Xu Jun is not very good at economics and finance, but some of his subordinates are experts who are proficient in this. Schacht and Fonk have proved to Xu Jun that they are capable of doing this job. The German economy quickly recovered from stability after the war ended, and there was no financial impact caused by the entry of a large number of war dividends.

The German government announced last month that the Mark value would continue to be fixed at the original exchange rate, which is exciting news for everyone in the European financial market. I wonder how many financial experts have breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past, whenever a large-scale war between European countries ended, the redistribution of power and wealth was followed by a feast for war brokers and financial scavengers. However, this time, the German financial beasts had long been collared by the Nazis. In the fanatical political atmosphere of Germany, there was no room for war brokers to survive. The giant family businesses and consortiums in Germany were successively controlled by the Nazi government. Hitler eliminated the biggest obstacles for his successor and paved a highway to the throne of dictatorship.

"We are making great progress in the United States. They are full of enthusiasm for this plan. There are only some procedural issues left. I believe that the final agreement should be signed late this month." Viscount Wood picked up the glass pot at hand and poured himself a cup of black tea.

"We provide technology, they are responsible for manufacturing, and I can't see any reason for Americans to refuse." Admiral de Labord had a confident smile on his face.

"The US Navy's previous shipbuilding plan has now been attacked by conservative Senate members. In the eyes of these people, this plan is part of Roosevelt's "war conspiracy." Lavar sneered. On this issue, he despised the vulgar and ignorant Americans from the bottom of his heart.

"Because of this, there are many ships on the east and west coasts of the United States that are idle. Our orders are extremely attractive to shipbuilders." Viscount Wood picked up the exquisite small silver clip on the plate and picked up a piece of white sugar cube from the sugar plate.

Xu Jun knew that the US Navy's existing military expansion plan would not be affected too much for the time being, and at most it would be reduced in the budget for the new fiscal year. However, not all the Senate and House of Representatives were political animals, and they would not be unable to see the threat in the direction of the Pacific.

However, this possibility is almost gone if it takes a large-scale military expansion and preparation for war as Roosevelt was in power. After all, the US Navy's domestic status is not as supreme as in the middle and late stages of World War II.

The situation of the US Army was also very bad. After losing the "war threat" on the European continent, the security of America was guaranteed and life returned to a peaceful era of singing and dancing.

The US Army's weapons replacement plan fell into a standstill with the cancellation of British government orders.

The domestic inventory of artillery and guns is piled up, so why do the American people still pay for the new weapons? "You say these weapons are old? Then why are the British willing to accept these rags before? Do you dare to say that they have no deals or collusion with the British?"

The US Navy also has its own troubles. In order to maintain the size of the fleet, it mainly retains experienced sailors, and they have to continue to retain a batch of old ships within the organization.

More importantly, the United States once had the greatest maritime threat. The British Royal Navy had suffered heavy losses, and with Britain's national strength, it was difficult to return to the old scene.

Conservatives who are trying to restore "glorious isolation" are ecstatic. The political slogan they put forward is "America supremacy". The decline of the British Royal Navy has given these politicians an excellent reason. The tonnage of the American Navy has jumped to the world's first place. For a long time in the future, there will be no force to challenge the United States' maritime power in the Atlantic. There is no need to add more warships in this direction. If it is really necessary, it should be placed on the other side of the mainland.

As a result, most shipbuilding companies of all sizes on the east coast of the United States were idle, and it seemed that the depression would last for a while on the market.

Just as the United States' east coast shipbuilding industry was about to fall into the turmoil, its former rival, the British, came like angels descending on this land once flying the rice flag, and at the same time brought an amazing ship procurement plan.

Britain once had the largest commercial fleet in the world, but after the cruel Atlantic submarine warfare, the fleet has now shrunk to about 70% of its original size, and many of them need to be sent to the shipyard for overhaul due to various reasons.

This situation has affected Britain's blood transfusion ability. The wealth and resources they plundered in various colonies can now be stored in warehouses in port areas and do not have enough capacity to send them back to their homeland. Therefore, they need the United States to build a batch of transport ships for them and make special modifications to make them suitable for sailing in tropical waters in Asia.

Britain itself is a major shipbuilding power, but at this time the production of domestic shipyards has become saturated because in addition to building merchant ships, they are now working hard to repair and build military ships.

In addition to the warships that were damaged in the war, there were some sunken ships that were rescued. Now, as long as this ship is proven to have repair value, the Royal Navy will never give up any chance.

For example, the Hood, sunk near Dunkirk, was successfully salvaged and straightened by the efforts of the British, German and French naval engineers. The Royal Navy plans to secretly pull her back to her home port Clydebank in the next month and return to the ship platform of the John Brown Company that built her.

The damage to this battle patrol was not as serious as everyone imagined. The Royal Navy speculated that the reason why she overturned in such a short time was probably caused by the chaos in the damage control system. In addition to the cracks at the bottom of the ship caused by the concrete destruction bullets, Navy investigators also found that more than half of the water injection valves in the ballast tank on her right and the ammunition depot at the bottom were opened.

At that time, the firepower of the German heavy artillery was beyond imagination. The battleships traveled with each other were shot and sunk. The officers and soldiers responsible for the damage to the control of the [Houd] were inappropriate because of panic. This was not impossible.

However, there were not many survivors of the Hood. All senior officers, including the captain, died at that time. Divers from the German Navy also searched the bodies of Captain Cole and several senior officers in the armored command tower of the Hood. Most of the survived were sailors on duty on the upper deck. The highest rank was only a captain. No one could tell what happened at that time.

The restoration and transformation of this battle patrol is a huge project and a severe test of the Royal Navy's shipbuilding technology. However, the Royal Navy seems to be very confident that the [Houd] has become like one of their faith totems. In order to get this warship back to the naval sequence, they will spare no matter how much the price they pay.

The information on the repair of warships has been classified as the highest secret, and only the governments and naval executives of Britain, France and Germany were informed. Previously, the British navy's confidentiality work was like a colander, and even Japanese spies with their own dry food appeared. Now, with the "help" of the Germans, they have been cleaned up. Xu Jun hopes that they can keep these secrets for at least a year.

In addition to general cargo ships and oil tankers, the British order also has a batch of special ships, among which the most interesting Americans is a high-speed maritime supply ship.

This ship uses many "advanced technologies" that the United States has confirmed as "beyond this era", so that this supply ship can supply target ships at sea while sailing, which will greatly improve the flexibility of supply work and ensure the battlefield vitality of both supply sides.

At that time, the maritime supplies between most ships could only be carried out under calm sea conditions and after both sides stopped ships. This was often the most vulnerable stage for warships, because it took a certain amount of time to reboot the ship's power. If it was attacked at this time, the ship could only be honestly targeted and could not avoid maneuvers at all. Especially when encountering a sneak attack by a submarine or aircraft at this time, it would almost be sentenced to death.

Why can't the British know what Americans think, "Do you want technology? Then let's cooperate."

The United States will build eight high-speed supply ships named the Derian class for the British Navy, and also allow the United States to build two similar supply ships on its own in the form of a license. With the usual American style, the technology above is equivalent to being given away for nothing.

The British would not tell the US Navy that this ship was actually based on a high-speed transport ship developed by the French Navy, joined some "advanced designs" of the German Navy, and then integrated and optimized by British Royal Navy shipbuilding experts.

This is a test product for European naval technical cooperation and the crystallization of wisdom of the three countries' naval technicians. In addition to the fact that countries really cannot free up empty ships, this ship is also designed because all the metric systems are used. If Americans want to build it, they must go through a lot of conversions. After this "cooperation", I believe that they will be more proficient when building other European-designed ships.

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