s: Sorry everyone, there are so many meetings these days.
I didn’t come back until 7 o’clock today.
I have to go to the Technical Supervision Bureau for a meeting tomorrow.
So please understand, I can only update one chapter.
I tried it yesterday, and I actually fell asleep while typing.
I can't compare with those incredible people who update ten thousand times a day and eight thousand times a night. ╮╭ March 5, the first year of Xuantong, 1909, Tokyo, Japan.
Inside the official residence of the Prime Minister in Nagata Town, several Japanese military and political giants are gathering at this time, because the People's Navy has officially taken over 8 French cruisers, including 3 Glorious-class armored cruisers and 1 Joan of Arc-class armored cruiser; There are one Guishan-class and Renoburg-class protected cruisers each, and two Destre-class protected cruisers.
This news made Japan's navy bosses unable to sit still, so they applied for this meeting.
Navy Minister Minoru Saito said excitedly: "The 10,000-ton giant ships China bought from France have arrived, including 4 10,000-ton armored cruisers and 2 8,000-ton protected cruisers.
Italy also has 2 armored cruisers soon.
Delivered, it is the same warship as our Kasuga class.
"Japan's Kasuga class is the Italian "Garibaldi" class armored cruiser it bought.
"So, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the Imperial Navy must also increase its budget, otherwise we will be outclassed by China," he said, staring at Prime Minister Katsura Taro.
The reason why Saito Minoru is making such a fuss is very simple.
Thousands of words can be condensed into two words, which is "asking for money" for military expenditures.
No amount is too much, not to mention that the military expenditures of Japan, a poor country like Japan, are not high in the first place.
It would be foolish to take advantage of this opportunity to grab it.
However, although Prime Minister Katsura Taro was born in the army, he did not know anything about the navy, so he was not that easy to fool.
Katsura Taro glanced at the excited Saito Minoru and said calmly: "Saito-kun, China bought all old ships.
I don't think those old ships can pose a threat to the Imperial Navy."
"Hahaha, Saito-kun, your navy is too cowardly."
Army Minister Masaki Terauchi laughed.
"China just bought a few broken boats, and you are so scared."
The conflict between the Japanese army and navy has always been open.
Both sides would hinder each other when they had the opportunity.
As for verbal ridicule and attacks, that was commonplace.
It would have been strange if the army and navy did not quarrel at that meeting.
The commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Goro Ijuin, widened his eyes: "Terauchi-kun, are you doubting the courage of the Imperial Navy?"
Chief of Staff Obao Gong immediately retorted: "Isn't it true that a few broken ships are so scary, and those Chinese navy are still new recruits, a few old ships and a group of new recruits make you so nervous.
You still look like an imperial soldier.
How does it look?"
"Chief of Staff, you cannot question the courage of the Navy," Ijuin Goro said and stood up.
"Gentlemen, please pay attention to your appearance."
Seeing that the younger brothers started to crook the building again and even had a tendency to fight, Katsura Taro had to step in to stop them.
If they were allowed to pinch each other, the meeting would be ruined.
Of course, Katsura Taro has done this kind of thing before.
If that senior army officer had never quarreled with the navy, would he still be considered a member of the army?
But now that he has become the prime minister, it is no longer easy to do this.
Although he definitely stands with the army in his heart.
One side, but I still do it to save face.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, China's army is a greater threat than the navy."
Aobao Gong immediately came up with a move to eliminate the firepower.
"Currently, Southern China already has 16 divisions and 10 mixed brigades.
Its total strength has exceeded that of the Imperial Army, and its equipment has reached the level of the European and American powers.
Northern China is also expanding its army.
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If they complete the expansion, there will be 28 divisions.
If the Imperial Army is to maintain its superiority over China, the Army's budget must be increased."
After hearing the song and realizing the elegant meaning, Masaki Teuchi immediately opened his mouth: "Yes, compared to those broken ships and new recruits, the China Army is the most dangerous factor.
The Imperial Army must increase to 30 divisions."
"Thirty divisions."
Katsura Taro's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but glare at this guy.
I cursed in my heart, Nima, don’t go too far.
You know, at this time, Japan's economy had hit rock bottom and was extremely poor.
Although the Russo-Japanese War was won, it still owed a lot of debt.
Wherever there is money to expand the army now, it is already very difficult to maintain the current size of the army without disarmament.
He thought for a moment, sighed and said: "If China is unified by Wen Desi, our interests in Manchuria will be very dangerous, and even North Korea will be in danger.
The ambitions of the Socialist Party of Science and Technology are great, there is no doubt about this .
But they have become the climate, and now our country’s economic situation is very difficult, and we really have no time to interfere.”
Katsura Taro had to painfully admit the reality, mainly because the rise of the Socialist Party was too fast, too fast for them to respond at all.
And not only is the speed as fast as magic, but the strength is like cheating, and even if you want to interfere, you are powerless.
Even the British Empire had to make some concessions after careful consideration, let alone Japan.
At this time, an attendant hurriedly walked in and handed a translated telegram to Katsura Taro.
"Sir, urgent call from the United States."
When Katsura opened it and took a look, his face suddenly turned red and white, and finally settled into an iron-blue color.
"Bagaya Road, damn the American ghosts."
After Katsura said a few words through his teeth, he calmed down a little and handed the telegram to Masaki Terauchi next to him.
"Please circulate the latest information obtained by U.S. intelligence personnel."
"Ah" Masaki Terauchi took it and took a look, his expression was similar to that of Katsura Taro.
After Oubao Gong took it, although he was somewhat mentally prepared, his expression was also very exciting.
Navy Minister Saito Minoru took it and took a look, and suddenly took a breath.
"Nani" "What's going on?"
Ijuin Goro couldn't help but leaned over to take a look.
His expression suddenly froze as if he was struck by lightning.
"Bagh Ya Road, damn American devils," the two navy bosses cursed in unison.
The information contained only a few lines.
The United States donated 4 old battleships and 12 destroyers to the Southwest Autonomous Government of China.
In fact, their intelligence was inaccurate.
They were not gifts.
Mr.
Wen still spent money, 16 warships for 16 US dollars.
Although the money was a little less, It’s also a waste.
Although this news was shocking, it didn't make them so upset.
The most important thing is the last one.
Ijuin Goro read out the telegram in a dry voice: "South China used the aid loan from the United States to order two 25,000-ton super crossbow-class warships, two 20,000-ton crossbow-class warships, and two 1 .
The keels of two 50,000-ton large armored cruisers have been laid.”
There was a sudden silence in the conference room.
After a while, Katsura Taro looked at his colleagues in the Army, gritted his teeth and said to the Minister of the Navy: "The Kongo class ordered by the Navy in the UK has been increased to 3 ships, and the number of domestically built ships has also been increased to 3 ships."
Neptune Shipyard, San Francisco, USA.
The Neptune Shipyard was a massive shipyard capable of building battleships.
However, it did not exist in the original time and space, because there was no such outstanding owner as the Zenith Star Consortium in the original time and space.
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Yes, this shipyard is a wholly-owned company of the Zentraedi Consortium.
In the past few years, taking advantage of the economic recession, Balnazar purchased several shipyards on the West Coast and then merged them into the Neptune Shipyard.
Neptune Shipyard has one 30,000-ton shipyard, one 20,000-ton shipyard, two 15,000-ton shipyards, four 10,000-ton shipyards, and several 30,006,000-ton shipyards.
At present, the three largest shipyards have been occupied.
Just the day before yesterday, these shipyards were starting to lay keels.
Now the entire shipyard is extremely busy, and work is in full swing everywhere.
Among the busy crowd, there are many oriental faces.
Yes, these are the three new warships built for China.
Wen Desi ordered a total of six large warships this time, half of which were built here.
In addition, there is also the renovation work of old ships, and we also got some information here.
The battleship USS Iowa bb4 is in a 10,000-ton shipyard not far away, and is undergoing renovation work.
Well, in fact, the Japanese intelligence is still not very accurate.
Of course, there are also reasons why China and the United States deliberately mislead and spread false news.
The warships ordered by Wen Desi were actually two 32,000-ton battleships, two 25,000-ton class large cruisers, and two 15,000-ton class heavy cruisers.
Originally, Ben Desi was planning to order four battleships at once, but unfortunately, the United States really could not spare so many 30,000-ton shipyards.
A shipyard looks simple, just dig a big hole, but if it is 20,000 tons, it has very high requirements on geographical conditions.
It must be a rock structure and a shoreline with high load-bearing capacity.
Because such a large ship is too heavy, it would be impossible to build such a large dock in an area with poor geological conditions.
It would be embarrassing if the foundation sank during the construction of the ship.
Therefore, no matter which country it is, coastlines that can build large shipyards are very valuable geographical resources.
Moreover, to build such a large shipyard, a large number of supporting facilities are also required, and these cannot be completed in a short time.
So in the end Wen Desi had to give in to reality and took the next step and reduced two of the battleships into large cruisers.
"This French cruiser is also called Dunima, which is bigger than a dreadnought."
Mr.
James, the chief engineer, feels embarrassed every time he sees the words "large cruiser" on the drawings.
He feels particularly blind and speechless. .
Well, in fact, the name of this "large cruiser" is actually very embarrassing, because no matter in terms of its performance, it can be regarded as a Dreadnought-class battleship.
The main gun and the 305mm main armor belt are all standard for battleships.
But our beloved Chairman Wen Desi insists that anything with a displacement of less than 30,000 and a main gun of less than 300 is not a battleship.
Therefore, engineers from China and the United States had no choice but to hold their noses and admit it.
There is no way, it is the boss who pays, he has the final say.
Don't call it a "large cruiser."
Even if he calls it a destroyer, that's up to him.
"Battlecruisers are also cruisers.
British battlecruisers are no smaller than battleships.
Is there anything strange?"
His colleague shrugged and pointed to the shipyard next to him with an indifferent expression: "Compared to the largest ship in the world, A battleship, it really can only be considered a cruiser”: