Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1311 Ruined

In fact, France is not as unbearable as Roque said. At any rate, it was once the "world's number one army". In terms of navy, the French actually have ambitions.

It's a pity that the ambition of the French does not match the strength of France.

Due to the long-term influence of the "new school" thinking that emphasized torpedo boats and cruisers, the French navy was vacillating in terms of strategy. It was not until 1909 that the French government realized that the French navy had fallen to the fifth place in the world, not only far behind Britain, Germany, and lagged behind the United States and Italy, so France began to build dreadnoughts.

In 1909, the French Navy started construction of the first French dreadnought battleship, the Corbet-class battleship.

Battleships of this level were ill-fated, the design itself had problems, and France lacked experience in building dreadnoughts. As a result, after the completion of the Kolbe-class battleships, they were already far behind the battleships of other countries.

What to do if you fall behind, continue to build, so there will be a Breton-class battleship.

Strictly speaking, the Bretagne-class battleship is an upgraded version of the Kolbe-class battleship. The hull and power are similar, but the main gun caliber is upgraded from 305 mm of the Kolbe-class battleship to 340 mm.

The weight of the 340mm main gun is much larger than that of the 305. Even so, the displacement of the Breton-class battleship is almost the same as that of the Kolbe-class battleship. The French are also amazing.

After the completion of the Breton-class battleships, the French government was surprised to find that with so many battleships built, the French Navy is still the fifth in the world.

A total of four Kolbe-class battleships were built, namely Kolbe, Ocean (formerly known as Jean Bart), Paris, and France.

A total of three Breton-class battleships were built, namely the Brittany, the Lorraine, and the Provence.

Seven dreadnoughts have been built, and they are still the fifth in the world. The cruelty of the arms race is evident.

In response to the increasingly fierce arms race, the French government had to launch a new shipbuilding plan, which is the Normandy-class battleship.

A total of five Normandy-class battleships were built. The first ship "Normandy" laid its keel in Saint-Zenard in 1913. In the same year, "Languedoc", "Flanders" and "Gascony" were respectively in Bordeaux and Bresse The keel was laid in Te and Lorient, and the keel of the fifth sister ship "Bearn" was laid in La Seine the following year.

When the keel of the Normandy-class battleship was laid, the World War had not yet broken out. Just after the first ship "Normandy" was launched, the World War broke out, and the construction of the Normandy-class battleship stopped.

During the World War, France tried many times to restart the Normandy-class battleships, but failed to do so, and even the main guns prepared for the Normandy-class battleships were affected.

During the World War, some of the artillery prepared by the French government for the Normandy-class battleships were requisitioned by the army, and some of them could not be restored due to the expansion of the caliber; some were looted by the German army and their whereabouts are unknown. must be re-planned.

After the end of the World War, the French government once again prepared to restart the Normandy-class battleships, only to find out at this time that if restarted, the duration of the project may be as long as six to seven years.

The Normandy-class battleship was established in 1912. According to the plan of the French government, the Normandy-class battleship after completion will have a displacement of about 25000 tons.

At the same time, the British "Queen Elizabeth" battleship was 27500 tons, the German "Bayern" class battleship was 28500 tons, the American "Pennsylvania" class was 31500 tons, and the Italian "Caraggiono" class was 33300 tons (unbuilt, purely imported) Hi).

It is obvious from the comparison that the Normandy-class battleship was actually behind when the project was established——

Now the Normandy-class battleship has not yet been built, needless to say it will be delayed for another six to seven years. Now the British "Hood" is 41200 tons, the American "Maryland" is 32600 tons, and the Japanese "Mutsu" and "Nagato" are 33800 tons However, even if the French government does its best to build the Normandy-class battleship, it has fallen far behind the mainstream national navy.

In this regard, the French Navy has not yet conceded defeat, and is determined to strive for the same tonnage of battleships as Japan. Roque doesn't even know what it means.

France is different from Japan. Japan really wants it, but unfortunately the United States and Britain disagree.

France wants it for the so-called "dignity". Even if it really gives France a quota of 30 tons of battleships, the French government does not have enough strength to build a full 30 tons. At that time, it will seem even more embarrassing.

"Lord, if Britain supports France to get more capital ship tonnage, then France will support Britain to get more aircraft carrier tonnage—" Albert Sarao is still very smart, he knows what Rock wants.

Rock never cared about the tonnage of battleships, so in previous meetings, Rock almost never spoke.

The aircraft carrier is Rock's goal. Although the next world war will not break out until 20 years later, if he can use this time to train more naval pilots, Rock is still very happy.

"Yes—" Rock readily agreed, no matter how much tonnage of battleships were given to France, it would not have much impact on Britain's interests.

Aircraft carriers are different, with one more aircraft carrier, in the future ocean, southern Africa—no, no, no, the advantage of the British Empire will be greater.

The meeting started again the next day, and Roque clearly supported France in getting more capital ship tonnage.

"The five Normandy-class battleships we are building, plus the four Corbet-class battleships and three Bretagne-class battleships that have been built before, have a total tonnage of 289500 tons. The French Navy also has new ships. plan, so 30 tons is an appropriate number for us in France." Albert Sarao was full of energy, and if five Normandy-class battleships were built, it would really be what Albert Sarao said.

"Is there still a need to build a Normandy-class battleship?" Kato Yusaburo directly complained. There is really no need to build a 25000-ton small toy.

Japan's first "King Kong" class dreadnought had a displacement of 27500 tons, and the subsequent "Ise" and "Fuso" had a displacement of more than 30000 tons.

"Is it really necessary for the French Navy to maintain the size of 12 dreadnoughts?" Bainbridge Colby seriously doubted the strength of the French government.

During the World Wars, France also borrowed a lot of money from the United States.

Now France has money to build warships, but no money to pay off debts—

Want to be an old lady, right?

Be careful to limit your high spending, those boutiques in Paris are waiting to close.

Carlo Shanze doesn't complain. Like France, the "Caraggiono" class battleship is an eternal pain in the hearts of the Italians.

"Of course the French government has strength, and we also have plans. As early as 1912, the French government prepared a huge shipbuilding plan to build a brand new French navy. The French battle fleet in 1921 will have 28 capital ships, 10 fleet scout ships, and 52 offshore lightning strike ships." Albert Salau is really not bragging, the French government does have this plan.

The lightning strike ship is actually a large torpedo boat. The titles are different from country to country. In the UK, it is called a destroyer.

"Oh, 1921, that's next year—" Kato Yusaburo is very arrogant now, and Roque would probably ask Albert Sarao: Do ​​you have a key?How many to match?

"Hehe, 28 ships—28 submarines?" Carlo Shanze finally found the point of complaint.

Rock immediately turned black.

Nima, what submarine, who said submarine?

During the World War, the Royal Navy suffered enough from German submarines, so "submarines" are very sensitive to the Royal Navy.

Southern Africa's fleet is mainly positioned as an escort, and its main opponent is also a submarine.

Oh, submarines are also within the scope of discussion at the Washington Naval Conference, but we have not yet reached the point of submarines. We must first get the capital ship, then the submarine, and finally the aircraft carrier.

This ranking is also very interesting.

"In any case, the French navy must be stronger than your Italian navy!" Albert Salau was indomitable in the face of Britain and the United States, and he was aggressive in the face of Italy. As for Japan——

Forget it, Japan is too far away, and there is no conflict of interest with France. As long as Japan does not affect the security of the French East Indies, the French government will not target Japan.

This is actually raising tigers.

"None of your Normandy-class battleships have been built—" Carlo Shanzer poked at the pain points of the French.

"Your Caraggiono wasn't built—" Arne Sarao poked back, wanting to hurt.

"Hmph, without our help, you would have destroyed your country long ago during the World War—"

"It's too embarrassing to say 'help', no one will help, you can't even beat Greece—"

Oh, this hurts too much. The dispute between Italy and Greece has a long history. There were some frictions not long ago. It seems that the Italians did not take advantage of it.

Rock and Bainbridge Colby looked at each other as they watched the chickens peck each other.

This nima is an important minister of the empire, can you stop being so childish.

Kato Yusaburo did not speak, propped his chin, and dozed off little by little. This is also a person who is 60 years younger. To be able to persist until now is already the manifestation of Amaterasu.

"How?" Rock and Bainbridge Colby exchanged notes.

"Two vegetables, give them a [-]% discount at most—" Bainbridge Kirby was full of fighting spirit, if this note was seen by Albert Sarao and Carlo Shanzer, it might appear international disputes.

Both France and Italy require the same 30 tons as Japan, and a 15% discount is about [-] tons, which is basically in line with the strength of France and Italy.

Japan is not asking for 30 tons, but 35 tons——

So it is 17.5.

After Japan's "Mutsu" and "Nagato" are completed, the total tonnage of the existing dreadnoughts plus super dreadnoughts is about 30. Just start building new warships.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if they give it to them, anyway, they can't afford it—" Rock didn't care about the rags of the French Navy and the Italian Navy.

tattered?

Southern Africa doesn't even have rags now!

(End of this chapter)