Chapter 59: Assassination

The paper data of the "supercrossbow-class" battleships obtained from the Chinese is almost a possible task in this era. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Not to mention anything else, the caliber of the main gun alone is not something that the Japanese can do. In the same way, the other powers could not do the same.

On paper, the standard displacement of the battleships of the "Supercrossbow class" was 64000 tons, and the full load displacement was 73000 tons. The ship is 263 meters long, 39 meters wide, and has an average draft of 10.5 meters. There are a total of 12 boilers and four steam turbines, with an output of 153,000 horsepower for the main engine and 45,000 horsepower for reversing.

The main armament is 9 460mm/45 times caliber guns, as well as various 155mm and 127mm caliber cannons..... If it weren't for the fact that a lot of things in it wouldn't have been made at all.

You must know that the battleship "Dreadnought", which was just launched by the British, had a full load displacement of only more than 20,000 tons and a main gun of only 12 inches, which was already claimed to be able to make all the previous battleships obsolete.

Well, the so-called "super-crossbow-class" battleships for the vast majority of countries in this world are nothing more than a dream of the Chinese, nothing more than a joke. The British were still very confident in the design of battleships, that is, the Germans, after getting the design drawings of the "super crossbow class", also threw them aside to eat ashes.

The Germans stubbornly insisted on their strange battleship building scheme, of course, it cannot be said that the German battleships were useless, at least after the things of others were built, they were very capable of carrying them. But there is such a thing as a battlecruiser..... Well, it's a good idea, it's very useful, it's a very targeted weapon, but we all know that every bad idea will look like a good idea before it goes bad.

Regarding the news that the Chinese are building the so-called "tyrant-class" battleships, although the British expressed concern and protest, they did not have much touch. The current British Royal Navy is still very confident, and the stumbling standard is not a joke, but a real accumulation of strength.

Moreover, in the eyes of white supremacists, although the Chinese can make some useful gadgets by brainstorming, but the design of battleships and other things that need to be accumulated for a long time, the Chinese must not be able to do well. Details in the Devil's... Well, it's the devil in the details. When the British designed a warship, they had to build a series of experimental models, sum up the experience and mistakes, and then start the construction of the next one.

In fact, China is now the same, and the only battleship that really started construction is the one in Qingdao, and most of the rest are light cruisers, destroyers, etc., or simply cruise ships and cargo ships. If China's navy really wants to become a significant force, it will be a long time before it happens.

The only thing that really feels Alexander about the actions of the Chinese is Japan, which is a strip of water. A strong country always has to expand outward, can a strong China watch Taiwan and part of Liaodong be occupied by the Japanese all the time?

No one thinks like that. Not only do the Japanese think that way, but similarly, no Chinese think that way. Internally, although a purge has just been completed, it has not had much impact on the military. Moreover, many people have also discovered that as long as they join the army, even if the military law is harsh, at least they will not be involved in the Great Purge, they will not be regarded as a dynamic social group, or the feudal Taoist will be sent to Siberia, and their families will not be implicated.

In this way, the enthusiasm of the broad masses of the people, as well as those who believe that only they are the people, to join the army. The army, which has just concluded the war against Russia, has swelled to more than two million people, not counting the army in the south and the newly formed navy.

With such a large army, even China in this era cannot afford it, and major disarmament is an imperative thing. But before the huge army was dismantled, just looking at it was enough to keep the Japanese awake at night.

In response to a possible or impossible surprise attack by the Chinese, a preliminary mobilization began in Japan, doubling the number of Korean garrisons and the Kwantung Army. Even so, under the guns of the Chinese, the red deer of the army still have a sense of precariousness.

Fortunately, after that, the Chinese really began to lay down the army, and groups of mobilized troops laid down their weapons, took off their uniforms, and returned to factories and farmland. A small number of people were escorted to military schools, or they were admitted to high school and university themselves. The policy of the whole country has clearly begun to shift in the direction of production.

This made many Japanese people breathe a sigh of relief, and then became angry. Bageya Road, a small China, what is there to be afraid of? Our army of the Japanese Empire is invincible in the world!

Well, of course, they only dare to talk about this kind of thing, and they don't even dare to publish it in the newspapers. The tragic scenes of the Sino-Russian war that were transmitted back to China, as well as the bitter lessons of the previous Russo-Japanese War, made any high-level with a little brain unwilling to have a big war with the Chinese on land now.

Although many people have pointed out that there must be a war between China and Japan. Issues left over from history, such as Taiwan and Liaodong, are the crux of the problem between China and Japan. But isn't Japan ready now? The red deer of the army are clamoring for an increase in military spending, and the guys of the navy have been thinking about building a big one.

Big build, big build, big build! These guys in the Navy have broken brains, right?

Takahashi thought angrily, now that the treasury can run rats, where is the money to build the navy? After the end of the Russo-Japanese War, I didn't get a penny of indemnity, and I don't know if the debts I owed before could be paid off in the Year of the Monkey.

Although the Chinese are disarming, this part of East Asia has not stopped there. Those mothballed weapons are also idle, and they may become obsolete in a few years, so some people get those weapons in stock and sell them all over the world at low prices.

For example, Jin Moumou, Cui Moumou, and Park Moumou bought a lot of weapons and went back. These people said that they bought it and went back to hunt birds and wild boars. Alas, there must have been too many beasts of cattle on their side, so the lad who sold the weapons was kind enough to sell them millions of rounds of ammunition at low prices.

Then, these people made a big news. In broad daylight, a group of people fired several shots at Hirobumi Ito, who was on a goodwill visit to China. The assassination instantly shocked the world, not only making headlines, but also making many people scared.

Could this be a harbinger of war between China and Japan?

"Hmph, let them die!" Lin Mengchu, who has never been in a good mood, said: "Throw back the protest book of the Japanese!" ”