Chapter 2296： New Articles

As for engine restrictions, this is a restriction on the entire British Air Force system. This supervision may be more difficult. Because the British can organize research and development abroad in a similar way as a leather bag company. Of course, if you do it abroad, you will also face the dilemma of the development of a four-shot bomber. This restriction can work at least for the first few years, but it will be hard to say in the future.

What about naval restrictions? From a German perspective, the British Navy cannot be too weak, because this navy is an important bargaining chip used to balance the United States in the Far East, especially now. In recent years, the British Navy’s power in the Far East is to contain the United States’ over-expansion in the Far East. Important force! After all, the United States and Britain just fell out again, even though the two sides may still have close ideas, the reality still makes them jealous! Especially when war is about to break out between the United States and Japan.

Of course, it should not be too strong to threaten the German fleet. In this case, the restrictions on the navy are only a general framework, which will definitely need to be refined in the future. This will be another agreement. Let alone, in terms of performance, battleships of no more than 30,000 tons and aircraft carriers of no more than 20,000 tons will not have strong combat effectiveness, and there will definitely be shortcomings! Who is the strongest battleship under 30,000 tons in the second battle in history? It must be the French Strasbourg. This kind of warship can deal with Scharnhorst, King Kong and others, but it must be abused to fight against the real battleship! You let him fight with the three European Musketeers!

The same is true for the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier. It is best to build it to the level of York City. The deck is large and the speed is not low, but it is a pity that it is crispy! And because of Ruprecht on this plane, the aircraft carrier of World War II is definitely stronger than in history! The status of aircraft carriers of this level in York City is even lower in naval battles!

Why the army has no restrictions? The reason is very simple, there is no need, the British Army was originally small in peacetime. And as an island nation, what if the British Army becomes stronger? As long as the Luftwaffe and the navy are powerful, no matter how large the army is, it will only consume money in vain. Of course, another reason is that the army equipment is too difficult to supervise. After all, the British still have a vast colony... Hide anywhere, how do you find it?

From the current point of view, the supervision of the British naval fleet is relatively easy to implement, because neither the capital ship nor the aircraft carrier can be hidden. Tonnage can also be controlled. The supervision of the British Air Force will be more difficult. But it can be effectively contained. After all, the four-shot bomber can't be researched out by you. You need a lot of test flights, and the bomber is not just one or two. It needs a number and a scale to be effective. And if the number goes up, you can't help it! Therefore, before the U.S.-British reconciliation, the British idea of ​​rebuilding its strategic bomber force was difficult to realize. Engine supervision will be weaker. This operation is too difficult, and the supervision of the Army is even more difficult. It is not easy in terms of necessity or operability, so Germany simply does not mention it. !

As for whether the British can do some tricks? For example, two engines are connected in parallel and then installed on the bomber to pretend to be a twin-engine bomber? This is natural! The German HE177 is such an example. Of course, this is a very failed example. In fact, any high-power engine will have problems if you play in parallel, because this is already challenging the limit of physics. You have to say 2. Does Zhan have a particularly powerful engine that can achieve one top two? That is also true, but this is already a very late thing!

It’s more reliable to build a parallel engine and pretend to be a twin-engine plane. Of course, the road to a three-engine plane is blocked by the Germans... From a historical point of view, the difficulty for Germany to break free from the Versailles peace treaty is also more convenient for the air force and the army, but the navy is very difficult. Only after Britain and Germany signed the new naval armaments treaty, the Germans began to build Scharnhorst. . It cannot start very early like the Air Force and Army.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht, these requirements you put forward are even more demanding than the previous ones. The British Empire simply cannot accept them. Even if we accept them, we will absolutely not be able to afford them." Prime Minister Asquith said, however. This time, he can’t just like Lloyd George facing the Americans and just pat the table and leave, because facing the Americans you are gone, but the partnership is interrupted. If you face the Germans and pat the table and leave, That means the continuation of the war! Therefore, even though there is too much anger and dissatisfaction in his heart, the British Prime Minister still maintains the necessary respect for the Germans!

"We will not discuss the first three items for the time being, because we have mentioned these things to your country before, and the reason why your country will send a delegation this time is at least a certain degree of agreement with our previous conditions. If you do not accept it If you do, then I will definitely not come back Am I right?" Ruprecht said with a smile, and under the smile there was a warning hidden! If even the previous three conditions that have hardly changed are unacceptable, then everyone is ready to continue the war!

"When formulating the following articles, we fully considered your country’s affordability and our country’s needs. We can start with the terms that are easiest to reach agreement, such as the sovereignty of the Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands. Question. The fundamental purpose of our request to occupy these two islands is military. To be honest, in this war, these two islands of your country caused great trouble to the empire. The high seas fleet can rely on these islands to effectively block the seas of the empire. Transportation line. In order to avoid this situation in the future, we must control these two islands in our hands.” Ruprecht said.

"This is unacceptable for the British Empire. These two islands are too close to us. If you control here, you can control all the ports in the eastern part of the British Empire. If you deploy powerful aviation, you can The northern part of the empire poses a serious threat. We can talk about many issues, but these issues do not include the sovereignty 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.

"His Royal Highness, this is not a trouble. Except for Britain, no country cares about the sovereignty of these two islands." Grand Duke Baden said meaningfully.

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