"Equipped with 10 280mml50 main guns, the thickest part of the main armor belt is 270mm, the front of the turret is 9 inches, the side is 170mm, the maximum thickness of the gun seat is 230mm. Equipped with 24 boilers, 4 steam turbines, the rated output is 54,000 horsepower, the speed is 25.5 knots. The displacement is 22,000 tons. I'm right? Mr. Wigner?" After Wigner introduced his warship, the prince repeated the data again.

"It's such a prince." Wigner nodded and said.

"Okay, I would like to ask, what is the height of the so-called 270mm main armor belt? The description of the main armor belt is 270mm to 200mm thick. So I want to know, what is the proportion of these two thicknesses of steel plates!" The prince raised the first question!

"This is just a rough architecture. We have not completed all the design work. We are just taking out the rough plan of our own plan." Wigner said with a slightly changed face.

The design and drawing of warships are a very tedious task. Before the bid is confirmed, most of the designs are just a frame, such as the size of the artillery, the speed, and the thickness of the armor. However, it is difficult to say whether the steel plates of various thicknesses in the main armor belt are.

The basic framework of the Moltke-class battleship in history came out in May 1907, for example, the total tonnage was about 22,000 tons, the weapon was 10 11-inch cannons, the speed should be above 24 knots, and the defense should be a little higher than Von DeTanne, etc. However, in fact, the real design work was only completed in March 1908.

In other words, Wigner really doesn't know what the height of this armor is now. Then calculate it based on the budget and tonnage. If the margin is large, make it thicker, and if the margin is small, make it thinner. At least when bidding begins, no one will specify the height of various armors.

So, the prince's question caught him off guard. After all, the performance of some things cannot be determined before they are made! The prince's question made him unable to answer.

"These things need to be actually calculated. I can't answer you until the design is really completed." Weigner Rou said with a steel strip.

"Well, everyone, now the question is, what is the height of the so-called 270mm main armor belt here? Is it 1.8 meters or 3.8 meters? If it is the former, then for this warship, is the most likely to be shot to the 270mm armor with only the belt width, or the 200mm armor with a large upper area?"

"Everyone understands technology, and should know that generally speaking, the side string protection height of a warship must be at least about 5 meters in the underwater part! I really want to know how much weight can be used for defense with such tonnage guaranteed speed and firepower, and what is the distribution of the main armor belt." The prince said.

"This needs to be calculated and cannot be answered now. Your Highness, Prince, don't ask such unanswerable questions." Liao Le said with some dissatisfaction.

"Haha, that is to say, if William Royal Shipyard wins the bid, they can ensure that the main armor has a narrow one that meets the requirements without considering the specific height? Is that true? Don't you think it's too irresponsible to do this?" The prince paused and continued, "I'm not targeting you, General Liaole, nor are you Wigner."

"I'm targeting all of you!" The prince glanced at Tirpitz, Liaole and Wigner, who were sitting opposite him! "Your plan is full of loopholes. You are not putting the needs of the navy first, putting the lives of fleet officers and soldiers first, but considering how to get through with a vague concept!"

"Your Highness, you need evidence to speak! The plan submitted by Bavaria is indeed very detailed, with more detailed sketches on it, and there are data columns, armor belt height, thickness, weight, depth and width of the underwater defense system, etc., which is very detailed. This is worthy of praise, but you must not attack other people without any basis." Prince Heinrich said.

"No, I have evidence. My design bureau once roughly calculated the defense weight and the thickness of side string armor of this class of battleships. According to our calculations, if the side string armor covers two and a half decks, (the half layer is an underwater extension), then the thickness of 270mm armor will definitely exceed 2.2 meters! And how high is the 2-layer half deck, I think everyone is clearer, it must be at least 6 meters! In other words, two-thirds of this battleship's defense area is only 200mm side string armor protection! Isn't this a crime?" asked the prince.

The side string defense of the Moltch-class battlecruisers in history is not necessarily much stronger than that of lions and tigers. From the upper deck to the bottom of the main armor belt, there is a height of about 8.2 meters. The uppermost upper armor belt is an armor belt with a thickness of 200mm and a height of 2 meters. The middle is an armor belt with a thickness of 200mm and a height of 3.15 meters, and the lower one is a main armor belt with a thickness of 270mm! This section of armor does not cover the remaining 3 meters. In fact, the height of this section of 270mm is only 1.8 meters! When the underwater part is thicker, it is quickly reduced to 130mm! What's more, most of the main armor belt is underwater. The exposed part is only one-third. That is to say, less than 0.6 meters!

If you calculate the probability of being shot by the side string, then the water part is less than 6 meters in height, and the main armor is exposed to the water surface of 0.6 meters, and the probability that the main armor belt can withstand the opponent's shells is only 10%. In fact, the Moltke's side string can really work is the 200mm armor belt!

Well, thank you God, thank you, I haven’t fought several large-scale battles in the first battle, and the British shells had problems, and Moltke’s problems were not exposed... You should know that although the British shells were slack, the shells fired by the 13.5-inch cannon still have the chance to penetrate (blast through) the 8-inch armor!

"This is just your estimate. The facts depend on the overall design. I admit that the plan of our shipyard is indeed not detailed by you, but I think it is obviously unreasonable to judge our plan by you." Wigner's words were obviously lacking in confidence. Although he had not completed all the designs, he also knew that it was still difficult to achieve such performance in this tonnage. The tonnage in the Bavarian battlecruiser project reached about 25,000 tons. Naturally, there was sufficient weight to arrange the armor. The 22,000 tons of the ship he planned was indeed lower.

"It's interesting, both sides have their own opinions." At this moment, the king in power broke the somewhat anxious atmosphere on the field.
Chapter completed!