readx; At the beginning of 1938, Germany and Austria officially merged, and the interesting thing is that Austria also held a referendum at that time, and 99.7% of the people were in favor of the German-Austrian merger. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The German-Austrian merger, this is logically a big deal, Chen Jingyun felt that even if Britain and France were timid, they would at least have to jump out and accuse them, but they didn't, and the only reaction was very flat, just a small diplomatic protest and there was no follow-up. The reason for this is naturally that Britain and France do not want to cause war because of this, and the revolutionary output of Soviet Russia in recent years has become more and more enthusiastic, not only in Eastern European countries to develop believers, but also in Western European countries to develop believers, and the various theories of Soviet Russia have a great attraction to the proletarian working class in Europe, especially in the years when European countries are in deep economic crisis, the development of Soviet Russia in European countries can be described as extremely rapid, and all countries have basically established social labor parties. Even the Social Workers Party in some countries has grown into the largest party, but how did the second largest party come about in the Spanish Civil War? It was the left-wing parties supported by Soviet Russia and the original right-wing parties vying for power and profit.

The Social Workers Party in Soviet Russia used theories that were more tempting than all other parties to attract believers, and how could European countries endure it, and they all regarded the Social Workers Party of Soviet Russia as a mortal enemy, and the German Nazi Party, which had a discord with Soviet Russia and even a large-scale massacre of Social Workers in the country, became an option for them. The Nazi Party was openly opposed to the Social Workers, and in this case, Britain and France also hoped that Germany could serve as a bridgehead for the infiltration of the Social Workers against Soviet Russia.

With so many restrictions, there was a certain acquiescence to German expansion.

Compared with the rapid development of Soviet Russia in Europe, Soviet Russia has no foothold in Asia, because the Russian Republic of Asia is the enemy of life and death, and the Russian Republic is also the country with the most severe control over the Social Workers Party in the world. And China split Russia because of its own interests, which is also an enemy relationship with Soviet Russia, and Chen Jingyun is also a little afraid of the Social Workers' Party, for fear that others will accidentally kill his little life, so he vigorously controls any speech of the Social Workers Party in the country, and anyone who joins the Social Workers Party is convicted of treason and executed.

As for the "Ben" side, although there was a certain development in Soviet Russia, the capitalist and landlord forces had a stronger control over the "Ben" than in China, and the "Ben" emperor system made it doomed that the Social Workers Party would not be able to survive in the "Ben", and if the Social Workers Party wanted to get rid of the emperor's life, then a large number of people in the "Ben" would have to shout for the punishment of the Social Workers.

The Social Workers Party in Korea, Thailand, and other British, French, Dutch, and American colonies was also not very powerful, and most of those ethnic readers took Ben and China as role models, and most of them also had the shadow of China behind them.

The export of the revolution in Europe helped the expansion of Germany to some extent, and according to Chen Jingyun's thinking, he suspected that Stalin and Hitler had reached some kind of agreement in the mid-thirties, and then the two countries joined forces to expand, and of course, in the final stage, the reason why the two countries broke out into war was later, and from the current point of view, the relationship between Soviet Russia and Germany was very tense on the surface, but in fact it was more like the relationship between allies.

Who was the largest foreign trading country in Soviet Russia? Germany. What are the most important sources of raw materials in Germany? Soviet russia. If this means that they don't have the intention of colluding with each other, he doesn't believe it if he kills Chen Jingyun. It's funny to say, on the surface the ideological battle seems to be life-and-death, but secretly there should be a lot of cooperation.

Britain and France did not react much to the German-Austrian merger, saying, "The United States is even less interested, Soviet Russia must be against it, but he didn't listen to his opposition, Soviet Russia in this era is outside the world system, and no one will pay attention to it." There is also Italy that can barely be called a big country, but not to mention its ability to make soy sauce, this Italy has reached an anti-social labor agreement with Germany, which is already half an ally.

They didn't react much, but China's reaction was much greater, to be precise, Chen Jingyun's reaction was much greater.

Chen Jingyun has been staring at Germany's every move with wide eyes since the German military expansion in 1935, for fear that the Germans will be honest and not provoke a world war if they are not careful. However, although the world situation has changed due to Chen Jingyun, this change is more reflected in the direction of Asia, while the development of the situation in Europe has not changed much. As soon as Germany finally lost Chen Jingyun's high hopes, it expanded step by step and slowly moved towards becoming a public enemy of the world.

A few days after the German-Austrian merger, Chen Jingyun convened a meeting of the Standing Committee of the State Military Commission, and at the meeting, Chen Jingyun personally gave instructions to the navy, land and air forces to further speed up the number and scale of new equipment in service, and then in order to accelerate the expansion of the navy, Chen Jingyun planned to allocate the third batch of funds in the eighth phase of the navy's development plan to the navy in advance, which was originally allocated in the fourth quarter of 1938 and the first quarter of 1939, but in order to speed up the pace of the navy's shipbuilding. Chen Jingyun is determined to further strengthen the Navy's expenditure.

The reason for increasing support for the navy is related to the special surname of the navy.

Because the navy is a branch of the army that eats its old roots, once a war breaks out, the warships that the navy can use are basically warships built before the war, and the main warships that are urgently built in wartime often take two or three years before they can be put into service, that is to say, if the war is only two or three years, then it will not work to build ships urgently in wartime. This point has been proven many times in history, and even the Chinese Navy itself has been like this in two wartime operations, and basically none of the capital ships in the wartime emergency shipbuilding plan after the outbreak of the war can be completed during the war, and only a small number of expulsions can be completed.

Comparatively speaking, the navy and air force are much simpler, basically if the domestic industrial force can support it, the time required for the riot army is very fast, and it does not need to be as slow as the navy.

In this case, the years before the outbreak of the war were particularly important, according to Chen Jingyun's memory and prediction, after the Germans annexed Austria, then Czechoslovakia, then Poland, and France. All of this will happen in 1939-1940, and when Europe is in chaos, it will be time for Chen Jingyun to fish in troubled waters.

When time is so tight, the only way to accelerate the expansion of the navy is to increase military spending.

In April 1938, the Chinese Navy submitted a revision of the eighth phase of the Navy's development plan, which made certain large-scale adjustments to the eighth phase of the Navy's shipbuilding plan, and the core content of the revision was naturally the capital ship, adding a 27,000-ton Tsingshan-class aircraft carrier construction plan, and a 45,000-ton Tianshan-class aircraft carrier. Together with the two aircraft carriers that started construction last year, there are already two Qingshan-class aircraft carriers and two Tianshan-class aircraft carriers planned so far.

In addition to the plan to add two aircraft carriers, the amendment adjusted the original plan for the construction of three Fuxi-class light battleships, because since the Fuxi-class light battleships were designed and started construction one after another, they have been controversial, and the aviation faction within the Navy thinks that they are too expensive, after all, they are only auxiliary ships in the eyes of the aviation faction, and the construction of ships as high as 80 million is obviously a little difficult for them to accept. And in the serious battleship faction, these light battleships have too weak combat power, too weak firepower, too scumbag protection, and although the speed is a little higher, it is not very useful, and if they have a duel with the enemy battlefleet, they will die very miserably.

And many people think that when China designed and started the Shaohao in 1931, it was because of treaty restrictions and technical restrictions, and there was no way to build the Shaohao, and now there are no treaty restrictions and technical restrictions, why build light battleships?

This is beyond their comprehension.

And this controversy did not stop with the construction and construction of the Fuxi-class light battleships, but there was an increasingly heated situation, in December 1937, the designer of the Fuxi-class light battleships, Colonel Pan Yinan, deputy chief of the shipbuilding section of the Admiralty's Ship Administration Department, was forced to resign because of the controversy.

Originally, the Navy scheduled the construction of 80 million Fuxi-class light battleships, but this was only the estimated cost, and it was found that the 80 million could not be taken at all during the actual construction process. The Fuxi-class light battleships are equipped with a lot of advanced technology, including sea search radar, air search radar, in addition to radar fire control systems. In addition, due to the use of high-pressure steam turbines in the power system, the cost is much more expensive than the original old steam turbines. After all these factors were added up, it was found that 80 million could not be taken at all.

In fact, when formulating the eighth phase of the Navy's development plan, the Navy was too optimistic, and in order to get the plan approved, the cost budget of some ships was very suppressed.

In the face of so many problems with the Fuxi-class light battleships, the Chinese Navy had to make adjustments in the eighth phase of the plan revision, and made technical adjustments to the three Fuxi-class light battleships under construction, which have not been built now anyway, and there is no big problem in changing the design.

However, unlike the increase in tonnage and firepower hoped for by the battleship faction within the Navy, the plan for the modified Fuxi-class light battleships designed by the Department of Ship Administration was a way to reduce costs by reducing protection and speed.

The speed of the three Fuxi-class light battleships was reduced to thirty-one knots, the protection was reduced to the level of eight-inch gun protection, and the firepower was maintained at nine twelve-inch guns, and the intended combat objectives were also directly lowered from the battle battleships to the battle cruisers and heavy cruisers against the enemy.

Battleships have always been a penny, especially the power system accounts for the largest share, reducing the speed of one section can save a lot of tonnage and cost, so the surname can be reduced at the same time the cost is also a drop in the sky, from 80 million to 60 million yuan in one fell swoop.