Chapter 1010 Naval Development
So the development of submarine technology in East Africa has been relatively independent from the beginning, while the development of surface ships is exactly the opposite. East Africa has always been the party catching up.
It is only in recent years that East Africa's shipbuilding industry framework has begun to get rid of its dependence on Europe. This is mainly due to East Africa's key investment in shipbuilding manufacturing in the 1990s.
In the 1990s, that is, after the South African War, East Africa acquired some important ports in the Angola region on the west coast. This completely formed the two-ocean structure of East Africa. Correspondingly, the central government of East Africa built buildings on the west coast and east coast at the same time. A large number of shipbuilding companies have formed an independent shipbuilding manufacturing industry. Coupled with the accumulation of more than 20 years in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the East African shipbuilding industry can develop relatively maturely.
However, in the field of shipbuilding, East Africa can now only be regarded as a big country, not a powerful country. The country leading the development of the world's shipbuilding industry is still the United Kingdom. The German shipbuilding industry is also developing relatively fast at present, and because of the German navy's side The focus is different, and it has formed competitiveness with the United Kingdom in the field of military shipbuilding industry.
As for other countries, including East Africa, the shipbuilding industry is developing rapidly, especially in warships, but it will take a long time to reach the level of Britain and Germany.
Cainmarth: "Today, our navy can only seek technological breakthroughs. Unlike other countries, which crazy expand their naval strength through large-scale construction or introduction of warships, the Bagamoyo proves that our country's current Naval warship manufacturing has completely gotten rid of its dependence on European technology, and surface ship manufacturing technology is also at the forefront of the world," Hantonio said.
“Among them, Japan in the Far East proposed the so-called Sixty-Six Fleet Plan in the late 1990s. Now this country even has a tendency to surpass us in East Africa in terms of navy, so the national defense pressure of our navy is unprecedented. The increase, especially in the defense of the Pacific region, is almost unsustainable. "
Japan's Six-Six Fleet, with six main battleships of more than 10,000 tons and six armored cruisers as the core, makes the main force of the Japanese Navy. The tonnage of the battleship reached 130,000 tons.
Coupled with auxiliary ships, the strength of the Japanese navy will exceed the combined naval strength of other countries in the Far East. In addition to the twelve main warships, the Sixty-sixth Fleet Plan also includes ten light cruisers, more than thirty torpedo ships, torpedo boats, and numerous auxiliary ships. The number of newly built and outsourced warships in the entire plan totals 103, with a total displacement of Amounting to 153,000 tons.
The current main battleships in East Africa, including the newly launched Bagamoyo, are only four. Therefore, in recent years, the Japanese Navy has surpassed the East African Navy in scale.
“And in recent years, the development of naval ships is incomprehensible. It is changing almost every year, and technological updates are iterative very fast, making the naval competition increasingly fierce.”
“ In fact, there is no fundamental change in this kind of technological update and iteration. Countries continue to increase their efforts in warship technology, resulting in serious resource shortages. Resources are wasted, and I don’t know how a poor country like Japan can accomplish it.”
Don’t look at the construction speed of surface military ships in East Africa as compared to other countries, but East Africa’s technological breakthroughs have been growing steadily. , and with the vigorous development of science and technology in East Africa every year, it has given a strong boost to the military shipbuilding industry in East Africa.
The three battleships before Bagamoyo seemed to have no fundamental changes, but the details were relatively large, which also accumulated rich experience for the birth of Bagamoyo.
The reason why Kainmaas took the Japanese Navy as an example is because the Japanese Navy has developed to an extent that even East Africa has to pay attention to.
Before the Far East Naval War, the gap between the Japanese navy and East Africa was relatively large. Now it has become a naval power on the same level as East Africa, or even slightly stronger.
Of course, this does not mean the decline of the East African Navy, but that the two navies have different development paths. Take the current main battleships of the Japanese Navy as an example, they are basically ordered from abroad, with the first four imported from the United Kingdom. The latter two ships were imported from Germany and France.
On the other hand, the four battleships in East Africa are all designed and built domestically, and the Japanese Six-Sixth Fleet plan has not yet been completely completed.
East Africa will also continue to build one or two experimental battleships during the First Five-Year Plan. Under normal circumstances, by 1905, the number of main battleships in East Africa should be equal to that of Japan. However, in the previous life, Japan captured a large number of Russian ships due to the food delivered by Tsarist Russia. Therefore, after 1905, the Japanese Navy may obtain a batch of new equipment. For example, during the Russo-Japanese War in the previous life, the Russian battleship "Victory" was captured by the Japanese Navy and re-established. Named Zhou Fanghao.
Of course, East Africa cannot be compared to Japan no matter what. Even during the First Five-Year Plan, East Africa’s main focus was on industrial construction and its military development was relatively slow, but it was not bad in the world. of.
From the perspective of naval military expenditures, East African naval military expenditures are still on the rise, and East Africa has not participated in naval competitions, so most of these funds are used in the field of military equipment and technology improvement.
For Japan's "Six-Six Fleet Plan", naval funding alone accounts for about 50% of the national development budget, and this does not include the expenditure of the army.
So Japan is more militarily aggressive than in history, and with such a high proportion of military expenditures, the impact on the Japanese economy is noticeable to the naked eye.
Of course, Japan's approach is in line with its special national conditions, because the current Japanese government's idea is to use foreign aggression and expansion to make up for its fiscal deficit and obtain resources for its own industrial development.
The premise of all this is that Japan has a large fleet that can meet Japan's aggression needs to achieve its strategic goals.
This is also a "gamble". After all, relying on war to realize one's ambitions is extremely uncertain. Any war may interrupt Japan's national destiny.
For example, take the Russo-Japanese War in the previous life. Some people estimate that this war severely hindered the development of both Japan and Russia. The Russian navy lost nearly half of its navy, and its national self-esteem was seriously frustrated. The Russian government eventually collapsed, but Japan did not. Obtaining war reparations from Russia, the war expenditure was very huge, which caused the Japanese economy to not recover for at least two decades.
Of course, Japan has both gains and losses. The Russo-Japanese War established its status as a great power, and Japan's economy was seriously dragged down. It also depends on who it is compared with. If it is compared with European countries, then Japan loses This represents an opportunity for development, but Japan is located in the Far East. After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan had almost no opponents in the Far East.
Of course, these have nothing to do with the current East African Navy. The development path of the East African Navy is relatively independent, especially after the 1990s, it has completely shifted to the tide of local development.
Although East Africa has several colonies in the Pacific, their economic value in the current era is not great, so it does not need a strong navy to maintain it for the time being. Even if it is temporarily lost, it will not have a big impact on East Africa, and the local navy of East Africa will not be there for the time being. Strong paper data is needed to maintain deterrence.
Furthermore, in the military field, in addition to current strength, we also need to look at military industry potential. Before the two world wars, the military data of the United States were not impressive. However, with its strong industrial potential, it can quickly expand to The extent to which the enemy despairs.
The same is true in East Africa. The East African navy can carry out large-scale expansion at any time, but this will affect the development of East Africa's economy, so it is better to develop its own industry first.
Different emphasis does not represent a gap in strength. If threatened by external threats, based on the current industry and population of East Africa, a large army can be organized at any time.
(End of this chapter)