69novels Chapter 273
Chapter 273
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Ribbentrop wiped the cold sweat from his head and forced himself to read on.
After comparing population and land area, the third item was the industrial strength of the six countries.
Industrial strength is also subdivided into many categories, mainly three categories: military industry, heavy industry and light industry.
Each item has very detailed indicators, such as the steel production of each country.
Steel production should be the indicator that best reflects a country’s industrial strength. The gap between European countries in this area is not big. Hans’ steel production in 192 reached 12 million tons, the sun never sets steel production reached 8.6 million tons, Gaul’s production was 5.6 million tons, and Italy’s production was 1.1 million tons. However, the steel production of Foot Basin and Eagle Sauce is exaggerated.
In 1922, the United States produced 43 million tons of steel, which exceeded the total of the four European countries and accounted for more than 60% of the world’s steel production at that time.
However, because the industry started late and there was a lack of iron ore in the country, their steel production was very low, only 550,000 tons. It was the only country among the six countries that did not produce more than one million tons.
In addition to steel production, there are also oil and coal consumption, electrolytic aluminum production and copper ingot production. These are all raw materials needed for industrial development. The higher the production, the stronger the industrial strength!
In these fields, the United States is a well-deserved overlord!
Therefore, in addition to the previous two full marks of 100 points, the United States once again won a full score of 100 points in industrial strength!
Hans regained 10% in this field. Their score reached 75 points. Although there is a big gap with the United States, it is higher than other countries.
In addition to Hans and Eagle Sauce, the British Empire scored 60 points, Gaul scored 55 points, Italy scored 40 points, and Foot Basin scored 35 points.
Seeing this, there is actually no need to read the rest. There is basically no suspense about Eagle Sauce winning the first place!
However, in order to facilitate the negotiation, Ribbentrop patiently read the report in its entirety even though he knew that the result was no longer suspenseful!
The remaining two categories are military strength and scientific research capabilities.
Among them, Hans benefited from the 2 million standing army, so they ranked second in military strength, second only to the British Empire.
Eagle Sauce won the third place.
Their navy is currently as powerful as the British Empire, which gives them a lot of points!
In terms of scientific research strength, Eagle Sauce once again won the first place. Emerging companies such as Johnson & Johnson began to emerge in Eagle Sauce, and they hold a large number of invention patents, which has benefited the entire Eagle Sauce a lot. However, no one knows that these companies are actually funded and supported by Mainz, so these should have been counted on Hans.
Combining the scores of the above five categories, Eagle Sauce received the highest score of 478 points, the British Empire received the second highest score of 347 points, Hans received the third highest score of 332 points, Gaul ranked fourth with a score of 26 points, Foot Basin ranked fifth with a score of 230, and Italy ranked last with a score of 202 points.
From the total score, the six major powers in the world are clearly divided into different levels. Eagle Sauce won the first place with four firsts, while the old overlord British Empire had a big gap with Eagle Sauce in the score, so it ranked second. With the advantages of population and industrial strength, the strength of British Empire is second only to Eagle Sauce and British Empire, and won the third place.
Among these three countries, the score gap between British Empire and Hans is relatively small. They can be regarded as countries of the same level, while the strength of Eagle Sauce is too strong and can be listed separately. As for the three countries at the bottom, their score gap is not large, only more than 50 points, so the three countries are also listed in the same level.
After reading this document, Ribbentrop couldn’t help thinking: If General Mainz’s intelligence is correct, then according to the results of Fitch’s investigation, Hans will definitely get the third largest quota in the world. However
, after thinking about it carefully, I feel that there are some problems. First of all, there is the problem of the British Empire.
Although the results of the investigation show that the British Empire is no longer the world’s number one power, they are still the world hegemon at this time, and they are still the British Empire. So they definitely cannot accept this result, because once they accept this result, doesn’t it mean that their quota in the navy will be lower than that of the Eagle Sauce?
For the British Empire, the size of the army can be reduced, but the size of the navy must not be reduced. If the tonnage of the navy is reduced, then they will not be able to protect their overseas colonies at all, and their British Empire will quickly collapse!
For the British Empire, the 50-50 situation with the Eagle Sauce in the Washington Treaty was already a forced concession for them. If they were asked to give the largest quota to the Eagle Sauce at this time, it would be absolutely impossible. Even if the British Empire withdrew from the naval treaty and did not sign this agreement, it would not accept this result!
The same situation happened to the Foot Basin. In the Washington Treaty, the Foot Basin had clearly been allocated the third largest piece of cake. Now re-evaluating it, their cake shrank rapidly, from third to fifth, and the fifth-place cake was probably the same as that of Italy and Gaul before, right?
This was absolutely unacceptable to the Foot Basin, and the reason was similar to that of the British Empire. The Foot Basin was also an island country, so the navy was the most important to them!
These thoughts flashed through Ribbentrop’s mind quickly, and then he began to hesitate.
If his worries became a reality, then whether the Fog City Talks could eventually come up with a new naval treaty would really be a question!
“Prime Minister, what is your opinion on this investigation report?”
After reading it, Ribbentrop returned the document to Mainz and also sounded out Mainz’s attitude.
He wanted to know how Mainz viewed this result, whether he fully supported it, was indifferent, or firmly opposed it?
Mainz’s attitude determined Hans’ attitude and also determined the direction of Ribbentrop’s next work!
“This survey result is actually beneficial to us, so of course we must argue based on this favorable result and strive for more benefits for our country!”
Mainz also cares about this matter. Just like what Ribbentrop was worried about, Mainz was also worried that after this report was released, the British and the British would not be able to accept it.
These two countries are special. They are both island countries, so they actually have to be biased in terms of the navy.
Therefore, when allocating quotas to these two countries, a certain weighting should be made to give them more quotas. Otherwise, if they are allocated according to the standards of continental countries, they will definitely suffer!
Mainz’s attitude towards the Fog City Conference is actually quite supportive. He is building After the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships, the focus will be on building high-speed battleships of 10,000 to 30,000 tons. These battleships are not used for decisive battles at sea, but to serve as sword-bearing guards for future aircraft carriers, helping them to resist attacks from submarines and enemy bombers!
So this treaty did not have much impact on Hans, but the significance of this treaty is that its existence limits the development of other countries in battleships.
Although battleships are outdated equipment in front of aircraft carriers, no one can underestimate the power of this thing. If these guys are allowed to do this endlessly, If they continue to make their battleships bigger and stronger, what kind of monsters will they come up with? Mainz really has no idea!
The fierce competition is bound to cause some weak countries to fall behind, and if the lagging countries want to catch up with other countries, they must find another way, and this alternative way is to develop aircraft carriers!
This is what Mainz is most worried about. He would rather let various countries develop battleships than let these guys develop aircraft carriers.
Therefore, this treaty that can limit the tonnage of battleships and aircraft carriers is very important to him!
What he wants is for various countries to develop battleships to a limited extent.
, and always put the focus on battleships.
In this way, when the treaty expires, all countries will rush to develop battleships!
If they go all out to develop battleships, aircraft carriers will naturally not be taken seriously.
Moreover, when the treaty expires, World War II may be approaching.
The battleships of various countries are probably still in the shipyard or on the design drawings, and the war has already broken out.
At that time, they will suddenly find that the super battleships they have spent a lot of money and resources to make will become useless in front of aircraft carriers!
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