"Comfort?" Hearing Yan Shao's words, Heidegger and the others froze slightly.

Unlike the people of this era, when people of this era look at equipment, they usually put more emphasis on the paper performance of weapons and equipment. For example, what is the caliber of the artillery, how powerful it is to use, and how many mm of armor can be penetrated. When discussing the ability to defend, it is about the thickness of the armor and what kind of shelling it can resist. And then there's the speed, or maneuverability...

It can be said that these are the most important concerns of some weapons designers at present, but few people care about how soldiers feel when using these equipment.

This is also the so-called ergonomics, if you talk about it more simply, maybe it can be summed up by 'humanization'?

Of course, it can also be summed up more simply, that is, 'easy to use'!

Because humanized products not only contain some seemingly powerful paper performance, but also include "convenience", "comfort", "reliability", "value", "safety" and "efficiency". It can be said that as long as it is a product used by people, it is a product that contains ergonomics, and as long as it is a product used by "people", it should be considered in ergonomics, and the shape of the product and ergonomics are undoubtedly combined.

Just like the weapons products of Soviet Russia in later generations, no matter who thinks of them, Soviet Russian products, including weapons and equipment, are some things that do not consider comfort at all, but only emphasize performance one-sidedly.

Especially those things that seem to be very powerful, they are the best of them.

And so it is. At least the early Soviet Russian weapons and equipment basically did not consider the comfort of the user, which also led to the use of these equipment. Maybe it's going to be amazing? But it also brings great distress to users.

Despite the superficial appearance. These so-called comfort requirements do not seem to increase the power of the weapon. But from another point of view, it allows the user to exert greater abilities.

After all, no matter who works in a not very comfortable environment, I believe it will not feel very comfortable.

Even later generations were as bold as Soviet Russia, and they began to change their practices.

Just like the world-famous [Typhoon]-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the [Typhoon]-class provides an average of about 3 square meters of "resting space" for sailors inside the submarine, and the Typhoon-class is still one of the few Soviet and Russian submarines that has air conditioning equipment in mind when designing. There is also a swimming pool and gymnasium, and sailors can go fishing on the deck after their duties. Black caviar and tuna are indispensable for the sailor's three meals a day. Chocolate and wine, such a life is enough to delight even the discerning gourmet.

Of course, the various properties of a piece of equipment are very important, but a user who is in good physical and mental condition. It is undoubtedly possible to bring out the performance of this weapon to the extreme. Reaching the leap of the tiger dù...

Therefore, the most important thing for equipment is not how much it is on paper, but how 'easy to use'!

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Yan Shao has always been very concerned about the humanization of equipment, as early as in Anhui, Yan Shao once asked the British to have enough comfortable internal space when building gunboats for the national government, so it doesn't matter if the displacement and volume are slightly larger.

Because of this requirement, it was born a thousand-ton wind and rain-class gunboat!

Along with it were the two warships of the Mountain Wind and the Iron and Fire. These two levels of warships have strong performance and comfort. At least among contemporaneous warships. Even in the First World War, after the Communist government gave several destroyers and cruisers to the British government, even the British naval officers and men, who were very picky and always looked at people with their nostrils, could be said to be full of praise for these two classes of warships.

Needless to say, the performance is needless to say, although the Wehrmacht Navy originally gave away the first few ships, and there are some minor flaws that have not been resolved. But at least on paper the performance is pretty good, and these small imperfections don't affect the actual use.

On the other hand, the spacious interior of these destroyers and cruisers made many British officers and men who boarded the ships a little nostalgic.

In particular, the British officers and men who were still complaining about their bad luck actually won the Chinese warship and boarded the ship with the mentality that they would board a very bad warship, were also pleasantly surprised.

The humanization of warships in this era is basically still in a very primitive state.

Some sailors live in conditions that cannot even be described as cramped. And this is still the environment at the level of battleships. Like a destroyer or a light cruiser, the environment will only get worse. There is no doubt that the British, when designing those destroyers, absolutely did not take into account the comfort of sailors.

If it weren't for this, the battleship Agincourt, a sacred relic of the multi-turret cult, would not have been as many people would have liked to board the warship to pay their respects later―――――― and even received the title of a hotel.

And the officers and men who boarded the destroyers and cruisers presented by the Nationalist government did not mention for the time being whether they were dissatisfied with the performance of these warships, even if there were some flaws. In the spacious and comfortable environment of the warship, this dissatisfaction can also be said to be a matter of course.

How to say it, at least the destroyers and cruisers presented by the Nationalist government have reached the standard of the same level of battleships of the time. And it was of a very high standard, even if it was not as good as the Agincourt, it was much better than most battleships. It is especially important that there is never a situation where soldiers and torpedoes are crowded together.

Later, there were even some destroyer captains who asked the British government to buy more destroyers from China.

Of course, this mention was certainly not considered by the British government, because the reason why the destroyer was given by the Nationalist government was only as a symbol of Sino-British friendship. It's not that the British Navy is really short of warships―――――― well. It is true that there is a slight shortage, but it is not the capital ship that is missing, but a small warship like a destroyer that can be used for escort and anti-submarine operations.

The submarine forces of the Germans were a little too disgusting for the British. Especially after the Germans learned the 'wolf pack' tactic, or the tactic of concentrated warfare, from the Nationalist government, even convoys with destroyers and other ships were likely to be hunted.

Therefore, the British Navy has a greater demand for destroyer-class warships, but on the whole, the overall strength of the British Navy is still far above that of the German Navy. Therefore, this need is not particularly urgent. Even warships, and even, in a way, the need for warships in the British Navy. The need for crews has not been more urgent.

Historically, the British Navy has provided a considerable number of destroyers for the use of Japanese naval officers and sailors, and this is also the first and only time that the Japanese government sent formed troops to participate in the war during World War I.

But then again. You can also see how stingy the Japanese are.

Originally, the British planned to lease the Japanese Kongo-class battle cruisers. The Japanese government refused. In addition to grabbing some territory in Asia, the entire First World War did not even have the slightest intention of involving the European war.

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Although it was not clear why Yan Shao was so obsessed with the comfort of the battleship, Heidegger quickly replied. "Rest assured, we have done a lot of research on the comfort of the battleship, and we have also optimized the structure of the entire battleship to ensure that more space can be freed up without affecting the structural protection of the battleship. Let the soldiers in the ship have a more comfortable environment. ”

"In fact, we even considered whether to design a deck pool on a battleship that wasn't very big―――――― of course. This still needs your nod and yes, Mr. President..."

Saying this, Heidegger hurriedly walked over to the model of the battleship not far away, and pointed to the positions in front and behind the deck.

"Of course, I don't mean to dig a pool out of the deck, but to assemble a pool on the deck in a similar way through guò. The depth of this pool is not very large, only two meters at most, it is just for people to swim in it a little, as for the rest, there is no need to think about it at all, and if it is not needed, it can be directly removed and put away..."

It is also difficult for Heidegger, a slightly old-fashioned German, to come up with such an idea. At least when he said this, the faces of the senior generals and even government officials below were slightly ......... Subtle~

In fact, Yan Shaozhi admired this mentions, after all, there is such a thing as a battleship, and sometimes it is likely to sail tens of thousands of nautical miles on a voyage. It is almost entirely conceivable how boring life will be during this period.

So any kind of entertainment facility can be considered.

However, Yan Shao is quite good at reading the atmosphere, and he also knows that this is definitely not the time to discuss this issue, so after blinking his eyes, Yan Shao looked at Heidegger and said.

"Well, it looks like you've put a lot of thought into that." With that, Yan Shao left his seat and slowly walked to the model of the battleship. And Yan Shao's movements, many people also stood up from their seats, walked to the model together, and observed Yan Shao's appearance.

Looking at the metal model in front of him, which was more than a meter long and covered in a combination of gray and silver, Yan Shao's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation.

It has to be said that Heidegger and other designers and engineers did put a lot of thought into this warship. Therefore, the entire battleship can be described as flawless, both in terms of performance and appearance.

As previously introduced, the entire battleship used four twin 406mm L45 naval guns, and the four turrets were divided into two in the front and two in the back, forming a very traditional, and probably the most widely used layout today.

By the way, in fact, when designing this battleship, Yan Shao once considered whether to replace the main gun of the twin assembly with a triple assembly. That is, three artillery pieces in one. In this way, with the first two and second layout, the number of main guns of the entire battleship will reach twelve, which is almost equivalent to six twin turrets.

In a way. Even compared to the Agincourt, a product of the multi-turret Cult back then, this layout was only missing two main guns. But with the power of 12 405mm L45 guns, the battleship's ability to destroy miè in a salvo was definitely much stronger than that of the Agincourt.

It's not surprising at all, after all, the Jaircan-class is also super dreadnought, and Agincourt is just a dreadnought―――――― even if this dreadnought is slightly unusual.

Similarly, if such a layout is adopted, then the Jairus class will not have to worry about the things that the Agincourt has been worried about all along. That is, because the impact of the salvo was too large. The battleship was cut off or something.

It's just that...

In the case of a triplet, let's not mention this for the time being, is the power a little too great.

All right. In fact, it is not nothing, for example, the French super-dreadnoughts use quadruple turrets, and of course, there are only two turrets on the entire battleship.

The British also adopted a triplet. But three turrets. The layout of two fronts and one behind the back, so that even if there are only three turrets, there is still one more number of main guns than the four twin turrets.

As for Yan Shao, from a certain point of view, Yan Shao is actually a layman, although he also emphasizes some other things, but the pursuit of some numbers on paper is actually no different from a person like Hitler.

It's just that...

Compared with Hitler, Yan Shao is also much calmer. At least he knew what he could do with his current abilities, and there were some things that he couldn't do no matter how determined he was―――――― if he had to get into the nitty-gritty. There's a good chance it's going to make things worse.

The triple turret, Yan Shao naturally likes it very much, but with the current ability of the national government, the simple double-mounted turret is already very difficult, the kind of triple installation.

Yan Shao can't let the warship wait for the guns on the slipway all the time, right?

So there are some things, even if you don't want to compromise, you can only choose to compromise in the end...

Incidentally, Yan Shao once asked the designers why they couldn't design the kind of reminder layout for the battleship that resembled a pyramid. To put it simply. Generally speaking, the main gun of a battleship, the turret closest to the bow or stern, is usually the shortest one, while the second gun, the one near the bridge, is usually slightly higher than the first, at least allowing the gun to move freely.

In this way, even if the enemy appears directly in front of you, you can guarantee that at least four guns can be put into use in the event of a formal engagement.

And in this era, the usual layout of battleships was two front and two behind, or two front and one behind. Therefore, this layout of one tall and one short seems to be sufficient. However, the Nelson-class battleships built by the British later had all three turrets placed in front of the battleship.

If it is according to Yan Shao's understanding, then this should be a trapezoidal layout, that is to say, the height of the main gun should be the one that is higher than the other.

However, the layout of the Nelson class is like a pyramid, one short, one tall and one short, that is, a convex layout. This layout is a bit amazing, and of course it feels a little unsightly.

By the way, the Agincourt seemed to have such a layout back then, but it was the one with three in front and two behind, and two in the middle, so it's no wonder that some people suspect that if this thing shoots a salvo, it is very likely to sink itself first.

Yan Shao later used this as an excuse to ask why the Agincourt was not made into a trapezoidal shape at the beginning, that is, the layout of one high, one high and one high. And the answer he got finally dispelled Yan Shao's doubts for many years.

The higher the height of the battleship's guns, the greater the shaking range of the battleship itself when it was fired. This may seem like nothing, but in fact, the more it shakes, the less accurately the battleship will be able to hit the target in the subsequent artillery battle.

No matter how powerful the firepower is, if it can't hit the target, it is not much different from the furnishings. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, the designers will make the layout of the main gun as low as possible, even if there are too many guns, they will try their best to adopt another layout.

What's more, if the height of the artillery is too high, it seems that it will also look troublesome, and besides, is it really beautiful?

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In addition to the four twin main guns, a large number of secondary guns and other guns were also attached to the sides of the battleship, making the battleship itself look perfect.

By any measure, this is definitely an outstanding piece.

And just now Heidegger has made it very clear to Yan Shao that the current painting is only temporary. By the time the battleship enters service, the entire battleship will be painted in gray, and the silver category will be canceled.

After all, this color is a little too conspicuous, especially in some good weather, almost no different from a reflector or a mirror.

Unless you're looking for death, no one will ever use this color as a paint.

Thinking about it carefully, just as the enemy was racking his brains to find the target, a silver light suddenly appeared on the horizon...

This kind of scene is inevitably a little too beautiful. (To be continued......)