Chapter 2296 New Conditions 2
As for engine restrictions, this is a restriction on the entire British Air Force system. This may be more difficult to regulate. Because the British can organize research and development abroad in a similar way to a bag company. Of course, if you do it abroad, you will also face the dilemma of the development of 4-engine bombers. This restriction will work at least in the past few years, and it will be difficult to say in the future.
So what about the restrictions on the naval side? From the perspective of Germany, the British Navy cannot be too weak, because this navy is an important bargaining chip for balancing the United States in the Far East, especially now, in recent years, the British Navy's strength in the Far East is an important force to curb the United States' excessive expansion in the Far East! After all, the United States and Britain have just fallen out again. Even if the two sides may still have close ideas, reality will still make them afraid of each other! Especially now that the war between the United States and Japan is about to break out.
Of course, it cannot be too strong and cannot threaten the German fleet. In this case, the restrictions on the navy are only a rough framework, and it will definitely need to be refined in the future. This will be another agreement. Not to mention, in terms of performance alone, battleships with no more than 30,000 tons and aircraft carriers with no more than 20,000 tons will not be strong. There will definitely be shortcomings! Who is the strongest battleship with less than 30,000 tons in the two battles in history? It must be Strasbourg of the French. This kind of warship can be used to deal with Schánhorst, but it will definitely be abused when fighting with the real battleship! You can try it with the European Three Musketeers!
The same is true for a 20,000-ton aircraft carrier. It is best to build it to the level of York City. It has a large deck and a large speed, but unfortunately it is just a crispy one! Moreover, because of Ruprecht, the aircraft carriers in World War II are definitely stronger than in history! The status of the aircraft carriers at this level of York City in naval battles is even lower!
Why is there no restrictions on the army? The reason is very simple, there is no need. The British army was not large in peacetime. And as an island country, what if the British army is strong? As long as the Luftwaffe and navy are powerful, even the vast army will only consume money in vain. Of course, there is another reason because the army's equipment is too difficult to supervise. After all, the British still have vast colonies... How can you find any place to hide?
From the current point of view, the supervision of the British naval fleet is relatively easy to implement, because both the main ship and the aircraft carrier cannot be hidden. The tonnage can also be controlled. Supervision of the British Air Force will be more difficult. However, it can be effectively curbed. After all, 4-engine bombers are not enough for you to study. You also need a large number of test flights, and there are not just one or two bombers. The number needs to be scaled to play a role. If the quantity is increased, you will definitely not be able to hide it! Therefore, before the United States and Britain reconciliation, the idea of Britain rebuilding the strategic bomber force is difficult to realize. The supervision of the engine will be weaker, and the operation is too difficult, and the supervision of the army will be even more difficult. It is not easy in terms of necessity or operation, so Germany simply won’t mention it!
As for whether the British can do some tricks? For example, if two engines are connected in parallel and then installed on the bomber as if they are twin-engine bombers? This is of course possible! The German He177 is such an example. Of course, this is a very failed example. In fact, if you play parallel with any high-power engine, there will be problems, because this is already challenging the limit of physics. If you want to say whether there is a particularly high-power engine in the second battle, you can do one engine with top two? That is also true, but this is already a very late matter!
It is better to have a parallel engine and then install it as a twin-engine aircraft than to have a three-engine aircraft. Of course, the road to a three-engine aircraft was blocked by the Germans... From a historical perspective, it is also more convenient for Germany to break free from the Versailles Treaty, but the navy is very difficult. Only after Britain and Germany signed a new naval armament treaty, the Germans began to build Schánhorst. It cannot start very early like the Air Force and the Army.
"His Highness Crown Prince Ruprecht, the requirements you made are even more harsh than before, and the British Empire could not accept them at all. Even if we accept them, we will definitely not be able to bear them." Prime Minister Asquis said, however, this time, he could not just slam the table and leave like Lloyd George facing the Americans, because when you leave when you leave when facing the Americans, it is just a break in the cooperation relationship. If you slam the table and leave when facing the Germans, it means the war will continue! Therefore, even if there is too much anger and dissatisfaction in your heart, the British Prime Minister still maintains the necessary respect for the Germans!
"We will not talk about the first three points for now, because we have proposed these things to your country before. This time, the reason why your country sent a delegation to us is at least to have a certain agreement with our previous conditions. If you don't accept it, then you will definitely not come back. I'm right?" Ruprecht said with a smile, and there was a warning hidden under his smile! If even the previous three conditions that had almost no changes were acceptable, then everyone should prepare to continue the war!
"When we formulated the following few lines, we fully considered your country's ability to withstand our country's needs. We can start with the terms that are easiest to reach an agreement, such as the sovereignty of the Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands. The fundamental purpose of our demand to occupy these two islands is military. To be honest, in this war, your country's two islands caused great trouble to the empire. The high seas fleet can rely on this archipelago to effectively block the empire's maritime transportation lines. In order to avoid this situation in the future, we must control these two islands in our hands." Ruprecht said.
"This is unacceptable to the British Empire. These two islands are too close to us. If we control it, we can control all the ports in the eastern part of the British Empire. If we deploy powerful aviation troops, it can also pose a serious threat to the northern part of the empire. We can talk about many issues, but these issues do not include the sovereignty issues of the British mainland." Prime Minister Asquith said.
"It seems we are in trouble." Ruprecht said to Grand Duke Baden next to him with a smile.
"Your Highness, this is not a problem. No country except Britain cares about the sovereignty of these two islands." Grand Duke Baden said meaningfully.
Chapter completed!