Accepting two ships in vain, which does not meet the combat power of the British Navy, which is unacceptable to the Admiralty, Britain is still tirelessly looking for buyers for these two ships, not to mention the influence of these two ships on Britain, the Turkish side joined the camp of the Central Powers, and received considerable attention, with the battle patrol of the Goeben, Turkey's naval power is not weak, with the support of Germany, the Turkish Navy was formally formed, based on the Goben, plus after the first Balkan War, The remnants of the Navy that survived, 2 dreadnoughts, 2 protective cruisers, 9 destroyers, 3 torpedo gunboats and a number of auxiliary ships, together made up the Turkish Black Sea Fleet.

The battleship Goeben, for a country like Britain and Germany with a huge fleet of capital ships, is nothing, even compared to France, it is not as good, no matter how bad France is, there are also a few dreadnoughts, but on the Black Sea coast, it is a strong warship, the natural contradiction between Russia and Turkey, so that many of Russia's purchased warships can not pass through the Turkish Straits at all, although on the Black Sea coast, Russia also has a lot of shipyards, but with the Goeben such a cutting-edge battle cruiser, it can be said that the Black Sea coast, there are not many opponents.

The outstanding strength of the Goeben immediately put Russia under tremendous pressure, and they also had to buy warships, at least, under the premise of not being able to deal with the Goeben, the entire Russian strategy would be quite passive, there are many Russian seaports around the Black Sea, as well as many industrial cities, once attacked by Turkish superior warships, for Russia, it is no less than a catastrophe. Even the strategy of attacking Turkey will be greatly affected. At this time, these two ships were detained by the British. was taken a fancy by Russia and directly asked for a purchase.

The British Admiralty, which had never found a buyer, was very happy with the Russian demand, but it did not take long for them to be happy, but the Russian demand made them furious, because Russia claimed that in the Far East and the Balkans. The losses were huge, so that they could not afford to pay for the purchase of battleships, on the one hand. It is required that the price of the British warship should not be too high, whether the advance payments made by Turkey and Brazil can be transferred to Russia, and it is hoped that Britain will give a loan of 3 million pounds. Otherwise, it would not be possible to purchase such a ship.

What is it. The Admiralty knows very well that this is obviously Russia does not want to spend a penny, just wants to get these two warships, the British Empire has never been blackmailed like this, this is just a normal business practice, Russia is such a huge territory, plus the accumulation of the Tsar over the years. Britain is not afraid that he will not repay the money, and it does not matter if the loan is given to him. But then Russia put forward an even more excessive condition, asking Britain to give support to the shipyard in Nikolaev on the Black Sea coast, in order to obtain the ability to produce war patrols.

Russia is also very clear that the purchase of these two ships is only to enhance the strength of Russia's navy, and the main response is more on the Baltic Sea coast, the Black Sea coast, it depends on itself, because the Black Sea is only through the Turkish Strait, and the Mediterranean Sea, with the relationship between Russia and Turkey, no matter how powerful the Russian warship, it will not be able to pass through the strait, unless it can break the blockade of this strait, in this case, it is better to buy than to build, otherwise it will not be able to enter, and no matter how powerful the warship is, it is useless.

Russia's rogue behavior made Britain hate and anger, but the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, and the Prime Minister's Office held a meeting for a few days, and finally passed a resolution to reduce the price of the two ships, which was set at an average price of 1.5 million pounds, and the British bank was responsible for the loan, and gave a total of 10 years for a period of 10 years, and the interest was also in accordance with international practice, and the money was used to pay for the investment of the two ships, and the two warships were transferred to Russia.

As for the Nikolaev shipyard, the British were also quite supportive, supporting several designers and a group of machines, the keels of two new battleships, which were laid at the Nikolaev shipyard, and tensions on the Black Sea coast began to rise.

Such a change has reached the ears of the northwest, which made Yang Yuanzhao smile, Russia, can definitely be called the First World War, the most faced, the battleship is in his hands, I am afraid that the number of British capital ships will subtract these two ships, although these two ships, in the sea battle, there have never been any bright spots, they are always part of a basic strength, two ships are missing, and nine ships have been added on the German side.

For Russia, one of the three cores of the Entente and a key country used to drag Germany's eastern power, it is impossible for Britain to directly requisition these two ships as it has done in history, which means that the strength of Britain's home fleet will be weakened.

Turkey has the Goeben, Germany took advantage of the trend, and also carried out the water cooperation project between Turkey and Germany, with a Goeben as the mainstay, the Turkish Navy composed of more than 20 large and small fleets, ushered in the instructors of the German Navy, hand-in-hand teaching these Turks to operate the warships, some elite sailors from Germany, together with these Turkish Navy, together with the Turkish Navy, jointly formed the Turkish Navy fleet.

Tirpitz was in the Admiralty, and he couldn't stop laughing, and at the beginning the Northwest proposed to buy Jiaozhou Bay, and the Admiralty at that time had a dispute with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even made trouble in front of Wilhelm II, but the huge fleet of 9 battleships made it unimportant, and the Admiralty also focused on relocating personnel. But no one would have thought that the relocation of 19,000 navies would have created such a great effect, all of them were close to the German side, but they had never made up their minds, and Turkey, which had fully joined the Allied Powers, joined, and the German side could even let go of some advanced things to teach Turkey, not only increasing Turkey's army strength to a certain extent, but also making their war preparations earlier, resources and various war materials from China supported Turkey, a large amount of gold and currency, was exchanged for war materials, and Turkey also began war mobilization.

Now, the situation in Europe has been completely unrecognizable, but the overall situation, except for Austria-Hungary, has been affected by Yang Yuanzhao, the strength is much higher than before, Germany's combat readiness is more abundant, the army strength has improved, the naval strength has improved, Turkey in the first and second Balkan wars, the impact has been greatly weakened, and even because of China's storage, a large number of losses have been avoided, and a large number of arms have been added. The 25 elite divisions jointly formed by German education and Chinese weapons, Turkey's army strength, is also worth looking forward to, at least, the Balkans, which are completely pressed by Turkey, can not move in the slightest.

The situation in Europe is changing, and at this time, the initiator of Yiqiē, 19,000 people drawn from the German navy, is floating in the Indian Ocean, and all kinds of merchant ships in the northwest that have been prepared for a long time, or three or five hundred, or thirty or fifty people, are transported to the Far East in batches and times, and the Spee fleet, which set off in advance and returned to the northeast, also passed the Suez Canal along the Lì, they are all naval ships, they are faster, they have successfully crossed the Strait of Malacca, and are about to enter the South China Sea.

Scheer looked at the slightly calm China Sea, which is already considered to have entered China, but the huge China, so that they still have nearly one-fifth of the voyage, tens of thousands of nautical miles, from the west to the east, this country called the sleeping lion by Napoleon, does it really have the Grand Fleet that Tirpitz said, as the senior of the Admiralty, Scheer is qualified to know some of the strength of northwest China, but those are land strength, when did China develop its maritime power.

"Why, haven't rested yet!" I don't know when, Spee came to Sher's side and said.

"Can't sleep, Spee, did you think there would be a fleet in Qingdao?"

"Of course!" Spee said with a little emotion, he knew the shipyard in Qingdao, and he didn't care about it, the century-old navy, building a shipyard that can produce battleships in all categories, is definitely not an easy thing, China asked for Germany's help, a little overwhelmed, maybe Germany just looked at the face of orders and interests, and gave them a hope.

But then, in the mouths of Fabian, Linus and other designers, he heard more and more miracles and amazements, which made him begin to face up to the shipyard, and the huge, one-time start of the construction of 9 capital ships, also opened his eyes, he knew that China had money, but there was money to this kind of process, and it was really the first time to see that even if it was an arms race between Britain and Germany, Germany opened 5 ships a year at most, Britain seemed to be crazy to open 10 ships, and now, there is another northwest.

"I hope so!" Scheer was stunned for a while, in the past month or so, he has heard too much, about the miracle of Qingdao shipyard, but he didn't see it in person, more or less bottomless, since this shipyard, from the dock to the equipment, are provided by Germany, part of the expansion is also imitated from Germany, the most important thing is Fabian, Linus, even in Germany is the famous designer of the storage zài, should not be able to find there, 9 capital ships, 8 heavy ships, this joint fleet, I am afraid that the largest detachment of Germany, with 19,000 personnel, will give him great support, and he can finally command a fleet independently, which is what he has been looking forward to.

Late at night, 8 warships of all sizes formed a fleet, in the South China Sea, riding the wind and waves, along the channel, into the coast of Guangdong, the next voyage, the battleship at full speed, at most 2 days, you can arrive at Qingdao, I heard that 6 of the 9 warships, will be launched within 10 days, one after another, when they go, only need to adjust slightly, they will be on board, this time is just right, Schell believes that with his strength, will make this fleet the strongest detachment of the high seas fleet. (To be continued......)