The Rise of the Empire

"What you said is very reasonable. This result makes me a little embarrassed, but if I have to make a choice, I think **** Ruprecht's opinion is better. Let's not be afraid that our swords are not strong enough. This is a war that will determine the fate of the country, and no matter which side it is, it will do its best." A moment later, Emperor William decided the outcome of this dispute with supreme authority, and His Royal Highness once again won victory.

"Since then, the Minister of the Imperial Navy has become a vassal of the Bavarian government. Although the latter has no status, it has replaced the Ministry of the Navy as one of the actual commanders of the Imperial Navy. I was very frustrated at the time, Your Majesty the Emperor. In the end, I chose to believe in the heir of a state instead of me. But fortunately, the ability of this **** is indeed much higher than mine, higher than Admiral Liole, higher than Admiral Bohr, the empire In his hands, the navy has become stronger and more glorious. If God gives Germany another chance, I hope the empire will still choose His Royal Highness Ruprecht instead of me.” Tirpitz wrote in his memoirs in his later years .

As the winner, Mrs. Ruprecht was not overjoyed either, the noble upbringing was one aspect, and more importantly, he knew the result! Because, at the very beginning of the Mackensen battlecruiser plan, there was a plan to use 6 380MM artillery pieces, and this plan was very popular at the beginning, especially when it was supported by the Kaiser!

Historically, the appearance of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship not only stimulated the German battleship plan, but also stimulated the German battlecruiser plan. The 12-inch gun was accused of being too small, and in the subsequent battlecruiser plan, Germany The Chinese proposed three types of caliber artillery ships, namely 340MM artillery, 350MM artillery and 380MM artillery. The tonnage of the battleship is set at between 29,000 tons and 30,000 tons.

At the beginning, the German Navy tended to use six 15-inch naval guns as the main guns of the new generation of battlecruisers. The reason is simple, because the 15-inch guns have stronger penetration. Although it was pointed out in the subsequent meeting that 6 guns were not good for fire control, when one of the turrets was destroyed, the battleship would not be able to use half salvo to find the target, which would reduce the firing speed. And some people have suggested that other countries are quite critical of the 6 main guns when choosing the number of main guns. It turned out that what really made this plan aground was not technical reasons, but a wrong intelligence.

At the beginning, the Kaiser had approved the plan of the 15-inch artillery ship, but then the Germans received a piece of information that the British preferred the latter in terms of better single-ship performance and more warships, so they Decided to reduce the number of ships equipped with 15-inch guns, and increase the number of ships equipped with 13.5-inch guns....... The Germans naturally breathed a sigh of relief after learning the news, and some even called it "the victory achieved without firing a single shell." Since the British chose smaller artillery, the Germans used 15-inch guns. Is it a little too much?

And this was one of the turning points in the Mackensen battleship design program. Then, at the naval meeting in Germany, it was believed that the 12-inch artillery could already deal with all the British battlecruisers that had appeared so far. The 350MM-level artillery is sufficient to deal with all British battleships. So they think that 350MM artillery is enough, instead of pursuing a large penetration, it is better to consider more artillery in order to obtain better artillery effects. In this case, the Germans finally chose the 350MM artillery as the armament of the Mackensen-class battlecruisers, instead of the 15-inch artillery that they were optimistic about at first.

In fact, the Germans were obviously ripped off this time,

The British started from the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, and the subsequent battleships were all 15-inch artillery, 5 Queen Elizabeth, then 5 Vengeance-class battleships, and then Hood, Prestige and the like. A 15-inch artillery battleship full of hands.

As for the question of whether the 350mm artillery is enough, this is impossible to say, after all, it has not been tested in actual combat, but from the prince's personal experience, the 12-inch main armor belt of some British ships equipped with 13.5-inch artillery is still relatively high. Jutland may be useful before, but after the Battle of Jutland, facing the battleships of the British fleet with strengthened dome armor, it may be difficult for this 350MM artillery to kill in seconds. If we consider the advantages of Wicks hardened armor over German armor, in fact, the 750KG shells used by the 380MM artillery are not necessarily stable in actual combat. So the shells still need to be changed.

"The second batch of battleships was divided into two groups to build two battleships in 1905 and 1906 respectively. In the middle of 1906, I hope to get the exact news of the 15-inch artillery. If Bavaria can complete the artillery before 1908 If it is related to the development of the turret, then we will use 15-inch artillery. If it doesn’t work, then I can only apologize. I gave you the opportunity and hope you can cherish it.” William II said seriously, this is very important to him One statement means that His Royal Highness has really entered the highest level of the German government! He is no longer just the leader of a state, a shareholder, but a member of the board of directors, the decision maker of the empire's major policies!

"But if this is the case, according to our previous fleet size, our shipbuilding funds may have serious problems. We managed to get the parliament to pass this bill, but we couldn't maintain this bill. This is a... ...It is a pity." Tirpitz originally wanted to say that it was an absurd thing, but considering the Kaiser's face, it is likely that something will happen if he says this, maybe the cane in the Kaiser's hand Flying directly over.... So at the end a word was changed.

"After this memory is over, convey your opinion to our Prince of Bavaria and let him handle the matter. If he can't handle it, let me know." William II pointed to Rupp who was sitting on his left Recht **** said.

"There are still 5 days until our next meeting, can His Royal Highness handle this matter?" William II said with a smile.

"But I'm not very clear about the military expenditure of the Imperial Navy." Ruprecht said somewhat unexpectedly.

"Then study immediately. Just now, you disrupted our entire plan, and now, you have to learn to make up for it! If you can't convince Tirpitz, then my impression of you will decline." William The smile on Second's face grew wider. He assumed an attitude of watching the show.

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