"It seems that the Americans and Huaxia still have a grudge." Lin Yongsheng muttered to himself. The contact between Huaxia and the British was quite smooth, and the two sides had already established cooperative relations in many fields, and the British knew a little about Huaxia's cruiser planning. But in this case, the British still put forward such a proposal, then the result can only be one thing, that is, the United States instigated behind the scenes.

The former regards cruisers as part of the fleet system, and uses cruisers to take off and board planes to make up for the shortcomings of reconnaissance, anti-submarine and search and rescue, and is part of the entire fleet system. After all, seaplanes are more flexible in taking off and landing, and they don't waste valuable deck space on aircraft carriers. The aviation cruisers of the German High Seas Fleet, on the other hand, highlighted the single-ship combat capability, emphasizing the suppression of the opposing cruisers as much as possible in small-scale engagements. At the same time, it cooperates with submarine operations. And in the duel of capital ships, the aviation capabilities of such an aviation cruiser are not comparable to that of a light aircraft carrier. But no matter what, this aviation cruiser also occupies an important position in the combat system of China, and it must not be disturbed by the Allied powers!

"It seems that this time we are going to cooperate with the Germans again, and this time I am afraid it will be the last cooperation between the two countries in the naval field, right?" Lin Yongsheng couldn't help but shake his head and said. The Germans also happened to discuss this matter with Huaxia, so it didn't take much trouble for the two sides to agree on a time and place to discuss the matter.

The two sides are also old acquaintances, and after a short period of politeness, they began to get down to business. The two sides are cooperating though. However, because of the strategic relationship between each other, it is difficult to return to the state before World War 1, and in short, there is also confrontation in cooperation. "The limitation on the number of cruisers proposed by the British representative is anachronistic, and I think you and I should be able to reach a consensus on this. But on the issue of the number of aviation cruisers. We and the British are in agreement, that is, the number of cruisers with a large aircraft capacity must be limited! "Cruisers sometimes need to carry out sea and ground attack missions, so Huaxia will naturally leave a part of the specialized artillery cruisers, and adhering to the principle that I can't use anything and can't let you have more, so Huaxia still has the intention of limiting the number of German aircraft-carrying cruisers!

"It seems that from now on, the quasi-alliance between China and Germany will come to an end completely." Who is Hipper? He is naturally very clear about Huaxia's plans, but since Huaxia has already made some concessions in the number of carrier-based aircraft, it is enough. There's this. Germany will be able to build a few air ships. But how many ships to build is another question. "The number of aviation cruisers accounting for 3 percent of the tonnage is still too little, at least more than 4 percent!" Moments later Hipper proposed the Germans to build yì. According to Raeder's plan, no more than three of the four cruisers could be used at the same time to break diplomatic relations in the Atlantic. This number was still too small to accommodate a large number of U-boats, and according to Raeder's opinion, he also intended to form a two-air cruiser formation if necessary, which would be used to bump into a larger fleet of ships with tighter escorts. So within the German Navy it was believed that the number of aviation cruisers should not be less than 6 units.

"If I'm right. The tonnage of cruisers in your country is 280,000 tons. Among them, the proportion of heavy cruisers cannot be higher than 6 percent. Then the tonnage of the heavy cruiser should be around 168,000 tons. And the tonnage of aviation cruisers will not be small, and it will inevitably reach the standard displacement of 15,000 tons, the highest of heavy cruisers. In this case, 4 ships are 60,000 tons, and 6 ships are 90,000 tons. According to the carrying capacity of at least about 20 aircraft per aviation cruiser, that is 80 or 120 aircraft, which is already the carrying capacity of two medium-sized aircraft carriers, right? Lin Yongsheng's seemingly bland description shocked Hipper! Because he really couldn't imagine how the admiral of the Chinese Navy could touch the performance of the German air cruiser so accurately? It is important to know that this plan was a top secret in the German Navy, although the outside world can tell the information that these battleships were actually built through Guò's observations of the shipyards. But the specific performance is absolutely untouchable! It's horrible!

How much potential does an aviation cruiser have, although it has not been built in Xu Jie's plane. However, there are related designs, for example, Japan's Oyodo Air Cruiser No. 2 scheme is a typical aviation cruiser design, this design can be seen as two 3-in-1 6-inch guns in the front of the bow, and the hull of an aircraft carrier in the back, with a deck length of 150 meters. The first half of the cruiser body plus the second half of the aircraft carrier body, this plan ship can carry a total of 18 aircraft, and this is the tragic situation of Japanese aircraft folding wings. In this plane, the design of the aviation cruiser is larger, the hangar will be upgraded accordingly, and from the intelligence point of view, its turret layout is a double main gun layout at the head and tail, and the aviation deck can even extend to the upper part of the turret, so the flight deck length will be longer, plus the German aircraft have good folding wings (such as the 109T) and at least there are air catapults. If you count the deck mooring, then 20 aircraft is already low. So for this aviation cruiser, its combat effectiveness really cannot be underestimated!

From Lin Yongsheng's words, Hipper can conclude that Huaxia still knows this kind of air cruiser very well, and his thinking is also very clear. The reason why it was not made clear to the Entente was that Huaxia also had some claims in terms of cruiser aviation capabilities. But in order to curb the growth of the German navy, Huaxia also did not want Germany to have too many aviation cruisers. At the same time, the allies of Germany did not want too many aviation cruisers. Although he did not say it explicitly, Hipper concluded from what he had just said that the number of air cruisers that China could tolerate towards Germany would not exceed six, and so on the number of air cruisers of other Allied members.

"And to be honest, I'm very worried about whether your country's air cruisers can be called treaty cruisers." Looking at the silent Hipper, Lin Yongsheng played another card, which means that the German air cruiser is very likely to exceed the standard after it is built, if you don't want to find trouble at that time, then you know each other!

"The German High Seas Fleet had at least 5 aviation cruisers, and this number could not be lower. The Austro-Hungarian Navy had at least 2 ships, and Spain and Turkey had a total of 3! The bottom line inside the Allies is 10 ships! After a moment of contemplation, Hipper played his hole cards!

"Then so be it, I remind Your Excellency, if your country can build it, other countries can also build it, sometimes it's just a matter of thinking, and when the idea arrives, everyone can build it. In terms of industrial technology, anyone with the four major powers can complete it. Lin Yongsheng's statement made Hipper breathe a sigh of relief, but then Lin Yongsheng's words made Hipper, who had just been relieved, seem to fall into an ice cave: "What we are arguing about now is actually of very limited significance, even if it does not limit your country's construction plan, if you provoke a big country again, what is the use of building that little warship?" ”

"Sss Hipper gasped: "So, is this a warning?" Our target is the UK, not your country, which is a little too nervous, right? ”

"Sort of, Germany has gone too far, and if the spheres of influence of the two great powers border, the direct relationship between the two sides will never be harmonious. That's why we didn't take South Asia. But if we don't take it, it doesn't mean that others will take it! I am saying this on behalf of the Chinese government, not personally. Lin Yongsheng finally emphasized. Although the Germans are not frightened, and the warning may not work, Lin Yongsheng still hopes that the Germans can stop, because once the two big countries are at odds with each other, it will not be beneficial to both sides!

"That's the matter of the juniors, I don't see this day anyway. However, I will bring your opinion back to China, and I can't say for sure how to decide, after all, I am only a soldier. Hipper's heart was a little bitter, after all, the two sides had fought side by side, and in World War 1, Huaxia spared no effort to help Germany. From a personal point of view alone, he really did not want to have a conflict with China, but the eastward expansion strategy was led by the Kaiser, and if it could be realized, then Germany could become a second Britain, how could such a great temptation be abandoned with only a few warnings? And with all the construction and preparation work in full swing, it will be difficult for Germany to change its strategy.

In the ensuing talks, under pressure from the Allies and Huaxia, the Entente gave up the restriction on the number of aircraft carried by the air cruisers, and replaced them with restrictions on tonnage and thus indirectly controlled the number of carrier-based aircraft, and at the same time required that the air cruisers must be equipped with more than 6 main guns, and in addition to the aviation cruisers, the number of aircraft carried by ordinary heavy cruisers should not exceed 6, and the number of aircraft carried by light cruisers should not exceed 4. And the Entente countries can also build aviation cruisers according to their own needs, and the tonnage of their aviation cruisers cannot exceed 4% of the total tonnage of cruisers!

After solving the issue of aircraft carriers and cruisers, the participating countries further explained and corrected the specifications and restrictions of other warships, and finally, the Roman Naval Arms Limitation Conference, which lasted nearly three weeks, finally came to an end, and the signed "Treaty of Rome" and the "Beijing Naval Arms Treaty" signed in Beijing three years ago together constituted a complete naval arms limitation system, and dominated the development of the navy for the next 10 years. In this era of rapid technological changes and heavy changes in naval tactics, all countries are trying their best to expand their military strength under the restrictions of the treaty, because they know that the shadow of war is not far away, and they do not know when it will come to the world again!

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