"No one thought that just after the end of the war, a new wave of arms race at sea would soon come, some say that it was a continuation of the naval construction program of the First World War, and some say that it was provoked by the United States and China, two countries that were not much traumatized in the war, but, anyway. The race has been provoked, and any country wishing to have territory under the sun must keep up. And this kind of strong pressure is so heavy for the vast majority of countries that in the end the two sides need to sit down and talk! —Scheer.

On July 1919, when the ink was still dry on the agreement between the Allies and the Allies, the first ship Tianjin and the second ship Dalian built by Huaxia at the Dalian Shipyard and the second ship of the Tianjin-class battleship equipped with nine 16-inch naval guns were commissioned and delivered to the Huaxia North Sea Fleet. And the delivery of this class of battleships has brought the already silent naval arms race to a resurgence trend.

The two ships had a displacement of 39,000 tons and were armed with nine 16-inch L45 guns and 12 5-inch guns. Powered by 18 Yarrow boilers...... It has a rated output of 90,000 horsepower and a maximum output of 110,000 horsepower. However, the ship was able to reach speeds of more than 26 knots. ADHERING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF HEAVY PROTECTION OF THE BATTLESHIPS OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC, THE SIDE CHORD ARMOR OF THIS CLASS OF BATTLESHIPS IS 350MM AND INCLINED 20 DEGREES. The height of the armor belt is 4.5 meters (including the lower weakened part.) And the lower armor belt extended all the way to the bottom of the ship, and the thickness was cut from 5 inches to a minimum of 1.5 inches. It has a certain ability to resist underwater bullets, and the horizontal main armor is up to 6 inches thick, and the ammunition depot is up to 7 inches. It is completely immune to the horizontal attack of the 16-inch heavy gun at this stage. The turret armor was 18 inches in front and 12 inches in the sides, while the armor of the gun mount also reached 16 inches. And outside the armor belt there are 4 layers of compartments, the first of which is an empty compartment. Then there is the tank containing the fuel, and then there are two levels of silos, and the depth of the entire TDS reaches almost 6 meters! It can be said that the appearance of this class of battleships has brought the Chinese Navy back to the pinnacle of the world's navy. A total of 7 battleships of this class are expected to be built, which is called the new "bigseven" ......... by the world naval community.

And that's just the beginning. After two months. The Colorado-class battleships of the Americans were also launched. However, compared to the tall and fast battleships newly commissioned in Huaxia. The Colorado-class battleship, enlarged from the Tennessee-class battleship, pales in comparison. Some people even joked that the battleship was just a replacement of the four three-mounted naval guns of the Tennessee-class with four twin 16-inch naval guns. And actually, it is! The reason is very simple, the United States originally planned to fight the Allies for 300 rounds! In addition, I am quite satisfied with the improved Iron Turtle series battleships. THE REDESIGN OF THE BATTLESHIP IS NOT ONLY TIME-CONSUMING AND RISKY, BUT IN THE EYES OF THE AMERICANS, THE COLORADO-CLASS BATTLESHIPS EQUIPPED WITH 16-INCH L45MK1 MAIN GUNS ARE ENOUGH TO SUPPRESS THE GERMAN BISMARCK-CLASS BATTLESHIPS, SO THE COLORADO CLASS WAS FINALLY BORN, AND THE SIDE ARMOR IS 320MM AND INCLINED 16 DEGREES. THE MAIN HORIZONTAL ARMOR IS 120MM. The powertrain is as weak as ever. It has a maximum output of 32,000 horsepower. Only the ship with a standard displacement of 34000 tons was allowed to run at a speed of 22 knots.

And at the end of 1919, the lead ship of the Admiral-class battleships of the British Empire, the Hood, was finally completed! This battleship, which condensed the British Imperial Navy's years of hard work and tears, received great attention as soon as it was born, this battleship has a total field of 220 meters, equipped with 20 Yarrow boilers, with a rated output of 110,000 horsepower and a maximum output of 135,000 horsepower. It can make this battleship with a displacement of 38,000 tons run at a high speed of 29 knots! The main gun is a newly developed 16-inch L45 in the UK. The basic performance is similar to that of the MK1 in the United States. Equips 4 twin turrets. As a new fast battleship, the ship's defense is also similar to that of the Colorado-class, and can be seen as a high-speed version of the Colorado-class battleship. However, it does look much better than the short and stubby Colorado-class battleships, and is known as the most beautiful capital ship in the world. The shiny Hood has become the new symbol of the Royal Navy! Naval circles generally believe that this class of battleships and the Tianjin-class battleships in China have their own advantages and disadvantages. …………。

Although the war ended, the progress of British and American shipbuilding continued under great inertia. On the one hand, Britain and the United States could not throw away the capital ships that were almost completed, and on the other hand, the fleet that had suffered heavy blood loss had to be replenished. The British have already thought about it, they plan to keep the remaining revenge-class battleships and Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships, and the other super dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts will all be decommissioned, and the remaining 7 15-inch capital ships obviously cannot meet the requirements of the British Royal Navy, so the scale will be reduced to a second-rate level, so even if they borrow, the British must complete all 4 admiral-class battleships! As Winston Churchill, the head of the British Royal Admiralty, said. "Even if we spend the last pound in the treasury, we will preserve the dignity of the Royal Navy!"

In the same way, the Americans lost almost half of their capital ships in this war. They also need new ships to replace the old ones. Until now, the Americans have somewhat regretted it...... They found that among the newly commissioned capital ships with three classes of 16-inch guns, their Colorado class seemed to have the worst performance, and this class of battleships was enough to fight with the Bismarck-class battleships, but they felt a lot of pressure in the face of the new battleships with 16-inch guns. Without doing anything, the US Navy decided to start construction of 6 new 16-inch artillery capital ships after the completion of these 4 Colorado-class battleships! 4 of them will be fast battleships, and the other two will be low-speed battleships. As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked, and the powerful national strength and funds of the United States made the whole world feel terror! …。

As a Pacific Ocean separated from the United States, China does not care very much about this, on the one hand, the 7 16-inch artillery capital ships that have been completed one after another on their side have been enough for a long time, and on the other hand, is it enough? As a traverser, Xu Jie knows very well that when the war has just ended, it is not welcome to continue to expand the army. Even if the national strength can reach this level. The political and public opinion atmosphere in the country will not allow this arms race to continue, and the end result will be that everyone will sit down and have a good talk. However, this matter will take some time to brew, and only when both sides feel the pressure of this military build-up will they consider the issue of limiting armaments, and now, the military race has not yet come to an end.

Seeing the new warships of Britain and the United States put into service, the Allies had not had time to understand the victory in the war, so they had to sit down at the table again to discuss the future maritime security of the Allies. And the first thing is what to do with the next step of naval expansion? The money may not be available now, but the plan must be made, and Germany at this time is very similar to Britain at the end of World War I. Funds and reserve warships can't be built, but it's still okay for people to prepare for it..........

Let's recall the naval arms race after the 1 World War in history. After completing 2 Nagato-class battleships, the Japanese felt that their battleships were not powerful enough and needed to continue to be replaced, so in 1920 they started construction of two battleships and 2 battlecruisers (well, that's what it was written on Conway, don't blame me for being wrong. By 1921, work began on 2 more fast battleships. As a result, there are 8 capital ships under construction in Japan, and these warships are all super warships equipped with 10 16-inch guns and a displacement of about 40,000 tons!

And the United States is even more terrifying, fully demonstrating the horror of being a tyrant and a dollar player in this arms race! The United States plans to build a total of 6 Nanda Keda-class battleships with a displacement of up to 43,000 tons and 12 16-inch guns (the same name as the Nanda Keda-class battleships in the later World War II. And 6 Lexington-class battlecruisers of the same displacement armed with 8 16-inch guns! The tonnage of these 12 capital ships alone has reached nearly 500,000 tons! The strong and domineering strength stunned the children, and the British said that they could not play happily in the future! If the United States and Japan are pragmatic, then Britain can only be said to be a mouthful! …。

After the end of the war, the British's blueprint ships were even more terrifying, with many advanced designs, the most famous of which were the battleship N3 and the battlecruiser G3. (Actually, there were other designs at the time, such as the L2, L3, H2, and H3 series, but few people knew about them.) The N3 is a first-class gun equipped with 9 18-inch guns! The displacement is up to 48,000 tons. The main horizontal armor is 8 inches, and the side chord armor is a 15-inch inclined armor, with a power of 80,000 horsepower and a speed of about 23 knots. The G3 is a version of its power-enhanced and firepower-reduced version...... 9 18-inch guns were replaced by 9 16-inch guns. The sidechord armor turned into a 15-inch slope. And the power has doubled, from 80,000 to 160,000 horsepower. And the speed ended up being 31 to 32 knots! If only from the point of view of design, these two types of battleships were more advanced than those built by the United States and Japan at the same time, Nelson, as a weakened descendant, could already suppress the American Colorado and the Japanese Nagato. This shows the strength of the British battleship design at this time. But alas, these are just drawings, and none of them have started! It's not an exaggeration to say it's a mouth cannon! …。

However, Germany in this plane is one thing stronger than the historical Britain in that Germany really intends to start construction, even if it is financially tight just after the end of the war. But once there is spare money, the Germans will definitely build their own 16-inch battleships, after all, the German fleet at this time is really the main beam of the 4 Bismarck-class battleships, the heavily damaged Bismarck-class battleships are still in Spain, the Germans are considering whether to tow it back to Germany for repair, or repair it in Italy nearby, or simply give up. After all, after too many battles, the structure of this battleship was seriously damaged, and even if it was repaired, it was a little outdated, which made the German naval top brass feel very depressed!

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 and the book friend hukaikaka for the tip~~~. (To be continued.) )。