As was the case with the armored cruisers, there was also the historical short-lived diamond-shaped layout of the French main gun, which was inevitably influenced by the fact that the Haitian-class armored cruisers with this layout were in the limelight again and again, and even the British warship designers were inevitably influenced to choose more of this "balanced layout" that was suitable for heads-up but not conducive to the operation of the Grand Fleet, not to mention the French, who often used this layout, and the Germans, who had a low level of design (the most inefficient hexagonal layouts could be designed).

Li Hui burst out laughing when he noticed this change, and he couldn't imagine that he was just thinking about it for a while, and he really distorted the development route of the navy in this space-time world

However, if the impact is more extensive and far-reaching, it is still the comprehensive protection of the armor layout, because the actual combat fully exposed the armor-piercing (blasting) shells against the new type of case-hardened armor is extremely inefficient, warship designers around the world have realized that a special era of "shields are stronger than spears" has arrived.

The armor no longer needs to be so thick, and the armor area can naturally be expanded, not only can it cover the entire waterline, but the width of the armor belt has also been greatly increased, and there will no longer be an embarrassing situation such as the main armor belt completely submerged under water due to the excessive load of the warship, and it is almost impossible for such a warship to be sunk.

And it is not only difficult to sink, the popularization of armored turrets has not only significantly improved the actual combat rate of fire of naval guns, especially large-caliber naval guns, but also made the safety of gunners have enough guarantees, in the case of turret armor is enough to withstand all shells, relying on a large number of rapid-fire guns on the side of the side to wash the deck and paralyze the combat effectiveness of warships The tactics have just appeared and have become obsolete in advance, but this has also made the warship design of various countries take a detour.

Unless the shell happens to hit the gap between the turret and the base, or the turret itself is of poor quality, or the caliber of the cannonball exceeds the turret by a large level, there is a certain probability that the turret will be stuck and unable to rotate, thus greatly reducing the threat; Otherwise, no matter how the shelling is, the new armored ships with a fully protected armor layout and armored turrets will not only be unsinkable, but also will not significantly reduce their combat effectiveness, which inevitably makes the naval combat mode extremely boring for a while, and there are many paradoxes that make people speechless

It is impossible for the new capital ship to be sunk by artillery shells, and can only rely on torpedoes and ramming angles, but the torpedo tubes will bring potential safety hazards to the capital ships, resulting in the possibility that the capital ships that could not be sunk by artillery fire may be sunk by artillery fire, which is simply not worth the loss, so in the end, the capital ships of various countries still dismantle all the torpedo tubes.

Therefore, it can only rely on auxiliary ships to carry out lightning strikes, but the problem is that unless there is an overwhelming advantage in their own strength, they will only be killed by the opponent's capital ship in priority with the auxiliary ship, with the current maximum range of torpedoes of only a few hundred meters and the extremely fragile survivability of auxiliary ships in the face of "large-caliber rapid-fire guns + blasting shells", there is no chance to successfully shoot torpedoes at the enemy's capital ships under normal firepower.

Therefore, in the past, the task of the auxiliary ship was to mend the knife, and then the auxiliary ship could only mend the knife, and it was still somewhat useful when abusing vegetables, and it was chicken when the other party was not weak. If the enemy has armored cruisers or battle cruisers, then they are simply a head-off, and the patrol patrol built by the system can be faster because of the workmanship advantage and speed, which is almost the same as the light cruiser of the same period, which is even worse

It is precisely because the auxiliary ships are so weak, and the cost performance of the capital ships is already higher, so except for Britain and France, which have a large number of colonies in order to protect the route, other powers have increased the proportion of capital ships in the future shipbuilding plan, and this trend has not been gradually corrected until the invention of the new torpedo (thermal power + gyroscope) with a longer range and higher accuracy, but its impact has continued until the First World War.

The capital ship should not be equipped with torpedo tubes, and the auxiliary ship should not be brought to the main force for a decisive battle, so the only more reliable weapon that can sink the enemy's capital ship is the ramming angle in the bow. Although its existence will slow down the speed a little and cause accidents, most Western warship designers still make painful trade-offs, and as a result, the collision angle has survived for several years longer than in history. The way of engagement between battleships directly returned to the "bumper boat" mode in the early ironclad era, which made Li Hui, who single-handedly led out this embarrassing situation, not know what to say.

Western designers really can't do this, but Li Hui has a systematic golden thigh to hold, and he knows the development route of the navy in history, so naturally he doesn't have to go back to the old way, he has more ways to choose.

Well, the current Haitian-class patrol is actually completely sufficient, but Li Hui thought of the information fed back by Chunyu last week on the message board, and still hoped that there would be a more powerful warship as a killer weapon just in case, especially the Qingdao Naval Base should be built within a year, plus the Victoria Harbor obtained after the recovery of Hong Kong is also a deep-water port, and the draft of the warship does not have to be so small, under this premise, even if no key new technology has been researched, Li Hui is also confident that he can design a warship that is far more powerful than the Haitian-class cruiser.

What's more, since the design of the Haitian-class patrol, Li Hui has not studied a related technology, the "former dreadnought battleship" technology seems to have some overlapping functions, but the tonnage limit of the optimized hull has increased to 15,000 tons, and the upper limit of size has also increased, which makes the French 1898 type 40 times diameter 274mm Ghanaian rapid-fire gun that was not used before have the opportunity to appear, and the sudden increase in caliber alone can enhance the armor-piercing ability a lot, not to mention that this gun also has a height of 815 meters/ The terrifying muzzle velocity of seconds, according to the analysis of the system, her penetration depth at a distance of 5,000 meters even exceeded the 40 times the diameter of the 12-inch (305mm) main guns of the British Majesty-class battleships!

However, due to the poor material craftsmanship in France, the design likes to pursue ultra-high performance, and there are problems with reliability and tube life, this gun must be optimized before it can be used, and by the way, the caliber will also be slightly changed, how to look at the 274mm caliber is awkward

Since there is now a large enough hull, in order to increase the penetration depth of the main gun as much as possible, the larger the caliber is naturally the better, but unfortunately limited by the research progress of system technology, the maximum caliber of the rapid-fire gun that the system can produce cannot exceed 279mm, considering that the other numbers are not good-looking, Li Hui finally only increased the original caliber by 1mm, and felt a little regretful (to be continued. )