.Some people think that in the toy room of the 12-year-old German Crown Prince Andres, there will be many secrets of the German Navy hidden in the toy room. On the rows of simple but almost spotless wooden frames, the German Navy has all kinds of ships in the past and present, from battleships, battle cruisers, aircraft carriers to destroyers, submarines, transport ships, and even models of Prussian naval sailing ships can be found here. Since these models are basically used by the naval technical departments for research and discussion, each ship is very exquisite, and the proportions of each part are exactly the same as those of real battleships. In the eyes of other countries, these models are naturally valuable.

As the world's number one naval power after the war, the German government naturally would not sit idly by and the two Japanese forces were desperately developing their naval forces. However, under Chen Tian's leadership, Germany did not blindly compete with the United States and Japan for quantity and investment, but instead embarked on a unique path without affecting economic recovery and development as much as possible.

On the wooden frame where the little crown prince placed the battleship model, a total of 50 battleships symbolize the past and present of the German Empire. The four Brandenburg-class built from 1890 to 1894 were the first batch of real iron armored battleships of the German Empire's Navy, followed by five Kaiser 2 Fitrei III, five Vecchelsbach, five Brunswick, and five German. These 24 former dauntless battleships represent the dream of a generation of Germans. After entering the era of the dreadnought, Germany successively built 4 Nassau class, four Helgolan class, five Kaiser 2 class, four King class, four Bavarian class, and five Graf class, a total of 26 battleships. Through these battleships, the Germans realized their dreams and continued to work hard to defend this historic great achievement.

Both the Bavarian-class and Graf-class battleships were built after the end of the European War. Among them, the latter two Bavarian-class "Futengburg" and "Saxon" were suspended due to the Washington Naval Treaty. However, after the United States, Germany and Japan withdrew from the treaty one after another, the two warships were re-mounted and made certain improvements in details, with a displacement of 1,500 tons higher than the first two ships of this class. Both ships were successfully completed in early 1921 and are currently in service in the German Atlantic Fleet.

The Graf-class was a new main battleship that was built after the end of the South American War and the Washington Treaty was abolished. Therefore, the design idea and shipbuilding technology were greatly improved compared with previous battleships. The standard displacement of this class of battleships was 39,000 tons, and was equipped with 8 45-diameter 406 mm main guns, which was comparable to the power of the landlord guns used by the US and Japanese main ships, with a speed of 24 knots and a cruising endurance of 5,000 nautical miles/12 knots. It also followed the design idea of ​​German battleships that always attached importance to defense and survivability. The side armor was 14.5 inches, the front of the turret was 15 inches, the command tower was 15 inches, and the main deck was 3.5-6 inches, and the total number of crew members under standard configurations was 1,220.

Compared with the 25 battleships of the US Navy and the 17 battleships of the Japanese Navy, the 20 German Navy (Graf, Albresit, Gerz, August, Albert, Bavaria, Baden, Futenburg, Saxony, King, Elector, Border Governor, Prince William, Kai 2, Fitrey the Great, Cathering, King Albert, Louisport Regent, Helgoland, Oldenburg) do not have an advantage in terms of quantity and tonnage, but the financial pressure brought by the construction of these ships is much smaller than that of the United States and Japan.

After 1915, although the cost of single ships of battleships of various countries was different, the cost of a 30,000-ton battleship was more than US$15 million. The cost of a single ship in the United States, the Kaga class in Japan and the Graf class in Germany was more than US$20 million. In order to build these battleships, the proportion of the U.S. naval expenses accounted for nearly 25% of the entire federal expenditures. That is about US$200 million, and 2/3 of these funds were used to build battleships and airships, while the scale of the army was three times larger than in 1920. The annual cost was only US$30 million, and the high cost of the naval expenses began to affect other troops.

Development; Although the Japanese government's economy has developed rapidly, its total volume is far less than that of the United States and Germany. The "New Eight Eight Fleet Case" alone cost US$245 million, accounting for one-third of the entire Japanese government's annual expenditure. This indirectly led to the outbreak of a national economic crisis in Japan in 1923. The prices of rice and daily necessities in Japan soared. The people struggled in difficulties. The "rice riot" swept across the country. Although the Japanese government finally calmed the crisis through various emergency measures. However, Japan's economy also entered a relatively depressed trough from the previous rapid development of the region, agriculture was also severely hit, and rice and wheat production stagnated for a long time.

In contrast, after 1920, the German government only continued to build the latter two Bavarian-class ships and five new Graf-class battleships. The seven warships cost a total of 60 million European marks, or 120 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 2% of the total government expenditure during the same period, and keep the navy's expenses at a relatively ideal level.

Next to the "Exhibition Area" of Andres' battleship model, there is the territory of the battleship cruiser and aircraft carrier model. The two warships have not appeared for a long time, so the number of them is not as large as the battleships. If the "Blüchel" is regarded as a battleship cruiser, then Germany has built a total of 12 battle cruisers so far. They are the construction sites in 1920, the Blüchel, the Fung Suitan, the Moltke, the Goben, the Seedlitz, the Deflinger, the Lüzo, and the Xingden.

The Castle, Thessalonika and the Markensen-class Markensen-class built after 1920, Earl Spee, and Prince Fitrey. The three Markensen-class battle patrols cost the German Navy nearly 24 million European marks. Although the price is not expensive, they are worth the money. This class battle patrol has a displacement of 36,000 tons, uses a full-heavy oil boiler, a maximum speed of 33 knots, and is equipped with 8 45-fold 380mm guns. Their performance is comparable to that of the Lexington-class in the United States and slightly inferior to the Japanese Tiancheng-class.

Therefore, by 1924, in addition to the 20 battleships in service, the German Navy also had nine battlecruisers, Moltke, Goben, Seedlitz, Deflinger, Luzov, Hindenburg, Markenson, Earl of Spee, and Prince Fitrey. In fact, the German Navy invested the cost of building the main battleships over the years to reach 120 million European marks. In addition to the cost of battleships and battle patrols, the remaining more than 30 million Chinese marks were invested in aircraft carrier construction, and the cost of a single ship in Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier was only 1.2 million European marks (excluding carrier-based aircraft, aircraft carrier construction is only

The price is indeed much cheaper than battleships. Even during World War II, a 30,000-ton aircraft carrier cost only US$3 million. At that time, the cost of a South Dakota-class battleship was US$60 million), which means that the money was enough to build 20 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers. However, the German Navy did not intend to use a violent aircraft carrier sea tactic, but spent a quarter of the funds to build 5 22,000-ton Zeppelin-class. The remaining budget was used to build 10,000-ton light escort aircraft carriers, and part was used to build 40,000-ton heavy aircraft carriers with armor reinforcement.

Against this background, there are 24 aircraft carrier models of Andres, including the "Super Duck Mom" ​​that has been given to the Japanese Navy, and the "Lisa" and the "Prince" that were served before the end of the European War. Plus 8 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, Kemal, converted from Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, 10 Leopold-class light escort aircraft carriers, and 2 Ernst-class heavy aircraft carriers. It can be said that the German aircraft carrier formation can kill all US aircraft carriers and Japanese aircraft carriers at one time. After the end of the Battle of Laura in South America, the United States and Japan have been concerned about the end of the Battle of Laura in South America.

The enthusiasm of aircraft carriers is no longer as good as before. In response to the German large-scale aircraft carriers, the two countries have strengthened the anti-aircraft firepower of their respective main ships and escort ships. For example, the Colorado-class battleships in the United States are equipped with nearly 80 various anti-aircraft guns. Japan's Kaga-class is even more exaggerated. Together with the 127mm secondary gun, 76mm high-level dual-purpose guns, and 25mm anti-aircraft guns, there are more than 100. From the appearance, the warship with simple lines has turned into a "big hedgehog" with many gun barrels. Even a dozen weapons against aircraft were brought on a destroyer of one or two thousand tons.

In the words of the U.S. Admirals, as long as German aircraft dare to approach their battleships, they will definitely smoke. As for how high the air defense firepower of ground warships in manual mode is in actual combat, the generals do not seem to be worried about this issue, because in their opinion, German carrier-based aircraft are just small wooden skinned aircraft.

It’s a pity that Americans are a little too arrogant. Even Andres, who is still receiving elementary education, knows that the German aircraft carrier has long been “fully metallized”!

After a full dress-up in 1921, the German naval carrier-based aircraft replaced meritorious fighter jets such as hummingbird, swordfish, sea eagle, camel, etc., and their locations were all replaced by new single-wing all-metal fighter jets.

Carrier-based fighter jets are divided into combat reconnaissance type and combat type. Among them, the combat reconnaissance aircraft adopts the Sky type, with a conventional arrangement of single-wing, a single-engine two-seat, a maximum flight speed of 390 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range when carrying a secondary fuel tank can reach 1,600 kilometers. The weapon is a roving 7.92mm twin machine gun in the rear seat position. The wings are foldable; the fighter aircraft adopts the Henkel DD type, with a conventional layout of single-wing, a single-engine single-seat, a maximum flight speed of 360 kilometers per hour, and a combat radius of 750 kilometers. It is equipped with a 20mm machine gun and four 7.92mm machine guns. A 100-kilogram bomb or a corresponding secondary fuel tank can be mounted under the fuselage. The combat radius increases by 150 kilometers when hanging the secondary fuel tank.

The carrier-based bombers are divided into dive bombers, horizontal and torpedo bombers. Among them, the Junx Ju-DD dive bomber was designed by the research room led by Dr. Junx himself, with a single-engine two-seat. A 7.92mm machine gun at the rear was used for defense. The inner section of the trapezoid under the single wing was turned down and the outer section was folded upwards in the shape of an inverted gull. (As early in history, the Americans built the first dive bomber in the year - Codesglennh. The naval aviation of Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom were equipped with dive bombers before World War II, but their performance was not as good as the famous Stukaj.

u-87), the maximum flight speed is 305 kilometers per hour, the bombing radius is 800 kilometers, and each 75 kilogram bomb can be mounted under the wings, and a 150 kilogram bomb can be hung under the belly of the aircraft, and there are high-explosive bombs, semi-armor-piercing bombs, anti-ship bombs and incendiary bombs to choose from, with a maximum dive angle of 70 degrees; the barracuda horizontal/torpedo bomb was designed by the research room led by Dr. Donier, and the flight speed when loading a 275 kilometers of heavy torpedo was 780 kilometers, a single-wing double-seat, and a rear-mounted machine gun provided defensive firepower.

Under the limited construction of the main battleship, the German Navy was able to spend a considerable portion of its funds on the construction of light ships. In the past four years, the Guardian-class escort cruisers and Shilifen-class combat, which performed well in the South American naval battle, had 10 and 8 escort cruisers each built. The designers of the Navy also designed three cruisers of different tonnages and uses according to the requirements of the Navy, namely, a combat/visit cruiser with a displacement of 12,000 tons, a combat/guard cruiser with a dual 203mm main gun, a combat/support cruiser with a displacement of 15,000 tons, a combat/support cruiser with a dual 203mm naval gun, a combat/support cruiser with a displacement of 18,000 tons, and a 4 28

The 0mm heavy cruiser, the three types of cruisers, built a total of 24 between 1920 and 1924, bringing the total number of cruisers of the German Navy to 86, basically meeting the needs of German overseas routes to guard and escort. In addition, auxiliary ships such as destroyers and minesweepers, transport ships, and medical ships were also upgraded and strengthened. The bayonet-class destroyers that performed well in South America built another 36 in one go, and the Leopard-class destroyers completed the design in 1922 also built 24. In addition, old-style destroyers such as standard-class, competition-class, and hound-class were largely modified. By 1924, the total number of German destroyers reached an astonishing 347.

In contrast, the total number of cruisers and destroyers of the two strong American and Japanese forces is not that considerable. The United States has 2 heavy patrols, 18 light patrols and 85 destroyers. Japan has 12 armored cruisers, which are light patrols and 73 destroyers. The combined two strong patrols are not as good as the German navy. However, from the current situation, the US Navy, which sets active defense as its future war strategy, seems to be very satisfied with its advantages in the main ships. Their only big move in light ships in recent years is to build more than 220 submarines, which is undoubtedly very amazing.

In the "toy house" of Andres, the number of submarine models does not represent the number of German naval submarines, because each class of submarines usually only has one model here. From the original offshore submarine to the current ocean minecraft, there are 7 classes and 22 different models. In addition, 33 ace submarines with a record of more than 100,000 tons in the war, 55 submarines constitute the German Crown Prince's submarine collection.

"General Oli and his troops will set off for Mexico this Sunday. I will go to Wilhelmshaven to see them off. Wilhelmshaven, would you go with me?"

Chen Tian asked in a peaceful and slightly inadvertent tone.
Chapter completed!