Chapter 1406: The Dimensions of War
For example, what China said that the loss of gold on the American side may be 300 tons, but on the American side, the unmistakable data is more than 500 tons, and the tonnage of warships, the loss of personnel, the loss of merchant ships and the loss of materials and a series of other aspects, the United States has come up with relatively accurate figures.
Looking at the numbers on the long telegram, the British foreign minister knew that this matter was not something he could handle, even if it was him, a simple scan, you can know how big the loss of the United States was, gold, warships, supplies, and even merchant ships, which were already stretched thin, were once again hit hard at the beginning of 1916, not to mention the direct and indirect results of the destruction of the financial center, China's counterattack, really like a salary from the bottom of the kettle, hit the weakest link of the Entente.
The foreign minister quickly reported to the high-level, and urgently convened a meeting to discuss the current problems, among them, the navy veterans, must be the first time to assess the strength of the Chinese navy, the navy veterans who stayed in London, including Betty, have come out, some of them are facing the emperor head-on, some are intercepting the emperor, it is in the frequent battles, their indicators for the emperor level have also increased little by little.
However, they have studied and studied the past, especially in the intelligence of the United States, and there are some time and some destructive results, and these seemingly useless data can help them better analyze the data.
First of all, it is the ability to stealth, 4 ships, separated by tens of thousands of nautical miles, across 2 oceans and three continents, which will inevitably go around Africa, which is almost a distance from the earth, at least 2 months, or even longer, when the Russo-Japanese War was in place, Russia did this, when it was pitted by Britain and France, there was no supply, and the Russian Pacific Fleet, which faced the limit, finally lost Changsha in East Asia.
Compared with that distance, China's distance is a little farther, because it did not end in Europe, but crossed the Atlantic Ocean directly, to the Americas, not that he did not want to come from the west, but the Pacific Ocean is more difficult, and he has to go around Cape Horn, compared to this road, it is only a little less, but the difficulty has increased a lot.
Whether it is Betty, or other cutting-edge admirals, do not think that they can easily copy all this, although it seems that the Chinese fleet has a certain amount of luck, but this navigation ability and ocean-going ability, or let the British naval officers look sideways, which proves the strength of the Chinese to manipulate the emperor level.
As for the destructive power, it is excellent, if according to the emperor-level strength, even if those incredible Chinese shells and incendiary bombs are added, it is impossible to have such an effect, unless, the hit rate is as high as 100%, or the emperor-level strength is enhanced.
The former is impossible, not to mention the main guns of battleships, even if it is an ordinary mortar, no matter how elite the shooter, it is impossible to achieve a 100% hit rate, the farther the distance, the greater the error, the battleships attacking the United States, basically attack more than 10 kilometers, such a distance, the British elite troops can achieve a hit rate of more than 5 percent, which is already good, or for fixed targets, and even worse for moving targets.
The latter, it is even more unlikely, which means that China not only has the ability to produce battleships like the Emperor class, but also has the ability to improve and even improve performance, which is even more illusory for China, which has just escaped poverty and entered the situation of industrialization.
More and more mysteries, more and more problems, the United States can't lie to them, then it can only be a combination of the two, Britain basically recognized that China has the ability to produce the emperor, which must have been done with the support of Germany, although I don't know why, Chinese seafarers, the ability to manipulate warships is so strong, but their level has reached the level of Britain, or even more than Britain, for his sea power, have to be guarded against.
From the calculation of the battlefield, there is a slight error, the British assessment of the strength of the Chinese battleship formation, slightly excessive, beyond China's current strength, although the 4 Fantasy class, all of them are elite soldiers, but the overall strength is not as terrible as the British estimate, on the one hand, Britain did not meet the important role of the aircraft, the aircraft can be more than 100 kilometers away for reconnaissance, the sea is quite busy, even if it is a dense channel, there are gaps to pass, China's sneak attack fleet, As for the navy's ability to manipulate warships, it is not as strong as the British imagined, and as for the fantasy class and fixed target hit rate, the British are blind and hit the right one.
The fantasy class itself is designed and manufactured in China, 2 years, more new technology investment, the strength of the fantasy class is of course more powerful, as for shooting, it is entirely because of the aiming system, the combination of the computer and the aiming system, the excellent effect, for the fixed target attack efficiency, is absolutely against the sky, can not be said to be 100 percent, at least more than ninety percent, the combination of the two, is the root of the attack on New York.
In their opinion, it is unlikely that China will be able to have such a strong combat capability, but if this is not the case, there is no way to explain why New York will have such a big loss, and this is not even the loss of more than 300,000 tons of warships in the back.
Because of the addition of the Emperor class, Germany has gradually overpowered the Entente in terms of quality, and the Entente has the upper hand in the number of capital ships, but it has not been able to suppress Germany, but has been suppressed by Germany, and they are now pinning their hopes on the United States to produce 28 battleships at the specified time, and at that time, the Entente will have an overwhelming advantage, but now, China, which thought that it did not have any navy, has 4 Emperor class, is this all?
Of course it is impossible, no country will take out all its strength on top of a sneak attack, in case of loss, it will be annihilated, but how many, is it the same 9 ships as the Scheer fleet, or more, or less.
No matter how many, even if it is the same 9 ships as the Scheer fleet, the combat effectiveness of these 9 warships can definitely be equivalent to more than one capital ship, especially the strength gathered together, with the quality of the Chinese Navy, it is really an important force that can affect the battle situation.
From this point, the more the British side thinks about it, the more headache it gets, they can't confirm China's strength, and it also adds infinite variables to future operations, China can sneak attack the United States' New York, which means that China can easily send its fleet to the North Sea side of Europe, in case of a decisive battle with the Entente and Germany, 9 capital ships like the Scheer fleet come out, it will be a nightmare for the Entente.
The war began in 1913, to now, it has been more than 3 years, and the whole year has also spent 4 years, the two major blocs of the Entente and the Central Powers, the more they fight, the more tired they become, both sides have lost the strength to defeat their opponents, and now, it is getting more and more intense, the entry of the United States is actually an expansion, China's accession, which proves that another great power has great strength, the entry of industrialized powers, almost all the major countries in the world have joined this war, even Britain, there is no more vigor when the war started, On the contrary, there was a faint retreat.
But at this moment, everyone knows that there is no way to retreat, and both sides have concentrated millions of troops in the war zone, forming a confrontation in essence, in this sense, if either side retreats, it will really be a complete loss, which is unacceptable to Britain.
Everyone knows that if China's industrial capacity and strength to produce battleships, the future naval war will be protracted and even devastating, and there may be a showdown between hundreds, or even more than a hundred battleships.
The British side was the first to know the exact news, and other countries, either through British channels, such as France, or through public information between China and Germany, this news was released to the world indiscriminately, not only making the news of China's sneak attack on New York known to everyone, causing far-reaching effects in the world, China is also working hard to infiltrate the United States, although the Chinese are gone, but China still has a certain amount of power in the United States, these forces may not be able to do big things, but some small things within their power can still be doneAt this critical moment, at a time when the two sides are already at the tip of the needle, any mercy is unacceptable, and we must take advantage of the fact that the United States has not reacted to it, and give him a greater blow, so that his losses will be increased and increased on the basis of the original, and only in this way can the United States be weakened as much as possible.
War is like this, a little confrontation, it is not just a battle, the whole logistics, industrial production, and even wealth, which can affect the direction of the war, and China's sneak attack on New York is what it did, and now it is just increasing him. It's just deepened
This means really makes the United States defenseless, itself, under the premise that New York suffers losses, direct economic losses and casualties cannot be solved, China's trick directly hits the soft underbelly, the rear cannot be chaotic in the war, once the rear is in turmoil, even if it is dominant, it may be buried in one day, the United States is like this, he blocked the news as much as possible, but the news was detonated a week after the attack on New York, the whole United States was in an uproar, run tide and turmoil, Inevitably, it came about. (To be continued.) )