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Chapter 131 The Anglo-German Naval Agreement

Any promises or agreements between countries are invalid! If you want to limit a country with a piece of paper? That is impossible!

The only thing that can truly limit a country is strength! Only when you are strong can you have the right to speak!

And these years have been a period of rapid development in Germany!

A few years ago, Germany advanced into the Rhineland and was still cautious. As long as Britain showed a slight opposition, it would have to leave quickly. Now, the strength of the German army is developing rapidly! In a few years, the German fleet will be truly powerful. Isn’t that agreement still a piece of waste paper?

After the talks, Cialek reported to Hitler, and Hitler agreed with Cialek's negotiation plan.

So, a few days later, the British-German Navy Agreement was finally officially born!

The general content of the agreement, like Cialek proposed, the total tonnage of German naval ships shall not exceed 35% of the total tonnage of Commonwealth national naval ships stipulated in the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty. In terms of submarines, Germany ensures that the tonnage of retained submarines shall not exceed 45% of the total tonnage of Commonwealth national naval submarines.

When the treaty was signed, the whole of Europe was in an uproar.

It was only a dozen years before the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and Britain actually denied the Treaty of Versailles! This was simply an insult to the dead martyrs in the first battle! It was an insult to other countries!

The French diplomatic department immediately expressed strong indignation at the UK's agreement, and they launched serious protests to the UK! The diplomatic relations between the two countries also suffered major setbacks!

"A country that only knows how to protest is a country without bones! A government that only knows how to protest is a government without bones!" Cirick remembered Hitler's famous saying in history, so he said it without hesitation. This sentence is not a satirizing the former Weimar government, but a French government today.

Soft government! Just like the Weimar government!

The atmosphere in the conference room is quite lively.

"Yes, we don't have to worry about Britain and France anymore. Now, the most important thing for us is to formulate our naval development plan. During World War I, our navy was controlled by Britain and France. Now, we must not repeat the mistakes of World War I!" Hitler said.

Britain, an old capitalist country, an empire that never sets, and the British maritime fleet is the most powerful!

Now, with the signing of the British-German Navy Agreement, Germany finally no longer has to worry about tonnage issues. Now, it must develop as soon as possible!

"Now, our battleship of the USS Mai is being built." Cialek said: "We will build at least two of this battleship, and the second ship must be put on the agenda."

Like in history, the Bersmay class battleship is the pride of the German Navy! And this battleship has undergone some changes from history. The biggest change is of course the main gun!

The historical Pesme-class battleships used 380mm caliber naval guns, which was a helpless result.

Although the design of the 406mm main gun will be far better than the 380mm main gun in terms of projectile weight, range and power. However, Germany had never made such a large caliber main gun at that time, and lacked experience and technical support, which posed certain risks.

Now, this risk is gone, because the Krupp Company has long started to build such naval guns for the Soviet Union. In the construction and experiment of 406mm naval guns, Krupp Company has already had a mature plan! Therefore, after the project was established by the Bersmese warship, it was the 406mm naval gun that was chosen!

At least two such warships are needed!

After construction, it will surpass the British Royal Navy flagship, the battlecruiser Hood, and become the world's highest tonnage battleship at that time.

"At the same time, the German class is a product of the Treaty of Versailles, and it is not in line with the development of the navy. Therefore, the subsequent ships of the Third and Fourth ships should be stopped and the development of new Hippel-class cruisers and new general destroyers should be carried out."

If you want to win World War II, the German Navy must have great development! At this meeting, Cialek was almost the protagonist. He excitedly expressed his own opinions because the navy had broken away from the control of the Treaty of Versailles and the tonnage was magnified exponentially, and the navy commander agreed with his opinions.

"But this will involve huge investment in capital." When Cialek finished speaking, Gorene said sarcastically: "Now, we can't just develop the navy. Our three major military branches must take into account."

Obviously, too much investment in the Navy will inevitably affect the investment in funds to the Army and the Air Force!

"Don't worry about this," said Cirick. "Tell everyone good news. The Soviet Union has agreed to the plan I proposed. They will use their ore to order a aircraft carrier that is the same as our Zeppelin class."

This is really good news! When he received the report from the adjutant during the meeting, Cialek couldn't believe his ears!

The Soviet Union actually agreed! Even in the Soviet Union, a railway specializing in transporting ore was built to connect with Europe!

In this way, a large amount of ore from the Soviet Union will be continuously transported to Germany. For Germany, there is no need for any resource investment. It only requires manual labor to smel the ore into high-quality steel and can be built! The production cost will be greatly reduced!

As for building aircraft carriers for the Soviet Union, haha, this joke is really funny!

So Gorin held it aside and stopped talking.

Everyone could feel a strange atmosphere. Last time, because of the Navy, Cialek and Gorene had a conflict, but now, the conflict has obviously deepened.

"General Cialick, just now, you seemed to have forgotten our submarine." At this moment, Dunitz, who was standing beside him, said.

Battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and these, Cialek said all about them, just missing the submarine!

"Yes, there are submarines. We must also develop large ocean submarines. In the Atlantic Ocean, submarines have great achievements." Cialek continued to talk, regardless of Gorene's purple face.

Submarines are just one part of naval battles. If they rely entirely on submarines, just like Germany in later generations, it would be very tragic to engage in wolf pack tactics in the Atlantic Ocean. If they leave the surface ships, the submarines will die miserably.

However, this does not mean that submarines are useless. During World War I, German submarines taught Britain a heavy lesson!
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