"Your Majesty, do you want us to react and make the British think that we have been deceived?" Tirpitz thought for a moment and understood: "The British think that we can let their guard down by continuing to build outdated warships, and they will be shocked when the Deutsche class is finished." @頂@点@小@说, x."

"It's not just to scare them, the British have not reacted at all to such high-profile propaganda, and they seem too calm, and the British will be suspicious." Jochen added: "In addition, the fact that the British were able to complete the hull of a 20,000-ton battleship in just four months is a wake-up call. ”

"Your Majesty, even if the shipbuilding capacity of the British is stronger than ours, the launch of the hull in 4 months is really outrageous. I think the British must have appropriated ready-made equipment for other ships under construction and concentrated all their efforts on the priority completion of the Dreadnought. And even so, I think the British will pay the price for rushing the work, and commissioning and acceptance will inevitably take longer to pay off the debt. Tirpitz immediately responded.

The speed at which slipway construction was completed in four months was simply appalling, and if the British had built every battleship at such a speed, what other countries would have to do, so Tirpitz immediately analyzed the reason why the British were able to do it so quickly.

That being said, Tirpitz's analysis was basically correct, but Jochen could still see the wavering in Tirpitz's eyes, and knew that it was one thing, but it was another to accept such a fact, not to mention that the reason was just speculation.

"It doesn't matter what the British did or how much time it took to adjust it once it was built, the important thing was that it only took them four months to get the ship into the water, and I can't think of any surprises, the Intrepid would have been completed very quickly. Even before our German class, so if we don't want the German class to leak information before it is finished, we must be under a lot of pressure, so how to deal with it, and let this pressure turn to our advantage, we need to use our brains. Jochen frowned. I feel a bit of a headache.

The completion of the Dreadnought marked the beginning of the Anglo-German naval competition, and the former dreadnoughts built earlier were just warm-ups, and now they were in full play.

Historically, due to financial constraints, the British built 1 battleship and 3 armored cruisers in the budget for the 1905-1906 fiscal year, and the battleship Dreadnought has now been launched, and the armored cruiser is the Invincible class, which will start construction this year. The naval budget for the 1906-1907 fiscal year consisted of only 3 battleships, the Bellerophon class.

In this way, according to the current shipbuilding program of the German Navy. In fact, by 1909, the British had only 4 dreadnoughts and 3 battle cruisers, while Germany should have 6 dreadnoughts and 2 high-speed battleships, which had an absolute advantage.

This is the most likely scenario when the British do not know the true face of the German class, but if the state of the German class is exposed now, then the British will be stimulated. No one knows what crazy moves will be made if you overreact. So Jochen decided to be on the safe side and keep it a secret.

Wait for the first batch of 4 Deutsche class ships to be unveiled collectively. And two more will be almost completed, and then it will be a huge deterrent, and the British will have to more or less converge when they look at the three Belle Lovon class ships that they are still lying on the slipway.

In addition, before the German level is exposed, Germany can also use the Dreadnought to operate well.

"Your Majesty, you mean to increase the propaganda of the threat posed to us by the Dreadnought and to exaggerate the ship-building capabilities of the British. Thereby increasing the sense of crisis and thus asking Congress to approve the second amendment to the Navy Act? Tirpitz came to his senses all at once. After he finished drafting the draft amendment, he handed it over to His Majesty the Emperor, and then he was lost in the sea and was never heard from.

When asked about this, the emperor's answer was that the time was not yet ripe, and now was a good time.

Jochen nodded. However, at this time, Jochen himself was not sure whether he would succeed in the end, and the historical amendment to the Navy Act of 1906 was able to lighten up because the German government suffered a humiliating diplomatic defeat on the Moroccan issue, which led to a fierce response from the German government to the incident.

But now Germany has not been insulted in this way, and it is not so easy to get the Parliament to nod, so the only thing that can be used to make a fuss is the strength of the Dreadnought, the opening of the British shipbuilding capacity, or the French will also come to build it, but whether these threatening theories can have such an obvious effect Jochen himself does not know, but anyway, there is always a chance to try.

"The Naval Office and the Naval Alliance can start to publicize this matter, but if it really succeeds, after the German level is exposed, we will be scolded to death by the Congress, and if we want funds in the future, we may be made difficult in every way." Tirpitz said helplessly that because it was difficult to get funds, he had to cheat, but after cheating, it was even more difficult to get it.

"I'll talk about it later, it's only right to cheat it now." Jochen told a big truth.

Tirpitz was speechless and decided not to dwell on the word "lie": "Your Majesty, if we are going to confuse the British, we need careful consideration, and if we declare that we are going to build a battleship of similar tonnage to the Dreadnought, then it will be somewhat difficult to concoct a fake design.

Because we have been using six 283mm naval guns since the Wittelsbach class, and our ships do not have a tradition of being equipped with Class 2 guns, the claim of continued reinforcement of firepower may lead the British to think that we are building unified all-heavy gun battleships.

But if it is claimed that only the protection or speed is increased, and the displacement of nearly 4,000 tons increases, the designed battleship may be a monster with a speed of more than 23 knots and a main armor belt of more than 400 mm, right? ”

This is indeed a problem, because the high-profile and secretive propaganda of the British in history actually deceived the Germans. The design of the Nassau-class was changed several times before the official debut of the Dreadnought, and it was still all pre-dreadnought, as evidenced by this.

But now Germany doesn't seem to be able to design a second-stage main gun, "Then do you have anything to build?" Alfred? "Jochen can't think of any reliable design for a while, it's not difficult for him to come up with a good design, there are so many references in history, but it's a little difficult for him to come up with a reliable, but rotten design.

"Well, we can claim that the tonnage of the new battleship is smaller, and there is no need for the same standard displacement of about 18,000 tons as the Dreadnought, which will only rise about 2,000 tons compared to the Braunschweig class, and then increase the speed and armor, and finally increase the caliber of the secondary gun to 170 mm, so that it will be about the same." Tirpitz thought for a moment and said: "The 170 mm naval gun is not a secondary main gun, and its shells are more powerful than the 150 mm naval gun, and we can claim that the secondary gun is equipped to improve the ability to damage medium ships at medium and close ranges, so that the British will not be suspicious." ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, increasing the caliber of the secondary gun is indeed a good excuse, and this excuse makes perfect sense, the Germans in history did in order to increase the ability of the secondary gun to destroy medium ships such as light cruisers, starting from the Braunschweig class to equip 170 mm secondary guns.

However, this proved to be a very unsuccessful design, as the 170 mm gun was indeed more powerful than the 150 mm gun, but the increased weight of the shells made the loader less effective, and therefore the rate of fire decreased. The power of the 170 mm naval gun is not as good as that of the heavy artillery above the 8-inch level, so the combat capability of the 170 mm naval gun has not only not improved, but has decreased, and finally it has become a nondescript design. And this failed design was not corrected until the beginning of the Nassau class, so it makes perfect sense to deceive the British now.

"Then do as you say." Jochen nodded, "Be natural, don't be too deliberate, I think the gentlemen will be very happy to hear that we are preparing to build such a battleship." ”

"The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, and we will be very happy to see their surprised faces when they know what the Deutsches really is." Tirpitz said with a smile.

"Then we don't have a plan to build large warships next year, and the shipyard that has completed the construction of 4 German-class ships can carry out repairs and sum up the experience, but I want to find some work for the upgraded shipyard in Trieste." Tapping his fingers on the tabletop, considering.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to let the Trieste shipyard build a unified all-heavy artillery battleship to train your hands?" Tirpitz understood it at a glance, and immediately thought of what Jochen wanted to do: "Are you going to build battleships for the Navy of the Kingdom of Croatia?" ”

"The Kingdom of Croatia Navy does not have any decent ships at all, and the current conditions of the Kingdom of Croatia also allow it to have 1-2 warships capable of taking the lead, as a hardcore ally of our country, strengthening the strength of the Kingdom of Croatia Navy is also conducive to the stability of our power in the Mediterranean. So I think it's time now. Jochen nodded: "This will allow the shipyard to increase its construction experience, and the design prepared for the Croatian Navy, the endurance and tonnage can be reduced, and the tonnage can be reduced, so that the construction pressure on the shipyard is relatively small, and the STT shipyard is next to it, and it can also provide some technical help."

Moreover, if the Royal Croatian Navy wants to use these warships, it must send naval officers and sailors to our country for study and training, and the warships are built in full accordance with our standards and configurations. Moreover, our Mediterranean Fleet can also conduct joint exercises with the Royal Croatian Navy, so that if necessary, the Royal Croatian Navy can directly join our naval formation to fight without any running-in.

In this way, the Croatian Navy will become the first export customer of our unified all-heavy artillery warships, and will also be the first country in the world to purchase such warships, which will again become an excellent advertisement, and our battleships will become the same bestsellers as our cruisers.

It's a triple win. (To be continued......) R640