Romanian Eagle

After the end of World War I, when the people of various countries thought that peace had come, the United States, which made a lot of money in the war, had nothing to gain from the post-war interests.

It can't be said that nothing has been achieved, at least one of the fourteen peace proposals put forward by President Wilson has been implemented.

It was preserved for the establishment of the League of Nations to maintain world peace, but it was dominated by Britain and France. The most crucial of all, whether in wartime or in peacetime, absolute freedom of navigation on the high seas, or the removal of economic barriers between countries and the establishment of treaties on trade equality, were ruthlessly rejected. This greatly upset the fledgling U.S. government. It is also a result that is completely unacceptable to the high-spirited U.S. government.

In the view of the United States, it has made great efforts in this war, and it should share the dominance of the world with Britain and France. It is a pity that Britain and France have completely used the United States and put it aside. And when President Wilson returned to Washington with nothing, he was strongly criticized by Congress. Therefore, the Treaty of Versailles was also rejected by the US Congress.

An angry America felt wronged, so the U.S. Navy planned to build 10 battleships from 1919 to 1921, including 4 Colorado-class battleships and 6 Lexington-class battlecruisers. other responses. Among them, the Lexington-class battlecruiser was the first battlecruiser built by the United States. As the embodiment of the rich and powerful U.S. Navy, this class of battlecruisers will also show it vividly.

It was originally planned to have a standard displacement of 44,300 tons and a 356mm (14in) gun with a speed of 35 knots (horrible). However, the United States has since improved it. The new plan increased the tonnage to 53,200 tons, and replaced it with a 406 mm (16 inch) naval gun and increased armor protection. Although the tonnage has increased, the speed can still reach 35 knots due to the replacement of a new type of heavy oil boiler. (Hood is the younger brother if it is built, but there will be no Lexington-class aircraft carrier by then)

And this kind of shipbuilding move by the United States undoubtedly made Britain and France very nervous. France is currently unable to follow up because of its huge losses in World War I, and the United Kingdom, which regards sea power as a lifeline, cannot accept it.

So in the face of the United States' continued aggressive shipbuilding, the United Kingdom must respond. Its prime minister, Lloyd George, even stated publicly: "Great Britain would rather spend the last penny to maintain the advantage of the navy over the United States or any other country."

However, if the tiger will not fall, the empire on which the sun never sets is also a world hegemon. Of course, it cannot lose its prestige in this new competition. The three Admiral-class battlecruisers (Hood-class), which were subsequently suspended, began to be built again. However, from the perspective of the small family who only built three ships in the British Empire, their family background is not much.

Speaking of the new naval competition, a new player has to be mentioned here, and that is Japan. Also as a country that benefited a lot from this war (Romania: you can't see me,

Can't see me), Japan also has the ambition to dominate the eastern Pacific. So the famous 88 Fleet came on the stage (this is the 88 Fleet in the 1920s. There was a post-Russian-Japanese War version before, and then there was a version before the outbreak of World War II, and there was a version in the 1980s, which is now called the Fourth and Fourth Fleet).

On the basis of 2 Nagato-class battleships, 2 Kaga-class ships, and 4 battlecruisers Amagi-class, the plan will allocate funds to build 4 battleships and 4 battlecruisers. For this reason, Japan will not hesitate to launch national donations to build this one fleet. (The bad guy Nagato cheats even the pocket money of elementary school students)

Facing the increasingly fierce shipbuilding plans of Britain, the United States and Japan, France and Italy were also forced to join the race.

In the face of another naval competition, countries that have long been tired of the war are scrambling to call for the continued shipbuilding plan that costs people and money. And just at this time, a sudden economic crisis after the war made the naval competition of the great powers feel powerless.

In fact, this economic crisis is foreseeable. After the war, a large number of factories that were busy because of the war were canceled their orders. And the reduction in orders made it unnecessary for factories to hire so many workers, so a large number of workers were pushed back into the market. Meanwhile, retired soldiers and governments cut spending, preventing an immediate transition from wartime regulation to peacetime free competition.

In addition, the governments of various countries did not have the experience of how to deal with this after the war, so the people lacked purchasing power, and the factory inventory could not be sold, and the economic crisis broke out suddenly. The outbreak of the economic crisis has made people in various countries increasingly call for disarmament. The naval arms race among nations is also in trouble.

The United Kingdom can't afford it first. It has long been deprived of financial resources by the war, and now it is hard to join the arms race, which is really miserable. Japan is also unable to do what it can. In order to implement the Eighth Eighth Fleet Plan, the navy appropriation has accounted for one-third of the entire national budget. Although the United States has deep pockets, it is very difficult to truly overwhelm Britain and Japan.

It was against this backdrop that U.S. President Warren Gameril Harding initiated a conference on limiting naval armaments. In the face of the US proposal, the competing British and Japanese countries agreed immediately.

Since the three countries of the United States, Britain and Japan have agreed, then of course, France and Italy, which were forced to join, also agreed. As a respect for the initiator of the first proposal, after the negotiation of the relevant countries, Washington, the United States will be used as the negotiation venue. In order to show the importance of this meeting and negotiation, all countries went to the highest standard, so not only the prime minister and the president, but also the monarchs of the countries participating in the Washington meeting (what can a monarch with insufficient intelligence do, is it possible to wear glasses?).

For a time, Washington in the United States became the focus of various countries. This also made the American people feel for the first time that so many people were paying attention to the United States, which indirectly increased the pride of Americans.

The purpose of the Washington Conference is to resolve the balance of naval power among the major powers that the Treaty of Versailles failed to resolve, and the conflicts of interest in the Far East and the Pacific region, especially in China, and to improve the post-World War I world peace system. The United States, Britain and Japan played a major role in the Washington Conference.

Unlike the countries around the world who are focusing their attention on Washington, the venue for the talks, Eder, an anomaly, did not pay much attention to this future negotiation. After all, this is mainly about the negotiation between the navy and the Far East, and currently Romania cannot reach the Far East.

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