Therefore, the whole construction plan must be cautious, the first dreadnought and the first battlecruiser are probably to start construction of one each, and if there are no problems, start to build other battleships. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 According to the construction efficiency of German shipyards in history, the construction period of a dreadnought is about 3 years, that is, the construction of a dreadnought will start in early 1902 and will be completed in service by 1905. Of course, if you increase investment and work overtime, it should be possible to advance, but after the completion of two batches of construction, the earliest time is mid-1906.......

This is only an approximate timetable, and the specific ship type and design have to be carefully analyzed, so the current prince can only give an approximate data.

"Let's take a middle number, a total of 5 warships of the two kinds are built, if each battleship is equipped with 3 turrets and 6 guns, then 5 battleships are only 30 12-inch guns, even if you consider spare, this number will not be too much, if you simply let Austria-Hungary bear the research and development expenses this time, I am afraid it is not appropriate."

In business, friendship is friendship, can this friendship be eaten? Obviously not, and even said that this friendship is for a better meal, if it weren't for Bavaria's money, I'm afraid there would be no more marriage between the two sides, so in this regard, Ferdinand will definitely not back down.

"No, Your Highness the Crown Prince, your calculations are wrong, each of our battleships will be armed with at least 10 12-inch guns, and each battlecruiser will be armed with at least 8 12-inch guns! If it was 3 battleships, 2 battlecruisers, then the number of guns was at least 46 guns! The prince said with a smile.

"A battleship with 10 12-inch guns? What a mighty steel beast that would be. That's definitely the overlord of the sea! A true king! Ferdinand said with some shock.

"That's right, it will sweep all old warships into the dustbin of history! Including the current Frederick the Great-class battleships! It will be the king of the sea in the future, so I intend to call it a dreadnought! A behemoth with a displacement of about 22,000 tons! Crush the existence of one! The prince said proudly! The prince, who has already plagiarized many inventions of history, has a thick skin to the extent that he can withstand a 15-inch gun, even if this time it is a symbol of the era - the dreadnought!

In fact, not only the artillery intends to make a transfer of interests, but as time goes by, the prince has also considered making some concessions when necessary in terms of armor, on the one hand, because with the development of technology, the armor technology of other countries is also improving, and it is difficult to rely on the monopoly of armor technology to obtain excess profits in the future, and the prince has been making a lot of money with armor for 9 years, which is almost enough!

Although there will still be higher profits in the future, the prince has found a more profitable industry, one is the automobile industry, the other is armored vehicles, the prince and the Kaiser have reached a consensus on the development of the automobile industry, and this industry can be supported in the name of the state to make up for the lack of military transportation capacity, of course, under the influence of the Junker aristocracy and Ma Zheng, it is debatable how much support the Prussian side has, but the Bavarian side will go all out.

As for the armored vehicle is also necessary, after all, the British had tanks in World War I in history, and the French also had tanks, as the only weapon that could break through the trench system, the development of armored vehicles and tanks was also necessary, and on the other hand, in order to ensure the early solution of Russia, a weapon that can quickly break through the position and advance in depth is also necessary, it is true that the performance of the engine in this era is very good, especially the stability, but at the same time the defense of the Russians on the Eastern Front is also very weak, The mobility of the troops is even weaker, and not only the mobility of the road but also the mobility of the railways is .......

Therefore, whether it is for the sake of future wars or economic factors, the prince intends to invest Bavaria's limited resources in more potential industries. After all, according to the prince's prediction, by 1914, Bavaria's population was only about 12 million at most, and the territory area was only 87,000 square kilometers.

"I am fortunate to be part of this historic operation, and if the number of artillery guns is eventually ordered to reach more than 60, then Austria-Hungary can bear the costs of research and development." Ferdinand thought about it for a moment and made a promise.

"That's good, the number of equipment for this gun in the future will definitely exceed your imagination." The prince said with a smile, originally thought that after finalizing this matter, everything could be over, but what the prince didn't expect was that the crown prince was so interested in the navy.

"If you can, I hope that the Austro-Crarian Navy can also get such a warship, Your Excellency should know very well that the current situation in the Mediterranean is very complicated, and the Austro-Hungarian Navy is very fragile, compared to other powers, our coastline is almost undefended, whether it is the French, the British, the Italians, and even the Spaniards before the loss of the Philippines, they are far stronger than us, and now, when a kind of cross-era warship appears, I hope we can make the Adriatic shield stronger!" The crown prince said.

"What do you think? Want to run before you know how to walk? The 10,000-ton battleship has not been built, so it is directly planned to build the dreadnought? Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also a combined force that first built 15,000 tons of Radetz and then built it. The prince was quite critical of the Crown Prince's thoughts.

Of course, there are some things that cannot be said directly, and as the crown prince said, the maritime power of Austria-Hungary is too weak, if there is nothing to suppress the formation, then it is not good, dreadnoughts can build a few, even if they are used as mascots, they can scare the opponent in the Adriatic Sea, right? Of course, the most important combat effectiveness in the Adriatic Sea is submarine and mine warfare.

"This idea is very good, but it is very difficult to realize from the current point of view, if you can, I hope that your country can first build a warship of more than 12,000 tons to accumulate experience, and then consider the problem of dreadnoughts, after all, your shipyards and military ports are not ready to carry such a huge warship."

"Then you mean that Austria-Hungary should imitate the existing warships of your country? Do you think the Frederick the Great-class battleships are better, or the Mainz-class armored cruisers are better? The crown prince asked.

"If you look at it purely from the point of view of coastal defense, it is naturally better to produce battleships, but Austria-Hungary has not had a real ocean-going warship until now, so I personally think that even in order to fill this gap, a cruiser should be produced, after all, in the near seas of the future empire there are dreadnoughts to guard, and the construction of a cruiser can be used to perform ocean-going missions." Originally, the prince planned to say that if Italy turned against the water, it would be of limited significance to build a big ship.......

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