readx; It was a shocking parade in which the Imperial Chinese Army used a new military salute, which was quickly hailed as the best-looking military salute. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, it is also a military salute with the most meaning.

Pointing to the sky, it symbolizes that the military strength of the empire will continue to rise and move forward, and it also symbolizes that the imperial army looks up and down to the common ideals and goals.

The scene of this military parade soon spread all over the world.

At the parade, the Chinese Empire displayed a variety of new army weapons, such as 203mm howitzers and 720mm small Davy mortars, which were pulled out as soon as they were pulled out of ten.

This giant mortar has been renamed in China.

Obviously, this time the Chinese Empire did not show its real strength at the military parade, but it was a commendable military parade, a military parade that boosted the morale of the people.

The success of a military parade depends on whether the display of inconsequential weapons and equipment can boost the morale of the people and make the people of other countries around the world feel 'strong'.

The ten 720mm caliber cannons pulled out by the Chinese Empire obviously achieved such an effect, but in fact, this kind of giant cannon had little effect on the battlefield.

At the same time, the most shocking thing about the military parade of the Chinese Empire is the degree of motorization, a large number of military trucks appeared in the parade, as well as a large number of combat vehicles and motorcycles.

Except for the honor guard, which had cavalry, no mules and horses were seen, and all of them were motorized.

In the construction of military dynamics, the Chinese Empire was ahead of every great power.

At the same time, in terms of the air force, the Chinese Empire moved out a large number of Hammer 4 tactical bombers, while Hammer 5 was hidden, and other new military aircraft were also well hidden.

The armed police force wearing black police uniforms and holding fiberglass shields is also very shocking.

These armed police units were heavily stationed in Cochin, Korea, and Kokang counties by the empire to guard against possible insurrections by Burmese natives.

At the same time, the armed police force was also sent in large numbers to the third world member states to help their rulers maintain law and order.

As for the professional military observers, it seems that the Chinese Empire basically did not show any new military equipment in this military parade.

However, it is true that new military equipment will not be exposed in the parade.

However, the main thing for these military observers is that the construction of the Chinese National Defense Force in terms of mobilization has reached the level of the whole army.

If there were no obstacles, it would be possible for such a motorized force to march more than 500 kilometers in a day, and this would not require any railways.

…… In 1922, the situation in the whole world was relatively calm, and the conflicts in various countries basically stopped for a while.

Britain and the United States said that the three countries held a naval conference in Washington, D.C., and also invited the Chinese Empire to participate, at which Britain and the United States proposed a treaty to limit their navies.

This time, Britain and the United States revised the naval limit standard proposed at the last Hangzhou Conference, raising the naval tonnage of the Chinese Empire to 150,000.

Britain and the United States also maintain a naval displacement of 150,000 tons.

France and Italy are allowed to maintain a naval displacement of 100,000 tons.

The Chinese Empire immediately gave a different opinion, proposing that in addition to the 150,000 tons of the Chinese Empire, Russia also needed to maintain a naval displacement of 150,000 tons, the Nanyang Republic needed a naval displacement of 100,000 tons, and the Kokang Prefecture, the Korean Prefecture, the Cochin Prefecture, and the Rashid Arab Kingdom also needed to maintain a displacement of 60,000 tons.

That's 640,000 tons.

The United Kingdom and the United States say that the five countries of France and Italy together have a displacement of 650,000 tons.

Britain and the United States said that they wanted to use the naval limitation treaty to gain numerical superiority, and at the same time they would not have to be dragged into the naval race, and the Chinese Empire would naturally not let it succeed.

This request put forward by the Chinese Empire drove Britain and the United States mad.

Isn't it messing around?

If this standard is set by China, wouldn't just a small country be able to get a navy of 50,000 or 60,000 tons?

If the treaty was signed in accordance with China's demand, wouldn't the Anglo-American-French alliance have less naval displacement than China? After all, Italy and they are not of the same mind.

Britain and the United States immediately refuted this request of the Imperial Chinese delegation, and the Imperial Chinese delegation withdrew from the meeting the next day.

As soon as China withdrew, the Washington conference could not be held.

If the Chinese Empire did not join this treaty, what would be the point of signing it?

The Anglo-American alliance at this time saw that the Chinese Empire had no idea of limiting naval tonnage.

Sure enough, a few days later, British and American spies found a battleship in the port of Hangzhou that had never been seen before, the hull of this battleship was painted with the word 'Hubei', but the hull of this battleship was no different from the East China class battleship, but the paint was different. The East China-class battleship sailed into port in the early hours of the morning and left after only half an hour.

Then, British and American spies spied on one after another, that is, the Imperial Chinese Navy had formulated a plan to build seven more East China-class battleships in 1920.

They are, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Liaodong, Yongning, and Taiwan.

According to the written materials obtained by the spies, the document issued by the Chinese Empire stated: "It is necessary to secretly build an invincible navy by 1930 that can compete with the Anglo-American-French alliance, and first surpass them from battleships." ”

Since its implementation in 1920, the Chinese Empire has built the Hunan.

From this written material, Britain and the United States judged that the Chinese Empire might launch a full-scale war in 1930, and that the current world between China and the United States is a rising star, while Britain is said to be a rising star, coupled with the feud between Germany and France, the establishment of the Soviet Union, and the progress of science and technology, this makes a more tragic war inevitably occur in the future.

Britain and the United States have also realized a problem, and judging from this document, the expectation of the Chinese Empire may be ten years.

At this time, the Chinese Empire built battleships on a large scale and frantically built its navy, and there will inevitably be a day when it will not be able to hold on, and then it will inevitably lead to war.

Britain and the United States hurriedly convened a naval conference, and if the Chinese Empire really wanted to start a war in ten years, then they had to prepare in advance.

"We have to build twice as many battleships as China to counter the Chinese Navy." He was the first to put forward his point, and at this time he was so nervous that he was nervous.

Seeing that the relationship with the Chinese Empire had not changed in the slightest, the political axe could only be completely tilted towards Britain and the United States, and at this time, the Chinese Empire was frantically building battleships, and the first thing to do was to encourage Britain and France to build twice as many battleships to counter the Chinese Navy, and only in this way could it be safe.

"Yes! Without twice as many navies, we are not sure of victory. The British delegate also expressed the view that after the Battle of the German War, Britain and Germany had discovered a problem, that is, the British Royal Navy did not necessarily have an advantage over tactics.

If it's 1:1, then the outcome is uncertain, but if it's 1:2, it's enough to be safe.

Britain and the United States have both expressed their positions, so they are naturally waiting for the United States to pay the bill.

Now Britain and the United States have no money, and only the United States is the richest.

The US political axe can only admit it for this.

The new U.S. President Harding quickly approved the outcome of the deliberations, which were twice as large as those of the Chinese navy.

So who's going to pay for it? How is the task of building warships distributed?

Previously, Britain and the United States had already determined a plan to build 16 battleships of the same class as the East China class battleships, and at this time, the Chinese Empire had to build seven East China-class battleships, which means that they still had to build 14 battleships.

Fourteen battleships, at a cost of $20 million, that is, $280 million would be spent to build these battleships.

However, the costs of training and maintenance are also very expensive, and the navy does not say that it will be finished by building warships, and maintaining a huge navy will swallow up a large amount of financial revenue every year, which is simply a gold-swallowing beast.

…… Britain and the United States said that while they were discussing, the high-level leaders of the Chinese Empire were secretly having fun!

The written information that was deliberately revealed to the spy was simply fake.

The Chinese Empire has never had any intention of building East China-class battleships, and at present, the Chinese Empire has built seven East China-class battleships, and after the transformation of the Fusang, there are only eight East China-class battleships.

This is already huge enough, after all, the battleship is going to withdraw from the stage of history, so the Chinese Empire does not want to build more at all. Instead, they wanted Britain and the United States to build battleships, so they fabricated that document.

As for the 'Hubei' battleship, it was just a Huadong-class battleship that changed its paint and then drove around the port of Hangzhou.

"That's not enough insurance!" Xie Baozhang put forward his opinion on this, "It will be discovered one day, after all, we have not built a new ship, and Britain and the United States will find out the problem after a long time." Why don't we build some empty shell ships, the armor is all thin, as long as it looks like it on the outside, the cost of such a ship is only a few million yuan, and there is no need for much maintenance. ”

"Hmmm! That's a good idea. Xia Jun clapped his hands and said.

"Within our navy, there must be some British and American spies who have penetrated into it, or found some channels to obtain intelligence in the navy, so we only need to drive these shell ships in front of the officers and men of the navy a few times, and we will be able to fool them over." Xie Baozhang continued.

To put it bluntly, it is to build a bunch of useless iron lumps, and under cutting corners, the cost of each ship is only four or five million yuan at most, and a East China-class battleship needs about 40 million Asian dollars, 20 million US dollars.

If Britain and the United States were to build their navy according to twice the previous standard, then they would have to pay 560 million Asian dollars to build it, while the Chinese Empire would only need to pay 35 million yuan, which is still calculated according to 5 million yuan each, and it is not even comparable to the cost of a real East China-class battleship.

Although in the end, the seven empty shell ships of the Chinese Empire could only be towed to dismantle and make steel, but the battleships built by Britain and the United States were only a pile of garbage in the end.

In the final analysis, it was the Chinese Empire that earned it. In terms of construction costs alone, it is 525 million Asian dollars less than that of Britain and the United States, and the latter is even more terrifying, if Britain and the United States say that they want to maintain the personnel support, training expenses, and maintenance expenses of these battleships, then the time is much higher than the cost, and the seven shell ships of the Chinese Empire only need to be painted, and as long as they are not sinking, they can continue to drive out and swagger a few times.

As for the personnel on the ship, there are not so many people, as long as each ship is equipped with a pilot crew, the personnel on the deck can be streamlined, anyway, even the navy people can't go on the ship to visit.

And, this is just the beginning.

After Britain and the United States said that they had built these battleships, the Chinese Empire would launch larger and more powerful battleships, first build two real ones to equip the navy, and then build empty shell ships.

Battleships with larger displacement and more firepower are expensive.

…… Britain and the United States said that it was still a long time before the construction task was clearly assigned.

The United States was still the largest contributor, responsible for building seven of the 14 battleships of the same class as the East China class battleships, while Britain was responsible for building three and Ben was responsible for building four.

It is said that Ben doesn't want to contribute at this time, but he has to do it! China's threat is real, and the first threat is to threaten Ben.

Since the loss of Taiwan and North Korea, and at the same time, the loss of China's interests and the status of a major industrial exporter in Asia have been lost, and they are now relying on US assistance to survive. For this reason, he owed a large amount of debt, all of which were loaned by the United States.

The U.S. political axe is happy to lend money to Yueben, and if China is defeated, Yueben will definitely have to repay the money.

China cannot be defeated, and the United States also wants to encircle China, so the purpose of lending money to Yueben to build a navy is actually the same, of course, the United States is also currently uniting with Yueben, and the main purpose is to use Yueben's population.

The biggest disadvantage of the United States in competition with China is the demographic disadvantage, and in terms of productivity, although China actually surpasses the United States in many aspects, the degree of surpassing is not high, and the two sides are actually about the same in terms of productivity, of course, agricultural productivity is another matter.

The United States has given some advanced technology to the capital, and at the same time imported a large number of goods in order to develop the economy and restore the country's national strength quickly.

Such a policy has indeed achieved good results, and the economy has recovered a lot.

Because the United States provided enough raw materials for the company, it allowed the industry to develop.

At this time, Ben began to vigorously develop foreign exports, and the main export countries were the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries, mainly the United States.

Although the United States seems to have suffered a loss in buying this product, the United States can get the money back through other means, and loans are one of the means.

At the same time, in order to counter China, it has allowed American capital to enter the capital for large-scale investment, that is, American banks can lend a large amount of money in the capital, so as to make the capital extremely prosperous, fatten and slaughtered.

He said that he was also very crazy about construction, and in the eyes of the United States, this was indeed a good coolie.

Britain and the United States said that after the three countries shared the task of building warships, they quickly carried out this construction plan.

…… In 1922, with the exception of the controversial navy, everything else was relatively peaceful, and all countries began to concentrate on developing in order to deal with the more brutal wars that would break out in the future.

The Chinese Empire was also built in 922 as frantically as in previous years, and due to the gradual results of the Chinese Empire's talent training and years of vigorous training of skilled workers, the production capacity of the Chinese Empire in many fields soared.

For example, in steelmaking, the Chinese Empire's steel production in 1922 successfully exceeded the 100 million ton mark, directly surpassing the United States.

However, in the report, steel production has been reduced to 80 million tons, which is equivalent to an increase of only 15 million tons last year, while the United States has 93 million tons of steel production at this time.

In terms of economic development, the Chinese Empire's GDP in 1922 reached 260 billion Asian dollars, while the United States' GDP in 1922 was only $115 billion.

But in terms of reported figures, the GDP of the Chinese Empire has been reduced to 220 billion Asian dollars, equivalent to 110 billion US dollars.

In 1922, the U.S. economy grew by 15 percent, while the Chinese Empire continued to grow at a rate of 30 percent per year.

However, the economic development of the United States has a characteristic, that is, it is growing very fast in emerging fields, while the growth rate of the Chinese empire in emerging fields is not as fast as that of the United States.

Although the Chinese Empire surpassed the United States in terms of gross national product, much of it was in infrastructure construction and some relatively ordinary consumption items.

In terms of infrastructure, it is also roads, electricity, real estate, etc.

In contrast, the United States is a country with relatively well-developed infrastructure, and at this time it is beginning to stimulate economic development, so the development of new fields is rapid.

For example, in automobile manufacturing, the U.S. auto market is rapidly booming.

China is a country with imperfect infrastructure, so although economic growth depends on emerging fields, traditional fields account for a large proportion.

If you want to talk about the specific differences, you can see it from the people. If Americans had a sum of money now, they might go to buy a car. If the residents of the Chinese Empire have money in their hands, they may choose to build a house, buy some furniture or something, and then buy a car when the necessities of life are gone.

In terms of China's current situation, there is also a certain positive significance.

Just like the story of the shoe seller, two salesmen went to Africa to sell shoes, but one of the salesmen ran back in a gloomy way and said that Africans don't wear shoes at all, and there is no market there. Another salesman ran back excitedly and said, great, Africans don't wear shoes, there is a vast market.

In the current state of the Chinese Empire, there are indeed undesirable places, but there are also advantages, that is, the people will be very diligent in their work.

At this time, in the Chinese Empire, as long as you are willing to work hard, it is very easy to earn money to buy the necessities you need, such as houses and some furniture, electrical appliances and the like, which are not too expensive.

Therefore, the existence of these markets will have enough domestic demand to pull related industries, and when the purchase of these daily necessities is completed, the car will become a new daily necessities.

Although the United States has a larger proportion of growth in emerging fields than the Chinese Empire, its population is limited after all, and although the proportion is larger than that of China, China's total economic growth has reached 30%, which is twice that of the United States.

Just like the automobile manufacturing industry, although the automobile manufacturing industry in the United States is developing rapidly, after all, the development speed of the Chinese Empire is faster, after all, the main cars in the Chinese Empire are trucks, while the United States is dominated by cars.

In general, the Chinese Empire was still hiding in 1922, while vigorously provoking a naval arms race, and shipyards had begun to build empty shell ships.

At the same time, the Chinese Empire laid 28,000 kilometers of railways in 1922, 2,000 kilometers less than the whole year, and Xia Jun had already begun to brake to a certain extent, not allowing the speed of railway laying to expand indefinitely.

When the U.S. political axe saw the Chinese Empire's GDP in 1922, he was immediately relieved, believing that it had finally stabilized its aggregate advantage over China's economy.

Judging by the obvious consciousness of the American capitalists, they were self-confident and therefore never doubted the economic development figures given by the Chinese Empire.

The conscious mind, as the 'guardian' of the subconscious, is a kind of rational reasoning, that is, what the outcome of something will be. The subconscious mind, on the other hand, is instinctive, to carry out past reasoning.

The so-called phase arises from the mind, the conscious mind is to give instructions, and the subconscious mind is to complete instructions.

If one's reasoning is correct, as long as there is a very small probability of a surname, there is a possibility of success.

If one's reasoning is wrong, then it is only hastening the demise.

Therefore, blind self-confidence and conscious judgment errors will lead to unproductive work on conscious causes.

The capitalists in the United States did not conduct a detailed investigation because of their self-confidence.

If we investigate the internal construction of the Chinese Empire in detail, then we will find that the economic development of the Chinese Empire is far from as little as it seems.

However, the Chinese Empire, as a huge country with such a vast territory, would be a very huge project to investigate in an unofficial capacity, and no matter how many spies were dispatched, it would be incomplete.

To judge the extent to which the economy of the Chinese Empire has developed, it is necessary to have people with insight and viciousness come to inspect and make a judgment.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire's strategy of concealing its clumsiness was extremely effective, and the reason for hiding its clumsiness, it was to allow the United States to get involved in the naval arms race.

If the United States found that their economy was no longer comparable to that of the Chinese Empire, they would probably not be stupid enough to maintain a principle twice that of the Chinese navy.

If the Chinese Empire is working hard to build warships, the speed of the Chinese Empire's current shipbuilding industry will not be slower than that of Britain and the United States, and the Chinese Empire has the economic capacity and the United States to fight hard in the naval arms race.

However, at this time, the Chinese Empire did not fight any naval arms race, and the Chinese Empire did not compete in battleships at all, and built a bunch of empty shell ships.

This is something that no one could have imagined.

Who would have thought that the Chinese Empire would build a bunch of empty shell ships to come out?

From the perspective of national security, if the Chinese Empire is to make achievements in the navy or maintain maritime security, it is impossible to make counterfeit goods.

Only Xia Jun would make fakes, because he knew that the era of battleships was about to pass.

Xia Jun was just fooling Britain and the United States and saying that he would throw money into the sea, so naturally he wouldn't build a battleship.

At the same time as building a large number of empty shell ships, Xia Jun ordered the Naval Research Institute to start designing and building new battleships, which required larger tonnage, more firepower, faster speed, and stronger armor.

This kind of new-class battleship, which has not yet been designed, was named the Mengjiang class by Xia Jun, and the first one was named Qi Jiguang.

The fierce general-class battleship may probably only build one Qi Jiguang, or it will build two. After that, it was to continue to build empty shell ships on a large scale, so as to induce Britain and the United States to invest resources in the manufacture of battleships of this class.

(To be continued)