The financial crisis is getting worse and worse, and it has even affected Japan.

The British no longer had time to worry about the Anglo-Japanese alliance treaty, which had long since existed in name only, and they now had to deal with rising unemployment at home and more and more bankruptcies. And not a small country in Asia.

Once the people rise up against it, the situation will be out of control. On this point, the British government is still relatively sober.

What makes Japan feel most awkward is not the British attitude, but since the end of the war in Northeast China, Taiwan, and Gaoba, the Chinese seem to no longer notice the existence of Japan at all.

The Chinese may even forget that there is such a country as Japan in the world

In the past few years, the Japanese government has been protesting, protesting, and protesting again. Condemn, condemn, condemn again. Unfortunately, the Chinese government initially responded to it, but later adopted a fundamentally unreluctant attitude.

They are concentrating on restoring the people's livelihood in Taiwan and Northeast China, concentrating on governing the high-level countries, and concentrating on developing the people's livelihood and economy at home.

This is one of the most embarrassing aspects of the Japanese government.

You also need an opponent to fight. But now this opponent doesn't see you as an opponent at all, what should you do in such a situation?

The impact of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Japan was enormous. Not only were the people suffering terrible deaths, but also the two elite divisions lost more than half of them, and the ships also sank in large numbers. The double blow of military and economic has left the Japanese government unable to breathe.

At a critical juncture, the Chinese government began a military campaign to regain lost territory, which was nothing less than a problem for Japan. This military campaign deprived Japan of three of its most important overseas colonies.

In addition, what collapsed the Japanese, especially the Japanese Navy, the most was the explosion and sinking of the "super battleship". These two super battleships, which cost Japan countless energy, money and painstaking efforts, are just without one. All the inputs sank to the icy ocean floor one.

Everything has to start all over again.

The Japanese government began to mobilize its own people, tighten their belts, and work for the revival of the empire! They continued to propagate that before the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, Japan also had a huge economic and military gap with China, but the Japanese caught up just as much and established the relationship between China and Japan with a war!

And now, all over again!

But the Japanese government did not tell its people one thing: the current China is not the China of the Manchu era, and the current Chinese government is not the government of the Manchu era.

The slightest move by China today is enough to cause serious tension in the Japanese government. One.

In March 1928, China announced that the "Emperor"-class super battleship "Emperor" had completed its sea trials and was incorporated into the First Fleet of the Chinese Navy in the same year. In June, China announced the completion of sea trials of its second super-battleship, the Chiyou.

The commissioning of these two super battleships instantly made the Japanese Navy feel that the end was coming.

Acting is seven points true and three points false, so that your "audience" can enter the drama.

In the previous series of plans, Wang Hengyue did not want to build the so-called super battleship, and all the so-called construction plans were just acting there.

But with the arrival of the Kanto earthquake and the rapid development of China's economy, Wang Hengyue felt that the Ba opera was more realistic:

Build a real super battleship for the Japanese to see, and force Japan, which is already very embarrassed, to continue to compete viciously with China!

It's about to make the Japanese economy, which is already in a mess, worse again! Let them build the so-called super-battleships again, even if their financial resources simply do not allow it! …,

Thus, this prompted the birth of the "Emperor" and the "Chiyou"!

This cost Wang Hengyue a lot of money, but Wang Hengyue, who has huge financial support, doesn't care too much. How many ships can be built for windfall profits in the United States? Wang Hengyue did not count one. How much Kolchak gold can be made? Wang Hengyue also didn't make any special calculations!

He confirmed only one thing, and with his own financial resources, he could defeat several Japanese governments.

Most of the admirals of the Chinese Navy did not know the president's overall plan, and they did not know why the president suddenly announced the construction of super battleships.

But the day the "Emperor" and "Chiyou", the two largest super battleships in the world, came out, the entire Chinese Navy was a sensation!

They excitedly hailed that their navy finally had the ultimate weapon that could compete with any battleship in Europe and the United States, and that they finally had a huge warship that was enough to declare China's military might!

On the day when the "Emperor" was launched for sea trials, many veteran naval officers even wept bitterly. One

That's a tear of excitement.

Wang Hengyue was not happy at all, he sighed and said to Chen Shaokuan, the commander-in-chief of the navy: "I don't have a lot of money, how many troops can I be armed?" If this is acting, I'm afraid it's the world's largest investment drama, right? ”

Chen Shaokuan couldn't help laughing

Wang Hengyue shook his head again and again: "If the Japanese don't be fooled anymore, it's simply unreasonable." 'Emperor, and 'Chiyou, the Horn looks imposing, but it is difficult to say how much of a role it will play in future naval battles. I hope I don't become a live target, so thank goodness for one."

The remarks of "live target" made Chen Shaokuan also a little curious.

Although the development of the Chinese Navy is focused on aircraft carrier formations and submarines, such a large super battleship is enough to create enough deterrence for countries around the world.

A deterrent to Japan has been created!

The advent of the "Emperor" and "Chiyou" caused a mournful cry in the Japanese Navy. Eisuke Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, issued a mournful cry: "The Imperial Navy has once again been opened by China."

The call from the seafarers to restart the construction of super-battleships has once again taken over the mainstream.

The overwhelming majority of the navy was in favor of this view, and the only one who opposed it was Rear Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the technical chief of the Japanese Admiralty, who had just returned from his post as military attaché in the US Navy.

He believes that aircraft carriers are the mainstream of future naval warfare, and naval aviation is the decisive factor in determining the victory or defeat of future naval warfare.

He did not think that the construction of super-battleships by the Empire would be of much a difference in future decisive battles at sea.

In December 1924, Isoroku Yamamoto took office as an instructor and deputy chief of the Kasumigaura Air Force of the Japanese Navy, attaching importance to the construction of naval aviation that was not covered by the reduction of the Washington Naval Treaty, and changed his specialty from gunnery to aviation. When Yamamoto was first transferred to the Kasumigaura Air Force as deputy captain, the pilots here were untidy and their military discipline was lax. He was determined to put it in order. But at first, these casual pilots looked down on this unattractive layman. Fifty-six Yamamoto, who is 40 years old, takes the initiative to receive several hours of flight training every day, in addition to strictly requiring his subordinates to perform their duties. It didn't take long for his flying skills to surpass many young cadets and reach the level of a solo trainer. With his will and talent, he established his prestige among the pilots. Under the organization and command of Yamamoto Isoroku, the training and military discipline of the Kasumigaura Air Force took on a new look. When Isoroku Yamamoto was transferred to the United States, the team members were very sorry. As Yamamoto's "Skyyo Maru" set sail, a squadron of planes appeared over the ship, and the pilots swooped over to bid farewell to their esteemed superiors. …,

In 1925, Isoroku Yamamoto became the naval attache of the Japanese Embassy in the United States, and in 1928, Isoroku Yamamoto returned from the United States and served as captain on the cruiser Isuzu and the aircraft carrier Akagi. He's a fleet in the truest sense of the word.

He believed that the most important thing was to develop naval aviation in the Imperial Navy at the present stage and in the actual situation in Japan.

He once said:

"The development of the Hechina Navy must be carried out by means of air surprise attacks at the beginning in order to achieve victory!"

It's a pity that his official position is not high, and there are basically no people who are willing to listen to him.

Thus, at the strong request of the Navy, under the strong opposition of the Army, and in the concern of Yamamoto Isoroku, Japan's super battleship manufacturing program was launched again.

Japan secretly planned to build two to four super-battleships of the same size or even more than the size of China's "Emperor" class within five to six years to compete with China at sea.

Due to the previous experience in building super-battleships, most of the materials and technicians were preserved, despite the heavy losses in earthquakes and explosions, so there were no major problems in the construction technology.

The only question is where will the money come from?

What about money? Where do you use it to make money? And where can I get the steel and other materials necessary for the construction of warships? It is impossible for a warship to appear at sea out of thin air.

The Japanese government already has almost no money.

Cities need to be rebuilt, the navy needs to be expanded, and the army is also upgrading its equipment and rearming.

There was also the opposition of the Army that had to be carefully considered.

How many land forces can be armed with the funds for the construction of super-battleships? This has to take into account the feelings of the Army.

The problem is placed in front of the Japanese government, and it is impossible for money to fall from the sky, and Europe and the United States are in the midst of a financial crisis, and it is impossible to get money from them. Now there is only one goal, and that is the Japanese people.

As long as you try your best, you can always scavenge money from the common people!

The Japanese government has finally decided to do it to its own people!