334, this is the final proportion of the military spending of the three German armed forces at the state budget meeting, the army has 4 percent, and the navy and air force have 3 percent each. Compared to Hipper's and Toth's full load, the Army Command is as full of resentment towards the Navy and Air Force as the dead parents.

Germany's long-standing concept of land power has penetrated all walks of life in Germany, and this is largely due to the fact that the air force, which was just starting in World War I, was not eye-catching, and the navy was even more humiliating to Germany.

German Navy Command.

Hipper, who received 2.565 billion marks in military spending, did not take a break and directly summoned the generals above the colonel of the Admiralty.

As the head of the Navy's armament procurement department, Gonser Ruetjance had prepared a procurement list a year ago, and the amount of money that needed to be settled in this dense list was far from being a problem that could be solved by 2.5 billion marks, so which was more important and which to purchase first in the first step became an extremely critical issue.

"Battleships, which must be battleships, have a relatively long cycle, can start allocating funds for construction first. The construction period of other ships is relatively short, and there is no rush for a while. "The one who spoke was Vice Admiral Erich Raeder, the deputy commander of the Navy, who was the commander of the battleship during the First World War, and naturally had an indelible affection for the big ships and the big guns.

He said without hesitation: "You must also know that the president is going to visit the United States next year, the navy cannot come up with a fleet that can escort the president to the United States for a state visit, such a thing is simply a slap in the face of the German navy, the lessons of the last war are vivid, if we don't catch up now, next time, it will be the same result!" Raeder's expression was grim, and Hipper, who was on the side, felt it the most, as a witness to the Battle of Jutland. However, from the perspective of the overall situation, as the commander of the navy, his eyes are no longer limited to large surface ships, including small coastal defense ships and submarines that emerged after the war, as well as combat ships and support ships, all need to use this limited naval funding.

"What do you think, Dönitz?" Hipper was eager to hear what Dönitz had to say, because it was only the submarine forces that really made the Navy lose face in World War I. As a representative of the submarine faction in the Wehrmacht, Dönitz is also a naval admiral that Eric is very optimistic about, and seems to be interested in promoting this young man.

The 29-year-old Dönitz was still only a young admiral with the rank of rear admiral at this time, and the admirals present were not something he could ignore regardless of their qualifications or achievements. "This is throwing the pot, don't offend people.

Everyone began to fall silent, they had no money before, shouting that they wanted to build this and that, and when they really got the money, they began to worry about what to make again. Lütjans knocked on the table and said, "Actually, General Raeder said that the method is feasible, we can start construction of multiple ships at the same time. ”

As soon as Lu Teyans said this, everyone understood what he meant, and it was actually very common to pay every year, and it was actually common to pay once for a construction period, but Lu Teyans obviously had not finished speaking, and everyone did not rush to speak, but waited for his next words.

"In a previous conversation with the president, the issue of naming warships of all levels was discussed, and the president said at that time that the name could be considered by bidding in various states and circles, which means that the highest bidder should name the warship, although the money is not much, but it is better than nothing, and it is a way to make money. And now it is different from before, in the past, there were not many shipyards that could build large warships, but now because of the increase in the volume of foreign trade, almost every shipyard has the ability to build large warships, and public bidding can also save a lot of money. After saying that, Lütjans looked at Hipper.

Hipper thought for a moment before saying: "Putting aside the matter of bidding for naming, the matter of public bidding can be done as soon as possible, and the first issue is to determine the first batch of shipbuilding plans." He picked up the chalk and walked to the blackboard and wrote a few words vigorously: "8 destroyers, 2 cruisers, 2 battlecruisers, 1 battleship." ”

Just when everyone had no objections, Otto Siriakos stood up and asked, "What about the aircraft carrier?" Don't have a plan? ”

Everyone was stunned, especially Raeder, who replied: "The role of the aircraft carrier is still unknown, and now we must concentrate our efforts, and every mark must be used in the right place." ”

Although he did not know the purpose of aircraft carriers, he had felt the benefits of carrier-based aircraft, and it was difficult to say whether the combat use would be large, but the reconnaissance role was very intuitive, and he was deeply influenced by the concept of development of the army and the concept of air force development.

"As far as I know, Britain and the United States are trying, and even in the backward East, some are trying, so why can't we be bold? Moreover, the construction of aircraft carriers will also give us an advantage in the next budget, after all, we still have a naval aviation unit that needs money, don't we? The latter words of Siriacus were directed at Hipper.

The latter was even more interested when he heard this, and said: "Actually, we can indeed try it, but how big should we build?" ”

As soon as Siriacos heard the play, he immediately said: "It doesn't need to be big, since the first ship is used for experimentation, it is naturally used for testing, and the 30,000-level one is fine." ”

It's just that as soon as he said this, he was vetoed by Raeder, what are you kidding, 30,000 tons can build a battle cruiser.

In the end, everyone bargained and determined that the tonnage of the first aircraft carrier was 20,000 tons, and it has to be said that Hipper, who was ruthless and wanted to make a lot of money in the next budget, was still willing to spend his blood.

With the shipbuilding program, the model was also agreed, F-1.

The destroyer chose the more mediocre Z-1 plan, which is a very ordinary destroyer, the data is not outstanding, with a standard displacement of 1500 tons, 5 127 caliber guns, 4 37-mm rapid-fire guns, 4 20-mm cannons, 2 quadruple 533-mm torpedo tubes, tentative establishment: about 300 people.

Cruiser K-1 program with standard displacement 9000 tons, 3 twin 150-mm guns, 6 medium-caliber secondary guns and 8 37-mm rapid-fire guns, 8 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 quadruple 533-mm torpedo tubes.

Compared with the not very impressive destroyer Z-1 program, the paper data of the cruiser's K-1 program looks a little better, but the shipbuilding plan of 2 ships is enough to see that the entire naval command is really not interested in warships of the cruiser class.

The battle cruiser chose the KS-1 plan, which revealed a rapid engagement combat concept that combined the speed of the cruiser and the firepower of the battleship, with the firepower of three 280 mm twin main guns and four 150 mm twin secondary guns. 8 medium-caliber guns, 8 37 mm anti-aircraft guns. 2 triple 533-mm torpedo tubes. The standard displacement is expected to reach 30,000 tons.

Compared with the K-1 plan, the KS-1 plan only strengthened the main gun, but it is still pitifully weak in terms of air defense, which is also due to the fact that the current naval air defense awareness is still very weak, and there is almost no special reinforcement of firepower for bombing, but only a symbolic combination of small-caliber artillery that can be used for both high and flat purposes, and occasionally used for air defense.

The Navy Command, which was still blank on the design of the aircraft carrier, naturally threw the issue of aircraft carrier design directly to the bidders, and after the meeting, the bids were quickly drawn up and sent to the shipyards with construction capabilities.

Thanks to Germany's post-war economic recovery, while Germany is developing rapidly, HNA has also benefited a lot, and domestic ship construction orders received by various shipyards have fallen like snowflakes, with orders for 50,000-ton, 70,000-ton, and even 80,000-ton large cargo ships. Almost all of these large-tonnage orders are for the transportation of large items, such as F-D25 passenger aircraft exported to the United States, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and other countries, as well as foreign trade tanks such as tank III. It is also Eric who is not worried about the leakage and imitation of technology, such as Britain and France, which adopt technical secrecy for tanks designed and developed by their own countries, and there is no possibility of leaking information, let alone export sales like Germany.

After a busy day at the Hanseatic Palace, Eric naturally did not know what kind of shipbuilding plan was planned by the naval command, but he did not have time to manage it, because Italy, which has always been "helpful", finally brought hope for the integration between Germany and Austria.