The strange situation in Rome's political arena did not last long. In March, National Socialist Cruz and Prime Minister Antonio publicly appeared hand in hand, announcing that the tense situation had subsided.
Of course, calming down this tense situation is not without cost, as there are two more members of the National Socialist Party in the cabinet. Istvan Tamasi, who serves as the Minister of Labor, and Ricardo Diaz, who serves as the Minister of Transport.
This is obviously a deal. The prime minister used these two not-so-popular positions to win over the National Socialist Party to avoid embarrassing himself. The National Socialist Party is not at a loss either, as it can allow more people to enter the cabinet and experience the government.
Operate and make plans for the future.
But when they are happy, other parties are not happy, especially those right-wing parties. For this reason, they accuse the National Socialist Party of being a traitor to the right-wing party and a right-wing party in disguise.
However, no matter how much they clamor, this cannot change anything, and the political undercurrent arising from the parliamentary elections has basically been calmed down.
Faced with such a result, Carlo, as the king, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want to do multiple-choice questions. Although the National Society was supported by him, he had not yet decided whether to let him come to power.
The reason is very simple, because this kind of extreme right-wing or extreme left-wing political party is very difficult to control. Although it is very good at integrating the country, it is a seven-injury fist that hurts others first.
Therefore, Carlo has always been very hesitant about the far-right National Socialist Party. Although the senior leaders of the National Socialist Party do not seem to be as extreme as their younger generations, and there are no people with extraordinary talents, but who can say clearly about this kind of thing.
Well now, at least the National Socialist Party realized that it was not enough to form a government, which allowed Carlo to have one less multiple-choice question to answer.
When the political arena in Rome was gradually calming down, a group of different guests came to the military port in Venice.
"Is this the new battleship?"
On the pier, a foreign soldier wearing a marshal's uniform was looking at the new battleship named Dreadnought with envy.
"Marshal Tirpitz, this is our country's latest battleship."
Accompanying the German Navy Minister was the Italian Navy Minister, Admiral Agier. Behind the two men were naval officers from Germany and Italy.
As for Marshal Tirpitz, he came all the way to Venice just for this new battleship.
Tirpitz knew all the data about this battleship that he had seen for the first time. The standard displacement was 19,100 tons, and the full load displacement was 22,500 tons. Its firepower was 8 305 mm 45-caliber main guns.
Cannon, 14 105mm single-barreled secondary guns. The thickest armor is 300mm, and the speed is 22 knots. The performance of such a large displacement warship is also so excellent, which made Tirpitz full of envy of Italian warship designers.
Of course, this is the literal data he learned. As for whether it can be achieved specifically, he needs to ask his Italian colleagues.
"Let's go up and take a look first."
At the invitation of Admiral Yagier, German officers led by Marshal Tirpitz boarded the Dreadnought. Tirpitz and the German officers looked at the turret, sailor cabin, officer cabin, power cabin, etc.
Over and over again.
"Such an excellent battleship, this is a masterpiece that spans the ages." Tirpitz couldn't help but praise after looking around the battleship. As an admiral who understands the navy, Tirpitz knew all too well the impact of a good battleship on the navy.
The role of the navy.
If nothing else, take the Dreadnought as an example. If its performance is as claimed by the Italian Navy, it will be much more powerful than Germany's latest Braunschweig-class battleship.
Germany's currently most powerful Braunschweig-class battleship has a displacement of 14,208 tons (standard) and 15,394 tons (full load). It is equipped with four 305mm twin main guns, eight 210mm secondary main guns, and four 88mm main guns. L/45 gun, 4 500mm water torpedo tubes. Main armor belt 225mm, deck 50mm-127mm, turret 225mm, command tower 254mm. Powered by 3 3-stage expansion steam engines, 3 shafts, 18,000 horsepower, maximum speed 19 knots, endurance is 6500 nautical miles/10 knots.
At first glance, it is clear that this performance is not as good as the Dreadnought. At least two Braunschweig-class battleships can compete with it, and they are still at a disadvantage. Because the opponent's ship is fast, the initiative on the battlefield is also in the opponent's hands. Whenever you want to fight, you can It's up to the other party to decide where to fight.
"But the cost is also extraordinary."
Faced with Tirpitz's praise, Admiral Yagier felt a toothache when he thought of the cost of the ship. Although Italian shipbuilding has always been known for its high performance and high cost, the construction cost of the ship created a huge gap for the Italian Navy. new high.
"How much?"
"42.87 million lire."
The price quoted by Admiral Yagir moved Tirpitz, but when he thought about the combat effectiveness of the ship, the navies of all countries would inevitably need to build this type of warship in the future.
In fact, this cost is a little lower than the Dreadnought built by the British Empire in history. However, the Italian Dreadnought is a big ship of 19,100 tons, which is a thousand tons higher than the ship built by the British Empire in history. The price is still lower than the other party's, mainly for two reasons.
On the one hand, Italy has plenty of time and does not need workers to work overtime, so labor costs should be saved. (Historically, the construction of the dreadnought ship started on October 2, 1905, and it was launched on February 10, 1906, and on December 2, 1906 In service, you can see how fast the ship is)
Secondly, the purchase price of Italian armor steel is cheap. Yes, the Krupp and Harvey armor steel currently used by the navies of various countries are 100 pounds per ton, compared with 6-8 pounds per ton of ordinary steel. (There are sufficient Evidence proves that the two world armor steel suppliers are playing tacit understanding). The purchase price of armor steel authorized by Italy from Krupp is only 19.7 pounds per ton. This warship requires thousands of tons of armor steel, of which The price can be imagined.
After Tirpitz heard Admiral Yagier report the price, he looked at Cuniberti on the other side and became more and more jealous. It would be great if this talented battleship designer was a German.
"Kuniberti, congratulations on designing another epoch-making masterpiece."
Tirpitz greeted his old friend with a sincere face.
"Marshal, you are over-rated. This is just a product of the times. The new large-caliber artillery combines the rate of fire and power. Sooner or later, everyone will find that the two-caliber main gun is becoming less and less cost-effective. And the improvement in armor performance, and then Coupled with the reform of the power system, battleships with unified caliber, full armor and high speed will appear sooner or later, but I am just a little ahead of schedule."
Cuniberti did not dare to bear the praise of Marshal Tirpitz. Moreover, he also knew that the Marshal secretly wanted to invite him to the German Admiralty more than once, and even persuaded the Kaiser to do so.
Take out the title of earl. Fortunately, Cuniberti woke up quickly, otherwise he would have almost agreed.
"You're so polite, Cuniberti. Sometimes a quick step can change a lot. This is the difference between geniuses and ordinary people, and you are the genius among geniuses."
Tirpitz's unremitting efforts to praise a person shocked the German admirals behind him. Although this Cuniberti designer is very good, much better than the German designers, you can't be so bottomless.
Praise it.
Although these German generals failed to see through Tirpitz's approach, General Yagier was not ambiguous at all. He stepped forward and pulled him. "Your Excellency Tirpitz, let's go up to the command tower and take a look. We are installed there."
State-of-the-art communications equipment.”
Before leaving, he gave Cuniberti a wink, and after receiving the hint, Cuniberti did not follow him at this time, but changed the direction. After he turned a section of the deck, a voice came from the cabin.
caught his attention.
"Plesser, don't talk nonsense. Sir Cuniberti will definitely punish you if you hear it."
"Grosso, don't worry too much. They are on the deck. And I was wrong. The Dreadnought is not very good at protecting against torpedoes. It has a small number of anti-torpedo compartments. I have calculated that it only needs two
A 533mm heavy-duty torpedo, the mine protection structure of the Dauntless cannot withstand it."
"You're crazy, talking about Italy's best warship designer here."
Hearing someone discussing the shortcomings of his warship, Cuniberti couldn't sit still and immediately appeared in front of the two of them. "Then tell me, how should I design a mine-proof compartment?"
Facing the sudden appearance of Cunibody, the two young men were frightened. It was obvious that they knew Cunibody.
"I'm sorry, Sir Cuniberti, my friend is drunk and he is talking nonsense."
One of the young men with short hair quickly apologized to Cuniberti.
Cuniberti ignored the man's apology and looked at the other one instead. "You are Pugliese. Please tell me how to change my lightning protection design. If you are right, you will be rewarded."
Faced with Cuniberti's words, the young man named Pugliese mustered up his courage and said, "Sir Cuniberti, this is what you said."
"I said it, and I will never go back on it."
"I think that current warships do not pay enough attention to underwater threats. Many warships only have a dozen or so simple watertight cabins to protect against torpedoes. Although our country's warships attach great importance to the deadly threat of torpedoes, they are just adding more watertight cabins.
In addition, a mine protection protrusion is added to the side of the ship. The mine protection protrusion will affect the speed and steering of the warship."
So I have an opinion. In the underwater part of the battleship, we do not need to use the current mine protection compartments, nor do we need to use mine protection protrusions that affect the performance. We use a mine protection device I designed, which I call a double layer.
Barrel structure lightning protection system. First, the lightning protection device is set up with a larger barrel structure in the center, and then around the circle
The cylindrical structure is then designed with a circle of small barrel structures surrounding it. We can pour liquid into these barrel structures. When the torpedo hits the device, the violent explosion shock wave can first pass through the first layer of small barrels at the impact point.
The structure takes it, and then the central barrel structure can continue to take it, and then the other smaller barrel structures."
Cuniberti understood what the young man named Pugliese said. And he had to admit that the idea of this young man named Pugliese was really unique. The barrel-shaped lightning protection structure did sound better than
The lightning protection compartment and lightning protection protrusion are much better. Of course, further testing is needed to know the specific situation.
At this time, Cuniberti looked at the young man named Pugliese with admiration in his eyes. "What is your full name?"
"Umberto Pugliese."
"You come to the Naval Design Institute to find me tomorrow."
After saying these words, Cuniberti left, leaving only a confused Pugliese.
"Pulese, you are making a lot of money. Sir Cuniberti is definitely going to recruit him. This is the best warship design department in Italy. You are making a lot of money."
