As mentioned earlier, the Japanese side intends to agree to this exchange. The basic reason is nothing more than the fact that the Japanese side suffered great losses in military strength and economy in the previous battle. In particular, the huge war reparations often made Yuan Jing scratch his scalp.

And this time, because these German warships, in exchange with China in accordance with the principle of equal quantity, are still willing to reduce a certain amount of reparations, which can't help but make people wonder if Tang Yunyang's head has been kicked by someone, won't he settle accounts?

Of course not, the Mackensen-class battlecruisers were the forerunners of Germany's two capital ships in World War II, the Bismarck and the Tipitz. Although Tang Yunyang's development direction for the Chinese Navy is to build an aircraft carrier battle group in the future.

However, it did not prevent him from transferring this excellent warship design with a design displacement of 31,000 tons and a maximum displacement of 35,300 tons to become a battleship for other purposes. Here, one thing that can be guaranteed is that he will not use these treasures to do the kind of thing of tearing down the superstructure and replacing it with an aircraft carrier.

In addition, now his engineers have completely understood the design ideas of the Japanese warships in their hands, as well as their excellent characteristics. Therefore, from a certain level, Tang Yunyang did not want a battleship, he wanted the design of the ship and the advanced technology in it.

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Undoubtedly, these German battleships, which performed well in the First World War, contained too many special technologies that were still very fragile in China's shipbuilding technology, which was still very weak. As for the Japanese battleships, they were nothing more than the inheritors and promoters of the British battleship system. As for the German battleships, it is known that as soon as the Bismarck-class battleships came out, the British home fleet was mobilized as a whole.

Based on the above reasons, Tang Yunyang resisted such as Mike. The old wolf and the like, who will point at his nose and scold the pressure of F-You, will meet the needs of the Japanese with the same number and class of Japanese warships and quite generous compensation.

In addition, Japanese Prime Minister Takashi Hara, who arrived in Paris, France, to attend the Paris Peace Conference, also had an important mission. He would have offered to buy more German warships for the sake of the equivalence of combat capabilities among the Asian countries. And he, as a victorious power, made a rather cheap purchase from the Germans.

However, it was Wilhelm III who did not hesitate to sell some of his family's property for the sake of the German fleet. Although, as the ruler of the reservation, he could not have a sizable army. Even the troops who had been on Truk and Irian had to take off their uniforms and bring in their families as civilians.

But this will not prevent German officers from serving in the so-called "Thunder International", which is being re-established in China to provide humanitarian relief and maintain regional peace, and to train officers and non-commissioned officers for future wars.

Here, there is another variable that worries about it. Negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles were not going well, and a significant number of Germans, like Hitler, believed that the war had not been lost. In other words, the Germans believed that the loss of the war was only caused by the collective defection of certain conspirators and the German civilian government.

This was one of the reasons for Hitler's rise in the future, his hatred of the Bolsheviks, and his distrust of the civilian clique. I am afraid that this is precisely the reason why the "Weimar Republic" is destined to become the most suitable republic in history.

At this moment, the German Navy, and certainly not including those German Bolsheviks who had already rebelled, had secretly developed a plan called "Rainbow". That is, upon receipt of the "rainbow" signal, the officer will order the raising of the forbidden fleet flag, battle flag, and Z-signal flag, and open the sea-opening valve and watertight hatch.

This was the most heroic self-sinking operation in the history of the Navy, which lasted about 6 hours, and 52 of the 74 detained German ships sank to the bottom of the sea, including 10 of the 11 battleships and all 5 battlecruisers, and the tonnage of the sunken warships was 95% of the total tonnage of the seized fleet.

In the eyes of the Chinese, this is really a violent act of destroying treasures. And this incident is the most painful scar in the hearts of the Germans, mainly the Germans. It's a pity that these warships are too far away from China to get to China, otherwise Tang Yunyang would definitely welcome them.

However, now that history has changed, there will be some people who do not want to see this most "spectacular and heroic" action.

For this reason, a significant number of naval officers heard some kind of special order from the then commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Speer, who could still be trusted by William III.

"As the wealth of the country, if these warships sink to the bottom of the sea, it will be a disaster for the country."

On the other hand, if these warships were unsinkable, it would still be a disaster for Germany. The huge and expensive maintenance costs will inevitably overwhelm the "Weimar Republic". In the same way, such a fleet, which had been mortgaged but retained considerable combat strength, was also a problem for the Entente.

After all, no country can afford to keep these warships. Since it is the United States, Britain, and France, it is still an object that costs money. After the end of the First World War, the disarmament of the European countries will enter a considerable scale, and even armored units such as Patton's will have to return to his cavalry units because of the reduction in the number of troops in the United States.

So where these battleships go, for almost everyone, is a question. But they are not willing to sell warships to the rest of the world, which will lead to the increase of the military strength of other countries and make unpredictable changes in the world pattern. In particular, they did not want these ships to fall into the hands of the developing Chinese.

Originally, the fall of Irian Island had caused serious dissatisfaction among the British and Australians. However, the "Weimar Republic", which was cursed by everyone, gave it to Kaiser Wilhelm III as a reservation.

Although Britain and Australia were dissatisfied, they could not take it by force. Even if they put pressure on Germany, the other side can talk about it with the one sentence, which is the lord of the land that the Kaiser gave him, Tang Yunyang.

This has caused Britain and Australia to have a strong fear of difficulties.

After all, a small battle there had almost lost Calcutta, which made it clear to everyone that the "problem bandit" was a guy who was not very talkative. So how should Irian Island, as a reservation of the Kaiser, as a fief of this guy, be seized?

It's a question, India or Irian Island?

Whether India is independent or not is definitely a thankless task for China. However, for the British, it was a reluctant loss. Moreover, they privately speculated that Tang Yunyang would do it for the sake of Irian Island.

As for attacking China, unless Japan is willing to provide its own land as a springboard, or the Russian side wins the battle and gains a foothold on land. Otherwise, in the face of thousands of aircraft, no country can guarantee victory.

As for Tang Yunyang's methods, at this time, there are quite some similarities with Mr. Hitler back then. He was just playing the cards of Britain and France. Let's see if they are willing to fight another large-scale war to conquer a developing China with a population of 400 million when the First World War has just ended and its national strength has weakened.

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It is not that Britain and France cannot gather all their strength, but that even if a war of this magnitude is won, it is still very likely that Britain and France will become second-rate countries with little say in the international community, and as for the economic problems caused by the war at home, they are only secondary.

Thus, appeasement did not arise on the eve of the Second World War, but was the inevitable result of the exclusion of the United States, then the world's leading power, from decision-making in European affairs after the end of the First World War.

Even the later League of Nations, because there was no participation of the United States and other world powers, did not have a relatively strong say in international affairs, and finally became a situation.

This is the fundamental reason why Russia was able to survive and develop into the Soviet Union, and Japan was able to do whatever it wanted in Asia.

To sum up, while the war has passed and people's minds are stable, everyone is thinking about how to make a small fortune as soon as possible, so that the national strength under the pressure of war can be fully restored. Whether it is Britain, France, or Germany, it is probably all this mind.

"So, even if the armament is removed, we only want raw materials for steel mills, only the hulls of merchant ships."

What kind of plan is the transformation of a warship into a merchant ship? Principles that Westerners who are accustomed to building new warships or using merchant ships to transform into warships do not understand. In particular, the cost of converting these warships into merchant ships is not much cheaper than that of newly-built merchant ships. So why did the Japanese make such a suggestion?

"In order to achieve the purpose of fair exchange, can these warships be disposed of to us according to the cheaper personality? In this case, I am afraid that it is in line with the commercial principle of equivalent exchange! ”

Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, who were willing to exchange these warships for a certain amount of money, were unexpectedly satisfied with such demands of the Japanese.

Although, they were not willing to help Japan rebuild a strong fleet that could threaten the interests of the three countries. But if someone converts these hulls into money, they welcome it.

Needless to ask, such a trick naturally came from Tang Yunyang's handiwork, which really made people wonder if his head was sick with a fever because he saw the German fleet. In particular, if it is a large warship, it is enough, if it is a new type of warship.

But what does his act of "picking up rags" mean this time?