A total of 28 battleships were built, which was unimaginable in the eyes of the rest of the world, even Britain, which had been trying to overwhelm Germany, in the same year, only 8 ships were built at the same time, and in the construction range, there would not be more than 13 ships, but it was not like this, 28 ships at once, this is a capital ship, not a small battleship such as a cruiser destroyer.

If you think about it carefully, this is normal, the American industry, as early as a few decades ago, has surpassed Britain, in terms of industrial categories and heritage, far more than Britain, it is weak, it is the research on warships, in terms of weapons, the United States has never been the first in the world, even in World War II, the same, American battleships, aircraft carriers, never the best, rationality and margin, is simply scum, and even the decline of the British army in World War II, relying on the former heritage, in tonnage control, which is also much better than the United States.

But the United States has the ability to quantify, in fact, several major countries in World War II, several giants have the same ability, if the World War II tiger style, is a delicate craft, expensive, powerful attack weapon, the Soviet Union's T32 is like an extensive production of civilian products, but tanks never rely on one or two to function, when a large number of tanks form a sea, it is really terrible.

The United States is like this, with many years of accumulated industrial strength, coupled with British battleship data, the combination of the two, so that the United States warship technology has greatly advanced, not like the northwest, to figure out the segmentation method, or other ways to increase efficiency, a battleship construction cycle, or more than a year, plus the time of sea trials, the time into service is as long as two years, but it is the foundation of the Americans in assembly line technology and standardization. So that he can build more warships at the same time, the vast United States, also has enough docks, especially after the entire industry is inclined to the military aspect, they used the shortest time to build 32 30,000-ton docks throughout the United States. And 24 more are still under construction.

It was the huge number of dockyards, after the first 12, the second 16, and even 18 of them, all American warships, and the United States began to seek a higher position in the navy after the Army's intervention in Europe, from the 14th century, after the Renaissance overthrew the darkness and ignorance of the Middle Ages. The sea has become an important part of the world situation, starting from the great geographical discoveries, step by step to the hegemonic countries, all have something to do with the sea, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom. One by one, from decline to prosperity, the United States has occupied the world's largest industrial country for a long time. They are eager to push the boundaries further.

The construction of such a large number of ships by the United States is almost undisguised, or the Americans believe that their homeland is sufficiently secretive, in fact, it has been worn into a sieve. On such a large scale, the construction of warships, of course, cannot be concealed from those who have intentions, and Germany is the first to discover it, but it is under analysis. The delay was delayed, but it was the first to be confirmed by the Northwest.

The Northwest is now investigating things, it is not just the most elementary investigation, that kind of investigation is easy to be covered up by camouflage, the Northwest starts from the root place, the most critical steps of the battleship, steel, artillery, engine, fuel crew, these can basically circle the general direction, and then go down this, find the location of the dock along the vine, and those battleships are about to come out.

For example, the first to discover the change in the dock was Germany, the construction of dozens of docks in the United States, Germany was the first to get the news, but the preconceived German investigators just thought that the United States was ready to push up the tonnage of merchant ships, after the outbreak of the European war and the beginning of unlimited submarine warfare, the tonnage of merchant ships in the whole world was sunk more and more, which has exceeded the manufacturing speed, plus the increase in the transportation of raw materials and various commodities brought by the war. Ocean trade is an absolute good business, even if you don't get involved in the military, you can make a lot of money.

The power of the Northwest in the United States is not enough to penetrate into the dock, but they see the clues in the movement of bulk commodities, merchant ships and warships, it seems that they are tens of thousands of tons, but in terms of strength, indicators, and materials, there are obvious differences. Last year, 12 ships were started, including 18 warships supplemented by Britain, which is very normal, but this year's 16 ships are completely abnormal, because 12 of them are for the United States' own use, and what the United States wants to do, at most in 1916, it will replenish 18 capital ships.

Such news, for the Northwest, can also be called a shock, so the first time, it was transmitted back to the Northwest, the Intelligence Bureau after getting the news, I couldn't believe my eyes, the previous 12 ships, it took more than half a year, basically has been determined, are displacement of more than 30,000 tons, and the United Kingdom is currently building a Queen Elizabeth class of a grade, high protection, high-speed battleships, of which 6 belong to the United Kingdom, 6 belong to the United States, and it is also part of the cooperation between Britain and the United States.

Why are there 16 more ships now, the same as the previous ones, are the Americans crazy? Do they want to challenge the hegemony of the whole world?

The General Staff debated endlessly over this issue, and many people were very curious about why the United States had such a large force, whether it was an intelligence error, but the telegram listed all the information collected by American intelligence officers, and this was not something that was discovered by chance by a single intelligence officer, or a few intelligence officers, and the source of this intelligence was initially found in a huge amount of data, from steel, fuel units, large machinery, to keels, armor, and artillery, all of which pointed to the capital ship.

The use of the overall method of analysis of intelligence, is a sharp weapon in the northwest, the northwest uses a lot, of course, it will also be reversed to study, to cover, anyone who is familiar with intelligence will know, the more such basic things, to cover up, the more difficult, specious things, a short time can be blocked, a long time, will inevitably return to the law of value, from last year to this year, and even among the 16 new ships, data tracking has been carried out for one and a half months, to hide, it is simply impossible.

The US Navy has risen strongly, and even if it doesn't work now, at most in zero years, he will surpass Britain. Only Yang Yuanzhao will know that the Americans are not crazy, the accumulation of the United States for decades, the huge land area, resources and population, enough to support the United States to do this, in any era, especially in the era when machines have not completely replaced the role of people, manpower is always the basis for measuring a country, just look at the United States more than 9 million square kilometers of land, more than 100 million people, the United States in terms of productivity and mobilization capacity, not Britain, France and Germany can compare with the United States.

If it is true history, the United States just relied on doing business, exchanging destroyers for some islands, and by the way, in the later stage of World War I, it joined the war and played a decisive role, and nothing else was there, and the United States did not participate in the entire First World War.

The arrival of Yang Yuanzhao changed everything, the United States participated in a very high degree, not only in 1914 it sent a large number of troops to Europe, in the navy, with British technology, the biggest bottleneck was solved, the United States' maritime ambitions burst out, will burst out more powerful than Britain, I am afraid that from this time on, can restrain the United States, only manpower.

From the very beginning, whether it was to support Germany, or to operate in Siberia and Southeast Asia, Yang Yuanzhao's thinking was very clear, China's biggest opponent can only be the foundation of the United States to decide a world war, I am afraid that only between China and the United States, and the focus of the confrontation is probably in the Pacific Ocean.

This is also the fundamental reason why after Scheer's fleet left Lanfang, he pushed Lanfang to take the Philippines at all costs, take the future as an example, if the Philippines is still in the hands of the United States, the United States in the Pacific theater, and arrange more than 10 Queen Elizabeth classes, it is almost impossible to take the Philippines, even if it is done, it will pay a greater price, the most important thing is that the Philippines is too close to the Chinese mainland, if the United States has stationed enough fleets, on the one hand, it can threaten the entire Lanfang, On the other hand, after a rapid march, there is a high probability that the central and southern coasts of China will be threatened.

The United States has already begun to show its grandeur, and now the United States does not have enough strength to interfere in Asia, once this batch of warships is put into service, it is difficult to say, the vast Pacific Ocean will become a natural battlefield for the main warships, not to mention dozens, hundreds are not too many.

It seems that it is time to start another plan, the construction of 9 battleships at Qingdao Shipyard has reached the end, and the new construction is not a battleship, it is 8 aircraft carriers, but the construction of aircraft carriers, the time required, aircraft carrier combat formation, aircraft carrier is the core, but the lack of escort formation, can not give full play to the maximum power of the aircraft carrier battle group, especially now, in the era of rampant capital ships, among the escort formations, if there are not a few powerful battleships, maybe, will be the opponent's capital ship, Forced night raids at all costs.

Although it is said that there is no threat of air force in the northwest now, when the aircraft carrier is larger than the world, who knows what will appear, and the United States has started construction of 28 battleships at once, which is a clear proof that the aircraft carrier it currently has will only allow China to occupy a considerable advantage in the early stage of the Pacific theater. (To be continued.) )