Time flew by, and by the time the battleship Tarzan arrived at the port of Marseille in France, the Olympics in Paris were not over. But the pinnacle of political and economic power in Europe has already turned their eyes to China's Qinzhou shipyard one by one.

Because of the new type of oil tankers that appeared in the Middle East before!

The oil tankers with a carrying weight of more than 10,000 tons, and even some containers can be placed on the hull deck, such ships are not much more efficient than the old oil tankers. When successive new tankers appeared in the Middle East and then returned safely to China with a load of oil, the power of the whole of Europe could not sit still.

As one of the most technologically advanced regions on the planet, Europe has generally entered the era of the 'electric revolution', and the demand for oil is increasing. However, Europe itself does not produce oil, and Baku's oil production is mainly used in Yanzhao, Central Asia and China's great northwest region, and the remaining share is all given to Ukraine and two Eastern Europe, led by Russia.

90% of the oil needed by Europe needs to be imported from abroad, before Germany's West African colonies and the Americas as the main body, but with the outbreak of the war, the most important American oil producing the United States is finished, the remaining Mexico is dependent on China, 80% of the crude oil produced is imported into North America, and the remaining part of the amount is divided into their own refineries for processing, for the use of Mexico's own residents, and finally imported into Europe not even 10% of Mexico's oil production, plus Venezuela and other South American oil-producing countries, Before the discovery of Middle Eastern oil, the whole of Europe was already looming in the shadow of an oil shortage. So the land development rights in the Middle East were easily auctioned for 13 million pounds. Because this money is not worth mentioning at all compared to the fatal flaw of the development of Europe as a whole.

And after all this is fixed, the nature of the asset to pursue the maximum profit has led European countries and major oil groups to try to reduce the cost of oil transportation. Although the overall cost of oil transportation by sea seems to be really low, if the volume of oil transportation has changed from several million tons a year to one or two million tons or even more. At present, the cost of shipping is still very high in the eyes of capital. And at this juncture, just when the seeds of the new oil tanker were about to be planted in the original time and space. China's new oil tankers appeared in the eyes of the whole world, and immediately attracted the attention of European countries and major oil interest groups!

For the present day and age. China's new oil tanker is a milestone development that completely transcends the old one. Its speed and price-performance ratio have completely conquered the European world. This is also the inside information that the Europeans have obtained under the indulgence of the Chinese side without special secrecy.

The Europeans are not stupid, they are well aware of how strong China is in terms of secrecy. This time it is so easy to get the goal in hand, this is what the Chinese want to show themselves. In other words, China has a tendency to export and export manufacturing technology.

As a result, while the Paris Olympics and the World Expo were still being held in a casual manner, the attention of the French government's top brass was all diverted. Poor Coubertin didn't even know it yet.

France, as the country with the hardest and most hostile attitude towards China, never thought that it would hold its breath to build its own new oil tanker when China had technology to export to the outside world. Although French shipbuilding experts can find many characteristics of new tankers through photographs. Even structural drawings of new tankers have been constructed. But the Gallic roosters still have no inclination in this regard.

Because I was experimenting with my own new oil tanker, the time was too long, and the risk was too great. What is a structure diagram? The construction drawings and the structural drawings of a ship are completely different things. In terms of the thickness of the walls of Chinese tankers, the battleship Taishan is all scum compared to them. The sea puts too much pressure on tankers when they are fully loaded. If the French want to build a new type of oil tanker on their own, they should first have the intention of scrapping a few test ships. The enormous pressure of the sea can easily deform or crack the walls of a fully loaded tanker.

And just when the whole of Europe is negotiating with China for the export of new oil tanker technology, the arrival of the Tarzan has made the eyes of the European naval community light up. This battleship did not have an advantage in speed compared to the existing battleships in Europe, but the 'all-heavy artillery' made a huge difference in its combat effectiveness.

It's like a Chinese tanker. By the time the Tarzan sailed to India, detailed photographs of the Tarzan had been sent back to the heads of state and naval departments by intelligence officers from various countries. By the time the Tarzan arrived at the French port of Marseille, the Europeans could not yet confirm the combat effectiveness of the battleship. Theoretically speaking, the actual combat capability of this battleship with great firepower cannot be underestimated. But that's just theory. The actual combat performance of the Taishan may be somewhat unsure of the Chinese themselves. Target shooting and actual combat, those are two different things.

But even so, the appearance of the Tarzan injected a fresh firepower into the construction of warships throughout Europe. The theorists of the "all-heavy artillery battleship" instantly gained momentum. The strength has soared!

The Olympics have been completely forgotten by these heads. For the major European powers, oil and warships came first. At the end of the year. Italy, the vanguard of European warship-building in recent decades, was first announced. In the first half of the next year, Italy will first build a new type of small battleship. The implications are self-evident!

Germany followed suit and announced its own plan to build new battleships, and there was no 'small' word.

All of a sudden, it was difficult for Britain and France.

Not to mention the British, the French also carried out a green water naval strategy in this time and space.

In the second half of the 19th century, the political situation in France was turbulent, the prime minister changed frequently, and because of the failure of the war against China, the complete loss of the Far East colony, so the national policy was also a bit of a twilight, although it maintained the world's second largest naval tonnage, ironclad ships were also quite frightening, and France's own ambition to build a navy was also frustrated several times. Take Dubai. Morality. Rohm as a representative, France at that time for the design of the ship there is no shortage of talent, but also often have technological breakthroughs, such as the hull drum design, the battery gun and the broken bolt type gun tail locking device, etc., but the ship construction industry still has many problems, such as the lack of clear guidelines, low efficiency, so that can not catch up with the development of technology, after the completion of a warship, because in order to cater to the new technology, the next warship has to be redesigned, compared with the United Kingdom, although it seems to absorb the latest technology, but it has caused a lack of unity, which not only prolongs the shipbuilding cycle, but also affects unified action in combat.

By 1884, the representative of the French naval youth, Acente. Admiral Orb became the French Minister of the Navy, and he believed that the new sea power torpedo was the magic weapon to defeat the enemy, once France had 100 mine-striking ships, it was the greatest threat to the British Navy, and the cost of building torpedo ships was insignificant compared with the capital ships, so he immediately ordered the cancellation of all battleship construction plans after taking office, which was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the already defeated French Navy.

And the record of Chinese submarines and torpedo boats makes Yasente. There is strong support for Orb's theory.

After the 90s, the French had already repented, realized the mistake in their own development direction, and picked up the three "Marceau" class ships that had been delayed for almost 7 years, but unfortunately, these three warships were already old by the time they were completed. The French went on to design and build the "Charles. The "Martel" class, 3 "Charlemagne" classes, etc., are also difficult to support the shelves of the French Navy.

From 1891 onwards launched "Joregiberg", "Charlie. 5 12,000-ton battleships including Matt, Masséna, Karno and Bouvey. Due to various factors, these early French pre-dreadnoughts were inferior to their old rivals, the British Navy, in terms of seaworthiness and offensive and defensive capabilities, and were not suitable for mass production, so they were called "sample fleets".

But what is even worse is that just when the lead ship of the 'Charlemagne' class battleship, the Charlemagne, was about to be launched, the war broke out. The British Far East Navy was like a lamb to the slaughter under the blow of the Chinese airship, and there was no backhand, and the French immediately postponed the construction of the next two Charlemagne-class battleships, and organized designers to add well-laid anti-aircraft weapons to the battleships, and at the same time, all the French warships also began to be busy renovating their air defense forces.

By this time, the French naval fleet was already far behind Germany and Italy, not to mention the old rival British Empire, which had been reduced to an insignificant force in the Euro-Atlantic.

However, the appearance of submarines and their dazzling achievements made Yasent. Orb's theory is back in vogue.

It's just that the Thunderbolt faction was changed to the submarine plus Thunderbolt faction. In recent years, the French have greatly reduced their investment in battleships, but they have launched more than a dozen submarines in a row, and their manufacturing level is among the advanced in the whole of Europe. Because behind this project is the support of the whole of France.

Now that the Chinese have made new battleships, it has become a difficult problem for the French to follow up. They also know that the French Navy, which lacks large and advanced warships, is difficult to form a deterrent in terms of discourse, and the French have learned a lesson in the end, and they have a very clear understanding of the distinction between strategic deterrence and actual combat. Moreover, France also has a large area of colonies, and the interests of these colonies cannot be guaranteed by submarines.

Most crucially, the French developed a green-water naval strategy, and the initial starting point was to target the old rival Britain. But now the old rival has become the most reliable ally of the Gallic roosters, Britain and France are united against Germany and Austria, and Italy is playing soy sauce on the sidelines, and this is the situation in Europe today. The French would be too stupid to hold on to the strategy of a green-water navy.

However, if they want to follow Italy and Germany to build new battleships, the French feel that it is a waste. They are as scared as the British, all-heavy artillery battleships, if they are really feasible, if the actual combat capability is really strong, then the ...... they built before will be in tatters! (To be continued......)