper deck to the bottom of the main armor belt, there is a total height of about 8.2 meters. The upper upper armor belt is 200mm thick and 2 meters high, the middle is 200mm thick and 3.15 meters high, and the bottom is the 270mm main armor belt! And this section of armor does not cover the rest In fact, the height of this 270mm armor belt is only 1.8 meters! The thickness of the underwater part is quickly reduced to 130mm! What's more terrible is that most of the main armor belt is underwater. The part exposed to the water That’s one-third. That is to say, it’s less than 0.6 meters!\u003c/p\u003e If you calculate the probability of being hit by the sidestring, the height above the water is less than 6 meters, and the main armor is 0.6 meters above the water. The probability that the main armor belt can withstand the opponent's shells is only 10%! In fact, the 200mm armor belt that Moltke's side string really works!\u003c/p\u003e Well, thank God, thank God, I never fought in the first battle In several large-scale battles, the British shells also had problems, and Moltke’s problem was not exposed... You must know that although the British shells are scum, the shells fired by the 13.5-inch artillery still have a chance to penetrate ( Blow through) 8-inch armor!\u003c/p\u003e "This is just an estimate on your part. The truth depends on the overall design. I admit that the plan of our shipyard is indeed not as detailed as yours, but I think it is obviously unreasonable for our plan to be judged by you. "Wigner's words obviously lack confidence. As a designer, although he has not completed all the designs, he also knows that it is still difficult to achieve such performance with this tonnage. The tonnage in Bavaria's battlecruiser plan It has reached about 25,000 tons. Naturally, there is enough weight to deploy armor. The 22,000 tons of the planned ship is indeed lower.\u003c/p\u003e "Interesting, both sides insist on their own opinions. "At this moment, the king in the upper position broke the somewhat anxious atmosphere on the field.\u003c/p\u003eThe second one is ~~~, please subscribe and recommend~~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e