The Chinese Empire has acquired all equity in the Bagh Railway, plus

oSwan has established a Kuwait-Iraq oil supply base, which can continuously transport all the oil needed for Germany's future development to Germany along the Baghdad Railway.[..com]

In this way, Germany has no need to worry about the oil blockade of Britain and Russia. Therefore, the Bavarian-class battleships of the German Navy can give up the coal boiler with low combustion efficiency and change it to all oil-fired boilers, which have higher efficiency, more convenient recharge and greater power.

German Navy Bavarian-class battleships of the same class: Bavaria

n), Baden, Sachsen, and Württemberg are designed to fight against the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships of the British Navy, and the Bavarian-class battleships of the German Navy refer to the relevant designs of the Tang-class battleships designed and started in October 1910 by the Chinese Empire.

In order to become the world's naval leader, the Chinese Empire's Navy provoked a large-scale global naval arms race. Four Tang-class battleships and two Sui-class battlecruisers were launched. The Chinese Empire Congress in 1910

The construction was approved for the fiscal year of the year. All funds came from the income from the war against the UK. A total of 120 million yuan of dragon coins will be allocated, and all will be completed in 1912.

Four Tang-class battleships were built at the same level, namely the Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, the Empress Wu Zetian, and the Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.

The two Sui-class battle cruisers were the Sui-class Emperor Wen Yang Jian and the Sui-Shanghai Yang Guang.

The Tang-class battleships and Sui-class battlecruisers of the Chinese Empire were four Pennsylvania-class battleships approved by the Philadelphia Shipyard in late 1909, as well as two Birmingham-class battleships started by Quincy's Vice-River Shipyard.

After the US Navy started construction of the New York-class battleship and Seattle-class battlecruiser, it was learned that the Chinese Empire immediately started construction of the more powerful Hanwu Emperor-class battleship and Jinwu Emperor-class battlecruiser. The US Navy felt that their New York-class and Seattle-class were not opponents (13-inch main guns and 14

The inch main gun PK will definitely suffer a big loss), so we immediately developed a 14-inch main gun and related equipment that was in opposition to it. At the same time, the US Congress also allocated $1 million to develop a 14-inch main gun.

One year after the New York-class construction started, the U.S. Navy Department completed the 13-inch main gun loading on New York-class and Seattle-class main ships on time. At the same time, the development progress of the 14-inch main gun was also greatly advanced. According to the plan..., the development work could be completed in 1911, so the U.S. Navy could start construction in 1910 to carry battleships and battle cruisers that could carry 14-inch main guns.

The Pennsylvania-class battleship was launched at this time and was an improved version of the New York-class battleship.

Because of this period, the US Navy discovered that the main ships of the Chinese Empire began to use triple turret design, which made each turret have an additional main gun, and its combat effectiveness greatly improved. Therefore, the US Navy followed suit and also used triple turret design on Pennsylvania-class battleships.

As three triple-mounted 356mm main guns against the Hanwu Emperor-class battleships of the Chinese Empire, the US Navy was unable to develop a main gun system with a caliber of more than 14-inch caliber in a short period of time, but the US Navy is not willing to be outdone. Considering that the United States' steam turbine system and warship armor protection technology are not as good as the Chinese Empire, the US Navy has lost two of the three major elements of the main battleships. So they carried four triple-mounted 356mm 45 times extended main gun systems on the Pennsylvania-class battleships, which in this way, there were 3 more main guns than the Hanwu Emperor-class battleships of the Chinese Empire.

The Pennsylvania-class battleship is equipped with 12 14-inch caliber artillery guns, and the four triple main turrets are arranged in a back-and-back manner along the longitudinal center line of the hull.

After five years of hard research, the US Navy finally broke the monopoly position of the Chinese Empire in the steam turbine system. The US Navy itself can also independently develop and design steam turbine systems. Of course, they suggest imitation and transformation by importing the Chinese Empire's steam turbine system. However, the US steam turbine technology machine has never reached the technical level of the Chinese Empire, because while the US Navy is making progress in technology, the Chinese Navy is developing more advanced and energy-saving steam turbine systems at a faster acceleration, which is a great regret for the US Navy.

Starting from the Pennsylvania-class battleship, the U.S. Navy used its independently developed steam turbine system and was also the first U.S. Navy to use all fuel as its battleship.

Pennsylvania-class battleships, the first ship, the Pennsylvania

), the other ship is Arizona

First, because this class of battleships was equipped with 12 356mm main gun systems, the weight of the warships increased sharply. In addition, the US Navy realized that the armor of the Chinese Empire's battleships was both thick and hard, and it was more advanced than the American surface carburized steel. The armor quality was one level stronger, which was not comparable to that of American armor.

Intelligence stolen by spies sent by the United States to the Chinese Empire shows that the ammunition system of the Chinese Empire has long been updated, using a powerful gunpowder called Black Sorkin, which is 10 times the power of the invasion and cutting explosion of shells loaded with cotton gunpowder in the US Navy (this American spy has a very phobia for the Chinese Empire, so the intelligence is incorrect, which is actually only 2.5 times).

In this way, the US Navy knew that the power of the Chinese Empire's shells was afraid of people, so it had to increase the thickness of the armor. The main armor of the waterline reached an inch, and the turret and commander tower reached a terrifying 18 inches thick.

In the view of the US Navy, the 14-inch main gun of the Hanwu Emperor-class battleship of the Chinese Empire could not penetrate 18-inch armor no matter how powerful it was.

The sharp increase in armor weight has led to the displacement of Pennsylvania-class battleships reaching 34,400 tons and the full load reaches 39,240 tons. However, the US Navy did not increase the length of the battleship, but increased the draft, becoming the world's first large warship with a draft of more than ten meters. There are too few ports that can be anchored to this class of ships, but the US Navy is ready to deploy the Pennsylvania-class battleships to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, where the water depth allows.

Because the US Navy increased the armor thickness of this class battleship and used its own steam turbine system for the first time, the maximum speed of the ship was only 21 knots, which was 3 less than that of the Hanwu Emperor-class battleship. Although the number of main guns was 3 more, it might not be possible to get a cheaper battle. However, the endurance of this class ship was extremely terrifying, reaching 19,900 nautical miles.

In the 10th quarter, this is mainly because the Chinese Empire controlled the Panama Canal. Once the Sino-US war broke out, the US Navy would have to bypass South America, so the endurance would have to be improved.

The two Birmingham-class battlecruisers of the US Navy were also developed by reducing armor based on Pennsylvania-class battleships. The final armor thickness was only 254 mm, because the speed of using a self-built steam turbine system was one knot less than that of the Seattle-class battlecruiser, and only 26 knots. In addition to the main guns, the armor and speed were not the opponents of the Jin Wudi-class battlecruiser of the Chinese Empire.

The United States no longer imports steam turbine systems from the Chinese Empire, which makes the Chinese Empire unable to control the US Navy's warship energy (the energy of the US Navy's newly built warships can be roughly judged based on the number and model of steam turbines imported). Therefore, the Chinese Empire lost a certain basis for judging the development of the US Navy's military strength and had to expand the scale in the competition for the next-class warships.

The standard displacement of the Tang-class battleship of the Chinese Empire is 34,000 tons and the full load displacement is 39,000.

Ton. As a Pennsylvania-class battleship that completely suppressed the US Navy, the Tang-class battleship was designed and installed with 9 381mm 45x main guns, three triple turrets, one in front and two in the rear. The secondary guns were also upgraded to 20 single-mounted rapid-fire guns of 152mm 50x, and 12 double-mounted rapid-fire guns of 102mm 50x, and 12 double-mounted rapid-fire guns of 102mm 50x, and in terms of gun caliber and quantity, the Pennsylvania-class battleships of the US Navy were completely suppressed.

In terms of armor, the main armor belt of the Tang-class battleship waterline is 360 mm, the front of the turret, the front of the command tower, the ammunition depot, the engine compartment, the fuel tank and other key parts are all 381 mm, and the total weight of the Chinese special steel armor is 11,000 tons. It is enough to withstand the attack of 381 mm shells of similar enemy ships. In theory, it is necessary to sink the non-lethal penetration through the Tang-class battleship to hit the Tang-class battleship to hit the shells.

Inch torpedo, extremely survivable.

In terms of power, the latest boiler system and steam turbine system of the Chinese Empire naturally need to be installed on the Tang-class battleship. It uses 28 oil-fired boilers and 4 sets of Parsons gear-driven steam turbine units, and the gear accelerator and reducer device greatly improve efficiency. At the same time, there are two less oil-fired boilers than the Hanwu Emperor-class battleship, but the output power is increased. In the end, the design speed of this class battleship will reach 27 knots, exceeding the Pennsylvania class of the US Navy and exceeding the British Queen Elizabeth class "5 knots", which is only 2 slower than the fastest Jin Wu Emperor-class battleship in the Chinese Empire.

Festival, a veritable fast battleship.

It is precisely because the speed of the Tang-class battleship reached 27 knots, exceeding the speed of most battlecruisers of the European and American navies that the Chinese Empire Congress believed that the advantages of battleships were no longer obvious, so this plan... to build eight Tang-class battleships, but because the Navy continues to ask for the construction of battleships, and the nod of the Emperor Chen Hao of the Chinese Empire, the Congress agreed to build a battleship, but the cost of the battleships is high, and only two are approved for the construction of the Sui-class battleships.

The Sui-class battlecruiser is the fastest battlecruiser designed and built based on the Tang-class battlecruiser and the Jin-class battlecruiser as the basis for comparison.

Since Congress requires that the speed of Sui-class battlecruisers must exceed more than 5 knots of Tang-class, otherwise the construction of battlecruisers will no longer be approved next time.

Therefore, the designers of the General Engineering Department of the Navy had to do everything possible to increase the speed to more than 3 knots.

It is impossible to change with 9 381mm main guns. In order to obtain a speed of 32 knots, the boiler needs to be added 10, so that the armor weight will be reduced by 3,000 tons. After the redesign, the waterline belt of the Sui-class battlecruiser was only 240 mm, the front of the turret, the front of the command tower, the ammunition depot, the engine compartment, the fuel tank and other key parts are all 330 mm.

But when it was finalized, the designers believed that since it was a battle patrol against Britain and the United States, the armor of their battle patrols was generally very thin, and 280 mm was enough.

Therefore, the armor thickness in key areas was reduced to 280 mm, so that 5 more boilers could be installed, increasing the speed to Hongjie, and continuing to become the world's most powerful and fastest battlecruiser. The designers did this because the Navy Department was worried that the speed of battleships would become faster and faster in the future, and they would probably force battleships to withdraw from the stage of history in the future. The officials of the Navy Department were unwilling to postpone the stage of history so quickly, so they tried their best to keep this project.

However, the Navy soon knew that when listening to the naval report, Emperor Chen Hao of the Chinese Empire clearly stated that if the speed of the next-level battleship reaches 30 knots, then the battle cruiser plan...

It will be cancelled. The designers of the General Engineering Department of the Navy are very clear in their hearts that due to the large-scale naval arms race, the development speed of various equipment is extremely fast. If this speed continues, the next-level battleship will definitely reach 30 knots. So they have secretly regarded the Sui-level battlecruiser as the last level of the Chinese Empire.

In order to fight against the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and reputation-class battlecruisers, the German Navy built Bavarian-class battleships and Devlinger-class battlecruisers to confront them. However, Germany's main gun caliber progress was too slow, and it was not the pace of the world naval arms race. Therefore, it had to continue to introduce 15-inch large-caliber main gun technology and equipment from the Chinese Empire. At the same time, the steam turbine system had to be imported from the Chinese Empire, which led to Germany allocating 500 million marks of shipbuilding funds, of which 3 were

Yimak is used to import expensive equipment such as main gun systems, steam turbine systems, fire control systems, radio systems from the Chinese Empire.

The designed displacement of the Bavarian-class battleship is 30,530 tons, with a maximum displacement of 34,200 tons, becoming the first super god bow battleship of the German Navy with a level of more than 30,000 tons. The military equipment is 8-door dual-equipped 381 mm

45-caliber main gun, 4 double-mounted turrets, 16 single-mounted 152mm secondary guns, 10 single-mounted 88mm guns, and 5 600mm underwater torpedo launchers.

Install the old Taisunnycroft oil-fuel boiler produced locally in Germany, three sets of Parsons 09 steam turbine units imported from the Chinese Empire, with a main power of 48,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 22

Festival.

It could have reached 24 knots, but Germany emphasized armor protection to withstand the shelling of the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship. Therefore, the armor of the Bavarian-class battleship reached 350 mm, the turret (front) was 380 mm: the command tower was 380 mm, and other important parts were above 350 mm. In this way, the total weight of the armor was greatly increased, making the speed of the Bavarian-class battleship still stay at the 22 knot level.

Of course, this is due to the German style. They like to sacrifice speed for armor, but they like to sacrifice armor for speed like the British, and they are even stubborn and stubborn, and no one can change them.
Chapter completed!