The Rise of the Empire

Historically, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was issued in 1909, which stipulated that all goods shipped to neutral countries, except for armed ammunition and other obvious war materials, could not be confiscated even if they were to be transferred to hostile countries. In fact, the British only followed the terms of the declaration for a short period of time after the war. Soon after the war, the British laid mines from the Thames estuary to the Belgian coast. All neutral ships must be inspected for contraband at British ports before they can pass. A manual for minefields, and a month later, the British Admiralty declared the North Sea, the strait between Iceland, and Norway a war zone, and restricted all shipments to neutral countries. So the Germans called this blockade a war of maiming women and children.

Well, all that needs to be said has been said, and the prince believes that he has explained the possible deployment of the British very clearly. He now wants to see if other people here have any insights!

"Obviously, our funding is only about half of that of the British, and it is impossible to confront the large fleet head-on. Moreover, with the outbreak of the war, a large amount of resources were used for the war, and the Navy's capital ship construction capabilities in wartime were completely unavailable. Guaranteed. This is an almost unsolvable problem." Although Tirpitz did not say it explicitly, it can be seen from his tone that he has succumbed and is helpless in the face of tremendous pressure.

"Actually, apart from the British Grand Fleet, whether it is the old British warships deployed in the straits, or the light cruisers on alert, or the fast battleships deployed in the middle, we have ways to deal with them. The biggest problem is mobility. If we If the speed of the fleet can form an advantage over most of the British capital ships, then there is still a tactical advantage." Admiral von Pohl said.

"Yes, you are right. This is one of my most basic requirements for the capital fleet. In the future, all our capital ships must be faster than the British battleships! At least about 3 knots faster! If the average speed of the British fleet is 22 knots, then we need to reach at least 25 knots! Only in this way, we will have a chance to escape when we accidentally meet the opponent. And if we replace all the capital ships with such warships If so, then we must have more warships with speeds above 25 knots than the British!" **** said with satisfaction.

"However, the speed of such a battleship is still inferior to the British battlecruiser. According to our information, the speed of the British battlecruiser can be described as harsh. Their speed is at least 26 knots. If we don't If you are careful to meet the main fleet of the British, then their battle cruisers still have a chance to entangle us and provide opportunities for the main fleet." Tirpitz said.

"Under the condition of a certain cost, the relationship between speed, firepower and defense is trade-off. This is one of the reasons why I am unwilling to pursue extreme high speed. The power system of the British is not as good as ours, and they require warships to have more If the speed is high, there will definitely be problems with firepower and defense. Especially the latter." The prince didn't mind.

Take the late British and German battlecruisers Tiger and Lützow as examples. The displacement of the two sides is similar. The normal displacement of Lützow is 26,500 tons, and that of Tiger is 28,430 tons. Lützow's power system accounts for 14.2% of the total weight of the warship, which is about 3,763 tons. The actual output power is more than 80,988 horsepower. This output allowed the warship to run out of 27.9 in the sea trial on May 16, 1915. Knots!

The weight of Tiger's power system accounted for 20.7% of the total weight of the battleship, and the total power weight reached an astonishing 5885 tons! Although the output power is higher, the maximum reaches 104,635 horsepower, and the maximum speed is 29.07 knots. From the perspective of power-to-weight ratio, Lützow's output power per ton is around 21.5 horsepower, while the output power of Tiger's power system is 17.8 horsepower per ton. lower than that of the Germans.

Both weapons weigh about the same. The structural weight is not much different. The structural weight of Tiger accounted for 343% of the total weight, and Lützow accounted for 30.5%. So where is the weight gap saved by the powertrain? It's all on the armor!

Lützow's armor accounted for 35.5% of the weight of the entire battleship. That is 9400 tons! You must know that the armor weight of the Bavaria is only 11,610 tons!