"Hey, Your Royal Highness, don't you feel very uncomfortable that your original design did not end up serving in the German Navy, but had to be sold abroad?" Baron Vittorio, who was setting up the venue, said when he saw his owner, Prince Ruprecht, come in.

"Look at this battleship, how gorgeous and powerful, with a new full-turret secondary main gun, a bigger hull, better defense. If I were in charge of the tender for a new ship for the German Navy, I would definitely choose it! The baron looked at the huge model in front of him and said regretfully.

"I don't like the second main gun anymore, I now have a completely new design, the idea of the second main gun is a little backward, let's throw them to the Russians." The traverser walked over with a blank face, and then whispered to the baron.

Unified caliber all-heavy artillery design, how can this ultimate concept of the BB Party be understood by ordinary people? Even with the baron's astonishing talent, he would not have to wait until 1900 to break through this obstacle! The reason why the traverser is strong is because of the insight and standing on the shoulders of giants!

Although this armored cruiser, codenamed ACR2, did not please the traverser due to conceptual problems, its power is unquestionable! And there's a huge potential for improvement, which could make it a big hit! At least, if history has not changed much, there will be no problem with this cargo in 1908, because it is based on one of the representatives of the last generation of armored cruisers in history, the Rurik 2 armored cruiser!

Accompanied by a group of German and Russian executives, Nikolai walked into the conference room, and in the middle of the meeting, a huge model of a 1.4-meter-long warship was instantly introduced into the exercise, and its appearance was completely different from the original armored cruiser. Looking down, 2 large, 4 small, 6 turrets are distributed in a hexagonal shape on the deck of the battleship.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Distinguished Generals. Let's get acquainted with this formidable battleship! The baron was handed the baton a little farther away.

"This battleship is equipped with a twin 10-inch main gun turret at the bow and stern, and the gun is equipped with the M1891 10-inch L45 main gun that your country will be equipped with, and after adopting a more advanced turret system than the Mainz, the rate of fire of each 10-inch gun can reach 2 rounds a minute! This gives this battleship a main gun fire output that is definitely not inferior to that of a battleship! ”

"And then there's the secondary artillery." The baron pointed to the four small turrets located at the four corners of the battleship and said: "Generally, the 6-inch secondary guns of cruisers are very likely to be affected by wind and waves because of their installation position, and the firing angle of the guns in the gun gallery is relatively small, and the number of side-chord guns is not equal to the actual number of available guns. ”

"We've solved this problem by having a new secondary turret located on the main deck, which greatly reduces the impact of wind and waves, and the 8-inch secondary gun with turret structure not only has a better firing range, but also has a very large projection! More importantly, the 8-inch gun could destroy the bow and tail armor belts of the battleship. Let's throw those 6-inch guns into the garbage heap of history, and the 8-inch second-class main gun represents the direction of the development of future warship firepower! ”

"IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE ATTACKS OF SMALL BATTLESHIPS SUCH AS TORPEDO BOATS AND FISH CRUISERS, A LARGE NUMBER OF 120MM AND 76MM SECONDARY GUNS WERE ALSO INSTALLED ON THE SIDES OF THIS BATTLESHIP! This firepower is enough to weave a fire net that cannot be penetrated by a lightning strike ship at a distance of 2,000 to 3,000 meters! “

"Here, I can proudly declare to you that, in terms of firepower alone, this class of warships can completely suppress all the warships that actually exist and are under construction! The British monarchy will not have any advantage over it either! The baron concluded. The biggest selling point of the Rurik 2-tier armored cruiser compared to this era is its second-class main gun, which the Baron naturally highlighted!

"While possessing strong firepower, the ACR2 cruiser has better protection than the Munich-class armored cruisers, with a main armor belt up to 7 inches thick, and at least 7 inches of primary and secondary main gun armor, as well as gun gallery armor on the upper deck of the horizontal hull, and bow and tail armor up to 3 inches thick, making this battleship like a samurai covered in heavy armor! Enough to withstand all current main gun attacks! ”

"And as a cruiser, the Bavarian Naval Design Bureau guarantees that the speed of this battleship is more than 20 knots, and in order to adapt to the needs of your country for cruising on the ocean for a long time, we guarantee that its coal load will reach at least 85% of the Rurik-type cruisers under construction in your country!"

"This 13,000-ton warship makes up for the shortcomings of the Munich-class armored cruiser due to tonnage problems, and incorporates the highest design level and the most advanced subsystems at present! If it weren't for the cost and demand, it would have been the sharpest sword in the hands of the German Navy! "At this moment, the baron's sales pitch and eloquence were once again sublimated! The passionate speech instantly reached the peak of the atmosphere in the venue!

"What a perfect battleship." Face a battleship that has firepower that surpasses that of battleships, speed comparable to that of cruisers, and can withstand the vast majority of current artillery strikes. Even the most critical person does not hesitate to praise himself! Even the accompanying German officers believed that this ship should be the next class of warships to be built in the German Navy.

"This battleship is so good that it is." Tirpitz walked over to the prince and said.

"So much so that the Russians can't make it at all now? Right? The traverser said with a smile. Because Russia can't make it, they have to rely on us. ”

"Huh?!" Tirpitz was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he admired the prince in front of him even more!

The fundamental reasons why the Traverser came up with such a tall East are the highlights, first, that it is more profitable, and that the Brom-Forss shipyard needs to accumulate experience in building larger warships. Second, the traverser knows the Russians very well, they buy warships, but also buy drawings, and in order to make money from the Russians for a long time, in order to better control the process of the Russians' armaments, the traverser needs to build a relatively solid technical barrier, so that you can't build drawings even if you have them.

Germany's basic industry is very strong, and what is lacking is the idea of integration. Russia, on the other hand, lacks a lot in terms of both basic industry and design concepts. It's okay to build such a big battleship, but the internal subsystems are enough to give the Russians a headache. For example, although it is simple, but at the same time, it is definitely a tall fire control, for example, a new servo, of course, the Russians can also buy subsystems to play assembly, but in this case, it is economically better to buy a whole ship.

Both for themselves and for Germany, the traverser felt the need to continue to slaughter the Russians' wallets. The performance of the new armored cruiser is unbeatable, and the difficulty of construction is terrifying, Russians, what are you waiting for! Hurry up and pay for it!

The second is more present~~~,These days the recommendation and collection are very unsatisfactory,The author is depressed——!