On the issue of the final replacement of artillery, both the Central Powers and the Entente Powers expressed acceptability to Huaxia's opinions, after all, this decision to play 50 boards each was the most suitable solution to this inexplicable problem. And after the issue of changing guns was resolved, on the issue of replacing warships, the countries finally came up with an opinion, that is, within 12 years, the two sides could not replace warships, and after 12 years, with the Allied and Entente countries as the two camps, the total tonnage of ships replaced by both sides must be the same. And the total tonnage of the replacement cannot exceed 150,000 tons. The specific replacement of the warships of those countries will be decided through consultation. In addition, countries can retire some warships, but the decommissioned tonnage cannot be replaced with new ships. 15 years after the signing of the treaty, the replacement of the second batch of warships can be considered. The replacement tonnage of the two parties cannot also exceed 150,000 tons. As for Huaxia? The three Longxu-class battleships could not be decommissioned within 15 years of the signing of the treaty, and after 15 years, they could freely replace the 15-inch gunboats.

The negotiations on all medium and large warships were finally decided after a month, then all that remained was the negotiations on the number of destroyers and submarines. The restrictions imposed by various countries on these small boats are very large, except that the tonnage of destroyers and submarines shall not exceed 180,000 tons, and the tonnage of submarines shall not exceed 70,000 tons. Based on the 10-point weight of Huaxia and the United States, the remaining countries calculate their own destroyer and submarine tonnage in proportion. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREPOWER ARE ALSO BETTER THAN SENDING, AND THE MAXIMUM GUN CALIBER DOES NOT EXCEED 128MM. And the maximum caliber artillery of the submarine is the same as that of the destroyer. And there are no hard and fast rules on the maximum single tonnage of destroyers and submarines. The negotiations for the auxiliary warships went very smoothly, and the negotiations between the destroyer and the submarine took a total of eight days to finalize.

When the total tonnage and the restrictions on various warships are finalized, does it mean that all the negotiations are over? Naturally not! Subsequently, the countries discussed restrictions on the export of naval technology. This was the final battleground of competition between the Entente and the Central Powers, and the Central Powers of Turkey and Russia were currently not capable of building new large warships, the former had not been able to do so. And the latter was once owned, but after World War 1, it was partially destroyed by the war, and part of it was removed by Germany, plus the loss of a large number of technicians and skilled workers, and now it is not available! It is foreseeable that in the next decade it will not be possible to build large warships independently. Therefore, it is very likely that the warships of these two countries will need the help of Germany and Italy.

In the same way, the British are not clean either! The Australian and Canadian warships were also to be built by the British. So far, these two countries have not built warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and the share of the two 20,000-ton warships that the Entente won for Britain will eventually fall to the British. And considering the tonnage and strength of the little brothers on both sides, it is impossible for them to have the same capital ship as the boss. For example, Turkey, the additional tonnage that Turkey can obtain is not enough to build 1 16-inch artillery battleship. And the additional 20,000 tons of battleships of the British could not carry particularly large caliber guns!

So now the problem comes, the British are thinking from their own point of view, hoping that the guns of the battleships provided by the major powers for the other little brothers will not exceed 12 inches. After all, the largest level of artillery that a 20,000-ton warship can carry is so big. The Allies, led by Germany, expressed their resolute inability to accept it. "At present, the largest caliber artillery owned by Turkey and other countries has reached 14 inches. In order to guarantee the interests of small countries. We insist that the tonnage of the exported warships be no more than 35,000 tons, and that the maximum caliber of the guns carried at the same time should not exceed 15 inches. "The German delegates are fighting against each other for an inch. The Entente then raised a new question: what principles should be followed when exporting armaments to States not parties to the treaty? For example, how many tons is the maximum of an aircraft carrier, and how is the artillery and tonnage of battleships limited? In addition, the British put forward a binding policy in this regard, that is, Britain could abandon the original demand, but on the issue of exporting warships that were not parties to the treaty, it must adhere to the following principle, that is, the displacement of the exported battleships should not exceed 30,000 tons. The caliber of artillery cannot exceed 14 inches, and the tonnage of aircraft carriers cannot exceed 20,000 tons!

Negotiations on this issue have been more intense than before. Because in addition to the contracting countries, there are many other objects in the world that are worth wooing, and there may even be the possibility that some countries will "store" their warships in a third country first, and retrieve them before the war to expand their military strength. Therefore, there must be strict restrictions on the export of warships. For example, if Germany exports battleships to Russia if the tonnage allows, then as long as the two conditions of less than 35,000 tons and equipped with less than 16-inch naval guns are met, but if the warships are exported to non-contracting countries, then in addition to following the requirements put forward by the British side, there must also be quotas, and the Entente and the Central Powers take a cycle of 5 years. The tonnage of large and medium-sized warships exported in the cycle cannot exceed 100,000 tons, of which any warship with a standard displacement of more than 10,000 tons must be included in this quota, and the export volume of submarines in each cycle cannot exceed 20,000 tons! The unused displacement of each cycle cannot be superimposed on the next cycle, and Huaxia, as an independent party, has half of its quota for exporting capital ships to the two major groups. That is, the tonnage of capital ships is exported no more than 50,000 tons, and submarines are exported no more than 10,000 tons.

For this clause, the Entente and the Allies said after consultation that they could agree, after all, there are not many countries in this era that can afford to buy capital ships and are willing to do so. This quota seems to be relatively small, but in fact, eighty percent is not used up, and the requirements of the British to limit the performance of warships have also been added to the terms, 14-inch naval guns are very little threat to the new battleships in service of various countries, and the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier is larger, but considering that the aircraft carrier goes to sea to fight in formation, even if there is an aircraft carrier but there is no matching capital ship, then the combat effectiveness will not be very high, so in the end this point is passed.

After dealing with all the issues, the countries participating in the meeting finally signed the Beijing Treaty on the Limitation of Naval Armaments, which entered into force for a period of 12 years from the date of its signing. After expiration, States have the right to decide whether or not to renew the Treaty. After more than two months of negotiations, the Beijing Navy armaments talks came to an end, but a discerning person knew at a glance that this treaty was nothing more than an expedient measure, and the naval construction of the major powers did not stop, and in addition to the limited scale of capital ship construction, aircraft carriers and cruiser warships will be built as planned, and each major country will build at least 40 to 500,000 tons of warships within 12 years, and the United States may build more, and it will be amortized to start construction of at least 40,000 tons of warships every year.

"This is just a respite for all countries, and they use this opportunity to slim down their navies and cut off those parts that are less effective in order to prepare for future battles." After the signing of the treaty, Xu Jie once commented on the negotiations on naval arms limitation.

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