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The Third Empire - Chapter 131

Published at 19th of October 2021 12:00:42 PM


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Any commitment or agreement between countries is invalid! Want to limit a country with a piece of paper? That's impossible.

Only strength can really limit a country! Only when you are strong can you have a say!

In recent years, Germany continues to develop rapidly!

A few years ago, when Germany entered Rhineland, it was still cautious. As long as Britain showed a little opposition, it had to leave quickly. Now, the strength of the German army is developing rapidly! In a few years, the German fleet will be really strong. Isn't that agreement a piece of waste paper?

After the talks, Chirac reported to Hitler. Hitler quite agreed with Chirac's negotiation plan.

So, a few days later, the Anglo German naval agreement was finally officially born!

The general content of the agreement is the same as that proposed by Chirac. The gross tonnage of German naval ships does not exceed 35% of the gross tonnage of naval ships of Commonwealth countries stipulated in the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty. In terms of submarines, Germany guarantees that the tonnage of submarines retained will not exceed 45% of the total tonnage of submarines of the British Commonwealth Navy.

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

It was only more than ten years before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, and Britain denied the Treaty of Versailles! This is an insult to the martyrs who died in World War I! It's an insult to other countries!

The French Foreign Ministry expressed strong indignation at the British agreement at the first time. They launched a serious protest against the British agreement! The diplomatic relations between the two countries also suffered major setbacks for a time!

"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! " Hilrick remembered Hitler's famous words in history, so he said them without hesitation. This sentence is not satirizing the former Weimar government, but talking about the current French government.

Soft government! Just as soft as the original Weimar government!

The atmosphere in the conference room is quite lively.

"Yes, we don't have to worry about Britain and France. Now, our most important thing is to formulate our navy 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, the old capitalist country, the empire with the sun never setting, and the British Maritime fleet are the most powerful!

Now, with the signing of the Anglo German naval agreement, Germany can finally stop worrying about tonnage. Now, it must develop as soon as possible!

"Now, our Battleship Bismarck is under construction." "We have to build at least two of these warships, and ship No. 2 has to be put on the agenda," hilrick said

As in history, the Bismarck class battleship is the pride of the German Navy! There have been some changes in this warship and history. The biggest change is, of course, the main gun!

The Bismarck Class Battleships in history used 380 mm naval guns, which was a helpless result.

Although the design scheme of 406mm main gun is selected, it will be much better than 380mm main gun in terms of projectile weight, gun range and power. However, at that time, Germany had never manufactured such a large caliber main gun, lacked experience and technical support, and there were certain risks.

Now, this risk is gone, because Krupp has already begun to build this kind of naval gun for the Soviet Union. Krupp has a mature scheme for the construction and experiment of 406mm naval gun! Therefore, after the Bismarck warship was approved, the 406mm naval gun was selected!

This kind of warship needs at least two!

After construction, it will surpass the flagship of the Royal Navy, the Battlecruiser hood, and become the world's highest tonnage warship at that time.

"At the same time, the German class is the product of the Treaty of Versailles, which is not in line with the development of the Navy. Therefore, the construction of subsequent ships No. 3 and No. 4 should be stopped, and new Hippel class cruisers and new universal destroyers should be developed."

To win World War II, the German navy must have great development! In this meeting, Chirac was almost the protagonist. He enthusiastically put forward his own views on the doubling of tonnage because the navy was separated from the control of the Treaty of Versailles. His opinions were agreed by the navy commander.

"However, this will involve huge capital investment." When hilrick finished, Goering said in a strange way: "now, we can't just develop the Navy. Our three major services should be taken into account."

Obviously, too much investment in the Navy will inevitably affect the investment in the army and air force!

"Don't worry about that." Xierik said: "let me tell you a good news. The Soviet Union has agreed to my proposal. They will use their ore to order the same aircraft carrier as our Zeppelin class."

That's really good news! When he got the adjutant's report between the meetings, Shrek couldn't believe his ears!

The Soviet Union agreed! Even in the Soviet Union, a special railway for 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, it does not need any investment in resources. It only needs to invest manpower to smelt the ore into high-quality steel! The production cost will be greatly reduced!

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

So Goering held back and stopped talking.

Everyone can feel a strange atmosphere. Last time, there was a contradiction between Shrek and Goering because of the Navy. Now, the contradiction is obviously deepened.

"General Shrek, you seem to have forgotten our submarine just now." Just then, said Donitz.

Battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, these, xierik has said many times, that is, he just missed the submarine!

"Yes, there are submarines. We must also develop large ocean going submarines. Submarines have great potential in the Atlantic Ocean." Shrek continued to talk, regardless of Goering's sauce purple face.

Submarines are only a part of naval warfare. If they all rely on submarines, just like later Germany, it is very sad to engage in wolf tactics in the Atlantic. When they are separated from surface ships, submarines 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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