Seeing Jochen so solemn, Ferdinand also became interested, what kind of warship can make all the existing capital ships in the world obsolete? Ferdinand had the impression that Jochen had no penchant for big words, and that a battleship that could receive such praise from him would certainly be extraordinary. ＊X,

Ferdinand immediately asked, "What kind of warship can you admire so much?" Let all the warships in the world turn into obsolete scrap metal? That's an exaggeration. ”

"The 'Ideal Battleship of the British Royal Navy' published by the famous Italian battleship designer Kunibetti published in this year's Jane's Battleship Yearbook, the kind of all-heavy gun battleship design that can allow the whole ship to shoot firepower on the side of the ship up to 8 305 mm naval guns, China has begun to design the same type of battleship as early as last year." Jochen presented to Ferdinand and Pan.

In fact, the design proposed by Kunibetty is difficult to achieve, and it is not realistic to install 4 twin and 4 single 305 mm turrets on the 17,000-ton hull, while maintaining armor protection and speed, and its main gun layout is also very similar to a simple and crude addition of turrets on the basis of the previous dreadnought design.

Along the central axis, only two twin main turrets are arranged in the bow and stern, and the single turrets with two on each side can also be seen as the first main gun of the second stage after sacrificing the number of guns, and then a twin main gun tower is added on each side of the board on the basis of such a former dreadnought.

As a result, although the theory of this design is completely correct, the actual gun arrangement is even less efficient than the main turret layout of the Nassau-class and Helgoland-class of the German Navy, which has been criticized historically. Therefore, Italy, which proposed this design, could not realize it because of its own technical limitations.

The United Kingdom, which has the ability to realize it, is also difficult to immediately realize the advantages of this design, after all, the displacement of 17,000 tons in the design is simply not enough, and more than 20,000 tons of displacement is required to realize this design, which has never been tried for this tonnage. Even the British did not dare to waste their money lightly.

The famous Dreadnought in history is just a test ship for the British to try the crab, and the Dreadnought is completely in line with the design ideas of Kunibetty, and the fact that there is no secondary gun has been exactly the same, which itself has a strong sense of testing and technology accumulation.

However, for Germany, the combination of various advantages can completely reduce the tonnage of the battleship to about 18,000 tons (if the small caliber of the main gun is also an advantage). In addition, German battleships have always used 3 twin main turrets. The design of not using the secondary main gun design and now adding a main turret to increase the firepower is not a reversal of the previous idea, so the German Navy is also more receptive to this scheme than the British Navy needs to change its thinking and try a new design.

Therefore, after Kunibetty's design was seen by the German naval hierarchy, those who were fortunate enough to see the sketches of the new battleship designed by Poper, except for the great foresight of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in naval technology, the rest were full of disdain for Kunibetty's design.

Historically, the British used to tease the Germans about the turret layout of the Nassau-class battleships, which appeared in the mouths of Germans such as Kost and Tirpitz, such as "inefficient use of artillery", "turret layout wastes displacement", and "this design is simply the idea of an old-fashioned battleship", etc.

That attitude that I have a special ship-building skill makes Jochen very eager to divulge the secret of heaven, and complain that these words were originally buckled on your head.

But this was a bit irritating for Ferdinand: "You say that the design of the Italians can be realized in Germany?" That design of 17,000 tons is simply impossible. ”

"We certainly don't copy the Italian design. Didn't I say that we already started design work on this type of warship as early as last year. The design of the Italians is not reliable, but its design concept is undoubtedly correct, the design idea of canceling the second-stage main gun and using the first-class main gun uniformly is in line with the current technological development and the needs of naval warfare.

Once this kind of warship is built, it will have twice the combat capability of the previous capital ships with mixed first- and second-class main guns, but which country can build more old capital ships to bridge this gap in combat effectiveness? The comprehensive construction of new capital ships has become an inevitable choice, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the capital ships with mixed primary and secondary guns will be completely eliminated. Jochen explained.

The Croatian-Slovenian Kingdom is not the Austro-Hungarian it once was. With its own strong shipbuilding industry and a group of excellent ship designers, in the face of a new type of ship such as a dreadnought, it is necessary to consider whether it is really reliable internally. Whether you want to pay this tuition, although this kind of questioning delays the speed of Austria-Hungary's possession of dreadnoughts, this is undoubtedly a manifestation of its own ** thinking ability.

However, the current Croatian-Slovenian kingdom does not have such extravagant thinking ability, and they can only rely on Germany to build a navy, and they have no choice at all, although Ferdinand prefers the German navy's judgment on this new type of warship. But there are new concerns.

"But presumably the construction, maintenance, and use of such warships must be very expensive, right? With our national strength, it may be very difficult. Ferdinand said with a grimace.

"It was inevitable that the price would be higher, but the overwhelming superiority of such ships over the old capital ships was well worth it, so Croatia-Slovenia did not need too many new ships to have an overwhelming advantage over the likes of Greece and Ottoman Turkey. Moreover, a smaller fleet size would also be advantageous for Croatia-Slovenia, which would effectively reduce the number of naval officers and men required. Johen analyzed for Ferdinand.

Navy officers and men are not just army soldiers who need to be armed with rifles, and every naval officer and soldier needs considerable cultural and technical skills. Not to mention the extremely expensive salaries that need to be paid by a large number of naval officers and sailors, even if Croatia-Slovenia can afford such a large amount of money, it is difficult to train a large number of high-quality naval officers and sailors in a short period of time.

You don't see that the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the most elite and arguably the only group of well-trained sailors sent to England to receive the Ottoman Sultan I dreadnought was detained by the British hooligans, and there was no suitable naval officer and sailor in his own country to take over the "great gift" sent by the Germans.

As a result, the German naval officers and men of the battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau were retained, and the commander, Rear Admiral Sushun, became the commander-in-chief of the Turkish Navy, making a great contribution to Germany's drawing of Ottoman Turkey into World War I. Therefore, it is clear that the training capacity of the Croatian-Slovenian Navy is also difficult to maintain a sufficiently large number.

These words obviously moved Ferdinand, and Ferdinand showed an expression of interest, but he still wanted to say something.

So Jochen gave Ferdinand another reassurance: "After the completion of this kind of battleship, Croatia-Slovenia can evaluate it again, if you feel that this kind of battleship is not suitable for your own needs, then you can also propose to us to buy the Brandenburg class, and the price of the Brandenburg class will be cheaper than now."

And with the relationship between our two countries, whether it is a new ship or an old ship, I will do my best to facilitate the lowest transaction price. So that's what you don't have to worry about Franz. ”

"Well, 10 years have passed anyway, and it doesn't matter if our navy waits a few more years, then let me wait and see." Ferdinand was convinced.

"Franz, the information of this kind of battleship is the top secret of the German Navy now, and the Navy will claim that it is an improved version of the Braunschweig class when the time comes, so I hope you don't mention this news on any occasion." Jochen admonished.

"Of course, I understand." Ferdinand nodded.

Jochen believed that when Germany and Britain began to build dreadnoughts, and even Brazil and Argentina began to join in the fun, Ferdinand would choose to go with the flow.

This will not only greatly increase the strength of Germany's allies in the Mediterranean, but will also greatly promote the German shipbuilding industry.

The more a country with weak shipbuilding capabilities builds dreadnoughts, the greater the problems it exposes. Weak industrial capacity will lead to high prices of industrial products, as well as problems such as production hours, and poor cooperation between relevant enterprises.

The Gangut-class battleships of the Russians were expensive, the combined forces of the Austrian-Hungarians were not much cheaper, and the Italians had the problem of a long shipbuilding cycle.

If the Kingdom of Croatia-Slovenia orders dreadnoughts from Germany, then its equipment and components are naturally completely German standards, and Germany can naturally use this to share the price and reduce costs, and the construction of such a large-scale project will provide a lot of valuable experience in material allocation, enterprise cooperation, process simplification and so on.

The more such experience comes in, the more it will help to improve Germany's shipbuilding capacity, and it will also provide shipyard workers with the opportunity to increase their proficiency.

The best at this point is undoubtedly the Americans, the design concept of the standard type of battleship allows each type of battleship to be gradually modified on the basis of the previous type, which greatly reduces the difficulty of design, greatly improves the efficiency of construction, greatly appoints the input cost, and greatly increases the size of the fleet.

With this jewel in front of him, how could Jochen not study seriously? And in order to make the German version of the "Standard Battleship" plan smoother, it was also one of Jochen's methods to get more countries to order dreadnoughts from Germany, and the ally Croatia-Slovenia was only the first target. (To be continued......) R640