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The Republic of 2778, 1937 AD, was destined to be an uneasy year. Well, there have been few peaceful days in human history. But this year seems a bit different. The Spanish civil war is in full swing, and with the intervention of many countries, the international situation suddenly becomes tense after World War I.

At the same time, with the expiration of the Washington Naval Treaty, global powers began major naval construction this year. What stimulated the great powers the most were the two new ships of the Soviet Union.

When the data of two new Soviet battleships were released, the whole world was stunned. They had an unprecedented large size of more than 60,000 tons, an abnormal 18-inch class main gun, and an astonishing high speed of more than 28 knots.

What the hell is this... This is just a silly horse!

The unknown reason is that Britain, France and Germany are going crazy, especially the Germans, who are almost exploding. These two super battleships are deployed in the Baltic Sea. There are suddenly two monsters next to it. It would be strange if the Germans sleep well.

It is no secret that the two Soviet ships were bought from the United States and Japan, so they accused the United States and Japan of not following the rules and actually creating such a thing that was obviously beyond the standard for the Russians. The United States and Japan refuted without showing any weakness, claiming that the Soviet Union is not a signatory to the Treaty of Washington, so it is not restricted by the treaty. The treaty does not explicitly stipulate that when the signing countries build warships for non-signing countries, they must also follow the treaty.

We all know that because of the intrigue between the great powers, the Treaty of Washington itself is a thing full of loopholes, and there are too many loopholes to exploit. So strictly speaking, this really cannot be considered a breach of contract between the United States and Japan. At most, even if they play the edge. Moreover, the United States and Japan did not create it for themselves, but for the Soviet Union.

So both sides began to speak out, and the United States and Japan slap to death: "As long as it is something that is not specified in the provisions, I can do it, so I have not breached the contract." Britain, Germany, France and other countries cursed for a while, but there was no way to fight a war. Besides, the Treaty of Washington expired on December 31 last year, and no one planned to renew it. So from this year, the Treaty of Washington has officially expired. In other words, everyone can build it at will.

Therefore, both Britain, Germany, France and Italy announced the construction of a new generation of battleships. As mentioned earlier, the technological level of this plane developed faster than the original time and space, especially the extension of World War I for more than a year, resulting in the battleships with 16-inch-level main guns being no longer unusual in the late stage of World War I. Seventeen years later, the technological level is one city tower than during World War I, and the standards of this new generation of battleships naturally rise.

Like the fourteen and fifteen-inch mainstream during World War I, the most fearless ones are now completely outdated. As an old ship, it is okay to just use it, but it is too outdated to build a new one. As the top powers on earth, in this era, you are embarrassed to build a ship of this level and are embarrassed to drive it out to meet people.

The performance standards of the new ships announced by these countries are naturally not lower than those of the Russians. Therefore, the 18-inch main gun, a standard platoon of 60,000 tons, and a speed of 28 knots are the entry standards. Or where can the big gangsters be placed? Otherwise, how can the superiority of the capitalist system exceeds public corporalism?

As the naval construction began, the intervention of countries in Spain began to decline greatly. The initiator of this arms race was unexpectedly Opium. They first announced a new construction plan "Lion-class Super Battleship". The lion-class in this plane is much stronger than the original time and space-time goods. Its blueprint is a St Andre-class battleship that was cancelled after the treaty. Now Niu Niu has reprinted the St Andre-class again, and renamed it as the Lion-class after modifying it.

The Lion class on this plane is equipped with three triple-mounted 18-inch 48-diameter main guns, with a maximum speed of 28.5 knots and a 60,000-ton super battleship. It is expected to be built. As soon as the news of the Opium Bull was released, it immediately detonated the global naval community.

The old enemy, Germany, responded immediately. Xiaowang announced that the great German Empire must have the best battleships. So they dug out the H-class battleships that were planned and abandoned after the Treaty of Washington during World War I. After some magical changes, they named it the "Germany" and also built four ships.

The "Germany" on this plane is not a pocket battleship, it is a serious super battleship. It has a 66,000-ton standard platoon, a maximum speed of 28.8 knots, and four double-mounted 480 mm 52-diameter main gun (German's radius algorithm is different, their 52-diameter is the 50-diameter of the mainstream algorithm). Well, they are still in the development stage of this main gun.

Subsequently, France immediately followed up and announced the construction plan for their new ship Gascone class. On this plane, the French built three Richelieu class during the treaty, and their performance was naturally higher than that of the original time and space. The layout was still two quadruple main guns with a full front-mounted caliber, with a caliber of 420 mm and a corresponding increase in displacement to 45,000 tons.

But now they found that Sister Li, who had just served, seemed outdated, and she would definitely not be able to withstand the German class next door, nor could she be as good as the Lion class of the Sweets. The proud Frenchman of course was unwilling to admit defeat, so the fourth Gascone, originally planned to be in Richelieu, was immediately cancelled. They immediately redesigned a new super battleship, and the name Gascone was used as the class name of the new battleship.

Their Gasconi class is also preparing to have a 470mm cannon, with a standard displacement of more than 60,000 tons. Originally, they wanted to amplify on the basis of Sister Li, which would save much trouble. But soon their designers discovered that if they still use the four-unit main gun like Sister Li, the turret would be too heavy and would greatly affect the response speed of the turret. So they had to redesign and modify it to a battleship similar to the three-unit main guns of the United States and Japan, which are traditionally arranged. At present, this class of battleships is still being designed, and it is estimated that the construction will not start at the end of the year at the earliest.

The Italians on this plane were defeated by the Allies because they stood in the wrong team in World War I, the navy was wiped out, the colonies were all lost, and the northern industrial zones were destroyed, which was a waste of money. Although they had obtained the same share as France in the post-war Washington Navy Treaty, their finances could not support such large-scale construction at all, so there were no new battleships, and the Venetto-class battleships in the original time and space were gone.

After the Fascist Party came to power, it integrated the domestic and the mutual aid economic circle of the allies. The economic situation finally improved and the navy began to rebuild. However, the subsequent economic crisis once again disrupted their plans. The Francisco-Caracciol-class treaty battleship they originally designed in 1928 was also delayed due to the economic crisis.

In other words, the unlucky Italian has not even had a battleship for more than ten years. However, in this atmosphere, Italy cannot continue to wait and see. After Britain, France and Germany announced the major construction plan, Prime Minister Mussolini also tightened his belt and announced the major construction plan of Italy.

The originally postponed Francisco Caraciolo class was not needed directly. Italy may lack everything, but the most lacking is designers, so they came up with a new plan. This level of battleship is also called the Venetto class, of course, much larger than the original time and space, and the weapons are also 460mm-level main guns.

At the beginning of old Europe, China and the United States, as top powers, naturally could not fall behind. They did not even need to redesign them, and they could just change the drawings built for the Soviets, and they didn't even need to change them.

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In fact, the Opium Bulls have a last resort to provoking the arms race this time. This is their way to try to divert their attention. The main reason is that it was caused by the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Civil War caused the intervention of many forces, and Germany, Italy, China, Japan, the Soviet Union and France all ended directly, which made Britain feel worried. They are very worried that it will trigger a world war. This is not impossible.

This is not that the British love peace, they don’t want to fight another world war. During World War I, they lost the throne of the Earth’s hegemony, and too many dead people in China died, and half of the family’s savings in hundreds of years were empty. What if there was another one? They really didn’t want to break out of a world war, so they opposed the direct intervention of various countries at the beginning, but it was useless. They are no longer the Sun-Dang Empire that is the only one in the world. Not to mention that their old rival Er Dezi would not buy it, the Yankees group of two-five boys would not buy it, and of course, the distant China and the Soviet Union would not buy it. Even their good friend Gaul Chicken was slanderous.

After the Navy Treaty ended and they learned about the new Soviet ship, they finally felt their eyes lit up and found a way to drive away the attention of the great powers, that is, the Navy Construction.

However, although this method costs too much money, it is indeed very effective. The gangsters who were already fighting in Spain were eager to build a big construction, and they all reduced their intervention efforts. After all, everyone has no interests in Spain, mainly to test new weapons and carry out sales fairs. Especially Germany and Italy, if they are eager to build a big construction, they will not spend much effort on Spain. However, the Soviet Union and China were not affected. Their big construction plan had already been established and would not affect Spain's actions.

In fact, the Spanish Civil War is a war of bad things. Both sides of the war were bad. In the history of the original time and space, the less bad Franco beat the bad republican government. But once this situation occurs on the plane,

So General Franco was in a tragedy. He and the National Army did not have any advantages, but because the Republican government was too bad, and there were support from Germany and Italy and other countries, they persisted. However, with strong support from the Third International and the Revolutionary Federation of People's Political Consultative Conference, his two biggest financial supporters and supporters now don't want to play, so he can't do anything about it.

However, there is no way out. At this time, several American consortiums took over. They began to replace Germany and Italy and gradually became supporters of Franco. The Americans' idea was actually very simple. Just spend some money to keep the old Europe from staying. Of course, this kind of business is done, but it is not the Americans who died. The Americans provided Franco's National Army with a large amount of weapons and supplies to support him to continue to fight.

And at this moment, a formerly inconspicuous middle-level force rose rapidly in the civil war. Spain's original social contradictions were very fierce, and the polarization in society was very serious. Either the left or the right, and those who came to power were either left or the right, which almost made people forget that this country also had political forces with the middle line.

But we know that the plane has a huge variable of China. When the left and right factions fought, the Spanish Social United Party, a middle force that President Wen really supported, took advantage of this opportunity to rise. This party used to be just an inconspicuous small party, and their purpose was to be center-right, supporting social reform, but opposing too fierce social changes.

The left and right factions fought for more than a year, and the ugly behavior of both factions was also revealed, which also caused the Spaniards to suffer. The Spaniards, who had vented their passion, began to hate this civil war. So in the past few months, the Spanish Social United Party has developed greatly.

With such a struggle, the situation in Spain has undergone fundamental changes, from a left-right mutual gamble to a Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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On September 25, 2778, the Jiuquan Base.

When the international situation is turbulent, China is still moving forward step by step according to its plan. While selling arms around the world is ruthless, on the other hand, it continues to farm at home, and at the same time takes time to do some small moves in other countries, such as Spain. This is called "the mushrooms are in hand and you don't panic in your heart."

After the major powers announced the plans for major construction, China followed suit. This was the first battleship that China built for itself after the Treaty of Washington. This class of battleships was the magic-changed Yamato. Of course, the same was sold to the Soviet Union, but there was still a big difference between the two. China used models and magic-changed places. At the same time, China was afraid that the world would not be in chaos and announced that we will start a more fortified super battleship next year, which is expected to use a 520mm caliber main gun, with a displacement of about 80,000 tons.

However, these things are not in Wen Desi's eyes now. He was at the Jiuquan base and watched a rocket launch. Yes, the Tongtian Bridge has been built now, but it still cannot completely replace the launch vehicle. This thing still needs to be a technical reserve. In addition, this is China's first manned space launch mission. Now the technology for launching manned spacecraft is very mature. So to be on the safe side, the first manned mission is to launch a rocket.

At 8:00 a.m., Mission Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Huang Qi, wearing a bulky space suit, smiled and waved to the camera camera, and with the assistance of the ground crew, he took the elevator of the launch tower and arrived at the upper part of the Shenglong II rocket and entered the Shenzhou-2 spacecraft.
Chapter completed!