Haven't you seen that Thomas's four queens successfully moved in front of the entire high seas fleet? If the four kings in the vanguard can be equipped with 8 14-inch level artillery, the queen might be able to leave two! Therefore, the legacy of the 12-inch cannon must be removed, and the largest artillery cannon is politically correct! The caliber of the gun is the first, and the number of guns is the king of the BB era! (Of course, the premise is that the number of guns can meet the fire control needs.) Reputation, the layout of the six artillery cannons by counterattacks has already shown this!

At the same time, don't underestimate the British super fearless armor protection. There is a saying that the British super fearless armor is belt armor, with the thickest 300mm only a narrow one. But in fact, the height of the British super fearless armor belt is not much lower than that of the Germans. The lower extension is worse than that of the German warships, and the water part is similar. The thickest place of 300mm is not too short. The thickness of the entire main armor belt is about one and a half layers higher than that of the deck. Just think it is 3.5 meters.

Moreover, in history, the British learned lessons after the Battle of Jutland. In addition to changing the deadly fire protection, the British also added protection of dome armor. If the prince remembers correctly, the side of the dome armor was increased by 2 inches and the level was increased by 1 inch. Even if the 12-inch shells were penetrated from the upper 6 inches of armor, they would probably not be able to penetrate the core compartment!

In history, there were as many as 12 super fearless ships equipped with 343mm heavy artillery! They were the well-deserved main force in the early stage of the Battle! Not to mention the later Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and Revenge-class battleships. Although the British shells were bad, it was absolutely not enough to break through the opponent's defense in the later stage!

So, to sum up, the prince finally decided to adopt the 12-inch cannon plan, which was entirely for preparation for future upgrades. This upgrade may be completed before the station or may be completed shortly after the war begins. Anyway, it will definitely be done!

And even if this is aside, in terms of internal design, the plan developed by His Highness Prince Ruprecht, who has experience in later generations, is much better than that of Krupp!

First of all, the gap between the two sides is huge in terms of underwater protection. The Germans adopted a ten thousand-year-old empty warehouse-liquid warehouse layout. This layout is not good, especially when facing underwater bombs. If the shells penetrate the empty warehouse and explode in the liquid warehouse, then this is completely a torpedo with a smaller loading volume! The intense pressure will directly tear the last layer of underwater protection of the warship, thus causing water inflow of the core compartment.

In addition, in order to make up for the problem of the small depth of the TDS caused by the hull width problem at the ammunition depot, the prince also specially strengthened the underwater protection of the ammunition depot. The protection thickness of the side underwater part is 60mm high elastic steel, and the bottom is a three-layer ship bottom.

As for vertical protection, 280mm tilt 12 degrees armor is higher than vertical. Although it may not be able to withstand the 15-inch shells equipped with a cuckold, it is still okay to block the attacks of all British main guns from 12 kilometers away! The height of the armor belt also has advantages. Horizontal protection is a masterpiece beyond the times! 90mm main horizontal armor asks you if you are afraid! This thickness is bragging when using the second battle, but it is definitely not weak in the 20s!

In terms of ship type and power, Bavaria's plan has also been carefully considered. This class of warships greatly optimized the ship type, which is longer and more conducive to high speed. It also adjusted the space between the propeller axes of the warship to avoid mutual interference. At the same time, it gave up the layout of the 3-axis of the German battleship (the latter will reduce the strength of the tail.) It adopts a 4-axis layout. Therefore, although the power is worse than that of William Royal Shipyard, it has a little advantage in speed.

Overall, the prince believes that his warship is a masterpiece of an era that surpasses William Royal Shipyard! In addition to the high cost, it is estimated to be around 2.2 million pounds, this is simply a perfect first-generation dreadnought (this is the quotation in 1900. If it were exchanged for the quotation when the king started construction in history, it might be higher.) At the same time, the quotation of William Royal Shipyard was about 2.1 million pounds. The other party has a certain advantage!

The battleship plan is like this, and the battleship plan is similar (historically, the Germans called it large cruisers at first, and the two names in the article refer to the same type of warship). The plan adopted by William Royal Shipyard almost maintained the original design, but weakened the armor and increased the power. It is said that the firepower still adopts a 5-turret layout, but the cannon was replaced with a new 11-inch cannon, which made the prince feel quite unhappy! He almost couldn't accept this plan.

"If the battlecruiser plan uses 11-inch guns, it can be used as a breakthrough!" The prince was not able to make a decision without seeing the detailed data, but subconsciously, he thought this was an opportunity to break the current deadlock!

Bavaria did this. Remove the No. 3 turret behind, lengthen the power compartment, and repair the hull, it became the Bavarian battle patrol plan, but the total length of the hull reached 195 meters. The maximum rated output power was 54,000 horsepower. (Note that this is rated, not actual. The "overclocking" of the battle cruiser in World War I was still very strong.) It is estimated that the actual maximum output is about 70,000 horsepower, and the speed is above 26 knots.

In terms of cost, the cost of the battlecruisers and battleships of both sides is similar, which is not as late as in history. Both sides are BCs at the speed of 28 junctions, so the increase in cost costs caused by the sharp increase in power is not obvious.

The increase in power is not just about boilers and turbines. Too large power cabins will cause the armor belt to be lengthened, thereby increasing the defense cost, and ultimately increasing the cost of the entire warship. At the beginning of history, the Germans' first battle patrols, such as von der Tinn and Moltke, were not expensive than Nassau and Helgolan, or even cheaper.

In the later stage, the cost of the German pride of the 1st battleship - the Bavarian-class battleship was only about 2.5 million pounds, while the cost of the Hindenburg-class battleship of the same level at the same time was about 3 million pounds. The armor weight was not much smaller than that of Bavaria, but because the length of the armor box was a bit large, the defense level was not the same level... and the weapon was even worse than that of 8 15-inch guns, which was unbearable!

In addition to the three plans proposed by Bavaria and William Royal Shipyard, there are several plans. One of them is a simple expanded version of the Frederick-class, adding a double-mounted turret. The displacement is about 18,000 tons and the construction cost is only 1.8 million. The defense is also limited, so this plan was rejected because it is too weak.

Another solution is that it was too "powerful" and was defeated. There were 6 double-mounted main guns! Two double-mounted main guns at the beginning and the tail, and the two turrets in the middle of the hull were diagonally arranged. Even those who were a layman were very generous and unreasonable! There were too many gun positions in the hull, which greatly extended the length of the armor box of the warship.
Chapter completed!