After the situation changed, Betty's thinking became much more conservative. She also had some resistance and dissatisfaction with the idea of ​​​​Fisher's high-speed battleship. After all, he would lead a fast fleet to fight in the future, and get a lot of crispy skins on it.

How about being knocked away directly?

?Ever since, due to a strange combination of circumstances, Jericho and Betty, two people who were originally at odds or even considered competitors, actually formed a temporary alliance. And the sharp blade of this alliance was aimed at Fisher.

This is the top leader of the navy, and the latter still doesn't know anything about it.

"I wonder what you think of Australia and New Zealand's purchase of Chinese warships? This will very likely cause dissatisfaction among some powerful factions within the empire?" In Shanghai, after Betty just met the Australian envoy, the other party's first words were:

Showing some apprehension and uneasiness.

"Probably not. The British Empire will not interfere with the Dominion's purchase of warships. This is your freedom, and Mr. Churchill has agreed to this operation on behalf of the Colonial Office. As long as Australia and New Zealand can fulfill their commitments and send these two warships together in wartime

If a battleship is incorporated into the Grand Fleet, then the British Empire will not interfere but will only help." Betty, as the envoy of the Celestial Empire, said with a smile.

Then Betty and the two special envoys carried out the following division of labor. Betty and the naval team led by him were responsible for technical matters, while the two special envoys were responsible for the formulation of specific contracts. What? Didn’t it mean that the first time I came here was for an inspection? But according to

Betty's idea is that as soon as she comes to China, she must finalize these two battleships.

The ordering contract for the ship was because the battleship Fisher had randomly created did not meet Betty's needs, so Betty had to find it herself. As for spending money? Betty doesn't have to worry about this. There are two countries, Australia and New Zealand. Usually, there are two countries, Australia and New Zealand.

It's their battleship again, it's worth spending a little more money to buy something better.

And judging from the current situation, Australia and New Zealand have no better choice. Apart from the Chinese and British ships, the American ships are not favored by the two countries. The Germans and Italians will not use their precious ships at all.

Sell ​​the dreadnoughts to future enemies. And buy the British ships? Cheaper is cheaper

Some. But even Betty didn’t say good things about British ships. The meaning of this is really intriguing. Does Betty not trust the shipyards of her country? Although Betty did not say it clearly (it would be a political issue to say so).

But the special envoys of the two countries still felt it to some extent.

At this time, Yan Boxun, the shipbuilding rear admiral of the Chinese Naval Design Institute, was somewhat unable to recover. Yan Boxun, who was angry at losing the order from Argentina due to a bad start some time ago, had just recovered from the blow when he discovered that the British

It actually came! And it also brought a big business! Two British brothers, Australia and New Zealand, actually came to China to order warships. This made Yan Boxun a little confused. When will the proud British Royal Navy buy foreign ships?

Really? It’s a bit unreliable.

As a result, after comprehensively analyzing the intelligence on the new British ships, Yan Boxun was delighted. He had figured out some of the internal reasons, that is, some British naval commanders could no longer stand Fisher's fast battleship plan.

They finally couldn't stand those thin-skinned and cheap things! So under the planning of some people (Jericho?) they finally started taking action!

"Boss, the British have come to buy ships, what should we do?" Yan Boxun said on the phone, both young and old. "Of course they were bullied by children. Do you remember what I said about European suicide? I think China has

We need to make the killing between them more brutal. How can we just strengthen one of them? The other also needs to be strengthened." On the other end of the phone, Xu Jie said rather sinisterly.

"Okay, it's easy to say. Everything is taken care of by me. I also want to ask if my commission can be higher." After so many years, Yan Boxun still can't change his habit of talking about things.[

"General Betty, if you have seen the design drawings of the new British warships. Then look at our design drawings, you will find that our work is absolutely a masterpiece, 100% conscience. In terms of design and materials,

It is definitely not comparable to those cheap ones. I have always believed that as the bravest warrior, he should be equipped with the sharpest sword and the strongest armor, and this armor must be able to cope with various forms of challenges!" Yan Boxun said.

"General Betty, before looking at the picture, I think I should first introduce the design ideas of our country's warships and the lessons learned from the Second Sino-Russian War. In future naval battles, the past 8-inch armor will

Gone are the days of being able to defend against 12-inch main gun attacks! In this Sino-Russian war, we based on the artillery fire records and the analysis of captured Russian ships

According to the investigation, it can be determined that our country's 12-inch armor-piercing can penetrate at least 8-inch armor at a distance of 9,000 meters. Considering the advancement of artillery technology, I think that in future naval battles, facing the attack of 14-inch naval guns, the thickness of the armor

It must be above 12 inches to be safe. After all, the muzzle velocity of the latter is higher than that of the 12-inch 45l gun, and the weight of the gun has increased by more than 50%."

"As you can see, in the face of the main gun attack, it is obviously very difficult to keep more than two decks on the water under the protection of the main armor. If calculated based on the height of each cabin of 24 meters, then

The above-water part alone is 48 meters, and with the underwater extension, the height may reach 6 meters or more. And the weight price to pay is really a bit high."

"But the protection of the upper deck can be reduced, for example, from 12 inches to 9 inches." A British naval designer next to Betty said.

"Of course you can do this, but what is the purpose of doing this?" Yan Boxun asked rhetorically. "The ultra-long-range main gun of the battleship itself is a kind of protection, allowing it to launch attacks beyond the effective range of battleships equipped with medium-caliber artillery.

, so it is completely unnecessary for 9-inch armor to defend against medium-caliber artillery. And 9-inch armor cannot defend against main gun attacks, so tell me, what is the significance of this armor? And in the future, we will face various challenges

It’s a lot, and the weight is very tight.”

"First of all, in this naval battle, as the combat distance increased, this situation occurred in the water. The gun did not sink to the bottom immediately after entering the water, but righted it. It continued to move forward for a period of time like a torpedo. If your ship is lucky

If it's not good, then it is very likely to win the lottery, and the penetrating power of the cannon is higher than that of the torpedo. Although it is a small number after all, once it hits, the consequences will be very serious. So I save weight to increase the defense strength of the underwater protective wall.

"

"Secondly, according to our research, about half of the hits in the Sino-Russian naval battle hit the horizontal armor. In other words, all side string protection including upper armor, gun gallery armor and main armor, even if the maximum protection is achieved,

At best, it can only block more than half of the hits. To block the remaining cannons, you must strengthen

Horizontal protection, and I think anyone who has studied elementary mathematics should be aware of a problem, that is, with the same thickness, horizontal armor is several times heavier than vertical armor. And if we want to strengthen horizontal protection, this weight

It must be squeezed out from the weakened vertical protection!"

"For horizontal protection, I personally think that the protective effect of a single layer of large-thickness armor is much better than that of double or even three layers. For example, the same protection weight is 80mm. If the double layer is made into 60mm20mm, 80mm armor can be used.

The blocked cannon will penetrate the 60mm armor, and the thickness of the lower armor cannot even protect against the fragments generated after the explosion, so it can be said that this layer of protection is wasted."

"The reason why our battleship design is so conscientious in terms of horizontal protection is not just because the thick armor tubes are enough, but also because we have specially designed a layer above the main armor, that is, the upper deck, which is sufficient.

Thickness of shipbuilding steel, about 40

mm, as an auxiliary protective layer for the main armor. In addition, there is a layer of teak and a layer of 25mm structural steel on the north side of the main armor with a thickness of 90mm as an anti-collapse layer. Even if it is hit by a gun, no pieces will fall into the core compartment.

!A good conscience!”

"As for weapon protection, the 360mm main armor on the front of our turret can definitely block the attack of any 14-inch artillery, and there are 50mm thick armor partitions between the artillery. Even if one artillery is destroyed, it will never affect the others.

When it comes to the use of artillery, in terms of the design of the gun mount, we have made a clever layout to avoid the turret being stuck as much as possible. Therefore, the main gun on the battleship you purchased will definitely perform well, as long as you have the gun

We can fight from the beginning to the end of the war!"

"In addition, you are concerned about the steering gear, transmission shaft and lightning protection. The steering gear has a special armor box protection, and its defense level is the same as the core area. The upper part of the transmission shaft is covered with a thick layer of dome armor, and the thickest part

The level of 100mm is enough to withstand most strikes. In addition to increasing the thickness of TS and using refined lightning protection compartments, we can also use full fuel

In the boiler, after there is no coal, the opening of the fuel warehouse will be very small, which helps to increase the structural strength. The power cabin also adopts a separate compartment design. Even if it is unfortunately penetrated, it will not lose power at once. How about it? Very good

Right?" I have to say that Yan Boxun is more talented in sales than Xu Jie, and when he said one sentence, Betty and others were stunned. At least that's what he felt.

"It's good, at least they didn't lie to us in terms of ideas." After the meeting with Yan Boxun, a British designer said to Betty.

"I have reviewed the design drawings of the Dreadnought-class battleship. They have almost made adjustments based on the defense standards of the Dreadnought-class battleship. The side strings use sloped armor, and the upper edge of the main armor is connected to the horizontal. The upper armor is only 70mm to resist 6

The same is true for inch artillery attack and underwater defense. However,

It is just that the coal bunker is replaced by an oil tank, which is more optimized. The enemy, Longtai and Longxing and the current class of battleships can be said to be of the same origin. Compared with the battleships we are about to move now, this class of battleships is definitely excellent in performance.

!Especially defense." The designer said very sincerely.

"That's easy. Let's draft a document and let the Australians and New Zealanders prepare the money." Betty nodded with satisfaction.

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Chapter completed!