"But we don't have a 14-inch gun now, and I don't think Skoda has a 14-inch naval gun, right? And the turret is even less, so now the question arises, how can you be sure that the future 14-inch turret will be installed in the current turret? After a moment, Admiral Liao Le asked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's true that Skoda doesn't have 14-inch naval guns, but it doesn't mean that there are no 14-inch siege guns, right? Although it is not a specialized long-barreled cannon, we can still estimate the relevant data of the new artillery based on the new 14-inch L28 heavy gun. Moreover, the turret can be large or small, and a slight adjustment of the spacing between the two guns can make up for the gap in margin. And our gun ring and lower facilities are reserved according to speculation. Count Vittorio explained.

"Well, let's put this aside for the time being, let's discuss this from an economic point of view, the cost of weapons is about a quarter of the entire battleship, and the main turret is the most expensive. So even in the future, we can replace it with new artillery, if we build 4 warships, the money from the refitting will be able to build a new ship, 4 warships with 10 12-inch guns and 1 new ship, compared with 4 warships with changed main guns, in fact, the latter does not have an economic advantage, you say? ”

Tirpitz first signaled Admiral Bol not to dwell too much on technical issues, after all, he didn't do this, and the fighting technique would definitely be beaten by Count Vittorio and the artillery designer who marked Skoda designer in front of the seat next to him, so he decided to fight his opponent in the field he was most familiar with, and what was Tirpitz most familiar with? On the one hand, how to get the budget, and on the other hand, how to use the budget!

Tirpitz is right, taking Queen Elizabeth in history as an example, the cost of a 15-inch L42 gun is about 16,000 pounds, two guns are 32,000 pounds, and the cost of a twin turret is about 150,000 pounds, and 4 is 600,000 pounds, according to the queen's cost ranging from 2.5 million to 2.7 million, the suffering of these four turrets really accounts for about 22% of the total cost.

If you count some secondary guns, there will be more. 4 battleships with 8 14-inch guns and 4 battleships with 10 12-inch guns plus 1 battleship with 8 14-inch guns, this comparison may still have some advantages in the former, but this advantage is relatively small. Of course, if you consider the risks, this advantage is probably even less.

"Please, the replaced gun barrels can be reprocessed and reused, or they can be thrown to the army as heavy land artillery, these replaced turrets and guns can be used in other aspects, how can it be said to be wasted?" Vittorio was inexplicably surprised!

The life of the naval gun has arrived, not that it cannot be used, but the walk and accuracy have become a big problem, at this time the inner tube can be withdrawn, and then processed and continued to be used, or it can be thrown to the army for use, anyway, the army generally fires grenades, and the requirements for muzzle velocity are not high. So there will be no waste of the barrel at all.

"The extra turrets are a problem, but we can use them as shore defense turrets." The prince was not worried that these turrets would be wasted at all, knowing that after the outbreak of World War I, not to mention the important naval fortresses of Kiel and Kaiser Wilhelmshaven, Germany deployed a large number of artillery in the Belgian port of Zeebruch alone.

Historically, 280mm guns alone have been deployed 20 guns! 4 305mm guns, and even 5 380mm shore guns. Besides, the 350mm guns originally prepared for Mackensen can be used as shore guns, and these obsolete weapons are also very good to use as shore guns!

"Think about it, all of you, we can substantially improve the combat effectiveness of our battleships in the future with very little money! The improved firepower will not become obsolete even after 10 years, and the triple turret really has an advantage in terms of increasing the density of fire. Sooner or later, we have to take this step, so why don't we prepare early? Ultimately, Count Vittorio concluded.

"Okay, let's do it first, I don't need to give you another chance to revise the plan, and then copy our plan more thoroughly." The prince really wanted to say this at this time, but considering the Kaiser's face, he just kept silent.

"Your Majesty, whether we are using the proposal of the Royal Wilhelm or the Bavarian Design Bureau, we have already overspent our budget by £700,000. We are now in a dilemma. I would like to address the budget first. Tirpitz really deserved to be the Kaiser's little padded jacket, and he came out to play a round at a critical moment.

The Bavarian plan was clearly superior in terms of potential, and it would not be difficult for the Kaiser to make a decision even if he was eccentric, and now, after taking advantage of the field, the Bavarian prince did not take advantage of the victory and demanded that the Kaiser fulfill his original promise, so Tirpitz decided to delay it for a while.

"Except for Ruprecht, everyone else is out!" After half a ring, Kaiser Wilhelm pointed to the others in the room with a still intact hand, and then ordered in an unquestioning tone. The Kaiser was tired of the game, and his repeated frustrations had made him reluctant to continue playing peek-a-boo with the prince.

"Okay, since you can even think of this, and you can knock the other party to the ground when the William Royal Shipyard plagiarizes your plan, let's change the way we play, you can say as much as you want, and then I'll see if it's acceptable. Remember, don't overdo it! The Kaiser said with a sigh after everyone had left.

"You seem to have accepted our proposal?" The prince said with a smile. "First of all, I need to know one thing, is it possible to increase the budget for this military expansion?"

"It's hard, unless we're going to reshuffle the entire Imperial Council, I'm afraid it's hard to add more. If we all follow your plan, we will only be able to add 6 new battleships and large cruisers in this batch! The Kaiser replied.

"That's 6 well, the first battleship adopts the plan of William Royal Shipbuilding, there are 5 left, how about we build 3 battleships and 2 large cruisers? The order for two battlecruisers was given to the Brom-Forss shipyard, the order for one battleship was given to the Germania shipyard, and the remaining two orders are yours to choose! How is it? We'll only take half of it! The prince thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, that's fair." The Kaiser nodded in agreement, no matter what, the Bavarian side is the winner after all, and it is appropriate to take half of the order, not to mention that the Germania shipyard still has a royal stake. The order for the remaining three battleships is also enough to be distributed to several other shipyards, although it can't make a lot of money, but everyone can get some. In the Kaiser's opinion, Ruprecht still knew how to advance and retreat.

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