Vol 5 Chapter 24: ,strength

On January 13, 1921, the day after the League of Nations announced its armed intervention in the United States, the international coalition was formed.
Since there are too many countries involved, it is naturally impossible to gather them all together and attack the Americans again!
The bi-oceanic countries are the advantage of the United States, as well as their disadvantage. This time they are attacked by enemies from two directions at the same time.
The British Royal Navy was divided into two, the Indian Ocean Fleet, the Far East Fleet, the Pacific Fleet and Japan, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and other countries formed a coalition to advance toward the United States from the Pacific.
The Mediterranean Fleet, the Native Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet, along with Bulgaria, France, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland, attacked the Americans from the Atlantic.
Don’t look at the fact that Nicholas II is busy with the civil war, but they still have to participate in such international activities. Anyway, the civil war has nothing to do with the navy. How can the bear’s Baltic Fleet be the top ten navy in the world? Yes.
As a price, Britain, France and Bulgaria each provided a batch of free munitions to Nicholas II, and they also had to bear their naval expenditures.
Nicholas II would not admit that he could no longer support the navy, but in fact it was so. Before the Russian navy sent troops, the Russian warships were sent to the French shipyard for a walk. Upgraded maintenance.
This is strongly demanded by the governments of the three countries. Obviously, it is not only Ferdinand who knows that the bear navy has problems, but Britain and France are also very clear. The unqualified inferior warships were kicked out in advance.
Well, at the same time, there are warships from other small countries that are being taken care of. This time the three bosses are very generous, and they have been overhauled for free, and the old warships will not be used directly.
To be on the safe side, everyone was able to fight this time. The Bulgarian naval capital ships came out. Basically, within 20 years, all warships with a tonnage of more than 5,000 were sent out by Ferdinand.
The French are also the main force. Because of the large number of ships, the British also left some old warships to fight against pirates.
The three main forces of Britain, France and Bulgaria have all come together. Naturally, other countries can't let it go, either by intimidation or lure. Anyway, the main fleets of all countries have been pulled over, including the Republic of China navy.
Therefore, the total size of the navy of the coalition forces has also forced historical records.
Pacific Fleet: 32 battleships, 13 battlecruisers, 16 former dreadnoughts, 38 cruisers, 92 destroyers, and more than 200 other types of warships.
The capital ships include: 19 British ships, 10 Japanese ships, and 3 Austro-Hungarian ships.
Atlantic Fleet: 33 battleships, 8 battlecruisers, 21 pre-dreadnoughts, 51 cruisers, 86 destroyers, and more than 200 other types of warships.
Capital ships include: 15 British ships, 8 Bulgarian ships, 6 French ships, and 4 Russian ships.
Of course, the US Navy during this period was not weak. They had 28 battleships, 8 battlecruisers, 38 cruisers, and 68 destroyers.
In March 1916, President Wilson gave a speech in the City of St. Louis, calling for the establishment of a navy that could guarantee the United States' maritime hegemony. Accordingly, the US government has proposed several shipbuilding plans.
On August 29, 1916, the United States Congress passed the first three-year shipbuilding plan, stipulating that 147 warships should be built, including 16 capital ships, 8 battlecruisers, and 50 destroyers. After the plan was completed, the US Navy You can reach shoulder to shoulder with the British.
Of course, the American shipbuilding plan has not had time to complete, but these warships are already on the berth, which is why the British are eager to promote this decisive battle.
After 1924, the U.S. Navy will stand on its feet with the British, and it will be difficult to suppress them.
Don’t look at the evidence, the US Navy seems to have the power to fight, but it can fight when facing a fleet. The actual situation is that unless the US Navy can double it, they will be at an absolute disadvantage in this battle!
The reason is that the gap between ships and ships is not so easy to make up. The American shipbuilding industry is up to scale, but not in terms of quality.
So their dreadnought ships, especially the first few generations, of course, by 1921, the American shipbuilding technology had caught up, not much worse than European countries.
4 South Carolina-class battleships
Displacement: standard 16ooo tons, full load 17,746 tons
Captain length/width/draft: 452.9‘/8o.25‘/27.1’.
Power: 12 boilers;
Main engine output power: 16,5oo horsepower;
Airline: 18.5 knots;
Endurance: 5,ooo nautical miles/1o knot
Armament: four-seater double assembly 3o5mm/45
Double caliber main gun; 22 76mm secondary guns
Armor: Waterline 11"-9";
Deck 1.5"-3";
The front of the turret is 12", the commanding tower is 12"
Crew: 863
2 South Carolina-class battleships
Main engine output power: 16,5oo horsepower;
Airline: 18.5 knots;
Endurance: 5,ooo nautical miles/1o knot
Armament: 8-door double installation 3o5mm/45
Double caliber main gun; 22 76mm secondary guns
Armor: waterline 11"-9"; deck 1.5"-3";
The front of the turret is 12", the commanding tower is 12"
Crew: 863
Delaware class battleship
Captain length/width/draft: 518.9’/85.23’/27.65’
Power plant 14 boilers;
Main engine output power: 31635 horsepower;
Flight: 21 knots;
Endurance: 6,56o/1o
Main gun: 1o double-mounted 3o5mm/45x caliber main gun;
Secondary guns: 14 127mm guns, 6 76mm guns
Armor: Waterline 11"-9";
Deck 1.5"-3";
The front of the turret is 12",
Conning Tower 11.5"
Crew: 933
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In history, these early warships were decommissioned after the Washington Conference, and in 1924, one of them was forced to retire early in 1921 because of quality problems.
It can be said that the "dumplings" that Americans served in 191o were mostly inferior products used to accumulate technology and train designers. Perhaps this is the real purpose of Americans.
Therefore, Ferdinand is still very optimistic about this war, and the worst outcome is nothing more than the concentration of American forces and the death of the Allied Atlantic Fleet~EbookFREE.me~The Bulgarian Navy suffered heavy losses.
However, the Pacific Fleet made great strides and directly completed the blockade of the US coast, covered the army from boarding 6, then won the war and dismembered the US.
As for whether it is possible for the Americans to attack the fleet, for example, use the air force to attack the fleet and severely damage the coalition forces to win the war. As the first air force power in modern times, Bulgaria can clearly say: it does not exist!
The main reason is that the flying degree of aircraft in this era is difficult to control, the hit rate of bombing is too low, and the prepared fleet is also equipped with air defense firepower, unless the Americans can make a "Kamikaze" in advance.
The Americans only need a few thousand death squads, and they can probably damage the coalition fleet and get a decent opportunity to end the war.
It's not that Ferdinand underestimated the Americans. The death squads may be easy to find, but if you want to find thousands of death squad pilots, Japan or Bulgaria, which is a nationalist fanatical country, it may be possible to get it together. Don't think about free countries.
The success rate of this suicide attack is not as high as ordinary people guess. The Japanese hit rate was only 5%, and the first attack was the best.
It is equivalent to swapping twenty planes for a warship, and it is only hit, not sink! Usually this kind of attack is taken over by destroyers and cruisers, and the chance of a battleship being attacked is not great!
In this war, Ferdinand also laid his blood. In addition to the navy that came out of the nest, Bulgaria also dispatched 30,000 air forces and 350,000 troops. With the navy, the total force has reached 460,000!
The total strength is only that of Japan, which has the largest number of troops, and the British Commonwealth, and slightly more than the French!
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