Time passed quickly, the world situation became more tense, and after the expiration of the London Naval Arms Treaty, the major contracting parties could not negotiate because of the issue of quotas, and the negotiations failed.

In 1933, before the countries had time to completely extricate themselves from the economic crisis, the naval arms race broke out.

To everyone's surprise, it was not Bulgaria that first provoked the arms race.

According to convention, isn't it the second in the world that challenges the world's boss? Why is the script wrong this time?

Affected by the economic crisis, Japan, without the support of the United States, was the first to be unable to hold on and took the lead in embarking on the road of militarism.

Germany and Italy also tore up the Treaty of Versailles and began to expand their armaments.

In 1934, the German central government expanded the army from 60,000 to 230,000; The Italians also expanded their army from 30,000 to 120,000.

War has become the theme of the Three Kingdoms, Germany and Italy have to go to war, oppressed by the Versailles system, and internal contradictions are about to fry.

In Japan, on the other hand, the government could not control the army, and the army could not control the officers and soldiers, and they were dragged step by step towards the abyss by the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers.

In 1933, the Japanese government announced a new round of shipbuilding plans, building two new battleships, one aircraft carrier, and four cruisers within five years......

The first imaginary enemy of the Japanese navy was the British, followed by Bulgaria, and the construction of more than 40 warships, large and small, in five years was a complete record for the Japanese government.

Well, it doesn't matter if it's bigger, anyway, the plan that can't be completed, the Japanese Navy has not just happened once, and it will be okay to change it in the end.

The Japanese exploded their navy, and when European countries saw it, we couldn't afford to coax it, so they introduced new shipbuilding plans one after another.

The Bulgarian Navy, which had been suppressed by Ferdinand for decades, finally waited for their long-lost opportunity this time, and now the government is no longer embarrassed to say that it has no money.

The 10-year plan has been completed, and in the new five-year plan, there is no longer such a huge amount of infrastructure construction, and the government already has the financial resources to invest in armaments.

"General Joseph, the plan of your Admiralty is too exaggerated, we need to build so many warships in five years?

You have to give me a good reason, or you can take this plan and convince the government yourself! Little Ferdinand thought for a moment and said

"Your Majesty, this is part of the Bulgarian world strategy, the giant of Britain is old, and the world needs a new master.

Now Japan in the Far East is also sharpening its knives, and it is unashamed not to take our Bulgarian Navy seriously, and we must fight back! Joseph said solemnly

"Skip the previous sentence first, even if the British are old, but the tiger is still a tiger, even if it is a sick tiger, it can still hurt people.

The Japanese you said later are provoking us, why don't I know? Ferdinand Jr. asked dissatisfiedly

"Your Majesty, the Japanese Navy has announced that it will build a navy that is second in the world, where does this put our position?

Isn't it enough for the great Bulgarian Empire to be pressed by the Royal Navy, and now a monkey from the Far East can also provoke our majesty? Joseph said angrily

The Bulgarian Empire had just been established, and now was the time when the people were arrogant, clamoring to catch up with and surpass the British, and if they were crushed by the Japanese navy, it was estimated that public opinion would be fried.

No, it's already fried, apparently Joseph is also prepared, and the plan proposed by the Admiralty is also very targeted.

This is obviously not aimed at the Japanese Navy, they do not deserve such attention from the Bulgarian Navy, then the target can only be the British.

But you can't say you want to challenge the British, right? Everyone is not a second-year teenager, and the British are not really in decline, but the recent development has not been very smooth.

Just as the Japanese Navy targeted the second navy in the world, the Bulgarian Navy naturally had to find a soft persimmon to pinch.

This is the reason why the Japanese navy is now used as an excuse, so as not to arouse the hostility of the British people and detonate the contradictions between the two countries in advance.

It doesn't matter if you offend the Japanese, the two sides are so far apart, whether there is substantial harm to the interests or not, it's just a shout.

This is not the first time, as early as the Russo-Japanese War, the two sides had played each other's acting skills, and it looked like the two sides were about to fight, but in fact nothing happened.

At the beginning, Bulgaria was shown to the Russians, proving that the younger brother was very loyal, and the work of waving the flag and shouting was done very well.

The Japanese show was for the British, and in order to give John Bull more money, Bulgaria was only used to show that the Russians were powerful.

Until now, the contradictions between the two countries have been rhetorical, but in fact, the diplomatic relations between the two sides are really normal, lukewarm, and everyone is very restrained.

Now the Admiralty is taking advantage of this opportunity to promote the expansion of the Navy.

The plan was very crude, just like Ferdinand shouted to the Ottoman Empire back then, for every warship they built, Bulgaria built two.

Now on the capital ships, the Bulgarian Admiralty is planned in this way, and the other auxiliary warships are carried out according to actual needs.

No, the scale on the capital ship should be larger, the Bulgarian Admiralty only included the battleship in the capital ship, and the aircraft carrier was deliberately ignored by them.

There is nothing wrong with the construction of two battleships in the Japanese Navy and four in the Bulgarian Navy. It's just that the aircraft carrier has become 1:4, the Japanese Navy will build one aircraft carrier, and the Bulgarian Admiralty will launch 4 aircraft carriers in one go.

The combined number of other warships, large and small, is just twice that of the Japanese Navy, and it seems that all the propaganda plans have been completed.

Little Ferdinand frowned, but in the end there was no objection, the military needs to serve politics, and building ships naturally needs to compromise with politics.

As Ferdinand II, his father's 2x declaration of domineering to the Ottoman Empire is still talked about by the Bulgarian people, and if he imitates it, it will still be a political plus.

At the very least, it can increase the support of the people, not only for him as an emperor, but also for the current Bulgarian cabinet.

You must know that since they succeeded to the throne, they have not yet taken the merits of making a move, and the only gain is probably to buy Ukraine with money.

It's a pity that all the Bulgarian people know that it was only the Russians who mortgaged it to Bulgaria, and now they can't afford to pay it back, so they simply sell it at a discount.

Perhaps in the future, this transaction can bring them a high historical evaluation, but now it is just like that, everyone should think of it as an ordinary commercial loan, and an ordinary land transaction.

As a second-generation emperor, little Ferdinand had to follow his father's example, there was no way, his father was too brilliant, and the people's demand for him was to be like his father.

This is the experience summed up by his more than two years as an emperor, and there is no problem in carrying out reforms on small issues, but the people like him to learn from Ferdinand.

Even if it's just for a gamble, they're happy to accompany them.

Little Ferdinand is already past the second year of secondary school, and as a father of two children, the third child is already on the way, and has already matured.

"Okay, General Joseph, you have successfully persuaded me, I agreed to the 1.2 billion leva for the shipbuilding funds, I will handle it for you on the government side, and you can persuade the Congress yourself!" Little Ferdinand said with a slight smile

The special cost of 1.2 billion leva for building ships seems to be a lot, but in fact, it is divided evenly over five years, and it is only 240 million leva per year, which is less than a week's financial revenue of the Bulgarian government.

With such a small amount of money, it is the same thing for this country, and the real expensive part of the navy is the later maintenance, which is a long-term expense.

For any developed country, building ships is not a problem, and after the warships are built, it is the real place to spend money.

For example, if the Admiralty's shipbuilding plan is completed this time, the Navy's annual military expenditure will increase by several hundred million.

There is no way, personnel salaries cost money, warship maintenance costs money, naval training still costs money, unless you want to play the poor navy, otherwise it is like spending money.

Bulgaria can do nothing, the French will be uncomfortable, they will have to follow if they want to keep the title of the second navy in the world.

In fact, they have long lagged behind, and now they only maintain the second place in the world in terms of tonnage, and in terms of combat effectiveness, a bunch of battleships before the First World War, even if they are refitted, they are not comparable to new warships.

Not only is the French Navy playing with refitting, but the Japanese Navy is also playing with refitting, and the reason is naturally to save money.

There is no doubt that this time the French government instigated, and it has nothing to do with other factors, that is, the government has no money.

Although their revenues are more than twice that of the Japanese government, they cannot afford to play an arms race.

It was not they who instigated it, but the French saw very clearly that only Britain and Bulgaria could compete now, and due to the economic crisis, it was Bulgaria that currently had the upper hand in financial resources.

France had already opened up a gap with them, at least financially, and in 1933 France's revenues were only one-third of Bulgaria's.

With such an obvious gap in economic power, why would a fool go and play an arms race with them?

Now the radicals in France have long been defeated, and the rest are the legendary appeasements.

If it weren't for the sake of face, they would have compressed the navy after World War I, and now even if they have a swollen face, they can't be fat, so they simply don't play.

The French can bear it, but John Bull can't bear it, if it weren't for Bulgaria just shouting at the Japanese government, the London government really couldn't sit still.

Twenty years ago, we played an arms race with the Germans and almost killed them, and now if we do it again, it is difficult to say whether it will be able to hold on.

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