As for whether the prince thought of whether he would make the quasi-dreadnought and trumpet BC so early would make the Dreadnought era come earlier, the answer was naturally yes! The prince didn't plan to let the dreadnoughts appear in 1905! In history, the Germans made a lot of useless former dreadnoughts can be said to have wasted a lot of money, and the prince wasted so much effort to get Krupp, used a 10-inch gun in advance, and built a steam turbine, and a coal-fired boiler, for what? Naturally, it's to be fearless as soon as possible!

Now it's almost a kick in the door! Wouldn't the prince give up on the idea that the British might be referring to his own design? After all, the advent of the dreadnought era is a matter of time, and you can only compete for the first, not backward! However, this does not mean that His Royal Highness the Prince cannot do anything, because although the idea of using all-heavy artillery warships is an inevitable trend of history, there are still some tricks that can be played before that. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prince Ruprecht vaguely remembers reading such an account in a book that the idea of the earliest all-heavy artillery warships was to use medium-caliber 234mm heavy guns. Moreover, historically, the British realized that the 12-inch gun was better than the 9.2-inch gun, and it was a little further behind.

In addition, although the British were the first to build the Dreadnought, they were not so confident in the idea of Dreadnought, so while the Dreadnought was being built, the last quasi-Dreadnought Nelson-class battleships were also being built. And this time the prince finally eliminated the two battleships from the visiting fleet, and one of the very important reasons was to push back the time of the appearance of the British all-large-caliber battleships as much as possible!

In fact, in the current situation, it is still better to use medium-caliber naval guns than 12-inch guns, on the one hand, because before the appearance of cap-piercing shells, hardened armor of more than 6 inches was enough to cope with armor-piercing shells of various calibers, and in terms of projection, it is obvious that medium-caliber guns with a faster rate of fire have an advantage. Another very important issue is that the distance between the two sides is still very close, you know, it is now 1899, and it was not until the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 that the distance between the two sides has increased to about 7 kilometers.

In this era, except for Germany, the combat distance of other countries is still around 4,000 meters, and the advantage of large-caliber artillery at long distances is not reflected, so unless there is enough foresight and enough courage, it is not so easy to clap the full main gun battleship on the board!

The Japanese also planned to put 8 12-inch guns on the Satsuma class battleships, at least this plan, but in the end they ended up with a bunch of 10-inch guns because of the cost problem. Coincidentally, after the appearance of dreadnoughts, the French also did not immediately follow suit, and after 06, the French successively started construction of 6 Dandong-class battleships, equipped with 4 12-inch guns and 12 240mm guns.

Therefore, the prince believed that as long as it was done properly, it would still be possible to fool the British for a few years! After all, the pressure on the British's capital ships is not great now, and if nothing else, the British will continue to build more than ten former dreadnoughts before they start construction.

Come to think of it, the German Navy Act was not passed, although the number of battleships in service was not much less than in history, but because of the Navy Act, this naval expansion was not standing, and for a period of time, at least until 1901, it was not planned to start construction of new battleships, on the one hand, it was necessary to be cautious in building Dreadnoughts for the first time, and on the other hand, most of the shipyards' production capacity was occupied by export warships, and the remaining slipways had to maintain existing warships. In addition, the relationship between Britain and Germany was quite good, so the British did not have such an urgent need to expand their battleship formation!

On the contrary, cruisers in this era became more and more demonic, especially in the naval battle of the Sulu Sea, where a kind of cruiser omnipotence theory appeared. A large number of old cruisers in the hands of the British have been seriously depreciated, and this kind of cruiser is spreading rapidly, the Germans have it, the Japanese have it, the Russians will be more powerful, the Americans intend to have new cruisers, and all the enemies and potential opponents of the British have begun to storm cruisers, at this time, the most normal reaction of the British Royal Navy is naturally to produce more and better cruisers!

In fact, the British really built armored cruisers to the end, such as the famous Black Prince (the worst armored cruiser killed in World War 1) and the Minotaur, which is known as the last British armored cruiser, and the last wave of armored cruiser construction began in 1900.

From 1900 to 1905, the British built a total of 5 class armored cruisers, and a total of up to 25 armored cruisers were built! A total of 10 ships were built in the largest first stage! From this performance, it can be easily seen that with the large number of armored cruisers of other countries in the world, the British are feeling great pressure on their sea transport lines, and they are indeed concentrating on replenishing their own cruisers!

And under the influence of the prince, the pace of expansion of the armored cruisers of the British will be bigger and faster! Larger, naturally, means that the starting point of the armored cruiser is relatively high, and it will not start with something like the Monmern class, which has only 14 6-inch guns ....... It is quite possible that the British will start with 7.5-inch guns or even 9.2-inch guns!

This behavior can be seen as a response to the performance of various types of armored cruisers equipped by other countries in the world! The prince was not worried that the British would build a bunch of super-mounted cruisers similar to the Mainz-class armored cruisers at this time, because the British faced too many opponents, and the sea transport lines were too long, and the quality of the opponent's warships was uneven. So the British first had to guarantee the quantity, and then they would come out with some high-quality warships.

Historically, couldn't the British have made better outfits? The answer is no, if nothing else, the four armored cruisers built by the British for the Japanese are much higher than those of the Monmeron class, but the fundamental reason why the latter was chosen over the former is that the latter is cheaper and more maneuverable.

And in this era, the British have many opponents, Russia is the first, Germany is the potential, the United States is also similar to the potential opponents, the French and the British also have a lot of awkwardness, in a word, in the eyes of the British, "There are always people who want to harm me!" "And the opponents are not all super masters like Mainz 2, there are always some trash fish, and to deal with trash fish, obviously quantity and economy are more important than quality.

After sorting out the relationship, His Royal Highness the Prince confidently embarked on the voyage to Malta, and he was now somewhat eager to meet the father of British BC. Sir Fisher, who built a whole bunch of crispy BC for the Royal Navy! To some extent, the other party counts half of his teammates .......

I have something to go out, so these chapters are sent in advance, and the book friends who reward and vote for the monthly ticket can only apologize first--! Today there are still three more ~~~! (To be continued.) )