The stunned Germans could not say a word, especially the authenticity of the naval guns before, but now, the real examples left them speechless, especially the lieutenant colonel officer, who had been in China for a short time and had come to China since 1897. A few years had returned to China, but overall, in his impression, the Chinese were ignorant and timid, and when did they have such strong industrial production capacity?

If the most cutting-edge thing at sea, scientific and industrial capabilities are warships, then artillery is another land-based cutting-edge. In terms of overall technical level, artillery is more difficult than warships. Take dreadnoughts as an example. Since the British started the era of dreadnoughts, many countries have entered the ranks of uninformed construction, including Britain, France, Russia, Austro-Hungary, Italy, the United States, and even Japan now. However, there are not many countries that can produce naval guns. The core of these are Britain, Germany, France, the United States, Austro-Hungary and other countries, which are only owned after the two countries spread their technology.

But now, a country that was still poor and could not even produce matches a few years ago, could produce things like battleships and naval guns. No matter how you look at it, he felt illusory. However, the things are really in front of you, and even the development of the northwest, he knew a little about these changes. These changes all came from the young Chinese who was only 30 years old.

Seeing the Germans' transition from surprise to admiration, Yang Yuanzhao didn't say much, but in fact, the Northwest still had a hand. As for naval guns, the Northwest did not hide anything at all. The power of this thing is as much power as it is. If it is weakened, it would be too troublesome. It can only reduce the caliber. You can't take out an inappropriate 14.5 inches. The original Bavarian-level is 15 inches, but the body is lowered by a little, only about 42.

The one hand left in the northwest is nothing more than armor-piercing bombs. In fact, what we have tested now looks amazing, but it is just an ordinary shell, with at most a little armor-piercing design. A real armor-piercing bomb can be increased by about 20% on this basis, which is extremely amazing. In this way, even the key parts of the battleship may not be able to block the attack of such a shell. The armor-piercing bombs are powerful, but they are too heavy. To obtain enough initial velocity and range, they must

You need to increase the charge. Fire one round is equivalent to more than 3 rounds of ordinary shells, which will cause great damage to the barrel. Even if it is northwest materials and performance is higher than that of English and German, the lifespan of ordinary caliber can reach 350 to 400 rounds, but with armor-piercing shells, the maximum lifespan is only 100 rounds. This is also a very helpless result. It has great power but cannot be used for more purposes. Otherwise, the barrel will be changed in one or two battles, which is a bit unpaid.

The artillery armor-piercing experiment is just one of the 15-inch naval guns. Next, a series of basic tests were conducted to test the performance, firepower, durability, fire rate and controllability of the 15-inch naval gun in all aspects, especially durability. When more than 300 consecutive rounds were fired, there was no problem. When the performance and accuracy of the artillery were not greatly weakened, the lieutenant colonel's mouth was completely opened. He knew that this 15-inch cannon was good, but it was so outstanding that they never expected. As for the Bavarian and naval gun data that the lieutenant colonel knew, the power of this cannon was much better than the 15-inch cannon designed by the Bavarian class.

There are many projects that need to be tested in a complete test. Yang Yuanzhao also spent a lot of money for the Germans and almost destroyed these two gun barrels. If imported or purchased, the price is almost high. In the end, it depends on whether the other party is interested in selling it to you. However, for countries that can produce, the waste of cannons cannot be replenished and then processed, which is not much, mainly due to the time and the consumption of various machines.

The two guns were completely destroyed in three days. The indicators for the newly made 15-inch naval gun in the northwest have basically come out. The lieutenant colonel officers wrote in detail and recorded the process and data of this experiment. Then, through top-secret channels, they sent it to Germany. They did not use the previous telegram lines, but radio technology.

It was not that the northwest opened radio technology to Germany, but that Germany gradually developed. Radio technology, in the First Balkan War, had begun to be applied to war. Although it was primary, not far away, and not very reliable, it had already shown its charm. All countries paid attention to this technology and even set up various laboratories for it. Some technologies that were used in the northwest, such as increasing the density of machine guns, the application of artillery and barbed wire, all appeared in the Balkan War, and thus affected the entire European army.

Radio technology also played a considerable role in this war, and Germany also attached great importance to it. They are the world's leading in natural science research. They have done a deep job in basic radio technology research and have specially built secret lines, which can at least allow Germany to contact Basra through Baotou and then transmit them to Berlin, Germany through the secret line of the Baghdad Railway. In this way, they can bypass the previous telegram lines. After all, they were built under the leadership of Britain and France, and many confidential things cannot be transmitted through that line.

Berlin, the Admiralty Department, Tirpitz looked at the telegram in his hand and looked disbelief. The previous fantasy-level artillery technical parameters were sent to Germany by Fabian very early. The entire fantasy-level design has many breakthroughs. Overall, it is good and the design is more reasonable, but many projects cannot or are difficult to achieve.

Among them, there is especially the naval gun aspect, which was judged by Krupp's designers that it would not be possible to achieve within at least 5 years. However, now, these parameters are clearly marked, and even slightly higher than the previous fantasy-level parameters. This is not a design number, but a reality. They watched the final results obtained after the test with their own eyes.

In the duel between battleships, Germany advocates anti-sinking ability, and Britain advocates firepower. However, for the modified king-level, facing such 15-inch cannons, it is as weak as paper. Even if the northwest protective armor is used, it only ensures key areas. In some areas where the deck is relatively weak, such cannons will sink a little more if they are shot.

"Call the Krupp's artillery expert immediately!" Tirpitz didn't care about his anger. He still had to ask the experts for some professional things.

After the Krupp's expert arrived, he read the telegram and was disbelief at first. Especially the above parameters, he said it was impossible. This must be a bold designer with forward-looking data. Although the design is very reasonable, it is very difficult to achieve. Not to mention 5 years, it may not be possible in 10 years.

Seeing these senior designers criticizing this indicator repeatedly, Tirpitz was helpless, sighed and told them clearly that this was no longer a design on paper, but a real artillery that was put into practice. They stopped talking. The design could be fake and empty. If they really wanted to write, a design that was 10 times higher than the data above, or even 20 times, could be easily made. At most, they were looking for rationality. Similar forward-looking designs have many similar forward-looking designs, and even 600 mm caliber. It is not easy to have something real. You said that this performance can always be seen, and this can be tested casually, and it is easy to be exposed. The Northwest cannot be in this regard, and it means that the Northwest has really been made. How long has it been? Last year, the Northwest introduced things to them. Isn't it true that this year, this is a big killer. Is this reality?

"Now don't talk about yours and mine, just say, can this artillery be used at the Bavarian level?" Tirpitz looked at the designers and said straight to the point.

Several designers began to carefully check the data, and even draw it according to everything on the data. After a few people discussed it fiercely, they answered cautiously: "Yes, of course, the total weight of this cannon is about 7 tons lighter than our 15-inch cannon, and the overall volume is about 10% smaller. It can be installed on the Bavarian level, but it requires subtle adjustments."

"Then let's adjust it. I'm going to see that such a game cannon is used at the Bavarian class!" Tirpitz knew very well that such an excellent gun could save 56 tons of weight for 8 guns. This is almost a tiny number for a traitor who is nearly 30,000 tons. However, the 10% volume saving has a great effect. A 56 tons of armor may not necessarily increase the entire 10,000-ton giant ship, but it has a lot of protection. However, a certain amount of space is enough to place more cabins and watertight warehouses. The overall performance of the warship is greatly improved.

Because of the emergence of the Northwest artillery, the design of the Bavarian class has changed, and even accelerated the progress of the Bavarian class. Artillery is one of the very important subsystems of battleships. In many cases, warships are waiting for the cannons. The cannons in the northwest have sufficient quality and a lifespan of 350 rounds is at least 70% higher than the Bavarian class in the design. The most important thing is that their body ratio is 48 times, and 3 times higher than the 45 times Bavarian class design. This is not a small number, which has a huge improvement in the power of the cannons.

According to the evaluation of Krupp's engineers, according to the above data, such an artillery equipment will truly make the Bavarian-class reach the peak of firepower. The dense network formed by 8 15-inch artillery will easily tear open the protection of any current British battleship. As for the battle patrol, it is almost an iron coffin. Any shell falling down will probably cost those battle patrols the lives of those battle patrols.

After dozens of experts' deductions, the result was placed in front of Tirpitz. After watching the analysis one by one, Tirpitz issued an order almost instantly: "Get it at all costs!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!