super god warlord

Chapter 9 Shipbuilding Plan

Twelve new cruisers will be built, and all destroyers and cruisers will be equipped with sonar and depth charge delivery systems to facilitate detection and attack submarines.In the future, these cruisers and destroyers will not only serve as escorts of the main fleet, but will also form a cruise formation to perform various tasks independently.

In addition to these large warships, the Inland River Fleet has also been adapted.Because of the continuous expansion of the ocean fleet, the inland river has no urgent defense needs, so the inland river fleet was disbanded, and all twenty inland river gunboats were incorporated into the water police force. At the same time, the small shipyard located in Ningyuan Hall will build a batch of A marine police boat with a 37mm cannon for their daily patrols.

In view of the unification of Hualan Kingdom, the dismantled [-] inland river gunboats were divided into two batches to form the Heilingjiang Marine Police Team and the Longjiang Marine Police Team respectively, and together with the new marine police boats, they took on patrol tasks.The original Jiang Defense Fleet commander Hu Yingsheng and deputy commander Feng Chaoxiang were secretly transferred to the Southern Cross Republic Fleet. Their subordinates temporarily transferred six Jiujiang-class cruisers and eight Huxing-class destroyers from other fleets to set up a fleet structure.

As for the update of the new torpedo boat, let those young designers practice using it. Zhao Shouhong and these main designers will not care about it.The submarine still produces the Seawolf 112 submarine based on the improvement of U3, and conducts pre-research on the new submarine. Zhao Shouhong also specially instructed the Torpedo Research Institute to cooperate closely with the Whitehead Torpedo Company to learn all the confidential technologies and carry them forward. In the future, Hualan people will have the most advanced torpedoes in the world.

It is impossible to hide such a large shipbuilding plan from others.Zhao Shouhong also didn't want to hide from other countries. For the sake of the peace of Hualan Kingdom, the necessary deterrent force must be placed in front of people to prevent Xiaoxiao from prying eyes.

The Western Special Zone soon announced a huge shipbuilding plan. All types of ships are available, and the scale of construction is so large that it is rare even for countries in the Western Continent.Like a nouveau riche, Zhao Shouhong directly expanded his navy several times, and the most unbearable of such stimulation was the Japanese country.

During the World War, Japan also made a lot of money. Although its income cannot be compared with that of the White Eagle Kingdom and the Western Special Zone, its overall profit is also considerable.Most of the money was invested in the construction of new lands in the Far East by the Japanese government. However, as a militaristic power that has always attached importance to the navy, the Japanese government has not forgotten to improve military weapons and build new ships for the navy.

After the three Fuso-class battleships were robbed, the fleet level of the Wa Kingdom was always comparable to that of the Hualan Kingdom. Even if the construction of the subsequent three battlecruisers of the King Kong was started, this situation did not change.Regarding the imminent loss of maritime advantages, Wa will never sit idly by.

It seems that it is not advisable to go to war with Hualan, because the countries in the Western Continent do not have the spare power to support their war.If it lost the support of several powerful countries such as the Saar Empire, and the White Eagle Kingdom has recently become more and more hostile to the Wa Kingdom, such a battle will not be possible.

With spare money in hand, the Japanese Navy does not mind launching an arms race with the SAR Navy.Just after the SAR Navy announced a huge shipbuilding plan, the Japanese Navy also announced a new shipbuilding plan in response.Three sister ships were built for the newly launched Nagato battleship, three additional orders were placed for the Hōshō aircraft carrier under construction, and the development of a new type of aircraft carrier began.Together with the existing warships, a new Eighty-Eight Fleet has taken shape.

As the world's largest industrial country, the White Eagle Country, he has always been staring at the Wa Country in the direction of the Eastern Ocean, and regards it as the primary target of combat.Now that the Wa Kingdom has announced a huge battle plan, the White Eagle Kingdom is naturally not far behind.After the four Tennessee-class battleships entered service, White Eagle quickly announced plans to build four Colorado-class battleships.These four new battleships are aimed at the Japanese Nagato-class battleships, so they have a displacement of nearly [-] tons and eight [-]-inch main guns.

The Saar Empire, which still maintains the most powerful country at sea, has a tradition, that is, to have more firepower and ship tonnage than the enemy.The best battleship in the Saar Empire today is the Queen Elizabeth class with a [-]-inch main gun.This level of battleship was majestic in the Battle of Jutland, and had sunk and damaged several main Teutonic battleships.But now it is inevitably outdated in front of the new battleships that the Three Kingdoms have begun to build.

Although the Saar Empire still has a warship tonnage of more than one million tons, those battleships and battlecruisers are a bit old.The three newly built battleships of Baiwahua are all so-called post-Jylland ships that have absorbed the experience of the Jutland naval battle. Their artillery caliber, armor deployment, and speed have all been greatly improved. Facing the battleships of the Saar Empire An overwhelming advantage, which it cannot tolerate.

According to the tradition of the Saar Empire, the Admiralty immediately issued the design indicators of the new battleship to the Abstrong Shipyard.The Saar Empire, which has many excellent warship designers, has a deep foundation, and they quickly came up with new warship indicators.

The new battleship is named N3-class battleship, which has a huge displacement of more than 5 tons, nine 24-inch caliber main guns, four gear-reduced steam turbines, and a speed of [-] knots.Although such a battleship is slower, its firepower and armor can completely outperform the other three countries, which makes the bosses of the Imperial Navy very satisfied.Advanced performance means high cost. When they saw the astronomical cost, everyone was dumbfounded.

The current Saar Empire needs to invest all its funds into the economy, and it is not easy to build new ships.After a few months of quarreling with members of the two chambers, the big bosses of the Admiralty finally got the money for the construction of two new battleships.But looking at the cost of this huge battleship, one is already over-subscribed.

Funds are difficult to fight against the three countries, so the Saar Royal Navy can only complain about itself, complaining that the Teutonic country provoked a big war, which made the country embarrassing.However, the Saar Navy has never been a fuel-efficient lamp. After all, they are still the world's number one navy, and they still have a strong deterrent and voice, so they decided to use political power to prevent the navies of various countries from catching up with the Saar Empire.

On August 1921, 8, the Saar Empire government sent an invitation to several major allies of the Allied Powers, claiming to hold naval peace talks for world peace.The invited so-called naval powers include the White Eagle Kingdom, the Gaul Kingdom, the Roman Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom, and the Western Special Zone of the Hualan Kingdom. They seem to be affected by the growing weakness of the Beihuacheng government, perhaps because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hualan Kingdom has already Handed over to the Western District.This time, the Saar Empire surprisingly directly invited the Western Special Zone to participate in the meeting, and they became the only region rather than the country that was invited to this conference.

Chapter 9 The Importance of the Navy

Although the country's strength is declining, the Saar Empire is still the world's number one naval power after all, and all countries always want to sell face. Therefore, after the imperial government issued a call, all countries gave affirmative responses. Everyone finally unanimously decided that two months Later, in Washington, the capital of the White Eagle Country, the world's first naval peace conference was held.

"Look, the Saar Empire finally couldn't bear it anymore, and it was full of words to maintain world peace." Zhao Shouhong sneered and threw the note from the Saar Empire on the table, and said to the officials of the special zone: "At the beginning, the Teutonic Kingdom and the The Saar Empire launched an arms race, and battleships were launched one by one, they never thought about world peace, otherwise there would be no such war.” At this time, it was the monthly government meeting, and all the government officials were present. When Zhao Shouhong said this, everyone burst into laughter.

Zhang Liewu said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, there is no money. A country's economic strength determines its foreign attitude."

"At the beginning, the Saar Empire stipulated that the tonnage of its fleet must be equivalent to the sum of the world's second and third navies, and that a single warship must have a larger tonnage and a larger artillery caliber." Deng Zhicheng said.

"Now the Saar Empire is also playing with world peace. It's really funny, as if they didn't do the invasion of other countries before." Xie Mingjue also sneered.

"Okay, now let's study how to deal with this matter." Zhao Shouhong smiled and said: "We have to go to this meeting, otherwise we will be enemies of the whole world, so I have already agreed. But how to fight for the best interests of the country in this meeting, this is what we need to discuss today."

"I think we should fight with reason. Our shipbuilding plan is large enough. If we want to limit the navy, we must at least have the same tonnage of warships as the Saar Empire." Chief of Staff Jiang Fangzhen attended the government meeting. When it comes to military affairs, he naturally is the most vocal.

Despite the prominence of the West Army's land and air forces in previous wars, the navy does not seem to have much use.But from Jiang Fangzhen's strategic point of view, if a country wants to truly stand in the forest of the world and become a powerful country with the right to speak, the strength of the navy is the key.This is also the reason why the Raksha Empire had the largest land and army in the world, but it could only be regarded as a second-rate power.

Many government officials disagreed with Jiang Fangzhen's statement, because the navy of the West Special Army really didn't have much record.However, the military expenditure swallowed up by the navy every year accounts for half of the total military expenditure over the years. Such a consumption ratio makes officials feel a little bit distressed.

Seeing everyone's disapproval, Cai Tinggan, commander of the East Ocean Fleet and Shen Shoukun, commander of the Zaniyang Fleet, were anxious.If the government does not recognize the investment in the navy and thus reduces the navy's funding, then the situation they have just opened is likely to die prematurely.

"I think the expansion of the navy has just begun. We must not shrink due to the pressure of the Saar Empire. That is tantamount to abolishing our martial arts." Cheng Biguang's old navy man was naturally the first to speak.

"The navy consumes too much money. If we have so much money, we can build dozens of infantry divisions. I think it would be better to take this opportunity to downsize." Yang Cansan obviously loves money, and the annual navy budget The same amount of money was spent, but he couldn't see the effect, so he naturally wanted to reduce it.

"Drawing down the navy is absolutely impossible. Even if you have a million troops, if something happens overseas, can't you just let them swim over?" Cai Tinggan was obviously a little angry, and his words were a little rushed.

"Most of our land is on land, so there are so many things to do overseas." Yang Cansan was determined to spend less money, so he did not back down from the words of the naval commanders.

"There is no need to discuss this matter." Zhao Shouhong immediately stopped the arguments from both sides. He got up and said, "As a country that wants to stand on the top of the world, it must not walk on one leg alone. Hualan Kingdom has been repeatedly attacked by foreign powers for decades. Bullying, what is lacking is the navy. Speaking of coming from the Opium War, Hualan Kingdom was the most stable in those years, which was the time when the northern navy was strong. After the Sino-Japanese War, once the northern navy died, the Eight Kingdoms Only the coalition forces dare to join forces to invade."

What Zhao Shouhong said made everyone in the room nod their heads repeatedly, which is true when counting the past history in detail.Zhao Shouhong waved his hand and said: "Our economy has risen to a certain level, and domestic purchasing power can no longer fully support the development of industry. Therefore, our economy has to go out and earn money from foreigners. This is an export-oriented economy. And this kind of economy It is very fragile, and its only guarantee is the national navy. As long as we have a strong navy, other countries will not dare to cut off our routes at will, and will not dare to do whatever they want on our coastline."

"Your Commander-in-Chief is right. We have suffered losses in previous battles with the great powers, and that is because we have no command over the sea." Jiang Fangzhen also nodded in agreement: "If there is no command over the sea, no matter how large the army is, it is useless. An enemy with command over the sea can fight from any Land and attack in one place, but we can only defend passively. How can the army fortify everywhere in our country's vast seas?"

"That's right, so instead of shrinking our navy, we have to continue to expand." Zhao Shouhong said, "We can't just let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs send people for this matter. I think we need an important member of the navy to follow to prevent losses. I think Gu Weijun and Cai Tingqian will go together this time."

"Yes." The two stood up at the same time and agreed loudly.

There are many problems to be solved at this meeting. Zhao Shouhong first asked everyone to talk about economic construction issues, mainly the government's investment in railways and the construction of new urban areas.After everyone's discussion, it was decided at the meeting to build a [-]-story reinforced concrete building while building a new urban area in the south of Shudu City.Now that there are a large number of Teutonic engineers in the special zone, it is completely possible to build such a high-rise building, and Zhao Shouhong intends to use this building as an opportunity to build Shudu City into a new financial and economic center in the western region.

The military mobilization is not big. In addition to confirming to increase the scale of investment in science and technology, Zhao Shouhong also specifically mentioned the issue of Hualan talents who have newly joined the special zone.Because of the warlord war in the north of Hualan Kingdom some time ago, the salaries of professors in many universities in Beihua City have been announced.

The warlords of all walks of life are busy grabbing territory, who has the energy to manage those scholars, and as a result, many university professors have no rice to cook.

Chapter 9 Bunin's Change

The professors of the universities in Beihuacheng couldn't survive, so they had to go to the Ministry of Education and the Presidential Palace to petition, demanding that their salaries be paid on time.However, the current President Xu Haichang and Minister of Education Cai Yuanpei are puppets, and they have no funds to pay salaries, and everyone's petitions have been lost in the end.

Without salary, there is nothing to cook, and the professors have no intention of teaching. At this time, the Ministry of Education of the Western Special Zone sent a group of staff.Under the order of Minister Huang Yanpei, these staff specially invited professors and students from various colleges and universities in Beihua City to reorganize the school in the Western Special Zone.

The Western Special Zone is well-known, and Huang Yanpei also has a considerable reputation in the country. What's more, more than [-] universities have been established in the Special Zone, and the education work is very prosperous.The staff members promised that their salaries would be paid in full, and that the students would be free of tuition and include board and lodging when they entered the special zone. Even their travel expenses to the western special zone would be borne by the special zone government.

Under such a warm invitation, the universities in Beihua City began a great migration.The warlords of all walks of life are fighting, and no one cares about the fate of these literati, and even if they care, it is useless. When the power is evenly matched, no one dares to mess with the behemoth of the Western Special Zone.

In this way, after a arduous trek, protected by the staff of the Western Special Zone, these literati passed through several war zones in a carriage, and finally entered the territory of the Western Special Zone.After arriving in the special zone, they can then board the train and go to Shudu to re-establish the school.

After several months of trekking, the professors and students who have just arrived in Shudu urgently need to settle down.Fortunately, Huang Yanpei had already communicated with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction, and not only built a large number of campuses on the Shudu Plain, but also many dormitory areas for teachers and students.

The SAR government attaches great importance to these people, and Zhao Shouhong personally decided to allocate a large sum of money to settle these professors and students and their families.The professors and students were deeply moved by the fact that the salary in the SAR was several times higher than before, and the behavior of allocating housing and arranging canteens, and they quickly settled down.In this way, Zhao Shouhong paid a very small price and took all the scholars from several famous universities in Beihua City under his command. As a result, nearly ten more universities were added to the special zone.

This is what Zhao Shouhong asked at the meeting. Huang Yanpei naturally reported the resettlement situation in detail, and suggested inviting Cai Yuanpei and others who came with him to work in the Ministry of Education. Zhao Shouhong naturally agreed to all of them.All of this happened months after the meeting, which had another important issue to resolve.

In addition to the issue of relocating universities, another issue is the resolution of the Extraordinary National Assembly of Eastern Guangdong Province to abolish the military government, pass the organizational outline of the Hualan Republic government, and elect Sun Wenhai, who has returned to China, as the extraordinarily large president.This matter involves both the military and the government, and everyone speaks freely.

"I think there will be no two days in the country. After Sun Wenhai becomes the very president, the Beihua City Government will definitely feel the crisis. The powerful Northern Territory warlords may preemptively attack the Eastern Guangdong Provincial Government, and the domestic war will begin again. "This is Xie Mingjue's idea.

"Because the warlords in the Northern Territory fought internally in the last war, they didn't dare to threaten our industry. But this time, there are those stunned members of the National Congress, so things will be difficult to handle. I think we should strengthen the protection of industries outside the special zone. , and at the same time strengthen the vigilance in the Jiujiang and Guanghai areas." As the minister of industry and commerce, Zhang Liewu expressed his worries.

"I think it's feasible, at least the garment factory in Tianfeng City must not be damaged." Yang Cansan also agreed.Because of Zhao Shouhong's brand strategy, the garment factory that he jointly established with Zhou Xuexi in Tianfeng City was booming.The crocodile brand clothes produced by the factory were widely recognized by the Western Continent after the war because they were durable. In addition, the ready-to-wear styles were introduced there, so the supply of the products was in short supply.

Today's people in the Western Continent live in hardship. If they have a piece of clothing that is practical and can be worn for a long time, it will definitely save a lot of expenses.As the only blended clothing material in the world, its wear resistance is second to none, so the crocodile brand clothes are famous overseas.It’s no wonder that Zhou Xuexi stayed in the factory after resigning from such a big cake with huge profits. If it wasn’t for the great reputation of the Western Special Zone, those warlords would probably have already thought about it.

"I don't think it's necessary. I'm sure there won't be a big war in a short time. At least until the two factions decide the victory, the warlords of the Northern Territory won't take the initiative to attack. Even if there is a real fight, it will be the Eastern Guangdong Army Let's attack first, even if we fight, we will have enough time to deal with it." Jiang Fangzhen said calmly.Zhao Shouhong secretly admired that Jiang Fangzhen was worthy of Hualan's strategists, and he was able to predict the domestic situation so accurately.Zhao Shouhong, who knows the history of later generations, knows very well that the later historical development is indeed like that.

"I also agree with President Jiang's idea. You don't need to worry. Now the Western Special Zone is already very good in the country. As long as we are on guard against the interference of foreign forces, there will be no risk." Zhao Shouhong waved his hand and said: "Okay today This is the end of our meeting, let's break up."

Zhao Shouhong made the final summary, and everyone left the conference room one after another.Just as everyone left the room and Zhao Shouhong got up to leave, Qian Zhuangfei, the director of the General Intelligence Bureau, walked in: "My lord, there is something I need to inform you about."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Zhao Shouhong's heart moved. Judging from Qian Zhuangfei's face, this matter should not be simple.