Britain essentially lost its colonies in Canada, but the British were not without the worst possible for this. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Because Datang's strength in North America is too strong, and Canada and the United States are too small, Datang has shown its intention to annex it, and Britain has no way to do it. Britain has always been criticized for the development of its colonies, and Britain strictly restricts the colonies as a place for their population catharsis, product dumping, and raw material acquisition, and at the same time restricts the development of industries and high value-added industries in the colonies. Over the years, Canada has not been able to attract many immigrants, one is that the climate is worse than that of the United States, and the other is that the development is slow, and the standard of living has been separated from the United States. If it weren't for the serious contradictions between Canadians and Americans over religious beliefs and political leanings, perhaps Canadians themselves would have taken refuge in the United States.

Therefore, Canada does not bring much real economic output to Britain, and the main content of trade is to traffic industrial goods from Britain, and collect some beaver skins and other goods from Canada. The loss of Canada was indeed a pain for Britain, but relatively speaking, it was not as good as the loss of the Thirteen Colonies. Datang's transfer of American ships to Britain can be regarded as giving Britain a step down.

Britain is also preparing to phase out the ironclad ships in its fleet, after all, the combat effectiveness of these ships is becoming more and more negligible in contemporary and future naval warfare. In addition to the Royal Navy's possession of a Dreadnought and a Bellerophon-class, as well as two Astute-class battleships of more than 10,000 tons, plus two Maine-class battleships of the United States, and two Elizabeth I-class battleships to be built, the British Royal Navy will indisputably become the world's second navy after the Tang Dynasty with a lineup of eight capital ships.

Even if Datang deliberately concealed it, the power of aircraft carriers was gradually recognized by other countries. The United States used bombers to bomb the port of Halifax, and Datang bombed the coastal defense artillery with strike planes, all of which made people realize the threat and power over the ocean in the future. In view of this, Britain hopes to introduce Datang's aircraft carrier design and manufacture it in-house. In exchange, Britain even agreed to design a Type 1 aircraft carrier for the British Royal Navy, then Britain agreed to sign the disposal plan for the autonomous region of the United States.

Datang naturally does not want other countries to have aircraft carriers, but there is a voice in the navy that the design can be given to the British, but the British should be led down an evil path, making the road to the development of their aircraft carriers even more unsmooth. In the end, Datang shipbuilding designers provided a set of drawings for the British, which is a type with a full load displacement of 17,000 tons, a maximum number of aircraft 30, the use of hangar space is not high, and the maximum speed is 23 knots, which is considered the high speed of the capital ship in the European naval fleet at this time.

Of course, the British could not simply buy the design of the ship, and the main combat power of aircraft carriers was carrier-based aircraft, and Britain also did not have them, so they had to trouble the aircraft factory of Datang to design and manufacture a batch of carrier-based aircraft for them. In terms of carrier-based fighters, the CJ-3 based on the **** three can be used on ships with slight changes. The British got a single-wing dive bomber called "Skua", but the engine level of this copycat Skua was relatively low, so the drag performance was also very poor, and the actual bomb load capacity was only 400 kg. And the torpedo machine British got the Swordfish of World War II in another plane, which is also a reduced version of performance.

These carrier-based aircraft can be assembled at most in the British aviation industry, but some parts cannot be manufactured, the most typical is the engine, even if the technical level of these engines is two generations behind the Datang engine, the British can not knock it out.

The ambitions of the British were quite enormous, and the Royal Navy, learning from the Tang Navy, also designed a development plan. The Royal Navy was expected to have 8 battleships, 8 aircraft carriers, and 8 high-speed heavy cruisers, a plan nicknamed the "888th Fleet" or "38th Fleet".

At this time, heavy cruisers were regarded as the absolute main force in Europe, and the new cruisers that the British wanted to build required a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons, equipped with at least 8 8-inch guns, and a speed of more than 27 knots. A heavy cruiser with such strength can hunt light cruisers and frigates with speed and firepower, and it is much more flexible to use. The design of these eight heavy cruisers was carried out by the British themselves, and they still had a little experience to build such ships, after all, the heavy cruisers of the Tang Dynasty had already built several classes, and they could learn a lot just by observing.

It can be said that as soon as the development plans of the British Royal Navy were exposed, they caused a huge impact in Europe. Among the traditional European powers, Spain has actually been in serious decline, although its own industrial development is quite good, but it has lost the desire to compete with other European countries, and the development of the navy is relatively limited. The Netherlands was originally a naval power, but with the establishment of the Datang European Theater and the Netherlands as the main object of protection, the Datang Navy was stationed, which greatly reduced the pressure on the Dutch coastal defense, and even the Dutch felt that there was no need to spend a lot of money on the navy. So the Dutch Navy did not build a single battleship, and now it is playing with cruisers of six or seven thousand tons. Russia is a relatively remote part of the European countryside, and the sea environment is not good, and there is a lack of response to British ambitions.

France was a traditional enemy of Britain, but relations with Britain improved significantly after the Great War in Europe. France sided with the Tang Dynasty and began to think that an external enemy like Britain simply could not defeat France. And France followed behind the Tang Dynasty in the war and won without paying much strength. As a result, Britain was no longer seen as a threat by France, but was becoming increasingly wary of Germany, which was barely in the same camp.

Germany's development speed is very fast, with the strong support of Datang, Germany's industrial development ranks first in Europe, the establishment of coal and iron-based industry, machinery and military industry development is also very rapid. If there is one who has the greatest influence on the British shipbuilding program, it is obviously Germany.

German President Mannes has a heart for dominating the European continent, and land power needs the protection of sea power. Marnes hoped that Germany would have the strength to rival the British navy, and not rely solely on the strength of the Dons. The British invested heavily in the navy and wanted to develop it at any cost, so that Britain effectively limited the outward development of other European countries. This has little to do with whether there is a Datang or not, in this era of competition, the British running ahead will lead to Germany getting better. Therefore, Germany must also have a fleet that can go out of Europe. (To be continued.) )