Iron Sonata of World War II

Shortly after the first London Naval Conference in the original historical plane, Japanese Prime Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi was shot by militaristic lunatics at the Tokyo train station and died of his injuries a few months later.On this plane, although Helena Butterfly dropped the first London Naval Conference in 1930, but because this gentleman insisted on reducing the military expenditure of the Japanese army and navy by hundreds of millions of yen, he still failed to escape the murderous hands of the assassins in the end.In fact, Helena originally hoped that if Prime Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi had not died, the Kwantung Army would be prevented from going alone. However, it turned out that Helena was too naive. Prime Minister Xiong Xing was still given away by the militaristic lunatics, and the Northeast Incident could not be avoided.

After the Northeast Incident broke out, Japan did not stop playing with fire: Reijiro Wakatsuki, who took over the post of Prime Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi, met with the Emperor the day after the incident broke out, and proposed that no army should be dispatched without a cabinet resolution. However, Wakatsuki has a weak personality. Reijiro could not stop the Kwantung Army from marching alone, and had to resign sadly after realizing that he could not stop the situation from expanding.Reijiro Wakatsuki was succeeded by Prime Minister Inukai Takeshi. Inuyang Takeshi also knew that the occupation of the three northeastern provinces of China at this time would inevitably lead to the deterioration of relations between Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, he proposed to return the three northeastern provinces to China and change them to economic and cultural ones. Penetration-based controls.As a result, the Prime Minister Inukai Takeshi followed in Hamaguchi's footsteps and was assassinated by militaristic believers in the Prime Minister's residence.

Several consecutive prime ministers with a relatively moderate attitude towards the outside world not only failed to control the expansion of domestic militarism, but ended up either being assassinated or forced to resign. Du Mingzhe chose to keep his mouth shut.Now Japan is completely out of control on the road of colonial expansion. Even if some people of insight in Japan see the danger of this road, no one dares to stop this monster from running wildly into the abyss of eternal doom, otherwise I am afraid I will die. Will be trampled into patties first.

For example, after the London Naval Conference this year, when the news that the United Kingdom and the United States refused to sit on an equal footing with Japan reached Japan, the embassies of the two countries in Japan have been attacked by fanatics for many times.At this time, if any politician dares to compromise with Britain and the United States and sign an arms control treaty at a lower rate than Britain and the United States, then unless this old man is really an old birthday boy who eats arsenic - he is impatient to live.You must know that it has only been a few months since the outbreak of the 226 mutiny, and the bloody smell on the streets of Tokyo has not completely dissipated yet.

In that bloody incident, although the coup launched by the "Imperial Way faction" representing the radical young faction in the Japanese army was suppressed by the "Controlling faction" representing the middle and senior bureaucrats, this incident not only eliminated Japan's legacy from the Taisho period. The last bit of democratic ethos that came down physically wiped out the last batch of sane political elders among the Japanese decision-making cadres, and made the already extremely sharp class contradictions in Japan more superficial.What is even more ironic is that the fascist dictatorship that the "Huangdao faction" most wanted to establish was accelerated as they were suppressed.Japan at this time is like a virus-infected zombie in the "Resident Evil" movie. It has completely lost its self-awareness and knows nothing except its desire for fresh flesh and blood.

话说在历史位面中英国就直到1937年也没能将日本和意大利拉会到条约体系中来，这就给抢在1936年下半年设计完成新战列舰的英国造成了极其尴尬的局面：因为条约规定如果日本和意大利到1937年三月还没加群，那么战列舰的主炮口径限制就自动从356毫米放宽到406毫米，而吨位限制也要从35000吨放宽到45000吨。

结果退群的日本1937年开工了装备460毫米巨炮的“大和级”超级战列舰；退群的意大利1938年开工了装备九门381毫米主炮的“维内托”级三号舰；留在群内的法国1936年12月开工了装备八门380毫米主炮的“黎塞留”级二号舰；同样留在群内的美国1937年开工了装备九门406毫米主炮的“北卡罗来纳”级战列舰。

After looking at it in this way, only the new British battleships strictly abide by the limit of the main gun caliber not exceeding 356 mm. The slowly declining British Empire tried its best to use the newly signed "London Treaty" to restrict the development of other countries' navies. During the negotiation process, the maneuvering of British diplomats among various countries is definitely a classic, and in the end it did force the United States, the biggest competitor, to accept its own conditions.But if you look at the final result, Britain's diplomatic efforts immediately turned into a comic theater, because the treaty ultimately restricted only the United Kingdom itself, which just confirmed the Eastern idiom "bound in a cocoon".This is undoubtedly the most poignant ending for the British Empire, but in Helena's eyes, there is only gloating.

Chapter 333 Rebuilding a Large Ship

In fact, among the participating countries at the London Naval Conference, Germany may be the first to predict that Japan will break away from the treaty system.But this is not entirely due to the prophetic advantage brought by Helena, a traverser. The more important factor is that the German intelligence agency has long deciphered clues from the technical exchanges with Japan.

To be more specific, the No. 1000 Steel Plant under the jurisdiction of Japan's Wugang Naval Shipbuilding Factory has just spent more than 15000 million U.S. dollars to secretly import a 70-ton hydraulic press and three 410-ton acid open hearth furnaces from Germany. The famous naval shipbuilding factory that built the "Fuso" and "Nagato" battleships was willing to spend so much money at this time to purchase such heavyweight steel production equipment. This factory manufactures more perverted things than the "Nagato" battleship with a standard displacement of [-] tons and eight [-]mm main guns.

Since Germany has known in advance that Japan will build battleships that are far more powerful than the "Nagato class" and far exceed the treaty specifications, the main guns of the battleships determined by various countries at the London Naval Conference on the premise of Japan's return to the treaty will not exceed 14mm. The inch limit is naturally impossible to achieve.Of course, even if Germany knew about Japan's plan to build a super battleship in advance, it had no intention of sharing this information with the British. Anyway, Germany itself would not foolishly follow the caliber limit of the 14-inch main gun in the treaty.

Although Helena knows that in the original historical plane, because Japan and Italy did not return to the treaty system before March 1937 as agreed by the London Naval Conference, the development of the world's navies began to enter a de facto non-treaty era, but at least in Before the existing treaty system collapsed, the German navy still needed to keep a low profile.Therefore, shortly after the end of the London Naval Conference, Germany informed the United Kingdom through diplomatic channels: within the framework of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Germany will start building four ships with a standard displacement of no more than 3 tons, equipped with three quadruples. A new battleship with a 35000mm main gun, the British side expressed understanding and respect for the German plan.

After the new battleship construction plan was affirmed by the British side, Germany took advantage of the heat to propose to the British side: Since Germany will not have a strong demand for new cruisers in the foreseeable future, can it adjust the ships according to its own national defense needs? The tonnage ratio of species?As for Germany's appeal, the British side also readily stated that as long as the German Navy does not break through the "British-German Naval Agreement" in which the total tonnage does not exceed 35% of the British Royal Navy, it can adjust its ship structure by itself, but if Germany To build a new battleship, Britain must be consulted in advance, and the German side immediately made a promise on this matter, and expressed high appreciation for the friendly and pragmatic attitude of the British side.

The reason why the British gave the green light to Germany's new ship construction plan this time is because the shipbuilding plan informed by Germany to the UK is completely within the framework of the agreement between the two parties, but the more important reason is because the British feel that Germany's shipbuilding plan Plans are very much in their own interest.First of all, the caliber of the main guns of the new battleships that Germany plans to build is still the same 13-inch class as the "Scharnhorst"-class battleships that have just been launched, and it does not even reach the 14-inch caliber restricted in the new treaty. The number has increased from 9 to 12, which means that in the future, all British warships will have the advantage of the main gun caliber over the German ships; secondly, Germany has clearly stated that it is not going to build more new cruisers, which is in the eyes of the British. It means that in the future strategic conception of the German Navy, it has basically given up the tactical intention of using cruisers to break diplomatic relations.

The above undoubtedly made Britain more at ease with the development of the German navy. After all, in the last world war, although the German cruiser breaking tactics failed in the end, it still made Britain's sea transportation lines jump, so that Britain still has lingering fears about the cruiser fleet led by Earl Spey.And now Germany not only gave up the construction of battleships with larger main gun calibers, but also gave up the tactics of using the cruiser fleet to break the war in the last war. It has greatly eased the strategic pressure of the Royal Navy around the world, so that some people in the Royal Navy who don't even know the truth suspect whether the top German Navy has been infiltrated by the spy department.

In addition, the German Navy's initiative to report its own shipbuilding plan to the United Kingdom this time also made the proud Briton feel very useful. In addition, Germany's support for the British proposal at the previous London Naval Conference, It also made the British feel that it is necessary to sell the favor to Germany smoothly. After all, the diplomatic victory of forcing the United States to fully accept its proposal at the London Naval Conference really made Britain, the world hegemon in decline, find something to look at. Coming to this world is still a sense of comfort that my British Empire has the final say.

The main reason why Germany supported the UK at the London Naval Conference was naturally to gain the trust of the UK, so that the UK could see itself as the main bargaining chip to check and balance the Franco-Italian alliance. However, the positive response of the UK did allow the German navy to In the next two years, I will boldly start construction on a few more large warships, but Helena estimates that this may also be the last batch of large warships that the German Navy started before the war began, because if the normal shipbuilding cycle is followed, 1938 and after that Even if the large-scale battleships that started construction can be built during the war, it is likely that they will be too late to play a big role in the war. Therefore, in order to prevent the waste of resources during the war, these warships should be in the war at the latest. It will start in the first half of next year.

Chapter 334 Return to Orthodoxy

While the Britons on the other side of the strait were still working on a new type of battleship equipped with 356mm naval guns, Germany was also intensively preparing for the construction of a battleship stronger than the "Scharnhorst" class. .Because at this time, Germany has already concluded through research and judgment that the 356mm caliber restriction on battleship main guns in the "Naval Armament Limitation Treaty" signed by the London Naval Conference will eventually be declared invalid due to Japan's absence, so Germany previously informed Britain itself will build four new battleships equipped with 330mm main guns. In fact, it is just a cover temporarily used to paralyze Britain's nerves before the international naval treaty system collapses. In reality, the German Navy will never follow such a weak standard. Build your own new toy's.

In other words, Germany has no intention of letting its new battleships abide by the treaty restrictions at all this time, because even the international naval treaty system itself is about to become a memory of history. Why does Germany need to make its new battleships the last victim of the treaty? Woolen cloth?Therefore, according to Helena's words, the design task of this new battleship is: German designers can finally give full play to their talents within the affordable range of the budget. The German ship designers are obviously no longer the group of rigid-minded old-fashioned people in the original historical plane, so now Helena finally doesn't need to care about every detail of the design of the battleship like in the past. Helena relieved a lot of work load.

The selection of the main weapon of the new battleship is actually not much controversial. The whole ship has a total of nine 50 times diameter 420mm main guns installed in three triple turrets. The layout of the turrets is also the most normal in this era. Two after one formula.It is not difficult to choose a main gun with a diameter of 50 times and a diameter of 420 mm for the new battleship, because this type of gun is the one prepared for the upgrade of the "Scharnhorst" class battleship, and the same main gun is used for these two types of battleships It is also conducive to reducing maintenance difficulty and saving development costs. Of course, even if the "Scharnhorst" class battleship currently equipped with three triple-mounted 330mm turrets is replaced, it can only be replaced by three double-mounted 420mm ships. Cannon, so designers also need to design an additional triple-mounted turret for this artillery.

本位面的50倍径420毫米舰炮威力相当可观，它能将重达1320千克的穿甲弹丸加速到800米每秒的初速度，算是延续了本位面德国舰炮高速重型弹的传统美德。虽然该炮使用的穿甲弹的弹重系数（弹重除以弹径的三次方）相比历史位面中的美制406毫米超重弹稍逊半筹，但是拜420毫米的口径优势所赐，其绝对弹重依然略超过1225千克的美制406毫米超重弹，即使放在原历史位面中也是仅次于日本“大和级”战列舰使用的94式460毫米舰炮（穿甲弹重1460千克）的存在。

Such super-heavy projectiles, combined with the muzzle velocity barely reaching the threshold of high-speed projectiles, can pose an extremely deadly threat to most treaty-type battleships with a displacement of less than [-] tons. If it is maintained at the level of the "King George V" level in the historical plane, then there will be no immune zone at all in front of the muzzle of this type of artillery, that is to say, there will be a core pierced at any distance within the range of the artillery. cabin danger.

Helena is very satisfied with the single-shot power of this type of artillery, so she believes that under the premise that the single-shot power of the battleship's main guns has been guaranteed, it is finally time to increase the firepower density of the new battleship. For the first time, the so-called "six-gun cult" got rid of the so-called "six-gun cult" on the battleship class, and finally mercifully equipped the ship with nine 420mm naval guns.You must know that all the large combat ships planned by Helena for the German Navy since the "Emden" class light cruiser all adopted the firepower design of six main guns without exception.

This is not because Helena does not know the importance of firepower density, but because these warships must obtain high speed and heavy armor with limited displacement. Considering that these two are the guarantees for the survivability of future German warships, so There is no room for compromise in the design, and then we can only choose firepower to prevent the displacement from getting out of control.Therefore, when the number and power of the battleship's main guns cannot be balanced, Helena can only decisively give priority to stacking critical strike attributes instead of stacking attack speed attributes, because only in this way can she be confident when facing opponents of the same level , and this is the origin of the "six-cannon cult" in the German Navy on this plane, because equipped with six main cannons is almost the bottom line for the number of artillery needed for warship calibration in this era.

The reason why the six-gun tradition of the German Navy’s large battleships on this plane did not continue on the new battleships is mainly because the power of the 420mm naval gun is sufficient to meet combat needs, so it can be considered under the condition that the power of the artillery has been basically satisfied. The density of firepower, coupled with the fact that the new battleship designed by Germany this time does not need to strictly limit the displacement, naturally allows more freedom of choice in the firepower layout of the battleship.This is probably the reason why the German battleship design broke away from the "six-cannon cult" and returned to the more orthodox three-seat triple-mounted orthodox design.

Chapter 335 I'm Really Not Worrying

Although Helena is very satisfied with the power of the 420mm naval guns in this plane, and although the German navy's top management and most designers also tend to adopt the scheme of three triple-mounted 420mm main guns, such a firepower configuration cannot make Hitler satisfy.Speaking of it, this is also Helena's mistake, because when she stated to Hitler the reason why Japan would never return to the treaty system, she revealed that Japan might be planning to use the metallurgical equipment just imported from Germany to build a super battleship, and she also gave it to Hitler by the way. It is judged that the caliber of the main gun of the new Japanese battleship may reach the 460mm level. This inference is not only derived from the assessment of Japan's metallurgical technology strength, but also because Helena has long known the "Yamato" built by Japan in the original historical plane. Class" super battleship technical parameters.

However, what Helena didn't expect was that after Hitler learned that Japan planned to equip their battleships with 460mm cannons, he immediately felt that the 420mm naval guns that his battleships were about to install were not fragrant enough, and then started arguing They clamored for designers to re-develop a new 480mm caliber naval gun.In Helena's eyes, it's like her own child saw that the toy bought by another child was bigger than the one in her own hand, so she cried to her parents and wanted to buy a bigger toy than others to restore her sense of superiority.Hitler's sudden willful behavior made Helena almost unable to hold back the urge to spank him on a chair. Over the years, she managed to pull the bratty German ship designers into the right path, but she still hadn't had time to rest. With a sigh of relief, Hitler started not to worry about Helena again.

Equipping the new battleship with a 50mm naval gun with a diameter of 420 times is of course not Helena's idea. The choice of such a naval gun specification is ultimately to ensure the damage efficiency against the enemy's treaty battleship.By carefully comparing the protective structures of the treaty-type battleships built by various countries in the original historical plane, Helena believes that when faced with the attack of 15-inch class naval guns, a well-designed treaty-type battleship can basically guarantee a certain range of combat distance. The safety of one's own core cabin, and this specific range of engagement distance is the "immunity zone" that is often said when discussing the attack and defense of warships.

The concept of immunity zones is very important to the tactical choice of battleships.Because when the combat distance of the two battleships decreases below the lower limit of the immune zone of your armor to the enemy shells, with the decrease of the falling angle of the enemy shells and the increase of the impact speed, the penetration of the vertical armor by the enemy shells will decrease. The depth will also increase synchronously. At this time, the vertical armor of your warship may be penetrated by the opponent; The penetration depth of horizontal armor will also increase with the increase of the shell's fall angle. At this time, the horizontal armor of your battleship may be penetrated.

And when your battleship is in the immune zone of your armor to enemy shells, you need to congratulate you, because at this time your battleship may still be damaged by enemy shells in the non-core area, but at least it is wrapped with ammunition depots and The core armored area of ​​important facilities such as the power cabin is basically safe.Therefore, an important principle of battleship artillery battle is to keep one's own battleship in the immune zone of the enemy's shells as much as possible, and let the enemy's warship be excluded from the immune zone of one's own shells as much as possible.At this time, your shells can pose a fatal threat to the core compartment of the enemy warship, but the opponent's shells cannot effectively penetrate your core compartment, and as long as you maintain this state, the balance of the goddess of victory will be very large. The odds are tilted in your favor.

The biggest reason why Helena chose the 50mm naval gun with 420 times the diameter is that the power of the gun just prevents the treaty battleship from finding the immune zone in front of it. That is to say, as long as the enemy's treaty battleship enters the engagement distance, its There is no security in the core compartment, and the next salvo of the gun may penetrate the boiler room, engine room and even the ammunition depot at any time.The new type of battleship can obtain a protection capability sufficient to ensure the safety of the core cabin at a normal combat distance through a displacement exceeding the treaty limit. Such a battleship can pose huge strategic pressure on British high-speed battleships and battlecruisers.

Helena is very clear that the purpose of Germany's construction of battleships is definitely not to compete with the main fleet of the British. Now the British have at least five "Queen Elizabeth" class battleships, five "Revenge" class battleships, and two "Nelson" class battleships. "class battleship, two "Prestige" class battlecruisers, and one "Hood" class battlecruiser.Together with the five "King George V" class battleships ready to start construction, there are a total of 20 battleships/battlecruisers.These battleships are equipped with a total of 356 50mm caliber naval guns, 381 100mm caliber naval guns, 406 18mm caliber naval guns, and a total of 168 large caliber naval guns, just thinking about it makes Helena scalp Numb.In short, the gap between the German surface fleet and the United Kingdom is even greater than that in the Battle of Jutland. If the British guys die hard, then the final result is estimated that they can only rely on the sea valve to defend their dignity.

Fortunately, in the combat scenarios of the German navy on this plane, it is not necessary to defeat the main British fleet head-on. The most likely formidable enemies that German battleships will encounter are British high-speed battleships and battlecruisers. More specifically, the five "" George V" class battleship, plus two "Prestige" class and one "Hood" class battlecruiser.Except for these eight fast ships of the British Royal Navy, which can reach a speed close to 30 knots, the maximum speed of other battleships does not exceed 24 knots.As long as the German battleships don't play single-ship battles like the "Bismarck" in history and then get severely slowed down, it will be difficult for those slow battleships to find a chance to fight the German ships. If the German battleships are narrowed down to With the eight British fast ships, the British's advantage in the number of battleships was greatly weakened, which also gave the German battleships a chance to exert their quality advantages.

Equipping 50mm naval guns with a diameter of 420 times is an important means for Helena to compete for the quality advantage of German battleships. After all, although the "George V" class of the British in the historical plane did not adopt the design of inclined armor, it was equipped with 374mm vertical armor. The protection level of the armor box composed of the main horizontal armor of 124mm is quite considerable. It can basically be immune to the 20000mm naval gun of the German "Bismarck" class battleship within the distance of 28000 meters to 380 meters. The battle of the Denmark Strait also used practice. It proves that although the 380mm naval gun equipped by the "Bismarck" battleship beat the "Prince of Wales" in the "George V" class battleship quite embarrassingly, it did not hurt the British ship. The warship quickly partially recovered its combat capability through emergency repairs at sea.

Helena's requirements in the selection of German battleship guns are very simple: when facing the eight British fast ships in the future, if the combat situation is indeed favorable to Germany, the German battleship needs to be able to quickly deal with the opponent before the British reinforcements arrive ;Even if the combat situation is unfavorable, it must be able to quickly get rid of the opponent's entanglement, and it is best to make the opponent temporarily lose the ability to continue fighting.In view of the harsh weather conditions in the North Sea area, the distance between battleships is generally relatively short. It is far from enough for German battleships to achieve the above goals, just like the German "Scharnhorst" in the historical plane. Compared with the British battleship "Duke of York", the battleship has a speed advantage of about two knots. However, because the firepower of the German ship cannot cause fatal damage to the British ship, it slows down under the attack of the British ship. In the end, it is still difficult to escape. Fate to overtake and sink.

This is why Helena requires German battleships to be equipped with 50 times the caliber of 420mm naval guns. Only after German battleships have this level of firepower can they have sufficient choice when facing the eight British fast battleships. The disadvantage relative to the overall strength of the Royal Navy did not prevent Helena from pursuing local battlefield advantages.If the design of the battleship completely abandons the contest with the British fast battleship, then in Helena's opinion, it is better to give up the construction of a large battleship. Anyway, if it is only to suppress the British cruiser, the "Deutschland" class pocket battleship with a standard displacement of 15200 tons is also It is enough to use, but if there is no effective means to check and balance the British fast warships, it will inevitably make the German surface fleet trying to destroy the British anti-submarine blockade passive.

Hitler's fantasy of equipping battleships with 480mm cannons was ultimately rejected by Helena mercilessly. Although Helena spent a lot of extra time explaining to him the reason for choosing the 420mm caliber, Hitler's resentful little eyes finally It still made Helena a little soft-hearted. In the end, Helena promised to take him to Peenemünde to see the latest achievements of the rocket team after the Olympics. It may be that this more interesting new toy attracted attention. Hitler finally did not mention the 480mm giant Regarding the matter of the naval gun, Helena also heaved a sigh of relief.

After all, if Hitler wanted to build a battleship equipped with a 480mm naval gun, although the technical difficulty of the artillery itself did not exceed that of the 800mm "Gustav" gun made in Germany in history, it would still be difficult to ensure heavy armor and high speed. Under the circumstances, the standard displacement of this ship is estimated to be the rhythm of going straight to [-] tons, and even the slipway and dock will have to be re-expanded.Although Helena is very keen on building wonders, every wonder Helena builds has a strong purpose: either there is a practical need, or there is the potential to stimulate technological development, and soul painters like Hitler There is still a big difference in the unconstrained style.

Chapter 336 Big is better

After deciding to equip the new battleship with three triple-mounted 50-caliber 420mm main guns, what kind of platform to build these powerful naval guns has become a problem that ship designers must consider next. .However, Helena's views on this issue are quite different from her traditional style of weapon design. Her suggestion on the specifications of the new battleship platform is very simple and rude, that is, within the range allowed by Germany's existing infrastructure and technical reserves, Improve the design and technical indicators of the new battleship as much as possible. If it is more concise, it is within the acceptable limit. The bigger the new battleship is, the better.

Although Helena's suggestion sounds a bit like the decision made by those overjoyed decision makers in their heads, Helena can swear that the suggestion to build a new battleship is indeed a rational judgment made after careful consideration.Although making a warship bigger will inevitably lead to an increase in construction costs when the performance is improved, but when we weigh the overall cost performance of a certain weapon, the factors that need to be considered are not only performance and cost.It should be known that the construction of large warships is a systematic project involving a wide range of aspects, and there are many problems that cannot be solved in a short period of time by simply increasing investment.Among the many constraints on the current development of the German Navy, the problem of shipbuilding funds is the easiest one to solve at the moment.We know that to build a large warship like a battleship, sufficient construction funds are only a necessary condition but not a sufficient condition. You may also need to be mentally prepared for the following necessary conditions:

First of all, the construction of large warships generally takes a long period of time. In the historical plane, even if the shipbuilding efficiency was at the top level in Britain at that time, it would take three years and seven months to build the "King George V" with mediocre performance. It was realized in a basically peaceful external environment. Due to the shortage of raw materials caused by the war, the construction period of the fifth ship of this class of battleship was directly extended to five years and two months.Such a long construction period makes it difficult for the battleships built before and after the outbreak of the war to be successfully completed and fully function during the war. Therefore, all countries in the historical plane choose to cut down the battleships with low completion after participating in the war. Construction projects, so as to transfer valuable strategic resources to those military production departments that can realize the realization of combat effectiveness more quickly.

The second is that the construction of large warships is very dependent on heavyweight industrial infrastructure and high-quality technical craftsmen.Therefore, each country has a number of shipbuilding facilities and skilled craftsmen who can undertake the construction of large-scale warships such as battleships. It is also difficult to break through this limitation in the short term. After all, no matter whether it is the docks and slipways suitable for building large warships, the supporting hoisting machinery, advanced metal processing equipment, or craftsmen who can use these skillfully, they cannot be like bamboo shoots after the rain. Comes out of the ground at night.Battlefield consumables such as fighter planes and tanks can be cut down and even used for local construction when they are in a hurry, but if you dare to do this in the construction of large warships, the "Shinano" aircraft carrier built by Japan in the historical plane is alive and well. Lesson, if you build such a tofu dregs project that wastes people and money, you might as well not build it.

As long as you understand these principles, the motivation behind Helena's suggestion that the new type of battleship be built as big as possible is very clear.That is, taking into account the constraints of the scale of Germany's existing shipbuilding facilities and the number of skilled craftsmen, the number of large warships that the German Navy can use in future wars has actually been determined now.The berths and docks owned by the three existing German shipyards of Wilhelm, Kiel and Voss can build a total of six large warships at the same time when the production capacity is fully loaded.Two of the berths have just been vacated due to the launch of the "Scharnhorst" class battleship, while the other four are in full swing to build four aircraft carriers, and it is expected that the hull will be launched before the end of the year at the earliest.Calculated in this way, the German Navy can only start building six more large warships this year and next two years before the war begins. After that, it must temporarily stop the construction of large warships, because it will have to wait until the upcoming construction of new warships. The corresponding facilities and craftsmen can only be freed up after the six warships are launched. It is impossible for the large warships to be built at that time to be completed in the early stage of the war, and the large warships that cannot be completed quickly will inevitably become foodless during the war when resources are scarce. Meat tasteless.

Since they were the last few large battleships that could be started before the war, Helena naturally didn't think it was necessary to haggle over the tonnage.Although the construction of larger warships also means an increase in costs, the construction cycle of the ships will not be significantly prolonged because of this, provided that the current capacity of the German shipbuilding industry cannot be exceeded.What's more, even if it is purely considered from the perspective of economic cost, it is beneficial to build a new type of battleship larger, because a considerable proportion of the construction cost of a battleship is the depreciation of fixed assets. Considering that the German shipbuilding industry has a considerable The infrastructure is newly built in recent years, and the proportion of fixed assets depreciation expenses will be higher. Of course, this is also the main reason why German warships are generally more expensive than British warships. Most of British shipbuilding facilities have been completed or close to them after many years of use. After the depreciation is completed, the depreciation expenses of fixed assets in the shipbuilding cost will naturally be lowered.The additional result of the higher proportion of fixed asset depreciation is that it is more cost-effective for the German Navy to build large ships than to build small ships, because the berth cycle you need to build a small ship is not much less than that of a large ship, so the corresponding depreciation of fixed assets is no more than How much less to build a big ship.

For example, in the historical plane, Germany needs nearly 8580 million Reichsmarks to build the "Hippel" class cruiser, but it only needs 14347 million Reichsmarks to build the "Scharnhorst" class battleship, and the much larger "Bismarck" class The cost of battleships has only risen to 19680 million Reichsmarks.The economic cost of building a small ship because it cannot make full use of the newly updated fixed capital should have been very clear from the above data.Therefore, regardless of economic cost or time cost, Germany's new battleships need to be built larger if conditions permit to be more cost-effective. Of course, this conclusion is also due to the particularity of Germany's national conditions, that is, the reconstruction period is too short and fixed. The asset depreciation fee is too high, and it may not be applicable if it is placed in other countries.

The original "Germany" class pocket battleship drawn by book friends

The "Deutschland" class pocket battleship on this plane has a standard displacement of 15200 tons and is equipped with two triple-mounted 283mm main guns.A total of four ships of this class were built, namely the first ship "Deutschland", the second ship "Admiral Scheer", the third ship "Earl Spey", and the fourth ship "Blücher" .

This picture is still drawn by the book friend "Storm Assault Meow", thank you very much.

Chapter 337 Create the Peak

Among the six new large warships to be built by the German Navy in this plane, the construction share of four will be allocated to new battleships, while the remaining two are planned to be used to build armored aircraft carriers. The last batch of large battleships that can be built before the war.If all the work goes well, plus the two "Scharnhorst" class battleships and four protective aircraft carriers that are still under construction, the German Navy in this plane will get six battleships and six battleships in the near future. There are two regular aircraft carriers as the core force of the surface fleet, and two super cruise ships built according to military standards also have the potential to be transformed into aircraft carriers in a relatively short period of time.

Although the lineup of fourteen large warships is rather shabby compared to Britain, the United States and even Japan, it is indeed much better than the situation in which Germany only had four large warships available in the historical plane.Of course, this is inseparable from the objective factors that the economic foundation of Germany in the original plane is far stronger than that in the historical plane, but the influence of subjective factors cannot be ignored: for example, compared with the embarrassing situation in the previous plane where grandma does not hurt and uncle does not love, After all, the German Navy in this plane has Hermann Goering, a close friend of Hitler, who is helping to ask for funds; another example is because of Helena’s strong request, the German Navy in this plane has made drastic moves as early as the beginning of the formulation of the shipbuilding plan. The construction plan of the "Hipper" class heavy cruiser with poor cost performance in the historical plane was completely cut off, and the dedicated ocean-going assault ship projects such as the P-class and O-class were naturally also cancelled, which really saved the German Navy. Many valuable resources.Thanks to the double impact of the increase in the total amount of resources and the improvement in resource utilization efficiency, the improvement of the cards in the hands of the German Navy has become a matter of course.

According to the principle proposed by Helena to make the new ship as large as possible under the existing infrastructure and technical reserve conditions, the new battleship was finally designed as a behemoth with a standard displacement of 60500 tons. It is the largest battleship other than the "Yamato-class" built by Japan with all its national funds. Even if the United States and the Soviet Union failed to build the two last-generation battleships, the "Montana-class" and the "Sulian-class", their standard displacement is the same as this Compared with the new battleship, it is only between the two.Although Helena doesn't know whether the "Montana-class" and "Sulian-class" can make up for the regret of the aborted construction plan in history after changing the plane, she believes that the comprehensive combat capability of this new type of battleship to be built by Germany is absolutely incomparable. It will not be inferior to any competing products. After all, under Helena's careful education over the years, today's German designers have already got rid of the bad habit of wasting water in the historical plane.

In fact, as early as when the "Scharnhorst" class battleship on this plane was still on the drawing board, Helena had unreservedly contributed all the available battleship design skills she could think of.Therefore, although the size of the new battleship has increased significantly compared with the "Scharnhorst" class battleship, the basic design framework of the hull has not shown leapfrog progress. From this perspective, the new battleship is more like "the original plane" The enlarged version of the "Scharnhorst"-class battleship, after all, it can be done in the field of basic design of the battleship. Helena has almost done it on the "Scharnhorst"-class battleship. Now What the new type of battleship can do is to continue to improve the details on the basis of the previous type.

The new battleship has a length of 272.4 meters and a maximum width of 37.2 meters.It still adopts the flat-deck hull design with upturned sheer at the front. The elegant parabolic bow and the modern rounded stern are the iconic features of German warships on this plane. The SV bulbous bow that reduces wave-making resistance within a certain range and the tail wedge that also has the effect of reducing drag make the new battleship have very good adaptability to high sea conditions and the most superior resistance characteristics of this era.

The power system of the new battleship is the same as the "Scharnhorst" class battleship on this plane. It uses a combination of 12 circular furnace water tube supercharged boilers and four series/parallel impulse steam turbines. However, the steam of the new battleship Compared with the "Scharnhorst" class battleship, the parameters have been slightly improved: the temperature has increased from 450 degrees to 475 degrees Celsius, and the steam pressure has also increased from 50 kg/cm55 to 28 kg/cm34.With higher steam parameters and increased boiler volume, the power system of the new battleship can generate a total output power of more than [-] horsepower.By driving four high-efficiency dual-pitch closed-knife-shaped five-blade propellers, such a strong power output is expected to allow the huge battleship to easily run at an amazing speed of over [-] knots. The rudder system of the new battleship still uses one main and three auxiliary. The unique design not only has good turning performance but also has excellent damage resistance.

The vertical protection design of the new battleship basically follows the structure of the "Scharnhorst" class on the original plane.The vertical armor belt with a 20-degree inclination angle still adopts a three-layer composite structure with the effect of stripping the cap: the outermost layer is a homogeneous armor with a thickness of 70 mm specially used to destroy the cap of incoming shells, and the middle layer is made of The foam cement with a thickness of 250 mm will be completely stripped off by the cap and the projectile body, and the innermost layer is the main armor composed of case-hardened steel with a thickness of 305 mm (the lower end is thinned to 200 mm). The unique vertical protection system cooperates with the horizontal armor to protect the core module with a length of 154 meters, and the two ends of the core module are sealed with 380 mm thick vertical armor walls.It can be said that the vertical protection design of the new battleship is exactly the same as that of the "Scharnhorst" class, except that the thickness of the inner main armor has been increased from 280 mm to 305 mm.

The horizontal protection is one of the few new battleships that differs greatly from the "Scharnhorst" class. The horizontal protection of the "Scharnhorst" class battleships in this plane adopts a single-layer design with a large thickness. The 160 mm single layer of horizontal armor is located on the third deck of the battleship, and the area above this layer of horizontal armor, including the exposed deck, is completely unprotected by armor.Although the new battleship also has a main horizontal armor with a thickness of 160 mm on the third deck, in order to further improve the horizontal protection capability of the battleship, the new battleship has added a 50 mm thick exposed deck armor and a 105 mm thick armor on top of the main horizontal armor. Auxiliary armor box consisting of thick upper vertical armor.

In this way, before the incoming shell hits the 160 mm thick main horizontal armor, it must first pass through the upper auxiliary armor box. Although this auxiliary armor box cannot directly resist the shells of the specifications above the light cruiser, it is used to destroy the enemy. The caps of the shells are more than enough, so the protection system of the new battleship is like the Italian "Veneto" class battleship, which has a stripped cap structure in both vertical and horizontal directions. Only in the vertical direction has the peeling cap structure.In addition to the function of stripping the cap, the newly added exposed deck armor can also provide a certain degree of protection against bombs dropped by the aircraft: the instantaneously triggered high-explosive aerial bombs are difficult to damage the deck protected by 50mm armor, and the larger armor-piercing aerial Although the bomb can penetrate this layer of exposed deck armor, it has a high probability of exploding between the two layers of horizontal armor before hitting the 160 mm thick main horizontal armor, which can also achieve the purpose of protecting the main horizontal armor.

The underwater protection of the new battleship is still a four-layer structure composed of "expansion compartment", "absorption compartment", "collapse energy-absorbing compartment" and "filter compartment". The rear has 60 mm thick high elastic steel and a 60 mm to 180 mm thick underwater armor wall.Such an underwater protective structure has both the effects of lightning protection and waterproofing.Compared with the 6-meter underwater protection depth of the "Scharnhorst" class, the underwater protection depth of the new battleship has been increased to 6.4 meters, and the lightning protection effect is even better.Both the bow and stern of the new battleship have auxiliary armor boxes to protect the displacement and shafting. The front and rear auxiliary armor boxes are composed of 80 mm thick waterline vertical strips and 160 mm thick dome armor, but the thickness of the dome armor above the main wheelhouse is increased. to 230mm.

In addition, the protection of the turret and command tower of the new battleship is also improved compared with the "Scharnhorst" class. The armor of the turret is gradually thinned from 480 mm at the thickest side to the front and rear to 380 mm, and the front of the turret is inclined at 45 degrees. It is 510mm thick, with 320mm armor on the sides and rear of the turret, and 230mm horizontal armor on the top of the turret.The vertical armor thickness on all sides of the conning tower is 480 mm, while the horizontal armor thickness on the top is 230 mm.

In addition to being equipped with three triple-mounted 50-time-diameter 420mm naval guns as the main weapon, the new battleship is expected to install 15 dual-mounted 60-time-diameter 130mm anti-aircraft guns, and more small and medium-caliber rapid-fire guns plus 4 to 5 seaplanes.Although the main gun firepower of the new battleships is slightly inferior to that of the Japanese "Yamato" class and the American "Montana" class battleships in the original historical plane, it is more than enough to deal with the battleships that the UK may acquire in the future. Moreover, the new battleships have a huge speed advantage Under the circumstances, the overall protection level is not weaker than the above two. Helena believes that in the military forums of later generations, the new type of battleship can still compete with "Yamato" or "Montana" for the crown of the strongest battleship, although the new type of battleship It is quite different from the design positioning of "Yamato" and "Montana", after all, the two are actually closer to the positioning of fundamentalist artillery battles.

Chapter 338 There is still a backhand

Although the German Navy is already preparing to build a new type of battleship into a behemoth with a standard displacement of [-] tons, Germany is not prepared to keep the information of the super battleship project strictly secret for a long time like Japan in the historical plane. It is time to actively disclose the news of Germany's construction of new battleships to the United Kingdom and the United States, and in order to give full legitimacy to Germany's construction of super battleships, Helena also plans to share the information of Japan's construction of larger battleships to Britain and the United States at the same time. I can't wait to see the wonderful expressions of Britain and the United States after learning this information.

After all, the British guys in the historical plane were still thinking about how to persuade Japan to return to the treaty system until 1938. In fact, Japan at that time had already begun to lay the keel of the "Yamato" battleship.As for the United States, although it obtained the information that Japan was building a new battleship through the intelligence agency at the end of 1937, it only regarded the ship as an enhanced version of the treaty ship. to such an insane level.With Japanese super battleships blocking guns in front, Germany can justifiably say that its behavior is a necessary measure to deal with the Japanese threat. Britain and the United States probably have no position to accuse Germany of not reporting the previous knowledge. After all, Japan built super battleships on Germany itself. The information obtained from the analysis, no matter when it is shared with you, it is the duty of love, and it is the duty to keep it from you.

Helena naturally knows that Britain and the United States will definitely not believe Germany's rhetoric. Although Japan's construction of super battleships is indeed a great threat to Britain, the United States and even France's Asian colonies, but now Germany's Asian colonies have been carved up by the Allies. Now using the Japanese threat theory as a guise to bully others won't read the map?Could it be that Japan has worked so hard to build a super battleship just to go across the ocean and go to Europe to attack you, Germany?But Helena said that Germany does not need to care about these doubts at all. Everyone on the earth knows that in international politics, the reason is not to convince other countries, or even to convince oneself, but to make everyone look good. Just get over it.

The purpose of Helena's preparation to reveal the intelligence of Japan's construction of super battleships to the United Kingdom and the United States is not only to provide reasons for the German battleships exceeding the standard, but her deeper purpose is to detonate the super battleship competition among industrial countries in advance.In the historical plane, due to the outbreak of the world war, a new round of naval arms race that had been ready to go ended without a problem, including the "Montana" class battleships of the United States, the "Lion" class battleships of the United Kingdom, and the "Alsace" class battleships of France. "class battleships and the Soviet Union's "Soviet" class battleships, the doomsday behemoths either stayed on the designer's drawing board forever, or stopped follow-up due to a shortage of resources when the degree of completion was very low. construction work.

But if Germany now produces enough intelligence evidence to prove that Japan is building an unimaginable giant battleship, the construction of the US super battleship will inevitably be greatly advanced.At this time, when the United Kingdom learned that Japan, Germany, and the United States had or were about to start construction of super battleships, even if the empire’s finances were already shy, it had to grit its teeth and build new battleships, otherwise the British Empire for hundreds of years. Sea supremacy can be regarded as coming to an end.But at this time, even if the UK immediately issued bids to various shipyards, it would lag behind Germany by about two years in terms of construction start time.If it is in normal times, two years may be nothing at all, but in this critical period of preparations, falling behind for two years is enough to turn into a fatal mistake.

Therefore, according to Helena's plan, Germany only needs to temporarily conceal the news until 1938 and then inform the United Kingdom and the United States. Even if the United Kingdom can start building its own super battleship that year, it can only complete half of it by 1940. At this time, the German battleship is estimated to have entered the final stage of outfitting.Just imagine that if the war breaks out at this time, the super battleship that has just been built half way will be a huge negative asset for Britain: if you choose to continue building, it will consume very precious and valuable strategic resources in the war, and it will be difficult to Serve in a short period of time and form actual combat effectiveness; if you choose to dismantle it directly in the dock, the huge investment in the early stage will all be turned into a dream, and the wasted funds are enough for the British to feel distressed for a long time; if you choose to throw it directly in the dock and leave it alone Well, then the shipyard occupied by this big thing can't be used for other purposes. You must know that the giant shipyard and shipway are limited and extremely important strategic production facilities in any country.In short, no matter what the British guy chooses, the waste of resources caused by the semi-finished battleship is enough to make John Bull beat his chest.

Germany is preparing to disclose to the United Kingdom and the United States the news that Japan is building a super battleship. In addition to the two motives of creating legitimacy for its own shipbuilding and tricking the United Kingdom into wasting resources, there is actually a sinister plot to intensify the geopolitical conflict between the United States and Japan in advance. After all According to the pissing nature of the Showa staff officers in Japan in the historical plane, if they know that the United States has obtained information about the "Yamato" class battleship through other channels, and is also building targeted super battleships that can restrain the "Yamato" class, say Maybe they will choose to advance the time for the surprise attack on the United States. After all, the longer the time is delayed, the smaller Japan's stock advantage will be. It is not a joke that the industrial output value of the United States is seven or eight times that of Japan.As long as Germany in its own plane does not get involved with the mad dog Japan, and the intensification of the conflict between the United States and Japan is earlier than the intensification of the conflict between the United States and Germany, it will be very beneficial to increase Germany's strategic room for maneuver in Europe.

Of course, it would be even better if Germany, on the premise of achieving the above goals, can also trick France into building the "Alsace" battleship that failed to get out of the drawing board in the historical plane. After all, no matter how strong the French navy is, it cannot be controlled. In the war with Germany, if France is willing to spend more military spending on super battleships that are destined to be impossible to complete, Helena warmly welcomes this.After all, France has only so many strategic resources, and the investment in other places in the construction of super battleships will inevitably be discounted.Of course, the above ideas are still only in the private brewing of Helena and Hitler, and how much they can be achieved depends on diplomatic efforts.

Chapter 339 House Construction

As the opening date of the 11th Summer Olympic Games to be held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, draws closer, the urban reconstruction project of Berlin, which lasted for more than three years, has finally entered its final stage.In the past three years or so, the appearance of the entire city of Berlin can be described as changing with each passing day: the main stadium that can accommodate more than [-] spectators has sprung up in the western suburbs of the city, and several old and congested roads have been expanded. The construction of a large-scale underground pipe gallery not only adds a new subway line to Berlin, but also incorporates the cobweb-like transmission lines along the pipe gallery into the underground space of the design specification. One point is enough to make the sky that was cut to pieces by the criss-crossing wires become clear and bright.

However, compared to these dizzying and grand construction projects above, the more valuable urban transformation project in Helena's eyes is the transformation of the slums around Berlin, and the result of this transformation project is the workers' residential buildings built in prefabricated assembly mode. .When it comes to residential buildings built using prefabricated assembly models, the first thing that comes to mind may be the famous "Khrushchev Building".This kind of residential building, which was built on a large scale in the early 60s, can be said to be the most representative Soviet-style building during Khrushchev's administration.Although from the perspective of later generations, this kind of residence can only be described as crude, not to mention the small and cramped interior space, and the thin walls also make this kind of residence often criticized for its thermal insulation and sound insulation effects.However, it is undeniable that under the background of the rapid urbanization of the Soviet Union in the 60s, this kind of housing allowed the Soviet Union to basically realize the goal of home ownership in the shortest time.

Although Helena did draw on the idea of ​​standardized production and modular assembly of the "Khrushchev House" when assisting Speer in formulating the urban reconstruction plan for Berlin, Helena did not turn the residences in Germany into Helu It is a replica of Xiaofu Building, but has carried out major technological innovations in the building structure system.For this reason, she borrowed from later generations the structure of the double-sided laminated slab shear wall, which is commonly known as the "double skin wall" in China.As the name implies, the double-sided laminated board is composed of two concrete wall panels. The two concrete wall panels are combined by a steel truss and form a cavity in the middle. As long as the laminated board is installed on site, it will be placed in the cavity. Concrete is poured in, and the resulting overall stressed wall is the double-sided laminated slab shear wall.Compared with the ordinary prefabricated panels used in the "Khrushchev Building", the double-sided laminated panels used by Helena in the construction of the workers' residences on this plane have many advantages.

First of all, the longitudinal connection of double-sided laminated slab shear walls is stronger than that of ordinary prefabricated slab shear walls. Concrete is poured in the cavity to connect the upper and lower walls into a whole, while the longitudinal connection of ordinary prefabricated slab shear walls is to pour concrete against the grouting holes reserved on the prefabricated slab, which is equivalent to bonding the upper and lower walls together through concrete. That's it, its joint surface is far less than that of laminated slab shear walls.

Secondly, the construction speed of double-sided laminated slab shear wall is faster than that of ordinary prefabricated slab shear wall, and the quality and reliability of construction are also higher than that of ordinary prefabricated slab shear wall.This is mainly because the cavity between the two wall panels of the laminated slab shear wall is much larger than the sleeve diameter of the ordinary prefabricated slab, which is not only conducive to timely adjustment during installation, but also conducive to observing the construction quality during pouring.Therefore, the installation speed of the laminated plate shear wall is almost twice that of the ordinary shear wall.

Thirdly, double-sided laminated slabs of the same area are lighter than ordinary prefabricated slabs. Due to the existence of internal cavities, the weight of uncast double-sided laminated slabs is only about half that of ordinary prefabricated slabs. The double-sided laminated slab can be hoisted with a smaller tower crane; or when using the same specification tower crane, the double-sided laminated slab can be hoisted with a larger wall.This further improves the construction efficiency and reduces the dependence on large machinery.

It is precisely with this advanced prefabricated assembly structure that Germany on this plane has been able to build millions of workers' residences at an astonishing speed in a short period of time, basically eliminating the shanty towns that can be seen everywhere around large and medium-sized cities.Since the prefabricated parts and supporting facilities inside the houses are highly standardized, the cost of purchasing building materials can be reduced through large-scale industrial production. In addition, the land management company controlled by the German government has basically monopolized the land in the country. Therefore, the cost of land allocation for public works construction can be controlled at a low level.Moreover, in the case of financial and monetary integration, the current German government actually does not need to rely on buying and selling land to provide financial funds.Therefore, the original German government has been quite successful in controlling the cost of new housing.

3 Chapter Forty

The double-sided laminated slab shear wall structure has improved some of the problems of the "Khrushchev Building" in the historical plane, except that the longitudinal structure mentioned above is stronger and more durable, the construction speed is faster, and the quality and reliability are higher. In addition to the advantages of lighter weight of the prefabricated modules of the same area, the living comfort of buildings using this structure is also greatly improved compared with the "Khrushchev Building".This is mainly because the double-layer laminated slab can be prefabricated and compounded with asbestos and other sound-insulating and heat-insulating materials in advance, and self-compacting concrete with a thickness of hundreds of millimeters must be poured between the two-layer wall panels during the construction process, so this double-layer laminated slab structure is in use. The performance of sound insulation, heat preservation and anti-seepage is better than that of ordinary prefabricated panel structures. That is to say, the Soviet Union’s "Khrushchev Building" in the historical plane has been complained about the most. Prefabricated houses have been improved to varying degrees.

Although some of the ills of early prefabricated buildings have been solved through structural improvement, what Helena must admit is that these residential buildings built in a short period of time are far from comfortable, and the main reason for this discomfort is The reason is similar to the "Khrushchev" building in the Soviet Union in the historical plane, that is, in order to save the cost of building materials and shorten the construction time as much as possible, all the apartment types are designed to be low and narrow: the clear height of the bedroom and the living room It is only 2.55 meters tall. After standing on tiptoes, a tall adult male can almost touch the ceiling of the living room with his arms raised. The height of the kitchen and bathroom is only 2.25 meters. According to the different population of each household, These prefabricated houses are divided into one-bedrooms with a usable area of ​​36 square meters, two-bedrooms with a usable area of ​​48 square meters, and three-bedrooms with a usable area of ​​60 square meters, but the comprehensive per capita usable area is only about 10 square meters.The number of floors of all new residential buildings is designed to be six floors, so that the cost of installing elevators can be saved logically.

Although in Helena's eyes, the prefabricated residential buildings built in Germany can only barely reach the pass line of not being anti-human, but this kind of residential buildings with simple construction is still very popular among the former shanty town workers.After all, compared to the original dirty and messy suburban shantytowns with extremely poor infrastructure, no matter how simple the prefabricated residential facilities are, there are four connections for water, electricity, heating, no matter how narrow the space, each household has its own bathroom and kitchen, and no matter how it looks Simplicity is also neatly planned.These few rules alone make many workers who have just moved in from the shantytowns think that they are living in a mansion.The most important thing is that they don't need to pay too much for such a house. Each household only needs to pay a symbolic 50 marks for house maintenance every year, and you can live in this house for a long time. The money is about It was only equivalent to about [-]% of the average salary income of German workers at that time, but residents must first join the labor front organization to enjoy such preferential treatment.

The large-scale construction of low-income residential buildings undoubtedly greatly enhanced the prestige of Hitler's government among ordinary people. Even Goebbels, head of the Propaganda Department, proudly boasted that Germany is the only country in the world that has eliminated urban slums.However, when Hitler inspected these residential buildings accompanied by Speer, who was in charge of urban reconstruction work, he was quite critical of these new buildings with a simple and monotonous appearance, but Hitler's focus seemed to be different from that of Helena. On the channel, Helena mainly felt that the interior space of these residences was too cramped. Although this was a helpless choice under the constraints of time and cost, Hitler’s focus was that these residential areas lacked an artistic atmosphere. Remote towns should also have some culture and beauty. This art candidate who failed the exam is still obsessed with his dream. It is said that he also gave such orders to various places in the original historical plane.

Hitler's order immediately put poor Speer in a difficult situation. For this talented architect, it is not difficult to design the building with an artistic sense. The problem is that the cost of buildings with beautiful appearance is often difficult to control. Although many Soviet buildings in the Stalin period in the historical plane are far more exquisite than those in the Khrushchev period, the expensive Stalinist buildings are difficult to meet the housing needs of the rapidly expanding urban population in the Soviet Union.In the end, Helena gave Speer a way to improve the artistic atmosphere without spending more money, that is, to open the side blank walls of some newly-built houses to the art students of various colleges and universities as creative walls. In the name of social practice during the holidays, these students were organized to paint with paint or create reliefs with cement on these blank walls. After these works were completed, residents who were preparing to move in were asked to vote on these works, and finally the creation with the highest votes The group will be awarded the title of "Young Artists Loved by the Masses".

After Helena's suggestions were adopted by Speer, it really attracted a large number of art students from various colleges and universities. Driven by the exquisite award certificates with a wholesale price of only two marks, these passionate literary youths turned into free labor. Flocks of five joined the movement that required to bring their own dry food. Later, many folk artists also joined the ranks of creation. Helena thought that if Hitler’s psychological endurance was not considered and he did not accept wild and unrestrained modern art, he might still be able to attract More art lovers join the competition.Hitler was very satisfied with this activity during his subsequent inspections. He even wanted to participate in the creation competition as a folk artist in a whimsical way. He bought the paint, even the ladder and the hanging basket. In the end, Hitler reluctantly gave up his plan to participate in the competition under the earnest persuasion of his staff.

Chapter 341 Regeneration of Labor Force

Although Najib Germany in the original historical plane had also built a considerable scale of social security system, but in Helena's eyes, the social security system construction of Najib Germany in the original historical plane undoubtedly lacked a clear idea. To a large extent, China's social security construction can only be used as a means for the Najib Party to bribe the people, or as an image project to show the superiority of the so-called state social system to the outside world.Of course, the Najib Party in this plane cannot be completely exempt from these aspects. Gaining political support at home and establishing a national image abroad are still important motives for the construction of its social security system. There is still a big difference in terms of comparison, that is, it did not spend money in a disorderly manner, but under Helena's intervention and influence, it initially possessed a good system and clear purpose.

The Nazi party in the historical plane has established the rule over the whole of Germany on the surface, but this party's ability to dispatch internal resources in Germany is actually quite weak. The main reason for this weakness is: Najib in the historical plane The party's ruling foundation and the objects it must serve are torn apart.Before the Najib Party came to power, the main composition of party members was 28.1% of workers, 25.6% of company employees, 20.7% of freelancers, and 14.1% of farmers.

But this political party, which is mainly composed of industrial workers and enterprise employees, urban petty bourgeoisie and peasants, has to face an embarrassing reality in the process of gaining power and actually governing: that is, the Nacho party must win the Junkers and the big bourgeoisie. Only the nodding and agreement of the class can take power, and it must rely on the support of these two classes to be in power stably. However, there are irreconcilable contradictions between the two classes and the class that constitutes the foundation of the Najib Party in terms of interest demands.

To establish a systematic and sustainable social security system in the cracks of such contradictions is simply an impossible task for the Najib Party in the original historical plane, because there is no government that can conjure up from the void. wealth to benefit the people.The biggest dilemma of the Nacho party in the original historical plane is that if they dare to carve up the cheese of Junkers and the big bourgeoisie, the tragic ending of Strasser and Roma is a lesson from the past, but if they do not have enough resources to maintain society If it is guaranteed, it will also lead to the collapse of the class foundation that the Najib Party relies on. In the historical plane, the post-tax wage income of workers in Najib Germany basically did not increase. The support of ordinary people for the Najib regime mainly comes from the extremely low unemployment rate and Improvement of social security level.

The result is that in order to solve the contradiction between the social foundation it relies on and the ruling class it must serve, the Najib Party can only turn into a suture monster who forcibly bridges class rifts by playing with extreme nationalism. The society established under such circumstances Naturally, it is impossible for the security system to have a solid economic foundation, let alone any system design and top-level planning.However, the situation in this plane is different. Germany’s large-scale reforms with the help of Helena managed to gradually control a considerable proportion of social resources in the hands of Hitler’s government without triggering the backlash of Juncker and the big bourgeoisie. This is also a prerequisite for establishing a systematic and efficient social security system.However, before starting to build a social security system, there is a question that must be answered, that is, what is the fundamental purpose of establishing a social security system?Because only by answering this question can we establish the guiding principles for the construction of the social security system.

According to the British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou, according to the law of diminishing marginal utility of income, the government establishes a social security system by taxing the rich, so that the redistributed income can be more equalized and the whole society can be improved. total welfare because the marginal utility of redistributing this income to the poor is greater than the marginal utility of distributing the same income to the rich.Although Pigou’s views had many theoretical limitations and were questioned by many economists in later generations, he did open the way for the research of welfare economics and had a profound impact on the establishment of post-war Western European welfare states.However, Helena's starting point in the construction of the German social security system in this plane is quite different from the views of welfare economists. Although Helena may not be particularly qualified as a strategy game player, because she cannot make living people in this plane They are all regarded as game codes, but this does not prevent her from measuring the effect of each policy with a more detached attitude.

In Helena's eyes, the most important significance of building a social security system for a modern country is that the technological revolution has enabled the socialization of production to increase with the development of productive forces. This labor reproduction process includes not only the recovery, renewal and development of the physical and mental strength of the laborers themselves, but also the reproduction and cultivation of the laborers' offspring.Originally, the reproduction process of the labor force was mainly undertaken by a single family, but the efficiency of the reproduction labor force of a small production unit like a family could not match the socialization process of production at all, and the fundamental purpose of the state to establish a social security system was to The direct participation in the reproduction process accelerates the socialization of labor reproduction and maximizes the efficiency of labor reproduction.