Later generations recorded that at the end of 1914, China's shipbuilding plan for a large-scale battleship that shocked the world was only 12 battleships on the surface, but when the aircraft carrier stepped onto the stage of history and quickly showed its strength, the identity of the aircraft carrier's main battleship was basically certain. ~,

When it was World War II, there would be some uncertainty, just like Iroku Yamamoto. After successfully attacking Pearl Harbor with the help of aircraft carriers, the artillery fleet was still the main body in the naval battle of Midway. The interweaving of strength between aircraft carriers and battleships was the key, but the Northwest came out with a mature aircraft carrier, and the carrier-based aircraft exceeded the level of the early World War II. The battleships of this era were still in the era of 14-inch and the first generation of dreadnoughts, and the advantages of aircraft carriers were particularly obvious.

In 1914, keels were laid, with 12 battleships and 27 aircraft carriers, and a total of 39 main battleships were started at the same time, creating a miracle in the early 20th century. Although the United States had 12 16 and 28 battleships, construction started in two years. At the end of 1915, the Northwest completed the main construction of 39 ships, especially after the large-scale dock construction was completed, 48 more were started in 1915.

Only 48 ships have increased in a year. It is not because of the insufficient construction of China's docks. The fundamental reason is also because of the bottleneck of the manpower of the Chinese Navy. In fact, the Qingdao Shipyard and the Jiangnan Shipyard alone have docks with 39 main battleships. The shipbuilding bases built later have a total of 5 times the total tonnage of the two major shipyards. In 1914, China's huge terrifying shipbuilding foundation was determined.

The future world is a world of oceans, on the earth. The land area only accounts for 30% and the remaining 70% are oceans. Perhaps in the feudal era, land became dominant. Since the Renaissance Ocean Age, the world overlords were all dominated by the oceans.

If China wants to rise, on the one hand, it needs to use a strong army to stabilize the huge territory it occupies, laying a good foundation for the current and future China. On the other hand, it also needs a huge navy to expand its territory.

After Baotou's economy was on track, Yang Yuanzhao began to pay attention to the ocean. Even before Baotou's business plan was settled, he came into contact with the Process Biguang and searched for various naval talents and designers. However, the words of a century-old naval are definitely not a joke. Even a few years ago, he spent a lot of effort to cultivate the naval army. The fishing boat plan, the ocean fleet plan, and even expanded the expansion speed of the naval military academies and naval military academies. It was much faster than the Northwest military academies. Unfortunately, these still could not satisfy the expansion of the navy. China's naval recruitment foundation was quite fierce in 1914 and 1915.

However, this did not delay Yang Yuanzhao's determination to expand the navy. At Yang Yuanzhao's hand, there was still a plan for a shipyard, which was finally created by the Ministry of Industry with Yang Yuanzhao's proposal and strong support.

Since the founding of China, relying on the experience of the Northwest, the entire industrial layout and industrial construction of China have begun. In the future, China will not be dominated by Baotou. After the establishment of several major industrial belts in the future, the population concentrated near the Northwest will gradually diverge. From a relatively barren place like the Northwest and without a certain foundation, it will return to a prosperous area. As long as the plan for this industrial belt is completed, China's development will be more rapid.

In the regional shipbuilding plan of the Ministry of Industry, the core cities are Dalian, Lushun, Huludao, Yantai, Shanghai, Mawei, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. These are newly identified, and the eight major shipbuilding bases are all in the current country. In addition to the South China Sea, Singapore, Jakarta, Manila and Kuala Lumpur, these together form a new 12 major shipbuilding bases.

Each of the 12 major shipbuilding bases is not lower than Qingdao Port. The northwest uses shocking production capacity. After the project was established in August 1914, it has begun to take shape in just two months. The largest dock with a maximum of more than 50,000 tons has not been finally completed. A total of 187 docks under 20,000 tons have been built. Once these docks prepared for auxiliary warships and auxiliary ships and escort aircraft carriers are completed, and after sufficient and experienced personnel, they can burst out with faster production capacity than the United States.

This is not the era when the RMB depreciated and even the US dollar depreciated. The issuance of the Northwest Yuan was also issued under the guarantee of gold. The purchasing power of the Northwest Yuan was quite strong, with 500 million shipbuilding funds and 4.5 billion shipbuilding facilities. Once it was smashed, it would be immediately effective, and even affected the prices of infrastructure materials such as steel, coal, and cement in the entire China's economy, and began to grow slightly.

The action was a bit too big, and even attracted Liu Shu. He specially found Yang Yuanzhao. When he saw Yang Yuanzhao, he saw Yang Yuanzhao looking at the documents of the shipyard layout. He pulled open the chair and sat next to Yang Yuanzhao, and asked helplessly: "Yuanzhao, have your navy's military expenditure invested a lot recently?

Yang Yuanzhao couldn't help laughing at Liu Shu's cautiousness and said, "Why do you feel a little sad? It's not your money!"

"But..." Liu Shu was a little speechless and couldn't speak.

"Okay, look here!" Yang Yuanzhao opened a world map. This was the precise world map drawn by the intelligence department after a long investigation. It not only had the borders of various countries, but also had a sphere of influence, especially Europe, and even had a strategic situation before October 1914.

"What kind of world is this? The survival of the strong. You can see how many countries there were in Europe 200 years ago, or even 300 years ago. But now, they have basically disappeared and become part of a powerful country. The country, population, and economy have become the key to the war. If you fall behind, you will be beaten!"

"I know, don't we have an army?"

"The army can protect our land, but it is not aggressive. Unless it is bordered, only a powerful navy is the key. Look at how big the territory and the population of Britain are. But Britain has been the overlord of the world since the last century, or even the last century. Why? It's because of a powerful fleet?"

Seeing what Liu Shu wanted to say, Yang Yuanzhao continued: "Lan Fang has occupied the entire Southeast Asia, which has been obtained. For future generations, I cannot give up such a huge and resource-rich territory. If I want to guard the island, I must have a powerful navy, let alone we have joined the Allies. I am not worried about other countries in the Allies, I just worry about it!"

What Yang Yuanzhao pointed to was the United States, which made Liu Shu unable to understand. In Liu Shu's idea, the most powerful country in the world is still Britain. Don't you see that the dominance of the Allies is still Britain? This is the view of most people in the world. But in fact, the form of war has quietly changed, from the equipment to the victory wheel to the comprehensive national strength and logistics. The United States is the strongest industrial strength among the Allies and the one who can provide the most funds. The lease bill proves the strength of the United States. The Americans are almost alone in promoting the war process of the Allies. In this sense, the United States has begun to dominate the Allies, but the United States has not discovered it yet.

From being able to extend the war to the economy, Liu Shu looked confused. Yang Yuanzhao turned to the navy. The navy was a beast of gold swallowing, especially after the super dreadnought. The cost of each ship surged, each ship was more than 3 million pounds, and the maintenance cost every two years was enough to buy a warship.

For any country in the world, the maintenance cost of 1.5 million pounds per year is not low. For countries like Britain, France and the United States, the number of main ships they need is huge. With 20 ships as data, they need 30 million pounds. This is just the maintenance cost of main ships. With the huge auxiliary fleet, the British naval military expenditure is quite terrifying. Even once a war breaks out, the demand will increase geometrically. This is also the world, and few countries can afford to play with the main ships.

Britain, on the premise of discovering that Germany was catching up, tried every possible way to guide Germany to start the war. Since the Second Industrial Revolution, especially after the revolution led by science and technology, Britain has begun to decline and cannot catch up with the mainstream of the world. He may be able to suppress Germany, but he cannot cope with the challenges of the United States. Then this opportunity to defeat Germany and integrate the power of Europe, and perhaps there is still a rescue, but he still failed. The First World War weakened the entire Europe, but instead created the rise of the United States and Japan. As for the Soviet Union, it was another system, and even its development was also gaining benefits during the capitalist economic crisis. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to develop.

"The UK cannot do it, so the US can do it?"

"The United States can. You see, Britain has not built more than 15 main battleships at the highest stage, but the United States can build 28 main battleships in a row. Even this year, the United States will increase its weight. You will know when the Scher fleet returns in the future!"

Liu Shu was a little confused by Yang Yuanzhao's remarks. Fortunately, in the past few years, he has become accustomed to Yang Yuanzhao's far-sightedness. In a sense, without Yang Yuanzhao, there would be no good situation in China now. Whether it is Southeast Asia, Siberia, or even the European war situation, it is under Yang Yuanzhao's grasp. He came here not to be responsible for Yang Yuanzhao, but the navy's recent actions have been too big, which has caused a series of complaints including the military and the government. But now, after knowing Yang Yuanzhao's attitude, everything will not be a problem.

Yang Yuanzhao has a unique role in the politics, economy and military of China. The projects he leads and promotes are all highly forward-looking projects. This has been proved by countless real examples. As long as this news is emitted, any abnormal sound will disappear without a trace in a short period of time. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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