"What? The representative of Brazil demanded that we immediately hand over the unfinished battleships and accessories to the British, and then two armored cruisers to complete the final outfitting in the UK? Prince Ruprecht said with some surprise when he heard Baron Vittorio's briefing. Originally, it would be Christmas in 5 days, and the prince originally wanted to be corrupt, but he didn't expect to run into this before he could start to be corrupt!

"The Japanese are in a hurry!" This is the first reaction of His Royal Highness the Prince, now the outfitting of the battleship has been completed for the most part, the repair of the superstructure is one sweep away, the four twin 10-inch guns of the two battleships have been installed, and the installation of the twin 8-inch guns is missing.

According to the prince's plan, the two battleships were intended to be handed over to the Japanese in March, so the prince deliberately slowed down the construction progress. And this caused discontent among the real buyers, the Japanese, who repeatedly demanded a rush through the Brazilians. However, the shipyard explained that because the construction of a large number of new fleets of the German Navy had already begun, manpower was relatively short, and Brom stressed that as long as we could complete the delivery within the specified time, the buyer had no right to blame the seller. Later, when the Brazilian representative proposed that he could increase the money to rush the work, at the behest of His Royal Highness the Prince, the shipyard rejected the request of the Brazilian representative on the grounds of insufficient manpower and equipment, so the tail sweeping work of the two warships was still proceeding slowly.

Joke, His Royal Highness the Prince deliberately delayed the delivery, in order to let the US and Japanese navies fight fiercely, if the Americans knew that the Japanese Navy had 4 Asami-class armored cruisers, what if they didn't want the Philippines? This feud is not deep enough! The two sides broke their heads and was the result that His Royal Highness the Prince wanted to see!

But what the prince didn't expect was that at this critical moment, the British actually jumped out to pick up the ship! Then to the English outfitting, although economically the prince did not lose anything. After all, this is an unplanned thing, and the buyer must pay for it. Even the representative of Brazil stated that the transfer of warships would not affect the allocation of the final payment. But this disrupted Ruprecht's plans after all. And in the face of such an accident, the prince really has no excuse to refuse to deliver! At this time, the battleship had been launched, the main project had been completed, and it was not easy to cause a small accident.

"Is there any news from the Americans?" The prince thought for a moment and began to ask Count Schelling on the side.

"They seem to have dealings with the Russians, and surprisingly, the Russians had just ordered a batch of 11-inch artillery shells and some spare parts from Krupp the other day. To know. The Russians had just received a supply in September. Count Schelling said.

"It's not normal." His Royal Highness nodded, because the Russian fleet deployed in the Far East had to face the problem of sealing the port every year, so they would purchase a batch of supplies and ammunition from Germany before the freeze. The Russians have already purchased a batch this year, and it is said that they should not add another batch, but now that the Russians have indeed bought another batch, and in large quantities, then the question is clear, what are they preparing on the one hand, and on the other hand, they must have consumed some recently.

"This is not normal! Absolutely not normal! What agreement must have been made between the Russians and the Americans? Tell me where the Russian fleet is! "A somewhat terrible plan gradually appeared in the mind of His Royal Highness the Prince." Americans really dare to fight! "The prince had to give a thumbs up to Roosevelt and the others! It's a privileged environment to give up the office. O Lord who personally led the troops to the battlefield!

"The Russian battleship formation was stationed in Vladivostok, while the cruiser formation appeared to be stationed in the French Lend-Lease in Shanghai. Rurik, Bayan, Parada, and two ocean-going supply ships are here. It looks like they might have a big move. Count Schelling said.

"I'm rubbing, this is more than a big operation! Maybe it's going to be opened! His Royal Highness muttered in his heart. What does this series of problems with the deployment of the most combat-ready units of the Russian fleet in relatively close proximity to the Philippines and the fact that the Russian Navy has arranged a separate supply fleet for these three armored cruisers and also imports main gun shells from Germany? Illustrates that the Russians are preparing for war! And the opponent against which it cannot be the United States, then it can only be Japan! This time, the Japanese are facing a lot of opponents!

The British must have sensed this, so they wanted to bring the Japanese fleet to peak as soon as possible to meet the American and Russian fleets. Of course, the best outcome is to deter the United States and Russia. Let them give up on their own initiative. So the British and the Japanese could not wait and wanted to get these two battleships as soon as possible.

"When will Krupp's shells arrive in Shanghai?" Ruprecht asked.

"By the end of February next year at the latest, Krupp has a lot of inventory." Count Schelling replied.

"That is, if the plan of action of the Americans does not change, then the Japanese may have made a move before the Americans ?! That's interesting. Ruprecht muttered to himself.

His Royal Highness suddenly found that he didn't seem to have to worry about how to make the United States and Japan break their heads! If the United States or Japan had taken the initiative to abandon the Philippines at the beginning, the conflict could have been avoided. Then when the Russians join, and after standing with the Americans, even if Japan abandons the Philippines, it is estimated that the conflict will be inevitable! If the contradictions between the United States and Japan before this are minor contradictions, then the contradictions between Russia and Japan are irreconcilable. And since Russia has acted, then he has absolutely no reason not to take advantage of this opportunity to crush the Japanese together with the United States! Since this is the case, it doesn't matter when the ship will be delivered!

Although the prince is a traverser, the traverser is not a god, and he can't say anything about some things that didn't happen in history, but at least the general direction is not wrong. As a result, His Royal Highness the Prince began to calculate the strength of the fleets of the two sides, who is stronger between the Japanese fleet and the combined fleet of the United States and Russia?

If the U.S. fleet came over, Japan would certainly not have a chance, but because of geographical limitations and the performance limitations of the ships themselves, it was very difficult for the American battleships to come. The range itself is average, the seaworthiness is relatively poor, coupled with the lack of enough bases and the Panama Canal does not yet exist, etc., it is really not easy for the US Navy battleship formation to come through. So the prince thought that the most that could come over was a cruiser.

And if you exclude the battleships, then the strength of the American cruiser formation is a little insufficient, except for the New York and Brooklyn, the remaining battleships will not be able to go a few rounds against the Japanese Asama at all. Even with the addition of the three battleships of the Russians, the prince still believed that the Japanese fleet had a better chance of victory.

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