Although Jochen's idea of a crooked plan helped the German Navy to secretly build a new battleship under the nose of the Parliament, he did not want the design of this battleship to cause a lot of trouble for the German Navy's designers.

Because the battleship was to be kept in secret, its design specifications had to be limited to the same level as the battleship built for the Greek Navy, and the fact that its hull size was much larger than its titular sister ship would have been discovered by the standards of the 12-gun battleships now under construction by the German Navy.

Jochen also thought about whether to simply ask Constantine to place an order for a super-dreadnought ship from Germany, nominally installing British 13.5-inch naval guns or 14-inch naval guns. But then the performance standards of the new ship fully meet the future needs of the Greek Navy, then there will be no reason for the Greek Navy to abandon the warship, and Konstantin will be in a very awkward position.

If the Greek government insists, then the German side will also face the situation that the warship will not be delivered, and Germany will not be able to explain the fact that the warship it built is completely inconsistent with the design originally ordered by Greece, which will cause great damage to the German shipbuilding industry and even the credibility of the German government.

Therefore, the design of this battleship has become a problem faced by the navy, from the perspective of concealment, the new ship should directly adopt the hull design of the battleship built for the Greeks, but the specifications of all aspects are built according to the standards of German equipment, so that in the construction process, only the hull on the slipway can basically not see the difference with the battleship of the Greek Navy.

But the increasingly ambitious navy did not look down on this design that was born out of the Combined Forces class built for the Croatian Navy. The installation of 305-mm naval guns with a larger caliber for the smaller tonnage of the Combined Forces class was bound to affect the performance indicators in other aspects, and the protection of the Combined Forces class, which was lower than the level of the German Navy's battleships, was difficult to satisfy the Navy. The Greeks may not care, but the German Navy could not accept it.

Therefore, they demanded that although the performance of the new ships could not be stronger than the Helgolan class due to tonnage limitations, it should at least be better than the Nassau class in all aspects. This creates a huge problem for designers. Originally, the tonnage of the new ship was slightly lower than that of the Nassau class, but now the performance is stronger than that of the Nassau class.

Moreover, the navy also had disagreements over where to deploy this warship after it was completed, and the top brass of the Ocean Fleet, which had always been in a strong position in the navy, invariably demanded that the new ships be deployed in the North Sea, and as for the "small fleet" in the Mediterranean, "just eliminate" two German-class ships to them. "Using the same naval guns as the Wittelsbach class and the Braunschweig class can reduce the logistical pressure on the Mediterranean fleet."

This remark naturally angered Monte Cucori, the former commander of the Mediterranean Fleet from Austrian aristocracy, slapped the table in front of Tirpitz, and not only scolded the "treacherous villain" of the Ocean Fleet by relying on the old traitor, but also threatened to go to the Queen of Austria to complain, and said that all Austrians would not sit idly by.

This made the guy who only cared about pulling vegetables into his bowl sober up, who is the Queen of Austria? Our oceanic fleet is not afraid, but who is the husband of the Queen of Austria? If His Majesty the Emperor knew about this, would he still have a good life?

And soon the amendment to Tirpitz's Naval Act will be submitted, if the Austrian parliamentarians stab themselves in the Parliament. The result was unimaginable.

One of the voters immediately changed his tone and apologized to Monte Cucory, and said that the new ship must belong to the Mediterranean Fleet, and no one will rob you with Your Excellency the Admiral.

After the question of the ownership of the new ship was resolved, the design requirements of the new ship were easily solved, and the range and seaworthiness indicators of the new ship were significantly reduced because only activities in the Mediterranean Sea were considered. With the triple turret design, enough tonnage can be saved to enhance protection.

Moreover, such a design can also be used in the triple turret of the 305mm naval gun that was removed when the super-dreadnought under construction was replaced with a 380 mm naval gun. It's also a cost saver.

In this way, this type of battleship, specially designed for the Mediterranean, became an outlier in the German Navy's growing shipbuilding trend.

However, this kind of behavior against the trend is only a minority, and most people still pursue big is beautiful, big is good. For example, the Brazilian Minister of the Navy, Akin, who was visiting the Royal Ship Technical Shipyard? Malges? Morality? Leon.

"It is one of the most powerful battleships under construction in the world, it is truly majestic!" Admiral Leon looked at the Argentine Navy battleship on the slipway with its hull already formed.

"Lord Leon, you should remove the word one. She is the most powerful battleship in the world. Joechen on the side said unashamedly.

Yochen himself felt blushing when he said this kind of shameless words, but there was no way, in order to fool the Brazilians, Jochen could only be cheeky and say these things that he didn't believe.

"Your Majesty, the Argentine battleships are indeed very powerful. But is it not appropriate to underestimate such a battleship with the same tonnage and 10 13.5-inch guns, which the British have already begun to build? Leon pondered his words and said euphemistically, he didn't want to anger the German Emperor in front of him.

Of course, it is impossible to take it lightly, but in order to fool the Brazilians, Jochen still has to put on a look of indifference, and commented in a relaxed and slightly contemptuous tone: "Naval guns are not blindly pursuing large calibers are appropriate, the British 13.5-inch naval guns are certainly amazingly powerful, but the probability of 10 naval guns hitting the enemy in battle is obviously not as good as 15 naval guns, and the projection ability of 15 12-inch naval guns is not inferior to 10 13.5-inch naval guns, but the hit rate is higher than that of 13.5-inch naval guns." Moreover, the power of the current 12-inch naval guns is sufficient, and no battleship's armor can survive the bombardment of 15 12-inch naval guns.

Of course, the super battleships of the British were indeed very powerful, but they did not perform as well as the ones we built for the Argentines in real use, so it would not be an exaggeration to call this battleship in front of you one of the strongest. ”

Yochen's nonsense with his eyes open sounded quite reasonable, Leon began to waver a little, and Jochen decided to add another fire: "So there is no need for your navy to choose too large caliber naval guns. The use of 12-inch naval guns also makes it easier for the new ship to work in tandem with the other two battleships of the Brazilian Navy, and the use of 12-inch naval guns also reduces the logistical pressure on your country, doesn't it?

Moreover, now the technology of triple turrets is only possessed by our country, and this technology allows the warship to have 15 naval guns while only needing 5 turrets, which greatly shortens the length of the hull and effectively reduces the tonnage. This also significantly reduces the cost of the ship if you want to use a twin turret. Then the increase in the length and tonnage of the ship will lead to a significant increase in the construction cost.

Moreover, the 12-inch naval gun is now the largest naval gun produced by the navies of various countries, and the triple turret is also equipped with a huge number of equipment in China, and the cost reduction brought by batch construction is the reduction. The choice of the new large-caliber naval guns of the British, the production of naval guns and turrets will lead to very high prices. Therefore, I dare say that the battleship in front of you has the most powerful combat power in the world and also has the best price! ”

If the previous words only made Leon hesitate a little, the latter words undoubtedly moved him. The Brazilian Navy, which now has two dreadnoughts, is already the most powerful maritime force in South America, and for the cautious and steady León, such a force is enough for Brazil.

But there is a sense of impetuousness in Brazil that the Brazilian Navy must maintain this position. And the battleships ordered by the Argentines will break the situation, so the Brazilian Navy will have to have more powerful warships to fight.

But with the rapid expansion of the navy comes enormous economic pressures, so León also hopes that the new ships will be more economical in all respects while meeting the needs of the Brazilian navy.

While Leon kept thinking in his heart, Jochen was also uneasy in his heart. Historically, Wilhelm II personally used the "Emperor's Persuasion" because the Germans had nothing to gain in the field of foreign trade warships, so they were anxious to open a gap in the South American market. But Jochen's departure this time has a more urgent need.

The Brazilians eventually ordered the famous multi-turret Relic Agincourt with the "One Week" turret, which was named Rio de Janeiro by the Brazilian side.

But before León visited Germany. After a series of twists and turns, several revisions to the design scheme. The Armstrong 653 scheme chosen by the Brazilians is a super battleship with a displacement of 31,000 tons and 12 14-inch naval guns!

Taking into account the level of British shipbuilding technology, the same standard displacement of 31,000 tons, the same layout of 6 twin turrets, and the same 14-inch naval guns manufactured by Vickers, Jochen has reason to believe that the ship's technical indicators in all aspects should not be weaker than the Ise-class battleships built after the Japanese. And in the case of the speed is 1 knot lower than that of the Ise class. The ship's protection should even be slightly better than that of the Ise class. Then once the ship was requisitioned by the British Navy, as it was historically, it was definitely not good news for the German Navy.

So it doesn't matter to Jochen whether he can grab this order or not, the important thing is to make the original 653 plan unable to be completed as planned!

However, the historical Wilhelm II did not know the 653 plan when he persuaded Leon, so he only blindly explained the benefits of choosing a 12-inch naval gun, but Jochen, who had long been aware of the 653 plan, consciously or unintentionally brought a strong pertinence to his persuasion words.

And Leon, who knew about the 653 plan, heard more and more about it. The 6 twin turrets elongated the hull and had a standard displacement of 31,000 tons, and the British's 14-inch naval guns were still under development, and the price of turrets and naval guns could never be reduced. In this way, it seems that ordering a battleship with 15 12-inch guns from the Germans is indeed the best option.

Joechen, who didn't know what Leon was thinking, definitely didn't know that his words might cause the Holy Relic of the Cult to be stillborn. (To be continued......)