After the end of the war between the Tang Empire and the Seven Nations Alliance, the alliance established between the Seven Kingdoms of Yingluoba, Shalad, Noomi, Monia, Gisk, Ruierland, and Orenza against the Tang Empire was dissolved.

After all, among the Seven Nations Alliance, the three strongest three countries, Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi, have a lot of contradictions with each other, and it is not easy to temporarily unite in order to deal with the Tang Empire, so that these three countries have always maintained an alliance relationship, and these three countries will not be willing.

Penelope, the emperor of the Yingluoba Empire, couldn't help frowning when he heard Prime Minister August mention the other six countries of the Seven-Nation Alliance: "Prime Minister, what do you mean is to form the Seven-Nation Alliance again?" ”

Prime Minister August then said: "Your Majesty, the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire, in the face of the growing threat of the Tang Empire, have officially announced the formation of a military alliance a few months ago, and in recent days, the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire have been contacting the other five countries of the original Seven Nation Alliance, including our Yingluoba Empire, hoping to reorganize the Seven Nations Alliance. ”

In the year after the end of the war, the industrial and economic development of the Tang Empire was rapid, and in just one year, the Tang Empire was not much worse than the Yingluoba Empire in terms of economy and industry, you must know that the Yingluoba Empire was the world's largest economic power and the world's first industrial power.

In addition, the Tang Empire also has the world's largest army, navy and air force, if ranked according to comprehensive strength, the Tang Empire has become the most powerful country in the world, which has even been recognized by most countries.

The Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire are both in the south of the Tang Empire, and both have a long border with the Tang Empire, coupled with the long-term hostile relationship between these two countries and the Tang Empire, which makes the situation in the border area between the Tang Empire and these two countries very tense, and the two countries that are afraid of being invaded by the Tang Empire have to huddle together to keep warm.

However, in the face of the current Tang Empire, even if the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire are added together, they are far from being the opponents of the Tang Empire, so both the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire hope that the Yingluoba Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire and the Ryerland Empire can also join the newly formed military alliance between the two countries.

Emperor Penelope pondered for a moment and said: "The Tang Empire is indeed no longer something that any country can compete with at present, and now all the countries of the original Seven Nations Alliance are building warships, if our seven countries can unite again, at least in terms of naval strength, the navy of the Tang Empire will be suppressed again." ”

Prime Minister August nodded and said: "According to the information obtained by our Yingluoba intelligence department, the Sharad Empire has built fifty-four super dreadnought battleships and fifty-four battle cruisers at the same time, and the Noomi Empire has built seventy-two super dreadnought battleships and seventy-two battle cruisers at the same time, and the Monia Empire has also built fifty super dreadnought battleships and fifty battle cruisers at the same time. The combined navy of the seven countries will far surpass the navy of the Tang Empire. ”

Emperor Penelope asked, "Then Prime Minister, are you in favor of our British Empire joining the new military alliance?" ”

Prime Minister August said loudly: "Your Majesty, the rise of the Tang Empire has not only disrupted the order of the entire white world, but also dealt a heavy blow to the economy of our Yingluoba Empire. ”

A cold light flashed in Emperor Penelo's eyes, "The Tang Empire now has a land area of more than 87 million square kilometers and a population of more than 5 billion, the existence of such a country has threatened the security of the whole world, our Yingluoba Empire, as a responsible power, really can't sit idly by all the time, the prime minister can send people to contact the Jisk Empire, the Orensa Empire, as well as the four countries such as Sharad and Noomi to see if the new seven-nation military alliance can be established?" ”

Prime Minister August's face immediately showed excitement, "Your Majesty is wise, the Tang Empire is indeed an existence that makes the world unstable, and it is best to dismember the Tang Empire into many countries!" ”

Emperor Penelope then asked, "Since there are ten Brave-class super dreadnought battleships and ten Pursuit-class battlecruisers that can join our Royal Navy in British Roba next month, does the Admiralty have any plans for building ships next?" ”

Prime Minister August hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the Admiralty has indeed designed a super dreadnought battleship and a battle cruiser with a main gun caliber of 432 mm, but after thirty Brave, Tenacious, Thirty Pursuit, and thirty Ambush are put into service, the military spending of our Royal Navy in Yingroba will soar, raising one hundred and six super dreadnought battleships and ninety-seven battle cruisers, plus thirteen dreadnought battleships, Thirty former dreadnoughts and twenty ironclad battleships, as well as thousands of other types of warships, have made it financially unsustainable, and even if new super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers are built at His Majesty's expense, our British Empire cannot afford to support its finances. ”

When Emperor Penelope heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "If the thirty Brave, Thirty, Pursuit, and Thirty Ambush classes all join our Royal Navy in Yingluoba, how much will the Navy's annual military expenditure increase?" ”

Prime Minister August quickly replied: "Including the salaries of officers and men, the food of officers and soldiers, the fuel of warships and the maintenance of warships, our Royal Navy in Yingroba will increase its military expenditure to more than 200 million British dollars a year." ”

Emperor Penelope couldn't help but gasp when he heard that the annual military expenditure of the Royal Navy of Yingluoba would exceed 200 million British dollars, knowing that the Brave-class super dreadnought battleships equipped with 406 mm main guns cost about 3.5 million British dollars each, and 200 million British dollars was enough to build fifty-five Valiant-class super dreadnought battleships.

Although the royal family of the British Empire has money, they can even take out hundreds of millions of British dollars in one breath and build sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers at the same time, but let the royal family of the British Empire spend 200 million British dollars every year to support the British Royal Navy, even the royal family of the British Roman Empire is a little unbearable.

Emperor Penelope's brows furrowed a little tighter, "Why does the Royal Navy need so much military spending?" ”

Prime Minister August said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the navy is originally a big money-eater, a super dreadnought battleship or a battle cruiser, sailing at sea for a day, you have to consume thousands of British dollars of fuel, in addition, now the number of officers and soldiers in active service in the Royal Navy exceeds 600,000, and wages and food are also a lot of expenses, in fact, this year's military spending of the Royal Navy is about 30 million British dollars, with more super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers in service next year, the gap in the Royal Navy's military spending will be even greater, It is likely to reach 80 million British dollars. ”

Emperor Penelope pondered for a moment and said: "I will take out 300 million British dollars from the royal family's funds to subsidize the military expenses of the Royal Navy, and squeeze out some more funds from the treasury to the Royal Navy. ”

Hearing that Emperor Penelope was willing to spend 300 million British dollars to subsidize the military spending of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, Prime Minister August couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this year's gap of 30 million British dollars in the military spending of the Royal Navy, Prime Minister August can solve it, but after 50 super dreadnought battleships and 50 battle cruisers join the sequence of the Royal Navy of British Roga next year, Prime Minister August has no way to make up the gap of 80 million British dollars, after all, the financial revenue of the British Empire cannot be invested in the navy, For example, it is also necessary to maintain a Royal Army in Yingluopa, which is up to tens of millions of dollars.

During the war with the Tang Empire, the Royal Army had expanded to 46 infantry regiments and 20 independent infantry divisions, with a total strength of nearly 15 million.

After the end of the war, in consideration of the pressure of military spending, the size of the Royal Army of Yingluoba was reduced, and it was also reorganized in imitation of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Army of Sharad.

At present, the Royal Army of Yingluoba has 100 infantry divisions, and the strength of each infantry division is 100,000, so that the total strength of the Royal Army of Yingluoba is still more than 10 million, and the reason why the Royal Army of Yingluoba still maintains such a large scale is not because of the Tang Empire, but to guard against the neighboring Noomi Empire.

The territory of the Yingluoba Empire is about 16 million square kilometers, of which 5 million square kilometers were snatched from the Noomi Empire more than 100 years ago, and the Noomi Empire has not wanted to take back these 5 million square kilometers of land all these years.

After the end of the war with the Tang Empire, the Noomi Empire, like the Royal Army of Yingluoba, imitated the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Army of Sharad and reorganized and reduced the scale.

At present, the Noomi Royal Army has 180 infantry divisions with a total strength of 18 million, and in order to defend the Noomi Empire, the British Roba Empire has to maintain an army force of tens of millions.

Prime Minister August said with some shame: "The minister is very aware of the importance of a strong Royal Navy to our Yingluoba Empire, but because of the rise of the Tang Empire, the economy of our Yingluoba Empire has been greatly impacted, and this year, the financial revenue of our Yingluoba Empire has plummeted, and there are too many places to use money, I didn't expect that in the end, Your Majesty will have to pay to subsidize the Royal Navy." ”

Emperor Penelope waved his hand and said, "Now that the military spending problem of the Royal Navy has been solved, let's study how many super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers newly designed by the Admiralty should be built!" ”

Prime Minister August cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, what about the construction funds?" ”

Emperor Penelope said indifferently: "Of course, it is still up to the royal family to pay for it, otherwise can the treasury still come up with the money?" ”

"How many more ships is Your Majesty going to build?"

"To tell the truth, such a large-scale arms race, even our Yingluoba royal family can't afford it, so I also hope to end this arms race as soon as possible, but before the arms race stops, our Yingluoba Empire can't have any backdown, since next month there can be ten Brave-class super dreadnought battleships and ten Pursuit-class battlecruisers into service, then there will be twenty large dockyards, I'm going to build ten super dreadnought battleships with 432mm guns and ten battlecruisers with 432mm guns, by the way, how much do these two ships cost? ”

"Your Majesty, the newly designed super dreadnought battleship was named the Guts class by the Admiralty, with five 432mm main guns, a standard displacement of 47,800 tons, a full load displacement of 53,500 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and a cost of about four million two million pounds each, and the newly designed battle cruisers were named the Annihilation class by the Admiralty, with four 432 mm guns, a standard displacement of 50,500 tons, a full load displacement of 55,600 tons, a maximum speed of 26 knots, and a cost of about four million British dollars each."

Emperor Penelope said without hesitation: "Then first build ten Guts-class super dreadnought battleships and ten Annihilation-class battlecruisers, and the funds will be provided by me, as for whether to continue to build new Guts-class and Annihilation-class, it depends on whether the new seven-nation military alliance can be established, and whether each country has a new ship-building plan." ”

Prime Minister Auguste understood what Emperor Penelope meant, if the new Seven Nations Military Alliance was successfully established, then it would indicate that a new war with the Tang Empire had broken out again, and at that time, the naval strength of the Seven Nations Military Alliance would far exceed that of the Tang Empire's navy, the British Empire and Sharad, Noomi and other countries, and then build new super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, which no longer had much significance for the war.

Of course, even if the new seven-nation military alliance is successfully established, there are still contradictions within the seven-nation military alliance, and if the Sharad Empire and the Noomi Empire still do not stop the pace of the naval arms race, then the British Roberta Empire will have to continue to build more super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers whether they want it or not.

Emperor Penelope paused for a moment and continued: "After the twenty Brave-class super dreadnought battleships and twenty pursuit-class battlecruisers join the Royal Navy in February next year, if needed, the royal family can also contribute money to use the vacated forty large dockyards to build another twenty Courage-class and twenty Annihilation-class, but that is also the last fund for the royal family to support the navy in the next three or four years." ”