Battle of the Third Reich

At the request of everyone, I will publish some information about this book here, and can answer some questions here.

Let me talk about the battleship information that appeared on both sides of the naval battle in the "Burning, Legend in the Cloud" volume. The following information is completely sharp and original, please indicate it when reprinting.

For the British Navy, the flagship is the heavy cruiser "York". She is the first ship of the "York" class heavy cruiser. Only two ships of this class were built, the "York" and the "Exeter".

Due to the restrictions imposed by the Washington Treaty on the construction of battleships, the 10,000-ton cruiser loaded with 203 mm main guns became the best choice for the compensation power of navies in various countries, and was welcomed by the British Navy.

This type of battleship is classified as a first class cruiser in the classification of cruisers in the London Naval Treaty, also known as a heavy cruiser.

However, when designing and constructing the "York" class heavy cruiser, it was at the time when Britain had the highest voice for reducing naval expenditure. Forced by this domestic pressure, the British Admiralty decided to build a first-class shrinkage and heavy patrol.

The reduction of the four 203-mm turrets of the ordinary model heavy cruiser into three, which can not only reduce construction costs but also ensure the number of cruisers in the fleet, and ensure the British overseas interests.

So the "York" class heavy cruiser was born. Because the tonnage of the battleship is strictly limited, she is not a qualified heavy cruiser. At least the author believes that the construction of such a class cruiser is a waste of resources.

The standard displacement is limited to 8,200 tons of "York" basic structural design is quite successful, when completed tonnage only exceeds the standard 50 tons.

The total length is 175.25 meters, the model width reaches 17.37 meters, and the full load draught is 6.17 meters. The standard displacement is 8250 tons, and the full displacement is 10350 tons.

There are 8 fuel oil boilers and 4 Parsons gear reduction steam turbines, with a total power of 80,000 shaft horsepower and a maximum speed of 32. 3 knots, four shafts and four propellers, the range reaches 10,000 nautical miles at a speed of 14 knots.

From a heavy cruiser, her speed and range are quite satisfactory.

But the next thing is a depressing place. The defense of such a heavy cruiser with a full load of 10,000 tons is actually not as good as the light cruise produced by the British later. This is really surprising.

The thickest part of the whole ship's armor is only 121 mm. Not only that, this main armor belt does not cover the whole ship, only covers the battleship boiler cabin and power cabin, which is only about one-third of the entire ship.

This is the so-called key defense strategy admired by the British and American navies. In fact, it is a plan made to reduce the weight of armor.

Although she achieved the protection capability of other contemporary 203 artillery heavy cruisers, but according to the author's view, in the history, the "York" was sunk in Crete by a three-person blasting boat controlled by the Italian Navy. This protection should be Take some responsibility.

"York" installed six 203 mm mkviii-type naval guns, which were the standard naval guns of the British heavy cruisers during World War II. It weighs 17 tons and has a 50-fold diameter. It fires hooded armor-piercing and grenade rounds. It has an initial velocity of 855 meters per second, a range of 28030 meters, and a barrel life of 550 rounds.

The six artillery guns are installed in three double turrets. Unfortunately, these heavy artillery turrets have only 25 mm armor. I really don’t know what the British think. If they are bombarded by warships above cruisers, the turret protection is almost Equal to zero.

This class of warship is also equipped with four mkv-type secondary guns, with a caliber of 101.6 mm and a range of 15020 meters. It is a kind of artillery that can not be reduced to high. It is generally used as an anti-aircraft gun in the "York" class.

As anti-aircraft firepower, the class ship also installed two 2-pound mkii machine guns, which were proved to be obsolete wastes in the early days of World War II, so that they were later replaced with multi-mounted table tennis guns and 40 mm Bo Fu The Swiss cannon, but at the time of this article, the "York" had not been replaced with those new anti-aircraft guns, only two 20mm cannons were installed on the side of the bridge.

This class of warship is also equipped with 533 mm torpedoes. She has two triple torpedo tubes, which are placed on both sides of the battleship chimney.

The last is the aviation facility. The "York" class is loaded with two "Fairy" iiif reconnaissance aircraft equipped with rotating aircraft catapults.

This is the basic information of the "York" heavy cruiser, which can give you a general understanding of the Chinese and British military flagships in this article.

Next, I will find time to introduce you to other weapons, but today has limited time, so I have to continue another day. . . . .