The Rise of the Empire

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"The power of the 14-inch artillery should be enough, right? Is it necessary for us to build a ship with a 15-inch artillery?" Tirpitz hesitated for a while and asked a question. In his view, the tonnage of the 15-inch artillery ship is too large, and the cost must rise all the way, which is a problem for the size of the fleet.

"Of course, because at the current level, even if our 12-inch L45 artillery uses the latest armor-piercing shells at a distance of 11,700 meters, if it hits the target with a comprehensive incident angle of 30 degrees, it can only penetrate 229mm of armor! The same angle It can penetrate 10-inch armor at a distance of 10.1 kilometers. To be honest, it is difficult to penetrate the current battleship at this penetration depth.” The prince once again took advantage of his time traveler. This data has not actually been measured, but this Once the prince copied the hull data of the historical German 12-inch l50 artillery.

"We know how to thicken the armor to more than 300mm, and we know that the armor can be tilted to increase the difficulty of penetration. Don't you think the British can't think of it? As long as they increase the armor thickness to 330mm, even if it is vertical armor, it will be difficult for us to penetrate them. !” The prince raised his concerns.

In fact, even with the power of the German 380mml45 artillery in history, the 13.5-inch armor can only be penetrated at a distance of 9400 meters at a 30-degree incident angle. Of course, this 30-degree incident angle is a bit large. In fact, the falling angle of the shell may be smaller than this angle, so the penetration of the artillery is improved. There is a saying that 12500 meters can penetrate 350mm armor.

Historically, Bavaria’s 15-inch artillery had no problem dealing with the queen. It’s not that the 330mm armor plus dome armor was not enough, but because the queen was overweight in history, and the part of the main outfit exposed to the water was too little. But in this plane, who dares to say that the British battleships must be overweight? What if you're not overweight? What if the British have a muscle, or find that the Germans use larger caliber artillery and increase their armor? Who can tell clearly about this kind of thing?

Therefore, in line with the principle of being lenient to the enemy, the prince meant to go to the largest caliber artillery among the warships that Germany can currently equip! 15 inch gun! At the same time, it introduced the hard quilt hat of Skoda of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the emerging shell technology. ****Your request is not too high, that is, it reached the level when the British tested the 15-inch green hat shell in 1921. The latter penetrated the 350mm turret of the historical Bavaria at a distance of 15,000 yards... .... This is measured data!

If the 400mm heavy artillery is not too difficult to build, the tonnage of the required battleship must be at least 32,000 tons, and even with this tonnage, it can only produce slow battleships, and if the speed of 25 knots cannot be guaranteed, His Royal Highness is still planning to build 400mm artillery.

"Don't think of our enemies too simply. They may suffer in a battle, but they will improve soon. Simply strengthening the dome armor can improve the defense of the battleship. Therefore, as a weak We in the navy must have larger caliber artillery. We strive to destroy our opponents instead of injuring them." Looking at the hesitant expressions of the people, the prince said.

"If we are equipped with a 15-inch naval gun, we can penetrate the British's 13-inch armor belt at a distance of 15,000 yards and have a chance to penetrate the opponent's dome armor, and then send the warhead into the ammunition depot or power compartment. Well placed shells we could destroy a £2 million battleship,

And if it is a 350mm artillery, I am afraid that even 12-inch armor cannot be penetrated at this distance. said the prince.

"However, we must consider the tonnage and cost. I once asked the designer how many tons a slow battleship equipped with eight 15-inch guns would cost. They told me that it would cost more than 28,000 tons. For 25 knots, how many tons are needed? They said that it needs about 33,000 tons. The cost will reach more than 58 million marks! And the construction period may take 3 and a half years."

"There are huge risks in this, not only engineering risks, but also time and money risks. I am confident that the Kingdom of Bavaria will come up with a usable 15-inch gun, but I doubt whether our shipyard can complete such a job. , at least for now,” Tirpitz said.

"Then can we do this? The first batch of 15-inch gun battleships is only equipped with 6 main guns, and the tonnage is the same as our 14-inch gun fast battleships. In fact, our second batch of battleships is the same as our shipbuilding in Bromfors The fast battleships completed in the factory are very similar, whether in terms of tonnage, or defense and power design. As long as very small improvements are required, I can even make concessions in the artillery layout, but I request that the third batch of battleships start to use all 15-inch class Artillery, and even 15-inch guns began to be used in the second batch of battleships later!" The prince put forward his own suggestions for improvement.

Compared with the dispute over whether the new warship should use 4 double-mounted 350mm guns or 3 triple-mounted 350mm guns, the prince is not very concerned. After all, the gap is not very big overall, but there is absolutely no compromise on the issue of artillery caliber. Yes, in terms of projection volume, even from a historical point of view, six German 15-inch guns can project 4.5 tons of ammunition in one round. The eight 350mm guns can project 4.8 tons of ammunition in one round. The projection volume of the two sides is very close, but the armor-piercing ability of the six 15-inch guns is definitely better.

"The British may not be equipped with 15-inch guns. Our 15-inch gun warships may stimulate them. The British will design bigger guns and build bigger warships. The gap between us may become wider and wider. Everyone knows that the 15-inch artillery and its carrier ship have reached our limit, whether it is funding or production cycle. This is the case." Tirpitz looked around at everyone present, and said earnestly, at this moment he can There is no selfishness. His words are convincing.

"But the British will be equipped with 15-inch guns sooner or later! They will! We have the ability to equip 15-inch guns in advance, why should we take into account the attitude of the British? If the British want to equip 16-inch guns, they will build warships of more than 35,000 tons , then let them build it, their limit will not be much higher than ours. They may have more funds, but the construction period and single ship tonnage will not be better than ours! Trust me now." The prince also knows At a critical moment in this confrontation, he insisted on using the 15-inch artillery as soon as possible.

The words have already been said for this sake, neither the prince nor Tirpitz can say anything more. The prince emphasized the power of large-caliber artillery from the tactical level, while Tirpitz emphasized the power of large-caliber artillery from the economic and fleet scale. The above emphasizes the industrial and financial needs of large-caliber artillery. He even worried that the Fleet Bill would be in crisis because of too much money. What both sides say makes sense, and only one person can make a decision when there is no room for compromise!

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