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Big guy, is it Bismarck? But that one is not considered a

Xiao Xiaoyan obviously has no interest in Doolittle in this topic. This is not because Xiao Xiaoyan doesn't like battleships. In fact, for Xiao Xiaoyan, a battleship fan, the most unforgettable of the Nazi German Navy's battleships is the "Bismarck" class with absolutely first-class combat power. However, the reality is that even "Bismarck" cannot guarantee that it can survive under the threat of aircraft carriers. Battleships have developed to the extreme, and the development potential of aircraft carriers has not yet come to an end. It is inevitable that battleships will decline.

Anyone who is familiar with history knows this, and Xiao Xiaoyan is no exception. However, she still felt a little depressed. She said to Zhao Gang:

"Several people know that compared with the unfinished "William III" class battleship, the "Bismar" class belongs to the pediatrics."

Zhao Gang's face changed a little. He looked around and took out a piece of information and took a brief look, and handed it to Xiao Xiaoyan:

"Look carefully, you guessed it right. The Germans made that big guy, and the British should have a headache."

Xiao Xiaoyan opened the file and started reading it page by page...

After the end of World War I, although Germany established a huge battleship because of the existence of the ocean overlord opposite the strait, it still could not obtain a permit to the ocean. This situation was unacceptable to the halo after the victory of the war and was surrounded by halos.

When the German emperor learned that the current battleship plan could not gain an advantage, the German emperor began to secretly build large-tonnage battleships. The first was the new battleship cruisers "Shankhorst" and "Gneisenau". The design of these two ships was planned to be used as prototype designs for super battleships.

When designing, Schánhorst designed it into three dual-mounted 15-inch main guns, and William III was worried that the British would see through it, so he advocated the use of 11-inch main guns. Moreover, the German Navy had little experience with 15-inch guns and was more familiar with 11-inch guns (the German Navy dreadnoughts had 11-inch caliber during World War I).

In the end, Schánhorst was equipped with three triple-mounted 11-inch main guns, and once it was necessary to install them as three double-mounted 15-inch guns. The Germans were like this under the eyes of the British. They owned a prototype of a super battleship. Among the British German battleship numbers, Schánhorst only occupied an inconspicuous place and was ranked last.

After carefully taking the first step, the German Navy finally implemented a grand "Six-Year Shipbuilding Plan" with his old enemy Britain as his imaginary enemy, and approved by William III. This was the extremely mysterious "Z Plan". At that time, William III was very optimistic that in the past, there should be no war with Britain.

During this period of "peace", Germany will use all industrial forces to carry out large-scale construction of new ships. As long as the "z-row" is completed, it will destroy the old British fleet, then land and occupy Britain, and promote its power to the Atlantic Ocean. The scale of its scheduled fleet is as follows.

8 warships of class 1-56000 ("William III" class)

The 2-42000 class battleship 12 ("William I" class) is the top priority throughout the "Z Plan III" class. The German Navy, especially the surface ships, has high hopes, hoping to defeat the huge British battle fleet in one fell swoop with the "William III" class and realize the wish of the German Navy for hundreds of years. And what is surprising is that many of these projects began to be implemented as early as the early years, and the so-called "Peace of Versailles" has no binding force at all.

A twists and turns in design and construction process

The German Navy Construction Bureau was reluctant to design the first-class important project like the William III. The reason is very simple. Since the German army had too many problems to solve in the years after the end of World War I, and the navy had built too many battleships, the pressure of military expenditure caused this plan to be stranded for a while.

When the military expenditure was solved, new problems emerged. The 50,000-ton giant ship was not just a simple increase in weight, but there were many problems that needed to be solved. Even the most famous Vulken shipyard in Germany was flinching. However, under the tremendous pressure from the top of the navy, the German Navy Construction Bureau began to conduct theoretical research on the construction of 5-ton battleships and conducted feasibility demonstrations on their weapons, armor and speed.

In 1905, the "William III" class began to officially h,j,

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At the beginning of the design, the German Navy made the following design requirements for the "William III" class. The displacement is 50,000, the waterline is 260 long and 36 meters wide, and the full draft is 10. The aerial force is 13,000 miles and 19 knots + 20 combat backup. It resists 403 meters of artillery shells at a distance of 20,000 to 3 meters. The ship's side can withstand the strike of a 250-gram charging torpedo. It is equipped with 4 double-mounted 403 meters main guns, 150 mm in diameter, 105 meters of long-range anti-aircraft guns, and 37 mm in short-range anti-aircraft guns. There is no carrier-based aircraft.

However, when conducting specific designs, some performance indicator contradictions were encountered. For example, since the main gun is double-mounted rather than triple-mounted or quad-mounted, the length of the ship must be increased and the armor protection of the ammunition chamber and the cabin should be increased. The Germans particularly emphasized the stability and armor protection of warships, because they knew that the number of warships was just used, Britain would always have the advantage.

Therefore, the armor weight of the "William III" class accounts for about 42% of the total weight of the warship is its endurance. At that time, Germany had no overseas bases, and the long distance from the German port to the Atlantic showed that the German main battleships must have a greater endurance than the battleships of other countries, that is, they must have a larger fuel carrying capacity. In addition, the newly designed battleships of the great powers all have a speed of 30 knots, so the speed of "William III" must also reach 30 knots.

To sum up, even if the number, caliber, armor protection, speed and endurance of the main gun are all given the lowest indicators. According to the accurate calculation in 19064, the displacement of the "William III" class (excluding fuel and spare water supply) must reach 54,000 tons, more than c tons, and the average draft is close to 11 meters. Therefore, the initial design was overturned and started over.

The German Navy Construction Bureau proposed suggestions on the displacement of the two ships to Admiral Raidel, the commander-in-chief of the German Navy at that time. After argumentation, it was finally determined that the standard displacement of the first four ships of the William III class was 60,500, the full load displacement reached 69,000, and the main gun caliber was 420 meters. As for the additional, n ships, the maximum displacement was 1,18,104 tons.

Such tonnage was a monster that people could not design at that time, so there was almost no hope of success in this plan. However, when China held the Olympics, a German came to China. The young man was a navy captain. When he saw the super cruise ship anchored in Shanghai, the German cheered, "I found it!"

Not only did the Americans see the military value of the "Long Live the Emperor", but also the Germans saw that after negotiation, the Germans paid a expensive price to obtain the design information of the "Long Live the Emperor", and everything began to really get on the right track, rather than as an expert commented:

"Your Majesty the Emperor, your design has unparalleled firepower. You can easily knock out any battleship with excellent protection. No battleship can penetrate it. The speed reaches the speed of a cruiser. However, there is one disadvantage, that is, you cannot go into the water, otherwise you will sink."

In order to hurry, designers have made a lot of references in their designs. Many battleship experts believe that the German "class" class is also reasonable, because the "William III" class and the "Long Live the Emperor" class on the design drawings are very similar.

It is also worth mentioning that during the entire design process, the German Navy Construction Bureau has been tracking and studying the situation of the world's naval power battleships. Battleships under construction or under research abroad have always affected the construction of the "William III". In addition, William III is self-righteous and is also interfering in the construction of the "William III" class everywhere.

Take artillery as an example. In 1907, the French Navy prepared to equip its 381mm main gun with a 381mm main gun, and the two 30,000-ton battleships built by Italy since 1909 also used 381mm main guns. Therefore, German naval designers believed that the main gun of the "William III" class was at least 403 meters (that is, 15 inches),.

In addition, it is also necessary to consider that other naval powers further equipped battleships with main guns of more than 400 meters. Therefore, in 1908, the German Navy ordered the design, construction and testing of 403 mm main guns. As a result, when the "William III" class was about to install skl5. It was a whim and asked to replace them with 16.:3 inches (420 millimeters).
Chapter completed!