s: I lost my phone and had to change it, so I was delayed.
Excuse me.
It is not surprising that the bearded man would make such a request.
The Soviet Union was not a signatory to the Washington Treaty, and they themselves were naturally not restricted by that treaty.
However, China and the United States are signatories to the Washington Treaty.
According to the treaty, they cannot build warships for other countries that exceed the limits of the treaty.
But we all know that the Washington Treaty has not been strictly implemented from the beginning, and all signatories have tried their best to exploit loopholes.
As for the fact that the Soviet Union was not a signatory, there is even more to be done.
Anyway, the treaty did not clearly state whether the "other countries" included "non-signatory countries" like the Soviet Union.
The unscrupulous Yankees agreed without hesitation.
If you don't make money, you are a bastard.
Especially in times of economic crisis, such a large order can save many companies and solve many unemployment problems.
As for the requirement to transfer related technologies, there is no problem.
With the integrity of the Americans now, as long as they are slapped in the face with money, these grandsons will dare to sell anything.
In their view, no matter how powerful the Soviet navy was, it would never be able to attack the United States.
Someone needs to be anxious, and those who should be anxious are the British and Germans.
Wouldn't that be better?
Only a fool would not do this kind of good thing that makes money and creates trouble for both families.
As for the Washington Treaty, go to hell with it.
Who cares about the treaty?
Anyway, they are not a signatory.
In the history of the original time and space, Starshu approached the United States to buy a super-dreadnought ship in 1936, but Roosevelt was the president at that time, and Master Luo took the issue of the United States very seriously.
He suppressed those money-minded plutocrats. .
Moreover, the Soviet Union in that dimension was also stronger, and he had more reasons to refuse.
The most important thing is that in 1936, the economic crisis had passed and the pressure on the US government was no longer so great, so the United States rejected the Soviet Union's intention to purchase ships.
Master Luo even claimed that for the heretical country of the Soviet Union, they would not consider any orders for destroyers or above.
But the situation in this plane is different, none of these things exist.
Whether it is "Humanitarian Hoover" or "Cactus Garner", their control over the plutocrats is far less powerful than Master Luo.
This period is also the time of the most severe economic crisis, and there are still two idiots in this plane.
Under such a premise, the United States naturally took over this order.
Their hands and feet were also very fast.
After receiving the bid, they immediately turned over the originally planned "Iowa-class" super battleship.
Note that the "Iowa-class" in this plane is different from the one in the original time and space.
This is a big guy equipped with nine Arki-type 18-inch 48-caliber main guns and a displacement of 63,000 tons.
In order to allow it to pass through the Panama Canal, the United States also began the expansion project of the Panama Canal in 1917.
This class of battleship was very unlucky.
It was originally supposed to be built in the spring of 1918, but the development of the 18-inch main gun was delayed.
The construction of this class of battleships was delayed until October 1919.
Just after the construction started, the Spanish Flu hit, and the construction period was forced to be delayed again.
This delay was delayed until the end of World War I.
Then came the Navy holiday.
At this time, the first batch of two "Iowa-class" ships had only completed keel laying and was forced to cancel.
The Americans now dug out the blueprints of the forced-to-disband "Iowa-class" from the pile of old papers, reworked and optimized the design on the original basis, replaced it with some more advanced subsystems, and sold it to the Soviets as something.
It must be admitted that Americans in this era are still very conscientious in arms sales.
This type of export battleship is not much different from the one they use themselves.
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But unlike the United States, which was very happy, China began to struggle after receiving the tender document.
For such a large order, it would be a pity not to eat it.
And it doesn't matter if the technology is transferred.
This is the same as the United States' consideration.
No matter how strong the Soviet navy is, can it still attack China?
It is the British and Germans who should be worried.
It's impossible for Starshu to be so stupid as to deploy battleships in the Caspian Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
However, China itself is not worried about the strengthening of the Soviet Union, but it has to consider the feelings of its younger brothers.
Selling battleships is a political issue.
What would the two younger brothers, Belarus and Türkiye, think if it were sold to the bearded battleship?
It’s quite difficult to be the boss.
However, this matter could not be delayed because Wen Desi had received reliable information from insiders on both sides of the United States and the Soviet Union, and the United States was also participating in the bidding.
If China does not participate, the United States will take advantage.
The order for four super battleships will bring so many benefits to the United States, and the economic crisis will be alleviated a lot.
Because this is not just the cost of building a warship, but also involves a large number of upstream companies, and you can make a lot of money in one fell swoop.
The Yankees must not be allowed to eat this big cake alone.
This is Wen Desi's bottom line.
As for whether he can receive the order, Wen Desi is not worried at all.
Just relying on the inside line in the Soviet Union, as long as China participated, it would be no problem to take over half of the orders.
This insider also made it very clear, because Starshu is not stupid.
His most ideal result is that China and the United States each get half of the order.
Big Beard wants to rely on the order of these four battleships to obtain the technology of the two companies, and also create an atmosphere of competition.
This is far more beneficial to him than giving all the orders to one company.
Well, since China wants to consider the feelings of its younger brother, it must take a roundabout way and cannot just sign and start things like the United States does.
So Wen Desi first negotiated with Big Beard and asked him to ensure that these battleships would not be deployed in the Black Sea and Arctic Ocean, which would increase the pressure on the two younger brothers.
Big Beard readily agreed to this point, and this was the same consideration for him.
Big Beard is not a middle-aged man.
On the one hand, he does not want to cause trouble with the People's Revolutionary League.
On the other hand, it is a bit silly to deploy the battleships in these two places.
Not to mention the Arctic Ocean, why put the battleship there?
The same goes for the Black Sea.
Although it can threaten countries such as Türkiye's coast, the Black Sea is an inland sea.
Once Türkiye blocks the Bosporus, it can only become a fleet.
Therefore, the focus of the Soviet Navy is still in the Baltic Sea.
This is also a tradition that started in the era of Tsarist Russia.
In any case, it is much more convenient to enter the ocean from the Baltic Sea than from the Black Sea.
According to the bearded man's ideals, a mere bathtub navy would not satisfy him.
After this problem is solved, China cannot directly take over the order, otherwise the government there will not be able to explain it to the subordinates.
So Mr.
Wen brought Japan on board and asked the Japanese to come forward and take over the order.
As for Starshu not trusting Japan's technology, it would be better for Japan to change hands from China.
While this roundabout behavior may seem boring, that's politics.
In this way, several aspects of things are smoothed out.
They are not deployed in the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea.
This means that the pressure on the younger brothers is not increased.
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At least Turkey will have no pressure at all.
Moreover, Japan took the order, so the Belarusian government could explain it to the subordinates.
Even if Belarus was unhappy with Japan, it would not matter.
Anyway, Japan is not the boss, so any conflicts between the younger brothers can be easily resolved.
For Japan, even if it attracts some hatred, it is worth it.
Not only can they make a fortune from it, but they can also take the opportunity to obtain a batch of advanced technologies related to warship manufacturing.
Things were just as the intelligence said.
After China responded and provided the design plan, Starshu made the decision to divide this batch of four Soviet battleships between China and the United States, with two ships per family. .
Well, to be precise, it is the United States and Japan.
Because of this, it was Japan that came forward to sign the contract, and China was only responsible for remote control and providing technical support.
The younger brother is here to take the blame.
Who will do this if the younger brother doesn’t do it?
Although it was Japan that took over the work, most of the design of this class of warships was completed by China.
The technology and manufacturing equipment of the main subsystems were also provided by China.
Some more difficult subsystems were even taken directly from China. goods, Japan is only responsible for assembly.
In order to save trouble, Wen Deji took out the Yamato-level data of the original time and space and asked domestic engineers to design on this basis.
Moreover, China also sent many technicians and workers to Japan to build this ship together, mainly to gain experience.
Both the United States and Japan started construction of this first-class battleship in the second half of 1932, the United States in August and Japan in October.
The design tonnage of both sides is similar, both are above 60,000 tons, but they are both claimed to be 45,000 tons.
The main guns on both sides also chose the 18-inch level, the same three-mounted triple mount, with two in the front and one in the back.
This is not surprising at all, because in the late World War I, 16-inch main guns were no longer on the market.
All major naval powers were developing thicker tubes.
The United States's 18-inch 48-caliber main gun was the Arki type.
China is also developing a 460mm 50-fold main gun code-named "Pioneer II Project".
Pioneer I is the 420 cannon currently in service, so this type of artillery is also called "Pioneer Cannon".
The remaining countries such as Britain, Germany and Japan That's not the case.
Later, the naval holiday began, and the countries stopped playing.
Japan's large-caliber artillery technology mainly came from the United Kingdom and France.
However, Britain and France did not have 18-inch artillery technology at the time.
Japan continued to in-depth research on larger-caliber ships based on the 15-inch naval gun technology provided by the United Kingdom. gun.
However, Japan's industrial foundation is still a bit poor.
When the contract began, 18-inch artillery could indeed be manufactured, but it could only be manufactured with a diameter of 40 times, and no longer.
In this era, a 40-times-caliber main gun is still a bit short of a standard.
A naval gun is useless if it is just thick.
It must be long enough, otherwise it is just a mortar.
But now there is China behind Japan.
At this time, the "Pioneer No. 2 Project" has long been completed, and China has developed a further "Pioneer No. 3 Project."
In order to conduct technical verification, China provided the Pioneer 2 cannon to Japan and asked them to install it on the warships ordered by the Soviet Union.
By the first half of this year, the super battleships of the United States and Japan were completed one after another.
Both China and the United States were interested in conducting technical verification on Soviet warships, so they installed a lot of things on them.
At the same time, Japan also wanted to test the performance of triple turrets.
They had been using twin turrets before.
Now I am testing new subsystems at my own home, using Soviet money to gain experience for myself, and at the same time testing my own subsystems.
This is of course a good thing.
Just when everyone was in high spirits, Lieutenant General Horikichi, who was the commander of the First Fleet at the time, poured cold water on the side.
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He said: "Gentlemen, I actually think that the role of battleships will not be as good as before in the future, and the role of aircraft carriers will be in the future."
More prominent.
I think our People’s Revolutionary League’s navy should be dominated by aircraft carriers.”
Another aviation stalwart of the Japanese Navy, Major General Hideho Wada, commander of the First Air Force, also commented: "Indeed, this kind of battleship is too expensive.
The cost of a single ship is more than 60 million yen, which is equivalent to two Shokakus."
-class aircraft carrier, and its combat effectiveness is absolutely inferior to the two Shokaku-class ships.
"At this time, the Japanese yen is pegged to the RMB, with a 1:1 exchange rate, which means that the daily yen is equivalent to 0.5 grams of gold.
"You only counted the cost of the warships, not the aircraft."
"The Type 108 battleship is actually very cheap, but because it is larger, it looks more expensive.
If the average cost per ton is calculated, it is cheaper than the Nagato class."
The officers of the battleship faction were unhappy and immediately counterattacked, so the two sides started their daily bickering again.
Li Ang watched them arguing and just smiled without saying anything.
China has its own plans for the development of future warships.
Aircraft carriers are of course the focus, but battleships will not be left out either.
Wen Desi has always adhered to the principle of "leading people into the ditch".
How could he not build not only battleships, but also this kind of super battleships?
As one of the four top naval powers in the world, if it doesn't build battleships, how can it lead people into the ditch and talk nonsense?
Who will believe it?
Mr.
Wen plans to announce the launch of China's super battleship plan immediately after the naval treaty officially ends at the end of today, and start another arms race.
On August 25, after the No. 108 ship completed its sea trial and returned to Wugang, it received new orders.
"Ship No. 108 will sail to the Soviet Union for delivery, and the technicians and workers of Ship No. 109 will also go at the same time."
On August 31, Ship No. 108, which had completed the supply, left Wu Port carrying 1,200 Soviet naval officers and soldiers who came to pick up the ship.
They would enter the Indian Ocean route from the Strait of Malacca, then bypass the Cape of Good Hope and return to the Soviet Navy in the Baltic Sea. base.
According to the plan, the No. 108 ship will be accompanied by passenger ships carrying technicians and workers, as well as an auxiliary fleet composed of supply ships.
In order to escort them, the Japanese Navy dispatched a cruiser detachment to perform escort missions.
However, before leaving, the fleet increased greatly, and another large fleet joined in.
This fleet carried a brigade of army officers and soldiers, and an air force wing.
"What do these people do?
Do the Army and Air Force also go to the Soviet Union?"
Colonel Hidenori Miyazato, the chairman of the outfitting committee, asked in confusion.
He is the person in charge of this delivery.
"No, they are going to Spain," said Colonel Gao Liuyiba, a well-informed source.
This time he was serving as an instructor, and he had to teach Soviet sailors to become familiar with this warship.
"Is it because of the Spanish Civil War?"
"Yes, didn't you see that they even changed their uniforms?"
"No wonder I feel a little different, it turns out I changed my uniform," Miyazato Shutoku suddenly said.
"I heard that they are going as volunteers," Gao Liu Yiba said: "This time the People's Revolutionary League will dispatch troops, well, they are all volunteers in name.
Hey, it is a pity that our navy is not involved this time, eh, that's not right either , it’s a matter of not having our surface fleet, the Navy and Marine Corps may still be able to use it”: