Compared with the Yamato-class who has never appeared in the public eye and is nicknamed the Yamato Hotel, the two Yamato-class battleships built by Datang have been disclosed in the news media since the beginning of the official project. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info This also means that European countries can get information about Yamato-class battleships from open channels. When the Yamato-class battleship was officially launched in 1807, Datang National Television even disclosed the basic performance data of the Yamato-class battleship, which had never happened before.

European countries were all shocked by the strength of the Yamato-class, whether it was a full displacement of more than 70,000 tons, or the heaviest naval guns in history with a caliber of 460 mm, all of which discouraged European countries. Britain, which is based on the navy, built five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships after the US-British War, with a displacement of more than 36,000 tons, which is slightly smaller than the Mexican class of Datang, but it can be regarded as a fighting force. But Datang built 10 Mexican-class ships alone, and now it has begun to build even more gigantic Yamato-class, which has made the despair of the British even stronger.

Fortunately, the British were not alone, and the German, French, Spanish and Italian navies were all the ones the British could rely on. As for the Russian Navy, it is basically a state that is not worth mentioning. The British had a total of 11 battleships, which belonged to the smashing of pots and iron. The German Navy now had 5 battleships, including two second-hand Hawaiian-class battleships (renamed the Deutschland-class) purchased from Datang. The French Navy operates 6 battleships, which is not bad. 3 battleships of the Spanish Navy and 4 battleships of the Italian Navy. This brings the total number of battleships of the entire European Union Navy to 29. It is more than the existing 18 battleships of Datang, but the total tonnage is not as large.

At a time when the European Union had been formed in substance but had not yet been announced, Britain had already united the naval dignitaries of the major European powers to hold a meeting. Britain pointed out that if Datang, as an extraterritorial country in Europe, wants to invade Europe or force European countries to submit, it can only be achieved through the powerful Datang Navy to control the sea. On the other hand, if the European Union can unite and defeat the Datang Navy at sea, then the threat of Datang to European countries will be minimized.

First of all, the Datang Navy must be a global navy, and it also needs to maintain a considerable fleet in Asia and the Americas, which makes it impossible for Datang to concentrate all its forces on dealing with the European Union Navy. Secondly, European countries are fighting on their own soil and are able to use more ports and other facilities.

At the British-led naval conference of the European Union, it was pointed out that in order to cope with the North Atlantic Fleet of the Tang Navy, the European Union Navy should also set up two main defensive directions, one in the North Sea and the other in the Mediterranean. The North Sea will be dominated by the United Kingdom, Germany and Russia, while the Mediterranean will be dominated by Spain, France and Italy. The European Union Navy will build a main fleet with considerable strength, which will be able to directly defeat the Datang Navy in a decisive battle.

At the European Union Navy Conference, the naval leaders of many countries all believed that although the Datang Navy still has an advantage in terms of average technical level, with the development of technology in European countries, this gap is shrinking, and with the quantitative advantage that can be formed, there is still a great hope of winning the war.

However, the European Union Naval Conference is also worried that Datang has a strong military construction capability, which Europe does not have, if it is not able to deal a heavy blow to the Datang Navy in the short term, completely occupy European sea supremacy, and use this to carry out a devastating attack on the ground forces of Datang Europe, then Datang's counterattack after a year and a half may also be fatal to the Europeans. Therefore, regardless of the army and navy, the European Union pursues a quick victory and an effective blow.

If the Mexican-class battleships of the Datang Navy, the Queen Elizabeth-class of the British Royal Navy, and the Marnes Leader class of the German Navy are still comparable, then the newly built Yamato-class of Datang is no longer a technical difficulty that European countries can achieve in the short term. And the huge cost of building such a battleship was also unaffordable for European countries.

The British still tried hard to persuade the major European countries, gritting their teeth and persevering. The European Union Navy had to build more battleships and aircraft carriers, and if other countries could not build their shipbuilding capacity, they could directly commission British shipyards to build them. Of course, this was also a trick used by the British, but correspondingly, the British also ceded the production of army weapons and air force weapons to France and other countries. Such is the structure of a mutually beneficial development of military equipment.

In order to counter the threat of Yamato-class battleships, the European Union Navy decided to launch more battleships and engage in an arms race with Datang. Although it may sound delusional and impossible, it is actually very feasible. After all, the goal of the arms race is not actually to wage war, but to prevent the Tang Dynasty from waging war against Europe.

The British Royal Navy is next preparing to build two Lion-class battleships with a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, and the Mannes Leader-class battleships that the Germans are planning are even designed to have a full load displacement of more than 49,000 tons. Britain and Germany, with their strong industrial capacity, good economic conditions, and large fiscal revenues, have become the main players in the naval arms race. The European Union Navy was confident that two Lion-class battleships and two Marense-class Leader-class battleships would be able to compete with two Yamato-class battleships.

At the same time, the European Union Navy also paid attention to the development of their asymmetric naval combat power, and submarines that emerged in the US-British war also became the focus of the development of the European Union Navy. The German Navy once accepted the technology transfer of the Datang Navy, and the German Navy planned to build a large-scale submarine fleet. Such an underwater wolf pack fleet is still a huge threat to Datang's surface fleet.

The European Union Navy also saw the threat from the air, so the anti-aircraft firepower of almost all the ships of the European Union Navy was increased to the point of perversion, and the anti-aircraft fire of the ships of the Datang Navy was more dense than that of the Datang Navy. Fighting in the marginal seas of Europe, the Europeans were also able to use shore-based aviation. However, the Europeans are worried that the performance of the Datang Navy's military aircraft is much stronger than theirs, so the Europeans have made unremitting efforts to develop fighter jets with better performance through their own research and development and intelligence spying.

Although there are many restrictions on European countries in important fields such as aviation, there are still a lot of talents in the country, and those Tang people who have a little problem with their ethics do not exist. (To be continued.) )