Armstrong's second plan is: the displacement is 6,600 tons, the ship's length is 132 meters, the width is 16 meters, the draft is 6.3 meters, the power output is 22,000 horsepower, the estimated speed is 23-24 knots, and the cruise distance is 14 knots/4,000 nautical miles; the armor is 60 mm thick at the top of the dome arc, the thickness at the side of the dome, the thickness at the side of the junction is 100 mm, the armor length is 52 meters and the thickness is 80 mm; the ship-based weapons are one single-mounted 203 mm caliber 40 times the main gun at the head and tail, 6 double-mounted 152 mm caliber 45 times the auxiliary gun, which is arranged on the left and right sides, 6 double-mounted 100 mm caliber 45 times the naval gun, 12 Haqikas 47 mm caliber machine guns, and crew members are 400-500 people.

The second plan of Vickers Shipyard is: the displacement is 6850 tons, the length is 134.5 meters, the width is 16.5 meters, the draft is 6.4 meters, the power output is 22,000 horsepower, the estimated speed is 23-24 knots, and the cruise distance is 12 knots/4500 nautical miles; the armor is a dome arc top thickness of 60 mm, the thickness at the side of the joint is 100 mm, the waterline belt armor length is 55 meters and the thickness is 75 mm; the ship-based weapons are one double-mounted 203 mm caliber 40 times the main gun at the head and tail; four double-mounted 152 mm caliber 45 times the auxiliary gun, which is arranged in the left and right sides; six double-mounted 100 mm caliber 45 times the naval gun, 12 Haqikas 47 mm caliber machine guns, and crew members are 450-550 people.

Overall, the performance data of these two solutions are basically similar. The appearance size and displacement are slightly larger than the first solution proposed by the traverser, and the speed is about one knot slower than the first solution, but the firepower is significantly higher than that of the armor. As for the armor, the waterline belt basically takes the lowest limit. The biggest gap is the armor height of the waterline belt. Armstrong's plan is 1.8 meters, while the Vickers Shipyard's plan is only 1.6 meters. The waterline belt of the first solution is 56 meters long and the total height is 2.4 meters, divided into two layers, the lower layer is 1.6 meters thick, and the upper layer is 100 mm thick. The gap is extremely obvious. After all, the total weight is there. A 200 mm naval gun weighs more than two 155 mm naval guns. Therefore, after being equipped with a large-caliber main gun, the armor can only be weakened.

Simply put, the Armstrong and Vicks Shipyard plans are to sacrifice armor protection in exchange for maximum firepower. In terms of firepower alone, these two plans are enough to fight armored cruisers; while the Crossman's plan focuses on armor and speed, and weakens firepower. After all, the three elements of warships, firepower, speed and protection are mutually restricted. If one aspect is strong, the other aspects will be weakened.

However, the crossover's positioning of this type of warship is cruise, escort, breaking the traffic, and attack rather than sea combat, so it does not pursue maximum firepower, and the speed difference is 1 or 2 knots. However, because the crossover adopts an optimized ship design that conforms to fluid dynamics to reduce drag, it can achieve a larger speed with a smaller power, and the weight saved is mainly used to strengthen defense. In this way, if you encounter a warship of the same level at sea, you must first ensure that it will not be sunk, and secondly, you can quickly leave the battlefield instead of fighting with it.

For example, when encountering Armstrong and Vickers Shipyard's plan, although the firepower is not as good as the opponent, due to its strong armor and the power of the 155mm main gun is less than that of the 200mm main gun, it is better because of its fast firing rate and the sustainability of firepower is stronger than that of the opponent. When the two sides bombard each other, they may not be at a disadvantage. They can also rely on their speed advantage to escape from the battle. If they encounter an armored cruiser, they will run away directly. Therefore, these two plans of the UK obviously do not meet the requirements of the time traveler.

In addition, the time traveler also wanted to use this shipbuilding to test his warship design theory, so he naturally would not adopt the British plan. The two British manufacturers quoted the first plan at almost a sky-high price, so it has actually become a foregone conclusion.

Compared with the United Kingdom, Germany's quotation is the lowest, because according to the international shipbuilding price of this era, the price of such a warship should be between 2.5-2.6 million taels of silver. Therefore, it can be said that the quotations of these parties, except for the slightly higher prices of France, the quotations of other parties are also within a reasonable range. The United Kingdom actually regards the second plan as the main plan; and the 2.35 million taels of silver quoted by Germany is almost close to the domestic German military's shipbuilding price, which can be said to have minimized the profit value. This is also the result of the German government's request. Not only must we win this single shipbuilding contract, but we also have to use this shipbuilding to cooperate with overseas Chinese again.

It turned out that the last time the two sides cooperated, the German Navy modified the design of the Brunswick-class battleship, expanding the tonnage to 14,200 tons, and the main gun was replaced with 305 mm caliber, and 4 240 mm secondary guns were added, which greatly improved the firepower of the entire ship. In addition, the newly developed Krupp armor made the defense stronger, and the overall combat strength had surpassed the British majestic battleships.

However, Britain has successively started to build more majestic and more powerful fear-class and faster Duncan-class battleships. Although Germany had no intention of competing with Britain at this time, it still hoped that the next German-class battleship would have stronger combat effectiveness. However, the German Navy also realized that the biggest gap between German and British warships lies in the design concept of warships, rather than the level of craftsmanship. Therefore, Germany hopes that overseas Chinese can assist themselves in designing the next type of battleships.

In addition, Germany is now vigorously building battleships and large armored cruisers, but small and medium-sized auxiliary warships such as large protective cruisers, light cruisers, and *boat destroyers have not developed much. Since Germany built the last Lufthansa, the Queen Louise-class protective cruiser in 1899, it has never built large protective cruisers again. In fact, for a land-powered country like Germany with a poor sea position, protective cruisers are still of great use, because in the foreseeable time, the German navy's strength is still far less than that of Britain, so long-distance combat is still one of the main combat modes of the German navy.

Although large armored cruisers can also be used for long-distance battles, large armored cruisers are expensive and have considerable firepower and protection. It is obviously a bit useless for use in breaking and interception. Moreover, large German armored cruisers pay attention to protection and assist battleships in maritime decisive battles. Unlike the United Kingdom, because there are a large number of battleships used for maritime decisive battles, large armored cruisers can focus on escort, breaking and counter-breaking battles.

Large protective cruisers have fast speed, long range, and have certain firepower and protection, which is most suitable for breaking wars. Therefore, this type of protective cruiser designed by the time traveler is exactly the warship needed by Germany. This is also the reason why Germany added these two additional conditions to the bid.

Of course, in addition to the cooperation of the navy, Qingdao Arsenal has handed the imitated 75mm field rapid-fire cannons, grenade launchers, mortars and other samples to Germany. After the trial, the German Army Department was very satisfied with the performance of these weapons and required the domestic production to be produced immediately and widely equipped for military use at all levels. This also made the German staff realize that there might be other good things for overseas Chinese, so they advocated cooperation with overseas Chinese, and while overseas Chinese have not yet developed, they should get some useful military technology from overseas Chinese. On the other hand, Germany also needs to use the Shandong region to expand its commercial interests and obtain resources in the Far East.

Now the East China government also needs German technology to achieve its own industrialization beyond development. Therefore, during his time in Qingdao, Prince Heinrich held many talks and negotiations with the East China government. The two sides have reached a technical cooperation agreement in principle and will strengthen technical cooperation in internal combustion engines, steam turbines, carrier-based fire control systems, military technology, etc., and jointly develop new technologies. Germany also plans to increase investment in Shandong, and the East China government also agreed to provide necessary assistance to the design of German warships. In this case, Germany quoted such an ultra-low price.

In this way, the consortium formed by two German shipyards won the bid with an undisputed advantage, and the other companies lost nothing to say. After all, no one can offer such a low price.

However, in order to take care of the emotions of other parties, the other shipbuilders will not be left empty-handed. After all, the East China government still hopes to maintain economic exchanges with all parties, so the crossings proposed to other manufacturers to order a batch of machinery and equipment, or to build ports and terminals for the East China government. After all, the East China government has obtained the shipping rights from Tianjin to Shanghai, and there are a large number of ports and terminals to be built.

Britain and France both politely refused to sell machinery and equipment to the East China government because they were very clear that in this bidding, the East China government insisted on the construction of two warships in Qingdao to develop their own shipbuilding capabilities. With these machinery and equipment, the East China government's shipbuilding capabilities can be greatly improved. Britain and France are both old imperialist countries and are the leading countries in this era of science and technology. They are very cautious about the need to produce technology. Because it is Guanjian technology, they will never sell these machinery and equipment to the East China government.

The United States and Italy have no such concerns. The United States is an emerging country, while Italy can only be considered a second-rate power. The science and technology of the two countries can only be considered a second-rate. Many places also need to learn from Britain and France, and they don’t care much about the need for technology, so they all agreed to the requirements of time travelers.
Chapter completed!