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But this time, the Chinese Empire let the whole world see their nonsense, and even after this information was exposed, many countries ridiculed the Chinese Empire, and they spent a few years to build the entire Port Arthur into an impregnable military base, but after the warship returned, in just a few days, the data of the warship was leaked.

The first data of the warship was leaked by a naval soldier, who was originally from Lushun, and when the construction of the warship began, they had already gone out, and they were very familiar with every structure of the warship, and after returning to China, these people were also put on family leave one by one.

When a naval soldier was drinking with himself, he did not strictly follow the regulations on military secrecy, but directly told about their new warship, and in order to show off, he even revealed several sets of important data.

And his little hair is also very envious, but after all, he is not a spy officer, so even if he hears about this kind of thing, he doesn't dare to spread it out.

However, what people didn't expect was that there were also some problems on the American side, and several workers in the American shipyard quarreled after a drunken quarrel, thinking that the two warships handed over to the Chinese Empire should be more powerful.

The problem is that when the two pieces of information are presented to the desks of the intelligence chiefs of various countries, they are strikingly similar, and the similarity is 100 percent.

Of course, the information sent back from the United States was more detailed, and the information obtained from Lushun only had a small amount of data such as the caliber and quantity of artillery and the thickness of the armor, which were exactly the same as the intelligence sent back from the United States, and there were many things that they did not find.

And with several sets of data identical, this means that the credibility of the information obtained from the United States has increased dramatically several times.

Although the intelligence was finally confirmed, what was the purpose of the intelligence? It is not to know what the opponent has, but to understand the opponent through intelligence, so as to make corresponding deployments, so as to win the war that may break out in the future.

As a result, a data comparison report was sent to Minoru Saito's desk.

After reading this report, Minoru Saito only felt that his entire life seemed to have no meaning of existence, the Chinese Empire and the Americans were simply too hateful, they dared to play like this? How does this make other countries play? Can we still play together?

Annoyed to chagrin, Minoru Saito did not lose his mind, but went directly to the office of Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang with information.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the time has come for the Imperial Navy to strengthen itself, otherwise, the Beiyang Fleet will be a lesson for the Imperial Navy." After coming to the office of Saionji Gongwang, Saito only had one sentence, and then put the report on the desk of Saionji Gongwang.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang picked up this report, he had already prepared in his heart, after all, he already knew that the two battleships of the Chinese Empire were more powerful than the Japanese battleships.

But after reading the report, even the prepared Xiyuan Temple Gongwang could not accept this result for a while.

"Are you sure this report is accurate?" After a long time, Saionji Gongwang finally relented and asked Minoru Saito.

"There is a 90 percent chance that the information received from China and the United States completely overlapped, and the source of the information was Chinese Navy soldiers and workers in American shipyards, which further confirms the accuracy of the information." Minoru Saito said with some frustration.

The Japanese had decided to negotiate with the British to buy their battleship Dreadnought, and although the Japanese had purchased one, the warship was not delivered, and the Japanese only paid for it, and the warship was briefly served in the British Navy, and the British responded that they had to ensure the reliability of the battleship before it could be delivered to the Japanese Navy.

However, this information told Xiyuan Temple Gongwang that the battleship they purchased was already lagging behind, and the upcoming cooperation must also be changed, at least, the battleship Fearless is impossible to buy anymore, and they must buy more advanced battleships.

But the problem is that there are no more advanced battleships even for the British themselves, or in other words, the British have only one dreadnought-class battleship in the true sense of the word, and even Britain itself is not enough, who will sell it to the Japanese?

But looking at this report, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang felt that his whole heart was cold.

A report was divided into three parts, the first in line was the latest battleship purchased by the Chinese, in the middle was the British dreadnought battleship, and the third was the Satsuma-class battleship being built by the Japanese.

First of all, in terms of total tonnage, the three battleships were 20380 tons, 18110 tons, 20110 tons, and in terms of displacement alone, the difference between the Satsuma class battleships and the battleships of the Chinese was not large, both surpassed the dreadnought battleships, but the total tonnage did not represent everything.

The comparison of the volume and draft of the hull is, 155/25.5/8.3, 160.6/25/9.4, 146.9/25.4/8.4, the Dreadnought battleship has the longest hull, and the Satsuma class has the shortest hull, although the length difference between the Satsuma class battleship and China's battleship is nearly nine meters, but for the navy, this data does not have a big impact, the larger the volume, the slower the speed, the easier it is to be hit.

If he can still find some superiority in Xiyuan Temple here, then the next data will make him desperate.

The power system of China's battleships uses a vertical four-cylinder three-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2 groups of 2 shafts, and 14 B&W mixed combustion water-tube boilers, well, these professional data are too complicated, and Xiyuan Temple Gongwang can't understand it, so he directly ignored the name of the power system, but directly focused on the rear, about the data on horsepower and speed.

The Chinese battleships had a total horsepower of 25000 and a maximum speed of 21 knots. The total horsepower of the battleship Dreadnought is 23,000 horsepower, and the maximum speed is the same 21 knots, although there is a difference in horsepower between the two, but the speed is very different, which is mainly due to the fact that the British battleships are two thousand tons less than the Chinese, and the horsepower has not decreased significantly, so the speed of 21 knots can be guaranteed.

But when it came to the Satsuma class battleships, the data came down all of a sudden, the total horsepower of the Satsuma class battleships was only 17300, and the maximum speed was 18.25 knots, which is a relatively large gap, don't look at the speed is only less than 3 knots lower, but when it comes to the battlefield, it means that they are easier to hit.

Well, to put it even worse, if they can't beat it on the battlefield, they can't run away if they want to, and if the enemy wants to run, they can't catch up if they want to, they can only watch themselves die, or others escape, and their mobility is so poor, many tactical operations are relatively passive.

And the comparison of another set of data below made Xiyuan Temple Gongwang feel hopeless.

The Chinese are relatively strong in terms of firepower configuration, directly using five 305 mm 45 times twin guns, two in the front and three in the back, using a knapsack turret layout, which is so far, the only battleship in the world with a knapsack turret layout, but it is also the mainstream layout of battleship turrets in the next few decades.

If the two armies meet head-on, the Chinese battleships can use the two turrets in front of them to fire a total of four 305 mm 45 caliber guns at the same time, but they can only use two guns to return fire, which is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of firepower.

On the other hand, the Chinese battleships were also equipped with 127 mm 50 x caliber single guns 14, and the situation of the underwater torpedo firing system is unknown.

The Dreadnought uses five 305-mm 45-caliber twin guns, one in the front and two in the rear, one on each side, 27 76-mm 50-caliber single-mounted guns, and five 450-mm underwater torpedo launchers. Although it surpassed the Chinese in terms of the total number of artillery, according to the design requirements of the warship, even the ignorant Xiyuan Temple Gongwang knew very well that in addition to the five main guns, the secondary guns could only scratch the Chinese.

The firepower configuration of the battleship Satsuma was more embarrassing, with two 305-mm 45-caliber twin guns, six 254-mm 45-caliber guns, 12 single-mounted 120-mm 40-caliber rapid-fire guns, 8 single-mounted 76-mm 40-caliber rapid-fire guns, and four single-mounted 76-mm 28-caliber rapid-fire guns. 457 mm underwater torpedoes 5 seats. All of them were Armstrong-type guns, and although the Satsuma had the most guns, the battleship Satsuma was the weakest in terms of fire threat.

In other words, the Satsuma-class battleships, which are expected to be completed in two years, are already far behind the whole world before they are completed.

If it was the former Far East, perhaps it would not have had much impact on the Japanese, but the problem was that their enemies, the Chinese, had more advanced battleships than the Japanese. And, for now, before they have a headache about whether to build a newer battleship, what to do with the battleship Satsuma, which is already sixty percent complete?

Do you want to build it and wait to be sunk? Or do you want to go ahead and do it now? Or demolition?

Well, if we compare the most advanced Katori-class battleships currently in the hands of the Japanese, Saionji Gongwang does not rule out the possibility of directly hitting the wall. (To be continued.) )