s: Something happened last night, so I was delayed.
August 15, 1936, AD 2777, in the Sea of Japan.
The weather is sunny today, the sea is as calm as a mirror, the blue is translucent, and the shadows reflect the white clouds in the sky.
The rising sun casts a layer of dazzling gold on the azure sea, and the sea sparkled with sparkling waves, just like a handful of gold chips sprinkled from the sky.
The entire sea suddenly became dazzling with golden light.
At this time, a huge battleship appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky.
The hull is as huge as an island, the bridge is as majestic as a mountain, the thick gun barrel, and the thick armor all reflect that this is the most outstanding battleship of human industrial civilization in this era.
This battleship is far larger than its kind.
Although it is huge, it is not clumsy.
It is currently galloping on the sea at a high speed of 28 knots.
Its knife-sharp bow cut through the calm sea and stirred up two white waves.
It is like a runaway horse, galloping on the calm sea.
The silver water curtains on both sides of the bow rose high and fell on the water again, turning into two long silver chains, trailing behind the stern.
It left a wide track of white waves on the sea it passed, like a white avenue appearing on the blue ocean.
At this time, it turned slightly to the left flexibly, and the waves gently slapped the bow and sides of the ship.
The hull was slightly to the left and slid forward to the left.
It appeared to be very flexible and as light as a speedboat skimming the water.
"It's great.
This battleship is great.
It can run as fast as a cruiser."
Colonel Yanasaku Yanagimoto of the Japanese People's Navy was as excited as a child.
At this time, there were also senior generals such as Takeo Kurita, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Yamamoto Isoroku, Horikichi, and Takasu Shiro in the bridge, and they were all extremely excited.
Since the Japanese Revolution, the army and navy of old Japan have been purged from top to bottom by the new Japanese Socialist Party government.
Since there are more representatives of interest groups in the army and all kinds of doctrines, the entire army has been divided.
The most cleaned.
Basically, two-thirds of the senior general-level officers were purged, and about one-third of the middle-level officers were purged.
The Navy has been purged far less often.
Because the navy is a technical branch, its brains are relatively flexible and its knowledge level is higher.
After all, Etajima is the most difficult school in Japan, and only the top 10 academics are eligible to get into it.
There will be no mentally retarded children who can get into Etajima.
Compared with the old Japanese Army, which was relatively simple-minded and had many middle-class soldiers, the Japanese Navy was where the best people gathered, and the vast majority of them were talented people who understood current affairs.
Naval officers are relatively rational, and they are basically the type who "firmly support the Party Central Committee and support whoever is in the Central Committee."
The targets of the Japanese Socialist Party's purge this time are mainly plutocratic dignitaries and the old upper class.
After all, there are only a few people in the Navy with this kind of background.
Except for a few who are not clear-headed, there are not many die-hards who are loyal to Tian Nao Heika and the plutocrats.
Therefore, the current officer lineup of the Japanese People's Navy has not changed much, and it is not much different from the same period in the original time and space.
"Woo" the whistle made a majestic roar, and the battleship was like a steel horse, cutting through the waves and rushing towards the distance.
If there are military fans of later generations, they will definitely recognize it at a glance.
Isn’t this the Yamato class?
Although if you look carefully, there are some minor changes in the details, such as the 155mm triple secondary gun that has been sprayed for a long time.
It was canceled and replaced with a quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft gun, but the general shape is exactly the same.
Especially the iconic single chimney that slopes backward, like the bridge of a tall tower, is easy to recognize.
If you take a closer look at the main turret, you will see that the nameplate of the main gun clearly says "Prototype 16-inch naval gun".
At this time, a burst of Chinese was heard on the bridge: "This ship No. 108 is really good.
Not only does it have powerful firepower and solid defense that far exceeds existing battleships, but it is also as fast as a battlecruiser.
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It is a well-deserved super battleship." " Well, yes, there are not only Japanese people in the bridge now, there are also a bunch of Chinese officers inside.
In addition to the officers of the two countries, there are also a bunch of senior technicians on the bridge, including China's Xu Wei, Japan's Hiraga Joe and other senior experts from the two countries.
The person speaking at this time was Lieutenant General Li Ang, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Navy and Director of the Naval Equipment Bureau.
Lieutenant General Takeo Kurita spoke extremely standard Chinese and said with a smile: "Li Jun, you are absolutely right.
This is the best battleship.
But it is a pity that we ourselves cannot use such an excellent battleship."
Kurita is a revolutionary backbone in the navy and an old member of the Japan Science and Socialist Party, so he rose to high positions after the revolution was successful.
In the history of the original time and space, he was promoted to major general at the end of 1937, but now the rank of this torpedo warfare expert is much higher than at the same time in history.
He was already a lieutenant general the year before last, and he also held the important position of commander of the Second Fleet.
It is estimated that in a few years he will be able to secure the admiral position.
This is the result of taking the right side.
Some Navy colleagues are envious and jealous of his unconventional promotion, but now the government is different.
The Japanese Science and Socialist Party has always been very dissatisfied with the Navy's promotion system based on seniority and hammock number ranking.
During the revolution, After that, they began to rectify the old Japanese navy and promoted a large number of young officers loyal to the Socialist Party of Science and Technology.
Besides, even those officers in the past did not like this system, and there were still many who were in favor of the new system.
As for those whose thoughts are still stuck in the old times, they no longer dominate.
No matter how dissatisfied they are, they can only accept it.
So I could only complain in private that the reason why I climbed so fast was mostly due to the shelling of the Sakurada Gate during the revolution.
But in fact, the bombardment of Sakurada Gate was not what Kurita did intentionally.
It was just an accident, but the Japanese Science and Socialist Party later made mistakes.
Comrade Kitaki highly praised his contribution in "leading the revolutionary officers and soldiers of the Nagato to fire the first shot from the navy against the reactionary old feudal imperial government."
This deed has now been written in the textbooks of Japanese middle school students. .
So Kurita, who originally wanted to clarify something, saw everyone was so supportive, so he half-heartedly acquiesced.
Now even he thinks that he ordered the firing "Yeah, what a pity.
This ship No. 108 was built for the Soviet Union."
Li Ang nodded regretfully.
"However, this is good.
This way we will have experience in building this kind of super battleship, and after obtaining first-hand data, we can further improve our own battleships in the future."
Yamamoto Isoroku interjected Come in and say.
Comrade Yamamoto is still only a major general and serves as the commander of the third team.
His subordinates are mainly the Kongo family.
The working language of the People's Revolutionary Federation is Chinese, and the popularity of Chinese in Japan is not low.
The Japanese People's Government has been vigorously promoting it in recent years.
Now Chinese has become the first foreign language in Japanese schools and has regained its due status.
Today's Japan is just like it was in the past thousands of years.
As long as people of some status are not able to speak Chinese, they are embarrassed to say hello to others when they go out.
Not to mention a place like the Navy where talented people gather together.
These outstanding people who are aware of current affairs do not need the government to urge them and consciously start learning Chinese.
Many have obtained Chinese Level 4 and Level 6 certifications.
Yamamoto-san was not very good at Chinese at first, but after only half a year of intensive training, he passed level 4.
Now he is probably at level 6.
Human beings are human beings.
A guy like Takeo Kurita, who comes from a scholarly family and whose father is a Sinologist, has reached a professional level of Level 8 in Chinese and can’t hear the accent at all.
Officers and engineers from China and Japan began to talk, and the topic was of course the current super battleship.
In fact, the current battleship, which is clearly in violation of the treaty, was built through cooperation between China and Japan, which is why the above scenario exists.
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This code-named "Ship No. 108" can almost be seen as the big guy who transformed Yamato.
The reason why the big guy appeared in advance was all because of Comrade Stalin.
As we all know, Comrade Stalin is an ardent believer in our multi-turret religion.
"Bigger is beautiful, more is better" is his philosophy of life.
His favorite things in life are the largest battleships and the heaviest tanks.
No matter what they are, they must be big and the pipes must be thick.
In the past, because the Red and White Song Club played too much, pots and jars all over the country were broken.
The newly established Soviet Union was a poor state.
Its industrial strength was inferior to that of Tsarist Russia.
Even if the bearded man wanted to build a big city, he had neither the money nor the conditions.
After the Soviet Union completed its first Five-Year Plan, its national strength increased significantly, and coupled with the impact of the economic crisis, a large amount of European and American funds entered the Soviet Union for refuge, allowing it to receive a large amount of investment.
Although for these foreign investors, there is still a better choice in China, but because China itself is not short of money, the management of foreign investment is relatively strict.
Moreover, because the economic crisis has also caused certain losses to domestic capital, for the sake of compensation, various investment opportunities in the domestic market have been given priority to domestic capital.
Therefore, only those large foreign capital groups with strong strength can make some good returns.
For investment projects, those large numbers of small and medium-sized investors do not have good opportunities in China.
The projects they can get can either make money but not much; or they are only guaranteed not to lose money; or they are long-term projects with a long project cycle.
The Soviet Union was different.
They were in urgent need of funds and had no domestic private capital at all.
Naturally, they had more preferential policies for foreign investment and more markets.
Of course, profit-seeking capitalists swarmed in.
Especially those small and medium-sized capitalists who could not squeeze into the Chinese market, or felt that they made too little money in China, flocked to the Soviet Union in large numbers.
In other words, although the proportion of foreign investment accounted for by the Soviet Union in this plane is much lower than that of the original time and space, because of the influence of China in this plane, the world economy has become more prosperous and the total economic volume has far exceeded that of the original time and space, so the Soviet Union has gained The actual total amount of investment is not much, even more than in the original time and space.
Although those small and medium-sized capitalists are not as strong as the big consortiums, they cannot stand up to their large numbers.
Comrade Stalin, who had become richer, naturally had ideas.
His old long-cherished wish came to mind again, and the ideal of a fanatic believer in multiple turrets once again occupied his mind.
Today's media technology is much more advanced than at the same time in the original time and space, and naval technology and naval power are also much more powerful.
Every time I see a few big toys in the homes of big gangsters showing off their power on TV and in magazines, I look at my own home.
Those pitiful old-fashioned dreadnoughts and outdated pre-dreadnoughts made the bearded comrade feel as uncomfortable as a cat scratching him, and he couldn't sleep at all.
However, with the industrial level of the Soviet Union at the time, it was impossible to build a new battleship that could meet Comrade Stalin's requirements.
If you can’t make it yourself, then buy it from abroad.
The countries in the world today that can build super-dreadnoughts can be counted on two hands, that is, the eight naval powers of China, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, France, Italy, and Austria.
As for other countries, they are not as good as the Soviet Union.
Of course, the shipbuilding capabilities of these eight companies are also strong and weak, and the relationships are also different.
But battleships are not something that you can definitely buy if you have money.
It is already the 1930s, and it is no longer the same as in the early 20th century.
It’s an age when you can buy anything as long as you have money.
Moreover, Comrade Stalin also has a very high vision.
He is not the kind of person who can just throw away things casually.
If he wants to buy, then buy the best.
The three companies of France, Italy and Austria were excluded first.
Big Beard felt that their technical strength was flawed.
The warships they built did not perform well in World War I, and Big Beard looked down on them.
The remaining few companies are technically capable enough to meet his discernment, but their respective conditions are quite different.
There is no need to ask the Erdezi.
Unless they are kicked in the head by a donkey, they will never build a super-dreadnought ship for the Soviet Union.
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Even if they are also in economic crisis, they will not agree to such a request.
Needless to say, opium and cattle, this group of pirates has always had a bad business reputation, not to mention selling fake and inferior products for a long time, and there is a precedent of black people's goods, more than once.
Comrade Stalin could not trust these guys at all.
Besides, the Niu Niu family's ships performed poorly in several large-scale battles in World War I.
The home fleet was completely destroyed by Er Dezi, and they were severely beaten by Italians in the Mediterranean.
When Stalin thought about this dark history, he felt Not safe.
The only three remaining are China, the United States and Japan, but Japan has no precedent of building battleships for other countries, and their technical strength is also weaker.
So Starshu only considered them as preliminary considerations, and mainly sent bids to the Chinese and American companies.
The technical strength of these two companies is first-rate, and their products have also been tested in the war, performed well, and are trustworthy.
The most important thing is that the business reputation of these two companies is good and they are very conscientious.
The goods they buy are all real and good things, not fake products like Niu Niu.
At the end of 1931, the Soviet Union proposed an order for a total of four battleships to China and the United States, but the requirements were very modest.
Comrade Stalin requires that his battleships have the thickest tubes.
The current treaty battleships cannot meet his requirements.
He requires that the caliber of the main gun should not be less than 17 inches and 432 mm.
In short, the bigger the better, and have equal armor.
Also, A speed of not less than 27 knots.
Moreover, the Soviet Union also required that relevant technologies be transferred at the same time.
Two of the ships must be built in the Soviet Union, and Party B must go to their homes to instruct them and impart technology and experience
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