Chen Tian picked up the document on the table, the title of which read "Washington Naval Treaty".

This is almost a replica of the 1921 Washington Naval Treaty and the 1930 London Treaty in another world, and of course, there are many differences in the content of this one in Chentian's hands, especially Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey as the victorious powers in place of Britain, France and Italy in the other world.

The main elements of this treaty limiting the naval armament include:

1. The naval armaments of the six signatory Treaty States, namely, the German Empire, the United States of America, Austria-Hungary, the Russian Empire, the Empire of Japan and the Republic of Turkey, shall be limited to the provisions of this Treaty.

2. The tonnage of the capital ships of the signatory countries shall not exceed the level specified in this Treaty: Germany, 475,000 tons; Austria-Hungary, 400,000 tons; United States, 335,000 tons; Japan, 335,000 tons; Russia, 250,000 tons; Turkey, 220,000 tons.

3. Each country shall retain only the capital ships within the scope of the treaty, and after the entry into force of this treaty, the capital ships of each country that have not been provided for to be retained, whether completed or not, shall be discarded in accordance with the provisions of the treaty.

3. Each Contracting State shall not build, acquire or construct for other Signatories to this Treaty capital ships of more than 35,000 tons, and the caliber of the main guns shall not exceed 16 inches (406 mm).

4. Each Contracting State shall not build, acquire, or construct for the benefit of other Contracting Parties to this Treaty aircraft carriers of more than 20,000 tons, and the number permitted by each State is: Germany, 5 ships; Austria-Hungary, 3 ships; USA, 3; Japan, 3 ships; Russia, 3 ships; Turkey, 3 ships. In addition, the signatories may, from the point of view of their own economies, convert into two aircraft carriers the warships that must be abandoned under the provisions of this Treaty, whether built or under construction.

5. The aircraft carriers of the signatory countries shall not be armed with naval guns of a caliber of more than 8 inches (203 mm).

6. Except for capital ships and aircraft carriers. Each Signatory shall not build, acquire, or construct for the other signatories to this Treaty warships exceeding 10,000 tons, and (1) the total tonnage of cruisers shall not exceed the following criteria: Germany, 300,000 tons; Austria-Hungary, 280,000 tons; United States, 250,000 tons; Japan, 250,000 tons; Russia, 200,000 tons; Turkey, 180,000 tons; (2) The total tonnage of destroyers shall not exceed the following standards: Germany, 150,000 tons; Austria-Hungary, 150,000 tons; United States, 125,000 tons; Japan, 125,000 tons; Russia, 100,000 tons; Turkey, 90,000 tons; (3) Each Contracting State shall not build, acquire, or construct for the benefit of other Contracting Parties to this Treaty submarines of more than 1,700 tons, and the total tonnage of submarines of each Contracting State shall not exceed the following criteria: Germany, 70,000 tons; Austria-Hungary, 70,000 tons; United States, 50,000 tons; Japan, 50,000 tons; Russia, 35,000 tons, Turkey, 30,000 tons.

7. Combat ships built by the signatory States after the entry into force of this treaty. Except for capital ships, naval guns with a caliber of more than 8 inches (203 mm) may not be armed; Submarines built by the signatories shall not be equipped with more than four torpedo launchers and naval guns exceeding four inches (105 mm).

8. The capital ships designated in this Treaty shall not be converted into other forms of combat ships.

9. The merchant ships of the Contracting States shall not reserve space or designs for conversion into combat vessels, except for reinforced decks or for armaments of naval guns up to 6 inches (152 mm).

10. The size of ships built by the Signatory States for a country other than the signatory to this Treaty shall not exceed the restrictions on firepower and tonnage imposed by this Treaty on ships of the same class.

11. In the event that a State Party to this Treaty is in a state of war, a warship built by that State for another State, or which has been built but not delivered, shall not be requisitioned for use as its own combat vessels.

12. The Contracting States undertake not to give, sell or otherwise transfer their warships to foreign navies if they are likely to be used as combat forces after the transfer.

13. Ships not used exclusively for warfare, controlled or controlled by the Government in peacetime, temporarily hired or carried out military deliveries in time of war, and other similar non-combat purposes, shall not be restricted by this treaty.

14. The United States and Japan agree to be in naval military bases and fortified areas in the following territories. Maintain the status quo at the time of the signing of this Treaty and refrain from the construction of fortifications and naval bases in new territories; Not to expand or enhance military installations and naval maintenance and repair facilities in the above-mentioned areas: (1) Pacific islands that the United States may possess now and in the future, except for the continental United States, the offshore islands of Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone, and the Hawaiian Islands; (2) The Pacific islands owned by Japan, namely: the Kuril Islands, the Ogasawara Islands, Minami-Torishima, the Ryukyu Islands, the Taiwan Islands and the Penghu Islands, and the Japanese Mandate Territories in the Pacific. and the Pacific islands that Japan may have in the future. This restriction does not include the normal replacement of armaments and weapons in the above areas, as well as routine maintenance and repair of naval and other military facilities in peacetime.

15. The list of capital ships that the signatories to this Treaty may retain is as follows:

German Navy ship name / tonnage

De Fllinger 31200

Lyzov 31200

King 28600

Electoral 28600

Governor General of the Frontier 28600

Prince William 28600

Seydlitz 28550

Caesar 27000

Frederick the Great 27000

Catherine 27000

King Albert 27000

Louitold Regent 27000

Moltke 25400

Goeben 25400

Helgoland 24700

Osterfrisland 24700

Thuringia 24700

Oldenburg 24700

Gross tonnage 489950

Two of the four Bavaria-class battleships under construction will be discontinued, while the Bavaria and Baden will be dismantled after commissioning, and the Moltke, Helgoland and Ostfrisland will be dismantled, and the total tonnage of the German Navy's capital ships will be 479,150 tons.

Name / tonnage of the Austro-Hungarian Navy

Earl Cavour 29100

Combined forces 21255

Tegtov 21255

San István 21255

Prince Eugen 21255

Radetz 15850

Archduke Franz Ferdinand 15850

Zollini 15850

San Polten 14500 (formerly the Italian "Queen Margarita", battleship)

Krems 14500 (formerly the Italian "Benatodi Brin", battleship)

Volna 12600 (formerly the Italian "Roma", a battleship)

Leonard 12600 (formerly Italian "Naples", battleship)

Gusvik 12600 (formerly Italian "Vittorio Emmanuel", battleship)

Murau 12600 (formerly the Italian "Queen Elena", a battleship)

Karl 11780

Habsburg 8950

Apada 8950

Babenburg 8950

Gross tonnage 241900

The total tonnage of the capital ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy will reach 385,300 tons, with the Andredoria and Durio under construction (formerly part of the Italian Navy, which was compensated to Austria-Hungary after the defeat) and the four Tegerhoff-class battleships that have been keeled are completed

U.S. Navy ship name/tonnage

New York 27000

Texas 27000

Arkansas 26000

Wyoming 26000

North Dakota 20000

Delaware 20000

South Carolina 16000

Michigan 16000

Connecticut 16000

Kansas 16000

Vermont 16000

Lewisiana 16000

Virginia 14950

Nebraska 14950

Georgia 14950

New Jersey 14950

Rhodes 14950

Gross tonnage 316750

After the completion of the USS Arizona, USS Pennsylvania, USS Oklahoma and USS Nevada, Lewisiana, Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia, New Jersey, and Rhode Island will be dismantled, and the total tonnage of US Navy capital ships will reach 343,800 tons.

Japanese Navy ship name \ tonnage

Kirishima 27500

Haruna 27500

Hiei 27500

King Kong 27500

Settsu was martyred

Hanoi 20800

Satsuma 19800

Anyun 19800

Katori 15950

Kashima 15950

Asahi 15200

Mikasa 15140

Shikishima 14850

Gross tonnage 268290

After the completion of the four ships under construction, the Hyuga, Ise, Yamashiro, and Fuso ships will be dismantled, and the total tonnage of the Japanese Navy will reach 346,820 tons.

Name of the Russian Navy / tonnage

Queen Maria 22800

Alexander III 22800

Catherine the Great 22800

Slava 13500

Beroniko 13210 (former German battleship Hesse, purchased in October 1915)

Schwitt 13190 (former German battleship Hanover, purchased in October 1915)

Leonid 13190 (former German battleship Pomerania, purchased in November 1915)

Chesarevich 13100

Peresvet 12670 (Japan Return)

Retvizun 12780 (returned from Japan)

Victory 12670 (Return of Japan)

Portkin 12580

Tri-Saints 12480

Poltava 11500 (returned by Japan)

Alexander II 9670

Gross tonnage 218940

Russia could build a capital ship in 1916 and 1918.

Turkish Navy ship name / tonnage

Alanya 20210 (formerly Nassau, Germany, purchased in 1915)

Ergen 13200 (formerly Braunschweig, Germany, purchased in 1915)

Kemakh 11700 (formerly Wicchersbach class, Germany, purchased in 1912)

Jorum 11000 (formerly Kaiser Frederick III, purchased in 1912)

Giresun 11000 (formerly Kaiser Frederick III, purchased in 1912)

Pablosa 10500 (formerly Brandenburg, Germany, purchased in 1910)

Lacey 10500 (former Brandenburg class, purchased in 1910)

Mesood 9710

Kadir 8000

Aiden 8000

Gross tonnage 113820

The Turkish Navy could build one capital ship each in 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, and 1924.

15. The abandonment of warships may be carried out in accordance with the following rules:

(1) permanently sunk;

(2) complete dismantling, including the removal of all machinery, boilers, armor, and all outboard portholes on the deck, sides, and bottom of the ship;

(3) Converted into a mobile target ship. Signatory countries can only maintain one such target ship at a time.

XVI. When a capital ship has been decided to carry out dismantling work. The first steps of dismantling should be put into practice immediately. Its main purpose was to make it impossible for the ship to be used for combat purposes. When a warship is dismantled or abandoned. The following facilities should be removed and placed ashore or destroyed so that they can no longer be used for future combat missions:

(1) All ground guns, fixed firearms, fire control and control towers, and rotatable parts of turrets and batteries;

(2) All marine hydropower equipment and machinery;

(3) All fire control instruments, rangefinders and speed gauges;

(4) all ammunition, explosives and mines;

(5) All torpedoes. torpedo warheads and launch tubes;

(6) all wireless telegraphy devices; (One Road, Computer Station)

(7) Piloting the conning tower and all broadside armor, all propulsion machines, and all equipment for ejection and recovery of flying devices.

XVII. Time of commencement of the dismantling of the ship:

(1) Ships that must be abandoned in accordance with this Treaty. The abolition of its combat capability shall be completed within six months of the entry into force of this Treaty, and the decommissioning of the hull shall be completed within eighteen months of the entry into force of the Treaty.

(2) The replacement of a ship under this Treaty shall be completed within a period of eighteen months after the completion of the replacement of the ship. If there is a delay in the construction of the replacement ship, the construction shall commence within four years after the keel laying of the replacement ship and shall be completed within six months after the commencement of such work.

XVII. Capital Ship Replacement Rules:

(1) Capital ships and aircraft carriers will be replaced by new ships of the same type after 20 years of service. The size of the replacement ship shall not exceed the number specified in this Treaty. The keel of the replacement ship shall be laid no earlier than the seventeenth year after the completion of the replaced ship. Capital ships and aircraft carriers, except as otherwise noted (Russia, Turkey). Construction may not begin for a period of five years after January 1, 1916.

(2) Each Contracting State shall have the obligation to promptly and promptly inform the other Signatories to this Treaty of the following:

(3) the name of the capital ship or aircraft carrier that will be replaced by a new ship;

(4) the date on which the government approved the construction of the replacement vessel;

(5) the time for replacing the keel laying of the ship;

(6) The standard displacement of the ship that is about to start, as well as its main technical specifications, dimensions. That is, the length of the waterline at the standard displacement, the maximum width of the waterline and the part below it;

(7) The date of launching of the new ship, the standard displacement of its launching time and place, and its main technical specifications. The maximum width of the waterline length and the waterline and the portion below it for standard displacement.

(8) In the event of an accident or loss of capital ship or aircraft carrier, each Signatory State may immediately build its replacement ship, and its ship replacement plan may be moved forward in accordance with this time.

18. No capital ship or aircraft carrier retained in accordance with the provisions of the treaty shall be rebuilt or other large-scale modifications. Exceptions are made for modifications carried out to defend against submarine and aircraft attacks. And the following rules must be observed: ships of signatory countries can be equipped with anti-mine barriers and anti-aircraft decks. The resulting increase in the displacement of a single ship must not exceed 3000 tons. The caliber, number and model of the broadside armor and main guns must not be altered.

19. Interpretation of the meaning of the terms involved in this Treaty:

Capital Ship - Capital ship built in the future. It is defined as a non-aeronautical, air-carrier ship intended for combat purposes with a displacement of more than 10,000 power tons or a main gun caliber of more than 8 inches (203 mm).

Aircraft carriers - aircraft carriers are used for combat purposes, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and are explicitly only used to carry aircraft on ground ships, from which aircraft take off and land.

Standard displacement - the standard displacement of the ship, which is the ship's built, carrying personnel, power system operable, and carrying all the items used in navigation. This includes armament, ammunition, all supplies for crew use, and fresh water. Mixed reserves and all equipment for combat. However, additional fuel, food and fresh water are not included.

The tonnage of displacement of existing completed ships will be measured in accordance with their current system of weights and measures. The displacement of ships built in the future will be subject to this standard.

20. If, during the period of validity of this Treaty, any of the Contracting Parties, due to the circumstances confronted by their countries, requests an increase in their naval forces for reasons of national security, the remaining Contracting States shall meet to discuss the revision of the relevant provisions of the Treaty and to formulate amendments to the Treaty on the basis of mutual consultation. Taking into account the future development of industrial technology and science. The United States will consult with the other signatories to this Treaty eight years after the Treaty has entered into force. Convene a plenary meeting of the Contracting Parties to take into account changes in all aspects and make amendments to adapt this Treaty to the situation at this time.

21. The present treaty shall be in force until 31 December 1935. If, within two years preceding the expiration of the validity period of the treaty, none of the contracting States notifies the other parties of its eventual termination, the treaty shall remain in force after the expiration of its validity period until two years have elapsed since the expiration of the declaration by any of the contracting States of its intention to denounce the treaty. In this case, the treaty will be denounced as if it had been agreed by all the signatories. The declaration should be submitted in writing to the Government of the United States of America. Reliable and reliable copies of the declaration are then sent to the other signatory States. and indicate the exact time of receipt of the statement. The declaration shall be effective from that date after it has been duly submitted and evaluated. If the declaration is made by the Government of the United States of America, it shall be submitted to the diplomatic representatives of the signatory States in Washington. This statement is pending after it has been formally submitted and evaluated. That is, it shall enter into force from the date on which it is submitted to the diplomatic representative of the signatory State. Within one year of the submission of the declaration, the signatories shall meet.

22. This Treaty shall enter into force upon its formal ratification by all States Parties in the same status as in the same status as their own formal legislation. The original of this Treaty shall be duly deposited in the archives of the United States Government by the Government of the United States, and copies thereof shall be promptly delivered to the Governments of the States Signatories.

"This treaty allowed our navy to scrap 11 10,000-ton warships in the interior, including three Nassau-class battleships, the large cruiser Blucher and the battlecruiser von de Tann, and the total tonnage of the German Navy will be reduced by 150,000 tons!"

Although the German Navy will reduce its personnel by more than 10,000 sailors, and the employment opportunities provided by various ship repair factories will also be reduced, it is generally conducive to the German Navy to replace old warships and embark on the road of quality and elite from scale.

In addition, the abolition of the two Bavaria-class battleships under construction would theoretically cause the cause of thousands of workers, but in practice the German and Turkish governments had already reached an agreement. The Turkish Navy's orders for the construction of battleships for the next decade were all compensated to these shipyards.

At 9 a.m. on December 31, 1915, all the delegates of the six nations attending the International Naval Conference in Washington gathered in the main hall of the Capitol. The organizers have set up a long row of wooden tables and six delicate chairs, and the representatives of the six countries are: President Wilson of the United States, Kaiser Wilhelm III of Germany, Crown Prince Karl of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Tsar Aglini of Russia, Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma of Japan, and Prime Minister Aimo of Turkey.

Including Chentian, everyone here looks beaming. In addition to the tables and chairs used for signing, Chen Tian saw several rows of raised benches about 20 meters away, needless to say, they were also used for group photos. Not far away is a round table with flowers and food, and on the large table in the middle, wine glasses stacked in the shape of a pyramid have been arranged. Everything is in place, now it is just a matter of waiting for the delegates to sign up.

This is the case. The Empress of Germany was a little homesick, and she asked Chentian: "After today, we can return to China!" ”

"Hmm!" Chen Tian replied to her affirmatively, "As long as the weather permits, we will return to Germany by airship early tomorrow morning, and we will be in Berlin in 3 or 4 days!" ”

"You can see the kids soon, hopefully they haven't forgotten about us!" Lisa made a small joke, and Tatsuten smiled faintly in return. Everything seemed so calm at this time, people didn't know that a great crisis was lurking in the shadows.

At 9:55, the representatives of various countries took their seats one by one in warm applause and eager anticipation.

Chen Tian glanced at the treaty document that was about to be signed as usual, which he had planned and waited for after the end of the war, and after putting in considerable energy and thought, and putting in a lot of effort, all this would eventually become a reality. After that, Germany will be given a very favorable environment for peaceful development to digest the fruits of the war, develop its economy, develop its colonies, and catch up with the United States in national strength, and during this period the navies of various countries will be in a period of slow development, that is, the so-called "naval holiday".

According to Chentian's idea, the huge German war machine needs a period of deceleration to add lubricating oil.

At 10 o'clock sharp, the ceremony of signing the treaty officially began.

When signing, Chen Tian felt that his hand was very smooth, and the word was also signed extremely vigorously.

In the countless flashing lights, just five minutes passed quickly, and the signing ceremony was successfully completed, and the organizer officials put away the treaty documents on the table for forensic and photographic archiving, and then sent the copies back to the delegations for safekeeping, and the originals were kept in the US government archives in accordance with the provisions of the treaty.

By this time, the Washington Daily, the New York Daily, the Berlin Times, the Tokyo Shimbun, the St. Petersburg Zeitung, the Vienna Daily, and the Turkish Times had all placed the news of the successful conclusion of the Washington Naval Conference and the signing of the treaty on the front pages of the next day, and devoted at least two pages to the content and impact of the treaty, and the whole world would soon be excited about it.

Amid the sound of the champagne bottle opening, Chen Tian slowly walked to the center of the crowd with Lisa in his arms, and he saw that Wilson had already picked up the wine glasses, and the Karles were smiling, and Agrini's hand was reaching for the wine glasses.

"When it's really peaceful, let's have five or six more children!" Lisa whispered, pausing with Chentian to turn to the German reporter, smiling brightly at the flash.

Chen Tian had just opened his mouth, but before he could utter the first syllable, a loud bang made him feel like his whole body was about to be shattered, but before he could think of anything, he didn't know anything as soon as his eyes were dark.