"General, we absolutely cannot accept this condition!"
After the conditions from the Allied Powers came over, Mainz hadn't made a statement yet, but Dönitz from the Navy didn't recognize it and ran over!
"Oh? Why?"
Mainz actually did not intend to accept the conditions of the Allies, but seeing that Dönitz was so anxious, Mainz wanted to hear his opinion. As the commander of the navy, Dönitz should have his own ideas about the future development of the navy. Mainz really wanted to know what his plans and expectations were for Hans's future navy.
"The quota of 150,000 tons can only allow us to launch four 35,000-ton battleships at most. This number of main battleships is simply impossible to fight against the Royal Navy, which never sets, and can't even deal with the Gaul Navy. Moreover, our territorial waters are divided into two parts by the Fairyland Peninsula, one part in the Baltic Sea and one part in the North Sea. We have our own competitors and imaginary enemies in these two regions."
"The main enemies in the Baltic region are the Polish and the Russians. The Baltic Sea is one of the few seaports for the Russians. They will definitely focus on developing the Baltic Fleet. The existence of this fleet will pose a threat to our leaders!"
After the German-Polish Campaign, the German army had recovered all territories except the Free City of Danze.
The Polish people had lost all their access to the sea and had completely become a landlocked country.
After Hans took back these places, their coastline in the Baltic Sea region became very long.
In order to protect the territorial security of these places, they must build a powerful naval force to seize control of the Baltic Sea, thereby avoiding the invasion of the territories along the Baltic Sea by the enemy at sea!
Moreover, after the Polish people lost all their access to the sea, if Hans wants to attack Poland in the next war, he only needs to occupy Danze and cut off the sea route for the British Empire and the Gauls to aid Poland, and the Polish people will not be able to get support from the outside!
The reason why Danze is not taken back now is also due to this consideration, because once Danze is taken back, the Polish people will not be able to get support, and then they are likely to be directly attacked by the Russian bear. Destroy the country.
The destruction of Poland is not in Hans's interest. After all, Mainz does not want to border a country like the Russian Bear directly. Before Hans' national strength is fully restored and the threat of the British Empire and the Gauls is resolved in the west, Hans cannot have friction and disputes with the Russian Bear. The Russian Bear happens to be a country with a perverted desire for land. There is no country bordering this country that has not been occupied by them.
So being a neighbor of the Russian Bear is not good news!
Of course, there is another reason not to take back Danze, which is to create an excuse for the future World War II!
If the Borlands want to get an outlet to the sea, they must either be annexed by the three Baltic countries or directly annex Danze.
If they go north, the Russian Bear will not allow it. At that time, the Russian Bear will definitely join the war as soon as possible and take the opportunity to annex the three Baltic countries.
And if the Borlands attack Danze, it will be even better. The German army can directly choose to send troops to destroy Borland!
Hans in 1923 did not have the strength to annex Borland, but it was completely different ten or fifteen years later!
"Well, what you said makes sense. For us, both the Baltic Sea and the North Sea are very important!"
Mainz agreed with Dönitz. Hans' coastline in the Baltic Sea is as high as more than 2,300 kilometers, which is much longer than Hans' coastline in the North Sea. Such a long coastline must be protected by the navy, otherwise the enemy can launch an attack from anywhere, and the German army can only passively defend on land.
Passive defense against enemy invasion at sea… During the First World War, the Third Reich with a mustache had done it on the Western Front, but the effect was very unsatisfactory!
The Third Reich wasted more than 10,000 troops on the Western Front, guarding against thieves every day, and was deceived by the Allies with false intelligence. After many twists and turns, they finally failed and let the Allies land in Normandy.
The failure of the Third Reich is a reminder to future generations that if there is no navy to protect the country's coastline, it is not only time-consuming and costly to build a line of defense in the coastal area to defend against the enemy's landing , but it may not succeed. Once it fails, the consequences will be disastrous!
Mainz has always believed in a concept, that is, the best defense is offense. If the enemy can be beaten to the point where he has no power to fight back and will no longer pose any threat to himself, then naturally there is no need for any defense. Offense has replaced defense!
"Yes, so we must develop at least two navies, a North Sea Fleet and a Baltic Fleet!"
Dönitz was immediately happy when he heard what Mainz said. It seemed that General Mainz did not object to his point of view!
"Two fleets?"
Mainz was a little surprised by this sentence:"With the Kiel Canal, do we still need to maintain two fleets?"
Wasn't the purpose of building the Kiel Canal to completely open up the connection between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, so as to facilitate the German army to enter these two regions for combat?
The Kiel Canal is already halfway through the project. In another half a year, the expansion of the Kiel Canal will be completed. By then, the Kiel Canal, which is 200 meters wide and 15 meters deep, will be connected. With this width and depth, let alone naval warships, even 300,000-ton container ships in the future can pass through!
Once the Kiel Canal is put into use, the German army can easily enter and exit the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. In this case, forming two fleets and fixing the combat areas of the two fleets seems a bit wasteful to Mainz!
"I think it is necessary, because the enemy we are facing is difficult to defeat quickly, so our fleet needs to maintain a long-term presence in these two areas. If there is only one fleet, I am afraid we will be unable to separate by then!"
As the commander of the navy, Dönitz naturally has his own imaginary enemies, and his imaginary enemies are the Soviet Union and the British Empire.
The British Empire has stronger navy, so the German army in the North Sea is also stronger.
As for the Baltic Sea, the Soviet Union basically has no navy now, so there is no need to consider the threat of the Soviet Union in the short term.
In this way, the strength of the Baltic Fleet does not need to be so strong!
If a war really breaks out with the Soviet Union in the future, the North Sea Fleet can be dispatched to the Baltic Sea to cooperate with the Baltic Fleet to destroy the Soviet Union's navy, and then the North Sea Fleet can be returned to its own place, leaving the weaker Baltic Fleet to cooperate with the army to launch operations!
As long as the control of the Baltic Sea is ensured, even if the North Sea Fleet fails in the battle with the British Empire or other Allied navies in the Atlantic, they can still retreat to the Baltic Sea safely for repairs. At that time, as long as the Baltic Strait is blocked and the safety of the Kiel Canal is ensured, the British Empire can be shut out!
"Well, let's follow your plan of forming two fleets. Tell me, how much total tonnage do you need to obtain for the navy?"
Mainz went straight to the point and asked directly.
When Dönitz heard Mainz's direct question, he felt a little embarrassed.
He scratched his head and chuckled,"General, we are not greedy, but since we have to deal with the Russian Bear and the British Empire at the same time, then our naval tonnage cannot be less than the 500,000 tons of the British Empire, right?"
""Poof!"
Mainz, who was drinking water, spit out a mouthful of water!
"What, what's wrong, General? Is there any problem?"
Dönitz, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, pretended to be confused and asked. Looking at his innocent face, if Mainz didn't know him very well, he would have been fooled by his appearance!
"Even if I grant you a quota of 500,000 tons, do you think the Allies will agree?"
"Hehe, I don't know whether they agree or not, but your words, General, are enough!"
"Anyway, this agreement is only valid for ten years. The worst that can happen is that we can take it slow, making improvements while producing. When we have accumulated enough technology, when the treaty expires in ten years, we will start producing at full capacity and break through the restrictions in minutes. By then, the tonnage of our warships will easily exceed 500,000 tons. So we are not worried about the Washington Treaty. We are just worried that you, General, will not approve it!"
"Well, you are a good Dönitz, you actually dared to plot against me, you have grown up!"
Mainz realized that Dönitz was just trying to get his words and test his words, and he laughed angrily.
None of these guys are simple-minded!