If everything is as the Japanese think, with the cooperation of the British, it is really possible for Japan to surrender without a fight, not to mention anything else, at least the United States and Japan are likely to occupy together, as long as they do not fight, then they can discuss together. Americans are not stupid and know that at some point they can't get their hands dirty. For example, in Samoa, the two sides have been entangled for more than ten years, haven't they been fighting but not breaking? But this result was unacceptable to Prince Ruprecht! How can you make a mortal enmity if you don't fight?

Therefore, this cannot be done, the Japanese must be allowed to fail in deterrence, and at the same time, the Americans must feel that they have a chance to be reckless! So the delivery dates of these two battleships had to be postponed! If the Japanese Navy had only 2 second-class battleships and 2 10,000-ton armored cruisers in its hands, then what would they do in the face of the American fleet? Or not?

Naturally, it's the former! It's all at this point, what else is there to retreat from? The Japanese will definitely go for it! And after learning about the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, they may move faster than the Americans! Japan has troops stationed in Tainan, so how long does it take to travel from Taiwan to the Philippines? And Dewey at least had to wait for domestic telegrams. And this time the departure point of the American fleet is most likely Samoa, and not Hong Kong!

What will the Americans do when the Japanese get ahead of the curve? This point is not easy to deduce from Ruprecht, after all, this incident has never happened in history, and Japan can rely on its geographical advantage to send a large number of land forces to the island at the first time, and then create an established fact. At this time, it is really difficult to say what the Americans will do, but considering that the Japanese fleet has not yet obtained the two most important chips, it may not be very confident. And when the confidence is insufficient, but it is not a disadvantage, the Japanese may take risks.

Maybe the Japanese government will be calmer, but radio is still not widespread in this era. When the news reached Japan, and after a meeting of the Japanese cabinet, it reached the fleet, and the daylilies were cold. The Japanese fleet, on the other hand, is likely to be desperate, after all, the strength of the two sides is roughly equal. At this time, whoever shoots has an advantage! The Americans also have a reason to be unbearable, after all, the American Army was only brought over three months after the end of the Battle of Manila. If this had been allowed to be occupied by the Japanese, the Americans would not have to come over in three months!

So both sides have reasons to fight. The situation is also that the first person has the advantage, and in this case, His Royal Highness the Prince really can't guess who will make the first move! Of course, it doesn't matter who makes the first move, as long as we can fight at the end! When both sides are in a situation where there is a certainty, peace is even less likely.

After all, what cannot be solved by mouth will be solved with fists, and Japan, which occupies a geographical advantage, will definitely station troops on the main islands of the Philippines, and the Americans must stop all this, so good. It will also become inevitable! Because sometimes this thing is not within the control of reason, and you can't expect thousands of people in the entire fleet to be sane, right?

Of course, these two warships will eventually be delivered to the Japanese, and Japan will make a feud with the United States, so what kind of feud for the United States cannot be solved? Naturally, all of Spain's colonies in the East fell into Japanese hands. So according to the script arranged by His Royal Highness the Prince for Japan, this is how it goes: the process is tortuous, the result is certain, the Philippines must be Japanese!

So, according to this script. His Royal Highness the Prince intends to delay the delivery of these two warships, and when exactly. It is difficult to say that if everything is the same as in history, Rupbrecht intends to deliver it in early April, and it will be mid-April after the Japanese and British have arranged it, and if you count the time of the return voyage, I am afraid that it will be delayed until about May before returning to Japan. At that time, it was estimated that the United States and Japan were already at war. And what if it's not the same as in history? Then it really just depends on the situation. The prince couldn't have done better.

As for procrastination. It's too simple, for example, a minor engineering accident that causes the ship to tilt slightly, or a part is missing, or it is simply unfinished. Anyway, on the surface, this ship was also bought by Brazil, and Brazil is not in a hurry, so it is really not a big deal for Bavaria to lose some money. And if it really drags on until the war between the United States and Spain, maybe the United States and Spain will really snap it up! At this time, His Royal Highness the Prince believed that with the strength of the Americans, the price would be doubled and the price would be bought! After all, there are no more suitable warships in the whole world at this time! If you know each other, don't talk about it!

The script has been written, everything is ready, just wait for the actors from all sides to arrive, and then start acting! Let's see how many countries are involved, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain! Well. And so on, it seems that there may be one less important actor. Thinking of this, Ruprecht set his sights on the map to the north, the huge, almost one-sixth of the world's huge country!

"Russia! And the Russians! They may also take action. Especially when things drag on, the more likely it is that the Russians will do it! Ruprecht muttered to himself. What kind of country is Russia? As long as they can reach the place, they will always use all kinds of opportunities to fight for interests, not to mention that Russia's biggest enemy in the Far East and the United States have opened a film, and it is no wonder that the Russians can sit still! At the very least, I need to threaten with force!

His Royal Highness remembered what he said when he scared the Russians, they should be nervous now, right? Even the Nakhimonov, a slightly obsolete battleship, was sent, but it had a displacement of 8,500 tons and the firepower of six 8-inch guns and five 6-inch guns. It's still bluffing on paper! If Russia were the only one, they might not dare to confront the strengthened Japanese navy, but if Japan went to war with Spain and the United States at the same time, it would not be necessarily. If Russia enters the war, what will be the attitude of Britain? This is intriguing.

It is difficult for His Royal Highness to grasp the attitude of Russia, but it is now clear that the Russians intend to restore relations. Although there is no intention of purchasing new warships, it still provides a lot of preferential treatment in terms of grain exports and army equipment, for example, grain sold to Bavaria is about 8% cheaper than grain sold to other parts of Germany.

Just when His Royal Highness the Prince was gradually refining the layout of the future Spanish-American War, the Japanese personnel responsible for receiving the ship had already set off from Japan. I don't know if it was intentional by Japan, or it was a coincidence, the two people who received the ship this time were old acquaintances of the prince, one was called Togo Heihachiro, and the other was called Uemura Hikonosumi. Acquaintances! Back then, we fought in the Far East, and your two ships were sunk by my brother!

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