In the end, the Japanese did not leave a single order in Germany, but Heihachiro Togo sent the German message back to Japan by telegram, which caused a lot of discussion within Japan. For Jochen, that's enough.

After receiving the telegram from Heihachiro Togo, Shiki Kayama couldn't make up his mind, so he called Yuhiro Ito over and handed the message to Yuhiro Ito: "Ito-kun, this is a telegram sent back by Togo-kun from the country, what does this mean?" ”

Ito Yuheng read it quickly, the previous content is very easy to understand, the warship of the independent country is very good, very large, but the main gun is too small, and although the independent country is developing a new main gun, but I don't know that the year of the monkey can be successful. We can't wait, so we won't place orders in the independent country, and now we're going to go to the UK to have a look.

However, the rest of the content is very interesting, the Germans took the delegation to visit the Oldenburg class and the Elector, and then brought such a sentence to the Japanese to think deeply.

Ito pondered for a moment and said, "I think there are two things that can be determined, first, the Independents want to sell the Oldenburg-class and Electoral-class ironclads. Second, they want this buyer to be us. ”

Kayama Shiki nodded: "I think so too, but this is definitely not a simple matter of selling ships, there must be some deep meaning in the Duguo, I can't judge." ”

Ito Yuheng took the telegram and read the contents of the back carefully, and then he was not very sure and said: "I think that the people of the independent country said that it may be too late for us to order new ships, not to scare us by selling ships, but to think that war may break out between us and the Qing country in the next two years!" ”

This judgment startled Ito himself, and Shiki Kayama was taken aback by Ito's words.

The two of them stared at each other for a while, and then Shiki Kayama said with a haha: "This is impossible, even we don't know when we will go to war with the Qing Kingdom, how can it be clear that the people of the independent country are so far away, it must be to sell ships to scare us, haha...... Ha ha...... Ha ......" Ito Yuhiro didn't say a word, just stared at Kayama Shiki, and the Kayama Shiki couldn't go on.

The Japanese have a talent for brain supplementation, and when the situation is good, they like to make up for their own bad situation, and when the situation is bad, they like to make up for the situation of others. The Japanese during World War II had enough of the losses of their brains and did not change their lives.

Now, Shiki Kayama and Yuhiro Ito have begun to give full play to their talent for brain supplementation, and now the two of them have begun to make up various plots in their brains, the content is rich, the plot is reasonable, it is a waste not to be novelists.

"If the independent country really thinks that it is possible for us and the Qing country to break out into war in the next two years, then they must have some basis, is it that the Qing country is ready to take the initiative to start a war with us? It's impossible, the Beiyang Naval Division has not purchased warships for many years, the equipment is old, and the training is loose, how can they take the initiative to go to war? ”

"But they have two ships in Dingzhen, as long as they have these two warships, they will have the confidence to start a war with us again, and it is better to strike before we have enough warships to fight, than to wait until we have a stronger warship than them before going to war." At first, he thought that the Dingzhen 2nd ship would be enough to defeat the entire Japanese navy, and Ito Sukehiro believed that the Beiyang Naval Division had something to rely on.

"No, no, no, I still think that it is impossible for the Qing State to take the initiative to start a war with us, if there is a chance, we will fight it first, etc., is it because the people of the independent country know that we are looking for an opportunity to start a war with the Qing State."

"Well...... I don't think it's very likely that the Independence people knew about our plan, but it is possible that they judged that there was going to be a war between us and the Qing Kingdom, and they thought that it would break out in the next two years. Oh, that's why the Independence Far East Fleet will go to Lushun first and then come to Yokosuka. That Major General Tirpitz must have conveyed the judgment of the independent country to the Qing country, and then hoped that the Qing country could buy the warships of the independent country! ”

This is really the victim paranoia brain to the limit, Tirpitz is actually to show off force, and it is impossible for Jochen to tell Tirpitz that there will be a riot in Korea next year, and then Japan will take this opportunity to provoke a war. However, they guessed one thing correctly, Germany did hope that Qing Guo could come and buy warships.

Ito Yuheng's words opened a door to Shiki Kayama, and then immediately thought like a spring, and his brain couldn't be blocked: "Ito-kun is right, Germany has always favored the Qing on the issue of Nissin, and the seven main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division are all German-made, and the Beiyang Naval Division is also a loyal user of the Krupp Company, and the Krupp Company even cultivates military talents for the Qing people." Look at us again, the 3 warships sold to us are all old goods that we don't want to obtain. Therefore, the Germans must have gone to Qing to test their tone before coming to us. ”

With Kayama Shiki's words, Ito Yuhiro began to add various new plots to this idea to enrich it: "It's a pity that the Qing Kingdom forbade the Beiyang Naval Division to purchase equipment because of the Ministry of Households, so the ships of the Independence Nations could not be sold, so they came to us to take a look first."

However, in the hearts of the independent country, the Qing country is still more important than us, so Rear Admiral Tirpitz did not mention the sale of ships when he came to us. It wasn't until Dongxiang-jun went in person that they made a decision, who to sell to is not to sell, as long as it does not affect their interests, even if we have a war with the Qing State, they don't need to be too involved. ”

"That's why they tried their best to sell their latest ironclad ships, and then they introduced the Oldenburg class and the Elector's class to Dongxiangjun, the Oldenburg class is similar to the Dingyuan class in all aspects, and it's slightly better, although the Elector's firepower is the same as the Dingyuan class, but it's far better than Dingyuan in other aspects. If we buy it, we will have the means to fight against the fixed level. The more Shiki Kayama listened to Ito's analysis, the more reasonable he felt and began to think about the good thing.

"But it's not selling to anyone, if we don't start, and the Qing people want to buy, then they will definitely sell to the Qing people, so there is the sentence 'we don't mind who the buyer is', we just use it as an alternative because the Qing country is not active."

But it can also be seen that there has been a change in the attitude of the Germans towards the trade-off between us and the Qing state, and it is certainly the instructions of the upper echelons of the independent state that can say such things, and it may even be the intention of the emperor of the independent country. If the Qing people don't buy it, then they will sell us the battleship, so we have to seize the opportunity. ”

"That's right, the fact that the Solitarians are willing to leak the news to us speaks volumes. As long as we are more positive than the Qing state, it is possible that the independent people will turn to support us, and at worst, they will not favor the Qing state. ”

"Then Ito-kun, do you think we should pay for the German ship?"

"Don't worry, first of all, we may not be at war with the Qing State in the next few years, and the Duguo people are just inferred. Then, after the completion of the new warships ordered by us in Britain, there will be no need for us to buy any more warships of the independent country.

Second, the Qing people may not buy the warships of the independent country, the household department does not give money, and the Beiyang Navy Division is powerless even if they want to buy it.

Third, if a war breaks out between us and the Qing State, we will move faster if we want to buy warships, and the administrative efficiency of the Qing State is low, if they want to buy warships, they will definitely have to fight for them in the imperial court, and we will have bought the warships back long ago. So there's no rush yet. ”

"Okay, then we'll wait first, but we have to be prepared, once we have a tendency to go to war with the Qing State, we will ask the independent country to purchase ships as soon as possible." Shiki Kayama slapped the board.

Shiki Kayama and Yuhiro Ito have a good brain, the whole context is clearly organized, and the plot is meticulous. But how do they know that this is just a guy who knows that Japan will win and wants to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune from it.

Moreover, Ito Sukehiro analyzed the reaction of the Qing Kingdom clearly, but the reality is often more bizarre than the novel, and the efficiency of the Qing State during the First Sino-Japanese War was amazing, and the Japanese had to raise prices in the battleship market and the Beiyang Navy Division, and obstructed it in every possible way. Now that there is a Germany that wants to be an arms dealer wholeheartedly, the Japanese are ready to hemorrhage.

However, the Japanese do not know this, they have been attracted by the thick and long of the British.

Heihachiro Togo and his entourage left Germany for England, and saw the Monarchy-class battleship that was larger than the Brandenburg-class battleship, and more importantly, the 343 mm 30 times diameter thick pipe on the Monarchy-class made the Japanese feel refreshed, thinking that such a thick and long is what I wanted!

Later, the Japanese military attache in the United Kingdom, Kawahara Koichi, took Togo Heihachiro and his entourage to visit the Armstrong shipyard, where they met the cruiser Yoshino, which was about to be received.

Although the weight of the German 150 mm 35 x diameter tube was increased, the Yoshino was still able to reach a high speed of 22.5 knots. The ship's 12 150 mm guns, 7 broadside projection fire, and an overload speed of 22.5 knots under strong pressure and ventilation make the Yoshino a masterpiece.

However, Heihachiro Togo still thinks that the Empress and Queen Maria Theresia is more suitable for the Japanese Navy in actual combat, and of course these words cannot be said to others.

You must know that the Japanese emperor even announced that he would only eat one meal a day until he defeated the Qing kingdom in order to raise funds to buy the Yoshino, and the empress dowager donated her jewelry. The emperor's actions stimulated the Japanese people, and the people set off a frenzy of buying ships, and the people came to the rescue, and the Chamber of Commerce also launched a fundraiser for the Yoshino, which was purely to make trouble for himself to say that the Yoshino was not the best at this time.

During an inspection of the Armstrong shipyard, the Japanese learned that the British already had a 305-mm 40-diameter gun that was more powerful than the 343-mm 30-diameter gun. The Japanese immediately changed their tune, and this kind of thick and long is what I really want!

As a result, the Japanese put forward a request for an ironclad ship based on the Junquan class and equipped with 305 mm 40 times the diameter naval gun. Immediately, Armstrong shipyard designer Sir Marcolo began to design new battleships for the Japanese.

The design process also incorporated some ideas from the Royal Navy's next-generation dreadnought-class battleships, so that the two Fuji-class battleships will still appear as scheduled according to the trajectory of history.

Although the design drawings have not yet been completed, and it is not known when the construction will begin, the order has already fallen into the hands of the British.

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