The Rise of the Empire

"Since water bombs are so powerful, our newly designed battleships must naturally defend against attacks from such shells. Our Helgoland-class battleships have adopted a relatively successful measure, which is to extend the armor belt at an angle. And the Bavaria-class The same is true for battleships. From the main armor belt downward, the armor thickness gradually weakens as the depth increases, generally between 100mm and 50mm. In addition to increasing the thickness of the armor belt, we also added some waterproofing to the inner compartments. Steel pipes to ensure the buoyancy of the battleship." Aiden continued. The addition of steel pipes inside the underwater defense system refers to the improved version of Japan's Nagato-class battleship and Veneto's underwater defense system.

"We have also optimized the layout of the battleship's power and electric system. The entire battleship has three motor compartments. There is one motor compartment behind the No. 2 turret and the No. 3 turret. The two motor compartments can meet the normal needs of the battleship. Yes, there is also a motor compartment in the middle of the hull, which can be used as a backup."

"The alternating layout of the boiler and engine room will not cause the entire engine room to be destroyed by a torpedo or a water bomb. The four turbines are divided into three compartments, of which the engine room responsible for the two middle transmission shafts is located Between the No. 3 and No. 4 turrets. The other two engine rooms and boiler rooms are arranged in a mixed manner, using a deployment method of two rows of boiler rooms and one row of engine rooms," Aiden said.

"Not a bad idea." Ruprecht nodded. This defense system combines the alternating layout of boiler warehouses and engine rooms with the famous three-story boiler warehouse layout of Germany during World War I. The redundancy of the entire defense system is very large. Take the boiler warehouse as an example. Even if both sides of a section of the boiler warehouse are hit and destroyed by torpedoes at the same time, the middle boiler warehouse still has a high probability of surviving.

In addition to the water bombs and underwater defense systems specifically mentioned by Ruprecht, the side defense of the Bavaria-class battleships has also been improved. This time, the Bavaria-class battleships finally adopted the key defense concept that will become famous in later generations. The gun gallery armor belt and part of the upper armor belt were decisively abandoned, but the height of the main armor belt was unprecedentedly increased! Counting the above-water and underwater parts, the height of the main armor belt reaches 5.5 meters. Under normal loading conditions, the height of the above-water part is 3.5 meters, the underwater part is 2 meters, and then the lower part is a sloped armor belt for mine protection.

The length of the entire main armor belt reaches 55% of the total length. The bow is a 150mm light armor belt plus a dome armor to block water, and the rear is a 250mm low armor belt plus a dome armor, which extends to the steering gear at the rear of the hull. The main armor belt uses 70mm outer plate plus 250mm main armor, with an inclination angle of 18 degrees. The armor belt protecting the drive shaft at the rear is a 50mm outer plate plus a 200mm armor belt, tilted at 18 degrees. In fact, this thickness is enough to defend against British artillery shells in World War I.

The main horizontal armor of this battleship is still 90 to 110mm. There are basically no horizontal bullets that can penetrate it. The front armor of the turret is thickened to 400mm. 280mm on the sides and 150mm on the top. Rear 200mm. Well, so much so that after the design blueprint of the entire battleship appeared, the Admiralty exclaimed that it was almost a dinosaur covered in full body armor!

In addition to the main gun,

Bavaria is also equipped with 16 150mm secondary guns, distributed in 8 twin turrets on both sides of the battleship. These turrets adopt a limited protection mode, and the thickness of the turret front armor reaches 200mm. It is almost negotiable for the attack of artillery below 13.5 inches.

In order to take into account both anti-lightning strike and air defense, Bavaria also has 16 88mm high-level dual-purpose guns. These artillery pieces have no special defense. At the same time, it will also be equipped with about 20 2-pound guns to assist in anti-lightning strikes and dealing with aircraft. There are some opinions within the German Navy regarding the equipment of rapid-fire guns. They believe that this is Ruprecht's deliberate promotion of his own products.

But no matter what, the multi-level naval gun system allowed this battleship to reach the peak of the firepower of the German battleships in World War I. Sufficient to deal with any sea and air threats in a World War I situation.

In addition to being more advanced, the Bavarian-class battleship's biggest leap in history is speed! The Bavarian-class battleship, which is planned to completely use kerosene-fired small water tube boilers, has a maximum rated output of 85,000 horsepower. Coupled with an optimized ship type, the theoretical top speed of this battleship can reach more than 26 knots. Consider that this normal displacement reaches 32,000 tons and the length is 205 meters. The scene of the heavily armored and heavy-gun warships with a maximum width of 32 meters and a maximum speed of 26 knots fighting on the sea makes people's blood boil!

"According to your plan, we removed the torpedo weapons to prevent accidents, and the remaining weight was used to add aviation equipment." Aiden said, unfolding another drawing, which drew The hangar facilities of the Bayern-class battleship.

As a time-traveler, how could Ruprecht not equip the battleship with such a high-end thing as a seaplane? This thing is not just a matter of fashion, the key is a very important detection method, and it is also a very potential artillery method. Although airships stay in the air for a long time, the actual detection effect is not very good. The altitude is a bit high and will be hindered by clouds. Moreover, the detection timeliness of the airship itself is also poor, and the number is too small. But if the capital ship can have a certain number of As for seaplanes, there is no need for more. No battleship can accommodate 3 seaplanes. Then the fleet itself has extremely strong detection capabilities. And it can also provide support for gunnery when necessary.

"Since our seaplane is relatively large and equipped with a hangar, we put the aviation equipment on the rear deck of the battleship. The entire hangar can accommodate two seaplanes, and two more can be parked outside the hangar. Next to the hangar, we have a crane specially designed to hoist seaplanes. Of course, we can also use gun barrels as booms when necessary," Sir Eden said.

"We are planning to carry the Cormorant seaplane produced by the Bavarian Aircraft Manufacturing Company. This aircraft is a two-person aircraft with a relatively large take-off weight and a long range, so we have specially prepared an aviation oil depot, just below the hangar, in an armored Under protection. At the same time, considering that the aircraft may carry items such as flares or smoke canisters, we have also reserved space for these things."

"That's it, let's start construction according to this design standard. Has the naming problem of our first batch of four warships been solved?" Ruprecht asked.

"The first battleship is Bavaria, the second is Württemberg, the third is Saxony, and the fourth is Baden." Sir Eden replied.

"Haha, that's good. It includes the remaining three kingdoms in the empire and the most powerful grand duchy." Ruprecht said with a smile.

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