Chapter 3 Keywords - Suffocation Plan (II)

Since the declaration of war on Britain, the Navy has received a total of two Palau-class, two Glaudents-class and two Wiesbaden-class light cruisers, but it has lost eleven light cruisers in the Gulf of Helgoland, the Battle of Jutland and the overseas raids. This level of loss is unbearable to the German Navy, which lacks light ships.

In March, under the advocacy of Wang Heidi, the Admiralty broke through the Fleet Law and placed orders for ten Cologne-class light cruisers code-named FK to the Imperial Design Bureau and the Shipyard.

Wang Heidi has strict requirements on Cologne-class light cruisers. It has good airworthiness, certain protection strength, a maximum speed of no less than 28 knots, a battery life of no less than 5,000 nautical miles, and is equipped with hydrophones and mine laying facilities.

In Germany, there are always three natural enemies of naval designers. As the number one imaginary enemy of German ship designers, the Royal Navy is indisputable. The navy's cumbersome procurement laws and systems, and the many restrictions on the military spending of ship purchases are enough to castrate the designer's temper. As for the last natural enemy, it is no one else, but the picky naval genius in front of him, the creator and terminator of the great Saxon-class super battleship!

Resentment, to be precise, is the reason for fear that can be traced back to more than ten years ago. At that time, engineers, power experts and artillery experts all predicted the young people that a new battleship that canceled the second-class main gun and adopted a full-heavy main gun and Parkinson's steam engine reserved. However, the old Marshal Tirpitz believed it, so a group of naval ship designers had to start researching the later dreadnoughts at the urge of the old Marshal.

Dreadnoughts, perfect cruisers, submarines, airships, and high-power aircraft. It can be said that the advantages the Empire has achieved in these equipment are all the contributions of young people. Of course, he only has the credit for pointing fingers, and behind it is the hard work of countless designers and experts in the era when ideas surpass technology.

After more than ten years of difficult years, it is not surprising that the designer regards Wang Heidi as a natural enemy, but this kind of resentment and fear is restrained. After all, Wang Heidi is the author of the article "On the Asymmetrical Warfare in the Age of Battleships". His views are the source of inspiration for the designers of the Navy Ship Design Bureau. It can be said that young people are the cardinals of the K-RM Ship Design Bureau! Furthermore, although Wang Heidi is only thirty-six years old, he is still a standard young man who is not a problem at the age of the traditional navy (the Red Navy and "" are heresy). He is still a standard young man. Even though he was unable to be promoted to the rank of general after the Battle of Jutland, even though he and His Majesty William had a lot of dirty things on the streets of Berlin, everyone could see that the Imperial Navy Minister was already a thing of the young man.

The Navy Minister is their parents for food and clothing, and of course so is the Navy Minister!

Therefore, despite Wang Heidi's strict requirements, Clayburn, the chief engineer in charge of the FK project, had no choice but to bite the bullet and tinker with three design plans in one go. The efficiency is so high that the awesome designers in Britain who jumped up and down for the Hood-class super battleship were ashamed.

"The 4,000-ton FK1 plan continues to use the Wiesbaden-class light patrol forecastle ship model. In terms of protection, the FK1 adopts waterline armor and built-in dome armor design, with a thickest 60mm waterline armor, four double-connected 150cmskl45 main guns, with a back-mounted stern, two single-mounted FLsk-L45 88mm secondary guns, two 500mm underwater torpedo launch tubes were abolished, and two rotatable 5 were arranged side by side on the forecast deck.

00mm torpedo launcher. In terms of power, the sk1 uses an improved Parkinson's steam engine, 12 boilers, a maximum speed of 28 knots and a cruising capacity of 12 knots and 4,800 nautical miles. At the same time, the sk1 plan plans to install a more robust three-legged mast, a split-type searchlight, a light rangefinder, a mine deck and a guide rail. It targets the deep bomb ejector of the submarine, and adds a hydrophone in the hull and re-arranges the power chamber to reduce the interference of mechanical noise on the hydrophone."

Lehman, who was wearing dark circles, distributed a stack of design drawings and said haggardly:

"The 5,000-ton FK2 scheme has added two single-mounted FLsk-l45 type 88mm secondary guns on the basis of KF1, and two boilers have been added, with the maximum speed increased to 29 knots and the endurance has been increased to 5,000 nautical miles in 12 knots. The armored port of the waterline has been enhanced, which can reach 65 mm. In addition, the armor protection at the engine compartment, ammunition and mine repository has also been improved. The 6,000-ton FK3 scheme continues to be FK1 ship type, and the armour system inherits the FK2 scheme. In terms of power, 18 boilers have been used, with a speed of 29.5 knots and a cruising capacity of 12 knots and 6,000 nautical miles. In addition, the armor thickness of the waterline part has been enhanced to 70 mm, and the four single-mounted FLsk-l45 type 88mm secondary gun has been replaced with a turret design."

"People, honestly..."

War always influences people's backlash. Even though Wang Heidi has strong self-regulation ability and extremely thick nerves, it is difficult to completely cure Wang's mild depression in just over half a month of treatment. After Anne brought Avril to her hometown, the Imperial Admiral's problem of drinking was finally out of control. At the K-RMA shipbuilding meeting, Wang Heidi grinned and took out a small iron can containing brandy from her pocket, ignored the stunned eyes of the officials and designers of the Admiralty, opened the bottle plug and drank a small sip, and then started to die.

"The pace of the Cologne-level light patrol is too small. After the Battle of Jutland, the situation we faced was completely different from before the war, so the designers of the empire could not artificially bind their vision!"

Designer Good's office was filled with gasping sounds, only Major General Mas, the second reconnaissance fleet, couldn't help but bury his head and laugh secretly. Wang Heidi put the small iron can into the pocket of his clothes and continued:

"After the Battle of Jutland, the Empire's light cruisers are no longer just support and support forces of the Ocean Fleet. The situation requires that the light cruisers of the reconnaissance fleet can perform lightweight artillery battles, rapid support, patrol, breaking traffic, anti-submarine, escort, reconnaissance, mine laying and other new tasks. In addition to the several light armored cruisers launched recently, our dome cruisers and old-fashioned armored cruisers can no longer cope with these new subjects, so we need a Cologne-class light cruiser with low cost, considerable speed, simple equipment, and powerful endurance and self-sustaining power!"

"Breddy? Anti-submarine? These should be the issues that British designers need to consider, right?"

Holten von Gotha snorted and muttered subconsciously. The performance of the German Navy in the ocean made the German designer's status rise, but when the sunny and cheerful Holten von Gotha encountered the cardinal who made a big statement, there was only endless resentment left.

"Bray? Anti-submarine? The Imperial Navy strategy has changed?" The old designers' experience and insight are much better than those of young people. They easily find clues from Wang Heidi's words, look at each other, and find nervousness, disconfidence and the subsequent ready-to-runness in each other's eyes.

"By the way, what technical solutions does the Naval Ship Design Bureau have for the modification of the 1885-class torpedo boats and second-hand merchant ships?"

Instead of pestering the failed sk light patrol plan, Wang Heidi opened up a new battlefield and cared about the modification plan that made the Navy confused.

Germany does not lack minesweepers, two Nautilus-class mine-bracing cruisers and more than 30 T-type mine-hunting ships. Even if the number is insufficient, the Empire has a large number of mine-sweeping fishing boats and old destroyers that can be modified, which can all serve as the backbone of naval mine-sweeping. But the fact is that Wang Heidi is determined to abandon professional mine-sweeping ships without using them, but instead stuffs a batch of old-fashioned rags into the shipyard.

The 1885-class torpedo boat, the first large torpedo boat in Germany, is a thing that has just been moved back from the ship cemetery. The large torpedo boat sounds very loud. Unfortunately, this cargo's standard displacement is only more than 80 tons, and its full load displacement is only 135 tons. It is equipped with three 450mm torpedo tubes and two 37mm rotary cannons. These torpedo boats were not advanced in 1885. Time flowed into 1915, and the rapid development of technology and thirty years made these old antiques feel ashamed.

Although second-hand merchant ships are only second-hand rather than n-hand, and have a tonnage of more than 300 tons, they were shocked when the designers rushed from Berlin to William Shipyard to actually investigate the quality of second-hand goods. If the rust that could barely float on the sea was also second-hand merchant ships, then the Royal Navy of the British Empire dared to proudly announce in front of the world media people that the useless war was still the iron man who was very loud on the road back then!

Modification, it’s better to build a new ship than to have this money! For example, the York class that is about to be castrated!

Looking at the deputy commander of the Ocean Fleet with anticipation, all the colleagues of the Navy Ship Design Bureau, who were full of geniuses, suddenly had the urge to remove their chairs and roll up their sleeves.

"We plan to carry out the 1885-class torpedo boats and second-hand... merchant ships..." Clebourne picked up the workbook and stood up, swallowed his saliva, and gritted his teeth and said the four words "second-hand merchant ships". "Their power system is repaired, the hull structure is strengthened to a certain extent, and a prominent lightning protection compartment is installed in the underwater part."

"It's too luxurious, the Navy does not need crafts." As soon as Clayburn started, the topic was interrupted by Wang Heidi very roughly. "Put it in this pile of rags, simple lightning protection outsourcing and floating buckets, and just get at least fifty sets of cluster buckets with deep draft."

"General, I don't understand why not use mine-branch cruisers and mine hunters? If you are worried about losses, it is also a good idea to use trawlers carefully modified by the Pre-War Design Bureau, but if it is a Class 1885 torpedo boat and those used... Merchant ships, general, I am worried that these junk goods will be lost in just one large-scale mine-sweeping operation..."

"Mr. Designer!" Wang Heidi pondered for a moment, then said seriously: "What if I want to attack the British and guard the estuary of the Thames River with countless mines?"
Chapter completed!