Chapter 998 Huge Differences

On the morning of September 18, 1918, the Arms Control Conference was officially held in the conference room of the German Chancellery, and representatives from various countries arrived here on time. Everyone knows that this meeting will definitely be full of verbal confrontation, and it will not go well.

"Everyone, thank you for being able to rush to Berlin, participate in this arms control conference, and work hard for world peace. The German Empire is a peace-loving country. We hope that the tense international situation will be eased. I hope that all countries can Work hard with us!" said the prime minister of the empire, Biluo, with a smile on his face.

However, representatives of other countries scoffed at Bilo's words. If Germany can be regarded as a peace-loving country, then the last world war would not have broken out. Germany's huge colonial empire will no longer exist.

"Next, let's discuss the specific content of this arms control conference!" Prime Minister Bilo left the conference room after finishing his speech. The representatives of Germany participating in this time are Foreign Minister Vachter and Navy Minister Reinhardt? Scheer Marshal. Prime Minister Bilow is only presiding over the beginning of the meeting. Of course, this is mainly because the top German officials do not think that this meeting will be a success, so Prime Minister Bilo will not waste too much time on it.

"Everyone, we have found that the investment in naval armaments of various countries is now constantly increasing. This not only puts great pressure on the finances of various countries. At the same time, it also seriously affects the peace and stability of the world. Therefore, we hope that The first thing to do is to control the naval armament," German Foreign Minister Wachter said.

"Your Excellency, I wonder if Germany has any opinion on this?" US Secretary of State Bryan said steadily.

"The German Empire hopes that the tonnage of capital ships, aircraft carriers, and cruisers in each country will have an accurate value. If this value is reached, no new warships will be rebuilt before the old warships are dismantled. In this case, the size of the navy will Restricted. World peace will also be maintained." Marshal Reinhard Scheer, Minister of the Imperial Navy, said.

The representatives of the United States and island countries at the meeting frowned. They did not expect that Germany would control its naval power in this way. Well, this also means that if they want to obtain a stronger naval power, they have to obtain more ship tonnage.

"Your Excellency Marshal, I don't know how the tonnage of these ships is allocated?" Admiral Yusaburo Kato asked.

"The empire is divided according to the size of the German navy. For example, in terms of capital ships, the empire is 1, the United States is 0.4, the island country is 0.2, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is 0.1, and the Kingdom of Italy is 0.1 That is, the tonnage of the battleships of the German Empire Navy is 1.5 million tons, the tonnage of the battleships of the United States is 600,000 tons, the tonnage of the battleships of the island countries is 300,000 tons, and the tonnage of the battleships of the Ottoman Turkish Empire is 150,000 tons. The tonnage of the kingdom's battleship is 150,000 tons!" Marshal Reinhard Scheer said.

As soon as Marshal Reinhard Scheer finished speaking, the representatives of the United States and the island countries looked very ugly. On the contrary, the representatives of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Kingdom of Italy seemed to have known this for a long time, and did not show anything else.

"The German Empire is the most powerful country in the world, and it has a capital ship tonnage of 1.5 million tons, which is completely appropriate." Grand Vigil Aisi of the Ottoman Empire said.

"Yes, such a distribution plan is very reasonable!" Italian Prime Minister Orlando also said.

The representatives of the United States and the island countries were almost blown up. The tonnage of capital ships of Germany alone exceeds the sum of the other four countries. If this is reasonable, then what is unreasonable? If such a distribution plan is really followed, the United States and the island countries combined will only be 60% of Germany. At that time, if they want to defeat the German navy, it is simply delusional.

"Your Excellency Marshal, the American Republic cannot accept such a distribution plan. We believe that with the military strength, international status and industrial output value of the United States, we should obtain capital ships of the same size as the German Empire. That is, 1.5 million The tonnage of the capital ship is tons!" said US Secretary of the Navy Daniels.

Although, the U.S. Navy now only has 11 capital ships, with a total tonnage of less than 400,000 tons. However, in the follow-up plan of the US Navy, they will build more than fifteen capital ships. Moreover, those are powerful capital ships with thick armor and equipped with 410mm main guns, with a tonnage of at least 50,000 tons, or even larger. In that case, even if the tonnage of the US Navy's capital ships does not reach 1.5 million tons, it will be almost the same. If it is limited to 600,000 tons, then none of the US Navy's plans can be implemented. This is absolutely unacceptable to the U.S. Navy.

"The navy of the island country cannot accept the scale of 300,000 tons. We must at least reach 80% of the size of the German navy, that is, the scale of 1.2 million tons!" The foreign minister of the island country, Admiral Yusaburo Kato, also said.

Although, the sum of the "Fuso-class" battleships already in service and the "Ise-class" battleships that will soon be in service in the Japanese navy is less than 140,000 tons. In addition to the two tiers of four battleships that will be built in succession, the total tonnage of the capital ships is less than 300,000 tons. However, how can the island nation's navy meet the size of a 300,000-ton battleship? If limited to this scale, they may not even be able to beat the German Navy's Pacific Fleet, let alone defeat the German Navy's Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet. Therefore, Admiral Yusaburo Kato directly opened his mouth, demanding a total tonnage of 1.2 million tons of battleships. In this case, they are enough to easily defeat the German Navy's Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet.

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Wascht and Minister of the Navy Reinhard Scheer, Marshal Reinhard Scheer, suddenly looked bad. They originally wanted to limit the tonnage of capital ships of the United States and island countries to below that of the German Navy. No matter how bad it is, the tonnage of the capital ships of the German Navy must be equal to the tonnage of capital ships of the United States and island countries. However, the two countries are now more outrageous than the other. The United States directly demanded the same scale as Germany, and even the island countries dared to open their mouths, demanding 80% of the tonnage of German battleships. If you agree to them, the German navy will not have the slightest advantage in terms of capital ships, or even be at a disadvantage. Such a result is obviously not what Germany wants to see, and it is absolutely unacceptable to them.