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86_86661 Chen Zhong's discussion of the current German model aroused great interest in General David. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

General David said: "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, you have given a forward-looking forecast of the prospects for the development of Germany, which is very valuable. That's why I got some of that. A military empire without a strong foundation is a gambler's mode of rising, which is very dangerous, and the most likely result of developing under this mentality is that when their development is limited by the level of domestic industry and resources, it will inevitably lead to a war of foreign expansion. ”

"This is an undoubted result," Chen said. In recent years, Germany's attempt to challenge Britain's sea power was also a challenge to free trade. The process of replacing the dominant forces in the world order is also a process of civilization progress. A country's policies determine the outcome of its rise and fall.

Tirpitz, who had been the German Navy's state secretary eight years earlier, was the main person in charge of Wilhelm II's naval construction, and he was an excellent master of propaganda, organization and planning. He did not deal directly with the Congress, but mobilized a wide range of social forces to expand the Navy's awareness among the people and gain the support of the people.

While expanding the influence of the navy in the civilian sector, Tirpitz put forward the so-called "risk theory" for the basic policy of fleet building, that is, if it could reach two-thirds of the British naval strength, then Britain would feel that even if it had the ability to defeat Germany, the losses it suffered would make it lose enough strength to maintain its sea power, and thus restrain Britain's determination to compete with Germany for maritime supremacy.

When Tirpitz embarked on the construction of the German Navy, he drew up the construction plan based on the size of the British Channel Fleet, and he abandoned the original influential policy of breaking the sea with cruisers as the main force, and directly focused on the construction of battleships for fleet decisive battles.

However, he was also worried that Britain would carry out a preemptive "preventive strike" before the German navy was completed, so he proposed that it was necessary to keep a low profile and carefully pass through this "dangerous period" when the naval construction was not yet mature. The words of the then State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, von Bürki, were even more vivid: "We must act with great care, like a caterpillar before it transforms into a butterfly." ”

In order to survive this "dangerous period", Tirpitz's plan to build a ship was carefully planned. This is an extremely insidious political conspiracy. ”

At that time, Tirpitz, the secretary of state of the German Navy, in order to formulate the fleet law, took advantage of the fact that Germany had sent troops to Jiaozhou Bay under the pretext of the murder of missionaries in Hainan and Shandong, and the Kaiser immediately emphasized in the Reichstag that Germany would declare its power to the world.

Tirpitz also submitted a proposal for a fleet law to the Reichstag after a long period of propaganda and preparation. As a result of the widespread support in society, this fleet law was passed by an absolute majority.

The content of this fleet law was to organize two sub-fleets of eight battleships each, plus one for the purpose of serving as the flagship of the fleet, for a total of seventeen battleships. In its own waters, it should also have eight armored ships for shore defense, six large cruisers and 16 small cruisers for reconnaissance, and three and 10 large and small cruisers overseas. In addition, as a reserve force, it was necessary to keep two battleships and three and four large and small cruisers.

Four years later, seven more battleships, two large cruisers, and seventeen small cruisers were added.

The number of ships built under this fleet law was not large, and Germany declared that it was only for use against France and Russia, and not against Britain.

The Fleet Act institutionalized the renewal of ships, which required battleships and shore defense armoured ships every twenty-five years, and large and small cruisers every twenty and fifteen years, to avoid the "disruptive influence" of Parliament. Vice Admiral David said: "Tirpitz's fleet law only kicked off the construction of the German Grand Fleet. In the later period of implementation, the speed of building ships and expanding armaments should be significantly accelerated.

And the passage of the German Fleet Act was immediately alarmed by the British. The British Navy began to gradually update the previous "two-power standard" to "double the German standard", that is, to take twice the size of the German Navy as the construction goal.

Because of the coastal defense bill passed by Britain six years ago, a total of 70 ships were built, including 10 battleships, 42 cruisers, and 18 torpedo gunboats.

At that time, Britain believed that their naval strength should be higher than that of France and Russia, the two major naval powers next to them, the so-called "two-power standard".

However, the rise of the German navy could not but make Britain a constant deterrent to the enemy's base areas, and resumed the policy of concentrating naval forces near the mainland.

Last year, Britain's Admiral Lord Fisher became First Sea Lord. He carried out a series of reform measures: he tried to improve the professional level of officers of all branches of the armed forces, modernized officer education, and worked hard to carry out the reform of artillery training and education.

Fisher made a radical adjustment of the armament of the fleet, increasing the importance of domestic waters; He boldly cut back on a large number of outdated old ships.

In short, he carried out drastic reforms on all the long-standing problems in the navy, and the British Royal Navy quickly completed the transformation, once again establishing an unparalleled superiority at sea.

At present, Lord Fisher is strongly promoting the new battleship "Dreadnought", which is equipped with a single-caliber cannon, to be completed and put into service in a short time.

The most important feature of the "Dreadnought" is that it has successfully doubled its firepower and used steam turbines to increase its speed to 21 knots within the same displacement and construction cost as the quasi-dreadnoughts of the previous type.

In order to confront it, other countries can only build the same dreadnought warships, and I heard that you Hainan are also building such giant warships, right?

Lord Fisher also proposed the construction of a new type of armored cruiser that was more in line with his philosophy that "speed is the best defense". This type of ship has the same main guns as the dreadnought, maintaining the defensive level of the cruiser, but with increased maneuverability, and gets a planned speed of twenty-five knots. In this way, there was a certain advantage over the German ships. ”

Chen Zhong said: "In the face of the fierce competition between the British and German navies in armaments, this has also put forward an extremely new idea for Hainan.

General David, when you come to Hainan this time, we also see new opportunities. Hainan is still very weak, and in the face of unbearable political domination at home, we are also facing the problem of internal political unity, and the current situation in Hainan is somewhat similar to the situation before the war with the United States, and even more severe than yours.

Therefore, your development model is of great reference significance for our Hainan at this stage. ”。

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