Coupled with the fact that the cost of maintaining capital ships was so high that even the British Empire, the richest of the Western powers, could not afford to maintain too much, so the Royal Navy had to reluctantly scrap and dismantle the "outdated" capital ships that were actually very young. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe British are still like this, not to mention the navies of other Western countries. The reason why Li Hui has always only used the system to produce capital ships, and has not let domestic shipyards try to build them so far, is that in addition to worrying that the steps are too big and pulling eggs, the warships are being replaced too quickly, and he has to find ways to reduce costs, which is also an important reason.

In 1912, gold production has broken through the 1,600 tons mark, more than 1 times more than the same period in history, and platinum has reached more than 400 tons because of the desperate expansion of production by Chinese companies, and even the smallest increase in silver production is two or three percent higher than in history. More abundant production of precious metals, coupled with Li Hui's previous dismissal of a large number of biochemical soldiers to reduce costs, naturally caused a resurgence in the price of precious metals in the international market, and the cost of system products is relatively cheaper.

However, there is actually another reason why Li Hui is willing to use the system to produce more and more expensive capital ships, that is, the last level of system technology that has finally begun to be studied in advance this year is too high due to the too large punishment of the era, and the cost required is too high, and the capital ship is naturally not worth mentioning in comparison......

In 1913, Li Hui estimated that he would spend a staggering 410 tons of gold on the research system technology (planning to study 3 main technologies and 5 sub-technologies), which was enough to completely empty the gold reserves of a second-class power! But Li Hui really can't wait, as a traverser, he knows what the future development direction is, but because there is still the following system technology that has not been clicked on, he can only temporarily suppress it and not let people study, it is really too depressing, with his patience, it is very rare to be able to stay up until 1913 before starting research......

But then again, even if the investment is so amazing, the value of these technologies is worth the money, just the automobile (including wheeled tractors) industry can finally start to explode production, which is enough to be worthy of this investment, and technologies such as "chemical fibers" and "plastics" represent a new industry! As for the "modern railway" and "air-ground coordination", technologies such as "modern railways" and "air-ground coordination" also have immeasurable and huge value either economically or militarily. Of course, if you wait until a few years later to study, the cost will be much cheaper, but if it comes out late, China's technological advantage over the West will not be so great, time is money, no, it should be said that it is difficult to buy an inch of time!

It seems to be a bit far, well, in short, while the numerical superiority of the capital ships of the Western Navy is constantly weakening, the number of capital ships of the Chinese Navy has not decreased, and even because the Legend class battle cruiser can maintain another two or three years without lagging behind, the Chinese Navy now has the ability to maintain a larger fleet, so it has not been cut, so that the total number of capital ships in service has increased to an unprecedented 16!

With more advanced performance and so many numbers, the strength of China's capital ships is undoubtedly still the first in the world. And unlike before, which relied on quality to win more with less, the number of 16 ships can already be divided into a part to perform tasks other than the main decisive battle, plus the number of auxiliary ships that has grown faster has also increased to 16 ships, ranking first in the world (after China took the lead in proposing a clear definition of "heavy cruiser", the West only had time to build a batch, while China now has two batches). The current Chinese Navy can already be called the world's first in all aspects, and not just the world's first in combat effectiveness.

These two points seem to be the same, but in fact they are very different, the latter is only known to the Chinese Navy itself, and perhaps even the officers and men of the Navy themselves do not know, so the British Royal Navy and later the American Navy will come to their deaths, one expanding the war and the other provoking the war. To sum it simply, this means that a strong fighting force alone is enough to defend a country, but it cannot effectively deter other countries and prevent war before it is tested in actual combat.

The former, on the other hand, is strong enough on paper to directly intimidate potential enemy countries into reckless action, and surrender without a fight, thus avoiding war and maintaining a precious peace. The reason why Li Hui wanted to make such a super battle cruiser that looks very scary, but the cost performance may not be higher than that of the equivalent legendary battle cruiser, is precisely because of this consideration.

Of course, theoretically, there is also the possibility that the Western powers will be overly afraid and jointly start a war against China in advance, but considering the nature of Westerners who have always bullied the weak and feared the hard, Li Hui still chose to show the enemy's strength, and only named the lead ship of this super battle cruiser "Peace" to show goodwill, and such goodwill was finally accepted by Westerners.

In fact, there are still some people in the West who call on the whole West to unite to defend the living space of the white race, but at present, there are many contradictions between the major Western powers, and the old Chamberlain is the supremacy of the interests of the British Empire, so it is impossible to pay the painful price of the British Empire suffering a heavy blow and becoming a second-rate country to take the lead in other Western countries' stupid things of taking the lead in opposing China.

The elder Chamberlain really wanted to force Germany or the United States to go to war against China, but Germany would not get any practical benefits from going to war against China, and the United States was still licking the wounds left by the Three Kingdoms War, so it was impossible for the United States to be the culprit.

Even the hostility of the Western civil society quickly subsided with the successful visit of the battlecruiser Mir to Europe and the peace messengers it brought with it. What is a peacemaker, you ask? Of course, it is a rolling that everyone loves and the charm cannot be resisted!

As in history, the living giant panda is definitely a cute thing that no one can't help but love, whether adults or children, men and women, Chinese or foreigners, can not resist the powerful charm of this black and white elf. What's even more rare is that the characteristics of the giant panda are very consistent with the image of China that Li Hui wants to show to Westerners, it is like an image ambassador specially given to China by God, "It is obviously a fierce beast with strong combat effectiveness, and it actually makes a living by selling cuteness (peace-loving)......