Chapter 1,194 From the Beauty of a Lion to the Wrath of a Strong Man. 1

Chapter 1194 From the beauty of a lion to the wrath of a strong man 1

"Okay, everyone, in this meeting, I don't want to discuss the responsibility for this battle, nor do I want to talk about politics or personnel matters. Let's talk about the topics you most want to change." Sir Fisher looked at He said calmly to the Royal Navy executives and engineers from the Naval Design Bureau sitting in front of him.

"This time, everyone can speak freely! You don't have to worry about my face, because soon what I say will no longer matter. You can angrily accuse me of being a person who ruined the future of the Royal Navy, and then nail me to history. On the pillar of shame. But this time, I hope everyone will open their hearts. For the future of the Royal Navy and for the sake of the empire, let us have a good communication." After saying this, Sir Fisher seemed to have suddenly aged ten years, although He was still in good spirits, but the unwillingness and despair hidden in his eyes could not be concealed at any cost.

"Are the results finally coming?" Jericho looked at Sir Fisher, who was a little decadent in front of him, and then at Churchill who was silent next to him. How could Thomas be able to handle such a big thing? The resentment accumulated by the naval fleet finally broke out. Doubts about the strategy of the Navy, dissatisfaction with the warships provided by the Navy, fear and resentment at not being able to kill the opponent and being shot dead finally set off a political storm!

"If some of the guys sitting in the office accusing us of incompetence really feel that they are not at fault, then come to the Royal Navy's Fast Battleship Squadron. I think you can find your home soon! In a certain battle, I was killed cleanly by the enemy! My three brothers and I all served under General Betty, and until now, I am the only one who is still alive, and all the friends I once knew are now gone! They are all big Some of them have become ghosts in the North Sea, and a few of them are in German prisoner-of-war camps. But if the rest of us sit on a large bomb, God knows when it will blow us up into the sky!"

The article, published in The Times by a man who signed himself Navy Warrior, eventually created an uproar. Later, more details were revealed, and the British battlecruiser seemed to be pulled out of paper armor and criticized! Sir Fisher, the admirer of the "Perfect Cat" at that time, was naturally to blame. So, the best outcome waiting for him now is to take the blame and resign. The worst case, he might have to go through a military court. And this time, it was basically the last time Sir Fisher presided over the meeting.

"I think everyone knows very well that the last Queen Elizabeth-class battleship has been launched and outfitted. After that, we will start construction of new battleships. I know that everyone has a lot of complaints about our battleships, so we have analyzed everyone After receiving the opinions of the Royal Navy Design Institute, and after discussions with the technical staff of the Royal Navy Design Institute, the design indicators of our next-generation battleship were finally drawn up. Below, the designer Mr. Scott will explain the basic data of the new level of Furious fast battleship. , I hope you can speak freely." Churchill said on the side.

If the prince hears the name Fury at this moment, the first thing that will come to mind is its other nickname, Hush Cruiser.

This thing can be regarded as the extreme representative of Fisher's brain, the pinnacle of high speed and strong firepower! A guy with a displacement of less than 20,000 tons can actually run at a high speed of more than 30 knots, and has four 15-inch heavy guns with a draft of only more than 7 meters! This is a complete freak! What? You ask about protection? Well, the side armor belt on this guy is only 3 inches! Yes, you read that right! It’s half thinner than the Invincibles!

And this guy's combat mission is actually to go to the Baltic Sea to cooperate with the Russian Navy in launching a landing operation on German soil... Damn it, don’t even think about it, launching a landing operation with the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea? Do you really think that the High Seas Fleet does not exist? Even if you are in the North Sea, you can easily reach the Baltic Sea through the Kiel Canal. It can only be said that fortunately Fisher's plan did not succeed, otherwise, it would have been even more tragic than the Battle of the Dardanelles...

What's even more tragic is that three such battleships were actually built! The most expensive one cost nearly 2.5 million pounds! Although wartime inflation must be taken into account, consider that the price of the Lion is just over 2 million, and the highest price in history for the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship is only 3 million... It's not too much to say that it's a cheat...

This product also set a record in terms of design. Historically, this design was started in late January 1915, and then construction started on March 28, 1915! In other words, it only took 2 months from the beginning of the design to the completion of preparations for the start of construction of this battleship...

The reason why the British in this dimension gave this battleship the name Fury is because they wanted the other party to feel the anger of the Royal Navy! The arrogant Black Hawk opposite has made the empire feel an unprecedented humiliation! And now! It's time to shower them in the flames of destruction! It can be seen that the British have high expectations for this battleship!

"First of all, let me talk about the armor defense issue that everyone is most concerned about." Scott came on stage and cleared his throat and said, and then motioned to his subordinates to hang a huge battleship side plan on the wall.

"Holy shit, this thing looks familiar!" Jericho glanced at the line diagram on the wall and couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Isn't this the Japanese Fuso's side chord diagram that has been modified? Change the thickness of the armor above from the millimeters used by the Japanese to the inches used by the British... It’s easy to use this doctrine!

"According to our experiments, inclined armor has better elasticity when facing armor-piercing projectiles. When the impact angle of the projectile is greater than a certain degree, the fuse of the projectile will almost certainly fail. This angle is about 25 degrees. Therefore, If our armor is tilted at 15 degrees, even if the thickness is smaller, it can still ensure sufficient defense. Therefore, the armor thickness of our new generation battleship is 320MM and tilted at 15 degrees! This is enough to face the German 15-inch naval guns s attack."

"In order to ensure sufficient defense thickness, we positioned the armor belt at a height of 4.5 meters in the vertical direction. The 320MM armor belt is 3 meters high, and the part below the waterline is gradually reduced to 6 inches. And we arranged a thickness on the upper part of the horizontal armor belt The 75mm main horizontal armor belt covers the area from turret 1 to turret 4. This armor design is simple and efficient, enough for us to defend against any caliber of artillery of the German fleet."

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