"Well, who drew this battleship, it looks pretty good!" Qing Ying knowingly took the piece of paper in her hand and looked at the two people in the room with an inquiring gaze.

When Wilhelm II saw the piece of paper in Qingying's hand, his face changed, and he hurriedly said, "Ettel, why did you turn this thing out?" ”

Qing Ying raised the stack of beige thick paper in his hand, and said with an innocent face: "But this paper is placed on the top of this stack!" Didn't you tell me, father, to take this stack of things so that you could write an edict? He also pinched the painting and shook it in front of the eyes of the two of them.

Tirpitz was stunned for a moment when he saw the painting, and then turned his gaze to Wilhelm II, with a somewhat mocking smile on his face. Seeing that Tirpitz had already recognized the work, Wilhelm II was greatly embarrassed; He snatched the beige piece of paper from his hands and shoved it into the drawer of his desk.

"Ahem, Ettel, this is a scribble-drawing when I'm idle, just a copy of a ship. If you don't understand it, don't take it out. Facing Qingying's surprised and strange face, Wilhelm II lied without blushing and heartbeat, after all, he had been an emperor for several years, and this kind of ability to talk nonsense with his eyes open was also a lot better.

If you change people, it is estimated that you will be fooled by Wilhelm II, but Qingying obviously does not belong to this genus. He put the things in his hand on the table, and said with some dissatisfaction: "That's not the case!" In addition to the side view and top view, there are scale, displacement, power and speed, etc., which is not a copied image at all, it is obviously the design of a battleship! It's so obvious, how can I not understand it? I think the design of this boat is quite good. ”

Tirpitz had an even better smile on his face and said, "Your Highness, if you are interested in shipbuilding design, I can teach you in the future, but you'd better not look at this ship." Because instead of helping you, this design will lead you astray. With a displacement of 2,650 tons, it is necessary to install 8 120mm guns, have 100mm thick dome armor and 50mm thick horizontal armor, and reach a speed of 20 knots! Based on the experience of the last ten years of naval warship design, the ship is clearly overweight, and quite seriously overweight! Even though the owner of the ship was nearby, Tirpitz unceremoniously pointed out the things.

Qingying glanced to the left silently, and found that Wilhelm II's face was as usual, his breathing was still the same, and he was still trying his best to maintain his reserved image. Hearing Tirpitz's comment, Qingying's face was stunned, and then he retorted: "But this ship is equipped with very powerful firepower, doesn't it meet the needs of the German Navy now?" I saw in the "Jane's Battleship Almanac" that many ships of the German Navy now have too much difference in firepower from other countries' warships in terms of roughly comparable displacement! ”

As soon as these words came out, both Wilhelm II and Tirpitz's faces changed color. However, it was not because of surprise, but because of the heartfelt rejection of Ettel's decision in such a positive tone in this field of technique, even though he was just a child. Wilhelm II was the first to snort and asked in a cold tone: "Ettel, what do you know?" Don't quit yet! Qingying said stubbornly: "I have evidence this time!" ”

"For example, the cruiser named after my mother, which we commissioned last year, had a displacement of more than 6,000 tons, but was only armed with 4 150mm guns and 8 105mm guns! Her firepower is outrageously weak, what's going on? In contrast, the cruiser "Olympia", which was launched by the Americans last year and is about to be completed in the near future, has a displacement of less than 6,000 tons, but it is equipped with 4 203mm main guns and 10 127mm secondary guns! It is designed to reach a speed of more than 20 knots, and its protection is not inferior to ours at all. Could it be that the design and manufacturing capacity of warships of our Imperial German Navy is not even comparable to that of the upstart United States, which is out of the mainstream? Qingying feigned anger.

Hearing that Qingying actually said a bunch of professional terms for naval warships, Wilhelm II showed a look of surprise in his eyes, as if he didn't expect that the Zhengtai in front of him also had some technical knowledge of the navy. But listening to it, Wilhelm II's brows gradually furrowed, and there was already a trace of displeasure in his eyes. Although he didn't know the performance data of the "Olympia" in Lu Dao Qingying's mouth, according to his cognition, after a little thought, he knew that these data could not be made up by a child like Qing Ying. And as a monarch who was particularly fanatical about the navy, how could Wilhelm II allow his country to be weaker in naval skills than other countries? What's more, this country is still the United States, which is now regarded as a barbarian by the European powers! He looked at Tirpitz and said suspiciously, "Alfred, is there such a thing?" ”

Tirpitz was shocked, he really didn't know that the United States had built such a warship! In the 19th century, information was not transmitted as quickly as in the 21st century, and even Tirpitz, who had been immersed in the Navy for many years, could not have obtained all the first-hand information in the first place. However, he had also heard of the name of the "Jane's Battleship Yearbook", and when he saw Qing Ying's confident appearance, he knew that most of the matter was true. Facing Wilhelm II's gaze, he could only stubbornly reply: "Yes, but the American ship has only been launched, and it has not yet been completed and undergoing sea trials, and its speed and performance have yet to be verified." The Americans were equipped with so many guns on this ship, and even if the armor was comparable to ours, its stability, seaworthiness and resistance to sinking must have been poor. ”

Feeling Wilhelm II's face soften, Tirpitz couldn't help but wipe a handful of cold sweat from his forehead. He has been working in the Navy for 30 years, and his knowledge is not as good as a milky bear child, if this is passed on to the general, he will not be secretly ridiculed to death by the group of guys in the Admiralty?

"It is true that the Americans' warship has not yet been completed, and it is indeed a little unfair to compare it with the warship that was built two years earlier in our country." Just when Tirpitz thought that this matter was over, Qingying suddenly changed his words and said, "However, let's take the ship designed by my father before, in fact, the British had already built a ship with comparable performance three years ago. It was a cruiser called Chiyoda, built by the British for the Japanese in 1888, with a displacement of 2440 tons, a speed of 19 knots, equipped with 10 120mm guns and 14 47mm guns, and also had 92mm thick waterline armor and 38mm thick dome armor! ”

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