1906 was a magnificent year, the Russo-Japanese War was still raging, but the Anglo-Boer War had come to an end!

With the total destruction of the Russian Pacific Fleet, the Boers pinned their hopes on the outbreak of the Anglo-Russian War, so that they could take advantage of the changes in the international situation to protect themselves, and had to make compromises to the British.

Similarly, the Anglo-Boer War, which lasted for nearly nine years, also made the London government miserable. Therefore, the Boers were not persecuted too much, and the terms of the armistice were similar to those of history, and in some places more generous!

In fact, the Anglo-Boer War was not continuous, starting in 1896, the British army was defeated in 1897 due to lack of preparation, and the two sides entered a truce of up to three years.

It wasn't until 1901 that the British used diplomacy to get rid of the Boer supporters on the European continent that they started the war again, and the bloody war between the two sides really began!

By 1904, the great war between Britain and Brazzaville had basically stopped, and the two sides had engaged in a series of negotiations, and the major parties had reached an agreement, and the war was about to end, and the Russo-Japanese War broke out again.

The Boers once again saw hope, they expected that the Russo-Japanese War would drag the British down, and that in the event of a major war between the two sides, the British would have to abandon South Africa.

The Boers, unwilling to accept defeat, took up arms again and played a guerrilla war of hide and seek with the British on the South African continent.

It was not until 1905, after the defeat of the Russian navy, that the two sides came to the negotiating table again.

The negotiations went well, the Boers had run out of chips, and the British were dragged down by the guerrilla war, and both sides were eager for peace. And so the war ended, and the Boer Republic became a protectorate of the British!

Due to the Ferdinand butterfly effect, the losses of the British on the battlefield in South Africa far exceeded that of the same period in history, especially the extra tens of thousands of mercenaries supported by the European powers, which made the lobster soldiers miserable!

In this war, the British army invested a total of 480,000 men, the Boer Republic mobilized 88,000 men, and recruited 45,000 mercenaries.

By the end of the war in 1906, the number of British casualties had reached 136,000, of which more than one-fifth of them were caused in guerrilla warfare, and the world saw the power of guerrilla warfare for the first time!

After the Anglo-Boer War, Britain united its colonies in southern Africa and took control of the corridor leading to the Great Lakes region of Africa's heartland. The Cape of Good Hope region was one of the most important outposts of the British Overseas Empire, based on the vast interior of South Africa.

Economically, the British acquired the world's largest Rand gold mine, and the London government controlled the global economic lifeline. Gold from South Africa quickly made London a global center for the financial industry and gold trading.

At the same time, the Boer War was also the end of the British overseas expansion, and the politicians in London found the cost of modernisation too high, and the 290 million pounds spent on the war was enough to make them feel painful!

Since then, the London government has abandoned its long-standing policy of diplomatic isolation and has engaged in a strategic retrenchment on a global scale.

The London government handed over part of the colonies to Austria, Canada, and New Dominions, and the strategic center of gravity of the British returned to Europe again, laying the foundation for the outbreak of World War I!

Although knowing the change in the foreign policy of the British, Ferdinand could only follow the trend, Bulgaria now has no capital to participate in the global strategic game!

However, there is also a lot of good news, on May 18, the first shore-defending-class battleship cooperated by Bulgaria and Sweden - Harmony was successfully tested, marking the Bulgarian naval industry, once again stepping into a new era!

Displacement] 7680 tons

[Crew] 465 people

[Size] 121.6 meters long, 18.6 meters wide at the maximum, 6.7 meters in draft

[Armed] (Dickif Shipyard)

2 twin 11" turrets (4 guns, 45xD, 17 seconds to reload)

6 single 6" turrets (6 guns, 50x diameter)

[Armor] (Made by Bulgarian Iron and Steel Works)

203 mm in the center of the sides of the hull

The head and tail ends of the hull on both sides of the hull are 76.2 to 152 mm

Deck 41.3 mm

Redoubt 102 mm

Main gun mount 203 mm

Main gun turret 152 mm

Smaller turret 63.5 to 127 mm

[Boilers] 4 Penhiet heavy oil boilers are designed to produce 20,000 hp and 22.8 knots

Cruising range 12 knots / 8000 km

Oh, and this warship is a good example of Ferdinand's philosophy: "If you can't beat it, you have to run it; If you can't run, you have to be able to fight"!

Even in the coming era of dreadnoughts, it is not far behind. It can challenge all warships except battleships, and can outrun dreadnoughts, and its survivability on the battlefield is guaranteed!

Although the voyage is somewhat short, it is enough to be active in the Mediterranean region. At least for now, when it was used to suppress the Ottoman Navy, its performance was sufficient.

Of course, in order to build this warship, Ferdinand spent a lot of money, from the beginning of research and development to the completion of sea trials, the investment has approached a million pounds!

Of course, this cost also includes the cost of introducing technology to Sweden, otherwise in terms of the cost of building ships alone, this can produce two Harmony!

Compared to the shore defense ships that cooperated with Sweden, the battleships that the Admiralty worked with the Dutch were a little more troublesome.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the concept of shipbuilding in various countries has changed, and the brains of designers have been opened, and all kinds of strange ideas have been found.

In fact, before the British created dreadnoughts, it was not for nothing that the designers had similar ideas!

This time, Bulgaria is responsible for the payment, with Dutch designers and mainly Bulgarian designers, who naturally have to open their minds.

The result is that the warship was designed, but the industrial strength of the two countries is not sure to turn it into reality, and even the combat effectiveness of this battleship is a mystery, which is embarrassing!

Of course, Ferdinand also has the credit for this, and he forced a few words in front of the designers according to his own understanding of dreadnoughts.

Then theoretically powerful battleships were designed, and Ferdinand, in terms of parameters, was very similar to the early dreadnoughts, but it was troublesome to transform into battleships.

Since there is no precedent yet, no one is sure whether this kind of designed battleship has combat effectiveness, after all, not everyone is the British Empire and has the courage to be the first in the world!

Neither the Dutch nor Bulgaria dared to gamble that a battleship that cost more than two million pounds would have suffered a lot of losses if it had not been able to exert its due combat effectiveness!

For this reason, the construction of the ship was delayed, and Ferdinand was happy to wait. Let's see what the dreadnought of the British looks like, as long as he is sure that there is no problem with the design, he will dare to go directly to the slipway!

As for the technical issues, in Ferdinand's opinion, none of them are a problem now! There is no Bulgaria, there is no Dutch, and there are not the French?

The "Triple Entente" was not joined in vain, the French promised to give technical support to Russia and Russia!

The French shipbuilding industry in this era is still very good, if the world's second naval power does not have the technology, then do you need to think about it?

It must be that the design is ahead of its time, after all, there is no qualitative gap in shipbuilding technology between the major powers now, and the British are only slightly ahead!

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