The German Führer's answer was straightforward, it was people! It takes 18 years for a young German to grow up and become a soldier, and the same is true for Japanese youth, and American youth are no exception. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info and the system and national characteristics of the United States determine that they can lose countless materials and equipment, but they cannot afford to die enough people. What would happen to Japan, he asked, if at least 10 million people had to die between now and the end of the war? Horiyoshi said slowly, "I replied that this is easy to do, Japan has decided to break 100 million jade, if 10 million die can win, the remaining 90 million people will gladly accept it, and even the 10 million people who die will smile Jiuquan...... The Führer said that I am sure that the German people will sacrifice 10 million yuan without rebellion, but Xiaoxiao Jiuquan may not be able to do it, and they will definitely curse me to death underground. Guess what, are there 10 million Americans willing to die for victory?

The German Führer explained: the United States is already very strong and rich, we do not want to destroy him, second, we do not intend to encroach on his territory, third, we do not intend to encroach on his interests, fourth, we are ready to make peace with them, and the American people are only going to die for the sake of a victorious title and the interests of the capitalists. I don't think it's possible. Japan and Germany are fighting for the rise of their countries and their national dignity, and if they have to pay a price of 10 million, I think it is acceptable. ”

There was silence in the audience, and everyone, including Yamamoto Isoroku and Fushimi Miya, was stunned.

"So I insisted on going to the East Coast, going to New York, I just wanted to tell the Americans that we must be prepared to die when we fight, the empire is capable of threatening the American mainland, this is a cruel, life-and-death war, it is a world war, it is not a war that the Americans can easily win by watching the fire from across the shore and sending some weapons, materials and ammunition to their allies, they must be prepared to die and countless people if they want to win!" Horikichi's expression was very serious, "In the Battle of Tarawa, Major General Shibasaki led 5,000 lone troops to fight for a full 58 days, and the number of people was not superior, the weapons were not superior, and the supply was not superior, and the war of attrition still consumed nearly 10,000 American troops, and only 23 of them survived!" The same is true of the Combined Fleet, we have to keep fighting with the Americans, we can win and we can lose, but we must consume the opponent, and the more we can consume the opponent's lives, the more we must try. After 2 years, the United States almost 1 million died, and the United States is still holding on, do you think the Americans can hold on to 10 million deaths? Or is it that the empire can't stand it because it died 10 million people first? ”

After listening to Horikiyoshi's point of view, Inoue Narumi took the lead in standing up and bowing: "Sir, I've been taught!" ”

The rest of the people all stood up and bowed their heads in salute: "Sir, I have been taught!" ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong and Yamamoto Fifty-six sat motionless, but they were speechless for a long time. Now the situation is obvious, Horikichi has convinced everyone, even a hardcore henchman like Fukurushi, Koga Mineichi, the deputy has unwittingly slipped into the opponent's position. What's more, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong himself thinks that if he really dies 10 million, he can win, and he is very willing to pay this price.

Horikichi himself sighed in his heart: he didn't fully agree with these words, but in order to convince everyone, he could only maximize the Japanese national character -- anyway, there were people everywhere who were clamoring for a decisive battle. Only Chiaki Matsuda seemed to read his heart, raised his head and glanced at Horikichi again......

There is nothing to argue about now, and the discussion on the construction of capital ships has completely entered garbage time, and the whole process is carried out according to Horiyoshi's ideas, and the final resolution is that in 1944, 7 new Yunlong + 1 Taiho-class will be started, and 9 Yunlong will be built in 1945, and 12 will be built every year (1 per month) from 1946, and the rest of the battleships, fleet aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers will be cut down.

Chiaki Matsuda soon put forward the concept of the Axis Standard Edition of the Cloud Dragon - "If the construction of the standard version of the Cloud Dragon is started, it is acceptable to reduce the number of ships built by 1-2 per year, as appropriate." This aroused great curiosity.

The so-called Axis Standard Edition Yunlong refers to a unified standard aircraft carrier jointly designed by the Axis technical experts of Japan, Germany and Italy on the basis of the modified Yunlong, the main performance indicators are: standard displacement of 23,000 tons, the main structure can basically adapt to the sea conditions of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, the maximum speed of 34 knots, the maximum range (18 knots) of 9,000 nautical miles, the main carrier capacity of 68 commonly used + 12 spare (carrier-based aircraft wings are folded), the average construction period of 18-20 months. The complete set of drawings has basically been formed on the basis of the collegial agreement between Germany and Italy, and it is hoped that Japan will complete the review and final revision and determine all the details by March 1944. Hoffman planned that from April 1944, all the Fanyunlong class would be built using uniform standard drawings, and the internal name would be changed to the Axis class.

Chiaki Matsuda explained the specifics: "In this way, the combat performance of a single ship can reach about 75-80% of that of the Essex class, and the construction period is about 2 months slower than that of the enemy on average, which is within the acceptable range." The unified construction of standard aircraft carriers by the three countries has two major advantages: first, it is convenient for maintenance and component configuration, because all components are common, in case German and Italian ships are damaged in the Pacific Ocean or our warships are damaged in Europe, they can be maintained nearby; Second, it facilitates centralized use and command, so that pilots, sailors, and commanders are facing the same type of ships, which can be quickly cross-exchanged and formed into a three-country axis to cooperate and conduct joint operations. In addition, in the future, the carrier-based aircraft used by the Three Kingdoms Axis will all be of the same type and standard, and the tactical use of standard aircraft carriers will be further strengthened.

After calculations, shipping experts believe that once Germany and Italy unite the forces of the whole of Europe, the standard version of the aircraft carrier can start construction of 20-24 ships in Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece and other countries within a year, plus 8-10 ships in Japan, a total of 28-34 ships. If that doesn't kill Americans, we'll all kill ourselves. ”

Someone immediately retorted: "This is impossible, I don't doubt that Germany, France and Italy have the level of building the Yunlong-class, and the Netherlands barely has it, but Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, these countries may be able to build 25,000-ton ships, and it is impossible to build aircraft carriers, right?" ”

Chiaki Matsuda smiled: "At first, I was the same as you thought, and I was even more enlightened than you, but after I went to Europe and witnessed the German tank manufacturing process, I understood that equipment production can still do this." When I visited the No. 4 tank production base, I was surprised to hear that Germany could build 1,500 tanks a month, but in fact there was still a lot of potential to be tapped. The armor of tank No. 4 was supplied by the Belgians, the wheels and tracks were produced by the Dutch, the French made the gearbox and artillery, the Swedes provided the machine guns, and the Germans built their own engines and sighting equipment, which were then assembled in German factories. Now it is said that the Germans want to export engine technology to France and Italy, and Germany will only produce a very small number of components in the future, and most of the parts will only be sent to the allies according to standard drawings, and the final assembly will be unified after quality inspection.

Of course, the industrial capacity of various countries has not kept up with Germany, and the assembly of parts only accounts for part of the output, but the speed of proficiency is very fast. It's not that the Germans don't know how to build tanks, but so they can free up their energy to build Tiger tanks or other more advanced equipment.

The same goes for aircraft carriers, just now you also said that similar to Spain, Portugal, and Greece, you can probably only build a hull, and the boiler and power are not good, not to mention the equipment above, then only the shipbuilding hull, the big deal is to drag it to Italy or Germany to install the power and perch, the design is the same, the technical standards are the same, and the construction drawings are the same, why can't they be universal? If you really build more than 20 ships a year, you don't need to keep improving the quality, just get by. Consumables, maybe they will sink in a few days, so it's good to be able to use them, after all, it's a war now, and no one expects to use them for a lifetime. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, how else can shipbuilding be done like this? If you think about it, isn't this really the reason why the United States is making a wheel of freedom and a wheel of victory based on this method? Didn't Germany also make the wheel of will? Although Japan has always believed that its shipbuilding ability is not bad, the shipbuilding experts have quietly said after reading the drawings of the will wheel, not to mention the ability, at least in terms of concept, Japan is 5-10 years behind, and large-scale sectional construction, electric welding technology and other capabilities are even more lacking. Why is it so fast and good for Germany to build submarines? As long as you have seen the routine of sectional construction and final assembly, you will completely understand it.

Therefore, the officers of the Combined Fleet were very grateful to Horikichi for taking them on a visit to Europe, these things were invisible before, and the concepts, knowledge learned, and concepts absorbed were completely new, even if an American expert like Chiaki Matsuda could not have gone deep into the American Arsenal to check in detail in the United States back then, but now because of the Japanese-German alliance and the relatively competitive performance of the Combined Fleet, Germany has not only generously opened up many technical fields and factories for visits, but also exported piles of technical data and drawings to Japan. The most advanced part of Hoffmann, of course, will not be brought out, but even this is enough to shock the Japanese. In contrast, many of Japan's aeronautical designs are simply half-drawn projects, and if the European Joint Design Bureau does not take over, the so-called Comet and Tianshan will not know how long it will be put into service.

The officer immediately became excited, and immediately had a humane: "We can also do the same, if the raw materials are sufficient, let the low-tech parts be tossed by the civilian shipyards, and then dragged to the four major naval factories for final assembly, the quality can be slightly reduced to the standard, but the general level cannot be reduced." ”

"The parts produced by the imperial aviation industry are often not interchangeable, and the base hole system is very poor, and the German-made aircraft parts can be used anywhere, the same is the modified zero engine, the drawings are exactly the same, the German-made is more horsepower than the country, the failure is low and there is no oil leakage, it is really infuriating! This is the difference between small workshops and large industrial production, and it is no wonder that many things are cheaper to buy from Germany than to build them yourself...... Don't look at the fact that other people's labor is much more expensive than ours, but the cost of production is lower, so that people make a little money to us first, and it is cheaper! Onishi Takijiro smiled bitterly, "In peacetime, this is industrial dumping, but in wartime, I wish there was more such dumping, the better, after all, where to buy ready-made high-quality arms?" (To be continued.) )