Dönitz soon knew that Mainz had not deceived him, and what he said was true!
On September 20, 192, on the slipway of the Germania Shipyard, a brand-new warship with graceful lines and slender body was undergoing a launching ceremony!
This cutting-edge battleship, which was ordered to be the battleship Admiral Hipper, was the first battleship launched by Hans after the war. It is also the only large battleship with a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons in the Hans Navy!
The launch of this battleship attracted the attention of the world, and people were very curious about what the first large battleship built by Hans after the war looked like!
As a result, not only the people of Hans who got the news rushed to the shipyard to watch, but the sun never set and the Gauls also came over.
The Allied Arms Control Commission of the Allied Powers specially sent people to the scene to observe and take a very serious attitude.
Under the spotlight, Admiral Hipper performed a bottle-throwing ceremony by the hero of the High Seas Fleet, Sir Franz von Hipper.
When the old general smashed the champagne in his hand to the bow of the ship with trembling hands, the reporters on the scene pressed the shutter in their hands one after another, and the camera made a clicking sound, recording this historic scene.
The old general looked very excited, his eyes were red, and he could hardly hold back his tears!
Although the tonnage of this warship is only 10,000 tons, which is not comparable to the large warships he once served, the significance of this warship to Hans Navy is extremely important!
It was the first main battleship built by Hans after the war. After the destruction of the High Seas Fleet, Hans's navy had degenerated into a small fleet with almost no sense of presence and combat effectiveness!
Under such circumstances, the launch of the Admiral Hipper is of great significance to the entire Hans Navy!
This may be the starting point for the navy to take off again!
I hope this time won't be too long, and I hope I can see the scene of warships flying the Hans flag galloping across the ocean in my lifetime!
The soldiers and officers of the navy were no less excited than their predecessors!
1,500 soldiers and officers had already been prepared. After the Admiral Hipper was launched, they immediately boarded the ship and accepted the warship from the workers of the shipyard!
According to the tradition of naval warships, this warship will need to go through sea trials for at least more than a year to ensure that the product is qualified before it can be delivered for use. However, the Navy obviously couldn't wait, so they immediately accepted the warship and conducted sea trials. Gradually become familiar with the new battleship.
The standard displacement of Admiral Hipper is 10,400 tons, and the full load displacement is 14,300 tons. In terms of tonnage, this is an out-and-out heavy cruiser.
However, because the tonnage has shrunk a lot compared to the original Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, this battleship was classified as a light cruiser in Mainz's mind.
Its length is 198 meters, 21 meters,.3 meters, and the waterline length is 189 meters.
The aspect ratio of this battleship is maintained at about 10:1. This has the advantages of high speed and stability, allowing this battleship to still sail even in high sea conditions.
Of course, such a design actually has disadvantages, that is, the advantages are not obvious. Generally speaking, the larger the aspect ratio, the faster the battleship will be. However, on the other hand, their navigation stability is relatively poor. In high sea conditions, In this case, the ship's ability to resist transverse waves is very weak, and the warship will shake a lot, and there is even a risk of capsizing.
However, for Hans's navy, before they completely broke through the Treaty of Versailles, the tonnage of their warships was greatly restricted. In this case, in order to allow their warships to perform certain ocean-going combat missions, they must In order for her to have high seaworthiness, the aspect ratio needs to be tilted to a certain extent.
Fortunately, the power system of this battleship is quite powerful. After Mainz used the system's technology to transform the engine, the number of boilers on the Admiral Hipper was reduced to 9, but the output power increased to 145,000 horsepower. Therefore, the design speed of this battleship is 33 knots. During the trial, it even ran a high speed of 34.5 knots. This speed can catch up with or even exceed the speed of cruisers from modern countries!
Because it is not a main battleship, the armor and main gun caliber of this battleship are not large.
The main gun caliber of the first cruiser is 203 mm. Because it uses an improved turret with system optimization, the weight of the twin single-seat turret is 230-20 tons, which is 25 tons lighter than the original Hipper. about.
Hipper had a total of four twin turrets, two at the front and rear, equipped with eight 203 mm caliber main guns.
In addition to the main gun, Hipper also had three types of secondary guns.
It includes nine triple-mounted 120mm secondary guns, one triple-mounted 37mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, and 20 detachable single-barreled 20mm anti-aircraft guns.
All these weapons were piled on the Hipper, giving the impression that this warship with graceful lines and slender body was forcibly transformed by the Hans into a large hedgehog with teeth and claws!
The Allied countries who came to watch the launch of Hans' new warship were very puzzled by Hans's warship.
"Are you sure the data is correct? The Hans' main battleship only has 20 mm cannons?"
"Yes, I confirmed it several times!"
"What on earth are the Hans doing? Equipping their own battleships with 203mm main guns, do they plan to use this caliber of main gun against our battleships?"
After the representative of the Royal Navy heard the news, he let out a long breath and felt much relieved!
If you want to say which country is most wary of Hans developing a navy, it must be the one where the sun never sets!
After all, how many countries are there? A few years ago, the Royal Navy, where the sun never set, was locked in a fierce battle with Hans's High Seas Fleet. In the Battle of Jutland, although the Royal Navy had an advantage in the number of warships, the final result was that the Hans took a small advantage.
After that great sea battle, the Royal Navy finally gave up its prejudices and began to pay attention to Hans' High Seas Fleet!
If there is another Battle of Jutland, it's hard to say what the final result will be, even if the Royal Navy wins. , I am afraid that my vitality will also be severely damaged.
Therefore, after the end of the First World War, the Sun Never Sets people immediately towed away all the High Seas Fleet in Hans Military Port. Their purpose of doing this was to completely eliminate this hidden danger. No. Let Hans continue to threaten himself!
However, although the High Seas Fleet is finished, as long as Hans' country is still there, they can continue to build warships, so the sun never sets and they are always paying attention to Hans's movements and are always on guard. Hans' development in the navy!
But this worry turned into ridicule at this moment!
"Haha, they might install a medieval ram on the bow of the ship and prepare to go straight to our fleet during a battle and use the ram to sink us!"
"Hahaha, I think the idea of corner collision is a good one. If I were from Hans, I would definitely adopt your suggestion. At least corner collision is much more reliable than Hans' 203!"
Not only the people who never set the sun are laughing at Hans's new battleship, the Gauls and even the Italians are also laughing at Hans.
Such a battleship, in front of their main battleship, is completely free, and it is not worth it at all. Maybe fight them!
Mainz looked at the ugly behavior of these people and sneered in his heart.
This is just a light cruiser of the navy. The tonnage of the light cruiser has reached 10,000 tons. Is it possible that the tonnage of the German main battleship will be higher in the future? Will you still be young?