The debate in the dining car continues. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The firing command system allows for an increase in the rate of artillery hits, which does not require wasting time debating. But convince Aven. Winkler's acceptance of a gun with a firing command system installed could get a three-percent hit rate at a distance of 10,000 yards was quite difficult - he was a professional, Qin Lang was an amateur, and this always complicated things when that happened.

Moreover, Qin Lang did not come up with any evidence to prove his conclusion.

Therefore, Claude could not fully accept his conclusions either. Ten thousand yards is really too far away, and even exceeds the maximum range of many old naval guns, to hit a target at such a distance? He needed a practical test.

Finally, Aven. Winkler also made the same statement: "Unless I can come up with experimental conclusions, I will never accept your inference, Mr. Qin Lang." ”

He was already tired and hungry and did not want to continue arguing, so a truce was declared in this way.

Qin Lang didn't want to continue arguing. Although he pitched Winkler the idea of designing a dreadnought, he did not expect him to accept it now. In the late nineteenth century, there was a widespread disconnect between tradition and reality in the navy, even in the United States, which had no naval tradition at all.

Of course, if we look at the problem from another angle, Winkler and Claude's skepticism is also a concrete embodiment of the scientific spirit - Qin Lang's inference has not been tested in any practical way at all, and who knows if he is talking nonsense?

This is very encouraging.

"You can experiment, Mr. Winkler." "But if you want to do it, you have to first build a rangefinder and a shooting director." ”

"I know the rangefinder, but how to make the shooting commander...... Uh, please wait. Winkler took out paper and pen from his bag, he wanted to write down what Qin Lang said on paper. Can you tell me, Mr. Qin Lang? How to make a shooting commander? ”

"Actually, I don't know exactly how it was made, the shooting director I've seen...... Sample, I mean the sample of the shooting director, it was not made by me. Naturally, Qin Lang put all the responsibility on the "friend" who was looking for the axis of the world in Tibet. "I only know part of it."

"What is it?"

So Qin Lang briefly described to Winkler the "Dreyer" system and the "Bolun" system equipped with the Royal Navy - only the part he knew. He knew far less about the firing control systems used by warships than he knew about firearms, and of course only a few words about the system.

But Winkler was already satisfied. In his opinion, it was already a sign of genius that a layman like Qin Lang, who was only a little interested in warships, could come up with such two sets of devices, and the specific improvement work could only be done by professional engineers, if his idea really worked.

Winkler is now hoping that the experiment will be partially successful. He didn't believe that the method Qin Lang came up with could increase the firing distance of the battleship to 10,000 yards, but during the debate, he also considered that using this method might increase the combat distance of the warship from less than 2,000 yards to 3,000 or 4,000 yards. As long as this can be proven, the word "assistant" before his title can be quickly removed.

This is something he has been waiting for for many years. Before meeting Qin Lang, it seemed almost never achievable, but now, everything has become better.

Of course, this was provided that he could convince the shipbuilding service or the Admiralty to fund the experiment, and that the experiment would be successful.

"I'll start experimenting as soon as possible." He put the pen and paper back in his bag, and added, "However, the exact time to start depends on the opinions of the leaders." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, Mr. Winkler. The next battleship of the Federal Navy...... Only God knows in what year construction will begin. After the USS Iowa, the United States did not begin construction of the Illinois-class battleships until 1896...... Qin Lang almost told the secret.

He used a long sigh to disguise his negligence.

Neither Winkler nor Claude was aware. In fact, when they thought of the idiots in Congress who had been advocating the disbandment of the navy all day long and their bad attitude when discussing the navy's shipbuilding budget, they regarded Qin Lang's sigh as very much of their own. As long as these people still exist, the development of the US Navy will definitely not go smoothly. But......

No one wants to make any comments. Comments are pointless. And now they're all thirsty and hungry, and it's extremely stupid to waste their energy on something that doesn't make sense.

Just, where exactly is the waiter? And the commander did not show up. Qin Lang looked at his watch. It's been forty minutes, and why do you have to wait?

He looked at his watch again. It was a waste of time to continue waiting, and he decided to be more proactive.

"Sorry, I'll be out for a while, I'll be back soon." Qin Lang stood up, walked back to Duncan, and muttered in a low voice next to his ear. At first, Duncan was visibly stunned for a moment, then a little surprised and worried, and at the end, he began to laugh.

"Good idea, Qin Lang." "You always surprise me," he said. ”

"Save your surprise for later, man, and go to the conductor now." Qin Lang patted him on the shoulder, "Remember to be serious." ”

"Of course." Duncan called two guards and led them out of the dining car. And Qin Lang set his sights on Elizabeth. "Do you want to come with us, Elizabeth?"

"No need, Qin." She refused, "I have neither knowledge nor interest in what you are discussing. And, now I can just continue reading. ”

"Alright then, Elizabeth." He nodded, "I'll be back with you later." Then he went back and rejoined Winkler and Claude. They had already begun a new discussion about how a battleship with an all-heavy main gun design should arrange its turret.

Actually, this should not be an issue that needs to be discussed. The first American dreadnought battleship, the USS South Carolina, which began construction in 1906, adopted the design of the main gun of the full centerline. Therefore, Qin Lang believes that the shipbuilding department of the US Navy has carefully studied this arrangement plan before, and has relatively strong technical reserves......

But it was 1894, and from the conversation between Winkler and Claude, Qin Lang felt that the Navy's shipbuilding department had not yet carried out similar research, or no one had yet realized the problem: the former dreadnought battleship had only two main turrets, and of course they would be arranged on the central axis of the battleship.

Now the third and fourth main turrets are being discussed, and possibly even the fifth and sixth.

Claude preferred to arrange the four main turrets on the central axis of the battleship, but instead of a piggyback design, like the Russian "Gangut" class battleships, the extra two turrets were arranged in the middle of the battleship, at both ends of the chimney; Winkler, on the other hand, advocated arranging the turrets on the right and port sides, as was the case with the German battleships of the Nassau-class class.

None of their choices conform to Qin Lang's aesthetic concept, and they are all flawed.

"Why not adopt a design with two turrets in the front and rear?" He found an opportunity to join the conversation, "Your choices are flawed. ”

"Why?"

Qin Lang looked at Claude first. "Mr. Claude, your suggestion crowds out the space in the boiler compartment, which will underpower the battleship, and the high temperature of the boiler may cause the propellant to spontaneously ignite and eventually lead to a devastating explosion." Then he turned his gaze to Winkler, "Mr. Winkler, according to your design, only four of the six turrets of the battleship can function in a naval battle, which is a waste of tonnage. ”

Although he liked battleships with many turrets, the design of the "Nassau" style was extremely bad, and only eight of the twelve main guns could fire at either side, which was not worth mentioning in the face of the great week-turret battleship, the sacred "Agincourt......

After a brief distraction, Qin Lang emphasized his suggestion. "If you take all the factors into account, I think you can only choose the arrangement with two main turrets in the front and rear."

"Do you think the design of the knapsack turret should be adopted?" Winkler also disliked his doctrine, "It is very difficult to implement such a scheme. ”

"But at least it's safer and more economical. The Navy would never like a battleship that was in danger of exploding, and Congress probably wouldn't approve of the Navy's new warships wasting tonnage. "In times of peace, Congress is a fatal factor. Let the parliamentarians accept a new type of warship that can be used normally in naval battles with only two-thirds of the turret...... The likelihood of it is almost zero.

Winkler became frustrated again. "Yes, Congress...... Sometimes I envy my European counterparts, at least they don't meet a bunch of idiots who only know how to find bones in eggs. Then he shrugged, "You really shouldn't mention them, Mr. Qin Lang." ”

"There's no way you're going to avoid them, Mr. Winkler."

"At least for the time being, I don't think they're going to make me feel better...... Oh, forget it, let's move on to the technical side. He raised his head and looked at Qin Lang, "What else do you have in mind?" ”

"Absolutely."

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