readx; A villain who was insidious to his family, Benito Mussolini was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 to 1943. In 1925, Mussolini established a fascist party, which intensified the fascist war of aggression and brought disaster to the Italian people and other countries. And that includes his wife.

Of course, we don't have to talk about the family affairs of Mussolini, the current prime minister and leader of the fascist party, but in fact, this has nothing to do with the Caesar Great-class catamaran super-battleship ordered by Mussolini, the Vittorio Veneto-class battleship is still an Italian-built battleship, and the Caesar the Great-class catamaran superbattleship is a powerful symbol of the stuporium (according to Mussolini), representing the glory and glory of the ancient Roman Empire in the past.

The first batch of the Veneto class consists of two ships: Vittorio-Veo and Littorio; 2 improved ships: Roma and Impero (transliterated as "Impero"). The Caesar the Great class based on it is to build 2 ships, compared to Gaul Chicken and John Bull, the maximum limit of the noodles themselves can only be 2 Caesar the Great, such big guys come out to support the façade of the noodles.

In the thirties of the 20th century, in response to the threat of the so-called "pocket battleships" and catamaran super-battleships of Hansmeow, who began to be militarized next door, the Gallic chickens with a sense of crisis began to build new Dunkirk-class battleships and Napoleon-class catamaran super-battleships, so that the original battleships of the Yili Navy as noodles looked old and backward. Initially, the Noodle Navy dreamed of preparing to build a new type of warship that could compete with the "Dunkirk" class, but the Gallic chicken went crazy and began to build the Napoleon-class catamaran super-battleship, which was a frenzied big BB, and finally, the Noodle Navy decided to design and build a 197,000-ton battleship - that is, the later Caesar the Great.

The Caesar the Great-class catamaran superbattleship is the capital ship that fully embodies the Italian Navy's operational intentions in the Mediterranean, and is characterized by a high speed, with a maximum speed of 34 knots, and a relatively limited endurance, which is 14 knots/10,240 nautical miles. The Caesar the Great class, which was copied from the Veneto class, also adopted a long bow ship type, with the bow building extending to the rear main turret. Equipped with the same 18-inch/50-caliber main gun as the Gallic chicken, it has the characteristics of great power, with a maximum range of 53 kilometers, but according to the noodle barrel forging technology, it is a pity that the gun has a short life, a relatively low rate of fire, and a large ballistic dispersion. Three triple gun turrets, two in front and one in the rear. Four triple secondary turrets are arranged on either side of the front and rear main turrets. Compared to the battleships of other countries in the same period, this battleship, like the Veneto class, was still weak in air defense. The Caesar-class catamaran superbattleship is equipped with a catapult in the tail section and is designed to be equipped with a total of six seaplanes.

According to the Treaty on the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments, signed in Washington in 1922, Noodle received a share of 177,800 gross tons of battleships. Although the total tonnage is only 1/3 of that of Britain and the United States, all the new dreadnoughts of the Italian people together cannot reach this number. The Last Noodles Navy decided to retain the 182,800 gross ton of battleship forces, which included 6 dreadnoughts and 4 old ex-dreadnoughts:

Like other naval powers at the time, Noodle itself was also engaged in a battleship expansion program, preparing to build four Francisco Carasrio-class battleships equipped with eight 381 mm/L50 guns, namely Fransisco Carasco-Caracciolo, Cristoforo-Colombo, and Macatiño Carona Marcantonio-Colonna and Francesco-Morosini. However, the three major naval powers of Britain, the United States, and Japan, which controlled the Washington Conference, built seven 16-inch battleships with their own guns, but insisted that the Noodle and Gallic chickens, which were under construction at the time, stop all new battleship work. The Italian government, as angry as it was, was helpless: poor domestic revenues simply could not guarantee the completion of the Carrasrio-class battleships. Conversely, the economic situation in France did not actually allow for the continued construction of Normandy-class battleships. As compensation, the Washington Treaty allowed Noodles and Gallic Chickens to build new capital ships in 1927, 1929, 1931, but the caliber of the main guns was not allowed to exceed 406 mm, the maximum displacement of a single ship was 35560 tons, and the number of construction was not limited if the total tonnage of the old and new battleships did not exceed 177800 tons.

Soon, the warships equipped with the Noodle Navy were already noticeably old and inadequate. In 1928, the engineering department of the Italian Navy proposed a preliminary design scheme for a 23,000-ton battlecruiser, the main performance of which was as follows:

Standard displacement: 23,369 tons, length 195 meters, width 29 meters, draft 8 meters; 3 triple 381 mm main turrets, 4 twin 152 mm secondary turrets, 6 twin 100 mm anti-aircraft guns and 2 seaplanes; Speed 28-29 knots.

Compared to the smaller displacement, the Type 1928 Combat Cruiser design had more firepower and higher speed, but largely abandoned armor protection and had a relatively poor endurance. Immediately afterwards, in June 1928, the Italian Naval Engineering Inspectorate conducted a mock-up test of the design of the 45367 pocket battleship at the test base in Laspezia, the details of which are unknown, except that the design standard displacement of 26,200 tons, most likely an enlarged version of the 1928 Battlecruiser. In that year, the Italian Navy also carried out preliminary exploration of the 35,000-ton treaty-type battleship, and they expected to install six 406 mm main guns on the new warship, which would reach a speed of 29-30 knots and be able to withstand 406 mm shells. The Italian Navy also believed that ships with a larger displacement would be better for better armor and underwater defense, and were keen to achieve a high speed of 35 knots for the Trento-class heavy cruisers. But for political reasons, Italy did not want to be the first to build battleships before France.

The 1930 London Conference on the Limitation of Naval Armaments did not break the pattern of future battleships, and the British's proposal to limit battleships to 25,000 tons and 305 mm guns was unanimously opposed by all parties present. Although the Italian Navy fought alongside the French Navy in World War I, it pursued a maritime strategy that balanced the French Navy in the Mediterranean. Italy decided to abandon any idea of building pocket battleships, because they knew very well that the pattern of the world's naval landscape could not be determined by them, and that only if other countries built similar warships could Italy's pocket battlefleet become an effective force to compete with the navies of other countries. But in 1932, the Germans and Gauls lifted the ban. Germany launched three Deutschland-class pocket battleships armed with 283 mm guns, and France started construction of two stronger Dunkerque-class battleships equipped with two quadruple 330 mm main gun turrets capable of speeds of up to 30 knots. In this way, even if the Italian Navy completely renovated and improved the old "Cavour" and "Dulio" classes, it would not necessarily be a match for the French.

The Italian Navy immediately sprang into action, and the ** company Ansaldo was asked to redesign a type of pocket battleship, the 18,000-ton Type 770, which was designed with a standard displacement of 18,289 tons and a normal displacement of 19,500 tons, with a length of 185 meters, a width of 26.25 meters, a draft of 7.65 meters, and a depth of 13.3 meters. Originally, the Italian Navy demanded that the firepower of the new ship must exceed that of the "Dunkerke", and 8 343-mm guns should be installed. But with a displacement of 18000 tons, it was not possible to install such heavy equipment in any case. However, the Italians also had their own advantages, having already accumulated considerable technical experience in the design and construction of dreadnoughts. Anshardo prepared two triple 343 mm guns, one in the bow and one in the stern, with a wide range of 300 degrees. The secondary guns were four twin 152 mm guns, which were considered by the Italian Navy at the time to be the most ideal weapon for attacking enemy destroyers. In order to avoid the influence of the shock wave of the muzzles of the main and secondary guns, six 100-mm twin anti-aircraft guns were concentrated on both sides of the amidships superstructure. The designers also prepared to install six 37-mm anti-aircraft guns between the main and secondary guns to strengthen anti-aircraft firepower (although the design of the six-pack guns was not finalized until the surrender of Italy). Due to the limited deck space of the Type 770, the fish ** can only be arranged underwater, of which 6 in the bow and 4 in the stern, and the launch port is located at the edge of the deep-water waterline. The rear torpedo compartment was protected only by 25 mm thick armor plates, while the front torpedo compartment was not protected by any armor. The central superstructure is flanked by hangars with 2 gyratory catapults and the ability to carry 4 seaplanes.

Due to her lack of experience, Anshardo designed two different defense systems for the Type 770 for the Navy to choose from, with the standard being that it could withstand 203 mm shells. One set is the old dome-style protection at the level of World War I, with 280 mm vertical armor belt and 50 mm dome armor on the side side, 50 mm horizontal armor plate for the main armor deck / 75 mm horizontal armor plate for the main gun ammunition magazine, and 25 mm anti-fragmentation armor for the upper part. The other is based on the British Nelson-class defense system, with a 70 mm vertical armor belt on the outboard side and a 210 mm inclined side armor on the inside, and the horizontal protection is comparable to the old design. The width of the Type 770's hull was limited, and despite the parallel design of the twin boilers, the width of its underwater defense system was too small.

Ansaldo has designed a total of 4 different types of powertrains, including steam turbine-electric/twin-shaft scheme, diesel-electric/four-shaft scheme, steam turbine-diesel-electric/four-shaft scheme, and conventional steam-turbine/four-shaft scheme. Regardless of which system is used, it should achieve an output of no less than 80,000 shaft horsepower, so that the warship can achieve a speed of 26 knots. The use of diesel-electric systems can reduce fuel consumption to a large extent and increase the range. With the development of the Dunkerke-class project, the Italian Navy received more and more information about the technical details of the ship. After comparative analysis, the Italian Navy believed that the Type 770 ship was not enough to compete with the French battleships, and decided to redesign a 26,500-ton battlecruiser of the same class as the "Dunkerke". The preliminary design was completed in 1933, and the basic technical data are a standard displacement of 26,925 tons, a length of 200 meters, a width of 27.25 meters, 4 twin 343 mm main guns, 6 twin 152 mm secondary guns and 4 quadruple 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, a speed of 29 knots, 250 mm side armor belts, a total of 50 mm of three armored decks, and a fairly weak horizontal protection; 4 seaplanes, but no hangars. Although the combat patrol performance of the 1933 Type has been much improved compared with the Type 770, it still does not reach the level of "Dunkelke" in terms of anti-aircraft firepower, armor protection and speed. And there are all indications that the British, having acquired new battleships in the next few years, are likely to deploy some of the older battleships to bases in the Mediterranean. After wasting several years in vain, the Italian Navy finally realized that only the construction of expensive but truly effective treaty-type battleships could guarantee its balanced position in the Mediterranean.

By the end of 1933, the Italian Navy put forward new technical requirements for battleships, with a standard displacement of 35,562 tons, which should be equipped with the maximum number of 406 or 381 mm guns allowed by the displacement, and the armor could resist the attack equivalent to the armor-piercing shells of the ship's main guns at a distance of 18,500-27,500 meters, and the defense level of the underwater defense system was 350 kg TNT, and the speed was 30 knots. At the same time, there should be a moderate reserve of combat endurance (the combat speed of the warship is much greater than the fuel consumption rate of the economic speed).