In fact, France is really not as unbearable as Roque said, but it was also the former "world's first army", and in terms of navy, the French actually have ambitions.

It's just a pity that the ambitions of the French do not match the strength of France.

Due to the long-term influence of the "new school" of ideas emphasizing torpedo boats and cruiser operations, the French navy vacillated in terms of strategy, and it was not until 1909 that the French government realized that the French navy had fallen to the fifth place in the world, far behind not only Britain and Germany, but also the United States and Italy, so France began to build dreadnoughts.

In 1909, the French Navy began construction of the first French dreadnought-class battleship, the Colbe-class battleship.

The battleships of this class were ill-fated, the design itself was problematic, and France lacked experience in building dreadnoughts, and as a result, by the time the Kolbe-class battleships were built, they were already far behind the battleships of other countries.

What to do if you fall behind, continue to build, so there are Breton-class battleships.

The Brittany-class battleships were strictly an upgraded version of the Kolbe-class battleships, with similar hulls and power, except that the caliber of the main guns was upgraded from 305 mm to 340 mm for the Kolbe-class battleships.

The weight of the 340 mm guns was much larger than that of the 305, and even so, the displacement of the Brittany-class battleships was about the same as that of the Kolbe-class battleships, and the French were amazing.

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

A total of four Kolbe-class battleships were built: the Colbe, the Ocean (formerly Jean Bar), the Paris, and the France.

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

Seven dreadnoughts have been built, still the fifth in the world, and the brutality of the arms race can be seen.

In order to cope with the increasingly fierce arms race, the French government had to launch a new shipbuilding program, which was the Normandy-class battleship.

A total of five Normandy-class battleships were built, the lead ship "Normandy" was laid in Saint-Zenard in 1913, the "Languedoc", "Flender" and "Gascony" were laid in Bordeaux, Brest and Lorient in the same year, and the fifth sister ship "Béarn" was laid in La Sena the following year.

When the keel of the Normandy-class battleships was laid, the world war had not yet broken out, and just after the launch of the first ship "Normandy", the world war broke out, and the construction of the Normandy-class battleships was stopped.

During the World War, France made several attempts to restart the Normandy-class battleships, but they never succeeded, and even the main guns prepared for the Normandy-class battleships were affected.

During the World War, some of the guns 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 caliber expansion and boring; Some of them were looted by the Germans and their whereabouts are unknown, and the entire project had to be re-planned if construction was to continue.

After the end of the World War, the French government once again prepared to restart the Normandy-class battleships, only to realize that if they were to restart, the construction could last as long as six to seven years.

The Normandy-class battleship was established in 1912, and according to the planning of the French government, the Normandy-class battleship was completed after completion, with a displacement of about 25,000 tons.

At the same time, the British battleship "Queen Elizabeth" was 27,500 tons, the German battleship "Byrne" class was 28,500 tons, the American "Pennsylvania" class was 31,500 tons, and the Italian "Caraccino" class was 33,300 tons (unbuilt, pure mouth).

The comparison clearly shows that the Normandy-class battleships actually lagged behind when the project was established-

Now the Normandy-class battleships have not yet been built, not to mention the delay of another six to seven years, and now the British "Hood" has 41,200 tons, the American "Maryland" has 32,600 tons, and the Japanese "Mutsu" and "Nagato" have 33,800 tons.

At this point, the French Navy did not admit defeat and was determined to strive for the same tonnage of capital ships as Japan, and Roque didn't know what the point was.

France is different from Japan, Japan really wants it, but unfortunately the United States and Britain do not agree.

France wants it for the sake of so-called "dignity", and even if France is really given a quota of 300,000 tons of capital ships, the French government does not have enough strength to build a full 300,000 tons, and it seems even more humiliating at that time.

"Sir, if Britain supports France in getting more capital ship tonnage, then France will support Britain in getting more aircraft carrier tonnage-" Albert Saraau was still very smart, he knew what Roque wanted.

Roque never cared about the tonnage of the capital ship, so in previous meetings, Roque almost never spoke.

Aircraft carriers are Roque's purpose, and although the next world war will not break out until 20 years later, Roque will be happy to use this time to train more naval pilots.

"Yes—" Roque readily agreed, and no amount of capital ship tonnage given to France would have much impact on British interests.

Aircraft carriers are different, one more aircraft carrier, on the oceans of the future, Southern Africa - no, no, no, the British Empire will have a greater advantage.

The next day, the meeting began again, and Roque was unequivocal in favor of France getting more capital ship tonnage.

"The five Normandy-class battleships we are building, plus the four Kolbe-class battleships and three Brittany-class battleships that have been built before, the total tonnage has reached 289,500 tons, and the French Navy has a new shipbuilding program, so 300,000 tons is a suitable figure for us in France." Albert Sarao was full of energy, and if five Normandy-class battleships were built, it would really be the same as Albert Sarao said.

"Is there still a need to build Normandy-class battleships?" Yuzaburo Kato directly complained that there is really no need to build a small toy of 25,000 tons.

Japan's first "Kongo"-class dreadnought ship directly reached a displacement of 27,500 tons, and the later "Ise" and "Fuso" had a displacement of more than 30,000 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 War, France also borrowed a lot of money from the United States.

Now France has the money to build warships, but it has no money to pay off its debts -

You want to be a cheater, right?

Beware of limiting your high spending, all the specialty stores in Paris are waiting to close.

Carlo Yamazawa does not complain, like France, the "Caraccino"-class battleships are an eternal pain in the hearts of the Italians.

"Of course, the French government has the strength, we also have a plan, as early as 1912, the French government prepared a huge shipbuilding plan to create a new French navy, the French Navy will be a combat fleet with super dreadnoughts as the core, and by 1921 the French combat fleet will have 28 capital ships, 10 fleet reconnaissance ships, and 52 offshore mine strike ships." Albert Sarau is not bragging, the French government does have this plan.

Mine-striking ships are actually large torpedo boats, and the names of various countries are different, and Britain is called a destroyer.

"Oh, 1921, that's next year—" Yuzaburo Kato is now very arrogant, and if he is replaced by Roque, he will probably ask Albert Sarau: Do you have a key? How many with it?

"Hehe, 28 - 28 submarines?" Carlo Yamazawa finally found the angle to complain.

Roque immediately blackened.

Nima, what submarine, who said about submarines?

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

Southern Africa positions the fleet primarily as escorts, and its main adversaries are also submarines.

Oh, and submarines are also within the scope of the Washington Naval Conference, but it is not yet to the part of submarines, the capital ship must be done first, then the submarine, and finally the aircraft carrier.

This ranking of status is also very interesting.

"Anyway, the French Navy must be stronger than your Italian Navy!" Albert Sarau was indomitable in the face of Britain and the United States, and he was fierce in the face of Italy, and as for Japan-

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

In fact, this is also a problem for raising tigers.

"None of your Normandy-class battleships have been built—" Carlo Yamazawa poked at the Frenchman's sore point.

"Your Caraccino isn't built either—" Arne Sarau poked back, hurting together.

"Hmph, without our help, you would have been wiped out during the world war—"

"The grass on the wall is embarrassed to say 'help', no one helps, you can't even beat Greece-"

Oops, this hurts too much, the dispute between Italy and Greece has also been going on for a long time, and there was some friction not long ago, and it seems that the Italians didn't take advantage of anything.

Roque and Bainbridge Colby watched the roosters peck at each other and looked at each other.

This Nima is an important minister of the empire, can you not be so naïve.

Yuzaburo Kato didn't speak, he held his chin, and his head was napping little by little, this is also a person who is sixty years younger, and he has been able to hold on until now Amaterasu Okami appeared.

"How?" Roque and Bainbridge Colby exchanged notes.

"Two rookies, give them a 50% discount at most—" Bainbridge Colby was scrappy, and if Albert Sarau and Carlo Shan Ze saw this note, there would be an international dispute.

Both France and Italy require the same 300,000 tons as Japan, and a 50% discount is about 150,000, which is basically in line with the strength of France and Italy.

Japan is not asking for 300,000 tons, but 350,000 tons -

So it's 17.5.

After the completion of Japan's "Mutsu" and "Nagato", the total tonnage of the existing dreadnoughts plus super-dreadnoughts will be about a little more than 300,000.

"Actually, it doesn't matter to them, they can't afford to build them anyway-" Roque didn't care about the rags of the French Navy and the Italian Navy.

Tattered?

Southern Africa is not even in tatters now!