What does an advertising slogan say? Diamonds are eternal, and a diamond is eternal! Even if good things are good things, no matter how many people in later generations look at them from the perspective of hindsight, those classic things can still be called the pinnacle of a certain era, even if the traveler has passed, it may not be better!

After months of hard work, Baron Vittorio Cuuniberti finally got the famous battleship in history out of the inspiration and encouragement (mainly money) of the traverser! Garibaldi-class, well, now known as the Munich-class armored cruisers, shines in! And when the newly promoted baron came over with his own design drawings and planned to discuss this year's bonus with the boss, His Royal Highness the Prince was very dissatisfied! It's not that I feel sorry for that money. Rather, this design has not changed much in history! It took him days to instill in him the advanced ideas of later generations, how did he finally make an enhanced version of Garibaldi?

If there are any changes, the original Garibaldi's chaotic main gun loading method has been unified into a single-mounted 11-inch gun. To adapt to ocean-going operations, the displacement of the Garibaldi prototype was increased to 7200 tons. The boiler system is still entangled between the water pipe and the fire tube boiler. 6 inches and 4 of the side chord. THE MIX AND MATCH OF THE 7-INCH GUN WAS CHANGED TO A UNIFIED 150MM RAPID-FIRE GUN. And then, and then that's it. Armor protection and power delivery have hardly changed, and the number of compartments has increased somewhat.

"Stick to the old ways." His Royal Highness the Prince was very unhappy, the twin-mounted 240MM gun he wanted did not appear, and the 210MM twin-mounted second-stage main gun did not appear, and the displacement was significantly different from the standard of 10,000 tons expected by himself, and the upper limit of the combat effectiveness of the Munich-class armored cruiser was still about the same as in history. There is too much difference between the combat power of Rurik 2 or PISA level in my mind. "The combat effectiveness of 7000-ton armored cruisers is very limited, which is not enough to suppress the armored cruisers that will appear in the next 10 years. And the 2-level main gun represents the direction of development of advanced combat effectiveness, why don't you understand? ”

"Your idea really represents the direction of the future of the Navy, and there is indeed a lot of originality. A formidable battleship indeed! However, he was definitely not an armored cruiser suitable for Germany today, and if you were a prince of England, you could advise the designers to design such a ship according to your ideas. Mr. Baron said quite sincerely.

"What exactly are you designing your battleship for?" Mr. Baron asked.

"Of course, it is overwhelming all the current cruisers, we have the best armor, plus good design, it is perfectly possible to achieve this goal!" His Royal Highness blurted out! If you can't get a strong enough battleship, what's the difference between such a traverser and a salted fish?!

"Wrong! Miss by a mile! You designed your battleship to win the bid! As for what targets this battleship needs to fight against, that's what the Admiralty lords mean! We're just designers, so there's no need to overstep! Perhaps our enemy was just the cruiser of the French. And if you have to get a battleship that is enough to match the British cruiser Blake of the first rank, it is a waste! The Admiralty will not spend an extra mark just because your design is excellent! Because they don't need to? The baron said bitterly. Why can't your boss put you in the right place? You're a businessman now, not a prince, and you can't be the master of those Admiralty guys!

"I'll go, you're definitely the number one in sales!" The prince's words were full of admiration, this buddy is talented, and technical sales must be hard with both hands!

"So, our design must not intimidate the old men! The largest cruiser ever built in the German Empire did not exceed 5,000 tons, and if you directly came up with a 10,000-ton scheme, what would they think? What will their wallets think? Have you considered how well their hearts can endure? The customer is God! We have to conform to their thoughts. The baron's earnest teachings rang in his ears.

Although it was very uncomfortable, the prince had to admit that what the baron said was very reasonable, if Garibaldi really built a level of PISA, Argentina could buy 4 ships at once? The cost of Japan's 10,000-ton armored cruiser is only higher than that of the original Fuji! The Rurik 2 of later generations cost more than £1.4 million! Even if your own ship is cheaper, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get 1 million pounds. This price is very unaffordable for the current budget of the German Navy, and in order to ensure that there are always enough warships for the open sea, the number must be maintained! This also explains why, historically, during the treaty period, the total tonnage of the British's light cruisers exceeded that of heavy cruisers.

If the German Navy wants to update its cruiser fleet, the number must be guaranteed, especially after internal information came out that the Imperial Chancellor put the development of the cruiser fleet in the first place in the development of the navy, then this number is definitely not a lot, at least more than 4 ships. In this case, the cost of a single ship must not be too high. And their own demands were clearly beyond the capacity of the German Navy. According to current estimates, a battleship with guns would cost around £650,000, which should be a decent price. And Garibaldi is almost in that price range. The Baron's idea is very good!

"THEN CAN YOU ALSO USE A TWIN 240MM MAIN GUN?" The prince was still upset. EVEN IF THE TWIN 210MM SECONDARY MAIN GUN, WHICH REPRESENTS THE DIRECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMBAT POWER, IS REMOVED, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT TWO TWIN TURRETS ON THE BOW AND TAIL OF MY BATTLESHIP TO PROP UP THE FAÇADE, RIGHT?

"Pay attention to the information provided by the inner line, the Admiralty requires that the new warships can participate in the fleet decisive battle! DO YOU THINK THAT THE 240-KILOGRAM SHELLS FIRED FROM THE 140MM GUNS COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE BATTLESHIP? This cannon is really not very good, the muzzle velocity is only 690 meters per second, and the armor-piercing power is worrying! And if equipped with Krupp's 11-inch naval guns, the 240KG shells attack at a muzzle velocity of more than 800 meters, which is enough to threaten most warships. The baron said.

"We can suffocate the opponent with high-explosive shells and high projectiles, and in the future, as long as there is a new armor with a thickness of more than 7 inches, it is enough to be immune to almost all the attacks of the main gun, and the defense of the new armor can be described as amazing!" The knowledge reserve of the traverser came into play at this moment.

"Let's take this experimental report right, but there are still many old warships in the enemy fleet, and the 11-inch gun can still play a greater role. AND IN TERMS OF PROJECTION, A LARGE NUMBER OF 150MM GUNS CAN ALREADY BEAR THE OUTPUT OF HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS. WE HAVE ENOUGH ONE-SIDED FIREPOWER FOR 7 150MM GUNS! ”

"There are three other reasons, first, the Admiralty believes that the 11-inch guns are more powerful, and they may prefer more powerful guns than more numerical guns. Second, the structure of the twin-mounted turret is more complex, will you bear the cost and R&D expenses or the navy? When it comes to money, it's going to be a hassle! Thirdly, most of the cruisers of the British Empire did the same, which we call international integration. "What the Baron said made so much sense that the traverser was a little speechless.

High-explosive accelerated projectiles were the key to Japan's victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and hardened armor was only discovered later, and later than the Sino-Japanese War. The traversers know these things, but the bureaucrats of the Admiralty don't, isn't that still useless? The battleships equipped with 240 guns were also made by the Germans after absorbing the experience of the First Sino-Japanese War, and for a certain period of time, they were really good, but with the development of the times, large-caliber artillery still had an advantage over small-caliber artillery with a higher rate of fire. Moreover, considering the weight of the bullet, after the 11-inch gun uses the turret structure, the rate of fire is also acceptable, and the projection volume may not be small.

"I've disgraced the traversers." There is no domineering side leakage, no little brother bows his head, and there is no brainless halo. The prince knelt down completely in front of the powerful baron. But in order to maintain the last dignity of the traverser! THE PRINCE INSISTED THAT THE BARON CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE BATTLESHIP AND INSTALL A TWIN 150MM PSEUDO-TURRET BEHIND THE 10-INCH GUN IN THE FRONT.

"Very nice idea! With 12 guns, we can get the output of 7 guns on one side! The baron's first words made the traverser feel triumphant. But if I could, I would like to put the twin 150 guns in the back, so that the smoke from the guns would not affect the bridge in front. There is no need to worry about damage to the forward bridge after being shot! That's it! "The baron didn't pay attention to the traverser who wanted to cry without tears, and directly finalized the final firepower plan, as for the power, look at the dishes!

New books for recommendation~~~, for collection~~~. The new book is quite difficult to open~~~