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A week later, the Admiralty came up with a design for a new frigate, named the 'Lop Nur class' frigate, named after China's lake.

The Lop Nur class frigate has a displacement of 1,100 tons and is armed with a 75 mm rapid-fire gun, which is installed in the bow. In addition, there were two 37-mm rapid-fire guns on each side. At the same time, there are two depth charge launchers on each side. To detect underwater submarines, a passive sonar and an active sonar were installed. There were also two 533-mm heavy torpedo tubes in the bow. It is powered by two large oil-fired boilers and a steam turbine with a power of 5,000 hp and a maximum speed of 33 knots. The endurance is 10 knots 4000 nautical miles. The cost is 400,000 yuan per ship.

For this frigate, Wang Yuze is quite satisfied. Although the firepower of this frigate is relatively poor, it is enough to protect convoys or destroy pirates. In addition, after the sonar is installed, it also has strong anti-submarine capabilities, and once the sonar detects the enemy's submarine, it can be destroyed with depth charges. Of course, the sonar of this era is still relatively backward in performance, and it is very likely that large whales will be used as enemy submarines. The most important thing is that the cost is relatively low, 400,000 yuan per ship, so that the navy can build this type of warship on a large scale.

After obtaining Wang Yuze's affirmation, the Admiralty drew up a plan for the construction of 'Lop Nur-class' frigates, and the first batch of 24 frigates will be built, mainly to be used in the eastern Pacific waters, to deal with the submarines of the US Navy, and to ensure the smooth flow of logistical supply lines in the Mexican battlefield. In order to speed up the construction process, the frigates will be built by private shipyards in China. The Admiralty explicitly demanded that all warships must be delivered within 5 months.

After entering May. The major battlefields seem to have entered into a brief truce. On the battlefield in Mexico, the squadron has annihilated the encircled US troops, and in this war, it has once again annihilated more than one million US troops. Although the U.S. military retreated to northern Mexico to hold on, the U.S. Army had already suffered heavy losses, and the United States itself was not confident that it would be able to hold northern Mexico. In addition, in the waters of the eastern Pacific, the U.S. Navy's attacks on China's sea transportation lines continue. But under the encirclement of the Chinese navy, such attacks have become more and more like suicide attacks. Moreover, the damage to China is getting smaller and smaller. Once the Chinese Army has accumulated enough supplies on the battlefield in Mexico, it will launch an attack on the American forces entrenched in northern Mexico and completely invade the United States.

The fighting on the battlefields of Europe has also subsided. Though. On the Western Front in Europe, fierce exchanges of fire were fought every day, but more often than not, the Germans and the Anglo-French forces hid in the trenches and bombarded each other with artillery. Although the fighting was very intense, the real casualties caused were not large.

Although the fighting came to a standstill, no one expected this brief truce to last long. Everyone knows that this truce is nothing more than the next big war that is gathering energy. Wait until everyone is ready. Large-scale battles are bound to break out. Just like the previous wars. Every time, the sky fell apart, and the blood flowed like a river.

During this period, the most active of the table xiàn was the German Navy. In addition to the fact that the submarine forces of the Navy frequently attacked British merchant ships and escort warships in the North Sea and the Atlantic. Cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy were also regularly seen in British waters. Spy on the movements of the Royal Navy. This made the Royal Navy feel a great threat. This threat became even more severe as the German Navy's 'Bavaria-class' battleships entered service. Sir Fisher repeatedly ordered the navy to raise its alert level and prepare for a decisive battle against the German navy.

Early May. The German Navy's battle cruiser formations took advantage of the high speed and evaded the British naval blockade. Into the North Sea. This formation of four battle cruisers, in the waters of the North Sea near the north of England, sank a British convoy of ten merchant ships, as well as three escort cruisers and destroyers. This caused a stir in Britain, and a large number of British citizens and parliamentarians demanded that the Royal Navy fight back against this provocation by the German Navy. It's just that the British Navy can't do anything about it at all. After the outbreak of the war, the German coast had been blockaded, the maritime trade had been completely cut off, and there was no possibility of attacking German merchant ships. As for the warships attacking the German Navy, those were under the protection of shore defense batteries. If you attack rashly, you are simply looking for death.

As the German Navy continued to send warships to provoke the British, the situation in the North Sea was further tense. The eyes of the world are focused on this place, and it is believed that soon the British and German will have the largest naval decisive battle ever fought here. And the outcome of this decisive battle will also have a profound impact on the ongoing world war. If the British Navy wins, then Britain's maritime supremacy can continue to survive. If the German Navy wins, then Germany may be able to turn the tide of the war and win the war quickly. Of course, with dozens of capital ships on both sides, it will be very difficult to defeat each other completely!

On May 15, Kaiser Wilhelm II summoned Admiral Falkenhayn, Chief of the General Staff, Admiral Tirpitz, Minister of the Navy, and Reinhardt, Commander of the German High Seas Fleet, at Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. Admiral Scheer, commander of the reconnaissance detachment of the High Seas Fleet, Franz Murphy. Feng. Vice Admiral Hippe, and Prince Heinrich, who was in charge of the construction of naval warships. This time, the summons were chosen to be held in the middle of the night, and several of the generals who were summoned entered by carriage alone through the back door of Sanssouci Palace after 10 p.m. This secret meeting was held precisely for the direct decisive battle between the Navy and the British Navy that would take place in the future.

The Chief of the General Staff, Admiral Falkenhayn, was the first to arrive at Sanssouci Palace, and he reported to Kaiser Wilhelm II about the shape of the battlefield in the past few months. In general, in the European theater, the offensive capability of the German Army has become less and less. In a trenched battlefield, if you want to break through the enemy's defenses, you will need to pay more casualties. Therefore, the German Army had to act cautiously.

"Your Majesty, the tanks and armored vehicles that the Chinese threw on the battlefield in Mexico, especially tanks, could easily break through the enemy's trenches. If the German Army could be equipped with this kind of weapon, we would be able to easily break through the Anglo-French defense line and drive straight into Paris all the way! Admiral Fafalkenhayn said excitedly.

"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, but those damn yellow-skinned monkeys are not willing to hand over the design drawings of the tank to us? Those ungrateful guys, they have completely forgotten how Germany helped them in the first place! Crown Prince William cursed viciously. The German government and military contacted China several times to buy the design drawings of the tank, but the Chinese side politely refused, which made the German side very annoyed.

Kaiser Wilhelm II's face was also a little gloomy, although, if Germany had tanks and China wanted to buy them, Germany would definitely not agree. But now that he is being treated like this by China, he still feels very uncomfortable.

"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, do we have the ability to develop it ourselves? Our industrial strength is much stronger than that of the Chinese, and I believe that the tanks we have developed will certainly not be worse than the Chinese! Kaiser Wilhelm II said.

"Your Majesty, we have obtained some drawings through some informal channels, which have been handed over to Daimler, and they are studying them on this basis. The tank technology of the Chinese, in fact, is not very advanced, simply put, it is just a use of a tractor chassis plus a square iron box. It's just that we still need time to develop the most critical tank engine technology. It is expected that it will be possible to come up with a tank that can be used in real combat until the second half of the year! Admiral Falkenhayn said. Since the Chinese side refused to help, Germany was left on its own. Fortunately, with Germany's industrial prowess, they just need to spend a little more time. In addition, there are many German scientists working in China, and Germany can find ways to obtain some key technologies from these scientists, which will help Germany build its own tanks.

"That's good! One day, we will make these ungrateful Chinese regret it! Kaiser Wilhelm II said. This time, the Chinese side categorically refused, which made him very dissatisfied. The last time Germany asked China for the blueprints of the aircraft, although the price was relatively high, China delayed for a while. But on the whole, the German request was agreed. Now, the first batch of 20 F5 'Haidongqing' fighters has arrived in Germany, and German pilots are familiarizing themselves with this kind of fighter, and German aviation engineers are also conducting research, hoping to imitate it on this basis and build a more powerful fighter.

Soon, the admirals of the navy arrived, and Kaiser Wilhelm II shifted his attention from the army to the navy. After the outbreak of the war, the German Navy remained honestly in the military port and became the Zài fleet. This made Kaiser Wilhelm II very dissatisfied, and Germany spent a huge amount of national strength to build a world-class navy, which was not for the navy to stay in port.

"Everyone. The empire miscalculated the difficulty of this war. Now, the empire is in trouble. And to solve the current dilemma, the navy will be an important force on which the empire depends! I hope that the Imperial Navy will be able to bring a decisive victory to the Empire! Kaiser Wilhelm II looked at the admirals of the navy and said in a deep voice!