After the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, the Defense Navy was greatly adjusted after conducting a variety of studies as the situation faced by the Defense Navy compared with the period of the European War.

In addition to the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy, the original National Defense Navy also had the Yangtze River Fleet, which was formed by the merger of the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division in the former Qing Dynasty.

The existence of the three fleets objectively caused a serious weakening of China's naval strength, after all, there were only so many warships that China could use at that time, and it had to be divided into three fleets.

However, there is no way to do it, because when Yan Guang took over the navy, the three fleets already existed. Moreover, the factional situation within the navy is also very serious, in the navy, the Fujian family, that is, Fujian officers and sailors occupy the vast majority (because Mawei Shipyard, China's largest naval academy is in Fujian), so that the navy is not called the Chinese navy, but more appropriately called the Fujian navy.

In this case, even if Yan Guang brought such a new blood as a Sichuan sailor, there was no change in the slightest.

Historically, the navies of many countries have mutinied, such as the Portuguese Revolution on October 5, 1910, when the mutinous navies shelled the city, and even the King of Portugal had to flee in a hurry.

What is even more remarkable is that this scene happened to be seen by Brazilians who were returning home with the battleship "São Paulo" and visiting Portugal on the way. For the first time, the sailors realized what a powerful weapon they had in their hands - the "São Paulo" had more firepower than the entire Portuguese navy.

Sure enough, shortly after returning to Brazil, the "São Paulo" and the battleship "Minas Gerais", which had been delivered to the Brazilian Navy a little earlier than the "São Paulo", staged a mutiny during the inauguration ceremony of the new president, and the captain of the latter was killed. The sailors demanded better food and housing, the abolition of corporal punishment and the pardon of mutineers. Before the government could respond, the two ships shelled government offices and barracks in Rio de Janeiro, killing many civilians because they were novices. After two days of standoff, the government accepted the sailors' terms and the incident was calmed down.

Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future..

At that time, Yan Guang had just taken power, and there were not too many people in the navy, and according to the urine nature of some soldiers in the Republic of China, they couldn't do this kind of thing by shelling Beijing, because the range was not enough, but it was still possible to shell Tianjin Port.

Even the shelling of Tianjin would have dealt a great blow to the prestige of the newly established Kuomintang government.

Therefore, in order to change this situation, after taking power, Yan Guang established naval schools in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and other places, and the launch of a large number of new warships also made it possible for more soldiers from other provinces to join the navy. After all, warships also need people to operate, and the Mawei Ship Master Academy alone obviously can't provide enough manpower.

Although the European War broke out less than a year later because of the "Sarajevo Incident", the original three fleets continued to exist, and in the end, even the Sichuan Navy Division was merged into the Yangtze River Fleet by Yan Guang.

However, in the years of World War I, through the efforts of Yan Guang and others, the proportion of Fujian in the navy still dropped a lot, and by the eve of the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty," the proportion of Fujian navy in the navy had dropped to less than one-third. The remaining two-thirds of the positions were filled by cadets provided by Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, and the later established Lushun Naval School.

Of course, it is not uncommon for Fujian officers to be dissatisfied with the dominance of the Fujian navy, but after all, the change in the navy is the trend of the times, and the admirals who have great prestige in the navy such as Sa Zhenbing also support it, so these people have not been able to make any major trouble. …,

But the most important thing is that although the navy can freely float on the sea, it still has to choose a port to dock at in the end. Without the support of the state, even warships made of steel will end up being just a pile of expensive scrap metal.

In any case, after several years of hard work, the navy finally transformed from a factional navy into a national navy, which also made the country completely master the navy.

It's just that although the power of the Fujian Navy has been weakened, the existence of the three fleets still weakens the strength of the entire navy, after all, the strength of the national defense navy is not particularly strong, let alone being weakened into three parts?

So the Navy has been studying the matter of adjustment, and the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty is an opportunity.

And the environment facing China now is completely different from that it was before the First World War.

Before World War I, the main coverage of the Chinese navy was in the South China Sea, the North China Sea and the East China Sea, that is, East and Southeast Asia. However, as China's territory expanded, so did the need for a naval presence, and it was somewhat inappropriate to maintain the presence of the original three fleets in such a situation.

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Under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, China could retain 410,000 gross tonnage and a total of 10 capital ships.

At the Washington Conference, China's status as the world's third power was almost recognized by Britain, the United States, and other countries by obtaining such conditions that were higher than those of France and Italy. Although Japan's presence was somewhat an eyesore, many military and political officials of the Kokusha government were excited about the success of the Washington Conference.

It was only after the excitement had elapsed that the upper echelons of the national government had to face the painful choice of choice.

Because according to the "Washington Treaty", the Chinese Navy can only retain a total of 10 capital ships, and with the expansion of the sea area under the jurisdiction of the National Defense Navy, the scale of the original 21 capital ships is not enough, let alone 10?

It's just that the treaty has been signed after all, and besides, Britain, the number one maritime power with dozens of capital ships, has only retained fifteen ships. Look at the British, looking at themselves, the people in the Navy also feel that there is nothing to complain about.

However, among the 21 capital ships, it is still a painful thing to select 11 to dismantle, after all, the Wehrmacht Navy has only made its fortune in recent years, and before the outbreak of World War I, the Wehrmacht Navy's largest displacement was actually the 4,300-ton Haiqi ship, which is not distressed by the navy.

But even if it was distressed, the navy still planned as fast as possible according to the original plan.

Of course, while planning, the people in the Navy are complaining.

"Why don't the people of the army have to be restricted, why do the ships of our navy have to be dismantled..."

Balabala, and so on...

According to the plan of the Kuomintang, in order to adapt to the changes in China's existing territory, the original five fleets will be reduced to four, and the sea area under its jurisdiction will also undergo great changes.

For example, the Yangtze River Fleet in charge of the Yangtze River will be abolished, and the original task of cracking down on water bandits will be handled by a special marine police―――――― but in recent years, water bandits have become rarer than the Baiji dolphins in the Yangtze River, so the daily task of the Yangtze River Fleet is to crack down on smuggling, drug trafficking, or dealing with matters such as ship grounding or collision, which is also the reason why the Yangtze River Fleet will be abolished.

In addition to the Yangtze River Fleet, the original Nanyang Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet will also be merged into the [Ocean Fleet], and the new "Ocean Fleet" will not only have jurisdiction over the South China Sea, the North China Sea, and the East China Sea, but also include the Sea of Japan in Vladivostok Port.

Of course, since the Pacific Ocean is called the [Ocean Fleet] or something, it is naturally under its jurisdiction, but the Nationalist government does not want to provoke the Americans at the moment, so the target of the [Ocean Fleet] in the short term is the Japanese, whose strength has been seriously weakened. …,

At present, the only opponent that can threaten China is Japan, which is not very far away, which is why the South Ocean Fleet and the North Ocean Fleet will merge, as for the Philippines, Vietnam and the like? At this time, these scum are still colonies.

PS: Not long after the signing of the Washington Treaty, the unconsolidated Nanyang Fleet had already sent troops south to seize the Xisha Islands, Dongsha Islands, Nansha Islands and Zhongsha Islands (why is there no Beisha Islands?). Although Britain, France, Japan, the United States and other countries have always been very sensitive to China's territorial movements, but because the Nansha fleet only occupied some [broken islands] that [nothing], several countries did not say anything.

As for fishing or something? After waiting for 20 years, let's take Ryukyu as a dowry.

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In order to adapt to the changes in the maritime frontier, in addition to the newly merged [Ocean Fleet], the Communist Government also established the [Indian Ocean Fleet], the [Black Sea Fleet] and the [Caspian Sea Fleet] respectively.

Among them, the main jurisdiction of the [Indian Ocean Fleet] is the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, after all, in the future, Iraq and Kuwait are also an extremely important step in the overall strategy, so in Yan Guang's planning, the [Indian Ocean Fleet] will be the second largest fleet after the [Ocean Fleet].

However, the navy has a lot of opinions on Yan Guang's plan.

Because during this period, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Yemen were all British colonies, and Iran did not become a colony, but it was almost the same.

If there is a conflict with Britain one day in the future, the British, who control the Suez Canal and the entire Indian Ocean, are likely to lock up the [Indian Ocean Fleet], and in the eyes of the Navy, the "broken" place in Iraq is almost the most worthless territory in all the newly occupied areas―――――― Caucasus still has "oil", isn't it?

However, under Yan Guang's "obstinate obstinacy", the status of the [Indian Ocean Fleet] was finally established.

"The Indian Ocean still has a foreign word, which is much stronger than the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea."

After the position of the Indian Ocean Fleet was established, almost all the military and political leaders of the government comforted themselves in their hearts. It wasn't until a few months later that these dignitaries realized that there were many secrets in the government that they were not aware of...

Unlike the Ocean Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet, which are in first and second place, the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Fleet, which are in third and fourth place, are almost the same as being raised by their stepmothers.

For example, the Black Sea Fleet, except for a small number of destroyers and light cruisers, almost all of the rest were seized warships of the former Turkish Navy.

What did the Turkish Navy have after World War I?

1 Avniirah-class battleship, that is, the battleship Muyinzafer.

1 battleship of the Ashali Shivkot-class, Nikimi Shivkot.

1 battleship of the Idjalih class, Idjalih.

1 Barbarossa-class battleship, that is, the original Brandenburg-class of the German Navy.

Then there is the battlecruiser Selim Sultan.

Of course, Turkey also has some other warships, but none of them survived to the end of the war.

On the surface, the strength of 3 battleships and 1 battlecruiser is also good, but this is only on the surface.

For example, the Avnielach-class battleship, with a displacement of only 2,362 tons, is equipped with four 9-inch guns, and has a speed of only 12 knots, such a "battleship" is very reluctant even if it is called a light cruiser, after all, even the displacement of light cruisers is more than 3,000 tons, and even the displacement of some destroyers is larger than that of the Muyinzafer.

What's more, the Muyin Zafer is in disrepair and drifts for a long time, which makes people worry about whether he will sink. …,

In fact, historically, the Muyinzafer was demolished in 1929.

As for the Ashalishivkot class, it is even worse than the Avniilah class, which has a displacement of only 2047 tons and is armed with 1 9-inch gun and 4 7-inch guns. The speed was the same as that of the Avnielach class, a pitiful 12 knots.

Historically, the Nikimi Shivkot was also demolished in 1929.

The remaining Idjalih-class battleship Iddjalih is an old battleship built in 1878, with a displacement of just over 2,000 tons, a speed of 12 knots, and two 9-inch guns and three 7-inch guns.

In addition, the Idjalih was dismantled into scrap metal in 1922.

In addition to the three waste-class battleships above, the strength of the Barbarossa-class battleships is still good. Standard displacement 10,501 tons, 115.7×19.5×7.9 meters, triple steam engine, twin shaft 10,200 horsepower, speed 16 knots, 4 280mm/40x guns and 2 280mm/35x guns, 6 x 105mm guns, 8 88mm guns, 6 x 450mm torpedo tubes.

The Barbarossa-class battleships were originally the German Brandenburg-class, which was an old pre-dreadnought ship that was started in 1893, and in 1910 a total of two Brandenburg-class battleships were decommissioned, and in the same year they were sold to Turkey, namely the Elector and the Wisenburg, and then...

The Barbarossa was sunk by the British submarine E11 in 1915, leaving only one Reese left. Originally, the Reece was to be dismantled after the war, but it was later preserved by the national government.

Although the level of the Barbarossa class is even inferior to the heavy cruisers in the Wehrmacht Navy, compared with the previous three waste classes, it is already a world of difference.

In fact, in addition to these four, Turkey originally had two other battleships, namely the British battleships Ryssadih and Osama Sultan, both of which belonged to dreadnoughts.

Among them, the Riessadih has a standard displacement of 22,780 tons, a full load displacement of 25,250 tons, and has 10 5-seat twin 13.5 inch/45 x diameter main guns and 16 single 6 inch/50 x diameter secondary guns.

Osama Sultan has a standard displacement of 27,500 tons; It has a full load displacement of 30250 and has 7 twin 45 x diameter 12-inch main guns and 20 single 50x diameter 6-inch secondary guns.

After the outbreak of World War I, the British, fearing that Turkey would join the Central Powers, seized two battleships, which was one of the reasons for Turkey's entry into the war.

At that time, the two battleships were said to have even been "schoolchildren involved in donations", and Churchill, who was then the Minister of the Navy after the seizure, did not give Turkey any explanation, and it was this incident that angered the whole of Turkey―――――― perhaps Churchill did not take Turkey seriously at that time, and did not think that the battle of the Dardanelles led by him would be a crushing defeat.

Incidentally, after being seized, the Reissadich was named "Ireland" and joined the British Navy.

As for the Osama Sultan? He also has another extremely famous name, the Agincourt, which is also known as the multi-turret Cult Relic.

Then there was the battle cruiser Selim Sultan, the most combat-ready warship of the Turkish Navy. The battle cruiser Selim Sultan was a Moltke-class battlecruiser that Germany started construction in 1908, that is, the battlecruiser Goburn.

The standard displacement of the battle cruiser Goeben was 22,979 tons, and the full displacement was 25,400 tons. With a maximum of 25.5 knots, it has 10 twin 280mm (11.1 in) L/45 x diameter main guns and 12 150 mm L/45 x diameter secondary guns.

The ship entered the Mediterranean Sea in 1912, and after the outbreak of World War I, far from its home base, facing the encirclement and suppression of the British Mediterranean fleet, the Goeben abandoned the British fleet and fled into Constantinople, a neutral country in Turkey at that time.

It was precisely because Turkey took in the Goeben that the British government at that time detained all its warships under construction for fear of Turkey's joining the Central Powers, which completely angered Turkey. The Germans immediately offered to provide the Goeben in order to gain favor with Turkey (although the crew of the Goeben was all German, so there was no difference between providing it and not providing it). …,

If a battleship changed the political landscape of World War I, only the Goeben could afford that honor. If it had not reached Istanbul, Turkey would not have joined the German side, and if Turkey had not joined the German side in the war, Britain would not have needed to launch a Turkish campaign to open a channel of support to Russia, and then there would not have been a British defeat at the Battle of Dardanelles, and Admiral Fisher and Admiral Churchill would not have been forced to resign because of this fiasco, and even Russia might have held out for a few more years.

Germany's diplomatic campaign against Turkey was very successful, and the Goeburn became an important bargaining chip for Turkey, compared to Britain and Russia.

Incidentally, the Goeburn was not decommissioned until 1947 and disbanded in 1971.

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Although the main ships of the Black Sea Fleet are all some rags, especially the three waste-class battleships, and even inferior to some light cruisers and destroyers that sailed into the Black Sea, there is still a Barbarossa-class and a Goben battlecruiser in the Black Sea.

What's more, there are mineral resources such as oil and magnetite, copper ore and molybdenum ore in the Caucasus, which are even more important than Iraq in the eyes of the Navy, so the Black Sea Fleet, the child raised by the stepmother, has some status in the eyes of the stepmother.

And what about the Caspian flotilla?

As an inland sea shared only with Iran, the Caspian Sea Fleet is completely backward without the need for a powerful fleet.

If there are still some second-hand capital ships in the Black Sea Fleet, there is not even a decent commodity in the hands of the naval fleet―――――― if some gunboats and gunboats captured from Russia can also be considered goods, if they are assigned to the Caspian Fleet within the navy, it is no different from being assigned.

As for the second place, although some "untruthful" people in the navy and government are more interested in protecting the Black Sea Fleet in the oil-producing areas of the Caucasus, under Yan Guang's "obstinate obstinacy," the second position is still occupied.

The Black Sea Fleet raised by the queen is in third place, and as for the real . The Caspian flotilla, which was raised by the mother, was ranked last.

In addition, according to the Washington Naval Treaty, the Defense Navy's existing 21 capital ships must be dismantled. Under the condition of preserving its strength, the Wehrmacht Navy decided to dismantle a total of five [Baxia] class battleships and [Jairus] class battleships, and the other six were to be searched among the eight [Kui Mu Wolf]-class battlecruisers in service―――――― there was no way, we had to dismantle the battle cruisers, but we had to look for them in the battleships.

After the dismantling of the eleven capital ships, the remaining ten capital ships will all serve in the Ocean Fleet, avoiding the mistakes of division of forces that Russia had made during the Russo-Japanese War.

During the validity period of the Washington Treaty, the Indian Ocean Fleet was only equipped with light and heavy cruisers, submarines, destroyers, and other ships.

The Caspian Fleet is mainly based on the old Turkish Navy ships, and some new ships are added as appropriate, but some military and political leaders who are interested in the Black Sea have already begun to plan to increase the strength of the Black Sea Fleet as much as possible after the establishment of the Black Sea Fleet, after all, the Caucasus oil-producing areas are the only oil-producing areas currently controlled by China.

I just don't know if these guys will be so active when the oil fields in Iraq and Kuwait are also exploited.

As for the Caspian flotilla? Since Iran's presence in the Caspian Sea is not very strong, the Caspian Flotilla will only be equipped with gunboats and gunboats in the short term, but the Ministry of Defense has begun to plan to build some destroyers and light cruisers at some shipyards along the Caspian coast. After all, the Caspian Flotilla is also one of the four major fleets, and it must not be too favoritism.

In any case, the four fleets, which had been maintained for more than 100 years in later generations, have finally been laid.

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NHK Radio is not called a traitorous radio station in Japan, but NHK's documentaries are really good, especially the "Reflection of the World", and the fourth part, Hitler's ambition is quite burning. But there are a few parts that can't be found in the back.,It's probably been harmonized.。

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