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If Hoffman had been at the scene, he would have felt that due to the impact of the times and the power of crossing, Japan's shipbuilding program had a greater appetite than history -- the plan to change the five ships was nothing more than a plan to change 13 Yunlong ships and five Taiho ships, and this was still planned to be completed by 1950, but now whether it is Yamamoto Isoroku or Fushimi Miyahiro Gong Wang's plan, the aircraft carrier part alone has exceeded the original assumption, and the plan has been accelerated to the end of 1948, which is simply an overnight progress. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Japan has the capital to do this: after withdrawing from the quagmire of the Chinese battlefield, the supply of materials has improved greatly, coupled with the cessation of the army's mecha manufacturing and the arrival of a million tons of steel supply, Japan has actually become fat overnight, and Germany has also promised to continue to sell finished steel to Japan, no less than 4 million tons per year -- this figure accounts for half of Japan's production, but less than 3% of Europe's steel production under German control, as long as Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and other countries start industrial machinery to be satisfied. Coupled with the extra 2 million tons of ship tonnage out of thin air, the Japanese Navy is like a prime of life that has been overfilled, and it urgently needs to show its existence.

As the war has developed to the present point, even the stubborn fleet faction cannot but recognize the core value and role of aircraft carriers, still less dare to stop the construction of aircraft carriers in favor of battleships -- the fleet faction cannot be a surrender faction. Therefore, Friyushi's position was based on the need to compensate for the large losses of the battleship forces, and it was justified - since the South Pacific campaign, battleships, especially super battleships, have played a huge role.

Horikichi pondered for a moment, and did not rush to make a statement, but asked other questions: "What is the current situation of the slipway?" ”

"Large slipways are in full swing for maintenance operations, including Musashi, Nagato, Shozuru, Kirishima, King Kong, Beyan, including warships for repair, transformation, and maintenance, and the other is the construction of the Yunlong class, Daho and Shinano have been inhabited and installed, and do not occupy the slipway, and the construction of the Daho-class No. 2 ship will start next month, and it is expected that the construction of the Yunryu-class No. 9 ship will start in January next year, and it will continue to occupy 2 large slipways, and the medium-sized slipway is ready to transform the light, auxiliary aircraft carrier...... "Inoue Narumi Road," It is expected that there will be more spare space for the large slipway after the completion of the repair and renovation project in February next year, and the medium-sized slipway is basically at full capacity. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Horikichi, waiting for him to make a statement, and although Kusaka had already said something just now, he was interrupted impatiently by King Hirokoshi Fushimi Miya. However, Horikichi was obviously not in a hurry to express his opinion, but asked the second question: "Are there any arguments other than the capital ships?" ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong thinks that he is completely pretending, he must have communicated with Yamamoto a long time ago, and they are basically the same opinion, and the reason why he doesn't say it now is completely a conspiracy.

"There are also differences of opinion in the field of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers, and there are also differences of opinion on miscellaneous ships, special service ships, and special ships, but they are relatively small." Inoue Narumi looked at King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong, whose face was getting more and more ugly, and smiled slightly, "Why don't you express your opinion on the construction of the capital ship first?" We can also adjust according to the actual combat requirements. ”

Fushimiya almost couldn't help but go crazy on the spot, and he was completely restrained: Inoue Narumi and Hori Yoshikichi sang a double reed that gave him goosebumps.

Horikichi took a deep breath, and everyone was shocked when he said it: "To tell you the truth, I don't agree with the opinions of both sides!" If we continue like this, we will end up with nothing but failure. ”

Everyone was like being knocked on a stick, and everyone was dumbfounded.

As soon as he heard this, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong was a little angry and angry; Yamamoto Fifty-six still maintains an attitude of smiling rather than smiling, with an unfathomable taste. However, the status of the two is here, and it is impossible to accuse Horiyoshi in person, but the two factions are in a hurry to be impatient.

"Matsuda-kun, you can explain your opinion on my behalf."

Chiaki Matsuda, the current chief think-tank of the Combined Fleet, immediately stood up and spoke: "The entire United Fleet believes that the construction of all types of battleships and super-armored patrols should be completely stopped in the Marushin plan, and the construction of aircraft carriers should be fully concentrated; In addition to using the existing hull to transform light and auxiliary aircraft carriers, the main construction of Yunlong-class medium-sized fleet aircraft carriers, the commander hopes to start the construction of 10 Yunlong every year, if it can be launched once a month, it would be better, and at the same time hope to reduce the construction period to 18 months under the premise of ensuring quality; It is true that there is still room to start construction of another 1 Dafeng-class, but only 1 is enough. Please note that the Cloud Dragon here has been strengthened in tonnage, structure, and armament, and is 10-15% more tonnage than the existing warships. ”

Everyone whispered: It's understandable that Chief Horikichi doesn't want battleships, why don't you even want the Taiho class? This is the strongest and most difficult to sink aircraft carrier, and the construction of 1 Yunlong-class ship per month seems to be too big a step.

"The specific reasons are as follows: First of all, the number of battleship forces is expected to be 3 Yamato-class, 1 Nagato-class, and 2 Kongo-class, which are basically sufficient at present, and there is no need to build them again."

Everyone immediately began to discuss, it was not enough for the United Fleet to have more than a dozen battleships, but now there are only 6, one of which has not yet been officially completed, and it is enough to say that it is enough, what kind of logic is this?

"Quiet, quiet, please continue to speak." Inoue Narumi had to stand up again to maintain order.

Yamamoto Fifty-six was still silent, but King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong was sneering: Say it, see how you round this statement.

"The total tonnage of our battleships is currently about 300,000 tons, let's take it as 300,000 tons, according to the calculation of the Washington Naval Arms Treaty 20 years ago, our side originally thought that having about 70 percent of the battleship tonnage against the United States could ensure safety, so if the tonnage of US battleships is within 430,000 tons, our side will be relatively safe. To this day, due to the combined fleet's good operations, the U.S. military actually owns about 3-4 battleships of the Iowa class, 2-3 of the South Dakota class, 1 Colorado-class (West Virginia), and 2-3 old battleships. The Iowa class is expected to have a tonnage of no more than 50,000 tons, the South Dakota class is less than 40,000 tons, and even if all are calculated according to the upper limit, it is less than 400,000 tons - very safe.

Even if the current George V-class and Queen Elizabeth-class old battleships of the British Royal Navy are considered, the total tonnage of British and American battleships is more than 500,000 tons. But don't forget, the German-Italian allies currently have 4 Veneto-class battleships, 2 battleships of the Tirpitz, Richelieu, and Scharnhorst-class and a number of old Italian battleships, with a total tonnage of more than 400,000 tons, even if Britain and the United States continue to replenish 20-300,000 tons of battleships in the next 2-3 years, the overall number of battleships on both sides is roughly the same, not to mention that the Axis parties still have significant performance advantages.

The chief thinks: Since we insisted on the theory of 7 percent against the United States at the beginning, and now Britain and the United States only have 7 percent of the overall combat strength of the axis, even if it is a tie in another 2-3 years, is this not a huge strategic advantage? So there is no need to waste energy and materials on the construction of battleships at all. ”

Chiaki Matsuda is very eloquent, coupled with the long-time well-known American expert, the words he said are logical and quite organized, which makes everyone very convinced. After careful calculation, everyone found that this was indeed the case, the Combined Fleet and the South Sea Island Defense Force used suicide weapons to kill many British and American battleships, even after losing a number of battleships, not only did they not have a disadvantage in the comparison of total tonnage, but on the contrary, they vaguely pressed Britain and the United States.

Ordinary officers were only intoxicated by the existing superiority of battleships, but Yamamoto Isoroku, who was well versed in the high-level struggles within the navy, threw a meaningful glance at King Hirohiro Komiya Fushimi, who was about to get up in anger and go crazy.

Chiaki Matsuda's words were ostensibly talking about battleships, but in fact, they were to overturn the case for the "big horn personnel" 10 years ago.

Twenty years ago, during the negotiations on the Washington Arms Treaty, there was a fierce debate within the Japanese Navy, and its position was divided into the fleet faction and the treaty faction, with the former insisting on 7 percent toward the United States and the latter holding that 6 percent toward the United States was also acceptable, and that it was necessary to compromise as much as possible to gain time. King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong is the general backstage of the fleet faction, and he strongly demanded that "seventy percent of the United States", otherwise he would rather break down the negotiations. The controversy continued for 10 years, and the two sides continued to argue until 1933.

Okaku Censheng was the Minister of the Navy at the time, and he was initially a treaty faction, but later fell under pressure to the fleet faction. However, as Minister of the Navy, he was extremely dissatisfied with the request of Vice Admiral Takahashi Miyoshi, the leader of the Fleet faction and vice chief of the Military Command Department, to transfer part of the power of the Ministry of the Navy to the Military Command Department in wartime. The negotiation between the Ministry of the Navy and the Military Command Department escalated from the initial confrontation at the level of section chief, to a fierce debate between the director and the deputy minister, and then extended to the dispute between the minister and the minister of military command, and finally evolved into a game between Okakku Sensheng and Fushimi Miya Hiroko, and finally Fushimi Palace used his imperial status and transcendent status to overwhelm Okari Sensheng.

In order to completely defeat the treaty faction, Fushiminomiya also demanded the exile of all the generals who might hinder the future expansion of the army, and Okaku Sensheng had to dismiss the backbone of the treaty faction, including Admiral Taniguchi Naoma and Admiral Katsunosumi Yamanashi, as well as Vice Admiral Terajima Ken, Hori Kiyoshi, and Tsukasa Sakon, who had served as vice admiral and director of the Military Affairs Bureau, and Vice Admiral Tsunezen Sakano, who was still a rear admiral at the time, and Vice Admiral Sakano Tsunezen, who was still a rear admiral at the time, was all dismissed and transferred to the reserve. (To be continued.) )