Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 500: Naval Arms Race

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At this time, the plans of several countries to support neon can be said to have failed, and they themselves have been dragged into the water, but the money has been given out, and it is obviously impossible to let neon spit out, and they made neon crazy. Those who developed armaments against the Qing Dynasty had no reason to restrict them alone. It could be said that they were stealing chickens and losing their rice.

Similarly, several countries themselves are full of contradictions, and they were only covered up by the common contradictions of the Qing Dynasty.Relying on its rapidly expanding industrial and financial strength, Citigroup has long wanted to challenge Geely, the world's number one naval power.

After some discussions in the presidential palace, Citi's Secretary of the Navy Daniels declared that 137 warships would be built within five years, "building the most powerful and excellent navy in the world."

As soon as this plan proposed that they were originally the most powerful Nevada-class battleship or even the Mexican-class battleship, it was obviously not enough. They had to build more powerful battleships. So they launched the South Dakota-class battleship and even the next Iowa-class battleship. In eighteen years, a total of twenty battleships of the same level, upright and stronger, were built.

If this plan is completed and the battleships they originally owned before, they will become the most powerful naval power in the world. Although their naval gun technology is not very mature, it is temporarily unable to produce 460mm caliber guns. The largest caliber of the naval gun is no more than 406MM, but it is enough to win by number.

The original John Nation intended to restore its strength and heal the wounds of war, but the actions of several countries clearly challenged their navies. Once their plan is successfully implemented, the empire that never sets will cease to exist.

As the overlord of the world and the most powerful country with naval forces in the world, the country of John is naturally not to be outdone. Faced with the pressure of various countries and the continuous applications of the navy, Prime Minister George said: "Great Britain would rather spend the last penny and keep the navy against The advantage of any other country."

Then Gaul and Pasta happily joined the competition.In this way, the big powers build one ship and I build two. From the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea to the sea, an invisible war of arms is getting more and more intense.

The three years from 3012 to 3915 were spent in the competition of crazy design and construction of battleships by several big countries.

Among them, Neon and John are the craziest. They both want to increase their strength urgently to fight against external pressure, and almost all the power of the entire country has been invested in them, and they have completely developed into a military state.

John hopes to maintain the strength of his world's number one navy, and does not allow other countries' navies to pose a threat to them, and he has to start pursuing the caliber of artillery.Keyuan Novel www.kybook.com

And Citi has always wanted to compete for world supremacy and regard the sea as their pond. How can they allow themselves to lag behind in the navy? Since they don’t have the best technology, they use quantity to make up for it, so they began to make battleships crazy, hoping to use them To bridge the qualitative gap, and their considerable income can support their first phase of the plan.

But the facts are not so simple. The plans of various countries are changed due to the plans of other countries. If you build one, I will build two. If you use a 365MM gun, I will use a 381MM, 406MM or even a 457MM gun.(406 and 410, 457 and 460MM naval guns belong to the same caliber, but there is a slight difference between countries)

Battleships are being built more and more, and they are also being built bigger and bigger. It can be said that they have tried their best to gain the advantage on the sea, and they have long lost the original goal of supporting Neon against the Qing Dynasty.

However, it should be understood that every time the tonnage of a battleship is doubled, the construction and maintenance costs will increase geometrically. For a battleship exceeding 40,000 tons, it will cost almost 100 million US dollars to calculate the construction cost, and there will be huge maintenance costs in the later stage.

Neon’s Dahe class requires 120 million US dollars for one ship. Anyway, they have already planned. They have broken the tank and have the support of several countries. Once they have a certain strength, they will launch without hesitation. attack.

No matter who the target is, enough territory must be seized to obtain resources to make up for the abnormal economic development over the years.Once it fails, it will be the end of the country.

However, the intensification of the arms race has made other countries miserable. The huge military expenditures have made them miserable. Even in terms of their economic strength, they feel pressured, but they have to grit their teeth and persevere.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was calm and calm. As the initiator of the arms race, Qing Dynasty successfully used a Hongjun-class battleship to trigger an armament war, but the number of their battleships did not increase any more. In the end, there are 8 Great Wall class, 5 Huangdi class, and one Hongjun class.

As for the other four Fifth Saint-class battleships that are under construction and ready to begin construction, they are nothing but aircraft carriers.

In future naval battles, battleships will become supporting actors. The aircraft carrier carrying bombers and attack aircraft will be the absolute protagonist. Other warships will only serve as escorts.

The era of the cannon giant ship is about to be gone, and those crazy battleships are obviously extremely stupid...