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"It's time to renovate the capital ship group of the High Seas Fleet. Since the signing of the treaty in 1914, Germany has not developed its main fleet as before, but it has been matched by the massive construction of the rest of the ships and the continuous innovation of various technologies! Now our main fleet has completely detached itself from the scope of the technology of the times, as if it is a group of antiques that have traveled from 20 years ago to today; I would like to ask your Excellencies, distinguished parliamentarians, how can they, already aged, defeat their great enemies and defend the splendor of German civilization today, as they did in the last war, if the Reich were called. ……”

In January 1932, the Secretary of State for the Navy, Raeder, spoke out at a meeting of Congress to the members of parliament from various states and parties to revitalize the main fleet. His rigorous logic and powerful phrasing make some old people seem to see the figure of Tirpitz in him. Thirty-five years ago, Tirpitz, who had just become state secretary of the navy, promoted the implementation of the first naval law in Germany, where the idea of land power was still deeply rooted, with great enthusiasm and skill, and thus opened an immortal chapter in the march of Germans to the sea. At the end of Raeder's hearty speech, the entire hall of Congress erupted in thunderous applause and cheers; The plan to renew the main fleet of the German Navy was overwhelmingly approved, and all classes received a coveted large number of orders.

Although under the influence of Qingying. The German Navy has shifted the core protagonist of future naval warfare from battleships to new aircraft carriers, but the traditional main fleet is also a force that needs to be poured into. As Raeder mentioned in Congress. Today, these warships have been in service for too long, and the first to start construction, the Sedlitz, is 23 years old; In today's naval warfare technology environment, it is very difficult for these old ships with strict firepower, speed, and defense to be put to good use.

As for the retiring of these warships, the German admirals led by Schell also did not agree. Although the protagonists of today's navy are no longer these heavy artillery behemoths, it is still necessary to retain a battlefleet that is superior to the imaginary enemy. The carrier-based aircraft of an aircraft carrier is severely restricted by weather conditions, and it is impossible to guarantee 100% of the force. This factor is even more pronounced in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, where bad weather is not uncommon. When the aircraft carrier fleet is not able to do so, the battlefleet will serve as the main force to carry the backbone of the center. The German admirals who had come all the way from the traditional era were still subconsciously fascinated by the magnificent and heroic posture displayed by the cannon giants!

In this case. Qingying also agreed with the navy's plan. In addition to being prepared for emergencies in the Battle of the Atlantic, he also had a layer of thinking in mind that would trigger the butterfly effect: at present, the powers of the world have not really realized the power of (barbarian) aircraft carriers, and the German Navy also needs to release some smoke bombs. This allows them to move on the wrong track. Tong Guò made a high-profile move to start the construction of the capital ship. The German Navy can also let its development in the field of aircraft carriers fade out of the other side's field of vision, so as to practice the life experience of the elders who made a lot of money in silence.

Only half a month later, a design plan for a new capital ship was placed in front of Qingying's table. In the past twenty years of naval holidays, although the German Navy has not built new capital ships, it has already made many copies of various preparatory design plans; Coupled with the continuous testing of various new subsystems by the 10,000-ton heavy patrol and the 30,000-ton armored aircraft carrier, the German engineers have already accumulated rich experience in various fields, and the design task of the new capital ship can be said to be completely handy!

Since the German Navy had already established a future development strategy centered on aircraft carriers, its new battleships no longer considered the huge designs that would cost a lot of money. After many trade-offs by German designers. In the end, it was believed that a ship with a standard displacement of 38,000 tons could achieve the ideal balance between the performance and cost of the warship. If the tonnage is too small, the firepower, protection, speed, endurance and other performance of the battleship will definitely not be satisfied; And if the tonnage is too large. Although the battle line capability at the same tonnage will exceed the former, the difficulty of developing the corresponding larger-caliber main gun system will increase significantly. According to the conclusion of the German Navy after a large number of exercises and simulations, a 50% increase in the number of main guns is not as powerful as a 50 mm increase in the caliber of the main guns, which obviously requires extremely heavy pressure on the military industry. Under Qingying's multiple methods, it is not difficult for a 60,000-ton battleship to be equipped with 9 510 mm caliber cannons, and once this scheme is chosen, it is possible for the designers responsible for developing the artillery and turret to draw their swords and come to the navy for a duel!

In view of this, the tonnage of Germany's new capital ships was selected at the relatively ordinary class of 38,000 tons. In contrast to previous battleship designs, speed and range were paramount: this performance had to be guaranteed given the high-speed carrier formations that accompanied them and the need to engage the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic. What makes Qingying feel gratified is that after decades of development and accumulation, Germany's technology in the field of marine power has been perfected; It not only inherits the boiler steam parameters of the historical domineering side leakage, but also achieves a breakthrough in stability in the steam turbine and various valve pipelines. The ship has achieved a design output of 150,000 horsepower with very little weight, and its speed at 45,000 tons of full load displacement will not be less than 31 knots under the effect of fluid drag reduction such as bulbous bow, and the endurance will reach 13,000 nautical miles.

In terms of firepower, the ship is equipped with 8 430mm L45 main guns, arranged in the form of four turrets, one in the front and one in the front; The gun adopts the idea of low-speed super-heavy projectile in the United States in the later generations, and fires a 1400kg projectile at a muzzle velocity of 700m/s, and directly attacks at a long distance of more than 20km in the form of large-angle empowerment. Compared with the traditional means of penetrating vertical protection against enemy ships, this concept is undoubtedly more advanced and conforms to the development of contemporary technology. Due to the fact that it has to accompany the aircraft carrier, the ship's anti-aircraft firepower is also unambiguous: 10 twin 128 mm L45 high-level dual-purpose guns are arranged in the form of two raised from head to tail and eight tiled on the side, and 12 long-range anti-aircraft firepower can be concentrated on the same side. Sixty-four 40-mm and 16 20-mm guns provided a tight network of fire at close range, which could stop enemy attack aircraft at a considerable distance.

As for protection, the new battleship still uses a universal armor box, supplemented by a double-layer TDS structure that takes into account both mine protection and waterproof shots, but there are improvements in vertical protection. The main armor belt, inclined at 20 degrees, was no longer a single layer of armor of large thickness, but was split into a two-layer composite version: the outer armor was 80 mm thick, which, together with the 250 mm foamed cement layer in the rear, was used to strip off the caps of incoming shells; Behind it is a 270 mm thick case-hardened armor designed to withstand armor-piercing shells that have lost their caps. Compared with the traditional single-layer main armor, this double-layer combination method undoubtedly has a qualitative improvement in the defensive power of the shell: because the armor-piercing ability of the shell is guaranteed by the cap that shatters the hardened layer at the top and straightens the shell at the same time, and the shell without the cap is like a tiger with its claws smoothed out in front of the surface hardened armor, and can be blocked by the latter. This great feat was used by the Italian designer of Wen Cheng Wude on the Veneto-class battleships in another plane, and Qing Ying, who was a traverser, naturally did not let it go. The ship's main horizontal armor is up to 200 mm thick, and its ability to withstand armor-piercing bombs is unprecedentedly strong.

In May 1932, two new battleships were keeled at the Germania and Volken shipyards, while tenders were opened for three more ships of the same class to begin construction in the following year. In order to conceal the true caliber of the battleship's main guns, the German Navy decisively omitted the decimal point after 16.93 inches, and used 16 inches as its code name internally. This move of the German navy immediately attracted the strong attention of the great powers. In the face of the surging protests and inquiries from Britain and the United States, Raeder calmly declared at a press conference that the current capital ships such as Sedlitz and Caesar in the High Seas Fleet are approaching the 25-year service period, and they are preparing to build new ships to replace them. This action is fully in line with the relevant provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty that "the construction of a new replacement ship shall not begin earlier than the 22nd year of service of the replaced ship", and the peace-loving German Empire will never be the first to tear up the treaty and start an arms race.

In the face of this explanation, Britain and the United States could hardly believe it. The 20-year-old naval treaty is coming to an end in two years, and the current world that has become increasingly tense by the spread of the economic crisis makes it almost impossible to conclude another disarmament treaty between countries; By the time this new ship is completed, the naval treaty will have long been nullified, and God knows if those roaring militarists will dismantle the old ships that have already aged!

Despite the fact that the economy was already mired in at the moment, the United States responded at the first opportunity: they started construction of 2 North Carolina-class battleships under the same name, and began design work on their improved South Dakota-class. The British, who did not have enough old ships to replace them, were in an awkward position, but they also began to refine the design of a battleship called the King George V-class battleship, and only two years later began to build it on a large scale. At the same time, Japan, Italy, and Austria-Hungary have also begun to gear up, they are no longer satisfied with the constraints of the holiday, and have decided to start investing massive resources in large-scale construction! (The novel "Reborn Second Empire" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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