Chapter 509: The Washington Treaty That Is About to Expire
PS: At the end of the year, there are more things in the unit, so let's understand.
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February 4, 2776 (1935), Hanking, Presidential Palace.
"Mr. Wen, because Britain and the United States said that they could not increase the share of German ships, Germany announced that it would not renew the Washington Naval Treaty. Cavour reported to Moon.
"Hehe, I see. This is to be expected. The corners of Wen Desi's lips lifted slightly, revealing a smile that should have been like this a long time ago.
The German-Austrian merger was too fast, the mustache's opportunity was too good, the British and French did not have time to react at all, or rather, they wanted to react but to no avail, and the current situation did not allow them to make any tough moves. But Britain and France were also old powers, and they quickly thought of a way to disgust the Germans. That is the Washington Treaty on Naval Disarmament.
Although the Austrian navy was completely destroyed in World War I, their Emperor Ferdinand V was a naval commander, and after the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to rebuild its navy. Even after the separation of Austria-Hungary, this revival program was preserved. In the Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty, Austria is in the third tier, and the share of capital ships is 400,000 tons. With Austria's own national strength, this share would simply not be exhausted.
The Allies of this plane had extensive and in-depth cooperation in naval design after World War I. It is well known that the German designers of battleships were fodder-eating, they were especially good at combining a bunch of first-class subsystems into a third-rate rag, and they were especially fond of wasting tonnage, and even Wei Er, an amateur, did it better than them. So after the collaboration, the design was dominated by the Italians, and Germany and Austria were responsible for the various subsystems.
So they developed a new treaty battleship based on the Bismarck-class, with nine 420 mm (16.5 in) guns, a standard row of 44,800 tons (self-proclaimed), and a maximum speed of 28 knots. This battleship can basically be seen as a Bismarck-class with a turret removed and a shortened one, and the design of this battleship is very successful, including several member states of the German, Italian and Austrian organizations, all of which used this battleship as the main battleship during the treaty, at most with a little change in each, it can be called the standard battleship of the Allied Organization.
This battleship was called the "Ferdinand V class" in Austria, four were planned, and by now, two had been built, and one more was under construction. However, even if all four ships are built, they will not be able to use up their share, but now that Germany and Austria have merged, there is a share problem.
Britain and France claimed that since Austria had been annexed to Germany, their original naval share should be abolished. And now the combined tonnage of Austrian and German capital ships has exceeded 1 million tons, so some of them have to be cut.
The Germans naturally did not do it, they claimed that if the countries were merged, this tonnage should naturally be merged, so Germany's tonnage share should be 1.4 million tons, not the previous 1 million tons. What, you say this is unscientific? Then you have the ability to find a country to merge. For example, Britain and France, if you two friends merge, there should be 2 million tons.
The two sides quarreled over the matter, and finally the Germans were in a hurry. Since you can't talk about it, then just break it up in two, and Lao Tzu won't play. Britain and France didn't expect this mustache to hang like this, but they didn't have a better way, and it was impossible for them to fight another battle for this matter. The two countries died a generation in the First World War, and the scars have not healed, and now the people of the two countries feel a burst of flesh and heart pain when they think of the war, and they still have a yarn. Besides, the economic crisis has just passed at this time, and even if you want to fight, you don't have the money.
So the two countries had to pinch their noses and admit it, but the opium cattle would not suffer this kind of loss, and they immediately announced that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some autonomous states on the Indian side should also have naval shares, so now when calculated, the tonnage index of the British navy's capital ships should be 2.7 million tons. The French also made calculations when they came home, and in the end they claimed that their tonnage should be 1.3 million tons, well, they counted the colonies......
I've seen shameless, but Nima has never seen such shameless. This is a real mud horse! Everyone was embarrassed by the shamelessness of the two families, especially China and the United States, and they were all angry. The president of Ghana in the United States said that the day of labor and management was over, and Wen Desi was also speechless. You old Europeans and your sister are still shameless, has this treaty become toilet paper?
Britain and France played so explicitly, which shows that they are really in a hurry, and it is impossible to be embarrassed under normal circumstances. Although they are usually shameless, at least they will not be so explicit.
However, China and the United States will not care about this, and the shamelessness of the old ruffians has provoked both families, and the two countries have lodged strong protests with Britain, France, and Germany. The United States said that if you don't follow the rules, then this treaty will be null and void, and everyone will build it casually from then on. China has also expressed a similar meaning, either play according to the rules, or build together.
Later, after some bickering among the big hooligans, Britain, France and Germany all compromised. In the end, Austria's existing ships could be retained, and Germany was not allowed to build new capital ships during the treaty period, unless the tonnage was reduced to less than 1 million. Britain and France were also not allowed to increase their tonnage at will.
Although the Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty did not break down in the end, everyone knows that this treaty is only a fig leaf, and I am afraid that there will be no more after the expiration of the treaty.
Sure enough, the Germans are now the first to propose not to renew the treaty, what a treaty like this wants is balance, and it needs to come together, once someone stops playing, then the treaty will be scrapped. Now Britain, France and Germany are currently in the big shipyard, and they are waiting for the treaty to expire before they start to make dumplings.
For the current result, Wen Desi also expected it for a long time and would not be surprised. This "Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty" has no coercive effect in the first place, and from the very beginning, everyone is playing a sideline ball and desperately trying to exploit loopholes. It's normal for something like this to not be maintained. In fact, if it weren't for this economic crisis, the treaty would probably have gone wrong years earlier.
"In addition, there is news that France has reached an agreement with Belgium to extend their Maginot Line to Dunkirk on the Franco-Belgian border, so that the Maginot Line will already cover the entire eastern border of France. Cavour continued.
"Oh......" Moon Detsu walked over to the map and looked at him, and couldn't help but laugh when he looked at him. "Hahahaha, the French actually started to build the Great Wall, from Dunkirk to Monaco. But then the Germans will be sad, they have no room to exploit now......"
"Yes, Mr. Wen. If we add to this the Belgian rebuilt line of Liege, Germany would have to pay a heavy price if it wanted to break through the Allied defense. β
In the history of the original plane, due to the strong opposition of Belgium and the rugged terrain of the Ardennes on the Franco-Belgian border, it was not easy to move and fight. Therefore, the Maginot Line only covered the Franco-German border, and the French army did not take much precautions against the Franco-Belgian border, but they never expected that the German army would break through from this. In May 1940, the Germans lured the British and French forces to support the Netherlands, and then attacked the Ardennes Heights, and united with the Dutch German army to besiege the allied forces in Dunkirk. The Maginot Line was rendered useless by German attacks on its back.
However, there has been a change in the plane, France insists on covering the defense line and carrying the turtle stream to the end, and Britain also strongly supports this, and Belgium, a small country, relies on Britain and France to assist in defense, so it is naturally impossible to hold on to its position. The reason is very simple, in the first war of the plane, France died more people and the pressure was greater. At the same time, it is also to cope with the economic crisis and stimulate domestic demand, so they simply spread the line of defense all over the border. Coupled with the fact that Belgium rebuilt the Liège line, this weak zone became the strongest part.
"There is no defense line on the Dutch-Belgian border...... Wen Desi said suddenly.
Cavour replied, "Well, not at the moment." The Netherlands is a neutral country, although it is not excluded that the German army will take this path, but Britain and France are also on guard. Although the Dutch-Belgian border did not have fortifications of the same level as the Liege Line, it did have a large number of trenches and bunkers, and ten divisions of defensive troops were stationed at the same time. β
"In that case, the Germans will have a hard time...... "Wendeji also understood the fears of the Entente.
Originally, they had enough of suffering in the first war, but now after the merger of Germany and Austria, their strength is even stronger than that of the first war, and it is normal for them to be scared by this unprecedentedly strong second virtue. Originally, he was beaten by Erdezi a few years ago and only had the ability to parry, but now Erdezi is even stronger, and it would be a lie to say that he was not afraid.
You must know that the German-Austrian merger is not just as simple as one plus one, and after Germany integrates Austria, its strength is increasing geometrically. Germany now has a total population of more than 100 million, and the main ethnic group, the Germans, has exceeded 90 million, which is more than Britain and France combined.
The opium cattle were better on the island of Britain, but the Gallic chickens were miserable, facing Hansmeow's soldiers. What if Hans Meow came again? So they resolutely kept the turtle out to the end.
The Maginot Line was better designed and stronger than the one on the plane. Due to the lessons learned from the First World War, this line of defense has been greatly strengthened for air defense, and there are airfields and hangars at intervals to support the defense line at any time.
As soon as the two Germans saw that the French had built the Great Wall, they couldn't be calm, so they also built a Siegfried defense line along the Franco-German border as a counterpart, and the two families began to play turtle flow. The French were afraid that the Germans would come over, and the Germans would be afraid of the French.
You must know that during World War I, the Germans were also frightened by the "onboard charge" of the Gallic chickens, especially when entering the stage of hand-to-hand combat, German GIs were often killed by the French. There is no way, German soldiers have never been good at hand-to-hand combat, once they enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat, most of the kneeling is Germany. However, the French are not the strongest in hand-to-hand combat, known as the strongest hand-to-hand combat troops are the Australian and New Zealand barbarians, the Germans have to kneel when they fight one by one, and in the "Battle of the London Meat Grinder" during World War I, the Australian and New Zealand barbarians fought bayonets to pee the Germans.
The terrain along the Franco-German border is more complicated, and it would be troublesome if the French attacked it suddenly. Therefore, the Germans did not have a bottom in their hearts, and it was safer to build a defensive line.
At this time, Gu Xiaolu walked in with a happy face, and saw that there were no outsiders in the house, so he said to Wen Desi: "Mr. Wen, Sun Dianying, director of the Special Examination Committee, called, the No. 112 ruins have been found, and they are now being excavated......
"Oh, Xiao Sun did a good job!" Wen Desi immediately laughed when he heard this. "Let them pay attention to security and confidentiality, although there are our people over there, but the wealth is moving, such a large amount of treasure, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will have any thoughts......"
Chief of General Staff Xin Jie thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wen, Sun Dianying has a regiment of combat engineers and a special operations brigade on his side. Our second detachment of the Indian Ocean Fleet is in the port of Karachi and can allow them to immediately leave for Mysore to pick up people. β
"Alright, let's do it......"
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British Empire, Mysore Autonomous State.
Mysore Autonomous State is a self-governing state established for several years, located in the southwest corner of the South Asian subcontinent, is formed by the merger of several princely states such as Mysore, Travanko, Cochin, etc., its scope is equivalent to Karnataka (Mysore), Kerala, Goa in India in the original time and space, with an area of about 245,000 square kilometers, and the capital is in Bangalore.
Located at the southernmost tip of the state, Thiruvananthapuram was originally the capital of the Travanco kingdom, but after the outbreak of the Indian War of Independence, it became a tug-of-war between several factions, with the rebels fighting the British and each other. After more than ten years of war, famine and plague, by the time the British formed a self-governing state, it was already in a state of "one hundred people", and the originally prosperous ancient city was in ruins, and there were more wild dogs than people.
There is a temple dedicated to Vishnu in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which originally belonged to the royal family of Travanco, and the whole temple is very famous in the local area. However, after years of war, famine and plague, the original owner of the place, the royal family of Travanco, has long since died, and the temple has been destroyed by natural and man-made disasters.
If it is a believer of the Tianzhu Sect, he will definitely not destroy his temple, but it is not only the believers of the Tianzhu Sect who are fighting, what else is the Green Religion, the Rare Religion, Buddhism, and others here in India may not be easy to find, but there are too many religions, anyway, as long as there are religions on this planet, most of them can be found here.
The temple of the Tianzhu Sect is a fat sheep for the armies of other religions. In the midst of repeated tug-of-wars, the temple had long since been looted, the Brahmin monks were slaughtered, the temple warriors were divided, and the gold leaf on the roof and walls was scraped away. There was also a "rebel army" that used it as a stronghold, so it was also shelled and bombed. Now the temple, which was once covered in gold leaf, is only a pile of ruins and broken walls.
A week ago, a large group of Chinese arrived at the ruined place, claiming to carry out archaeological work on the ancient city. With years of war leading to a devastating population and barren fields, Mysore is facing a severe famine this year, and it's time to ask for help. At present, China is the only country in the world that can provide a large amount of food, and it is close enough that it does not need to collect cash.
Now that the Chinese are coming to archaeology, what else is there to say? Anyway, the place has been robbed, and what monuments they want to find are waiting for them to find them.