E: I'm sorry, but there have been a lot of meetings these days, and I didn't come back until 7 o'clock today. I have to go to the Technical Supervision Bureau for a meeting tomorrow. So everyone understands, it can only be one more chapter. I tried it yesterday, and I fell asleep while typing, and I can't compare with those strong people who are more than 10,000 days and 8,000 nights. ()

19o9 (the first year of Xuantong) - January 6, Tokyo, Japan.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion in Nagata Town, several Japanese military and political giants were gathering at this time, because the People's Navy had officially taken over the French cruisers, including a Glorious-class armored cruiser and a Joan of Arc-class armored cruiser; One Guishan-class and one Fort Reno-class protective cruisers, and two Destreme-class protective cruisers.

This news made the Japanese naval bigwigs unable to sit still, so they applied for this meeting.

Navy Minister Minoru Saito said excitedly: "The 10,000-ton giant ship that China bought from France has arrived, a 10,000-ton armored cruiser, and a 6O ton protective cruiser. Italy also has an armored cruiser, which is the same warship as our Kasuga-class. (Japan's Kasuga-class is the Italian Garibaldi-class armored cruiser bought.) ）

“...... So, Your Excellency, the Imperial Navy also has to increase its budget, otherwise we will be compared to Shina," he said, staring at Sho Katsura Taro.

The reason why Saito Minoru is so noisy is very simple, a thousand words are combined into two words, that is, "asking for money" military spending, no matter how much it is, it is not too much, not to mention that Japan's poor-forced sling, military spending is not high, and it would be too stupid not to take this opportunity to grab a handful. However, although Katsura Taro is from the 6th Army, he doesn't know anything about the navy, so he is not so easy to fool.

Katsura Taro glanced at Minoru Saito, who was excited, and said lightly: "Saito-kun, all the old ships that Shina bought are old ships, and I don't think those old ships can pose a threat to the Imperial Navy." ”

"Hahaha, Saito-kun, your navy is too daring. The Minister of the 6th Army, Terauchi Masatsuki, laughed. "China just bought a few broken boats, and you are scared like this. ”

The contradictions of the 6 navies of Japan have always been open, and both sides will pull each other's back legs when they have the opportunity, and as for verbal ridicule and attacks, it is even more commonplace, and it would be strange if the 6 navies did not quarrel at that meeting.

The commander of the Combined Fleet, Goro Ijiin, had a round eye: "Terauchi-kun, are you doubting the courage of the Imperial Navy?"

Chief of Staff O'Baogong immediately shot back: "Isn't it a few broken ships that are scared like this, and those Chinese navies are all new recruits, and a few old ships and a group of new recruits make you nervous like this." Do you still look like an emperor?"

"Chief of Staff, the courage of the Navy is not something you can question......" Ijiin Goro said and stood up.

"Gentlemen, please pay attention to the image" Seeing that the younger brothers began to crook the building again and even had a tendency to fight, Katsura Taro had to come forward to stop it, if they were to pinch it, this would be yellow. Of course, Katsura Taro has also done this kind of thing before, if that senior officer of the Sixth Army had not quarreled with the navy, then he could still be regarded as a member of the Sixth Army? But now that he is a prime minister, it is not good to be like this again, although he must be on the side of the Sixth Army in his heart, but he still needs to save face.

"Your Excellency, compared to the navy, the 6th Army of China is a greater threat" Obao Gong immediately made a move. "At present, South China already has 6 divisions and 1o mixed brigades, the total strength has surpassed the 6th Army of the Empire, and the equipment has reached the level of the Omi powers. North China is also expanding, and if they complete the expansion, there will be 2 divisions. If the Imperial 6th Army is to maintain its superiority over China, it must increase the budget of the 6th Army......"

Hearing the string song and knowing the elegant meaning, Terauchi Zhengyi immediately opened his mouth: "That's right, compared to those broken ships and recruits, the 6th Army of China is the most dangerous factor." The 6th Army of the Reich must be increased to 3 divisions"

"3 divisions?" the corners of Katsura Taro's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but glare at this guy. I scolded in my heart, Nima, don't go too far

You must know that at this time, the Japanese economy had reached the bottom, and it was extremely poor, and although the Russo-Japanese War was won, it also owed a lot of debts. It is not easy to maintain the current size of the armed forces without disarmament, where there is still money to expand the armed forces, and to maintain the current size of the armed forces.

He thought for a moment, sighed and said, "If China is unified by Wen Dehei, our interests in Manchuria will be very dangerous, and even North Korea will be in danger. There is no doubt that the CSOC has great ambitions. But they have become the climate, and now that our country's economic situation is very difficult, there is really no room left to wade in. ”

Katsura Taro had to painfully admit the reality, mainly because the rise of the CSD was so fast that they couldn't react at all. And not only is it as fast as magic, but its strength is like a hanging, even if you want to be involved, you are powerless. Even the British Empire had to make some concessions after weighing, let alone Japan.

At this moment, an attendant hurriedly walked in and handed a translated telegram to Katsura Taro.

"Your Excellency, the United States Emergency Call"

Katsura Taro opened it and looked at it, and his face suddenly turned red and white, and finally froze on iron blue.

"Eight Ge Yalu, damn the ghost animal of the rice country" After a few words burst out from between his teeth, Katsura Taro calmed down his feelings a little, and handed the telegram to Terauchi Masaki beside him. "The latest information obtained by the intelligence officers of the United States, you can take it and circulate it......"

"Ah......" Terauchi Masaki took it and took a look, and his face was also surging with Katsura Taro. After Ao Baogong took it, although he was a little mentally prepared, his face was also very exciting.

Navy Minister Minoru Saito took a look at it and immediately gasped. "Nani?"

"What's the matter?" Ijiin Goro couldn't help but lean over to take a look, and suddenly his expression froze as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Bage Yalu, damn the ghost beast of the United States" The two bigwigs of the navy scolded in unison.

The content on the intelligence is only a few lines. The United States presented the old battleship and 2 destroyers to the Southwest Autonomous Government of China...... Well, in fact, their intelligence is not accurate, this is not a send, Mr. Wen still spent money, 6 warships 6 dollars, although the money is a little less, but it is also spent.

This news, while also shocking, is not enough to make them so out of shape. The most important thing is the latter one.

Ijiin Gorou read out the message in a voice that astringently said, "...... South China took advantage of the aid loan of the United States to order at the Rice Shipyard. 60,000-ton crossbow-class battleships, 10,000-ton crossbow-class battleships, and more. 60,000-ton large armored cruiser...... The crossbow-class battleships have been laid with keels ......"

There was silence in the conference room.

After half a ring, Katsura Taro looked at his colleagues in the 6th Army, gritted his teeth and said to the Minister of the Navy: "The Kongo-class ordered by the Navy in Britain has been increased to... ̈ Domestic construction has also increased to... ̈"

Neptune Shipyard, San Francisco, USA.

Neptune Shipyard is a massive shipyard capable of building battleships. However, in the original space-time, it did not exist zài, because the original space-time did not have the Zenith Star Consortium, which was the owner of the bull fork.

That's right, this shipyard is wholly owned by the Zenith consortium, and in the previous years, taking advantage of the economic downturn, Banazal bought several shipyards on the west coast and merged them into the Neptune shipyard.

Neptune Shipyard has 1 1-ton dock, 1 20,000-ton dock and 2 60,000-ton docks and 4 10,000-ton docks, as well as several 3666o ton docks.

The three largest docks have been occupied, and just the day before yesterday they were all starting to lay keels, and now the whole shipyard is very busy, and everywhere is in full swing. In the busy crowd, there are quite a few oriental faces.

That's right, these are three new warships built for China. Half of the six large warships under the order of Wen Deji were built here. There is also work on the refurbishment of old ships, and a little bit has been obtained here, and the battleship Iowa (B) is not far from a 10,000-ton dockyard that is undergoing refurbishment.

Well, in fact, the intelligence of the Japanese is still not very accurate, and of course there are reasons why China and the United States deliberately mislead and spread false news. The warship ordered by Wen Deji was. 20,000 tons battleship,. 60,000-class large cruiser and. 60,000-ton heavy cruiser.

Originally, Wen Deji was ready to order a battleship in one go, but unfortunately, the United States really couldn't vacate so many 10,000-ton docks. The dock looks simple, digging a big pit is enough, but if it is 20,000 tons, it has high requirements for geographical conditions, and it must be a rock structure and a coastline with high bearing capacity. Because the weight of such a large ship is too heavy, if the geological conditions are not good, it is impossible to build such a large dock, and if the foundation sinks during the construction of the ship, it will be solid. Therefore, no matter what country is, the coastline where large docks can be built is a very valuable geographical resource.

Moreover, to build such a large shipyard, a large number of supporting facilities are also needed, and these things cannot be done well in a short time. So in the end, Wen Deji also had to give in to reality, and retreated to shrink one of the battleships into a large cruiser.

"Fake, this is also called a cruiser, and Dunima is bigger than a dreadnought." Mr. James, the chief engineer, felt extremely blind and speechless every time he saw the words "large cruiser" on the drawing.

Well, in fact, the name of this "large cruiser" is actually very solid, because it can be regarded as a dreadnought-class battleship in any aspect of performance. The tonnage was 260,000 tons, and the guns were 2 2um main guns, 2o mm main armor belt, either of which was the standard for battleships.

But our beloved Chairman Wendeji insisted that a battleship with a displacement of less than 10,000 and a main gun of less than 3 ummR spoon things is not counted. Therefore, the engineers of China and the United States had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit it. There is no way, it is the boss who pays the money, and he has the final say. Don't call it a "big cruiser", even if he says it's a destroyer, then it's up to him.

"Battlecruisers are not also cruisers, British battlecruisers are no smaller than battleships, what's so strange......" his colleague shrugged his shoulders, pointed to the dock next to him with a look of indifference, and said: "Compared to the largest battleship in the world, it can really only be regarded as a cruiser......"

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