Chapter 1022 The Prince’s Response 1

Chapter 1022 The Prince’s Response 1

"In his telegram, Count Spee mentioned the high-performance problems of Japanese battleships and was worried that the proliferation of technology would further reduce our advantages. What we worried about finally happened, and His Majesty the Kaiser expressed serious concern about this. I hope your Highness can Reversing this unfavorable situation." On the train to Bomisia, Tirpitz, who was accompanying the prince, said to the prince with a worried face.

"This is an inevitable process. Any major country at war will learn from the war and improve itself. It's just earlier or later. The era of delusional thinking of relying on a certain kind of pre-war equipment to get through the entire war has already happened. It's over, we must keep pace with the times, and the only result of being stubborn is to be beaten." The prince glanced at the contents of the telegram and said calmly.

"You should be somewhat prepared for the current situation, right?" Tirpitz's eyes lit up after hearing this, like a drowning man who found a life-saving straw.

"The samples have come out. This time, you can see our new weapons when you go to Skoda." The prince said with a smile.

"If it is a new artillery, it may have limited significance, because the turrets and artillery used in the Bavaria-class battleships currently under construction have already been produced. If they need to be replaced, it will not be cost-effective in terms of time and economy." Tirpitz said.

"No, the existing things can be completely matched with the new equipment. The reason is very simple. I just changed the shells."

"Can the Japanese Fuso-class battleship be eliminated by changing the shells?" Tirpitz expressed his confusion. Because according to the information obtained by Tirpitz, the thickness of the side chord armor of the Fuso-class battleship is 350MM and is tilted at 15 degrees. With this defensive strength, even on the shooting range, Bavarian artillery can hardly penetrate within 10 kilometers. Even if the shell is changed, it is probably not possible to penetrate the opponent at a normal distance of about 14KM!

"First of all, one thing I can confirm is that judging from the current data, the side string defense of the Fuso-class battleship is almost unsolvable. Unless you can get the British 18-inch naval gun on the battleship... Otherwise, if you want to attack It's almost impossible to penetrate, no matter how you modify it. So, why do we have to focus on the almost impenetrable side string armor? Why don't we focus on the horizontal armor?" The prince smiled. said.

As a time traveler, especially one who has done some research on war, I still have some understanding of the British Royal Navy's historical approach to remedying the situation. Although the Royal Navy was already a little depressed during World War I, it really encountered something. The efficiency is still very high, especially after being bitten!

Although the Royal Navy ignored the issue of fire doors after the Battle of Dogger Sands, after three battlecruisers were killed in the Battle of Jutland, the Royal Navy not only changed the fire doors, but also strengthened them. armored defense,

The outer main armor belt cannot be changed, but the inner domes of a considerable number of battleships have been thickened by 1 to 1.5 inches. Taking into account the original thickness of the dome armor, with this layer of iron pants, I am finally not afraid of the German 12-inch naval guns.

In addition to the repairs of the active battleships, the Hood also strengthened the armor defense on the newly built battleships, from the original 9-inch armor tilted at 12 degrees to 12 inches tilted at 12 degrees. This is pretty good at a World War I level. Of course, I just didn’t catch up with the battle...

Now that we know that after a defeat, the British will choose to make amends and change the design of future warships. So how could Prince Ruprecht, a time traveler, not be prepared in advance? Anything that is forewarned will stand, anything that is not forewarned will be ruined! Long before the Japanese Fuso entered service, the prince had already begun to prepare some back-up moves! Water bombing is just one of them, and water bombing is not very stable to begin with. As for other preparations? Now I can finally use it!

"If our intelligence is correct, Japanese battleships only have one layer of horizontal armor, which is the layer of uniform steel armor with a thickness of 50MM+25MM connected to the upper part of the side chord armor belt, of which 50MM is real armor steel, and The 25MM at the back is the back plate, which the Japanese call a defense base material, and its defense effect is between armor and shipbuilding steel."

"To be fair, this level of defense is very good. Compared with the British's three-layer 25MM thin steel plate or the single-layer horizontal armor with a maximum thickness of no more than 50MM, the defense effect is very good, because the latter is easier to hit. Penetration, and even if it cannot be penetrated, armor that is too thin may be blown through. However, it is still slightly thinner. Compared with the desperate side string armor belt, horizontal armor is worth considering." The prince was very organized. said.

In fact, the horizontal armor of World War I battleships in history was generally relatively fragile, and the layout was not reasonable. It might be a single layer of armor that was not thick enough, or it might be several layers of shipbuilding steel that were hastily stacked together. Generally speaking, because of the war The previous prediction of the engagement distance was generally too close, so the horizontal hit rate was low. Moreover, because the ballistic trajectory was relatively straight and there were many problems with the shells, the horizontal penetration was relatively rubbish. This is nothing. In fact, even with Judging from Fuso's current horizontal armor, Bavaria's honest 15-inch artillery shells may not be able to penetrate within normal combat distances.

Different from side armor, horizontal armor has greater penetration depth the farther away it is. The current situation is like this. If the Bavarian-class battleship uses honest shells to hit Fuso's horizontal armor, it may only be 18 kilometers away. Chance…….

In fact, 18 kilometers is close to the hit limit of battleships in World War I, so the so-called penetration has very limited significance. If you want to penetrate the core area, you might as well count on water bombs to be reliable. Under the current circumstances, 15-inch level water bombs are unreliable in any defense mode except those extending from the main armor belt to the bottom of the ship like the Bavaria-class battleships. For example, this time the Hyuga penetrated the St. Istvan's Same as defense.

If the artillery cannot be replaced, is there any way to increase the horizontal penetration? Of course there is, that is to change the shells. Why can the British 15-inch L42 be directly used in World War 2? In addition to the excellent hardware performance of the artillery and the lack of money in the British Empire, another important reason is that the types of artillery ammunition are constantly being updated. The power of the same artillery after reloading is absolutely extraordinary, but this time, what the prince did was to improve the horizontal penetration power by improving the shells!

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