Chapter 365: The Naval Era Dominated by the Chinese Empire
Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and the United States were the five countries that had the greatest impact on the news of the official commissioning of the battleship "Qin Shi Huang." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Of course, as the dominant power at sea, Britain was the country that reacted the most, and it didn't take long for the British Navy to announce the construction of two more Majestic-class battleships, the Venus and the Saturn.
France, the world's second-largest naval power, also announced the construction of a new type of battleship, seemingly aimed at the Chinese Empire and as a defense against Britain.
The United States attaches great importance to the increase in the naval strength of the Chinese Empire, and both the Chinese Empire and the United States want to obtain more benefits from the Pacific Ocean, relying only on their own military strength, and now the Chinese Empire occupies the upper peak, Hawaii almost belongs to the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire still has air superiority, and now with the "Qin Shi Huang" battleship entering service, the United States' naval superiority is also shrinking.
If the United States wants to get more benefits from the Pacific Ocean, it must pay attention to the Chinese Empire, and for this reason, the United States also needs to build more new warships, and it also wants to build a powerful air force, but the President of the United States is not like Yan Xueyi who does what he says, and he has to argue in Congress, and he doesn't know when it will be passed.
As a nominal partner of the Chinese Empire, Germany also attaches great importance to the entry into service of the new battleships built by the Chinese Empire, and Germany also wants to know how the Chinese Empire built a new warship that is no different from Germany. No one knew about this, and the Americans thought that it was the Germans who revealed the technology of the new warships to the Chinese Empire.
Former German Chancellor Bismarck wanted Germany to form an alliance with the Chinese Empire, so that Germany could have one more ally in East Asia, so that the Chinese Empire could share the pressure from Britain on the one hand, and on the other hand, gain such a huge market and raw material supply as the Chinese Empire.
It's just that Kaiser Wilhelm II had prejudices against yellow-skinned people, so the matter of an alliance between Germany and the Chinese Empire was not settled, and Germany became only a nominal partner of the Chinese Empire.
Now the Chinese Empire has actually built new battleships on its own, no matter which country the Chinese Empire built new battleships with the help of which country, the most important thing is that the Chinese Empire can build it, and if it can build one, it can continue to build it, which is exactly what Germany lacks.
Germany is located on the European continent, sandwiched between Russia and France, two army powers, Germany must ensure that its army is strong enough, and then can develop the navy, but the development of the navy is very limited, and now because of the development of the air force, the development of the navy is even slower, which is not good news for Germany, Germany wants to develop rapidly, must have a strong navy, let Germany go further.
If the naval strength of the Chinese Empire is strong enough, it is not impossible to form an alliance with the Chinese Empire, and inadvertently, Kaiser Wilhelm II's attitude towards the Chinese Empire is also changing, and perhaps one day, Wilhelm II will madly want Germany to form an alliance with the Chinese Empire.
Unfortunately, the Chinese Empire never wanted to form an alliance with Germany.
In fact, since the establishment of the Chinese Empire, the naval warfare on the earth has changed, especially the air force of the Chinese Empire has eliminated the combined fleet of Britain and France, the mode of naval warfare has changed, the air force has also joined the sequence of naval warfare, and the air force has a natural advantage over the navy.
Don't look at the fact that all countries in the world are developing anti-aircraft artillery, hoping to be able to resist airships, in fact, countries think that only airships can fight airships, and the role of anti-aircraft artillery is not great at all, and the Chinese Empire, which has the world's most advanced airship technology, understands that at least for ten years, anti-aircraft artillery poses little threat to airships.
Taking the Kunpeng airship of the Chinese Empire as an example, the maximum flight altitude of the Kunpeng airship is 10,000 meters, and now the anti-aircraft artillery can hit an altitude of 5,000 meters, which is already a very rare thing, and if you want to hit an altitude of 10,000 meters, it will take at least 10 or 20 years to do it.
In this case, the effect of attaching anti-aircraft guns to the battleship and giving the battleship the ability to defend against airships is also very mediocre.
Although the battleship is equipped with anti-aircraft guns, it will allow the airship to fly to a higher position to bomb the battleship, and the airship's hit probability will be greatly reduced, but there is one more thing to consider, once the two navies are engaged, the air force of the other country will run to the head of the enemy's navy and throw bombs, even if it cannot hit a battleship, it will make the enemy's battleship disordered, and the navy will get the best opportunity to attack.
This kind of thing can be thought of in Western countries, so all countries have invested a lot of money in the development of airship technology, and in Britain and Germany, in almost less than a year, larger airships will be born.
Not only airships, but also submarines built by the Chinese Empire would also revolutionize naval warfare.
The Chinese Empire built a large number of submarines in order to prevent the Chinese Empire's air superiority from disappearing, and the navy was inferior to the enemy's navy, at this time, a large number of submarines suddenly attacked the enemy from underwater, which would achieve unimaginable success, and it would be difficult for other countries to have the means to defend against submarines in a short time.
The submarine, the secret weapon of the Chinese Empire, has been quietly lurking, waiting for the day when his fangs will be exposed.
And now, the Chinese Empire is able to build new battleships, and with the existence of Yan Xueyi, a far-sighted person, a naval era dominated by the Chinese Empire will soon come.
The first battleship of the Chinese Empire had a displacement of only more than 12,000 tons, and the layout of the battleship was similar to that of the battleships of Western countries, and even torpedo tubes were installed that were almost impossible for battleships, which was actually to paralyze Western countries.
The Qin Dynasty-class battleships are just the beginning, the Qin-class battleships will only be built two, becoming the temporary flagships of the two fleets of the Navy, and then the Chinese Empire will build Han-class battleships that are larger than the Qin-class, and the Han-class battleships are only a transition, only two will be built, Yan Xueyi will eventually want a Jin-class battleship that is larger than the Han Dynasty-class.
Yan Xueyi had said that the Chinese Empire would have a navy of 16 battleships, which was both true and false, and in the subsequent shipbuilding plan, the Chinese Empire would publicly announce how many battleships the Chinese Empire would build, as well as the construction time and estimated service time.
The real situation is that the Chinese Empire will build two Qin-class battleships and two Han-class battleships, and the Chinese Empire will announce that it will build a total of 5 Qin-class battleships and 5 Han-class battleships, and Western countries such as Britain and France are likely to start purchasing more warships for their own navy according to this plan, which will be used to suppress the Chinese Empire's navy, triggering a new round of ship-building frenzy.
It wasn't until the day when the construction of the Jin-class battleships was completed that the countries of the world discovered it...... At that time, the naval era dominated by the Chinese Empire officially arrived.