Tirpitz thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a solution, how to get this fish and bear's paw, but Tirpitz immediately reacted, since Huang Zhe pointed out this problem, then he thought that there should be a solution, so he also asked Huang Zhe for advice very humbly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, Huang Zhe has a way, otherwise he would not have raised this question to Tirpitz with such fanfare, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, that is, the main gun is divided into two types: the first-level main gun and the second-level main gun.

In fact, the concept of the second-class main gun, in the old time and space, was first put forward by the United Kingdom, in fact, the British Navy is very clear, although the British warship's large-caliber main gun can overwhelm the opponent when engaging with the opponent's capital ship, but in the fight against large protective cruisers, large armored cruisers, there will be a situation where the rate of fire of the main gun is low, and the firepower of the secondary gun is insufficient, but Britain did not sacrifice the power of the main gun and choose the rate of fire of the main gun like Germany, but created the concept of the second main gun.

The British Navy designated the 305 mm caliber naval gun as the first main gun, and the 233 mm caliber naval gun as the second class main gun, the former has a slow rate of fire but is powerful, while the latter is less powerful but has a fast rate of fire. Equipping both of these main guns on a warship solves the problem of insufficient power of the secondary guns and too slow fire of the main guns.

In the case of large protective cruisers and armored cruisers, which are relatively fast but relatively weakly protected, the secondary main guns are used to strike at the enemy's main guns, while in the decisive battle with the enemy's battleships, the main guns are the primary guns, supplemented by the secondary guns, and when dealing with the enemy's small ships such as fast cruisers and torpedo boats, the secondary guns and other small and medium-caliber rapid-fire guns are used. In this way, the artillery is graded layer by layer, and each has its own responsibility, which is theoretically almost a perfect design.

Of course, after the installation of the second class main gun, the displacement of the battleship was further expanded, and the displacement of the Edward VII-class battleship designed with the concept of the second-stage main gun has reached nearly 16,000 tons, and the successor ship of the Edward VII-class battleship, the Nelson-class battleship, has a displacement of 17,200 tons. Of course, for Britain's shipbuilding technology, tonnage is not a problem, and the construction is an efficiency-cost ratio. However, the Edwardian VII-class battleships are still being designed, and the actual construction will not begin until next year.

However, the concept of the second main gun is theoretically perfect, but in practical use, there are many problems, first of all, it has increased the difficulty of logistics supply, and if two types of artillery are installed on the warship, it must be equipped with two different types of shells, which increases the difficulty of shell supply and intra-ship transportation, although the hull is enlarged, the shells of the first and second main guns may be more than before, but the shells of the two calibers cannot be used universally, and the shells of a single caliber are greatly reduced. When it comes to actual combat, it is very easy to see that the shells of one type of main gun are gone, while the other type of main gun still has a large number of excess shells.

If there are too many types of shells, it is just a matter of trade-offs, then another problem is difficult to overcome, the original British Navy's technical department found that with the continuous improvement of artillery technology, the firing range is also increasing, relying on the turret with its own observation system, it is difficult to adapt to the future war, so it is necessary to use a unified fire control command system of the whole ship, using the same parameters for salvo fire, in order to improve the target rate of the main gun, now Britain has begun to develop a unified fire control command system for warships, but it is only in one, The caliber and trajectory of the second main gun are different, and the same firing parameters cannot be used. Therefore, it is difficult to coordinate and command the fire control systems of the first and second stage main guns, and either two fire control systems are installed on the warship, or the two types of main guns can only be operated in turn, which objectively negates the original intention of designing the second stage main guns in disguise.

In the old time and space, there were not many warships built by Britain with second-class main guns, only Edward VII-class battleships and Nelson-class battleships, a total of seven, which was mainly due to Britain's leading position in warship design, and there was no current experience to learn from, so it could only rely on its own groping to move forward, and it was inevitable to take detours and wrong roads.

There are not many similar battleships built by other countries, mainly the French Danton-class battleships, which are equipped with four 305 mm caliber primary guns and 12 240 millimeter secondary guns; The Pevozvani-class battleships were equipped with four 305 mm first-class 5 guns and 14 203 mm second-class guns; the Japanese Satsuma-class battleships were equipped with four 305 mm first-class guns and 12 254-mm second-class guns; and the Italian Queen Elena class battleships were equipped with two 305 mm first-class guns and 12 203 mm second-class guns

And in the old time and space, it was precisely because of the mistake of installing the second-stage main gun that Britain gave birth to the birth of the dreadnought, a fully equipped heavy firepower main gun warship with a unified caliber, which also led to the obsolescence of all the main warships before the appearance of the dreadnought, and at the same time, the British warship design and construction once again left other countries far behind.

Huang Zhe, as a battleship enthusiast, of course knows the history of the former dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts, first and second class main guns, and fully equipped heavy fire main guns. The concept of classifying the second-class main guns is not outdated at this time, because first, the current artillery technology is still limited, and the distance of naval warfare is not far, although Britain defines the naval battle distance at 6-7 kilometers, and in actual combat, the firing distance of warships is within 5 kilometers; the Japanese Navy has a rule that it is not allowed to fire within 3 kilometers of enemy ships, and it is precisely because of the close distance that each main gun can use its own observation and mapping system to conduct self-effective accurate shooting, and it is not necessary to use the unified fire control and command system of the whole ship.

Second, the concept of a unified fire control and command system for the whole ship has only been put forward in the United Kingdom, and other countries are still ignorant of this concept, and even the United Kingdom is only in the testing stage, and it will take five years to reach maturity and be applied. Therefore, at least in the next year or two, the concept of classification of the first and second level main guns is still very selective, used to fool Tirpitz and let him know that the traverser does have materials, and it is completely okay.

Although Tirpitz lacks innovation ability, after all, he is a naval professional, and has rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience, so after listening to Huang Zhe's introduction, he immediately understood the classification concept of the first and second class main guns, and he had to praise that this is indeed a very clever way to solve the trade-off between shooting and firepower that is currently tangled in the design of German warships.

Huang Zhe further suggested to Tirpitz that the Caesarfriedrich III-class battleships and the Wicchersbach-class battleships were qualitative in design and had already started construction, plus their own tonnage was not large, and there was not much room for improvement, so there should be no more trouble on these two types of warships, and although the design of the Braunschweig-class battleships had been completed, the construction had not yet started, and some improvements could be made to further enhance the combat effectiveness of this type of battleship.

First of all, Huang Zhe believes that to increase the tonnage of the Braunschweig-class battleships, it must reach at least 14,000 tons, and if it can get close to 15,000 tons, it will be better. The second is that the ship's weapons are basically unchanged, but the main gun must be 300 mm caliber, which has the power of the main gun to compete with the British warship, and once again the 150 mm caliber secondary guns on the left and right sides of the bow and tail of the whole ship will be replaced with 240 mm caliber secondary guns, so that the whole ship will have 4 primary guns and 4 secondary guns. The bow and stern can be fired with 2 1st and 2nd class guns at the same time, and when firing from the side side, there will be 4 1st class guns and 2 2nd class guns, such firepower will surpass that of any battleship of this era. The improved Brunswick-class battleships will surpass the British Majestic-class battleships in overall combat.

At the same time, Huang Zhe also provided Tirpitz with a draft of the next type of battleship after the Braunschweig-class battleship, which will have a displacement of 16,000-17,000 tons, a length of about 140 meters, a width of about 25 meters, and a draft of about 8 meters, and the main armament is that each bow and stern are equipped with a twin 300 mm caliber main gun and two twin 240 mm caliber secondary guns, so that there can be two primary guns and four secondary guns at the bow and stern at the same time, and four primary guns and four secondary guns on the side side, and the overall combat power is on the basis of the Brunswick-class battleship, and it will have to go up to a higher level。

Moreover, Huang Zhe also assured that if Germany chooses this draft, it will be able to build warships that can compete with Britain in the next five years or so. Therefore, as long as Germany is interested, the traverser can help Germany design this type of battleship. In fact, this sketch is based on Huang Zhe's Edward VII-class battleship, but the four single-mounted second-stage main guns were changed to twin guns.

After listening to Huang Zhe's suggestion, Tirpitz couldn't help but be in good spirits, because building a battleship that surpassed the British Majestic-class battleships was naturally very attractive to him, and Tirpitz also believed that Wilhelm II would definitely be interested in this suggestion. Although Tirpitz had the trust of Wilhelm II, he could not take this trust for granted, and had to make some visible achievements.

However, after Tirpitz became the Minister of the German Navy, he presided over the construction of two types of battleships, although compared with Germany, it has been a considerable improvement, but compared with Britain, both in terms of scale and combat effectiveness of a single ship, there is a considerable gap, although Tirpitz can find a lot of reasons, such as inexperience, subject to the Kiel Canal, etc., Wilpitz II did not waver in his trust, but Tirpitz still felt that he had failed Wilhelm II's trust.

If a single ship can be built in a short period of time to surpass the British battleship, even if it is just a design drawing, Tirpitz also feels that he is worthy of Wilhelm II. And Huang Zhe's suggestions have considerable implementability, 300 mm caliber guns, of course, Germany can build, and 16,000-17,000 tons of warships, it is not difficult for Germany, so as long as there are detailed design drawings, Germany can be built, not to mention overseas Chinese to provide technical support. Tirpitz was now completely relieved of the ability of the overseas Chinese to design warships.

However, in order to make a major change to the design of the Braunschweig-class battleships and design the next type of battleship according to Huang Zhe's concept, Tirpitz had to return to Germany to negotiate and communicate with the shipbuilding engineers and technicians how to change it, and get the consent of Wilhelm II, of course, Tirpitz also believed that the latter was just a procedure. Therefore, Tirpitz did not stop in Qingdao for long, and immediately returned to Germany with the drawings of the old man's star battleship.