Chapter 1070: The Naval Arms Race
The Chinese Navy's large-scale naval parade came to a successful conclusion. It also achieved the kind of effect that the Chinese Empire needed, and the envoys and military attaches of various countries participating in the parade were not lightly shocked. They were all shocked by the majesty of the capital ships of the Chinese Navy. In particular, the 12 core warships, mainly the 'East China Sea-class' battleships, the 'Three Emperor-class' battleships, and the 'Five Emperor-class' battleships, made all countries feel even more fearful. Even Britain and the United States, two naval powers, are not sure that they will be able to defeat these capital ships of the Chinese Navy.
As for the vassal states of the Chinese Empire, they rejoiced. Excited by the strength of the Chinese Navy. As a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, the suzerainty has such a strong strength, and these vassal states are also honored! This made these vassal states more loyal to the Chinese Empire and would not have the intention of rebelling.
After the Chinese Empire's parade, the fleets that the British Navy and the French Navy planned to send to the Indian Ocean were ultimately unable to make the trip. After spending a few days in Gibraltar, they eventually returned home. The British and the French also knew that it would be a deliberate provocation to dare to send another fleet to the east after the Chinese Empire's high-profile display of force. In case the Chinese Empire relentlessly gathers the main forces and swallows the main naval forces of their two countries in one fell swoop. That would undoubtedly be an unbearable price for both of them. So, after careful consideration, they decided to give in. Although, this will make their faces a little unsightly. However, it is much better than the heavy losses of the navy.
As for the U.S. Navy, it was transferred directly from the San Diego Naval Base to the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. After that, there was no plan to go west. Obviously, the military deterrence that Britain, France, and the United States had planned to carry out against China has also disappeared in this way.
The military attaches of various countries participating in the Chinese Navy's naval parade submitted a report to China. In the report, military attachés from all over the world praised the strength of the Chinese navy. In particular, praise was given to the 'East China Sea-class' battleships of the Chinese Navy. They claim that if there are no warships capable of confronting them, they will suffer greatly in the future confrontation with the Chinese Navy.
After the Admiralty reviewed the report, the Admiralty Chancellor Charterfield formally hoped that the Cabinet would allocate funds to strengthen the British Navy. Although, now Britain is in the midst of an economic crisis. The financial pressure is very high. However, if we do not seize the time to develop the navy, the gap between them and the Chinese navy will become wider and wider. In addition, if the expansion of the navy is officially started, then it will provide an excellent development opportunity for British shipyards, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. After the British Cabinet deliberated on the plan, it finally approved the plan of the British Admiralty, allowing them to start developing the navy for a limited period of the next few years.
British Admiral Chancellor Charterfield began a program to restart the British Navy's N3-class battleships. This powerful warship, with a displacement of nearly 50,000 tons and equipped with three triple 45-caliber 457-mm guns, will become the main force of the British Navy against the Chinese Navy. Even though, the defense of the N3-class battleships was a little worse. However, it was faster and more suitable for use by the British, who had a large colony overseas. Of course, the N3-class battleships were very expensive to build. But even so, the British Admiralty gritted its teeth to build four,
In addition to the N3 class battleships, the British Navy will build a powerful battle cruiser. Named the G3-class battlecruiser, this battlecruiser had a displacement of up to 54,000 tons and was armed with three triple 45 times caliber 406 mm guns. The maximum speed is up to 32 knots. This class of battle cruisers will well make up for the lack of fast and powerful capital ships of the British Navy. At the same time, the armor of the G3-class battlecruisers has also been greatly improved compared to the previous battlecruisers of the British Navy, and it can be applied to the capital ship duel. In the plans of the British Navy, they were to build four G3-class battlecruisers.
The British Navy plans to build eight powerful capital ships to counter the Chinese Navy. In the same way, the French were not to be outdone. They also planned to build seven powerful capital ships in two classes to further strengthen the French Navy. The capital ship of the first class is the 'Dunkirk-class' battleship, with a displacement of up to 35,000 tons, equipped with two quadruple 330 mm guns of 52 times the caliber and a maximum speed of 27 knots. Of this class of battleships, it was planned to build three. The capital ships of the second rank were the 'Richelieu-class' battleships. This class of battleships, with a displacement of more than 48,000 tons, is equipped with two quadruple 45-caliber 380-mm guns, and will have a maximum speed of 30 knots.
I have to admit that the French idea of shooting warships completely deviated from the mainstream. All of the main turrets of these two capital ships were designed to be mounted at the nose. Moreover, the French liked to use quadruple guns. This kind of main turret, once hit, loses more main guns. It's not good for diversification at all.
However, even so, if the seven capital ships of these two classes of the French Navy can be commissioned, the strength of the French Navy will be greatly improved. Even if it cannot confront the Chinese navy, it can effectively reduce the power gap between the two sides.
Britain and France have started a new round of capital ship construction programs. The American imperialists and tyrants on the other side of the ocean are naturally not far behind. Although, the capital of the United States was hit hard by the economic crisis and suffered heavy losses. However, emaciated camels are bigger than horses. Americans pluck a hair at random, and there are more thighs than ordinary countries. Now that other countries have begun to build capital ships in a frenzy, the United States naturally cannot afford to lag behind. U.S. President Herbert Hoover, in his speech to Congress, claimed how powerful and numerous China's capital ships are. On the other hand, the capital ships of the US Navy cannot be compared with the Chinese Navy not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality. If they continue like this, I'm afraid they will soon lose the entire Pacific.
Therefore, in the end, the US Congress agreed to allocate funds and start building new capital ships to cope with the increasing pressure on the Chinese Navy.
After the U.S. Department of the Navy received the grant, they naturally no longer lacked money. Began to ask the shipyards to come up with a new level of capital ship construction plan. Ambitious development of the Navy began, so that in the near future the US Navy would be able to comprehensively surpass the Chinese Navy.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams III reviewed and approved by President Herbert Hoover, allowing construction of the U.S. Navy's North Carolina-class battleships to begin. This class of battleships has a displacement of 35,000 tons, a maximum speed of 28 knots, and is armed with three triple 45 times the caliber of 406 mm guns. It's just that only two battleships of this class are planned to be built.
After the 'North Carolina class', there were the 'South Dakota-class' battleships. This class of battleships has a displacement of up to 38,000 tons, a maximum speed of 27 knots, and is armed with three triple 406 mm guns. It's just that the 'South Dakota-class' battleships, the US Navy plans to build four.
After the 'South Dakota-class' battleships, there were six 'Iowa-class' battleships and five 'Montana-class' battleships.
This, of course, is the long-term plan of the US Navy. It will take a long time to fully realize this. However, with the strong industrial strength and financial resources of the United States, it is very likely that such a huge capital ship construction program will be realized. Once the entire plan is successful, the US Navy will have 17 more advanced battleships. This will make the U.S. Navy the most powerful navy in the world, surpassing China's overall strength.
It's just that all this is simply the delusion of the Americans. After all, the future direction of the development of the Navy will no longer be battleships with big ships and huge guns, but aircraft carriers. Even the U.S. Navy built these battleships. Then, in the future, I am afraid it will also become a target for carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy.
Britain, France, and the United States were deeply stimulated by the Chinese Empire and began to build capital ships on a large scale. This news was also learned by the Chinese Empire. However, the Chinese Empire was not afraid of this, but wished that Britain, France and the United States would continue to build capital ships. The more capital ships they build, the less resources they will have in the future for aircraft carriers. And the Chinese Navy will occupy a greater advantage in the future.
The first class of aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy has been completed and put into service, named the 'Altun Mountain' aircraft carrier, also known as the A-class aircraft carrier. Because, the names of the four aircraft carriers are "Altun Mountain", "Altai Mountain", "Ailao Mountain" and "Aishan". The first letter of the first word is A, so it is named. Class A aircraft carrier with a displacement of 25,000 tons, a flight deck of 250 meters long, capable of carrying 72 combat aircraft and 8 seaplanes. With this class of aircraft carriers, the Imperial Navy has already formed combat effectiveness.
The second class aircraft carrier under construction is named the 'Bayan Kalashan' aircraft carrier, also known as the B-class aircraft carrier, with the first ship named 'Bayan Kalashan', the second ship 'Baotaishan', the third ship 'Bopinglingshan', and the fourth ship 'Bodaolingshan'. The B-class aircraft carrier has a displacement of thirty-one thousand tons, a flight deck two hundred and sixty meters long, and is capable of carrying eighty combat aircraft and eight seaplanes. It is expected that it will be able to enter service by the end of the Yellow Emperor era 4630. In the second year it was possible to form combat effectiveness.
After the B-class aircraft carriers are commissioned, the aircraft carrier fleet of the Imperial Navy will have extremely strong combat effectiveness. After the B-class aircraft carriers, the Imperial Navy was to rebuild the hulls of several battleships and battlecruisers acquired from the Japanese Navy to build armored aircraft carriers. (To be continued.) )