The German Admiralty's request was exactly what the crosser had thought. After a brief consultation, the crosser took out the design drawings of the 10,000-ton armored cruiser commissioned by Germany to build.

The total length of this type of warship is 136 meters, 17.2 meters wide, and 7.3 meters draft. The shape of the ship is basically similar to that of the Qingdao cruiser. It has a sharp head and a round tail, a large oblique angle flying scissor type, and has obvious outward floating. There is a bow under the waterline, and the cross-section is inclined inward at a 15-degree angle. The ship is divided into 36 watertight areas, with a total of 175 watertight compartments, and the estimated displacement is 10,000-10,500 tons.

The ship-based weapons are four dual-mounted 200mm caliber artillery, which are arranged along the central axis in the first and last sterns of the ship, and are arranged in a back-type structure. The secondary guns are 8 dual-mounted 155mm caliber artillery; there are also 8 dual-mounted 100mm caliber rapid-fire guns; and 6 dual-mounted 50mm caliber rapid-fire machine guns. These guns are all arranged symmetrically on the left and right sides of the warship.

The protection is a waterline belt armor with a length of 110 meters and a height of 2.5 meters; among which the 180 mm thick armor is 60 meters long, the 120 mm thick armor is 30 meters long, and the 80 mm thick armor is 20 meters long; the headquarters armor is 240 mm; the front of the main gun cannon armor is 220 mm thick, and the side is 150 mm thick. The dome armor is 80 meters long, and the low part extends into the water about 2 meters thick, 120 mm thick, and the top is 50 mm thick.

The power is 20,000 horsepower, two steam engines, double shafts and double rudder propulsion, and the speed is 23-24 knots.

What is most noticeable is that this type of warship will be equipped with an integrated fire control system under development at the Kiel Shipyard.

Compared with Qingdao-type armored cruisers, the firepower, defense and survivability of this type of warship will be qualitatively improved, which is even more powerful than small battleships. At the same time, the crossover further explained that the number of main guns was increased, which is twice as many as the armored cruisers in this era. The load-bearing structure arrangement can fully exert the firepower of the main guns, so that there will be 4 main guns at the head and tail of the ship, and the firepower of 8 main guns can be concentrated on the side, which will also double the firepower delivery power.

The viewing and aiming system adopts a combination of turret sight and unified viewing and aiming for the entire ship. In close combat, the turret sighting method is adopted; in medium and long-distance combat, the unified viewing and aiming and main guns are volleyed to form barrage shooting, which can improve the hit rate. Because the volley of 8 main guns can form a barrage area with a diameter of 200-300 meters. As long as the enemy warship is in this barrage area, there is a high probability that it will be hit. Even if it is not hit, it can form a near-lost bomb, which is basically equivalent to hit. In addition, a comprehensive fire control system can be installed to calculate the advance and lag of the shells at long distances, so the artillery distance can be increased to between 7,000-10,000 meters.

Overall, compared with the armored cruisers of the same tonnage in this era, such as the six armored cruisers in the Japanese Six Six Fleet, Russia, Liurik, and British Cresey-class, it has an overwhelming advantage in firepower, with roughly the same protection and a slightly better speed. Coupled with the efficiency of the main gun volley and the bonus of the integrated fire control system, it actually has an advantage of 2-2.5 times.

In addition, the Crossover also plans to continue to implement the "one-in-one two-type" design model, which will increase the armor thickness on the basis of this hull, replace the large-caliber main gun, and design a type of battleship.

After reading the drawings and the design instructions, the members of the German Navy were also very interested in this plan. They proposed the concept of full-heavy firepower output and unified salvo shooting for the time traveler. Although they were the first time they heard of these concepts, they were all naval after all, and they could judge the rationality of these concepts. Moreover, after the successful example of Qingdao cruisers, the German Navy was very convinced of the time traveler's warship design capabilities and basically had no doubts.

After the negotiations, the German Admiralty immediately launched an emergency assessment. On that night, Tirpitz took a special train and arrived in Berlin overnight. He rested on the train that night. The next morning, Tirpitz got off the train and did not rest and immediately entered the palace to ask for a meeting with William II. The two negotiated for a whole day. Tirpitz left the palace in the afternoon and took the train back to Hamburg.

In the afternoon, the German Admiralty once again negotiated with the traverser, first of all, expressing its agreement with the concept of full-heavy firepower output and unified salvo fire, and also acknowledging the design of the traverser. However, the German Admiralty proposed the modification opinions. First, it is necessary to increase the tonnage to 12,000-13,000 tons, change the main gun to the German standard 210 mm caliber, the power can be increased to 24,000-26,000 horsepower, the rest of the design remains unchanged, and hopes to obtain the modified design plan in June. In addition, Germany also hopes to adopt the "one-in-one two-type" design model, and will design another type of battleship based on this hull. The tonnage can be amplified to 15,000-16,000 tons, the main gun has a 305 mm caliber, the main armor belt has a thickness of 160-240 mm, and the speed is expected to reach 20-21 knots.

After a brief negotiation, the traveler agreed to Germany's request, and then the two sides negotiated to determine the design fee of 160,000 pounds.

After the negotiations were over, Tirpitz immediately ordered the construction of the Lun-class armored cruiser and immediately freeze the design of the Schonhorst-class armored cruiser and the German-class battleship, waiting for the design drawings of the Crossman.

It turned out that the German Navy's evaluation of the crossover's design plan was quite high. It believed that although the tonnage was a little lower, the design idea was quite advanced. In fact, after learning the concept of the second-class main gun from the crossover, Germany was considering the issue of increasing the number of main guns. In the design of the Schänhorst-class armored cruiser, Germany also equipped 8 main guns, but the layout was hexagonal, that is, each with a double 210 mm caliber main gun at the end of the ship, and each with a single 210 mm caliber main gun on the left and right sides. In this way, although there can be guaranteed to have 4 main guns fired at the end of the ship, the firepower of 6 main guns can only be concentrated on the side side. Although the gap at first glance is not large, the main guns are arranged on the left and right sides, but the secondary guns and rapid-fire guns are occupied, so only 6 152 mm caliber secondary guns and 14 88 mm caliber rapid-fire guns can be installed.

Although the German next-class German-class battleship also adopts the design of 8 second-class main guns, the side-side shooting can concentrate 4 first-class main guns and 4 second-class main guns, and the unit projection volume is not large. However, due to the different calibers of the first-class main gun and the second-class main gun, unified viewing and volleys cannot be used, which does not cover the strike, and the hit rate is definitely much different. Moreover, the second-class main gun also uses the secondary gun and rapid-fire gun positions.

The number of auxiliary artillery in the Crossover scheme is almost twice that of Germany, and it is arranged very uniformly and reasonably. It is obviously far better than German design. If Germany accepts the Crossover design idea, it will catch up with the design of warships, surpassing Britain, and being able to build a warship with a single ship combat power far above Britain, will be of great help to the development of the German navy and catching up with the British navy. It is just that if we have to wait for the Crossover design drawings, Germany will have to suspend the construction of new ships, and the new design will inevitably bring new problems, so the construction speed of new ships will definitely be much slower.

However, Tirpitz believes that the waiting is worth it. Britain now has 47 battleships and 14 armored cruisers. Although there are many old warships among them, with its number advantage, Britain can still remain the first navy throne for decades. Therefore, if it wants to surpass Britain in quantity, a task that cannot be completed within 20 years can only make a breakthrough in quality.

Now the German Navy has 11 battleships, 1 armored cruiser, another 5 Brunswick-class battleships, and 2 Prince Albert-class armored cruisers under construction. Two Lun-class armored cruisers have just begun to lay keels, so self-protection is more than enough. Therefore, Tirpitz believes that the warships under construction can be completed, but the two Lun-class armored cruisers can be stopped and waiting for the drawings of the Crossover.

Tirpitz's plan is to build 4 new Schänhorst-class armored cruisers, counting two Lun-class armored cruisers, and building another 5 German-class battleships. Because these nine warships use the same hull, the construction costs can be reduced and the construction speed can be accelerated. It is expected that all of them will be completed from 1907 to 1908, and the design ideas of overseas Chinese can be fully digested and absorbed. In the future, Germany can design warships by itself, or continue to cooperate with overseas Chinese.

For this reason, Tirpitz made a special trip to Berlin to convince the emperor that this plan would interrupt Germany's shipbuilding speed. All the warships under construction would be completed in 1905, and no new ships might be launched within 2-3 years. William II, who was eager to build a large navy, hoped that Germany would launch at least 2-3 battleships every year. Therefore, only by persuading the emperor could Tirpitz's plan be implemented.

Although the German constitution stipulates that Germany is now a dual constitutional monarchy, with the head of state being the emperor, and the legislative power belonging to the imperial parliament and the federal parliament, it still has a strong feudal autocratic color. Although the German emperor could not reach the level of "I am the country", he still had great power and could directly appoint, remove the prime minister and senior officials, convene and dissolve the parliament, declare war, and make peace. He was also the supreme commander of the army, and the prime minister was only responsible to the emperor. Theoretically speaking, the German emperor had almost absolute power. Of course, due to social thought, class components, and educational factors of this era, the emperor was generally restrained and would not abuse his power too much. However, without the support of the emperor, Tirpitz could not achieve this plan.
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