Compared with the huge controversy caused by the tonnage of capital ships, the countries quickly agreed on the tonnage of aircraft carriers, the total tonnage of Britain and the United States is 160,000, Japan is 96,000 tons, France and Italy are 70,000 tons each, in principle, the standard displacement of new aircraft carriers must not exceed 27,000 tons, and no guns above 8 inches (203 mm) are allowed.

Compared with another time and space, except for the greater total tonnage of aircraft carriers, the Washington Naval Conference did not produce significant results, and the final Naval Treaty of the Conference, which was similar to the Treaty of Versailles formed after the Paris Peace Conference, was only valid for 15 years.

In any case, the Washington Naval Treaty created a period of peace for the navies of all countries, during which they were finally able to take a breath and devote more energy to restoring the national economy and people's livelihood.

"The Versailles Treaty does not bring real peace, and neither does the Washington Naval Treaty, and wait and see, in 15 years' time, the arms race will be bigger and more widespread than it is now." Owen's assessment is quite objective, the United States is ambitious, Japan is ready to move, Britain is old and strong, France and Italy are unwilling to sink here, and some are fighting.

At this time, the British delegation was already on its way back to Britain, and the trip was fruitful, not only reaching the "Naval Treaty", but also signing the "Treaty on Island Dependencies and Territories in the Pacific Region", commonly known as the "Four-Power Treaty"; Finally, the "Nine-Power Pact" was signed, and the disputes between countries in the Pacific region came to an end for the time being.

The four-nation treaty, which is valid for 10 years, stipulates that the four countries "respect each other's rights to insular possessions and island territories in the Pacific region" and that a meeting of the States parties shall be convened to resolve disputes between the States parties concerning a question in the Pacific that cannot be resolved satisfactorily through diplomatic means. In the event of any threat to the rights of States Parties in the Pacific region, States Parties shall consult comprehensively in order to respond to the situation "jointly or individually by the most effective measures".

The Treaty also provided that "the agreement concluded at London on 13 July 1911 between Great Britain and Japan shall be terminated." ”

The Anglo-Japanese alliance came to an end.

"The "Naval Treaty" is still good, at least for a period of time to ensure world peace, 15 years later, who can say for sure-" Roque is in a good mood, there is a special term called "naval holiday" during this period after the signing of the "Naval Treaty", this "holiday" of course does not mean vacation, but refers to the fact that the navies of various countries have begun to tilt towards technology and power from blindly pursuing tonnage and artillery caliber.

Speaking of technology, Britain's technical reserves in the navy are still quite good, after all, it is a "sun never sets" empire that has led the world for hundreds of years.

There are some things that Roque can't tell Ou Wenming.

In the event of another world war, the Royal Navy would not be able to play much of a role because of the lack of opponents, but the Southern African Navy, which was supposed to provide protection for the East Indies, would face a strong challenge from Japan.

Roque's attitude now is very clear, the "Naval Conference" only stipulates the total tonnage of the capital ships of each country, and does not clearly stipulate the auxiliary ships.

This gave Roque the opportunity to exploit the loophole, Southern Africa is not equipped with capital ships, but it can be equipped with a large number of destroyers, light and heavy cruisers, which can also replace the role of capital ships.

As for aircraft carriers, southern Africa will produce a large number of ocean-going transport ships in the future, and if necessary, these transport ships can be easily converted into aircraft carriers, not to mention that each one carries one or two hundred fighters, even if it can only carry fifty or sixty aircraft, and more ants can bite the elephant to death.

What makes Roque gratified is that although Japan's national strength has increased, the Japanese naval commanders are rigid in their thinking, stubbornly conservative, still do not attach importance to the discovery of new technologies and new weapons, blindly pursue the "caliber is justice" before World War I, and continue to go further and further on the road of giant ships and artillery.

Don't look at the current battleships of 30,000 or 40,000 tons, all of them are giants, and compared with the "Yamato" and "Musashi" that Japan will build in the future, the standard displacement of the "Yamato" class battleships is 64,000 tons, and the full load displacement is 72,810 tons, which is the largest tonnage battleship in the history of mankind.

Japan's persistence in battleships seriously affected the development of Japan's fleet, and the battleship "Yamato" even participated in the war, while the battleship "Musashi" was sunk by US carrier-based planes without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, which became the greatest tragedy in the history of the navy.

Roque will fight for more benefits for the Southern African Navy next, and the 160,000-ton aircraft carrier Britain will definitely not be able to use up, and a part of it will be distributed to Southern Africa, which can also reduce the pressure on the British government.

The Royal Navy is equipped with capital ships with a gross tonnage of 500,000 tons, and in fact the pressure is not small.

If the British government is overwhelmed, then Southern Africa doesn't mind taking three or five ships from the Royal Navy to relieve some pressure on the Royal Navy.

"The Americans are really extravagant, I just heard the news that the United States is ready to sink the battleship 'Washington', which is almost 75 percent complete, as a target ship, if only it could be sold to our Southern African Navy." Unfortunately, the South Dakota-class battleship had a standard displacement of 43,200 tons and was armed with 12 50x-diameter 16-inch guns, which was larger than the largest British battleship "Hood".

Of the six "South Dakota" class battleships built by the United States, except for the "Washington" battleship, which was to be sunk as a target ship, the other five were to be dismantled and sold as scrap metal.

The largest buyer of "scrap iron" in the United States is Japan.

The Japanese Navy relied on "collecting rags" from the United States to build a world-class naval fleet.

"You go to contact the U.S. government, buy those hulls, as long as you promise to convert them into civilian ships, the U.S. government will definitely agree." Roque was uneasy and kind, why should the "scrap iron" be taken away by Japan, and southern Africa also wanted to "collect the rags".

Don't underestimate the profession of "collecting rags", the income can only be matched by subway begging, and serious office workers can't compare with others.

One of the very important reasons why southern Africa's purchase of France's "Normandy" class battleships in the name of the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa did not arouse strong opposition from the United States and Japan is that the various data of the "Normandy" class battleships are actually far behind the mainstream battleships, and even if they are completed, they will not pose much of a threat to the super battleships of the United States and Japan.

The "South Dakota" class battleships are different, unless the "South Dakota" class battleships are converted into civilian ships, once they are built, they will pose a huge threat to the fleets of the United States and Japan, and then the whole world will not be "BIG 7", but "BIG 12", which is absolutely unacceptable to the United States and Japan.

"I'm going to try it, buy two towed back and turn them into yachts, and put a few guns on them to blow up fish." Xiao Si is ambitious, a 43,200-ton yacht -

It's really rich!

In fact, the US Navy has demolished more than six "South Dakota" class battleships, and according to the provisions of the "Naval Conference," the six "Lexington" class battlecruisers under construction in the United States will also be demolished, except for two converted into aircraft carriers.

The "Lexington" class battlecruiser, with a standard 43,500 tons, a full load of 44,638 tons, a power system of 180,000 horsepower (note: suspected shaft horsepower) electric transmission steam turbine, a maximum speed of 35 knots, can be said to be the fastest warship in the world.

With such a large tonnage, it is still running so fast that the ten 50-fold 14-inch guns equipped with the "Lexington" class battle cruisers are irrelevant, and the US government is indeed bold, and most of them are reluctant to change it to the British government.

In the case of the British government, it simply did not have the strength to build so many battleships and battle cruisers at the same time, and the Americans were so wealthy.

"You can try it, and if you convert it into a yacht, you have to build a special port where you can dock." Owen laughed, a battleship of more than 40,000 tons, the draft depth is about ten meters, and the general port really can't get in.

"It's okay, I'll allow you to dock at Edward's Naval Harbor." Roque is also quite like looking at what kind of mood the Americans will be if the "South Dakota"-class battleships are converted into yachts.

"Hehe, no, I have my own port-" Xiao Si didn't give Roque and Owen a chance to laugh at him, don't forget that Xiao Si is the capital of southern Africa, and the whole of Rhodesia is a South African company.

It was only then that Roque remembered that when Nyasaland and Rhodesia divided Portuguese East Africa, Roque had assigned both Bella and Solafa to Rhodesia.

Both Bella and Solafa are natural harbors that can dock large ships such as the South Dakota-class battleships.

Port Edward, by contrast, was dug up by workers of African descent at the mouth of the Zambezi River, with spades and spades.

However, Port Edward is now much larger than Beira and Saurafa, and as the largest port in southern Africa around the Indian Ocean, Port Edward has not stopped construction, and is second only to Los Angeles in Nyasaland in terms of city size, population and economic power.

The road was uneventful, and by the time the British delegation arrived in London, it was already November 22.

In November, London was still foggy and steamy, and the pollution level was worse than in previous years.

Roque was also speechless, and George V and the MPs also knew that London was very polluted, but they stayed in their country villas in the winter and would not be disturbed by the smog, so they let it go, causing the situation to get worse and worse.

If this is in southern Africa, if no one else says it, the mayor of London will definitely be held accountable.

Every winter, hundreds of people die in London due to air pollution, and at its worst it was thousands a year.

ps: It's painful to celebrate the festival every year, there are many relatives, and there are almost every day -