Vol 5 Chapter 24: ,strength

On January 13, 1921, the day after the League of Nations announced its military intervention in the United States, the International Coalition was formed.
Because there are too many countries involved, it is naturally impossible to gather all together and launch an attack on Americans!
The countries of the two oceans are the advantages of the United States, and also their disadvantages. This time, they were attacked by the enemies in both directions at the same time, and their lives were not easy.
The British Royal Navy is divided into two, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Far East Fleet, and the Pacific Fleet and Japan, Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and other countries form a coalition, proceeding from the Pacific to the United States.
The Mediterranean Fleet, the Native Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet launched an offensive against Americans from the Atlantic with Bulgaria, France, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Don't look at Nicholas II who is busy with the civil war, but they still have to participate in such international activities. Anyway, civil war has nothing to do with the navy. How can the bear's Baltic fleet be the top ten navies in the world. Yes.
As a cost, the three countries, Britain, France, and Bulgaria, each provided Nicolas II with a batch of free arms, and they also had to bear their navy military expenses.
Nicholas II will not admit that he is almost unable to support the navy, but it is indeed the case. Before the Russian navy sent troops, the Russian warships were sent to the French shipyard and walked through. Upgraded maintenance.
This was strongly demanded by the three governments. Obviously, it was not only Ferdinand that had problems with the Mao Xiong Navy. Britain and France were also clear. Unqualified and inferior warships were kicked out in advance.
Well, the warships of other small countries are also taken care of. At the same time, the three bosses were very generous. They overhauled them for free, and the old warships were not used directly.
For the sake of insurance, this time everyone is fighting hard. Bulgaria's naval capital ships came out of the nest. Basically, within 20 years, all ships with a tonnage of more than 5,000 were sent by Ferdinand.
The French also came out with the same main force. Because of the large number of ships, the British also left some old warships in charge of fighting pirates.
The three countries, Britain, France, and Bulgaria, all came together. Naturally, other countries could not let it go, either intimidating or enticing. Anyway, the main fleets of all countries were pulled over, including the Republic of China's navy.
Therefore, the total size of the coalition's navy eventually forced historical records.
Pacific Fleet: 32 battleships (Dreadnought or Super Dreadnought), 13 battlecruisers, 16 former Dreadnoughts, 38 cruisers, 92 destroyers, and more than 200 other types of warships.
The main battleships include: 19 British, 10 Japanese and 3 Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Atlantic Fleet: 33 battleships, 8 battle cruisers, 21 former fearless ships, 51 cruisers, 86 destroyers, and more than 200 other types of warships.
The main battleships include: 15 British, 8 Bulgaria (5 self-made, one captive Italy, one semi-finished product on the Italian platform, one divided after the war), six French, and four Russians .
Of course, the US Navy was not weak during this period. They had 28 battleships, 8 battle cruisers, 38 cruisers, and 68 destroyers.
In March 1916, President Wilson addressed the city of Saint Louis, calling for the establishment of a navy that would guarantee the United States' maritime supremacy. Accordingly, the US government has proposed several shipbuilding plans.
On August 29, 1916, the U.S. Congress passed the first three-year shipbuilding plan, which required the construction of 147 warships, including 16 battleships, 8 battle cruisers, and 50 destroyers. After the plan was completed, the US Navy You can achieve parity with the British.
Of course, the American shipbuilding plan has not yet been completed, but these warships are already on the berth, which is why the British are anxious to promote this decisive battle.
Do not wait until after 1924, the US Navy will stand up with the British, and then it will be difficult to suppress them.
Don't look at it. The US Navy seems to have a battle force, but it can only fight against a fleet, but 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 is not so easy to make up. American shipbuilding industry is developed, just referring to scale, but not quality.
So their fearless ships, especially the first 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 16,000 tons, 17746 tons at full load
Captain / Width / Draft (feet): 452.9 \ '/ 80.25 \' / 27.1 \ '(max).
Power: 12 boilers;
Host output power: 16,500 horsepower;
Speed: 18.5 knots;
Endurance: 5,000 nautical miles / 10 knots
Armament: 305mm / 45 four-seat twin
Double caliber main gun; 22 76 mm secondary guns
Armor (inches): Waterline 11 "-9";
Deck 1.5 "-3";
Turret front 12 ", commander tower 12"
Crew: 863
2 South Carolina-class battleships
Host output power: 16,500 horsepower;
Speed: 18.5 knots;
Endurance: 5,000 nautical miles / 10 knots
Armament: 305mm / 45 8-door double unit
Double caliber main gun; 22 76 mm secondary guns
Armor (inches): Waterline 11 "-9"; Deck 1.5 "-3";
Turret front 12 ", commander tower 12"
Crew: 863
Delaware class battleship
Captain / Width / Draft (feet): 518.9 \ '/ 85.23 \' / 27.65 \ '
14 boilers for power plant;
Host output power: 31635 horsepower;
Speed: 21 knots;
Endurance (nautical mile / knot): 6,560 / 10
Main guns: 10 twin 305 mm / 45-times main guns;
Secondary guns: 14 127mm guns, 6 76mm guns
Armor (inches): Waterline 11 "-9";
Deck 1.5 "-3";
Turret front 12 ",
Command Tower 11.5 "
Crew: 933
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In history, these early warships were retired 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 most of the "dumplings" served by the Americans in 1910 were used to fill inferior products. Accumulating technology and training designers may be the real purpose of Americans.
Therefore, Ferdinand is still very optimistic about this war. The worst ending is nothing more than the concentration of American forces and the death of the Allied Atlantic Fleet. The Bulgarian Navy suffered heavy losses.
The Pacific Fleet slammed forward, completing the blockade of the US coast directly, covering the landing of troops, and then winning the war and dismembering the United States.
As for the possibility that the Americans could open up, such as using the Air Force to sneak in on the fleet and re-create the coalition forces to win the war, as the contemporary first Air Force power, Bulgaria can clearly say: there is no!
The main reason is that the flight speed of this era is difficult to control, the hit rate of bombing is too low, and the prepared fleet is also equipped with anti-aircraft fire, unless the Americans can come up with a "Kamikaze special task force" in advance.
Americans need only a few thousand death squads, and they can probably rebuild the coalition fleet and get a chance to end the war decently.
Not Ferdinand underestimated the Americans, the death squad may be easy to find, but to find thousands of pilots of the death squad, Japan or Bulgaria, a nationalist fanatic country, it may still be possible to come together, do not think about a free country ~ www.mtlnovel. com ~ The probability of this suicide attack being successful is not as high as ordinary people guess. The Japanese's hit rate was only 5% in that year, and it was the first attack to have the best effect.
It's equivalent to swapping twenty aircraft for one warship, and it's just hitting, not sinking! Usually this kind of attack is also taken over by destroyers and cruisers.
In this war, Ferdinand also lost money. In addition to the navy that came out of the nest, Bulgaria also sent 30,000 air forces and 350,000 army. In addition, the total strength of the navy has reached 460,000!
The total troop strength is only Japan and the British Commonwealth with the largest number of troops, and slightly more than the French!
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