If the content of the later letters between the traveler and Wilhelm II were simplified, it could probably be transformed into the following dialogue.

Traverser: "Dude, do you think our navy's warships are a little chaotic?" ”

Crown Prince William: "What do you mean by that?" ”

Traverser: "OUR CRUISERS AND BATTLESHIPS USED 280MM GUNS. 280MM GUNS WERE SOMEWHAT LARGER IN CALIBER AS THE MAIN GUNS OF THE CRUISER AND WERE LESS NUMEROUS. And as the main gun of the battleship, the caliber was slightly smaller! Compare the 2nd and 1st class battleships of the British and you don't see a problem? ”

Crown Prince William: "Yes, the main gun of the Centurion 2nd class battleship that the British just started work on is 10 inches, and the main gun of the new Sovereign-class battleship is 13.5 inches. ”

Traverser: "yes, that's the problem! Who are the British? The current advanced representative of combat effectiveness at sea! Since people do this, then there must be their reasons, as latecomers, we can refer to it! ”

Even if Wilhelm II was no longer dissatisfied with the British, he would have to admit that the British fleet was generally higher than the current German fleet and did not know where! There is no shame in learning from the British!

Crown Prince William: "Bring out a charter and let's have a good talk!" ”

Traverser: "No problem, it's up to me!" With a click, the traverser closed QQ. No, it's a sealed box! You and I exchanged more than 10 letters on both sides, which took nearly 2 months! The traverser has finally achieved his initial goal! -- I can finally meddle in the firepower standard of the German Navy warships!

To be honest, Krupp's 11-inch L40 naval gun in 1894 was okay, and it could shoot 240KG shells at an initial velocity of 820 meters per second, which was worthy of the German Navy, and the British 12-inch L35 guns of the same period could shoot 385KG shells at a speed of 710 meters per second, while the Russians' 12-inch guns fired 331KG shells at a speed of 700 meters per second. The overall momentum gap is not large.

Of course, there is still a significant gap with the world's advanced level, compared with the 12-inch guns of the French, and the French guns of the same period can shoot 349KG shells at an initial velocity of about 800 meters! If you purely talk about armor-piercing ability, the French are the highest, and the British, German and Russian are worse.

(This thing comes from the author's feeling that the kinetic energy is definitely higher than that of Britain and Russia, but the caliber of German artillery is small.) will bridge some momentum gaps. If you really want to turn over the information or evidence, it's a paper, it's not a novel, of course, if any book friend is willing to provide information, thank you in advance. ）

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE THE JAPANESE RAPID-FIRE GUNS FIRED TOO HARD WITH HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS DURING THE FIRST JAPANESE WAR OR SOME OTHER FACTOR, THE GERMAN'S LARGE-CALIBER ARTILLERY CAME TO A STANDSTILL, AND THE NEW BATTLESHIPS USED 240MM GUNS. Rely on a high rate of fire to wash the deck to the end.

This approach is understandable if you look at it from the perspective of 1900 years ago. However, after 1900, when the new 12-inch naval guns and turrets of various countries came out, the large caliber, high muzzle velocity, and perfect turret structure made the projection of heavy artillery no longer on the table. The Germans also re-used the 11-inch gun on the last two dreadnoughts, but the weight and muzzle velocity did not seem to have changed except for the rate of fire.

So when others were striding forward and they were standing still, the firepower of the German Navy was decisively sad. When the dreadnoughts of all countries in the world used 12-inch L45 guns, the German Nassau only had 11-inch L45. With the muzzle velocity about the same, the weight of the bullet is a big difference.

Step by step, step by step, the final result was that in the Battle of Jutland, under the baptism of N more than 12-inch guns, the queen with damaged rudder actually managed to run! Malaya, which had received more than N shells, actually turned in! Became an unwashable stain in the German High Seas Fleet.

The main guns of the German battleships had the problem of insufficient power, and the same problem existed with cruisers, and the division 210MML40 naval guns used by the German armored cruisers in the later period. If you want to talk about the power of this thing, it is average, and the 108KG shell is only 780 muzzle velocity. IT IS TRUE THAT THE TWO ARMORED CRUISERS OF COUNT SPEE DESTROYED THE CRADDOCK FLEET IN KORONEL, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE 210MM NAVAL GUNS ARE SUFFICIENT!

It would be wrong to discuss the results without considering the combat situation between the two sides, the Scharnhorst-class armored cruisers are all new ships launched in 07 and 08! Moreover, the officers and men of these two battleships were of excellent quality, and the Gneisenau won the championship in gunnery from 1908 to 1911! And Scharnhorst, although a little worse, also won the 13 and 14 years of artillery championships! Both warships are also equipped with a new fire control system. Cutting-edge warships and excellent officers are naturally powerful.

In actual combat, the Scharnhorst made its first hit after 5 minutes of shooting, just knocking out the main gun of the Cape of Good Hope, and the second ship, the Gneisenau, also performed well, hitting the opponent three minutes after firing!

And what about the Kraddock fleet? The tonnage of the flagship Cape of Good Hope is really good, with a displacement of 14,000 tons, but there are only 2 9.2-inch guns and 16 6-inch guns! Just in time for the sea conditions that day were not very good, the Cape of Good Hope's lower 6-inch guns were almost unable to fire due to wind and waves during the actual engagement. Moreover, after all, this battleship is an old ship commissioned in 1902, and it was already in reserve before the war, and the battleship that rushed to the shelves after the war did not even have a single live firing, so the combat effectiveness of such a battleship can be imagined.

And the other British cruiser was even worse! The cruiser Monmoth was a 9,800-ton cruiser that was launched in 1903 with only 14 6-inch guns! 6-inch cannon, you play a hairy patrol! This bit of firepower can't even set fire to the German armored cruiser with a huge defensive area!

It must be said that the two German armored cruisers behaved really beautifully. According to Count Spee's calculations, the Scharnhorst hit 35 shells from the opposing side. But at the same time it must be seen that the attrition of the Spee fleet, in order to deal with these two obsolete battleships, the Scharnhorst ran out of 422 shells, leaving only 350! And the Gneisenau also dropped 244 rounds!

Overall, the opponent Scharnhorst faced was not of the same level as himself, and it was normal to win. If you use Scharnhorst's firepower, you can try to fight the top ACR of other countries of the same era? For example, the British Minotaur, the Russian Rurik 2, the Italian PISA, not to mention the Japanese pseudo-war patrol pommel horses and the like!

Artillery penetration is not deep enough. WITH A 210MM CANNON YOU WANT TO PUNCH THROUGH THESE GUYS? Well, if it's compared to the amount of projection, Scharnhorst doesn't have any advantage, right? Even if the Minotaur is weaker inside, the 4 9.2-inch guns and 5 7.5-inch guns on the side chord are not afraid of Scharnhorst, right? Even if you change Blücher, the projection and defense will increase a bit, but whether you can bite the opponent is still a problem.

German armored cruisers can rely on good protection and better shells to achieve unequal advantages, but the inferior in firepower is irreparable, not to mention, if Scharnhorst is equipped with 8 Rurik 2 10-inch L50 guns, it is not invincible in the face of the ability to fight. Facing other levels of ACR is almost crushing!

Thanks to shouyu1976 and Halseisen's tip~~~, the number of collections dropped again yesterday, what's going on??? It's been 1 month since the book was uploaded, and I finally can't stay on the new book list, and the side pressure is huge, can you support it? If the collection is added to 150 every day. Isn't it okay to add it to the side??