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The phone in Roosevelt's office rang quickly, and Roosevelt, who had been waiting next to him, answered the phone himself. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ╔╗....

Since Roosevelt learned that Scott had launched an operation to "create an incident", Roosevelt was sweating and worried that the situation would get out of control, so he always "guarded" the telephone, making sure to be the first to understand the development of the situation so that he could make timely response strategies.

Roosevelt was joined by more than a dozen senior members of the Nazi Party, all of whom served as senior members of various departments of the U.S. government and commanders of the Self-Defense Forces, the Army, Navy, and Air Force. For example, in the Roosevelt administration, Vice President John? N. Ghana, Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Ghana? A. Wallace, Secretary of the Treasury Harry? S. Truman, Commander of the Ground Self-Defense Force, Douglas. Adm. MacArthur, Adm. Charles P. Somerall, Chief of Staff, Admiral Marin Craig, Commander of the Air Self-Defense Force, Adm. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, Admiral Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Russell, Chief of Staff, and Lieutenant General Thomas Holcombe, Commander of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, Admiral William V. Pratt, Admiral William H. Standley, Admiral William D. Lehi, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Admiral Ernest J. King and others were prominent members of the Roosevelt administration and the Nazi Party.

They had been with Roosevelt so that they could get Roosevelt's orders as soon as possible.

"How?"

Garner couldn't wait to ask Roosevelt, only to see Roosevelt sit down on the sofa with a dejected face after listening to the phone report.

As soon as everyone looked at Roosevelt's expression, they knew that Scott's operation had failed.

Really. After Roosevelt sorted out his mood, he said with a disappointed face: "Scott's operation failed!" Instead of inflicting heavy damage on or annihilating the Third Airborne Division of the Chinese Empire at Monterrey, the main force of the 11th Armored Division, which was tasked with the attack, was completely annihilated. War reports show that the losses on the part of the Chinese Empire were minimal. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, expecting the strength of the Chinese Emperor, but they didn't expect the strength to be so strong, which greatly surprised everyone.

"So what are we going to do?"

Everyone suddenly became nervous, and instead of achieving the goal of testing the strength of the Chinese Emperor, they lost their wives and soldiers, so what kind of retaliatory actions the Chinese Empire would take next, everyone was unsure.

"What else can I do?" MacArthur said directly: "Explain to the Chinese Empire immediately." This is a pure misunderstanding, it is Scott's personal behavior, and does not represent the attitude of the US government. ”

Garner sighed: "Then we have to be prepared in our hearts, even if the Chinese Empire can forgive us, it will inevitably extort us." ”

"I don't think so!" "The international situation is delicate at the moment. The entire Western world was hostile to the Chinese Empire. If the Chinese Empire were to go to war against us, it would have to take into account serious international repercussions and consequences. Judging from the current degree of hostility of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other European countries towards the Chinese Empire. It is very likely that the whole Western world will jointly confront the Chinese Empire, after all, since the rise of the Chinese Empire, they have never ceased their conspiracy activities against the entire Western world. The Western world has become such a state of disarray. It was all the result of the secret planning of the Chinese Empire. After all, even if there are various contradictions and differences of interest in the Western world, the interests of our overall white race should be put first when jointly dealing with the rise of the yellow race in the Eastern world. ╔╗”

MacArthur asked, "We understand what you mean!" Earlier, if it had not been for the intensification of contradictions between the Entente camp and the Confederate camp, there was infighting between the white countries. Giving the Chinese Empire a chance to rise, it would not have caused the situation it is today. Now that Germany has invaded Poland, Britain and France have chosen to tolerate and retreat, indicating that Britain and France are seeking reconciliation with Germany. We can unite Britain, France, Germany, and Italy as the whole Western world as a backing, so that the Chinese Empire will have some scruples, and this incident will be resolved peacefully. ”

Roosevelt nodded and said, "That's right! That's what I mean! Then the burden of explaining to the Chinese Empire will be handed over to you, Henry! ”

Henry nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. President, I know what to do!" ”

Soon after, Li Daoming, the Chinese Imperial ambassador to the United States, made an appointment to meet with Henry, and expressed to Henry and through Henry the solemn protest of the Chinese Empire to the US Government, pointing out that the US military's blatant attack on the Chinese Emperor was a serious military provocation against the Chinese Empire, and demanded that the US Government give an explanation, otherwise the Chinese Empire would regard the actions of the US military as a provocation of war and as an incident as the United States was preparing to go to war against the Chinese Empire.

In the face of the roar of the ambassador of the Chinese Empire, Henry immediately explained according to the strategy reached with Roosevelt and others, and put all the responsibility on Scott personally, saying that the US government had no intention of going to war with the Chinese Empire, and that this incident was not an act authorized by the US government, and asked the Chinese Empire for forgiveness.

Seeing Henry's soft attitude, Li Daoming took the opportunity to threaten the United States, saying that the Chinese Empire would not stop there, and if the United States did not give a satisfactory answer to the Chinese Empire within 24 hours, it would bear all the consequences.

Li Daoming naturally frightened Henry, hoping to get tangible benefits from the United States. However, Henry also knew in his heart that the Chinese Empire would definitely use this as an excuse to intimidate the United States, and he had already prepared for it.

"Mr. Ambassador!" Henry said: "I hope you can start from the overall situation of peace between China and the United States and even China and the West, because the war between China and the United States will not benefit the two countries, and will even affect the attitude of the entire Western world towards China." ”

Li Daoming heard the meaning of Henry's words, and in order to confirm it, he asked, "I don't understand what you mean!" This is a matter between China and the United States, and please do not involve the overall situation of China and the West. ”

Henry said with a smile: "Mr. Ambassador, it should be very clear that we in the United States have no intention of confronting your country. After we learned of this incident, we arrested the perpetrator General Scott as soon as possible. We promise that such incidents will never happen again. In addition, countries such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy are also highly concerned about this, and you should know that these countries were during the Mexican-American War. We were given all kinds of support, and even Germany sent volunteers to help us defeat the Mexican army. Germany deserves our gratitude and trust, even more than our allies, Britain and France. ”

Henry expressed the attitude of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries on this matter, and Li Daoming also understood. What Henry meant was that Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries all supported the United States, and if the Chinese Empire pressed the United States too hard, the United States would pull the entire Western world against the Chinese Empire.

Thinking of this, Li Daoming said: "I will convey your country's attitude to His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, but before that, you must ensure that similar incidents will not happen in your team again, otherwise the Chinese Empire will not hesitate to declare war on your country." ”

Henry didn't have a bottom in his heart, but he just pulled the Western world up as a dead horse doctor, and when he heard that Li Daoming's attitude had changed somewhat. He breathed a sigh of relief, and finally coped with the most dangerous level in the past.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Ambassador and your Government, that we guarantee that nothing like this will happen. ╔╗”

Henry finally appeased Li Daoming with great effort, but he also understood that soon the Chinese Empire would put forward conditions. It is necessary to give certain benefits to the Chinese Empire.

After Li Daoming ended his conversation with Henry, he immediately reported the attitude of the US government to the Imperial Cabinet of China. Emperor Wang Chenhao immediately convened the Imperial Council. Discuss the handling of the military conflict in Monterrey.

"Obviously, the Roosevelt administration was prepared to bring Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries together. The empire needs to rethink its countermeasures. ”

Originally, they were going to take this opportunity to force the United States to return to the track of the "New York Peace Treaty," but they never thought that the United States would actually play such a trick, which really surprised the ministers. .....

"With the current international image of the Empire, the entire Western world has not emerged from the shadow of the economic crisis. Germany, in particular, hated the economic sanctions imposed on them by the Reich. This can be seen from Germany's unsparing support for the United States. ”

Cao Rulin said: "Now the situation in the Western world is delicate, and I originally thought that the German invasion of Poland would trigger a world war between the Entente and the Central Powers. However, Britain and France chose to make concessions, which shows that the contradictions between Britain and France and Germany are far less intense than during the First World War, and that Britain and France can tolerate Germany, which shows that Britain and France may also cooperate with Germany to a certain extent, for example, on the issue of the Soviet Union, the overall will of the European countries is the same. In the same way, the empire is now unpopular with the whole of Europe, and the rise of the empire is also a problem for the countries of Europe. Therefore, in such an environment, if the empire uses force against the United States, it will inevitably lead to the dissatisfaction of Britain and France, and the further deterioration of the Western world's attitude toward China will likely lead to a situation in which the Western world will unite against the empire. ”

Although everyone wants to impose severe sanctions on the United States, they are also aware of the possible consequences of doing so.

When the ministers couldn't make up their minds, it was Wang Chenhao who decided the matter alone.

After Wang Chenhao thought about it, he knew very well that the contest between the East and the West had always been an eternal topic. The rise of the Chinese Empire has always been regarded as a thorn in the side of the Western world, and if it were not for the contradictions between the Western powers that made it impossible for them to unite, I am afraid that the Chinese Empire would have been suppressed long ago, and the situation in which the Chinese Empire would never have been allowed to become the superpower it is today. After the First World War, the contradictions between the Entente and the Central Powers had greatly diminished with the fall of Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire, and Germany was not severely sanctioned as it was in history, and its national power was much stronger than that of Britain and France. Britain's global hegemony was seized by the Chinese Empire, and Britain was no longer the main obstacle to Germany's struggle for world hegemony, but the probability of Britain and Germany uniting against the global hegemony of the Chinese Empire was rising.

Judging from these circumstances, Wang Chenhao believes that it is not impossible for the US government to play this hole card, and it is very possible. Over the years, the Chinese Empire has been constantly causing wars, economic and wealth plundering to the Western world, and has long become an enemy in the eyes of Western countries. It's just that they have always been at odds with each other, and they are not the opponents of the Chinese Empire when they fight alone, so they will accommodate and compromise with the Chinese Empire in everything, but sooner or later, this accommodation and compromise will one day turn into incomparable resentment and explode intensively.

At this time, the collective economic crisis in the Western world was caused by the Chinese Empire, so Wang Chenhao believed that the degree of tolerance of the Chinese Empire had reached the bottom line, and a little carelessness would trigger the collective resistance of the Western world to the Chinese Empire.

Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao said: "I didn't plan to use force against the United States, but in this incident. The loss of the empire is also minimal, so this matter is still valued by peace. It is sufficient for the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draw up an appropriate provision and notify the United States authorities. ╔╗”

Wang Chenhao made up his mind, so the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately formulated a method for dealing with the Monterrey military conflict and notified it to the US Government.

The conditions for the Chinese Empire to quell the Monterrey incident were: Scott and other perpetrators were strictly punished, the US military withdrew its troops from Mexican territory, signed the "US-Mexico Peace Treaty" as soon as possible in accordance with the contents of the secret agreement reached between China and the United States in Havana, ended the US-Mexico war, and compensated the Chinese emperor with 1 million dragon coins as compensation for the casualties and losses caused by this incident.

After receiving the contents of the note from the Chinese Empire, the Roosevelt administration immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and this condition was within the expected results of Roosevelt and others in advance, and it was a condition that the United States could afford. Thereupon. The U.S. government immediately complied and sent Scott to a court-martial, to which Scott confessed and took all responsibility to the satisfaction of the Imperial Chinese jury officers.

At the same time, the US military immediately withdrew from Mexico. In accordance with the agreement reached between China and the United States in Havana, Cuba, the United States renounced its demand for $10 in war reparations from Mexico. Such. The United States and Mexico reached a reconciliation agreement, and representatives of the two countries signed the San Juan Peace Treaty, which ended the Mexican-American War, at San Juan City Hall, the capital of Puerto Rico, an overseas territory of the Chinese Empire, and restored the United States and Mexico to their pre-1917 status quo. All U.S. territory stolen by Mexico during the Sino-American war was returned. The U.S. government gives Mexican citizens one year to sell their property and return to their home countries, after which they are directly considered U.S. citizens. The U.S. government agreed to restrain the U.S. national struggle against Mexicans and quell various riots against Mexicans.

In this way, a military conflict in Monterrey finally ended the war between the United States and Mexico. For Mexico. In the past ten years, it has been like a dream, the territory and wealth seized by the United States, and the rapid expansion of Mexico's own industrial, economic and military strength, have suddenly come to naught after this war, and the whole country of Mexico has fallen into deep sorrow.

After this war, Mexico's vitality was greatly damaged. Although Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas and other states were returned to the United States, Mexico has obtained a large amount of social wealth, scientific and technological achievements and industrial equipment through the occupation of these states for more than ten years, and Mexico's native country has also realized the transformation from agriculture to industrialization.

The Mexican people, from President Kiir down to Mexican, are still looking forward to the next chance to rise.

The Mexican-American War ended, and its outcome was not in the scope of the Chinese Empire's expectations. Although the goal of weakening Mexico was achieved, it freed the United States from the yoke of the New York Peace Treaty. For example, the U.S. military has since had an air force, and the U.S. military has actually been stationed in the California Demilitarized Zone. The United States played the European card and involved Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, which eased the attitude of the Chinese Empire towards the United States, and many treaties that originally restricted the development of the United States were also canceled one after another.

It can be said that the biggest beneficiary of this war is the United States, undoubtedly.

The United States, under the leadership of the Roosevelt administration, defeated the Mexican invaders and forced the Chinese empire to make concessions, which made Roosevelt's status in the hearts of Americans skyrocket.

The New Deal adopted by Roosevelt was implemented on a large scale and thoroughly, and the speed of recovery of the US economy attracted the attention of the world, the most important of which was the financial policy of Roosevelt's New Deal, which no longer took gold as the standard, but took the products produced as the standard, and constrained finance with national credit and law. In this way, the Chinese empire's long-standing use of gold to drain the foreign exchange wealth of the United States is unworkable, and it is a huge blow to the capital export of the Chinese empire, making it impossible for the Chinese empire to interfere in the US monetary and financial system.

Roosevelt imitated the state capitalist methods of the Soviet Union and Germany, imposed strict government control on finance, and issued new dollars with Roosevelt's portrait, which quickly returned to normal, eliminated inflation and currency depreciation, and made the American economy quickly stabilize. ╔╗

At the same time, as the international economic crisis continues, the number of unemployed people in the United States is still in the millions, and the United States needs extraordinary measures to recover its economy. As a result, Roosevelt once again learned from Hitler, developed the military industry on a large scale, and quickly absorbed the unemployed people in the United States, thereby stabilizing American social order.

Among Roosevelt's large-scale development of military industry, the first to bear the brunt was the naval industry. After the Great War between China and the United States, the U.S. Navy was severely limited by the Chinese Empire. Only a small number of naval forces of the Maritime Self-Defense Force are allowed to be retained. With the end of the Third Mexican-American War, the U.S.-China game gave the U.S. Navy a new lease of life.

Although Roosevelt promised to develop the navy and not threaten the maritime supremacy of the Chinese Empire. Only the Mexican Navy was used as a countertarget, and Roosevelt promised not to upgrade the Self-Defense Forces to the military, and the US Self-Defense Forces will always be a defensive force to maintain the national security of the United States in the coastal waters. However, Roosevelt saw that the Chinese Empire was worried about the Western world's unity, so he forced the Chinese Empire to acquiesce to the expansion of the US Self-Defense Forces under the pretext of not forming alliances with European countries.

At this time, the US Maritime Self-Defense Force only had 20 or 30 warships, all of which were antique warships that had been in service for more than ten or twenty years, and Roosevelt restored the US naval industry under the pretext that these warships were old and should be decommissioned. Began building new warships to arm the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force.

In February 1935, high-ranking military officials from the Chinese Empire, the Third German Reich, the Kingdom of Britain, the French Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy gathered again at the headquarters of the League of Nations to discuss the expiring Five-Preparedness Convention.

The Chinese Empire wanted to continue to extend the validity of the Five-Power Pact as a precautionary measure against the outbreak of a major war between the five powers. Germany, however, was the first to express its opposition. Because Hitler demanded a further expansion of the army, because the territory of the Third Reich had already tripled by this time. The comprehensive national strength is the second in the world, far surpassing Britain, France and Italy. Fifteen years ago, in the Five-Power Pact. Germany, under pressure from the Chinese Empire, maintained the same military power as Britain, which by this time was seriously outdated and incompatible with Germany's position today. Hitler's condition was that the German army, navy, and air force should meet the standards of the Chinese Empire. This is in line with Germany's current statehood, otherwise Germany would not have refused to renew the Five-Power Pact.

Germany's conditions startled the Chinese Empire, and only then did it realize that Hitler's ambitions were to be on an equal footing with the Chinese Empire, which was obviously not allowed by the Chinese Empire. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and the Chinese Empire has been the boss for a long time. Not used to having someone on his side.

In the last Five-Power Pact, Britain and Germany maintained a balance of naval forces, and France and Germany maintained a balance of land forces, which reassured Britain and France. But now Germany demands to be on an equal footing with the Chinese Empire, and its military strength is up to the standards of the Chinese Empire, so that the combined power of Britain and France is no match for Germany. Although Britain and France were willing to reconcile with Germany, they were still very defensive of Germany, so Britain and France opposed it.

Italy, at the behest of Germany, also rose up to oppose it, demanding that Italy's army, navy, and air force should be maintained at the level of two-thirds of China's Dili, but opposed the increase in military strength of Britain and France.

It can be said that Italy quickly played the role of a-stirring stick, so that the five-party meeting quickly collapsed, and the issue of the renewal of the five-nation pact was shelved indefinitely.

Without the restrictions of the Five-Power Pact, in order to enhance their military strength and create a state of fait accompli, all parties began to expand the strength of the army, navy, and air force, and a large-scale global arms race broke out.

During the Soviet-German partition of Poland, the 18-inch guns of the two new German super battleships, Bismarck and Tirpitz, were no longer a secret and soon became known to the rest of the world. ╔╗The capital ships of the Chinese Empire in service are all old and outdated 16-inch guns of warships, which can no longer constitute a deterrent to the 18-inch guns of the German Navy, so the Chinese Empire soon announced the lifting of the 27 super warships that had been mothballed for fifteen years.

The 27 mothballed superships include: eight Ming-class battleships, four Yuan-class battleships, four Iowa-class battleships, three North Carolina-class battleships, four Olympia-class battlecruisers, and four Frankfurt-class battlecruisers.

These 27 super warships have all been modernized and upgraded, and they have been newly commissioned into service with the Imperial Chinese Navy like new ships, which immediately stimulated the navies of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and even all countries in the world.

The fifteen superships captured from the former U.S. Navy's Ocean Fleet were reclassified and renamed in consideration of Sino-American relations, but instead of giving Chinese women's names to humiliate the Russian Navy and the British Royal Navy, they were named after the overseas territories of the Chinese Empire.

The four Iowa-class super-battleships with 18-inch guns were renamed Hawaii-class battleships and named USS Hawaii [-BB-71], USS Alaska [BB-72], USS Cuba [BB-73], and USS Luzon [BB-74] to swear that these places had become the territory of the Chinese Empire. Four Olympia-class super battlecruisers with 18-inch guns were converted to Korean-class battlecruisers. They were named North Korea (BBC-14), Ryukyu (BBC-15), Japan (BBC-16) and Singapore (BBC-17). The three North Carolina-class superbattleships with 17-inch guns were renamed Puerto Rico (BB-75), Cyprus (BB-76), and Bermuda (BB-77). The four Frankfurt-class super battlecruisers were renamed Lanfang-class battlecruisers and were named HMS Lanfang [BBC-18], HMS Australia [BBC-19], USS Papua [BBC-20] and HMS New Zealand [BBC-21].

Twenty-seven super-warships were returned to service with the Imperial Chinese Navy. The Imperial Chinese Navy once again dominated the world's navies overnight, and became a huge force that the navies of other countries could not match.

Originally, the Chinese Empire's move was used to tell Germany not to be on an equal footing with the Chinese Empire and to be an ordinary second child. However, this did not frighten Germany, but gave Hitler a pretext for further expansion. At the same time, Britain, France, Italy, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries were also shocked by the powerful naval power of the Chinese Empire, and all countries envied the Chinese Empire for having so many powerful super warships. Soon, at the instigation of the hawkish military officers in various countries, various governments believed that the five-arms limitation treaty could not be renewed, and out of the demand for self-protection, they came up with proposals to expand armaments.

In March 1935, Hitler used the pretext that the Chinese Empire had 27 super-warships, while Germany had only two. The German Navy was "challenged" and "threatened" by the Imperial Chinese Navy, so the German Admiralty passed the Naval Enlargement Act of 1935. As Hitler demanded. The German Navy was supposed to be a powerful global navy and should be on an equal footing with the Imperial Chinese Navy, so the German Navy was expanded to build 25 new capital ships that could rival the Imperial Chinese Navy.

But Germany is still in the shadow of an economic crisis. It is impossible to build 25 capital ships in one go, and even the Chinese Empire, which has deep pockets, can build at most four to eight super warships at a time. However, Germany enforced slavery in Poland and massively persecuted and robbed the wealth of Polish nobles, capitalists, and landowners, especially the richest Jews. As a result, a war against Poland resulted in Germany plundering billions of dragon coins and tens of billions of dragon coins in fixed assets. Therefore, Hitler decided to spend six years building capital ships in two batches. By 1938, the German navy should have 70% of the imperial Chinese naval power, and by 1940, the German naval power should be equal to or surpass that of the imperial Chinese navy.

Hitler's ambitious plan for a large navy was launched, and the German navy wanted to become the strongest naval force in the world, so it was loyal to Hitler and fully supported Hitler.

Of course, another reason for Hitler to do this was to solve the unemployed in the German Reich as soon as possible and maintain social stability. Although Germany has already taken the initiative to expand the military industry to house millions of unemployed people in Germany. However, with the expansion of Germany's territory, the economic crisis in the former Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia affected a large number of unemployed people, posing a threat to the social stability of the entire German Empire. Although a significant part of the unemployed were sent to live in Poland, millions more were waiting for Hitler to feed. The large-scale expansion of the naval industry is an excellent place to relocate.

However, for the German naval industry, the construction of 14 super-warships with 18-inch guns at one time is far beyond the current industrial production capacity.

As a result, Hitler proposed at the naval work conference that since it was impossible to build so many super warships at once, then build a few super warships that could be used as ten.

I have to admit that Hitler's ambitions have evolved into paranoia, according to Hitler's crazy idea, the German Navy must have super warships that can be used as ten, that is, a new super warship can defeat the ten main battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

In this way, the German naval engineers racked their brains and finally came up with a shipbuilding plan that shocked the world, which was the construction plan of the Hindenburg-class super battleship. The German Navy called it the ultimate battleship because they believed that the Hindenburg-class battleship was invincible and the ultimate form of battleship. No battleship can surpass the Hindenburg class, and she will be the pinnacle of battleships.

In accordance with Hitler's plan for naval expansion, the Hindenburg-class battleships were required to build six. The codes are H, J, K, L, M, N. Among them, the H and M ships were built by the Blom and Foss shipyards in Hamburg, the J and N ships were built by the Wiesel company in Bremen, the K ships were built by the Deutsche factory in Kiel, and the L ships were built by the Wilhelmshaven shipyard. They were named Hidenburg (H39), Ludendorf (H40), Moltke (H41), Friedrichdergross (H42) and Wilhelmi (H43). Wilhelmii (H44).

In order to prepare the steel needed for the six super battleships, it took the German side three months to do it, and even in order to build the super battleships, Hitler ordered the German Krupp Steel Company to suspend the supply to other businessmen at home and abroad to fully support the navy.

After a series of preparatory work, it is completed. The first two H39 and H40 of the Hindenburg class were started on July 5 and July 25, 1935, respectively, and the huge German manufacturing capacity showed its might at this moment. The whole German population cheered for this ultimate battleship, which was hailed as the world's strongest battleship, and with the abundance of the German side, the whole construction process went very smoothly.

Because Hitler demanded that the Hindenburg-class battleships have the ability to be one to ten. At least one Hindenburg-class battleship can deal with three or four Ming-class battleships of the Chinese Empire at the same time.

In order to counter the Ming-class battleships of the Chinese Empire, the German Navy did not meet the existing caliber of 18-inch main guns, and required the Navy to build and install 31.5-inch (800 mm) main guns. This was one of the most feared parts of the Hindenburg project.

All six Hindenburg-class battleships were required to install 800 mm guns, and the battleship experts of the German Naval Construction Bureau, who were almost stunned by Hitler's request, with the help of the admirals. Several times he made remarks to Hitler, saying that this was impossible. Although Germany had experience in building 800 mm Paris cannons, it was difficult to move Paris cannons to battleships. Not to mention the difficulty of getting on the ship, if the cost of the Paris cannon alone is installed on the battleship, it will cost at least 1 billion dragon coins, and it is only one, and if eight to twelve main guns are installed like other warships, the cost of the main gun alone will reach 10 billion dragon coins, which is obviously not something that the German economy can afford.

After a series of assessments, naval experts finally decided that it was not feasible to install 800 mm guns on the existing hull (also twin 4 turrets), and that the finances had been solved in time, so a new hull (i.e. the 200,000-ton one) had to be built. However, at this time, Germany was building tanks, submarines, and aircraft artillery on a large scale, and the demand for steel was very tight, and the hull of the 200,000-ton battleship would consume a lot of steel in Germany, and there would not be ten years to build it. At the behest of the departments at all levels, Hitler finally abandoned this unrealistic idea. However, considering that the German Navy had already installed Bismarck-class battleships with 18-inch guns, and the strongest Ming-class battleship in the Chinese Empire was also 18-inch, the Hindenburg-class battleships did not seek to be one as ten, and if they were equipped with 20-inch guns, it was still feasible to deal with two or three Ming-class battleships at the same time.

As a result, the Hindenburg-class battleships abandoned the plan for a 31.5-inch gun and installed a 20-inch gun instead.

The 20-inch cannon was not available in Germany at this time, and this research and development plan was given to the Krupp company, because the Krupp company had excellent technical experience in the production of giant barrels. Despite this, Krupp engineers had to develop the barrel needed for the 20-inch cannon after a year, and mass production would take at least two years to make it possible, and the production would not be high, after all, the production of such a super large-caliber barrel was quite complex and difficult.

While Krupp was developing the 20-inch cannon, the steel needed for the first two warships of the Hindenburg class was ready, and the keels were laid.

According to the design indicators of the Hindenburg-class battleship, the ship has a total length of 307 meters and a draft displacement of 95,000 tons at full load. Drawing on the design experience of the Bismarck-class battleships, the class continued to use her hull and enlarged it. In addition, welding technology is still widely used, and the welding volume accounts for 90%~95%. Welding saves about 15% of the hull weight compared to riveting, and it is used to strengthen protection. In addition, German steel was among the world's best in the thirties, second only to the Chinese Empire's China Special Steel. "Hindenburg" uses some of the technology of special steel copied from the Chinese Empire, and the CKPS-33 steel used for the Hindenburg hull has extremely high strength, and its strike resistance will be "a higher level" than that of the Bismarck.

The bow of this class is still the Atlantic bow, which is more suitable for the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Since the bow is vulnerable to damage from projectile strikes and mine explosions, a moderate outboard and freeboard are used to maintain sufficient reserve buoyancy and reach a speed of 29 knots even if damage is caused by flooding of the bow area.

In terms of armament, the Hindenburg class has a total of 8 504 mm (20 in) guns, 4 twin turrets, A and B turrets are located in the ship, and C and D turrets are located in the stern. Each gun has 110 rounds of ammunition, a total of 880 rounds, and the maximum ammunition carrying capacity is about 1,000 rounds. According to the design parameters submitted by Krupp and the standards required by the German Admiralty, the barrel life of the gun is 120~150 rounds after averaging. The gun is hydraulically actuated for gyro and pitch, and fires a salvo every 70 seconds.

The main guns of the Hindenburg-class battleships are equipped with two kinds of shells: armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells, and the ammunition standard of the Bismarck-class main guns is still used, of which the power of armor-piercing shells is 10%~15% higher than that of the "Ming-class battleships". According to the post-war memoirs of the German company Krupp involved in the design of the artillery, at that time there were frequent fire tests of 504-mm guns equipped with the "Hindenburg" class, testing their firepower at the distances of various battleship gun battles, targeting homogeneous steel armor plates with vertical hits. The gun has a vertical armor penetration of 650 mm at 10,000 meters, 504 mm at 20,000 meters, and 35,000 meters at 300 meters.

The secondary guns consisted of 12 twin 66x caliber 240 mm guns, deployed on both sides of the upper deck, mainly used against enemy surface ships, and also for anti-aircraft fire in emergency situations. There are two seats in each of the two forwards for direct forward firing with a rotation angle of 150 °. There are also two seats in the aft part of each of the two broadboards, with a gyration angle of 135 °. The other secondary guns are all located in the middle of the ship's side. The whole ship has 2,600 rounds of ammunition, and the maximum rate of fire of the gun is 3 rounds per minute.

The "Hindenburg" class was initially without torpedo tubes, and it was not until the outbreak of World War II that two 6-pack 533-mm tubes were added. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )