At the end of 1914, China's shipbuilding plan was large enough to shock the world, and there were only 12 capital ships on the surface, but when the aircraft carrier stepped onto the stage of history and quickly exerted its strength, the identity of the aircraft carrier's capital ship was basically certain.

In World War II, there will be some uncertainty, just like Yamamoto Fifty-six, with the help of aircraft carrier operations, after the successful sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, in the Battle of Midway, the artillery fleet was still taken as the main body, and the strength of aircraft carriers and battleships was staggered, but what the Northwest came up with was a mature aircraft carrier, and the carrier-based aircraft also exceeded the level of the early stage of World War II, and the battleships of this era were still in the era of 14-inch and the first generation of dreadnoughts, and the advantages of aircraft carriers were particularly obvious.

In 1914, the keel was laid, 12 battleships and 27 aircraft carriers, a total of 39 capital ships were started at the same time, creating a miracle at the beginning of the 20th century, although the United States had 12 16 battleships and 28 battleships, but it was two years to start, and the Northwest completed the main construction of 39 ships at the end of 1915, especially after the construction of large-scale docks, and then 48 ships were built in 1915.

In one year, only 48 ships have been added, not the lack of construction of China's dockyards, the fundamental reason is also the bottleneck of manpower of the Chinese Navy, in fact, Qingdao Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard alone, there are 39 docks for the construction of capital ships, and the shipbuilding base built later, with the number of docks, is 5 times the total tonnage of the two major shipyards, that is, from 1914, China's huge and terrifying shipbuilding foundation was determined.

The world of the future. is an ocean world, on Earth. Only 3 percent of the land area is occupied, and the remaining 7 percent is the ocean. Perhaps in the feudal era, the land became dominant, and from the Renaissance to the maritime age, the world hegemon was all dominated by the sea.

If China wants to rise, on the one hand, it needs to use a strong army to stabilize the huge territory it occupies and lay a good foundation for the current China and the future China, and on the other hand, it also needs to have a huge navy to expand its territory.

After the economy of Baotou is on the right track. Yang Yuanzhao began to pay attention to the ocean, and even when Baotou's business plan had not yet been settled, he contacted the process of Biguang, and searched for various naval talents and designers, but the phrase of a century-old navy is definitely not a joke, even since a few years ago, he has spent a lot of effort to cultivate the navy. The fishing boat program, the ocean-going fleet program, and even the expansion of the naval academy, the speed of expansion of the naval academy. It is much faster than the Northwest Military Academy, but unfortunately, these still cannot meet the expansion of the navy. The weakness of China's naval recruitment base was quite intense in 1914 and 1915.

But. This did not delay Yang Yuanzhao's determination to expand the navy, and it was at Yang Yuanzhao's hands. There is still a shipyard plan, which was finally made by the Ministry of Industry under the condition that Yang Yuanzhao proposed and strongly supported it.

Since the establishment of China, relying on the experience of the northwest, the entire industrial layout and industrial construction of China, has begun, the future of China, will not be a monopoly in Baotou, after the establishment of several major industrial belts in the future, the population concentrated in the vicinity of the northwest will be gradually diverted, from the northwest such a relatively barren, there is no certain heritage of the place, return to the rich area, as long as the plan of this industrial belt is completed, China's development will be more rapid.

In the Ministry of Industry to make a regional shipbuilding plan, the core cities are, Dalian, Lushun, Huludao, Yantai, Shanghai, Mawei, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, which is newly determined, 8 major shipbuilding bases, these are in the current country, plus the South China Sea Singapore, Jakarta, Manila and Kuala Lumpur, these together, the formation of a new 12 shipbuilding bases.

12 major shipbuilding bases, each of which is not lower than Qingdao Port, the northwest with a shocking production capacity, from August 1914 after the project, just two months, has begun to take shape, the largest more than 50,000 tons of docks, has not been finally completed, 20,000 tons of docks, a total of 187, these for auxiliary warships and auxiliary ships, escort aircraft carriers to prepare docks, once completed, there are enough, experienced personnel, can burst out faster than the United States production capacity.

This is not the 21st century, the depreciation of the yuan, even the depreciation of the US dollar, the issuance of the Northwest Yuan, is also issued in the case of gold as a guarantee, the purchasing power of the Northwest Yuan is quite strong, 500 million shipbuilding funds, 4.5 billion shipbuilding support, once smashed down, immediate, and even affected the entire Chinese economy, steel, coal, cement and other infrastructure materials prices, began a slight increase.

The action was a little too big, and even attracted Liu Shu, he specifically found Yang Yuanzhao, when he saw Yang Yuanzhao, he saw that Yang Yuanzhao was looking at the documents of the shipyard layout, he pulled out a chair, sat next to Yang Yuanzhao, and asked helplessly: "Yuanzhao, has your recent military investment in the navy been a bit big?"

Regarding Liu Shu's cautiousness, Yang Yuanzhao couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are you a little distressed, it's not your money!" ”

"But......" Liu Shu was a little speechless.

"Alright, look here!" Yang Yuanzhao unveiled a map of the world, which was an accurate map of the world finally drawn by the intelligence department after a long period of investigation, not only the borders of various countries, but also spheres of influence, especially in Europe, and even the strategic situation before October 1914.

"What kind of world is this, the law of the jungle, you can see, 200 years ago, or even 300 years ago, how many countries were there in Europe, but now, they have basically died out and become part of a powerful country, the land, population, and economy have become the key to the war, and backwardness will be beaten!"

"I know, don't we have an army?"

"The army can protect our land, but it is not offensive, unless it is bordering, only a strong navy is the key, you see, how big the territory of the United Kingdom, how much population, but Britain from the last century, even the last century, is the hegemon of the world, why? Isn't it because of a strong fleet? ”

Seeing what Liu Shu wanted to say, Yang Yuanzhao continued: "Lan Fang has occupied the entire Southeast Asia, this is what has been obtained, for the sake of future generations, it is impossible for me to give up such a huge and resource-rich territory, if you want to defend the island, you must have a strong navy, not to mention that we have joined the allies, I don't worry about the rest of the Entente, I am worried about it!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao pointed to the United States, which made Liu Shu puzzled, in Liu Shu's thoughts, in the world, the most powerful country, or Britain, you don't see the Entente dominance or Britain, this is the view of most people in the world, but in fact, the form of war has quietly changed, from equipment to victory, quietly transformed into comprehensive national strength and logistics, the United States is the most powerful industrial strength among the Entente countries, and it is also the most able to come up with the most funds, the Lend-Lease Act proves the strength of the United States, The Americans were almost single-handedly driving the course of the Entente's war, and in this sense, the United States had begun to dominate the Entente, but the United States had not yet discovered it.

From the war can be extended to the economy, which made Liu Shu look dazed, Yang Yuanzhao turned to start from the navy, the navy is a gold-swallowing beast, especially after the super dreadnought, the surging cost of each ship, each individual cost of more than 3 million pounds, and the maintenance cost every two years is enough to buy back a warship.

For any country in the world, the maintenance cost of 1.5 million pounds a year is not low, for countries like Britain, France and the United States, the number of capital ships they need is huge, just 20 as the data, what they need is 30 million pounds, this is only the maintenance cost of the capital ship, plus the huge auxiliary fleet, the British naval military expenditure is quite terrifying, and even once the war breaks out, the demand is even more geometric growth, which is also the whole world, there are few countries that can afford to play capital ships.

Britain found that Germany was catching up under the premise, and used every possible means to guide Germany to the fundamental cause of the war, starting from the second industrial revolution, especially after the revolution led by science and technology, Britain has begun to decline, unable to catch up with the mainstream of the world, he may be able to suppress Germany, but can not cope with the challenge of the United States, and then this opportunity, to beat Germany down, integrate the forces of Europe, maybe there is salvation, but the initiative, he still failed, the First World War, weakened the whole of Europe, On the contrary, it created the rise of the United States and Japan, and as for the Soviet Union, it was a different system, and even its development was to gain benefits in the time of capitalist economic crisis, otherwise it would not have been able to develop.

"If Britain can't do it, then the United States can?"

"The United States can, you see that Britain has not built more than 15 capital ships at the highest stage, but the United States can build 28 capital ships in a row, and even this year, the United States will increase its weight, you will know when the next Scheer fleet returns!"

Liu Shu was a little dazed by Yang Yuanzhao's rhetoric, fortunately, in the past few years, he has been accustomed to Yang Yuanzhao's foresight, in a sense, without Yang Yuanzhao, there would be no China's current good situation, whether it is Southeast Asia, or Siberia, or even the European war situation, are in Yang Yuanzhao's grasp, he came here not for duty Yang Yuanzhao, but the navy's recent actions are too big, causing a series of micro-complaints including the military and the government, but now, After clarifying Yang Yuanzhao's attitude, everything will not be a problem.

Yang Yuanzhao has a unique role in the whole of China's politics, economy, and military, and the projects he leads and promotes are all forward-looking projects, which have been proven by countless real examples, as long as the news is disseminated, any abnormal sound will disappear without a trace in a short period of time. (To be continued.) )