69novels Chapter 306
Chapter 306
“What is the designed displacement of this battleship?”
“What is the designed displacement of this battleship?”
After the team responsible for the execution and supervision arrived in Hans, they rushed to Hans’s shipyard for a field investigation.
The first ship of the Scharnhorst battlecruiser had completed 55% of the construction work at this time, and the outline of the entire battleship could basically be seen.
According to the length of the battleship’s keel, it can be inferred that the length of this battleship should be about 230 meters and the ship width is about 31 meters.
There are many battleships of this specification in the world, and the closest to it is the Nelson-class battleship on which the sun never sets.
This battleship was also built according to the upper limit of the Fog City Naval Treaty. If the Nelson class does not exceed the standard, then the possibility of Hans’s Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser exceeding the standard is not great.
“35,000 tons!”
Hans was very honest and did not hide anything. He directly told the standard displacement of the Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser.
Hearing Hans’ words, the members of the British Sun in the investigation team frowned and felt something was wrong.
This battleship looks too close to the Nelson-class battleship of the British Sun. Both the length and the width of the ship are almost the same as Nelson!
However, the Nelson-class battleship was specially built by the British Sun to deal with Hans’ Bismarck-class battleship. The main gun of this battleship is a triple-mounted main gun with a caliber of up to 406 mm! What do the Hans want to do by making a Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser similar to Nelson?
Do they want to make Scharnhorst a main battleship like the Bismarck-class battleship?
If so, it is definitely not good news for the British Sun!
Hans took the lead on the Bismarck-class battleship. The triple-mounted 406mm naval gun used for the first time has brought a great shock to the Royal Navy. The main gun of this caliber is the largest caliber artillery in the world. Originally, this technology has always been mastered by the British Navy itself. Even the artillery technology of the foot basin was obtained from the British Navy!
As a result, they did not expect that Hans had come up with this kind of artillery without any technical assistance. Moreover, the British Navy conducted a careful study of the main gun on the Bismarck battleship. They found that the tonnage of Hans’ main gun was very light, at least 25% lighter than the current main gun of the British Navy!
Although they did not know how Hans did this, the British Navy knew very well that they were behind Hans in the field of naval main guns.
Therefore, the most worrying thing for the British Navy was that Hans would promote this caliber of main guns and install this kind of main gun on their new battleships!
35,000 tons, equipped with 9 406mm main guns, such a battleship has surpassed any main battleship in the Royal Navy except the Hood battlecruiser!
And the most terrifying thing is that Hans built four ships in one go. After these four battleships are launched, together with the previous Bismarck and Tirpitz, Hans will have six main battleships with super firepower. By then, even if the Royal Navy has an advantage in numbers, it is probably difficult to say that it can completely overwhelm Hans’ navy! Thinking of this, the British Empire couldn’t help but said:”How do we know if what you said is true? We need to check!”
He couldn’t wait to destroy Hans’s shipbuilding plan and wanted to resolve this huge threat to the British Empire!
“Inspection? Sure, wait. When the battleship is built and launched next year, I will let you come and watch!”
Although the naval treaty restricts Hans and prevents him from doing whatever he wants, it does not mean that Hans must obey them. Hans’ obligation is to inform the other party of the tonnage and caliber of his battleship. For other information, I’m sorry, not a single screw can be revealed!
Seeing the cold faces of Hans’ reception staff, the people in the Six-Nation Arms Control Committee cursed the British Empire for making trouble.
They should not have come here at this time. Hans’ battleships have not been built yet. What can they see by coming here?
Can they see the tonnage of Hans’ battleships or the caliber of the main guns of Hans’ battleships?
These things are not even in sight. If they come here now, they can only wait. Isn’t this a waste of everyone’s time?
People from the Six Nations The people of Hans were already dissatisfied, and the treatment they received by the British Empire made them colder, which led to the worse reception. Hans directly said that he had no obligation to entertain them and asked them to solve their own food and lodging problems.
The representatives of the six countries had no choice but to pay for their own accommodation in a hotel near the shipyard while cursing the British Empire.
When the nearby hotels heard that they were here to monitor Hans building warships, they immediately kicked them out. The group of people ran around Hamburg for several times and finally found a hotel willing to accept them.
However, the price offered by the only hotel willing to accept them was daunting!
“What, 100 marks a night? Why don’t you just go and rob them?”
When the representatives of the British Empire heard that it would cost 100 marks to stay a night, they immediately widened their eyes and started to jump up and down.
10 marks equals 1 pound, and 100 marks equals 10 pounds. In a year, 3,650 pounds would be spent, which is more than eight times the per capita income of the British Empire!
Even the government officials like them could not afford such expenses with their salaries!
“Sir, this is a five-star hotel. Isn’t the configuration of a five-star hotel worth the price? If you can’t afford it, please leave here and don’t interfere with our business!”
The hotel manager said confidently, as if he was sure to get the Sun Never Sets. When the Sun Never Sets heard that he was going to be driven away, he immediately became depressed. Thinking of the energy he had spent wandering around Hamburg and being driven away, he could only helplessly accept his fate of being slaughtered.
���The purpose of staying here is to legally monitor the progress of Hans’ shipbuilding company, but members of the investigation team from other countries have no such plan!
“Ahem, you people of the British Empire are so rich, but we can’t afford it. We are poor, so goodbye!”
Except for the representative of Hans, the representatives of the remaining four countries discussed and decided to go back to their countries. They would come back to review after Hans’ warship was launched in half a year. They didn’t need to stay here every day like the people of the British Empire!
As for the representative of Hans, it was easy. He just had to take a bus home.
Once the representatives of the four countries ran away, the situation of the representative of the British Empire became awkward. Although he could use the identity of the investigation team to legally monitor Hans’ every move, his identity made him like a rat crossing the street in Hans, to the point where everyone wanted to beat him!
In this case, the representative of the British Empire only needed to If you leave the hotel, you may be beaten by the Hans people, not to mention going out to monitor the Hans shipyard!
The Hans people also ignored the vigilant eyes of the British people hiding in the dark. They built their battleships step by step and leisurely!
While the construction of four Scharnhorst-class battleships was started in Hans, Hans’ other two battleships, Bismarck and Tirpitz, had left North America after a six-month round-the-world voyage, passed through the Panama Canal, entered the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean, and officially started their visit to the Far East.
In September 1924, when the Imperial Cruise Fleet arrived at the capital of Jiaoben tiredly and visited Jiaoben,
Hans’s fleet did not follow the Sun Never Sets like a shadow, but crossed the Qingjin Strait, then crossed the Tsushima Strait and entered the Bohai Bay, docked in Jinmen City, and officially began its visit to the Celestial Empire.
This is not the first time that warships from other countries have visited the Celestial Empire, but this is the first truly peaceful visit, and the ones coming are the Bismarck and Tirpitz, which are known as the world’s strongest battleships at the time!
For a time, a large number of people in Jinmen City and even in the Peking area were attracted by these two snow-white, graceful warships, and rushed to Dagukou to watch, wanting to see the world’s number one battleship.