Chapter 55 406mm Naval Gun

Although Russia participated in World War I, the Russian navy did not do much at all. The navy was originally a money-burning project. Russia in the Tsarist era was originally a country with a weak industrial foundation and economy. Except for the territory, many are not big enough by the standard. The Queen Maria class was lost in the Civil War. The Soviet Navy inherited only the Gangut class. And the Izmail-class battlecruisers in the shipyard. At that time, the hull completion rate of several ships was more than half. Rework can be completed. The estimate at the time was that one Izmail was worth two or three Ganguts. However, the last few Izmails were sold for scrap.

And these years are also the era of great development of the world's naval technology! The Soviet Union has just completed its industrialization, and there is still a long way to go in terms of naval construction.

The Soviet Union now has no mature battleship technology, including naval guns, hulls, and steel. In short, the Soviet Union can say that it does not have any technical reserves.

Although in the Tsarist era, the caliber of naval guns exceeded 300 mm, but the design of that kind of ten years ago is already far behind, and naval guns of the same caliber can already exert greater power in the West!

The Soviet Union does not have any construction technology for battleships now! Everything, almost from scratch!

In later generations, the Soviet Union built only 190mm naval guns, and the product of the Great Leap Forward of the Soviet Union, the Soviet battleship, planned 406mm naval guns, and it was not produced at all.

As a World War II researcher, Cyric knew the story of the Soviet battleship well.

The Soviet Union also wanted its own powerful navy. Those warships built during the Tsarist Russia period were far from meeting the needs of the Soviets themselves. Therefore, the Soviet Navy began to pursue continuous pursuit.

Because the Soviet Union did not have any technology, the Soviet Union had to seek technical support from the outside world.

Initially, it started in Italy.

In 1933, Soviet naval experts visited Italy, and the cooperation between the two sides began.

Italy received contracts for the construction of warships and merchant ships from the Soviet Union, while the Soviet Union sold fuel oil, iron ore and grain to Italy.

The Soviet Navy's Dzezinski-class frigates, Tashkent-class destroyers, and part of the armament of the heavy cruiser Kirov built in the Soviet Union all came from Italy!

This time, Cyric is naturally aiming at this matter. Instead of making it cheaper for Italy, it is better to hand it over to a German shipbuilding company!

Because of the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, over the years, German shipbuilding companies have not produced large warships! This time, a large number of construction contracts were signed with the Soviet Union!

The USSR has no foreign exchange, but the USSR has ample resources! Cyric values ​​not only iron ore, but also rare metal deposits in the Soviet Union! Now under such a name it is possible to import from the USSR in large numbers!

This is a multi-pronged plan, which can allow shipyards and steel plants in Germany to obtain a large number of orders and increase more employment opportunities.

At the same time, it can also carry out strategic reserves and exercise its own shipbuilding team. With the opportunity of building ships for the Soviet Union, Germany's technology for manufacturing warships will also make great strides.

The Treaty of Versailles did not allow Germany to equip heavy warships, but it did not restrict Germany from manufacturing warships for other countries! And after developing these technologies, Germany can make it for itself at any time!

Historically, Germany lost World War II for many reasons. For example, the German navy was an absolute weakness!

When Germany's submarine war was lost, Britain received far more constant supplies at sea! If the German navy has a strong force, it may be able to force the surrender of Britain!

Cyric was determined to support Hitler in building a powerful navy, and his current visit is to accumulate technology for the future!

Do more than one thing!

The 283 mm naval gun was the main naval gun of the German battlecruisers in World War I. It was developed by Krupp. Although the caliber is special, this naval gun is also well-known in history.

For example, in the history of global naval warfare, the only one who used naval guns to destroy the enemy's aircraft carrier is the masterpiece of this 283mm naval gun from Germany!

The Soviets simply do not have the ability to produce advanced naval guns! If Germany exported this kind of naval gun to the Soviet Union, it would greatly improve the level of Soviet warships!

Sure enough, Cyric's words shocked the other party, and his eyes were full of surprises. It seems that the cooperation between the two sides in naval technology can be successfully achieved!

Those warships that were built by Italy in history were all given to Germany! Germany needs those orders!

"Mr. Cyric, the caliber of the 283mm naval gun is very special, and it is no longer in line with the development of the times, we want a larger caliber, can you make a 406mm caliber ship****** *Khachevsky did not speak. The one who spoke at this time was a man in naval uniform behind Tukhachevsky, Commander of the Soviet Navy Orlov!

Hearing this, Cyric frowned immediately, darling, the Soviets were already thinking about building more advanced warships at this time?

406mm! Maozi really values ​​firepower the most!

Insufficient mobility, we have to pay attention to firepower first. If protection is insufficient, we also pay attention to firepower first. In the minds of the Soviets, firepower, firepower, firepower!

Although the German Navy did not perform particularly well in World War II, the German Navy was the initiator of the naval arms race in Europe before World War II. The construction of cutting-edge warships at all levels in Europe is almost all related to the re-emergence of the German Navy. .

In particular, the appearance of the "Deutschland" class stimulated the high-ranking naval officials of European countries, because almost overnight, almost all the warships in their hands became outdated, and the cruisers that could run could not be beaten, and the battleships that could be beaten could not run.

Therefore, other countries began to follow the development of all-round battleships.

France has produced the "Dunkirk" class battlecruisers. The two quadruple 330mm main guns have overwhelmed the firepower of the "Deutsche" class, and they have overwhelming advantages in almost all performances.

The Italians came up with four "Veneto" class. The German Navy also secretly built the Bismarck class, the largest battleship in the world at the time.

At the same time, although the United Kingdom is subject to the poor economic form at home, it does not want the power of the empire to decline. They built the "King George V" class with a displacement of 35,000 tons and a main gun of 356 mm.

At the same time, the "Hood", which was left over from the British World War I and later improved, is equipped with a 381mm naval gun with the most fierce firepower. At the same time, in terms of the number of artillery equipment, the "King George V" class also won.

And now, in the 1930s, the navies of most countries do not yet have a 400mm cannon.

Throughout the 1930s, there were only the Nagato-class (410 mm) of the island nation, the Nelson-class (406 mm) of the United Kingdom and the South Dakota-class of the United States (406 mm) that had main guns with a caliber of more than 400 mm. A total of 7 battleships were built, known as 7 gibbosses.

And now the Soviets actually want a 406mm naval gun!