"First of all, we all know that with the advent of dreadnoughts, the defensive pressure of the battleship is very great, we have to ensure that the armor belt is high enough and thick enough, and at the same time strengthen the deck to ensure that it resists the blow of horizontal falling bullets, in fact, the horizontal armor of the 2-inch level cannot directly face the shells of the super dreadnought. www.biquge.info For the recent tragedy of the Grand Fleet, as the chief designer of the Navy, I would like to express my deep apologies, but the deep-seated reasons for this, everyone should understand a little. Incott put on a look that this is not my pot, you all know .......

To put it bluntly, isn't it that the funds for returning the army are limited, and everyone emphasizes the size of the fleet so much, and the money for no ship is not spent in place....... Everyone here does understand!

"This is a cross-sectional view of the Scharnhorst-class battleships that the Japanese shared with us, and it has to be said that the Germans' defense of the core compartment is simply perfect!" As he spoke, an assistant hit a slide on the curtain.

"The thickness of the armor belt of the Germans is actually not very high, the thickness of the side of their Scharnhorst battleship is 320MM, but because it is tilted at a certain angle, it has obtained great resistance to strikes, according to the information provided by the Japanese side and our experiments, if the 11-inch armor plate is tilted 15 degrees, then the current 15-inch guns of the Reich are impossible to penetrate at a distance of 9 kilometers, and theoretically, the 15-inch guns of the queens cannot penetrate the vertical armor belt of the Scharnhorst."

"Looking at the underwater extension of the armor belt, in this position, the armor belt of Scharnhorst changed an angle, and the lower edge to the bottom of the ship was not hardened armor, but ordinary homogeneous armor steel, between 4 and 3 inches thick. This is to prevent the attack of underwater bullets, and at the same time the last layer of steel plate is also of great benefit for protection against underwater explosions. ”

"Another difference with our battleships is that the new German battleships do not have dome armor, and they use the weight of the dome armor on horizontal armor, so the thickness of the horizontal armor part of the German battleship is more than 3 inches! And the Japanese Fuso-class battleships also had a similar layout. THE 330MM MAIN ARMOR BELT, INCLINED UP TO 18 DEGREES, IS 4 METERS HIGH, INCLUDING THE EXTENSION BELOW THE WATERLINE. The horizontal armor was 3 inches, and above the ammunition depot was 4 inches. THE UNDERWATER LIGHTNING PROTECTION WALL IS BETWEEN 3.2 INCHES AND 50 MM. ”

"How to say it, this defense, not to mention whether it can block the blow of the Germans, anyway, at least our shells will not be able to penetrate it. I guess the Germans will have a hard time trying to penetrate Fuso's defenses, right? Incott said.

"But if that's the case, it's estimated that the overall armor belt weighs a lot, and if I'm not mistaken, the captain of the Fuso is huge, and the five 15-inch twin turrets take up a lot of space." Jericho said. (You read that right, the firepower of the battleship Fuso in this plane is 10 15-inch L42 guns!) ）

"That's it, the work in this area has the ingenuity of the Japanese, they made a series of optimizations to the layout of the armor, first of all, they arranged the guns like this, three turrets were placed on the foredeck, of which the No. 1 and No. 2 main turrets were simply captured, the No. 3 turret was reversed against the No. 2 turret, and the guns were rear, so that the ammunition depot could be centrally arranged, and the other two turrets were in the aft, which was a simple piggyback arrangement, and between the No. 3 turret and the bridge, was the main motor compartment of the battleship. The Japanese arrangement is very good and saves space. ”

In addition to the weapon system as compact as possible, the Japanese also made some articles on the power compartment, they used a German-style small water-tube boiler, and because there is no dome armor, the height of the boiler can be higher, and the total power volume is a certain situation, the height is high, then the area occupied will naturally be smaller, they use a three-layer boiler compartment layout, which not only effectively saves the length, but also enhances the redundancy of underwater explosions. By the way, by the way, they bought small water-tube boilers made by the Germans, of course, through private channels, which saved a lot of weight. ”

"But even then, the length of the main armor belt of the Fuso-class battleships reached 60% of the total length. This length was destined to require a large amount of tonnage, and the Japanese approach was to reduce the thickness and height of the head and tail armor belts, and reduce the defense of the gun gallery section, so as to save a lot of weight to meet the defense of the core compartment and weapons. ”

"For the underwater defense system, the Japanese followed the German subdivision compartment design, this is not difficult, Asama and Rurik 2 began to design like this, and to the Scharnhorst-class battleships, the Germans adopted the design idea of multi-layer empty compartment and liquid tank composite defense structure, the Japanese are three-layer silos, the outer empty silos, the middle is the liquid tank, and the inside is the coal bunker, The depth is about 3.8 meters to 4.3 meters, and the last is the lightning protection wall, plus the subdivision compartment, although I don't know how it compares with the underwater protection of German battleships, but at least it is definitely stronger than all our warships. ”

Well, although the truth is told, Incott's words really hit almost everyone present.

"WELL, LET'S TAKE A FINAL LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF THIS CLASS OF BATTLESHIPS, THIS IS A BEHEMOTH WITH A LENGTH OF 210 METERS AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 32 METERS, EQUIPPED WITH FIVE TWIN 15-INCH L42 TURRETS, AND THE SIDE ARMOR BELTS ARE 330MM INCLINED 18 DEGREES. The horizontal armor is 3 inches to 4 inches, and the nose and tail armor belts are 3 to 4 inches level, and there are dome armor to protect the propeller shaft and steering gear room. It is equipped with a total of 18 small water tube boilers, 4 steam engines, 4 shaft propulsion, the maximum rated output of 80,000 horsepower, the maximum speed can reach more than 25 knots, and the standard displacement is about 31,000 tons! In the end, Incott outlined the general situation of the battleship in a few sentences. But even so, everyone can see how powerful this Dongying Snow Hidden Demon Knife is!

(First of all, for the question of speed, don't compare it with the Queen, because the Queen's hull design may not be good, nearly 80,000 horsepower, only to run less than 25 knots, which is a failure, and like Nagato, in the case of 34,000 tons, with an output of 99,500 horsepower, ran 26.7 knots!) Therefore, it is perfectly possible for the Fuso in this plane to run more than 25 knots. ）

"It's a pity that this class of battleships is actually Japanese, not ours, and when I first joined the Navy, I still believed that the Royal Navy's battleships were the best." Jericho couldn't help but sigh.

"And when did you find out that this was a wrong idea?" Jerram, who was on the side, asked.

"At the time of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, when I saw the Asama-class battleships." Jericho replied.

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