Through the Okaku personnel, the Fleet faction completely overwhelmed the Treaty faction, but the times are constantly improving, and political forces will never keep up with the pace of the times. The Treaty faction took the lead in transforming into the Aviation faction and united under Minumasato. Yamamoto Iroku, the Fleet faction still stubbornly adhered to the idea of ​​giant ships and cannons, which led to Yamato and Musashi. However, they did not expect that the Aviation faction showed its majesty with new tactics in the Battle of Pearl Harbor and returned in a defeated battle in the Battle of Midway. The battleships regarded as national treasures in the two battles were basically useless, and they slapped the Fleet faction in the face with the results of the field.

In the end, what I never expected was that Hori Teki, a big horned person, had been exiled. He had only one foot to make him never turn over, but he rose up again. With the recommendation of Yamamoto Irokuro, not only did he jump from the reserve to become the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, but he also achieved great results and achieved the reputation of Japan's first general. It was not enough to win alone, but he also led the Combined Fleet and the Military Command to work with him. He never heard of him doing it with his family, the Military Command. He won the war while fighting, which made the Military Command to be in a mess.

What made Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo even more annoyed was that the outside world recently had rumors that Horikichi was the commander of the Japanese wartime joint fleet that Marshal Togo was optimistic about. If it weren't for the Okaku personnel incident, he would have been the commander of the joint fleet (Hirkichi and Yamamoto graduated at the same time, but ranked higher than Yamamoto). "If it were Horikichi who was commanding the joint fleet at the beginning, maybe there would be no major defeat in the Battle of Midway. The situation in Japan is much better now. Not to mention India, maybe even Australia and New Zealand will eat it! You see, it's the God of War that will always shine!"

This is of course a rumor. Marshal Togo himself is a fleet sect. How could he fall in love with Hori Teki of the Treaty sect? But the speaker has no intention, and the listener has intention: Hori Teki is a Japanese military god. Yamamoto Is 16 guarantees that Hori Teki was a meritorious and had a sense of knowledge. It can be seen that the defeat of Hori Teki was wrong. Who should be responsible for this? It is obviously meaningless to beat Okaku, the dead tiger, Tsuen Suo. Besides, the real murderer behind the scenes was not Okaku, but Prince Fushimi Miyaki who presided over the exile at the Treaty sect.

In Fushimigu's subconscious mind, the fundamental reason why Hori Teki ignored him was not a specific strategy or opinion, but was waiting for the opportunity all the time and hoped to avenge the revenge of the Okaku personnel. This is the reason why he tried every means to weaken, slander or even remove Hori Teki. In addition to this deep political reason, whether it is military orders, differences between the fleet and the aviation faction, or the arbitrary command, are just appearances. Can't the fleet faction build aircraft carriers? Joke!

Now Chiaki Matsuda is 70% versus the Americans, and he is always mocking the fleet's short-sightedness and prejudice. The officers with little experience cannot hear it. How could senior officers at the level of Inoue Naimi and Kusara No. 1? How could King Fushimi Miyaki Hiroki not be angry when he saw the characters from the aviation school laughing secretly and being exposed to his old age?

But at his level, it is impossible to come to the scene to refute it personally. Yamamoto and Hori Teiki themselves have not spoken yet. If he had fallen short of the situation, he would be at a disadvantage. But Chiaki Matsuda said it without any loss. Furuma, who was also eloquent, could not find any rebuttal in a short time and was speechless. So Fumimi Miyato, who had not spoken much, nodded, and wanted him to stand up and speak, and to use Koga Fengichi's position as a general to suppress the scene.

Koga Fengichi was really mute and couldn't say that he had trouble with Coptis chinensis. He didn't want to express his opinion on these issues, nor did he want to express his opinion in such a public situation. He had experienced the majesty of Yamamoto Irosaki's rush to the reserve service. He was also a general. How could he compare the generals who fired from artillery fire like Yamamoto and Hori Teiki? What's more, the minister of the navy and the chief of the military commander were fighting on the arena, and now there was an additional marshal-level general. For a bureaucrat who just wanted to pass his term safely, of course, he would never choose to speak when he had to be sure. It would be better to protect himself and not offend both. But Fumimiya was not a good master, and they all implied that he understood so clearly that he would not be able to stand up and say a few words.

So he had to bite the bullet and retort: ​​"Although the British and American navy's current battleships are only of this strength, as far as I know, Germany and Italy do not have a plan to build new battleships. If we do not build them, what if Britain and the United States serve a large number of new battleships in the next two years? Their shipbuilding ability is far stronger than ours."

This is not considered random firecrackers. Although the axis did not obtain exact information, the United States actually arranged a considerable plan to build a ship: Iowa's subsequent two ships and the first four Montana ships are being built one after another. According to the plan, the Montana class (8 ships) will be started before the end of 1944. He just inferred from common sense that Britain and the United States will take action next.

"The Second Lord said it makes sense. Britain and the United States have better shipbuilding capabilities than us. New warships will definitely be in service in the next two years, but because of this, it is impossible to build battleships." Matsuda Chiaki replied cleverly, "You can know just by thinking about it. It took Musashi more than 4 years to build Yamato. If we want to build a larger and more complex Yamato level, even if we do not consider the bottlenecks such as materials and personnel, it will take at least 4 years to change. Even if the keels start laying tomorrow, it will take 4 years to put them into use. It is not urgent at all."

"What do you think you should do?"

"So we need to increase the number of Yunlong-class construction and speed up the construction speed. It is difficult to produce Yamato reform in four years, but it is easy to produce Yunlong-class reform in two years. If every additional battleship in the UK and the United States can be used to produce one more Yunlong-class reform in two years, who do you think has the advantage?"

"Will Britain and the United States build aircraft carriers on a large scale?"

"Of course, and they are already doing this, our army fought against the newly-suspended Essex-class aircraft carrier in the Battle of Tarawa. Unfortunately, there were at least 19 aircraft carriers of this level on the platform. According to German intelligence, the construction cycle of the Essex-class aircraft carrier only takes 14-16 months, and the United States can add 16-18 new ships a year."

"What?" Everyone looked at each other: 16-18 regular aircraft carriers started construction in a year, is the United States crazy?

Matsuda Chiaki said bluntly: "The number of aircraft carriers is not enough now. The enemy is more built faster than us than us. They can be distracted to build battleships. If we are distracted to build battleships, we are completely seeking death. For example, a girl from a poor family tightens her belt to buy beautiful clothes and buys several pieces. She is usually complacent and reluctant to wear them. She suddenly has extra money on her hands and wants to get a few more pieces to go back and compete with the lady of the rich man's family. She thinks about these messy things all day long, how can she pass the exam?"

This was extremely playful. Not only did everyone laugh, but even Koga Feng couldn't help laughing. Only Fumimi Miyaki Hirokyo didn't laugh. Inoue Narimi saw it very clearly: Fumimi Miyaki's face first turned from blue to red, then from red to purple, and finally burst out uncontrollably and slapped the table: "Bold Matsuda Chiaki, dare to use excuses to mock me..."

"Hey, Your Highness, just a joke, why take it seriously?" Before Horitoki said anything, Yamamoto Iroji jumped out to smooth things over, "Matsuda, why don't you apologize to Your Highness?"

"Your Highness, the emperor said that Menglang has offended me!" Matsuda Chiaki immediately bowed and reimbursed.

The scene seems to be the upper hand of Fumimi Palace, but everyone knows that as the royal family and the head of the military command, he is unable to get along with a small major general. Not only does he have the best share, but he also has no elegance, and is completely a price-saving act. Doesn’t this inexplicable anger confirm that he is the “girl from a poor family”?

The atmosphere of the meeting was awkward, so Naimi Inoue had to say a few words first. After all, Horitokiri refuted the opinions of the Navy Ministry and asked: "Aren't we exhausted the aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet?"

"There are countless aircraft carriers waiting to be put into service in the Atlantic Ocean." Chiaki Matsuda explained patiently, "The United States' steel production is more than 10 times that of ours, its wealth is more than 15 times that of ours, and its large number of ships is three times more than ours. Under the wartime system, its aircraft carrier construction speed is amazing... German intelligence also shows that in addition to the new generation of Essex-class aircraft carriers being newly built on a large scale, the United States can also build more than 1 dozen light aircraft carriers and more than 100 escort aircraft carriers every year..."

In fact, this number still underestimates the potential of the United States: Essex can start construction of 24 ships a year, and Casablanca-class opens to produce 15-16 ships a month.

"This is impossible! Even if they have so many boat platforms and resources, there are not enough shipbuilders!" Furuwan screamed.

"Why is it impossible? Caolu Ren Yixi smiled and said, "Did you not know that most of the British shipbuilders have transferred to the United States? The number is nearly 300,000."

"300,000?" Fuliuhan shook his head like a rattle. "Didn't it mean that Germany and Italy blocked the Atlantic Ocean? How could it be possible to transport 300,000 shipbuilders to the United States?"

"The sea route is blocked, but the air is not closed... Britain and the United States stopped strategic air strikes on Germany due to too much losses, and changed all four heavy bombers into transport aircraft. At the same time, we rushed to build new transport aircraft. When we passed by the Azores, we saw a fleet of thousands of aircraft passing by. According to the calculation of one aircraft transporting 10 people at a time, 1,000 aircraft is 10,000. How long does 300,000 people need to be transported?" Chiaki Matsuda said in a mocking tone, "Don't speculate on the other party's ability before I have been to industrially developed countries. Germany produces 50 million tons of steel a year, builds 2,000 tanks a month, and 3,000 aircraft is easy. We always say it is impossible, but the Germans clearly tell us that the United States may be twice as many as Germany, because the United States has about 90 million tons of steel..."

This made everyone sweat all over: When Japan was still complacent about getting dozens of Junkers and dozens of -47s, British and American transport aircraft began to calculate using thousands. And this number was not scary. Ambassador to Germany Hiroshima Oshima wrote in the report and everyone had read it.

Inoue Narimi continued to ask: "Why don't even want the Dafeng-level? This aircraft carrier has heavy armor and strong defense, which can effectively prevent various damages." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!