After Schulik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, said that the naval arms race would put a very heavy burden on several countries, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, August, the Prime Minister of the Noomi Empire, Julian, and the Prime Minister of the Monia Empire, Toliczka, all had a much more solemn expression on their faces.

In fact, the current naval arms race in the world refers to the naval arms race between the Anglopa Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire and the Sharad Empire, and the navies of these four countries have always ranked in the top four navies of the world before Su Yi was born, and the navies of these four countries all have the idea of competing for the world's first navy.

Of course, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire under Su Yi have now joined the ranks of the naval arms race of the four countries.

The Gisk Empire, the Ruierland Empire and the Orenza Empire, limited by their economic strength, although they have also built a large number of new warships, even including many super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, but the scale of the three navies' shipbuilding, as well as their current strength, compared with the navies of the other four countries, there is a big gap, and the navies of the Gisk Empire, the Ruierland Empire and the Orenza Empire have never thought of competing for the position of the world's first navy.

Tolicika, the Prime Minister of the Monia Empire, pondered for a moment and asked, "Prime Minister Shurik, what exactly does the treaty that limits the size of the navy and army of various countries refer to?" ”

At present, the active capital ships of the Monia Imperial Navy include ten super dreadnought battleships, ten battle cruisers, twenty dreadnought battleships, twenty-two pre-dreadnought battleships and forty ironclad battleships, and the Monia Imperial Navy has twenty super dreadnought battleships with 356 mm guns and twenty battle cruisers with 356 mm guns under construction.

If there are no accidents, after the completion of the batch of super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers being built by the Monia Imperial Navy, the Monia Imperial Navy will immediately continue to build twenty super dreadnought battleships with 381 mm guns and twenty battle cruisers with 381 mm guns.

Among the four countries of the British Roba Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, and the Monia Empire, the Monia Empire is relatively the weakest in terms of economic strength, and the naval arms race of this scale has made the Monia Empire a little difficult, so when he heard that the Prime Minister of the Salad Empire, Shurik, proposed to formulate a treaty to limit the size of the navy and army of various countries, the Prime Minister of the Monia Empire, Toliczka, was very interested.

Schurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, then said: "According to the concept of our Sharad Empire, in terms of navy, each country should limit the total tonnage of capital ships, and in terms of land, it is necessary to limit the number of land forces of each country. ”

August, the Prime Minister of the Yingroba Empire, sighed and said: "Now several of our countries are indeed caught in a naval arms race with no end in sight, if we can stop this naval arms race, of course our Yingroba Empire is willing, but our Yingroba Royal Navy has forty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty-four battle cruisers, thirty-six dreadnought battleships, sixty former dreadnought battleships and seventy-two ironclad battleships, There are also thirty Tenacious-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty ambush-class battlecruisers under construction, none of which will be mothballed, and the signing of a treaty to limit the size of the navy and army is not something that I can decide as a prime minister, and we need the consent of His Majesty the Emperor of the British Empire. ”

Yulian, the Prime Minister of the Noomi Empire, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's okay to sign a treaty to limit the size of the navy and army, but we have to wait until our Noomi Imperial Navy builds thirty-six Mist-class super dreadnought battleships with 381 mm guns and thirty-six Quickhorse-class battlecruisers with 381 mm guns." ”

As soon as Noomi Imperial Prime Minister Julian's words fell, August Empire's Prime Minister of the British Ropala Empire said in a deep voice: "If we follow Prime Minister Julian's words, then our Royal Navy of Yingroba will have to build a new class of super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers before we can agree to sign a treaty to limit the size of the navy and army." ”

Yulian, the prime minister of the Noomi Empire, snorted coldly and said, "Prime Minister August, then our two countries don't want to sign any treaty, see who is the winner of this naval arms race in the end?" ”

August August, the Prime Minister of the Yingluoba Empire, smiled contemptuously, "Prime Minister Julian, even if your Noomi Empire has an astonishing amount of gold and a silver mine with an astonishing reserve that can provide huge amounts of money, it is undoubtedly a pipe dream to catch up with our Yingluoba Royal Navy. ”

Seeing that the two prime ministers of the Yingluoba Empire and the Noomi Empire were getting more and more stiff, Tolicka, the prime minister of the Monia Empire, said in a round: "After all, we are all only prime ministers here, and as for whether to sign a treaty that limits the size of the navy and army of each country, it is still up to His Majesty the Emperor of each country to decide, and it is useless for us to quarrel here." ”

Shurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, followed and said: "To sign a treaty to limit the size of the navy and army of various countries, it must take a long time to negotiate before the final limit of the size of the navy and army of each country can be determined, and if our seven countries are interested in signing a treaty to limit the size of each country's navy and army, then our seven countries must also bring in the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire." ”

For the increasingly fierce naval arms race, even the wealthy British Empire, and the Noomi Empire, which discovered a huge gold mine and a huge silver mine, also felt very stressed.

After all, a super dreadnought battleship or a battlecruiser, in addition to the cost of construction, raising a super dreadnought battleship or a battlecruiser requires a lot of expenses every year, as the navy of various countries grows larger and larger, just the annual salary of naval officers and soldiers, plus the coal and oil consumed by the warship, will become a huge gold-swallowing beast, constantly devouring the finances of various countries.

Therefore, for the proposal of the Shalad Empire, in the end, the emperors of the other six countries agreed that they could talk first, of course, if the results of the negotiations were not satisfactory to these emperors, these countries would not sign a treaty limiting the size of each country's navy and army.

On the morning of June 28, 3013 in the Tang calendar, August, the prime minister of the Yingluoba Empire, Shurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, Julian, the prime minister of the Noomi Empire, Tolichka, the prime minister of the Monia Empire, Maxim, the prime minister of the Jisk Empire, Gelman, the prime minister of the Ruierland Empire, and Nikifuor, the prime minister of the Orenza Empire, came to the Xiande Hall in the palace of Chang'an City.

Waiting for the prime ministers of the seven powers to explain their intentions, Su Yi smiled and said: "The naval arms race will indeed bring a heavy burden to our countries, and now the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, although they already have fifty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty-six battle cruisers, twenty-three dreadnought battleships and forty-two former dreadnought battleships, but in order not to fall behind in this naval arms race, I have prepared to let the newly formed shipyards of the Tang Empire, Twenty super dreadnoughts and twenty battle cruisers have been built in one go, and a large number of super dreadnoughts and battle cruisers are being built at my island shipyard. ”

Su Yi did not lie to the prime ministers of these seven countries, and now using the various shipbuilding equipment in the system mall, there are eight large shipyards under construction in the Tang Empire, and after the completion of the first phase of the project of these eight shipyards, there will be 20 docks of 60,000 tons, 20 docks of 50,000 tons, 40 docks of 20,000 tons and more than 200 docks of less than 10,000 tons.

At present, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has designed a super dreadnought battleship ready to be built by eight large shipyards of the Tang Empire with reference to the Queen Elizabeth class and the Bavarian class, with a standard displacement of 34,200 tons, a full load displacement of 37,600 tons, a maximum speed of 25 knots, and five twin 42 times caliber 381 mm main guns, ten 152 mm secondary guns, sixteen 88 mm anti-aircraft guns, twenty-four 40 mm twin anti-aircraft guns, and twenty-four 20 mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns. The broadside belt main armor 350 mm, deck armor 76 mm to 127 mm, main turret armor 350 mm, crew of fifteen hundred people.

In addition, with reference to the King Kong-class battlecruisers and prestige-class battlecruisers, a battlecruiser was designed to be built by eight large shipyards of the Tang Empire, with a standard displacement of 32,500 tons, a full load displacement of 36,700, a maximum speed of 31 knots, and four twin 42 times caliber 381 mm main guns, ten 152 mm secondary guns, sixteen 88 mm anti-aircraft guns, twenty-four 40 mm twin anti-aircraft guns, twenty-four 20 mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns, and 229 mm main armor on the side belts. The deck armor was 76 mm, the main turret armor was 229 mm, and the crew was fourteen hundred people.

In addition, Su Yi also planned to let the eight large shipyards of the Tang Empire build a number of large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers.

In order to make the eight large shipyards of the Tang Empire have the strength to build super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, Su Yi transferred most of the engineers and technicians of the major shipyards of the Purple Moon Empire to the eight large shipyards of the Tang Empire.

The prime ministers of the seven countries looked at each other, and there was a trace of solemnity in their eyes, and August the Prime Minister of the British Empire opened his mouth and said to Su Yi: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it is precisely in order to stop this endless naval arms race that our countries are willing to sit together and negotiate a treaty that is approved by all countries to limit the size of the navy and army of each country, otherwise our countries will be dragged down by the arms race of the navy and the army sooner or later." ”

A cold light flashed in Su Yi's eyes and said: "On behalf of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, I am willing to join this negotiation on limiting the size of the navy and army of various countries, and I hope that the nine of us can finally reach an agreement and not let the arms race of the navies and armies of various countries become more and more intense." ”