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Well, what I said just now is off topic. Let's talk about Shi Lin from Britain and the United States. Do you think the German navy can withstand the British and the United States? I heard that the two super battleships of the Germans were sunk by the French bishop. Can the remaining four ships be suppressed?"

"It's absolutely impossible to suppress it. The British new battleship Super Avant-garde class has been equipped with three ships, and its combat capabilities are similar to those of Germany. The American Montana class has already come out, and they have built five ships together. The power is good. I think it's okay to compete with the German emperor class."

"Oh? I didn't expect that the Americans had already built the Montana class. This is really interesting!" Zhao Gang's heart moved. Due to the leapfrog development of battleship technology and the development of air defense technology, more of the backwardness of aircraft carrier technology, the battleships that should have fallen in World War II became the best actor in naval battles. In this case, the release of the British and American super battleships can be said to be a natural thing.

The Montana-class battleship was built by the US Navy to fight against the German William III class. Its scheduled displacement reached 70,000 and equipped with 456mm50 caliber main gun 4 (first 22 configurations). The 456mm50 caliber main gun was designed by the US Navy to fight against the German William III: ~m45 caliber main gun, with a range of 43 kilometers (while William III's 480mm caliber 45 kilometers). In order to narrow the range gap, the Montana-class can obtain guns with its stronger hull and faster firing speed.

The advantage of the battlefield, coupled with the use of a new radar fire control system, the Montana class has the cost of defeating William III class. However, the super-large design has brought a fatal flaw, that is, his huge ship is too wide for the Panama Canal, which makes the Montana class move from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean or from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, and it is a waste of time. In this way, the war of the Super Battleships is limited to the Atlantic Ocean, and the battleships in the Pacific are just some small supporting roles, and their main focus is on the Atlantic Ocean.

The designers initially hoped to limit the standard displacement of the Montana class by 45,000 tons. However, due to the infinite power of William III, the US Navy was deeply shocked, so they decided not to limit the displacement, and the limit that the width of the hull should not exceed 33 meters (in order to pass the "river) was also cancelled. By the summer of 1915, the US Navy decided to build five Montana-class battleships, in fact, the technical performance was finally determined until 1916 in 3. At this time, the Montana class had been designed as a super giant ship with a standard displacement of 60,500, a full load displacement of 70,500, and a length of 281.9 meters. The design standard displacement of the William III class was 62,315~:8,200, and the captain was 263. If the Montana class was built, it would become the largest battleship in American history.

The design focus of the Montana class is on powerful firepower. For considerations such as fire rate, fire density, and logistics, the ship uses four 50-fold 456mm triple turrets. The William III class is equipped with a 480-meter main gun, and the Montana class's firepower is theoretically at a disadvantage. In fact, this is not the case. Because the United States' artillery manufacturing technology is relatively advanced, although the Montana class's main gun is 1 inch smaller than the William III class's caliber (about 25 meters), the difference in armor-piercing power between the two is not big.

The American 456mm main gun armor-piercing projectile weighs 1225 kilograms and can penetrate thick vertical steel armor at a distance of 27432 meters. At 18288, the armor-piercing power is 521 mm. The Dana class has an advantage in fire density - the main gun fires armor-piercing projectiles weighing about 29.4 per minute, while the William III class is only 19.71 tons. Moreover, "Montana" has four main turrets, while the William III class has only three, so the Montana class also has the upper hand in shooting flexibility.

The Montana-class secondary gun uses a newly developed 54-caliber 127mm dual-mounted high-level dual-purpose naval gun. The weight, initial velocity, range, and high-speed double-air guns of the double-purpose iava class have been greatly improved. However, due to the termination of the construction work of the Montana-class, this dual-purpose naval gun has also been suspended and has been changed to a 54-caliber 127mm single-purpose naval gun. In the autumn of 1945, three Midway aircraft carriers were equipped.

The Montana-class protection capability is also the strongest in American history. Previously, the South Dakota-class and Iowa-class were able to match 45 times the weight of the 456-mm main gun fired at 1.016 tons, so the side armor was

The thickness of the shallow ground is 409 mm. It is 100 meters thicker than the IAWA class. The thickness of the side armor belt under the inclined waterline is 183 meters at the upper end and 25 mm at the lower end. In terms of horizontal defense, the armor thickness of the first and second decks of this class ship has increased significantly, making the total thickness of the deck reach 263 meters, while the William III class is only 200 meters.

In order to further improve the protection of the power chamber, the Montana-class eight-seat boilers and turbines used independent partition chambers, which greatly improved the water immersion capacity. At the same time, in order to reduce the weight of the power plant, the main engine of the Montana-class was 172,000 force, which was reduced by force than Iowa and the speed was reduced to 28 knots. However, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, the construction plan of the Montana-class was also accelerated by the US Navy.

Overall, the United States has gained the upper hand in the battleship construction competition with its strong industrial capabilities. In World War II, the United States could build five super battleships in more than a year. During the same period, the British Navy only built three Super Avant-class battleships, while Germany built eight William III-class battleships. If time factors are taken into account, the United States' shipbuilding speed is twice that of Germany and three times that of Britain. Overall, the development of the last battleships of the United States adopted a "one-step" development model. The construction standards of the Montana-class battleships were lifted by a large chunk, directly competing with the most powerful battleships.

bb-67 Montana was launched on July 19, 1915, 1917 July 21, 1917

bb-68 Hio was launched on July 19, 1915, 1917 on July 21, 1917

bb-69 Maine was launched on July 19, 1915 on July 21, 1917

bb-70~.Started on July 19, 1917 on July 21, 1917

BB-71 Louisiana was launched on July 19, 1915 on July 21, 1917

【Performance Data】

captain:

Ship width:

Drain:

Maximum displacement:

Full load displacement:

Designed displacement:

Power: 4-axis 1720

Speed: Cruise 15 knots, full speed

Battery endurance: 15,000 miles/

Oil carrier:

Boiler: 8 Babcock and Wilcox Boiler

Voltage: 565psi

Armor: (Not available)

Main gun 4 triple-mounted 16-inch cannon (two front two rear)

Sub-cannon: 10 double-mounted 5-inch cannon (five left and right)

Anti-aircraft guns: 10 quadruple 40mm rapid-fire guns 56 20-meter rapid-fire guns

Number of crew members: standard 115 officers, 2240 crew members; 189 officers at the flagship, crew members

After reading these materials, Zhao Gang was very satisfied. These battleships can be said to represent the industrial level of the country where they are located. Whether it is Montana in the United States, the super avant-garde in the United Kingdom, or the William III in Germany, they are all sad masterpieces. But what makes Zhao Gang the most happy is that these enemy countries are all moving further and further on the wrong path without exception. According to the conservative estimate of the cost of a battleship is equivalent to three aircraft carriers, and one super battleship is equivalent to ten aircraft carriers, these countries have consumed funds equivalent to 160 aircraft carriers. These funds have been wasted on these super battleships, which invisibly relieved China's pressure.

"How is our aircraft carrier currently? Is it possible to escort a batch of landing troops, with a number of about 1.5 million, and carry corresponding heavy weapons to the west coast of the United States, and suppress US land-based aircraft at the same time. Can it be done?"
Chapter completed!