The Rise of the Empire

"What's your name?" Earl Schelling asked out of courtesy. After all, it was impossible for a prince to ask for the name of a second lieutenant.

"Second Lieutenant Franz Hipper, Honorable Earl." The young officer replied.

"Well, Hipper, this name is very familiar." Prince Ruprecht, who had already walked several steps, stopped immediately, "Oh shit! It can't be the same name and surname, right? Hipper! The commander of the battlecruiser formation of the German Navy! The buddy who has the title of British BC Terminator! He is from Bavaria!" The prince was a little dizzy!

"What position do you hold now?" the prince asked after taking two steps back.

"I am the pilot officer on His Majesty's yacht Hohenzollern. Your Highness," Hipper said flattered.

"Well, very good. Do you have any ideas?" The prince asked like the leader of the future generations.

"Do your job well and do your best for the Imperial Navy." Hipper said immediately.

"Do you like this battleship?" Ruprecht changed the subject, making Hipper a little uncomfortable.

"This is the most advanced and best warship in the empire. It is a great honor to serve on it, even as a sailor." Hipper was a little confused.

"This is just the beginning. Maybe after a few years, he won't be the best." The prince glanced at the other party, and then said meaningfully.

I saw a lot of celebrities today. These legendary powers in later generations are really not seen at ordinary times. If something really happened, they would all get together. In fact, it’s normal to think about it. The royal cruise ship will naturally appear at the ceremony attended by the crown prince. As an officer on the ship, it’s normal for Hipper to be responsible for welcoming the guests. I don’t know who I will see next! Travelers are looking forward to it!

Although we are friends, we are not military allies yet, so some places are not allowed to go on this cutting-edge warship of the German Navy, such as the two 11-inch L40 single-mounted artillery turrets at the front and rear, but for what? Satisfied At the invitation of Russian officers, the German Navy allowed Russian officers to visit the secondary battery on the sidestring of the battleship.

And this time it happened to be the gunner of the Mainz who led the team. Under his leadership, a group of people came to the secondary artillery area. And because there were a lot of people on board, after the two crown princes and their entourage left, it was the turn of the second echelon represented by the prince! Although it is only a secondary artillery area, after some improvements by the traversers, the Russians have learned a lot!

On the sidestring gun decks, each 6-inch gallery was separated from the other guns to form an independent armor box. After entering the artillery position, a telescope-like thing was installed on each artillery piece, and for the sake of confidentiality, the lenses at both ends were specially sealed, and there was a compass-like thing next to the artillery position.

"What is this device?" Admiral Popov asked.

"Oh, this is a distance indicating device. Our battleship has a device on the top that can measure the distance. As long as the target is locked in the middle and the approximate data of the target is known, the distance between the two sides can be clearly calculated. And this distance will be sent to each gun position through a set of transmission equipment, and then each gun position can shoot directly according to the distance without having to estimate it yourself. Moreover, this set of equipment can also rectify the error caused by the warship swing. Through this set of equipment , Our shooting accuracy has increased by more than 50%!"

"And the same thing as this telescope is the visual sight that comes with the gun position. According to the navy's experiment, after adding this sight, the new artillery can directly attack the target within 4000 meters without relying on the rangefinder. Repair." On the side, the gunner of the armored cruiser Mainz, who was in charge of the reception, explained proudly.

"This thing is a bit mysterious!" Popov was very surprised, with a hint of doubt on his face. Then he turned his attention to Prince Ruprecht, who should have more say.

"This system is very complicated. The presence or absence of this fire control system directly affects the hit accuracy of the battleship. It can increase the combat effectiveness of the battleship by about 50%. There will be a firepower demonstration in 3 days, and you can see its power by then ” At the prince’s gesture, Baron Vittorio explained.

"This is really an amazing invention." Popov sincerely admired.

Think about how stupid the Russian artillery is now? Distance measurement is basically by naked eye and sextant. Then check the firing table, and finally fire. Although some people have already realized the impact of the roll of the battleship on shooting, realizing the problem and solving the problem are completely two concepts. The Russians have no other way except to use a pendulum to estimate and shoot by themselves!

Look at other German warships! This design is really tall, the optical range is measured, and then transmitted to each gun position, and each gun position has simple auxiliary aiming equipment! A bunch of Russians look amazing even though they don't understand it!

Looking at the haloed Russians, Ruprecht couldn't help but wipe off his cold sweat. Because only he knows what kind of virtue he has created with his common sense of fire control.

Compensating for the vertical deviation caused by the shaking of the battleship can indeed be done, but to do this requires the gunner to be experienced enough to be able to grasp the uniform time period when the battleship is shaking and then adjust the gun mount. Although there are related equipment to assist, it basically depends on the gunner's own level.

As for ranging? To put it bluntly, this thing is simpler, that is, to add an information transmission device to the 1.5-meter horizontal image rangefinder. One of the subsystems, the so-called "short-distance telegraph" transmission method, was used by the British in 1885.

As for the more complicated things such as speed change rate, direction angle and relative displacement, sorry, there are none of these things. Except for the most basic distance data, the rest depends on luck and feel! But even so, this system can effectively improve the hit rate of artillery, and some technologies and methods in these systems were not popularized after the Sino-Japanese War! Although simple, it is still a work that transcends the times!

"Captain, your professional knowledge is very good. What's your name?" The prince was very satisfied with the stupefied Russian, so he asked casually.

"Maximilian von Spee! Salute to you, Your Royal Highness!" The captain snapped a military salute and replied loudly.

"I'm going! Cannon King! No wonder they are professional! The level of artillery skills of the two armored cruisers in the Far East Fleet is astonishing. This is another celebrity!" Just a few people I met today , the prince felt that the trip was worthwhile.

"Very good, keep it up, the firepower display after 3 days will be the time to test your training level." The prince encouraged.

"Yes, Your Highness," Captain Spey replied. And just when Ruprecht was about to chat a few more words, Earl Schelling stepped up to indicate that it was lunch time. The two crown princes are waiting.

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