With the end of the Daring incident in 1910, the world gradually returned to calm. Even the most radical British people began to focus on their own lives. The ordinary people were running for their own lives. And the world seemed to

Forgot all this. But in the eyes of discerning people, this is just the last calm before the storm! All countries in the world that can be called great powers have not relaxed their work. Yes, all countries in the world, including the Republic of China

!

In March 1911, the Chinese Navy, which had been dormant for a long time, finally decided to build new battleships. The Navy of the Chinese Republic, which had not received a new battleship since 1906, finally decided to restart the construction of new battleships after a lapse of five years.

What is different from the past is that the battleships started this time will all be built in domestic shipyards, and domestic components will be used as much as possible.

Almost at the same time, on the slipways of China's Kaohsiung Naval Shipyard and Dalian Naval Shipyard, with the lowering of two keels, the construction of battleships numbered No. 10 and No. 11 officially began, and Xu Jie even participated in the Dalian Navy

The groundbreaking ceremony of the shipyard. Many people believe that this event represents that the development of the Chinese Navy has re-entered the fast lane. After all,

The Republic of China has sold a Longteng-class battleship to Greece and will soon deliver it. Although the Longxu-class battlecruiser has not been in service for a long time, it has experienced a series of high-intensity naval battles, so it is retained

There are many hidden problems. Coupled with the rapid development of the navy, the Longxu-class battlecruiser has lagged behind the times.

Although the Longtai-class fast battleships and Longxing-class battleships have greatly improved their firepower through gun replacement, their firepower levels have only just reached the basic level of new warships of the great powers. In terms of protection, they still have some advantages compared with the Allied warships, but

In terms of power, they lag behind the new warships of various countries. After all, Longxing and Longtai were built too early. And the speed of technological progress is very fast.

As for the specific performance of these two battleships, the Republic of China did not reveal much information, so various countries have various speculations about these two new battleships. Most people believe that this battleship will be the takeaway battleship of the year.

The improved version is a fast battleship equipped with nine 14-inch guns, because since the Longxing, the Chinese Republic has never built a pure one.

Low-speed battleships. Moreover, the Chinese Republic has completed several take-out battleships. It is very familiar with its performance and construction process. Directly continuing to build such battleships will undoubtedly have the least risk. And judging from the situation in the past few years, the Chinese Republic seems to have a strong military position.

Investment is very restrained, and there is no pressure now, so it is unlikely to build a larger warship.

However, in the internal information of various navies, they have mentioned more than once that the new battleships of the Chinese Republic may be equipped with 12 14-inch naval guns or 9 15-inch naval guns. Because in the eyes of these naval elites, the Chinese Republic has never

Lack of courage and ambition. They have always been able to grasp the development direction of the world's navy, and their pursuit of firepower is never-ending. The battleships they built are almost the most powerful battleships of the same era, the British battleships.

It has been equipped with 10 343mm main guns and is preparing to equip 15-inch guns. The Germans are preparing to equip the new König-class battleship with 10 350mm main guns. Even the Tennessee-class battleship that the Americans are preparing to start construction will be equipped with 12 14-inch guns.

, this information is not very confidential, and it is not very difficult for China to obtain this information. Therefore, the Republic of China will not tolerate the firepower of its warships being too different from the new warships of other powers.

Different from China's obscurity, both the British and the Germans announced new shipbuilding plans in a high-profile manner. In 1911, the British officially announced that they would build five new Queen Elizabeth-class battleships! "This class of battleships will use the great Queen

Named after! It will become the true mainstay of the British Empire Navy! We are tired of competing in numbers, we

The warships will overwhelm their opponents in terms of quantity and quality, and the new 15-inch heavy guns will appear in the Royal Navy's ordnance list! Its powerful firepower will destroy any enemy that appears on the sea level! And its protection will overwhelm any enemy.

A potential enemy!" At the groundbreaking ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth class, Churchill, the British Lord of the Admiralty, said with confidence.

The British now need a piece of news that can re-energize the navy and the people, an opportunity to restore the reputation of the Royal Navy! And a more powerful warship can obviously meet this requirement! "It will be unparalleled in the world." When Churchill talked about this

When asked about the design requirements for a battleship, he kept repeating. This battleship will

It is equipped with the same 8 15-inch L42 naval guns as in history. But in terms of protection, this battleship is obviously much more powerful than the historical Queen Elizabeth class, because the performance of the Australia class battleship has already been put in place. British designers

We really cannot allow our new warship to be inferior to a Chinese warship in terms of defense!

For this reason, the designer positioned the defense standard as 15-inch-thick armor on the side chord, and kept it tilted at 18 degrees! The height reached 4.2 meters! The main level was connected to the upper edge of the main body, maintaining a thickness of 110mm. In addition, the turret

And the armor of the gun mount has also been strengthened unprecedentedly. The front of the turret is 16 inches, and the armor of the gun mount has also been strengthened.

Above 380mm! In order to save weight, this class of battleships shortened the percentage of the main armor belt as much as possible, and the area covered by the main armor box was only 52%. Moreover, the armor and upper armor at the front and rear were weakened as much as possible, and their thickness was reduced

At 120mm, it can only resist the attack of secondary guns.

In terms of power, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships will all use oil-fired boilers and new steam turbines. The output power will strive to reach 60,000 horsepower, so that the battleship with a displacement of nearly 30,000 tons can reach a speed of more than 24 knots. In order to achieve this

First requirement, in addition to speed, the designer’s requirements for the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship

The modification of the battleship is also very important. No less than 27 various models have been built for pool experiments. In terms of underwater defense, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship will adopt the American five-layer underwater protection system to ensure protection against torpedoes and mines.

Defensive performance, of course, after learning from the lesson of the Bold, subdivided compartments and sufficient depth must still be guaranteed.

The British are not afraid that the Germans will build more powerful battleships for this class of super battleships, because this is just the tip of the iceberg of a huge future shipbuilding plan. The five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships that have just started are just the first batch built by the British.

15-inch carrier ship.

Construction of five 15-inch battleships named Revenge-class will begin later. Except for the slightly lower speed, their performance in all aspects is similar to the Queen Elizabeth-class. Moreover, these five ships are only the first batch of plans. If it cannot be suppressed,

If so, the British will add 3 more ships!

In addition to new battleships, the British also plan to put 15-inch naval guns on battlecruisers! In the future, the British plan to start construction of three battlecruisers equipped with 6 15-inch naval guns. According to their estimates, although

There are only 6 guns, but the firepower is still high

However, it is one level better than the Lion class! Of course, these battleships will be pure battlecruisers, with a speed of at least 26 knots, and the armor protection can only be temporarily reduced to about 280mm. There is no way, there are too many boilers.

The hull is too long….

I have to say that the British Empire Navy at this time can be described as a big dog. That is quite awesome. Although its opponent, the Germans, also decided to start construction of 4 King Albert-class battleships, in terms of momentum, first of all

I lost a lot, the reason is very simple

, the four König-class battleships built by the Germans are all equipped with 14-inch naval guns, and the number is only 10. On paper, they are slightly stronger than the Audacious class. In terms of defense and speed, they are basically the same as the Caesars.

It's almost the same level, it's just an improved version.

Although the Germans have a plan to build four Bismarck-class battleships equipped with 10 15-inch naval guns, this plan has not yet been carried out. The earliest construction time is expected to be at the end of 1912, and the earliest service time will be postponed to 1915.

The year was even 1916! And according to the Kaiser’s hint

, the start of the war cannot be later than 15 years at the latest, which means that these battleships will not be used when the war begins, and once the war officially begins, Germany's military spending will definitely tilt towards the army. There are some things that Tirpitz cannot say clearly.

, that is, he believes that the four Bismarck-class battleships will become the swan song of the German High Seas Fleet!

Originally, according to Tirpitz's wishes, he had to add two more fast battleships, but after looking at his wallet and looking at the quotation, Tirpitz said there was nothing he could do! In 1912, construction of two Bismarck-class ships began.

After the battleships and 1 fast battleship, two more Bismarck-class battleships will be added in 2013. The remaining money will add at most one more! If Germany

If the emperor decides to start a war in 2014, I'm afraid he won't even be able to pay for one ship. It's not that the money given is small, but that the Bismarck-class battleships are too big and expensive! The cost is 3 million pounds! Is it possible? Is it possible?

Yes! And the cost of a pure high-speed 8-gun fast battleship is estimated to be no less than this figure! After a long arms race, the Germans also expressed that they could no longer bear it.

Now China has just entered the competition, and Britain and Germany have been competing for more than 7 years. France, Italy, and Austria said that it would be good if they could complete the current plan, and they have no idea or energy to continue to follow up. As for the Russians?

Okay, Russia is a supplement.

The debts owed in the past. The Americans seem to be unmoved by external things. Everything is going on step by step, unhurriedly, starting construction of two to three battleships every year... All countries are close to the limit, and the results after the limit

It’s the final showdown between the two sides!
Chapter completed!