Another major incident of 1900 was in the Far East, when a large group of imperial powers joined forces to bully the declining empire.

Lechelton was almost speechless about it, and he didn't know what to say about that country in the hands of a bunch of stupid, backward and self-righteous fools.

Let's let Westerners use cannons to awaken their consciousness that has been sleeping for nearly a thousand years.

He really didn't bother with the Far East, and he was really busy.

"The Prussians have always been rigid and dogmatic, lacking in innovation, and like to make simple problems as complex as possible." At this time, in the office of the Admiralty Command at Kalamel Castle, the Grand Duke was commenting dismissively on the design of the new battleships of the Second Reich Navy, and across the desk, Rear Admiral Kudka was reporting to the Grand Duke and Vice Admiral on his trip to Germany and his inspection of German warship construction.

Also present were Vice Admiral Popel, the Navy's shipbuilding director, and Colonel Rotzner of the Navy's Technical Committee, a place where Bolojevich, who came from the Army, spoke, and was only responsible for recording.

The British newspapers were already propagating the threat posed by the Germans, which was only a means of concealing the emptiness of their treasury and economic recession due to their huge war expenses in the Boer War, just to deceive the common people, but slowly they themselves began to believe this lie.

In fact, the German Emperor had no intention of confronting the British, and even somewhat expected an alliance with the British. Very ridiculous idea. The British simply drew a trap on paper, and Wilhelm II was ready to eat it, even at the cost of destroying the already détente diplomatic relations with the Russians.

The so-called Anglo-German alliance of the British actually did not want the Germans to intervene in the Boer War, and Kaiser Wilhelm believed it and decisively abandoned the Dutch descendants who had high expectations for him.

"The Prussians never had a clear naval strategy, and these rednecks from Königsberg didn't understand what naval strategy was, and they would only be led by the nose by the British." Heldon continued to taunt their allies, not the Germans, of course, but the Junker nobles from Prussia, the rich country landowners who owned countless lands. "The British, consciously or unconsciously, had been stirring the nerves of the Prussians, placing a German second-class cruiser next to their most formidable monarch at the celebration of Queen Victoria's enthronement. At the opening ceremony of the Kiel Canal in '98, four powerful battleships were sent in an exaggerated manner. They succeeded, and the Germans followed them and built battleships. ”

Heldon said these words only to vent his frustration, which was due to the contradictions and disputes between him and Archduke Ferdinand about the latest shipbuilding plan of the Imperial Navy: Crown Prince Ferdinand wanted to build battleships, while Hirton advocated building armored cruisers.

However, the dispute between the two archdukes greatly affected the construction program of the Imperial Navy, and the design work on the four Habsburg-class battleships, which had already begun according to the plan, had not yet begun.

"According to the budget of the parliament, the displacement of these four warships can only be about 9,000 tons, and His Excellency the Crown Prince asked to be equipped with 240 mm main guns, which can only be equipped with two main guns, and the armor must be weakened." General Poppel said that in his opinion, the main point of contention between Ferdinand and LeHaydn was the choice of the main gun, and the crown prince wanted to be armed with the largest possible main gun, while Archduke Friedrich's idea was to prefer to have two more smaller guns in order to achieve higher speed, and the Grand Duke, who had become a vice admiral, was known for his preference for twin turrets.

The weakened Habsburg class could only be an armored cruiser, which is undeniable, and of course nominally it can be called a battleship. But if, according to Lechelton's idea, a battleship equipped with two twin 203-mm main turrets could only be a cruiser.

"If the crown prince insists on arming 240-mm guns, then the displacement must be increased to more than 12,000 tons, this is the principle." Helton Lee emphasized, "I don't want a ship with a cannon to look like a naked man. body warriors alike. ”

His analogy is very vivid, if a warship is equipped with too heavy naval guns, it is bound to weaken the armor, and such protection seems to be unable to withstand even the 150 mm naval guns equipped on light cruisers.

It can be said that there are three elements in the design of a warship: firepower, speed and protection, and Helton Lee attaches more importance to speed and protection, that is, the factor of survival. For, in general, the Austro-Hungarian navy was at a disadvantage to the imaginary French and Italian navies, and he had always regarded the British as potential enemies.

"That would definitely require an additional budget, but it will be difficult for the council to approve a plan for additional appropriations for the Guò Navy." Poopel said.

"It's his business, and if he can't move the council, he can only follow my plan."

LeHydon's program was an improved program of the "General Garibaldi" class, which continued to be built for the Argentine.

The naval competition between the two countries has been going on for years since the Chilean-Argentine border dispute that began in 18.95, and since the return of four "Garibaldi-class" armored cruisers built for the Argentines at the Isterian shipyard, the Chilean Navy has been completely inferior in terms of strength.

In order to reverse the disadvantage, the Chilean Navy ordered two battleships with a displacement of 12,000 tons - "Constitution" and "Liberty" from the British. In response to the Chileans, the Argentine side quickly renewed an additional ship purchase agreement with the Istorian shipyard: the purchase of two modified versions of the "General Garibaldi" class armored cruisers.

Lieutenant Commander Rozner presided over the design of the two warships, citing some of Helden's ideas - optimizing the underwater line, eliminating the ramming angle, and for the first time, adopting a slightly cambered high-freeboard hull design, which helped to improve the seaworthiness of the warship and have more space for deck design.

The two warships were named "Rivadavia" and "Moreno" by the Argentinees.

The armoured cruisers built for the Atin began experimenting with equipping large warships with high-pressure small-tube steam boilers of the "Israia", but the power system was still a three-expansion reciprocating steam engine with a total power of 16,500 horsepower, which allowed the cruiser to reach a speed of 21 knots.

The keels of the two warships were now already being laid on the slipway, which was expected to be completed in August 1904.

Archduke Ferdinand finally reached a compromise with Hirdon Levit: he agreed to equip the Habsburg class with only 8-inch guns and install steam turbines, but Hirton promised to equip the ships of the next class of the Imperial Navy with 240-mm guns and to discount the construction cost of 3/100.

As the world's first ocean-going ship equipped with a steam turbine, the three "Zanta" class reconnaissance cruisers made a big splash in the "Eight-Nation Intervention War" against the Qing in the Far East, and its high speed of 31 knots on the sea surface was beyond the reach of warships of various countries. The powerful power plant they were equipped with attracted the attention of the navies of various countries, and Islaistair Power became one of the world's leading engine manufacturers, for which it received a number of orders.

The proud North Germans were finally willing to bow their heads and learn from the experience of the Austrian shipyards, which they had always looked down upon.

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