Not counting the likes of Hinata and Fuso after King Kong, just these battleships, the Japanese Navy was able to have 2 dreadnoughts, 2 super dreadnoughts and 4 battle cruisers at the beginning of the war in 1912. Referring to the current pace of French warship construction, 4 dreadnoughts can be completed, but it is difficult for the super dreadnoughts to serve in the first year of the war! Not to mention Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the like!

If it is said that because of the pressure of the United States, this cannot be said at all, in fact, the Japanese already have a vote in their hands for the Dreadnought, and the Satsuma class battleships bought from the British, as well as the two captured Rurik II battleships, can actually be changed to Dreadnought. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Plus a little new ships against the United States, which has no foothold in the Far East, there is no problem at all. From an economic point of view, the scale of the military expansion at this time was somewhat large, and the gains outweighed the losses. The current Japanese government is not the group of crazy people of World War II, and it still has a lot of brains in doing things. There can only be one reason why they do this, and that is that they have received the benefits of others and are ready to fight!

Where does this benefit come from? Who to fight against? Isn't that obvious? It must have been the British who persuaded the Japanese, and gave certain benefits, and then let the Japanese work for the British! If this is the case, I am afraid that the main Japanese fleet will appear in the Mediterranean Sea or even the North Sea, right?

This is definitely not alarmist! In fact, the main force of the Japanese navy has been actively involved in the actions of the Entente in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, such as seizing German colonies in the Far East, such as encircling Count Spee, and covering the Anzac Army to Europe with the British. And the mine-sweeping units of the Japanese Navy even entered the Mediterranean Sea to carry out mine-sweeping tasks, and they received high evaluations. Moreover, the British historically hoped that the Japanese Kongo-class battlecruisers could go to the North Sea, but then the Japanese refused, and this time, if some agreement was signed between the two sides and the interests were exchanged, maybe these Dongying battleships would really be up to the German High Seas Fleet!

One thing that is certain now is that as long as the Japanese really do their best to help the Entente, then whether they appear in the North Sea or the Mediterranean, the impact on the whole situation will be great! Don't say too much, even if 2 quasi-dreadnoughts and 2 dreadnoughts pass, plus the French Navy, you can crush the two weak naval chickens of Austria-Hungary and Turkey. It doesn't matter if it's Italy or not. And if the fleet reaches the North Sea, the main fleet may not be in a battle, after all, regardless of whether the British Grand Fleet has joined the Japanese fleet or not, the German fleet does not intend to fight hard. But if 4 King Kong were to join Betty's fast fleet, it would be different, and Hipper would be very, very difficult to fight. Even if the German fleet has a slight advantage in quality, there are twice as many people as you, and they can't fight!

And this is just from the perspective of the navy, if we consider the army, if the price provided by Britain and France to Japan is high enough, then it is possible for the Japanese army to appear in large numbers in the European theater, the willingness is very simple, there are many Japanese, the Japanese government needs money very much, and the problem of restricting the equipment production of the Japanese army is not a problem for Britain and France at all. Britain and France can arm hundreds of thousands of Americans, can't they arm hundreds of thousands of Japanese? As for the question of combat effectiveness? It's good that the Russians have fought, maybe not as good as the French and the British on the same scale, but even if they are comparable to the Russians, they are better than Austria-Hungary! As soon as he thought of this question, Ruprecht was a little depressed, and it seemed that there would be some price to pay if he wanted to win this war.

Ruprecht had to admit that the British made a good move, a very good move. At the end of the document compiled by Raeder, Ruprecht himself added the following sentence: "What if the Japanese navy and army appeared in large numbers in the European theater?" ”

Upon returning to his temporary residence in Berlin, Ruprecht did not let up, and immediately asked Count Schelling to gather all the information related to Japan, not only military, but also economic, diplomatic, and civilian, and asked the Prussian General Staff to help with this work.

In fact, Britain and Japan are really in frequent contact at this stage to establish the next step of closer cooperation. Ruprecht still underestimated the changes he brought to history, and this little butterfly that appeared in the tide of history flapped its wings and made the whole world unrecognizable!

"When did Your Excellency Xiyuan Temple pay so much attention to the navy? I also visited the Navy Kure Factory. This was a bit of a surprise to me. Hikosei Uemura, who accompanied Saionji Gongwang to visit the construction of the Navy's battleship Hanoi, said half-seriously, half-jokingly.

"If, judging by the current rate of expansion of the Imperial Navy, can we guarantee to keep the Americans out of the Western Pacific?" Instead of answering Uemura directly, Japan's top politician asked a question that is now thorny for all the top echelons of the Japanese Navy.

That's right, it's tricky! A very difficult question to answer, but a must be answered! After defeating the Russian Navy, the Japanese Navy finally became a veritable maritime hegemon in the Far East, but this did not mean that the Japanese could sit back and relax, on the contrary, when the British power gradually shrank to the mainland, the Japanese needed to face the danger from the other side of the ocean independently, and the huge, powerful and obsessed with the Far East was always the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Japanese!

The Japanese Navy had won the U.S. Navy, but that was history, and there were all sorts of contingencies mixed in with it, so much so that now the Japanese Navy executives, including Heihachiro Togo, were worried about the last victory, and if the Spaniards had gotten 2 armored cruisers, and if two battleships had arrived late, the situation in the Philippine naval battle would have been completely different. In all, the top brass of the Japanese Navy did not despise the opponent because it had won the United States, the United States is different from Russia, and after losing once, it can come back immediately after losing once, so from the Navy to the political circles. The Japanese have always been wary of the United States!

And now, the prince of Xiyuan Temple has asked this question, and it is obviously impossible for Uemura Hikonojo to fool the past. However, he still asked tentatively: "You can actually ask Commander Dongxiang." He was the supreme commander of the Imperial Navy. ”

"I need to listen to you now, think with your head, and don't follow the crowd." The prince of Saionji Temple glanced at Hikonojo Uemura and walked straight forward. "Half an hour is enough, right?"

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