() However, what makes Hu Weidong somewhat regretful is that the warships under construction and those already in active service, including the two Bismarck-class battleships, are being refitted in German shipyards to prevent the European War from breaking out in advance.
However, the German Navy had no warships available. After all, it would take not only dozens of days but also a long journey back to Germany from distant China.
The road is full of British colonies and allies. Besides, if they are all renovated and constructed in China, on the one hand, it will easily attract the attention of the great powers, on the other hand, it will also lead to excessive concentration of risks. No matter how crazy the mustache is, "Eggs cannot
I still understand the principle of "Put them all in one basket", especially the ideology of the Chinese Red Party and Mustache are fundamentally opposed.
Although Germany's Bismarck-class battleships, Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers, Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers and Deutsche-class armored ships (also known as "pocket battleships") currently in service or about to enter service have not come to China for modification
, but historically part of Germany’s mysterious “z” shipbuilding plan that aborted midway was transferred to China for completion. And because China’s own construction conditions were insufficient at the beginning, Germany did not
All the resources prepared in the early stages of the plan had to be allocated to the "Eastern Front". As a result, after the outbreak of the European War, the Army and Air Force occupied too many resources, and the German "Z" plan was forced to launch almost before it could even start.
It was suspended (but this actually allowed Germany to avoid serious waste like in history). On the contrary, this part in China was almost completely completed because most of the required resources had been put in place in advance.
In addition to the parts that have been completed so far, in the initial plan of the "Z" plan, Germany also planned to build 6 Hindenburg-class battleships, 3 O-class battlecruisers, 12 P-class armored ships and 2 Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers.
Since Sino-German cooperation will be a huge burden on Germany's finances in the short term, Mustache has made certain adjustments to the "Z Plan".
Modified, reducing the number of battleships from 6 to 4, increasing the number of battlecruisers to 4, reducing the number of armored ships to 4. Reducing the number of aircraft carriers to 1 (Ge Fatty, who has always disliked aircraft carriers)
Seizing this opportunity to add insult to injury, if the first ship, the Zeppelin, had not been launched as early as the end of 1938, I am afraid that even this ship would not have been saved.).
Through Hu Weidong's efforts, two battleships, one battlecruiser and one aircraft carrier will be built in China. In addition, Germany will also cooperate with China to build two Admiral Hipper-class heavy-lift ships in Shanghai (Note 1).
If Germany needs the improved cruiser after it is built, it will have the right to purchase it first, otherwise it will be taken over by the Chinese Navy.
Hu Weidong had his own reasons for taking over the task of building battleships. Building battleships is a severe test for backward industrial countries. Huge hulls, super-large-caliber heavy artillery, etc. all require a strong industrial foundation.
Completed. But as long as the difficulties can be overcome and completed, it will undoubtedly greatly improve the country's overall industrial level, just like the construction of aircraft carriers in later generations. However, due to the huge cost of building battleships, China has not even built 10,000-ton warships before.
It has never been built before, and the cost is probably many times higher. Therefore, Hu Weidong will not agree to pour a huge amount of human, financial and material resources into this bottomless pit of little practical value. But now there are Germans who are willing to pay this money. Still
Provide technology and equipment by the way
and talents, Hu Weidong would not be stupid enough to miss the opportunity, and he has always been a "giant ship and cannonist" in his heart. He is actually quite excited to be able to participate in the design and construction of a super battleship that is unprecedented in world history.
It is said that the Hindenburg-class battleships in history were already very powerful. Even if they were not finally completed, they are still compared with the two super battleships Iowa and Yamato by many battleship fans in later generations. There are even a few people who compare them with the two super battleships Iowa and Yamato.
Compared with the planned Montana-class
Compared with the super Yamato class. But objectively speaking, the original design plan of the Hindenburg class battleship still cannot completely get rid of the shackles of the naval thinking of World War I. Even if it is successfully built, it cannot be compared with the more advanced design of the Montana.
, even compete with the Yamato class. Not to mention the historical
During the construction process of the Hindenburg-class battleships, they were frequently interfered by the layman named Mustache. The design plan was repeatedly changed one way and then back again. During this period, Mustache even put forward many design requirements that were completely impossible to achieve, so that
The historical battleship Hindenburg can only
Sitting helplessly on the slipway watching the end of World War II. Therefore, the two Hindenburg-class battleships were placed in China for construction. It was undoubtedly a great luck for them. Just being able to avoid the interference of the mustache to the greatest extent, almost
You can ignore all the favorable conditions for building in your own country.
For places that he cannot directly control, Mustache, who likes to meddle like Lao Jiang, has always dared to delegate power. I don't know if it is to win over the Red Party, or just out of personal appreciation for Hu Weidong, he is so special
We ask German warship designers coming to China not to be too conceited and to listen more to Hu Weidong, a talented military expert.
Opinions and suggestions. Hu Weidong, who gained a greater voice, also actively offered suggestions. On the one hand, he got over the addiction of being a battleship designer. On the other hand, the more perfectly designed Hindenburg-class battleships were later built for Germany's enemies.
It caused a lot of trouble, and no matter which country among the three countries, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain suffered more losses, it was not a bad thing for China.
Note 1: It is really hard to find technical information during the Republic of China. After searching, I can only confirm that Jiangnan Shipbuilding had a large-scale 20,000-ton shipyard at that time. I don’t know the specific number, but after World War I, Jiangnan Shipbuilding completed 4
An example of an order for a 10,000-ton civilian ship (the first
There was only more than a year between the launch of the first ship and the fourth ship, and at the shipbuilding speed at that time, it would take at least a year to build a 10,000-ton ship.) This shows that the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Institute at that time had at least
2 10,000-ton shipyards (it must be noted that in
Before the Communists evacuated Shanghai on the eve of liberation, Shanghai's shipbuilding facilities had not suffered any major damage.) At that time, Shanghai's shipbuilding industry had the so-called "seven major shipyards", among which Yingxing was stronger in overall strength than Jiangnan Shipbuilding.
United Shipyard owns 4 of them, thus
It can be inferred that these seven major shipyards should all be at least 10,000 tons, so this book is set as Yinglian Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard each have one 20,000-ton shipyard (that is to say, Shanghai has two 20,000-ton shipyards)
level shipyard, 5 10,000-ton shipyards.), so that the subsequent plot can unfold.
Of course, the author is not a professional after all. If there are book friends who know the details, I hope you can post in the book review area and give me some advice ^_^ (To be continued.)