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Chapter 543 The five-nation pact expires, and a large-scale global arms race breaks out(1/2)

"Dingling!"

The phone in Roosevelt's office rang in a hurry, and Roosevelt, who had been waiting next to him, answered the phone in person)

Since Roosevelt learned that Scott had launched a "make trouble" action, Roosevelt was worried that the situation would be out of control, so he always "guarded" by the phone, and was necessary to understand the development of the situation as soon as possible so as to make timely response strategies...

Roosevelt stayed with more than a dozen senior members of the Nazi Party, all of whom served as key members of various departments of the U.S. government and commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force. For example, Roosevelt's Vice President John Garner, Foreign Minister Henry A. Wallace, Treasury Secretary Harry S. Truman, Ground Self-Defense Force Commander General Douglas MacArthur, Military Command Secretary General Charles P. Summerrol,

Chief of Staff Admiral Marlin Craig, Commander of the Air Self-Defense Force Admiral George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff Admiral Dwight D. D. Eisenhower, Commander of the Marine Force of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Lieutenant General John H. Russell and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, Commander of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Admiral William V. Pratt, Admiral William H. Standley, Admiral William D. Lee Hai, and Harold.

Admiral Stark, Admiral Ernest J. King, etc. are all important members of the Roosevelt administration and the Nazi party.

They have been with Roosevelt so that they can get Roosevelt's orders as soon as possible.

"How about it?"

Garner couldn't wait to ask Roosevelt, but after hearing the phone report, Roosevelt fell to the sofa with a depressed face.

Everyone knew that Scott's action had failed when they saw Roosevelt's expression.

Sure enough, after sorting out his mood, Roosevelt said with disappointment: "Scott's action failed! Not only did he not severely damage or destroy the Third Airborne Division of the Chinese Empire in Monterrey, he was wiped out by the main force of the 11th Armored Division who was in charge of the attack mission. The battle report shows that the losses of the Chinese Empire were minimal."

Everyone was suddenly in an uproar, expecting that the Chinese Emperor ** was strong, but they did not expect that the strength was so strong that it was beyond everyone's expectations.

"What should we do?"

Everyone suddenly became nervous. Instead of trying to test the strength of the Emperor of China, they lost their wife and soldiers. So everyone was unsure of what kind of revenge the Emperor of China would take next.

"What else can I do?" MacArthur said directly: "Explain to the Chinese Empire immediately. This time it was a pure misunderstanding. It was Scott's personal behavior and did not represent the attitude of the US government. I would like to ask the Chinese Empire for understanding!"

Garner sighed: "Then we have to be prepared. Even if the Chinese Empire can forgive us, we will be blackmailed."

"I don't think so!" Henry said: "The current international situation is subtle. The entire Western world is hostile to the Chinese Empire. If the Chinese Empire wants to start a war against us, it must take into account the serious international influence and consequences. Judging from the current hostility of European countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy to the Chinese Empire, it is very likely that the entire Western world will form a situation where the entire Western world will jointly fight against the Chinese Empire. After all, since the rise of the Chinese Empire, they have never stopped conspiring to the entire Western world. The Western world has become such a embarrassing state. This is the result of the secret planning of the Chinese Empire. After all, even if there are various interests and differences in our Western world, when we jointly deal with the rise of the Eastern world of the yellow race, the interests of our overall white people should be put first."

MacArthur asked: "We understand what you mean! If it weren't for the intensification of the conflict between the Allies and the Allies, and the internal strife between white countries, which gave the Chinese Empire the opportunity to rise, it would not have caused the situation today. Now that Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France chose to tolerate and give in, indicating that Britain and France are seeking reconciliation with Germany. We can unite the entire Western world of Britain, France, Germany, Italy as a backing, so that the Chinese Empire will have some concerns and this incident will be resolved peacefully."

Roosevelt nodded and said, "You are right! I mean that too! Then I will leave the important task of explaining to the Chinese Empire to Henry!"

Henry nodded and said, "Please rest assured that Mr. President, I know what to do!"

Soon, the Chinese Empire ambassador to the United States, Li Daoming, met with Henry, expressed the solemn protests of the Chinese Empire to Henry and through Henry, pointing out that the US military openly launched an attack on the Chinese Empire was a serious military provocation to the Chinese Empire, and asked the US government to explain it. Otherwise, the Chinese Empire would regard the US military's behavior as a war provocation, and regard this incident as the United States preparing to go to war against the Chinese Empire.

Faced with the roar of the Chinese Empire ambassador, Henry immediately explained the plan to Roosevelt and others, and pushed all the responsibility to Scott personally, saying that the US government had no intention of going to war with the Chinese Empire. This incident was not an act authorized by the US government, and requested the Chinese Empire to understand.

Seeing Henry's submissive attitude, Li Daoming took the opportunity to threaten the United States, saying that the Chinese Empire would not give up. If the United States does not give the Chinese Empire a satisfactory answer within 24 hours, all consequences will be borne by one.

Li Daoming naturally scared Henry, hoping to get real benefits from the United States. However, Henry also understood in his heart that the Chinese Empire must use this as an excuse to intimidate the United States, and he was already prepared in his heart.

"Mr. Ambassador!" Henry said: "I hope you can start from the overall peace situation between China and the United States and even China and the West. If China and the United States have a feud or a war breaks out, it will not benefit both countries, and it will even affect the attitude of the entire Western world towards China."

Li Daoming heard what Henry said. In order to confirm, he asked: "I don't understand what you mean! This is a matter between China and the United States. Please do not involve the overall situation of China and the West."

Henry smiled and said, "Mr. Ambassador should be very clear that the United States has no intention to confront your country. After we learned about this incident, we have arrested the perpetrator General Scott as soon as possible. We promise that such incidents will never happen again. In addition, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries also expressed high attention to this. You should know that these countries provided us with various support during the US-Mexico War, and even Germany sent volunteer troops to help us defeat the Mexican army. Germany is even worthy of our thanks and trust than our allies, Britain and France."

Henry expressed the attitudes of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries towards this matter indirectly, and Li Daoming also understood. Henry meant that Britain, France, Germany and other countries supported the United States. If the Chinese Empire forced the United States too tightly, the United States would pull the entire Western world to fight against the Chinese Empire.

Thinking of this, Li Daoming said: "I will convey your country's attitude to His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire in this way, but before this, you must ensure that your team will not have similar incidents again, otherwise the Chinese Empire will declare war on your country without hesitation."

Henry was not sure, but he just pulled the Western world up as a dead horse. When he heard that Li Daoming's attitude changed, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally he had to deal with the most dangerous level in the past.

"Please rest assured by Mr. Ambassador and your government, we promise that nothing like this will happen."

Henry spent all his efforts to finally appease Li Daoming, but he also understood that the Chinese Empire would soon put forward conditions. It is necessary to give certain benefits to the Chinese Empire.

After Li Daoming finished his conversation with Henry, he immediately reported the attitude of the US government to the Chinese Empire Cabinet. The imperial emperor Chenhao immediately convened a meeting in front of the imperial court to discuss the way to deal with the Monterrey military conflict.

"It is obvious that the Roosevelt government was prepared to bring countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy. The empire needs to reconsider its countermeasures."

Tang Shaoyi's words were exactly what the ministers thought. They were originally going to take this opportunity to force the United States to return to the track of "The New York Peace Treaty". Unexpectedly, the United States actually used this trick, which really surprised the ministers... Book friends uploaded and updated}

"In terms of the current international image of the empire, the entire Western world has not emerged from the shadow of the economic crisis.

Especially Germany, it hates the economic sanctions imposed on them by the empire. The clues can be seen from Germany's unremitting support to the United States."

Cao Rulin said: "The situation in the Western world is now subtle. I originally thought that Germany's invasion of Poland would trigger a world war between the Allies and the Allies. However, Britain and France chose to make concessions, which shows that the contradiction between Britain and France and Germany is far less intense than that during the First World War. Britain and France can tolerate Germany. This shows that Britain and France may also cooperate with Germany to a certain extent. For example, on the issue of the Soviet Union, the overall will of European countries are consistent. Similarly, the empire is now not welcomed by the whole of Europe, and the rise of the empire is also a heart-wrenching problem for European countries. Therefore, in this environment, if the empire uses force against the United States, it will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction with Britain and France, and the further deterioration of the Western world's attitude towards China is likely to cause the Western world to join forces to deal with the empire."

Everyone said everything and said something. Although they all hoped to impose severe sanctions on the United States, they also knew the possible consequences of doing so.

When all the ministers were unsure of their minds, Wang Chenhao was the only one who ruled the matter.

After thinking about it, Wang Chenhao knew very well that the competition between the East and the West has always been an eternal topic. The rise of the Chinese Empire has always been regarded as a thorn in the eyes by the Western world. If it were not for the conflict between the great powers of Western countries that made them unable to unite, they would have probably put together a group to suppress the Chinese Empire, and it would have absolutely not allowed the Chinese Empire to become today's superpower. After World War I, the contradiction between the Allies and the Allies had been greatly reduced with the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire. In addition, Germany was not severely punished as history, and its national strength was far stronger than Britain and France. Britain's global hegemony was seized by the Chinese Empire. Britain was actually no longer the main obstacle to Germany's battle for hegemony in the world. On the contrary, the chance of Britain and Germany joining together to fight against the global hegemony of the Chinese Empire is increasing.

Based on these situations, Wang Chenhao believes that it is not impossible for the US government to play this trump card, and it is very possible. The Chinese Empire has been creating wars and plundering economic and wealth for the Western world over the years, and has long become an enemy in the eyes of Western countries. However, they have always been uncoherent with each other, and fighting alone is not an opponent of the Chinese Empire, so they will accommodate and compromise with the Chinese Empire in everything, but this kind of accommodation and compromise will sooner or later become extremely resentful and burst out in a concentrated manner.

At this time, the collective economic crisis in the Western world was caused by the Chinese Empire. Therefore, Wang Chenhao believed that the extent to which countries tolerate the Chinese Empire had reached the bottom line, and a little carelessness would trigger the situation of collective resistance to the Chinese Empire in the Western world.

Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao said: "I didn't intend to use force against the United States in this incident. The loss of the empire was minimal, so peace is the most important thing in this matter. The cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can formulate a suitable clause to notify the US authorities."

Wang Chenhao made the decision, so the Imperial Foreign Ministry immediately formulated a method to deal with the Monterrey military conflict to notify the US government.

The conditions for the Chinese Empire to calm down the Monterrey incident were to strictly punish Scott and other people who were involved in the accident. The US military withdrew its troops from Mexican territory and sign the US-Mexico Peace Treaty as soon as possible in accordance with the contents of the secret agreement reached by China and the United States in Havana, end the US-Mexico war, and compensate the Chinese Emperor's side for 1 million dragon coins, as compensation for the casualties and losses caused by this incident to the Chinese Emperor.

After receiving the note from the Chinese Empire, the Roosevelt administration immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This condition was within the prior estimates of Roosevelt and others, which was a condition that the United States could bear. So the US government immediately followed suit and sent Scott to the military court for trial. Scott also confessed to this and took all the responsibility, which satisfies the Chinese Empire jury officials.

At the same time, the US military immediately withdrew from Mexico. According to the agreement reached by China and the United States in Havana, Cuba, the United States gave up asking Mexico for $10 in war reparations. In this way, the United States and Mexico reached a settlement agreement. The representatives of the two countries signed the San Juan Peace Treaty to end the US-Mexico war at the San Juan City Hall, the capital of Puerto Rico, the overseas territory of the Chinese Empire. The United States and Mexico restored the state of the two countries before 1917. All the American territory stolen by Mexico during the Sino-US War was returned. The US government gave Mexican citizens one year to sell their property and return to their country, and if it expired, it was directly regarded as American citizens. The US government agreed to restrict the US nationals' anti-Mexican struggle and quell various riots against the Mexicans.

In this way, a Monterrey military conflict finally ended the war between the United States and Mexico. For Mexico, the United States' territory and wealth seized, and the rapid expansion of Mexico's domestic industry, economy and military strength, suddenly disappeared after this war, and the whole country of Mexico fell into deep sorrow.

After this battle, Mexico was greatly damaged. Although it returned Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas and other states to the United States, Mexico has obtained a large amount of social wealth, scientific and technological achievements and industrial equipment through more than ten years of occupation of these states. Mexico's local area has also achieved a transformation from agriculturalization to industrialization. Overall, Mexico's strength has increased greatly, and its dream of becoming a strong country has not been shattered.

The Mexican people from Mexican President Kiel are still looking forward to the next opportunity to rise in their hearts.

The US-Mexico War ended, and the result was not within the expected scope of the Chinese Empire. Although the goal of weakening Mexico was achieved, it allowed the United States to escape the shackles of the New York Peace Treaty. For example, the US military had an air force since then, and the California demilitarized US troops in. The United States played the European card and brought Britain, France, Germany and Italy in, which eased the Chinese Empire's attitude towards the United States, and many treaties that originally restricted the development of the United States were also cancelled one after another.

It can be said that the biggest beneficiary of this war is undoubtedly the United States.

Under the leadership of the Roosevelt administration, the United States defeated the Mexican invaders and forced the Chinese Empire to make concessions, which made Roosevelt's position in the hearts of the Americans soar.

The new policy adopted by Roosevelt was implemented on a large scale and thorough basis, and the speed of recovery of the US economy attracted worldwide attention. The most critical one was that the financial policy of Roosevelt's new policy no longer took gold as the standard, but used the products produced as the standard, and constrained finance with national credit and laws. In this way, the Chinese Empire's long-term use of gold to squeeze out US foreign exchange wealth was no longer feasible, which was a huge blow to the Chinese Empire's capital output, making it impossible for the Chinese Empire to interfere in the US monetary and financial system.

Roosevelt followed the Soviet Union and Germany's national capitalist approach and strictly controlled finance. The issuance of new dollars with Roosevelt's avatar made the dollar return to normal quickly, eliminated inflation and currency depreciation, and quickly stabilized the US economy.

At the same time, as the international economic crisis continues, the unemployed population in the United States is still as high as millions, and the United States needs extraordinary means to restore its economy. So, Roosevelt once again learned from Hitler to develop military industry on a large scale, quickly absorb the unemployed population in the United States, and thus stabilize the social security of the United States.

Among Roosevelt's large-scale military industry, the naval industry was the first to be affected. After the Sino-US War, the US Navy was strictly restricted by the Chinese Empire. Only a small amount of naval power was allowed to be retained by the Maritime Self-Defense Force. With the end of the Third US-Mexico War, the US Navy gained a new life after the Sino-US game.

Although Roosevelt promised to develop the navy and would not threaten the Chinese Empire's maritime hegemony. He only used the Mexican Navy as the target of confrontation, and Roosevelt promised not to upgrade the Self-Defense Force to the military, the US Self-Defense Force will always be a defensive force to maintain the national security of the nearshore United States. But if one thing is done, Roosevelt saw the Chinese Empire's mentality of worrying about the Western world's grouping together, so he used the excuse not to form alliances with European countries, forcing the Chinese Empire to acquiesce the fact that the US Self-Defense Force expanded.

At this time, the US Maritime Self-Defense Force had only 20 or 30 warships, all of which were antique warships that had been in service for more than ten or twenty years. Roosevelt used the excuse that these warships were old and should retire, so he restored the US Navy industry and began to build new warships to arm the US Maritime Self-Defense Force.

In February 1935, senior military personnel from the Chinese Empire, the Third German Empire, the Kingdom of Britain, the French Republic and the Kingdom of Italy gathered again at the headquarters building of the United Nations League to discuss the "Five** Convention" that was about to expire.

The Chinese Empire hoped to continue to extend the validity period of the Five-Nation Convention, which was an insurance measure to avoid a war between the five major powers. However, Germany first expressed its opposition. Because Hitler asked for further expansion of the army, the territory of the Third Reich of Germany had doubled at this time. The comprehensive national strength was second in the world, far exceeding Britain, France and Italy. In the Five-Nation Convention fifteen years ago, Germany maintained the same military force as Britain under the pressure of the Chinese Empire. At this time, Germany was seriously outdated and did not meet the current status of Germany. Hitler proposed that the German army, navy and air force should meet the standards of the Chinese Empire. This time, it meets Germany's current national status, otherwise Germany would refuse to renew the Five-Nation Convention.

Germany's conditions shocked the Chinese Empire, and then I realized that Hitler's ambition was actually on par with the Chinese Empire. This was obviously not allowed by the Chinese Empire. One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and the Chinese Empire has been the boss for a long time. I am not used to someone on par with him.

The opposition was even stronger by Britain and France. In the last Five-Nation Convention, Britain and Germany's naval power was balanced and France's army power was balanced, which made Britain and France feel at ease. But now Germany requires an equal position with the Chinese Empire and its military power meets the standards of the Chinese Empire. In this way, the combined power of Britain and France is not Germany's opponent. Although Britain and France have the intention to reconcile with Germany, they are still very prepared for Germany, so Britain and France oppose it.

Italy was instructed by Germany and also stood up to sing a counter-tune, demanding that Italy's three armed, navy and air force forces should be maintained at two-thirds of the Chinese Emperor's power, but it opposed Britain and France to enhance its military strength.

It can be said that Italy quickly played a role as a messenger, which quickly failed to make the five-party meetings go down, and the issue of renewal of the five-country convention was shelved indefinitely.

Without the restrictions of the five-nation convention, in order to enhance military power and create a fait accompli, the ** parties began to expand the forces of the army, navy and air force, and a large-scale global arms race broke out.

The Chinese Empire was moved by the rise of Germany's power. During the Soviet-German division of Poland, the two newly built super battleships, Bismarck and Tirbitz, were no longer a secret, and were soon known to all countries around the world. The main battleships in the Chinese Empire were all old and outdated 16-inch main gun warships, which could no longer deter the German Navy's 18-inch main gun warships. Therefore, the Chinese Empire quickly announced the lifting of the 27 super warships that had been sealed for fifteen years.

The 27 sealed super battleships include: eight Ming-class battleships, four Yuan-class battleships, four Iowa-class battleships, three North Carolina-class battleships, four Olympia-class battlecruisers and four Frankfurt-class battlecruisers.

These twenty-seven super warships have undergone modern modification and upgrades, and have been newly commissioned as new ships for the Chinese Empire Navy. This move immediately stimulated the four countries of Britain, France, Germany and Italy, and even the navies of all countries around the world were shocked.

The fifteen super warships captured from the former US Navy Ocean Fleet were reclassified and changed their names because of Sino-US relations. However, they no longer had the names of Chinese women to humiliate the Tsarist Russian Navy and the British Royal Navy, but were named after the overseas territory of the Chinese Empire.

Four Iowa-class super battleships equipped with 18-inch main guns were changed to Hawaiian-class battleships, named Hawaiian... Alaska, Cuba and Luzon, and these places have become territory of the Chinese Empire by oath. Four Olympia-class super battleships equipped with 18-inch main guns were changed to Korean-class battleships. They were named North Korea, Ryukyu, Japan and Singapore respectively. Three North Carolina equipped with 17-inch main guns

The class super battleships were changed to Puerto Rico, named Puerto Rico, Cyprus and Bermuda. Four Frankfurt-class super battleships were changed to Lanfang-class battleships, named Lanfang, Australia, Papua and New Zealand... Twenty-seven super battleships were re-suspended by the Imperial Chinese Navy. The Imperial Chinese Navy once again led the global navy overnight and became a huge force that the navy of various countries could not stand against.

Originally, the Chinese Empire's move was used to tell Germany not to be on par with the Chinese Empire and to be an ordinary second child. However, this did not scare Germany, but gave Hitler an excuse to further expand his army. At the same time, countries such as Britain, France, Italy, the United States and the Soviet Union were also shocked by the powerful naval power of the Chinese Empire. All countries envied the Chinese Empire for having so many powerful super warships. Soon under the instigation of hawkish officers in various countries, governments of various countries believed that the Five-Year Restriction Treaty could not be renewed, and out of self-protection requirements, they came up with proposals to expand their arms.

In March 1935, Hitler used the excuse that the Chinese Empire had 27 super warships, while Germany had only two. The German Navy was "challenged" and "threat" by the Chinese Empire Navy, so the German Navy passed the "Naval Expansion Act of 1935". According to Hitler's requirements, the German Navy should be a powerful global navy and should be on par with the Chinese Empire Navy. Therefore, the German Navy's expansion plan was to build 25 new main battleships that could compete with the Chinese Empire Navy.

However, since Germany is still in the shadow of the economic crisis, it is impossible to build 25 main battleships in one go. Even the Chinese Empire, which has strong financial resources, will build at most four to eight super warships at a time. However, Germany implemented a slavery system in Poland, and large-scale persecution and robbery of the wealth of Polish nobles, capitalists and landlords, and especially the richest Jews. Therefore, a war against Poland caused Germany to plunder billions of dragon coins and tens of billions of dragon coins in fixed assets. Therefore, Hitler decided to build the main battleship in two batches in six years. By 1938, the German navy should reach 70% of the Chinese navy, and by 1940, the German navy should be equal to or surpass the Chinese navy.

Hitler's ambitious naval plan was launched, and the German Navy hoped to become the world's strongest naval force, so he was loyal to Hitler and fully supported Hitler.

Of course, another reason for Hitler to do this was to solve the unemployed people in the German Empire as soon as possible and maintain social stability. Although Germany had previously adopted the expansion of military industry to resettle millions of unemployed people in Germany. However, as Germany expanded its territory, the original Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia were affected by the economic crisis, which threatened the social stability of the entire German Empire. Although a considerable number of unemployed people were sent to Poland to live, millions of people were still waiting for Hitler to support them. Large-scale expansion of the naval industry is a great place to resettle.

However, for the German naval industry, the construction of 14 super warships equipped with 18-inch cannons at one time has far exceeded the current industrial production capacity.

Therefore, Hitler proposed at the Navy Work Conference that since we cannot build so many super warships at once, we will build several super warships that can be used as ten.

It has to be admitted that Hitler's ambition has evolved into a madness. According to Hitler's crazy idea, the German Navy must have super warships that can be one to ten, that is, a new super warship can defeat the ten main battleships that are currently in service in the Imperial Navy of the Chinese Empire.

In this way, the German naval engineers racked their brains and finally came up with a shipbuilding plan that shocked the whole world. This is the construction plan of the Hindenburg-class super battleship. The German Navy called it the ultimate battleship because they believed that the Hindenburg-class battleship was invincible and the ultimate form of the battleship. No battleship could surpass the Hindenburg-class, and it would be the pinnacle of the battleship.

According to Hitler's naval expansion plan, the Hindenburg-class battleships were required to build six ships. The codenames were... Among them, the H ships and m ships were built by the Brom and Fox shipyards in Hamburg, the J ships and n ships were built by the Weiser Company in Bremen, the K ships were built by the German factory in Kiel, and the L ships were built by the Wilhelmshaven shipyard. They were named "Hindenburg"...Rudendorf"...Molty Moltke...Friedrich the Great"...William I...William II...In order to prepare the steel required for the six super battleships, the German side took three months to do it. In order to build the super battleship, Hitler ordered the German Krupp Steel Company to suspend supply to other merchants at home and abroad, and fully support the navy.

After a series of preparations were completed, the first two H39 and H40s of the Hindenburg class started construction on July 5 and July 25, 1935, respectively. The huge German manufacturing capacity showed its power at this moment. Germany cheered for this ultimate battleship known as the world's strongest. In addition, the German side was abundant, and the entire construction process was very smooth.

Because Hitler required Hindenburg-class battleships to have the ability to do one or ten, at least one Hindenburg-class battleship can deal with three or four Ming-class battleships of the Chinese Empire at the same time.

In order to fight against the Ming-class battleships of the Chinese Empire, the German Navy did not meet the existing 18-inch main gun caliber and required the navy to build and install 31.5-inch main guns. This is the most terrifying thing in the Hindenburg plan.

All six Hindenburg-class battleships were required to install 800mm main guns. The battleship experts from the German Navy Construction Bureau, who were scared by Hitler's request, made several suggestions to Hitler, saying that this was impossible. Although Germany has experience in building 800mm Paris cannons, it is difficult to move Paris cannons to warships. Not to mention the difficulty of getting on board, if the cost of the Paris cannon alone is installed on the warship, it will cost at least 1 billion dragon coins, and it is only one. If eight to twelve main guns are installed like other warships, the cost of the main gun alone will reach 10 billion dragon coins, which is obviously not something that the German economy can afford.

After a series of evaluations, the naval experts finally believed that it was not feasible to install an 800mm main gun on the existing hull. If the finances were solved in a timely manner, a new hull must be built. However, Germany was building a large-scale steel demand for tanks, submarines, and aircraft cannons at this time. The hull of a 200,000-ton battleship would consume a large amount of German steel, and it would not take ten years to complete it. At the request of departments at all levels, Hitler finally gave up this unrealistic idea. However, the German Navy considered that the Bismarck-class battleship with 18-inch guns, and the strongest Ming-class battleship of the Chinese Empire was also 18-inch, so if the Hindenburg-class battleship was not required to be ten and carry 20-inch main guns, it was still feasible to deal with two to three Ming-class battleships at the same time.
To be continued...
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