Bulgarian Empire

On January 13, 1921, the day after the League of Nations announced its military intervention against the United States, the International Coalition Forces were formed.

Since there are too many countries involved, it is naturally impossible to gather all of them together and attack the Americans again!

The two-ocean countries are the United States' advantage, but also their disadvantage. This time they are attacked by enemies from two directions at the same time, and their life will be difficult.

The British Royal Navy was divided into two. The Indian Ocean Fleet, the Far East Fleet, and the Pacific Fleet formed a coalition with Japan, Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and other countries, and marched towards the United States from the Pacific.

The Mediterranean Fleet, the Home Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet, together with Bulgaria, France, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and other countries, attacked the Americans from the Atlantic Ocean.

Don't look at Nicholas II who 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. Why is the bear's Baltic Fleet one of the top ten navies in the world? OK.

As a price, the three countries of Britain, France and Bulgaria each provided a batch of free arms to Nicholas II, and also had to bear the military expenses of their navy.

Nicholas II would not admit that he could no longer afford to support the navy, but in fact it was true. Before the Russian navy dispatched troops, he first sent the Russian warships to the French shipyard for a walk. upgraded maintenance.

This was strongly demanded by the governments of the three countries. Obviously, Ferdinand was not the only one who knew that Mao Xiong’s navy had problems, Britain and France were also clear about it, and unqualified and inferior warships were kicked out in advance.

Well, warships from other small countries were taken care of at the same time. This time, the three bosses were very generous and gave them a free overhaul, so the outdated warships were not used directly.

To be on the safe side, everyone worked hard this time. Bulgaria's naval battleships came out in full force. Basically, within twenty years, all warships with a tonnage of more than 5,000 were dispatched by Ferdinand.

The same is true for the French, and the main force came out together. Because of the large number of ships, the British left behind some old-fashioned warships to fight against pirates.

The main forces of the three countries of Britain, France and Baoshou came together, and other countries naturally could not let it go, either by coercion or by temptation. Anyway, the main fleets of all countries were pulled over, including the Republic of China Navy.

So in the end, the total size of the coalition's navy also surpassed the historical record.

Pacific Fleet: 32 capital ships, 13 battlecruisers, 16 pre-dreadnoughts, 38 cruisers, 92 destroyers, and more than 200 other warships.

Capital ships include: 19 British ships, 10 Japanese ships, and 3 Austro-Hungarian ships.

Atlantic Fleet: 33 capital ships, 8 battlecruisers, 21 pre-dreadnoughts, 51 cruisers, 86 destroyers, and more than 200 other warships.

Capital ships include: 15 British, 8 Bulgarian, 6 French, and 4 Russian.

Of course, the U.S. Navy during this period was not weak. They had 28 capital ships, 8 battlecruisers, 38 cruisers, and 68 destroyers.

In March 1916, President Wilson made a speech in St. Louis, calling for the establishment of a navy capable of ensuring the United States' maritime supremacy. Accordingly, the U.S. government 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 capital ships, 8 battlecruisers, and 50 destroyers; after the completion of the plan, the U.S. Navy It can reach the shoulders 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 eager to promote this decisive battle.

If you don't wait until after 1924, the U.S. Navy will compete with the British, and it will be difficult to suppress them by then.

Don't look at the display, the U.S. Navy seems to have the power to fight, but it can fight when facing a fleet,

The actual situation is that unless the U.S. Navy can double, 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. The American shipbuilding industry is so advanced that it only refers to the scale, not the quality.

So their dreadnoughts, 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 16000 tons, full load 17746 tons

Captain length/width/draft: 452.9'/8o.25'/27.1'.

Power: 12 boilers;

Host output power: 16,5oo horsepower;

Navigation: 18.5 knots;

Endurance: 5, ooo nautical miles/1o knots

Armament: four-seat double-mounted 3o5mm/45

Double caliber main gun; 22 76 mm caliber secondary guns

Armor: Waterline 11"-9";

Deck 1.5"-3";

12" turret front, 12" conning tower

Crew: 863 people

2 South Carolina-class battleships

Host output power: 16,5oo horsepower;

Navigation: 18.5 knots;

Endurance: 5, ooo nautical miles/1o knots

Armament: 8-door twin-mounted 3o5mm/45

Double caliber main gun; 22 76 mm caliber secondary guns

Armor: Waterline 11"-9"; Deck 1.5"-3";

12" turret front, 12" conning tower

Crew: 863 people

Delaware class battleship

Captain length/width/draft: 518.9'/85.23'/27.65'

Power plant 14 boilers;

Host output power: 31635 horsepower;

Navigation: 21 knots;

Endurance: 6, 56o/1o

Main guns: 1o double-mounted 305mm/45 times caliber main guns;

Secondary battery: 14 127mm guns, 6 76mm guns

Armor: Waterline 11"-9";

Deck 1.5"-3";

turret front 12\

,"Conning Tower 11.5"

Crew: 933 people

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In history, these early service warships were decommissioned after the Washington Conference, and in 1924, one of them was forced to decommission early in 1921 due to quality problems.

It can be said that most of the "dumplings" Americans served in the military in 1910 were inferior products used to fill up the number. Accumulating technology and training designers may be the real purpose of the Americans.

Therefore, Ferdinand is still very optimistic about this war. The worst outcome is nothing more than the Americans concentrating their forces on the Atlantic Fleet of the Allied Forces, and the Bulgarian Navy suffered heavy losses.

The Pacific Fleet advanced triumphantly, directly completed the blockade of the coast of the United States, covered the landing of the army, and then won the war and dismembered the United States.

As for whether it is possible for the Americans to cheat, such as using the air force to attack the fleet and severely damage the coalition forces to win the war, Bulgaria, as the number one air force power in the contemporary era, can clearly say: it does not exist!

The main reason is that the flying speed 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 anti-aircraft firepower, unless the Americans can come up with "Kamikaze" in advance.

The Americans only need a few thousand death squads, and they can probably severely damage the coalition fleet and get a chance to end the war decently.

It's not that Ferdinand underestimated the Americans. The Death Squad may be easy to find, but if you want to find thousands of Death Squad pilots, Japan or Bulgaria, a country with fanatical nationalism, may still be able to gather them together. Don't think about a free country.

The success rate of this kind of suicide attack is not as high as ordinary people guessed. The hit rate of the Japanese was only 5% back then, and it was the best attack effect for the first time.

It is equivalent to exchanging 20 aircraft for a warship, and it is only hit, not sunk! Usually this kind of attack is taken over by destroyers and cruisers, and the chances of capital ships being attacked are not high!

In this war, Ferdinand also spent a lot of money. In addition to the all-out navy, Bulgaria also dispatched 30,000 air force and 350,000 army. If the navy is added, the total force has reached 460,000!

The total force is only inferior to Japan, which has the largest number of troops, and the Commonwealth of Nations, and slightly more than the French!

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