The calculation of naval artillery is not difficult, especially the complete number jù given by Yang Yuanzhao, from many aspects such as surface strength, flexibility, pressure bearing and deformation variables, it can be said that the number of jù required to make a naval gun is already there, and a mature artillery designer can slowly deduce some of the number jù indicators of the overall artillery according to this drawing.

Linus, of course, was a mature, excellent designer, and the indicators of all aspects of the artillery, almost like an imprint, were integrated into his mind, and almost instantly he made a simple calculation in his brain, and after about half an hour, he finally said with some regret: "A little reluctantly, 47 times the caliber is a little difficult, if it is reduced to 40 times, it is feasible." ”

40 times the caliber sounds a pity, but for the former German naval guns, even the 13-inch 40-fold caliber can not be reached, Yang Yuanzhao casually gave the material, it can actually reach 15 inches 40 times the caliber, if this is used on 14 inches, maybe, it is 50 times the caliber, although the power has been reduced a lot, but in terms of performance, in terms of weight, it is very good.

"Show me!" Fabian immediately stopped his research and turned to the ship's guns, power, and artillery, two of the three important aspects of the battleship, and if these two aspects were solved, most of the design of a battleship could be completed.

Linus handed the calculation drawings in his hand to Fabian, and by the way, on the blank drawings next to him, he drew the drawings, and the previous drawings of Fabian's ships were only basic renderings. What he does is based on the material. Carry out the real design of the cannon.

"Why don't you make a 14-inch one first, and then a 15-inch one!" Fabian gave him a general look. I know that this thing is somewhat reliable, as long as this material is available, 14 inches is almost a certainty, and seeing that Linus is drawing a 15-inch naval gun, he hurriedly said.

"That's it!" Linus hesitated for a moment, and finally looked back at Yang Yuanzhao, it was obvious that this drawing had recovered Harvey, and now Linus was also beginning to be suspicious. Experts are in the professional field, have a unique level and insight, it is not easy to impress them, as long as you can impress them in the professional field, you can impress them.

Obviously, the material that Yang Yuanzhao took out was originally born from the material of the British 14-inch naval gun, which was a standard 45 times the caliber, and it was processed by Yang Yuanzhao. The electroslag smelting technology can increase his own performance by 30%, which is reasonable and can be scrutinized in the real room.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't expect it. From 14 inches to 15 inches, it was barely improved by 30%, and I thought carefully about some of the technologies of later generations. Slightly uncertain, he asked, "So what if the surface is doped with carbon and plating, so that its surface strength is increased by 70%?" ”

"The surface is carbon doped. What is the thickness of the carbon doped, and how to process it? Linus's eyes lit up. Asked.

Fabian is also relatively familiar with the surface carbon doping process, but he also knows very well that this thing has an effect on the external thing such as armor, and it is easy to process, but the internal test, especially the inside of the gun barrel, is really difficult to process, after all, the formed thing, no matter how the gun barrel is, it is only about 15 inches, and people can't get in, so it is difficult to treat the surface.

"You don't care if you can do it, the surface carbon doping and the 70% increase in the coating should be enough, right? As for the thickness, 2 inches is good! ”

2 inches, Fabian took a breath of cold air, now the surface of the armor steel is only mixed with carbon, it is estimated that there is not a centimeter, Yang Yuanzhao is really angry, two inches at once, this is not technical or hard to achieve.

"If it can reach 2 inches, the barrel can withstand the increase in the power of gunpowder explosion, and it can withstand it completely, 15 inches 47 times it, or even 50 times."

50 times the caliber, this number jù, Yang Yuanzhao was very satisfied, he happily said to Linus: "So how about according to this design, according to this design of the 15-inch gun, it should be no problem, right?" ”

"Of course it's no problem, I've done a similar design before, but it's useless, there are no materials, just take it out now!" After Linus finished speaking, he turned to leave, and quickly took out a bunch of drawings, including not only barrels, but also turrets, and even 3 turrets.

Triple is not the mainstream in Britain and Germany, but it is a direction to increase firepower, Linus as one of the strongest naval gun designers in Germany, has also studied, of course, this thing salvo is not easy to solve, Linus made, it is also not a comprehensive product, under the scanning of the all-in-one machine, there are huge bugs, to the main gun emcourse of the Union, the score is very high, even higher than the previous Fabian's fantasy-level drawing score.

Looking at the number of the forts, Fabian's eyes lit up, the design of Linus and Harvey, so that his enthusiasm also came, compared with the drawings of Harvey and Linus, according to the drawings he had made before, began to be modified, the two people combined, Fabian as the main designer, the other two people on the side to check and fill in the gaps, and soon, a prototype came out.

Yang Yuanzhao looked at the gradually forming battleship, he knew very well that such a battleship, his performance, would definitely be above the previous fantasy level, but it was not the final version, thinking of the previous all-in-one machine, integrating most of the latest scientific and technological achievements in the northwest, his heart moved, and immediately said: "Everyone wait a minute!" ”

"Mr. Yang, don't you design anymore?"

"No, of course it's going to be designed, but I have some things here, maybe it can be used on this battleship, so let's design it together!"

"Good!" Fabian replied, the simple contact before made Fabian dare not underestimate Yang Yuanzhao's materials and oil-fired boilers, I don't know if there is anything better in his hands.

"I have some armor material here?"

Sure enough, Harvey and Fabian's eyes lit up, the three major elements of the battleship, speed, attack power and protection, had solved two before, and now Yang Yuanzhao finally took out the third, in their eyes, Yang Yuanzhao seemed to be an omnipotent god and Buddha, and anything amazing could be taken out.

"I can't get the specifics for the time being, but I have a few jù here, if I have a steel plate equivalent to about 170% of the VC steel plate, can the armor belt reduce the thickness?"

"Huh? VC Steel Plate? Fabian was stunned for a moment, he knew the name of VC, the protection force is relatively strong, equivalent to about 170% of the steel plate of ordinary VC steel plate, this protection force is simply extremely large.

Maybe a few people before had some belief that Yang Yuanzhao could really take it out, but even the armor has changed so much, it's almost impossible, they are more inclined to be utopian, although his rationality is very strong, but the initial material is utopian, then it is empty.

Of course, fantasy does not mean that the whole is meaningless, maybe such a thing that concentrates everyone's creativity can really become the standard for a new generation of battleships in the future.

The three of them got together, each with a whimsy, under the guidance of Yang Yuanzhao, a lot of things, if there are too many fantasies, exceeding the limit of materials that can be given by the northwest, he will take the initiative to let them take it, and he has not deviated from the main line, perhaps because he feels that it is utopian in his heart, Yang Yuanzhao is a little beyond common sense, and there are great changes to the overall structure and structure of the battleship.

For example, Yang Yuanzhao's proposal for beveled armor, such as no longer installing torpedoes on battleships, and for example, focusing on the layout and overall turret technology, a battleship, there are many systems, and any slight change will bring about a huge change in the whole, and it must be cut out one detail at a time.

However, the final design results, it can definitely be said that it is amazing, the armor arranged at an oblique angle, which is a pioneering achievement in this era, although there are still big problems in the deck belt, such as how to calculate the combination of the bevel angle and the angle, but after the simple design, Fabian They have not yet realized it, but every drawing, will be taken to the all-in-one machine for verification, find out a better design method, and finally reach a unified armor belt, which is about 70% higher than the Orion armor belt in the number jù, Almost only about 85% of Orion's 7000-ton armor belt, a significant weight reduction.

Originally, such an armor belt was enough, but Yang Yuanzhao saw that there was still a lot of surplus power, and it couldn't all be piled up on the battleship itself, and the left and right continued to increase, from the key layout of the armor belt, to the comprehensive arrangement, the overall armor belt was increased by Yang Yuanzhao to 10,800 tons, more than 5,000 tons of armor lifting, for a battleship, it was simply terrible, the entire battleship had no low protection at all, and the weakest deck was equivalent to a homogeneous steel plate of about 7 inches. The protection ability of the whole ship has been increased by 120% compared to Orion, which can be said to be absolutely homely.

On the protection, there have been huge changes, and the changes in the attack are not small, based on the huge power, Fabian has slightly modified the structure of the hull, lengthened the length of the hull, and expanded the hull width a little, the huge hull is enough to accommodate 5 batteries, similar to the piggyback structure of the Orion, the first three and the back two, the weight of a single battery is about 1100 tons, adding up to a total of about 5500 tons, and there is one more twin battery, which is equivalent to an overall firepower increase of about 25%.

Compared with the protection and attack, there are not many changes in the power, mainly to reduce unnecessary consumption, speed up the reaction time and the protection of the power crew and oil depot, when these modifications are finally completed, 10,800 tons of armor, 5,500 tons of artillery, plus 17,000 tons of hull and some other necessary weights, the empty weight has reached more than 41,000, a little more than the previous one, fully loaded, an astonishing 47,000 tons, the whole super giant behemoth. (To be continued......) R1292