"Look at it, it's our guys who paid £2,000 to get the picture." Admiral Hoskins, Britain's Second Sea Lord, handed a stack of unclear photographs to Admiral Hood, First Sea Lord, who was sitting across the table. "Our cruiser formations are seriously challenged, and the Edgar-class cruiser may not be able to fulfill the mission we have given it."

"I heard that it took less than half an hour for the new German warship to destroy this target ship?" Sir Hamilton, who was next to him, added another fire.

"What is Sir William White's opinion?" Admiral Hood did not dwell on the matter of the photo, but asked the expert in technology, an evergreen in the field of British shipbuilding, the chief designer of the Royal Navy!

"A very nice cruiser. However, due to factors such as range, it is not suitable for us to use. Sir White said: "But our cruisers are no match for combat effectiveness. The combination of this rapid-fire cannon and high-explosive shells is simply the natural enemy of the Dome Battleship! ”

"Thank you, Sir White, for your informative opinion." Admiral Hood then turned his head: "Then we now discuss the second question, if the Russians get this class of cruisers, what will be the impact on our future situation?" ”

The Germans are not worried about equipping this cruiser The British are not worried, after all, the scale of the German Navy is not large now, don't look at the construction of 7 ships, but this is nothing more than a repayment of historical debts in the eyes of the British. And the relationship between Britain and Germany is very good, and the Kaiser's wife is still the eldest princess of the United Kingdom! There's no conflict between you at the moment. But this thing is not the same when sold to the Russians, and the current Anglo-Russian relations are almost equal to the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War!

"If the Russians get this ship, we will have a lot of pressure in the Far East. At least the old ships will not be able to suppress the opponents, we need new ones. Sir Hamilton said.

"A bigger and stronger cruiser? How about our Qiangsheng-class cruisers designed against the Russians Rurik? Admiral Hood asked.

"The cost of the Qiangsheng-class is too high, and we only have 2 of them, and the Russians can get at least one Rurik-class armored cruiser and two Munich-class armored cruisers in the future. I'm afraid it's hard to overwhelm the opponent. Admiral Hoskins shook his head and said.

The Qiangsheng class was specially designed by Sir William White to deal with the Russians' Rurik-class armored cruisers, with a larger tonnage (14,000 tons), larger size (163 meters long, 21 meters wide), greater endurance (3,000 tons of coal, 7,000 nautical miles at 14 knots), higher speed (22 knots), and more expensive construction and maintenance costs. And the firepower was only 2 9.2-inch guns and 12 6-inch guns! This is also the result of a crooked technology tree, which is essentially no different from the cruisers of the Russians, just hit the cruisers, and to go to the battle line is to find death!

The British used the Qiangsheng-class cruiser to interpret what it means to be a local tyrant - only buy the expensive one and don't choose the right one, the Qiangsheng-class cruiser is so against the sky, the consumption of 48 boilers makes the powerful British Navy a little unbearable, so the British can only choose to build 2 ships, if it is like the Edgar class, the British Navy is waiting for bankruptcy!

"We can use a second-class battleship, which has the protection and firepower inferior to a first-class battleship, but has the speed of a cruiser, and a second-class battleship of the Centurion class is very good. It's a bit slower than the Munich class, but it's barely usable. Admiral Hood finally clapped his head.

In order to settle for the next best thing, when complete suppression is not possible, the British can only choose an alternative. The Centurion-class second-class battleships were much faster than the Sovereign (18.5 knots), while cutting weapons and defenses to reduce the price, plus greater endurance. (6,000 nautical miles at 10 knots, although far less powerful than the strong, but also stronger than the 4,700 nautical miles at 10 knots of the monarch.) And overwhelming the firepower of the cruisers, this class of battleships can barely serve as the main force of the Far Eastern Fleet!

You know, the Russian Rurik has a maximum speed of 19 knots, which is actually about the same as the Centurion, considering the situation of the British bases all over the place, it is enough for the Centurion to hunt the Rurik who lacks logistical support, although the speed of 18.5 knots is much slower than the speed of the Munich armored cruiser 21 knots, but if you really want to fight, these two cruisers can't leave Rurik alone to flash people, right?

In fact, if you want to talk about the concept of battlecruisers, there have been similar ones for a long time, and the battleships of the 2nd rank of the British are such representatives. Speed at the cruiser level and firepower at the battleship level. (Dare to say that a 10-inch gun can't be used as a battleship's main gun, children's shoes, you can look at the former dreadnoughts of Britain, Germany, Russia and Italy.) It's a good way to kill a normal dome cruiser, that's fine!

Just after the Russian government announced that it would order 2 Munich-class armored cruisers in October 1892 and that they would be sent directly to the Far East after their completion in 1895. The UK government also released the news 3 days later! It was stated that in the future, two 10,000-ton Centurion-class second-class battleships and two 14,000-ton Qiangsheng-class first-class cruisers would join the Far Eastern Fleet after their completion in 1895!

"This TM is a proper slap in the face!" Tsar Alexander III of Russia, who received the news, angrily threw the documents in his hand on the table! The British have made it clear that they want to stabilize the Russian Pacific Fleet, and they will not be given a way to live? Can you still be happy to be a relative?

The words of the traverser became a reality, and when the Russians ordered a new toy, the British, as the biggest potential adversary, decisively said that they could not bear it! Start deploying stronger and more fun toys today! However, unlike the British, who had deep pockets and solid industry, the Russians did not have this foundation. The British can easily take out a thing from their pockets to Asian Russians, and the Russians can only order from foreign countries at their own expense!

"The new armored cruiser of the Germans." Alexander III said.

"Your Majesty, after we ordered 2 Munich-class armored cruisers, we have no surplus in the naval budget, and if we want to order two 10,000-ton armored cruisers worth 1.2 million pounds, we will not be able to come up with the first funds until at least 1894!" The Chancellor of the Exchequer on the side, Witt, was so frightened that his heart was raised to his throat, if he spent money like this, he would have to fly out of his life!

"And the construction of two Munich-class armored cruisers has already begun, we have already paid the deposit, if we scrap the contract at this time, then we will not get anything! The shipyard will not return the principal either! And even if we order these two warships, we will not be able to maintain these ships in the Far East for the next 6 years! Shall we go to the port maintenance of the British? Admiral Popov also thought that the Tsar's proposal was somewhat inappropriate.

"Then order it in 1894. We want to let the British know our determination! Even if we are enemies of the most powerful empire in the world, our expansion in the Far East-Pacific direction must continue! Alexander III said categorically!

"Damn, the spirit of helping others in the UK is so touching! This is simply the spirit of internationalism! "The time-traveler who got the news gave 64 likes to the British!

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