Chapter 131 Anglo-German Naval Agreement
Any promises, agreements, between countries and countries, are null and void! Want to be able to restrict a country with a piece of paper? That's impossible!
The only thing that can really restrain a country is strength! Only if you are strong, then you have the right to speak!
And in the past few years, it has been a period when Germany continues to develop rapidly!
A few years ago, Germany advanced into the Rhineland, it was still cautious, as long as Britain showed the slightest opposition, it had to hurry up and leave, and now, the strength of the German army is developing rapidly! In a few years, the German fleet will be really strong, and the agreement will not be a piece of waste paper?
After the talks, Ciric reported to Hitler, and Hitler quite agreed with Shirek's negotiation plan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
So, a few days later, the Anglo-German naval agreement was finally officially born!
The general content of the agreement, as proposed by Ciric, was that the total tonnage of the German navy should not exceed 35 percent of the total tonnage of the naval vessels of the Commonwealth countries as stipulated in the Washington and London naval treaties. In the case of submarines, Germany has pledged that the tonnage of submarines it retains does not exceed 45 per cent of the total tonnage of submarines of the navies of the Commonwealth countries.
When the treaty was signed, the whole of Europe was in an uproar.
It was only a dozen years since the Treaty of Versailles was signed, and Britain actually denied the Treaty of Versailles! This is simply an insult to the martyrs who died in the First World War! It's an insult to other countries!
The French diplomatic department, for the first time, expressed strong indignation at this British agreement, and they launched a serious protest against the British! The diplomatic relations between the two countries have also suffered a major setback!
"A country that only knows how to protest is a country without bones! A government that only knows how to protest is a government without bones! Ciric remembered the famous words of Hitler in history, so he said them without hesitation, and this sentence was not a satire of the former Weimar government, but the current French government.
Soft Egg Government! It's as soft as the Weimar government!
The atmosphere in the conference room is quite lively.
"Yes, we don't have to worry about Britain and France, now, the most important thing for us is to formulate our naval development plan, during the First World War, our navy was controlled by Britain and France, and now, we must not repeat the mistakes of the First World War!" Hitler said.
Britain, the old capitalist country, the empire on which the sun never sets, the British maritime fleet, is the most powerful!
And now, with the signing of the Anglo-German naval agreement, Germany can finally stop worrying about tonnage, and now, it must be developed as soon as possible!
"Now our battleship Bismarck, under construction." "We will build at least two of these warships, and the second ship will also be on the agenda. ”
As in history, the Bismarck-class battleships, the pride of the German Navy! And this battleship has some changes from history, and the biggest change is, of course, the main gun!
The historical Bismarck-class battleships used 380 mm caliber naval guns, which was the result of helplessness.
Although the design of the 406 mm gun was chosen, it would be far superior to the 380 mm gun in terms of projectile weight, gun range and power. But at that time, Germany had never made such a large-caliber main gun, and there was a certain risk in the lack of experience and technical support.
And now, this risk is gone, because, Krupp has long begun to build this kind of naval gun for the Soviet Union, and in the construction and experimentation of 406-mm naval guns, Krupp already has a mature plan! Therefore, after the project of the Bismarck battleship was established, it was the 406-mm naval gun that was chosen!
Such a battleship, at least two are needed!
Once built, it would surpass the Royal Navy's flagship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, as the world's highest tonnage warship at the time.
"At the same time, the Deutsche class is a product of the Treaty of Versailles, which does not correspond to the development of the Navy, so the construction of subsequent ships No. 3 and No. 4 should be stopped, and new Hipper-class cruisers should be developed, as well as new universal destroyers."
If you want to win World War II, the German Navy must have great development! In this meeting, Ciric was almost the protagonist, and he enthusiastically put forward his own opinion on the fact that the navy had been multiplied in tonnage because it was out of the control of the Treaty of Versailles, and his opinion was agreed with by the naval commander.
"However, this would involve a huge amount of financial investment." After Ciric finished speaking, Goering on the side said in a weird voice: "Now, we can't just develop the navy, our three major branches of the military must be taken into account. ”
Obviously, if you invest too much in the Navy, it will inevitably affect the investment in the Army and the Air Force!
"Don't worry about that." "The good news for everyone is that the Soviets have agreed to my proposal, and they will use their ore to order an aircraft carrier with the same Zeppelin-class as ours," Ciric said. ”
That's great news! When he got the adjutant's report on the sidelines of the meeting, Cirek couldn't believe his ears!
The Soviet side, in fact, agreed! Even in the territory of the Soviet Union, a railway was built specifically for transporting ore, and it was connected with Europe!
In this way, a large amount of ore from the Soviet Union will be continuously transported to Germany, for Germany, there is no need for any investment in resources, only need to invest in labor, smelt the ore into high-quality steel, and it can be built! The production cost will be greatly reduced!
As for building aircraft carriers for the USSR, hehe, this joke is so funny!
So Goering stood aside and stopped talking.
Everyone could feel a strange atmosphere, last time, because of the matter of the navy, Ciric and Goering had a conflict, and now, the contradiction has obviously deepened.
"General Ciric, you seem to have forgotten about our submarine just now." At this moment, Dönitz on the side said.
Battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, all of these, Ciric has said it all, that is, he simply missed the submarine!
"Yes, and submarines, we also have to develop large ocean-going submarines, and in the Atlantic, submarines have a lot to offer." Ciric continued to talk, ignoring Goering's purple face.
Submarines are only one part of the naval warfare, and if they rely entirely on submarines, just like Germany in later generations, it is very tragic to engage in wolf pack tactics in the Atlantic.
However, this does not mean that submarines are useless, and during the First World War, German submarines taught Britain a heavy lesson!