With the increasing strength of the Northwest, Yang Yuanzhao's influence on the entire China has put China on a completely different path. With the intensification of China's influence, it has also increasingly affected the world situation.

In the end, Germany did not benefit from Russia in the war in history. The Eastern Front was more passive and did not take the initiative to attack. Although later, after the revolution dismantled Russia, it signed an agreement, and before they could digest these territories, the situation followed sharply, and the Allies gained an absolute advantage. The United States participated in the war, and a revolution broke out in Germany. In the end, Germany had no choice but to withdraw from the war.

But at this time, history had changed. The United States had joined the war in 1914 and fell into the quagmire of protracted war. Even if it would benefit, it would be reduced due to large losses. With the support of the Northwest, Germany's situation in the army was much larger than in history, and it was not weak in the navy. Although it could not break through the Baltic Sea, Britain did not dare to force it too much.

Under such circumstances, Germany has the ability to interfere in Russia. The most important thing is that Russia provoked in the Far East and was taken away by the northwest, and suffered a great loss. Not only was its own territory occupied, but the entire Siberia was in danger. It finally captured 20 million square kilometers of land. Of course, Russia was not willing to lose it just like this, and the Chita was a middle point. If it was lost, it would involve a distance of millions of square kilometers. The Tsar himself was a vengeful person. After suffering such a big loss, he would certainly take revenge.

If Russia and China fight in the Far East, it will be Germany's opportunity. Not only will it level East Prussia, but it will take down the Transcaucasus and Baku by taking down the Transcaucasus and Baku. It is a foregone conclusion and it will be easy to take it down.

A series of changes have also made Germany prepare. The navy is still at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, fighting with Britain in the mine sweeping competition. After half a month of rest, the Scher fleet began adaptive training. In fact, it cannot be said to be adaptive, but most of the navy have only been resting for a long time and recovered their state.

Scher has always been strict with his subordinates. He has almost made a requirement from beginning to end for more than two years of training and fighting in Southeast Asia. So, after one day, the mental outlook of the entire fleet changed and became energetic.

On December 20, with Christmas still five days left, William II took the time to watch the exercises of the Schell fleet with Tirpitz.

The Scher fleet was very powerful, which was recognized by the entire Navy. Sinking five battleships, as well as many auxiliary ships, heavy numbers proved his strength, but how powerful it was. This is something everyone had questions, especially Tirpitz, who was appointed as the commander of the High Seas Fleet, but the strategic intention was still to be formulated by the General Staff and Tirpitz. If you don't see the strength of the Scher fleet with your own eyes, Tirpitz was not at all relieved.

The best observation position on the Commander Tower, Schell welcomed William II and Tirpitz in. In fact, at the welcoming ceremony. William II had already reached the fantasy level, but he was outside at that time. He did not enter the Commander Tower, but now he comes in, with novelty everywhere.

In William II's view, this commander tower is very wide, with a wide field of vision, which is better than other warships in this regard, but he did not realize what this means. The commander tower shoulders the role of commanding the entire warship, and his importance is self-evident. In theory, the higher the position, the broader the field of vision, the better.

But the Commander Tower is where the commander is located. The safety of the commander is a top priority for a fleet. If a fleet does not have the command of the commander, it will become a mess. Not to mention playing a powerful role, it would be good to be able to protect yourself.

Therefore, in the design of the command tower, any warship designer is very contradictory. He must ensure safety and have a broad vision. In the constant entanglement, most of the command towers are not high, and even the field of view is only a few windows. The reason is that the command tower is too important. In terms of observation and safety performance, the Germans chose safety performance. As for observation, other methods can be compensated.

For such a fantasy-level warship, the commander tower is at the highest point of the main building and is quite wide. In front of them, it is a result of a three-sided ridge shape, which seems to have a little astigmatism. They can see the entire front half of the area.

The fantasy level is very tall. Even after entering the water, the highest point is 65 meters above the water surface. The position of the commander tower is actually above 55 meters. At this height and a wide field of view, you can clearly see everything on the battlefield.

"Sher, what's going on? This vision is very good, but it's on protection!"

There is no problem with protection! When Scher saw Tirpitz pointing at the transparent glass, he understood what he was thinking. In fact, when he was walking on the first time of his fantasy, he was worried at that time, but the Northwest proved his protection with actual conditions.

First of all, it looks like glass, but it is an alloy similar to glass. Only four fantasy-class commander towers use this, and even Orion has not been used. The broad and transparent vision can help the commander determine the situation on the battlefield more easily, but this glass is not fragile, it is extremely strong.

During the experiment in the shipyard, he could block the attack of the 15-inch cannon using tungsten armor-piercing bombs at about 7 kilometers, without even a trace, and directly bounced off the attack.

The reason why it is so powerful is that its structure is similar to the atomic bond of diamond, with a hardness exceeding 9.5. The most important thing is that its toughness is far greater than that of ordinary people just now, which is why it bounces out the tungsten core armor-piercing bomb.

After listening to Scher's explanation, Tirpitz was still a little worried. After all, compared with thick and black steel plates, transparent glass products did not look so reliable.

Tirpitz did not worry about this, but began to ask Schell about his next combat plan.

The combat plan is very simple, almost a replica of the exercise in Southeast Asia. There are five projects in total. The first one is to use a high-speed destroyer of more than 40 knots to drag about 1,200 tons of target ships, so that the target ship can run at a speed of 33 knots, a total of 12 ships. The Scher fleet needs to sink them within 5 rounds.

Others are similar, and they are tested in different environments. The attack power of warships is specifically mentioned. The armor-piercing bombs are tested. Since Germany has no physical objects and cannot remove the artillery and go to the test site on the land for testing, it can only fix a target ship at sea. The entire superstructure has a square target of 20 meters long, width and height. It is constructed with average high hard steel. Although it is not as good as the armored steel used on the warships, it is more suitable for testing the armor-piercing capabilities of naval guns.

The previous projects are extremely difficult in the eyes of officers of the High Seas Fleet, but for the Scher Fleet, they are usually prescribed subjects, even a little more difficult than prescribed subjects. You should know that under the limit, the target ship is definitely not 1,200 tons, but has been replaced by about 50 tons. The distance is also more than 12 kilometers, rather than about 7 kilometers now.

The projects were completed one by one, and William II was watching the fun. Every time the warship of the Sher fleet hit, they received warm applause. He didn't know that all the naval officers were shocked and joked that they were far away 7 kilometers away. The rules were operated at about 33 knots. Their body was small and only 1,200 tons of high-speed target ships were still hit within 5 rounds. The speed of each round was very fast, and they were finished in less than 2 minutes. This was too exaggerated. Even the Sher fleet had not been arranged into a scattered line. How could all the naval guns aimed in one direction?

Amid everyone's doubts, the last test was started. This time it was Scher's car to complete it. Tirpitz and William II were also quite excited. Although they were not responsible, the shells fired from the ship at his feet.

Schell's order was very calm, using the tungsten-core armor-piercing shell. Tirpitz didn't care much about it. Then, 10 main guns fired volleys, even at the 45,000 tons of fantasy level, and the sound of cannons in the distance was rumbling and the light flashed.

Facing a fixed target, even if the aiming system is not used, the fleet's hit rate is extremely high, not to mention that the aiming system is used, the first round of shooting, 10 artillery, and finally hit 8 shots, of which 7 shots were hit in position, which showed the hit rate very much.

This target ship is more important than sink resistance, even with thousands of tons of targets. The first round of volleys of the Scher fleet has already shown its effect. Next, it is to check the quality of the effect.

Radio is still very convenient. After the first round of volleys, several speedboats rushed towards the target ship and the data was quickly given. When the correspondent finished translating and gave the data to Tirpitz, Tirpitz almost thought the data had gone wrong.

The armor-piercing shell with a tungsten core faces the homogeneous armor. The armor-piercing ability is still worthy of recognition. Each shell hits only, and the deepest one reaches 72 cm, which represents the armor-piercing ability of 72 mm. Even if converted to carburized armor, it is easy to pass through 30 cm steel plates.

In terms of armor from this era, 15 cm is already a very thick armor, and 30 cm is almost impossible. In this sense, the armor-piercing ability of this armor-piercing shell can pass through the armor of any main battleship or the front armor.

Tirpitz is the creator of the High Seas Fleet. Of course, he is very clear about the technology. He knows that even a 15-inch cannon cannot have such powerful abilities. He was very interested in fantasy-level attack power before, and now he is directly asked the question, why is it so powerful?

Of course, Schell knew why he was so powerful. He had suspected it before, but the tungsten core armor-piercing bullet used his ability to prove his strength. When Tirpitz asked, he introduced it naturally.

Ordinary armor-piercing bombs are almost 30% worse than tungsten-core armor-piercing bombs. Such armor-piercing ability has certainly attracted Tirpiertz's attention. A shell has such a huge ability. Tirpiertz certainly would not let go of such a weapon. He even wanted to exterminate the public damaging effects of tungsten-core armor-piercing bombs.

However, after asking about the cost of the tungsten-core armor-piercing bomb, Tirpitz stopped talking. The cost of a shell was almost 10 times that of an ordinary steel-core armor-piercing bomb. Such a cost could not be popularized on the high seas fleet at all.

It was from this moment that Tirpitz realized that the powerful Schell fleet was almost piled up with money. It was not only expensive to build, but also very expensive to use. The 15-inch tungsten-core armor-piercing bomb and the owner's extremely strong penetration ability. The High Seas Fleet and most of the British Navy's main battleships could not withstand its attack from normal angles.

But such shells are really not worth fighting. Sheer is used to it. Besides, he has gained a lot in Southeast Asia. At that time, the Navy Department was thousands of miles away, and there was nothing else except to guarantee the payment of wages in China. The entire operation and training cost was handed over to Sheer. Sheer had no concern after gaining huge gains. It was just this kind of strengthening training that created a powerful fleet like Sheer. However, after he really came back, Tirpitz had a headache. The cost was too high. The tungsten core armor-piercing shell was 10 times that of ordinary steel-core armor-piercing shells. When it was used on a large scale, it was really a little expensive, but it was impossible to ignore it. The power of the battleship lies in the main gun. In order to save money, he gave up the powerful main gun and replaced it with weaker shells. In this regard, no one would do it.

In addition to this, fuel consumption is also a huge aspect. The giant ship with a capacity of more than 45,000 tons must be at a speed of about 25 knots. Even if China's engines are relatively fuel-efficient, the kinetic energy is basically more than the two in the Bavarian class.

For such a big guy, Tirpitz loves and hates his strength. Any naval officer doesn't want a powerful warship that can lay the foundation. However, the price of this warship is really painful. The shells are relatively expensive, and fuel is even more expensive. Especially when driving at high speed, all the supplies were borne by the northwest before. Schell didn't think that when the supplies were handed over to Germany, he almost felt this difference. Germany lacked oil. Even if it was smuggled with Russia, he had heard the complaints of the officials in charge of logistics more than once. Fantasy level was really an oil tiger.

For Schell, it is more convenient to occupy Baku only if you don’t have money or need less money. In the mind of the Navy, after occupying Baku, you will get a stable supply of oil. This desire is stronger than the army. Oil can not only be used by Germany, but also have long-term trading varieties with China. Although it needs to be replaced with oil pipes, it is always much stronger than empty ones. From China, there are not liquids. In addition, if some other oil barrels are used and freight cars are used, it is not impossible. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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