In addition to the material of the shell, there are only two aspects to improve the horizontal penetration, one is to increase the speed of the shell when it lands, and the other is to increase the angle of the shell when it falls. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe former is easy to understand, and the latter can be understood as the more curved the trajectory, the greater the horizontal penetration depth when other situations are the same!

According to these two principles, after the 15-inch guns equipped with Bavaria were put into service, Skoda's technicians have been improving the shells, and after countless calculations and tests, Skoda has really come up with some methods on how to improve the level of penetration.

First of all, the shape of the old shell is not good, the length of the 871KG shell is only 130CM, and the length of the shell is somewhat short, after changing to the new hood and increasing the length of the shell to 156CM, the storage speed of the shell has been greatly improved. In addition to the length of the projectile body, the shape of the hood has also been optimized to a certain extent, which can be understood as optimizing the "aerodynamic layout" of the shell.

Secondly, although the 871KG shell is considered a heavy shell, if you want to specifically increase the horizontal penetration, then the heavier the shell, the better the horizontal penetration. THEREFORE, AFTER SLIGHTLY IMPROVING THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTILE, THE WEIGHT OF THE NEW SHELL WAS INCREASED TO 890KG, SO THAT THE TRAJECTORY WAS MORE CURVED AND THE HORIZONTAL PENETRATION DEPTH WAS INCREASED.

AFTER THESE TWO IMPROVEMENTS, THE NEW SHELL CAN PENETRATE 50 MM OF HOMOGENEOUS ARMOR AND 25 MM OF DEFENSIVE BACKPLATE AT 15 KILOMETERS IN THE RANGE SIMULATION, AND TO SOME EXTENT, IT CAN BASICALLY BE USED AGAINST THE FUSO. Of course, after the replacement of the shells, the gun table was changed and the training was re-conducted. So, it takes a while to form combat effectiveness, do you really think that now the German high seas fleet is sleeping in the harbor? Naturally impossible, how can the fleet built by the empire at the cost of billions of marks be idle? In addition to preparing for the upcoming landing in the Gulf of Riga, all that remains is training in the use of new artillery shells and strengthening control over the Baltic Sea.

As for what to do when the British find out again? Well, the prince doesn't have to worry too much, first of all, horizontal defense and side-chord defense are not the same, after all, the former has a larger area, and it is several times larger! Historically, the British increased the dome armor to improve the defense, but it also came at the cost of weight, in the case of the Duke of Thet, after the Battle of Jutland, the dome armor increased by 1 to 2 inches, and not all the core cabin parts were raised in level, which increased the weight by 820 tons! (It should be an increase of 1 inch in the horizontal part and about 2 inches in the inclined part) and if you want the thickest layer of all core cabins to be more than 3 inches thick, then this weight cost and the time and resources required to improve it must be ...... that the British do not want to see.

As for the Japanese Fuso, in fact, the defensive configuration is very good, and a layer of large-thickness armor is finished, but for the same reason, if you wait for the fight and then change it, you will also have to bear a huge loss of time and materials. And after all, it is a Japanese ship, and even if the British change it, they will have to wait until their own ship is finished, and for the navy, as long as the German fleet can make another kill like the one in the Battle of Thunder-Thurbrus, and don't lose too much, then the British fleet's sea supremacy will be really dangerous, and it will not always be useful to make up for the dead!

"With underwater shells and heavy shells specifically against horizontal armor, naval artillery battles shouldn't be a big problem, right?" The prince thought to himself. As for the matter of changing the shells, the prince just handed it over to Tirpitz, and it was not too difficult anyway. And what the prince really cares about is another thing, something that is closely related to the Air Force, and even quite groundbreaking, and this matter can only be grasped by the prince himself, if it is replaced by someone else, I don't know what it will be! That is naval aviation and air force against ship attack operations! It's inherently difficult, and it's groundbreaking!

The two sides of the war have always been in a state of competition in terms of technology, the two sides in order to win the opponent can be described as doing everything, some things have not been used in the war in history, but it does not mean that there is none, or can not be used, for example, aircraft carriers such things, in the history of the First World War did not do anything, but it does not mean that it is technically undesirable, at least from the prince's understanding, at the end of the First World War, the British Navy already had the technical factors to engage in aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft to the sea, if you fight for two more years, It is also highly likely that such a thing as a plane taking off from an aircraft carrier to bomb the fleet will happen!

Because historically, the first generation of aircraft carriers and the first generation of carrier-based aircraft have been formed, the only pity is that there is no opportunity to perform, and now this plane? Technology is about 5 years ahead of history, if the war is still fought for 4 years, and 1916 on this plane ends, then the technical level is at least equivalent to about 1920 in history, and at this time, the world's first aircraft carrier and the first class of carrier-based aircraft have been put into service! Who dares to say that there will be no aircraft carrier attack battleship in this plane 1 battle?

If you want to discharge a formation similar to the hundreds of planes in World War 2 that directly come up and beat up, but don't forget, the air defense of the fleet in this era is not good, and it is also a matter of luck to use anti-lightning guns and single-digit anti-aircraft guns to shoot down planes! In the case that the spear is not sharp enough, and the shield is not good, although the aircraft carrier and naval aviation will not dominate the battlefield like the 2nd World War, they are still very useful as an important weight to determine the outcome of the battle!

So, regardless of whether it can be used in this war or not, it will definitely be used in future wars! The prince has been working to build an air force that can be used on the sea, and preferably on ships, after the air force has improved to a certain extent, and the aircraft carrier program is being converted from large ships and is currently being outfitted at the Blom-Foss shipyard, while the carrier-based aircraft program is being carried out in Bavaria and Bohemia at the same time.

And this time, the prince came to Bohemia in addition to paying attention to the production of new artillery shells, carrier-based aircraft is also the top priority, the new DB1911 V12 type 250 horsepower engine has been put into service, and the later 300 horsepower improvement is also being tested, this powerful engine directly makes the service of high-performance carrier-based aircraft and attack aircraft a reality.

In the Crimea, Daimler, who had become a count, and his team personally went to the station to greet the prince, and in this way, Ruprecht was forced to go to an aircraft factory on the outskirts of Prague without even going home to see his wife!

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