Compared with the dilemma faced by the South China Sea Federation, Liu Fu is relatively relaxed. He does not feel very embarrassed about the invitation proposed by the four countries. Even if the South China Sea Federation does not develop ships such as aircraft carriers, countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States will
The current development is just because the federation has developed a bit too fast, which has caused uneasiness and fear among the traditional powers in the world. They tried hard but failed, so they just used a soft knife to achieve the same goal.
And can this soft knife achieve their goal? Liu Fu thinks it cannot, for three reasons. First, if a weapon like an aircraft carrier lacks a suitable carrier-based aircraft, it will not be able to exert its power.
Not to mention attacking the enemy's large fleet,
Whether it can protect itself is a question. Aircraft are not included in the disarmament of the four countries. Even if the Federation participates in the disarmament treaty, it will not affect the research and development of aircraft. Therefore, in terms of the attack power and self-protection ability of the aircraft carrier,
It will not weaken the strength of the federal navy;
Second, as a new weapon and equipment, the development direction of the aircraft carrier is still in the exploratory stage. This exploration cannot be figured out through a few tests and exercises, but requires many fierce actual combats.
Progress has been made, and there will certainly not be many or many such practical opportunities in the next few years. Therefore, countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States will not have many opportunities to practice and explore flight.
The development direction and tactical application of aircraft carriers. However, this problem does not exist in the South China Sea Federation. Even if Liu Fu is not a qualified military fan, in later generations, he is also a military enthusiast. Although he has not read any professional books, he has nothing to do with aircraft carriers.
We still know a little bit about this big killer weapon. At least the development direction and general tactical application are much clearer than the naval experts of any country today.
Third, whether it is a mothership formation or a battleship formation, in future battles, the performance of weapons and equipment such as carrier-based aircraft, naval guns, and torpedoes is no longer the most important condition that determines a battle. The most important thing is the entire
The command, early warning and targeting level of the fleet. And the South China Sea Federation is here
In this regard, it has been secretly leading the world for many years. Even if the aircraft carriers and aircraft of Britain and the United States and other countries will be improved to the same level as the Federation in the next few years, Liu Fu also believes that the Federation Navy is equipped with early warning radars, ranging radars and
The mothership formation of the radio communication system is able to defeat the opponent.
On January 3, 1922, after four countries sent a disarmament invitation to the South China Sea Federation. Seven days later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the South China Sea Federation held a press conference to announce that the South China Sea Federation Government accepted the invitation from the four countries and would be informed by the Minister of Defense.
Went to the United States with the Foreign Minister to attend this disarmament conference.
After the four countries of Britain, the United States, France and Italy issued this invitation, they did not expect the South China Sea federal government to accept it happily. Instead, they planned to occupy the moral high ground first, use world public opinion to stimulate the federal government, and then further force the South China Sea federal government to agree to participate in this disarmament.
meeting. According to their analysis, the South China Sea federal government agreed to participate in this disarmament meeting.
The rate is not high. Therefore, the four governments have also prepared a back-up plan, that is, in case the South China Sea Federal Government refuses to participate in the disarmament conference, they will use the advantage of world public opinion to mobilize countries around the world to impose a trade embargo and impose a trade embargo on the South China Sea Federal Government.
Economic sanctions gradually weaken the country's economic strength, thus forcing the federal government to return to the conference table.
But now the South China Sea federal government has unexpectedly agreed to the invitation of the four countries, and will soon send their ministers of defense and foreign affairs to the United States to attend the meeting. This makes the representatives of the four sponsoring countries very surprised and very confused.
.According to their thinking, the South China Sea federal government must first deny in every possible way and not recognize their naval strength, and then use various
They used excuses to delay the deadline of the talks, and finally chose some reason to refuse to participate in this disarmament conference, because as long as a normal politician understands the world situation at that time, he will see that this disarmament conference is aimed at the South China Sea federal government.
Its purpose is to slow down the country's naval development, thereby providing time for the navies of Britain, the United States and other countries to catch up.
Since this fact is easy to see, why did the South China Sea federal government agree to participate in the disarmament conference so readily? Do they have a conspiracy? Or do they really want world peace? I can't figure it out, I doubt it, but I doubt it to the outside world.
I had to show a very happy attitude. So, representatives of the four countries issued a statement together, in which they highly praised the South China Sea federal government's foresight and great contribution to world peace, etc...
After the South China Sea Federation delegation headed by the Federal Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs set off for the World Disarmament Conference in Washington, the United States, Liu Fu no longer cared about this matter. It was the delegation's job to talk about it, and Liu Fu also gave
Without any specific suggestions, as for the bottom line of the South China Sea Federation, Liu Fu has only one request: at this disarmament conference, what conditions will the British and Americans finally get? The South China Sea Federation will eventually get this condition, almost.
Don't sign!
The question that Liu Fu is now concerned about is, if a treaty to reduce naval equipment is signed, what will happen to the mothballed submarines of the Federal Navy in the South China Sea. Now the Federal Navy is replacing "Orca-class" and "Orca-class" submarines.
The "Shark-class" submarines that came down are being gradually mothballed. Together with the "Big Yellow Croaker" and "Tuna-class" submarines that were previously mothballed, the Federal Navy
Just dealing with these hundreds of mothballed submarines will take up a lot of money and manpower. If they are not mothballed, they can only choose to decommission them. Once these submarines are decommissioned, there is only one way out, and that is to send them to steel mills and treat them as
It is very wasteful to recycle scrap steel. Liu Fu plans to find a better outlet for these submarines and help the federal government get some funds back.
The solution Liu Fu wants to choose is to sell these submarines, and who to buy them to is a matter of knowledge. According to Liu Fu's idea, the country that buys these submarines is best not a country that has too close relations with Britain, the United States, and France. In this case,
Not only can the submarine be sold at a good price, but it can also cause more trouble for these countries that compete with the Federation, and it is not easy to find such countries.
Liu Fu lay down on the world map and searched back and forth for a long time from Europe to Asia, from Africa to America. Finally, he selected a few countries and prepared to send people to contact the governments of these countries to see.
Do they want to buy federal submarines?
First of all, Liu Fu chose Italy. Although Italy was also a victor in World War I and suffered heavy losses, at the post-war Paris Peace Conference, Italy was squeezed out by Britain, the United States and France, and did not receive the rewards they expected.
Therefore, the Italian government has a lot of opinions on Britain, the United States and France. Italy has interests in North Africa and the Adriatic Sea.
Countries such as Britain and France have deep conflicts. In addition, according to intelligence from the Ministry of the Interior, one of the political parties in Italy now called the "National Fascist Party" is developing very fast and has already played a decisive role in the political arena of the Kingdom of Italy.
, and the name of the leader of this party, Liu Fu, is very familiar, he is "Benito Mussolini"
Liu Fu had no personal feelings about this future Italian leader, except that his name was very familiar. Liu Fu originally thought that this talented person would not take control of the Italian government until before World War II, but he did not expect that he would appear so early. However,
Now that he has discovered it, Liu Fu is not going to let this madman go. He plans to try to sell him the submarine of the South China Sea Federation to see if the Italian government will be interested.
Secondly, Liu Fu chose Russia. At this time, Russia was in the midst of a civil war, and the Soviet regime led by Lenin was fighting against the White Russian army supported by European and American countries. According to the trend of history, Liu Fu knew that the Soviet regime would defeat the White Russian army and eventually establish
The Soviet Union
A red country. Whether it is Russia or the Soviet Union, most of its seaports are in the north. However, submarines, naval weapons with low investment and quick results, especially naval weapons suitable for defense, should still be useful to the Soviet Navy.
