"This may have something to do with the difference in the experimental environment between the two sides, your country's battlefield is the North Sea and the rough Atlantic, while our battlefield is in the coastal waters of the Far East, and the farthest is the South China Sea. There will be certain differences in the requirements for seaworthiness between the two sides. However, for the sake of prudence, we can reconsider the weight distribution of the battleship and conduct related experiments. Yan proposed a compromise solution.

"This is indeed a good idea, and I will arrange for Mr. Ludendorf Haque to re-evaluate the ship with you." Tirpitz also knew that the other side had accepted his opinion to some extent, and there was no point in arguing about right and wrong. The two sides represent the Chinese Republic and the German Empire, and face is still very important.

Subsequently, Yan Boxun sorted out the episodes that were not good in this meeting in one day and sent them to Xu Jie in Beijing by telegram, in which Yan Boxun expressed considerable dissatisfaction with Xu Jie's "creativity", but at the same time, he also proposed his own solution, either to increase the weight, for example, to use a flat deck, or to lower the armament, or to cancel the auxiliary engine room between the two forward turrets, in short, no matter which scheme is used, it must be redesigned. And adding weight is undoubtedly the best way to do it. Simple, and with a low amount of effort. It is expected that the final weight of this fast battleship will reach 20,000 tons.

"Damn it. Was Veneto also laid out like this back then, how could such a thing happen? Is the Richelieu also the main gun front, and a diesel engine room is also stuffed between the turrets, how can something happen to me when it comes to me? Xu Jie was quite depressed in his heart. Of course. Xu Jie selectively ignored some problems, such as the fact that the two main turrets of the Veneto class are very close to each other, and the flat deck design of Richelieu. It's not just the bow tower, for example, Xu Jie's battleship is a bit serious now.

Two weeks later, Yan Boxun's telegram was once again placed on Xu Jie's desk, and this time the telegram explained that some of the problems with the original battleship were not particularly serious, and if it was only for offshore operations, such problems would be nothing. However, if you fight in higher sea conditions, the phenomenon of the battleship burying the bow will be more serious, because the weight of the front part of the ship is too high. The bow will be slow to recover, and the guns will be very susceptible to water, especially in the first turret. And to solve this problem, either increase the anti-aircraft gun position. But then it comes with the center being too high. The problem of decreased stability. Whether it is improvisation or a major change, Xu Jie needs to decide.

If the Huaxia Navy is still fighting in the coastal waters, Xu Jie will probably agree to make a small change, but considering that the Huaxia Navy will fight with the powerful Russian fleet at the other end of the South China Sea in the future, then seaworthiness must be considered. It stands to reason that it is easiest to directly increase the tonnage, but Xu Jie still wants to build one in China. However, domestic shipyards still have very strict requirements for the tonnage of warships, and the tonnage cannot exceed 21,000 tons at most. If you want to make it domestically, you have to limit the tonnage.

I have to say. Xu Jie asked a little too much, with the tonnage and high speed of the battleship, but also to ensure the distance between the turrets, the tonnage should be compressed as much as possible, you must know that the German battlecruiser Lütsov in World War 1 was equipped with 8 12-inch guns and the tonnage reached more than 26,000 tons, although the power of his new battleship was not even half of the normal power of Lütsov, although his own 3 turrets were more weight-saving. The protection is not as good as Lu Cuofu, but it is still a bit too much to directly press 5,000 tons.

Xu Jie found that he was a little greedy at this time, just like Grande looked at every gold coin he had. Xu Jie is also quite demanding about the tonnage and performance of the battleship. The layout of the central axis cannot be changed, the 3 turrets and 9 guns cannot be less, the distance between the turrets must be maintained, and the protection and speed, which one is cut are all Xu Jie does not want to see. So the problem came to a dead end.

But at this moment, a designer named Xiao Fuhan from the Huaxia Design Bureau submitted a design idea, it turned out that at the same time that Yan Boxun sent the relevant questions to Xu Jie, he also sent them to several senior designers of the Huaxia Naval Design Institute, after all, Xu Jie has a lot of things to do as the prime minister, and at most he is to give an instruction, and these people in the Huaxia Design Institute are specialized in this, and they have enough time to deal with this matter.

I have to say that the designer named Xiao Fuhan really took into account Xu Jie's requirements for this fast battleship, and the tonnage did not increase, but this layout is indeed quite alternative! The bow was still in the bow layout, followed by a triple 12-inch main turret, but the other two turrets were placed at the rear, with the second turret on the extended bow tower. While the third turret was lowered by one deck layout, and between the two turrets in the rear were placed auxiliary engine rooms.

This layout not only balances the weight of the front and rear of the battleship, but also saves a lot of weight, for example, because of the rear of the turret and auxiliary engine room, which shortens the length of the bow tower. And because it is a tail carry, not a bow carry, the weight of a whole gun mount is saved. In addition, the center of gravity is lowered and stability is increased. It's a pretty good design, but the only problem is that the design reduces the forward firepower, and the way the heavy fire is arranged at the back gives the feeling of being ready to run away before ......the fight starts.

And it is this design that makes people who have seen it only shake their heads. Minister of the Navy Yang Yonglin even joked that this battleship is more suitable for the rearguard! However, as a technical bureaucrat, Xu Jie didn't care much about such an evaluation, all he cared about was how high the performance of this battleship was.

And what about the rear of the artillery? There is very little situation between the bow and the stern of the two battleships, at least there is some distance between the two sides in the longitudinal direction, and the turrets in the rear also have a considerable firing range in the front, just like the French Richelieus battleship in his plane, although the turrets are all front, but the rear is only 60 degrees that the main gun cannot cover. Therefore, in the vast majority of cases, such a design does not lack forward firepower, and on the battle line, both sides are engaged in flank battles, and the issue of firepower is no different from the orthodox layout.

"If it's ugly, it's ugly, anyway, use it the same, being able to fight, resist and run is combat effectiveness." In the end, Xu Jie finally agreed, and just like that, the first battleship in the world with more backward firepower than forward firepower came out. And when Yan Boxun saw this telegram, he also shook his head helplessly, "I don't know if the arrogant Germans will accept such a layout, Boss Xu is a practical person, but Wilhelm II can take face very seriously." The end result was that the Germans would rather increase their weight than accept such a battleship that seemed ready to flee at any moment, but of course, this is a story for later.

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