After finishing the banquet in the Forbidden City, Lin Daxin, who was going to rest, had to yawn and summon Li Kun to his own dormitory in the Forbidden City because Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, suddenly asked to see him outside the Forbidden City, but when Li Kun saw Lin Daxin, Lin Daxin's sleepiness and drunkenness disappeared without a trace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, our military intelligence agency has just received accurate information that the United States and Japan have secretly signed a military alliance, and the United States will launch a series of military assistance to Japan's navy, land and air force!"

Hearing that Japan and the United States had signed a military alliance, Lin Daxin was very shocked, not that Lin Daxin was afraid of any military alliance between the United States and Japan, but that the United States and Japan were able to get together, which made Lin Daxin very incomprehensible, you must know that in the last war between the Chinese Empire and the alliance of 9 countries, the Japanese stabbed the United States fiercely, and directly stabbed the 2 super dreadnought battleships, 4 dreadnought battleships, and 3 all-steel battleships of the former US Navy Pacific Fleet. Five large fast armored cruisers, 17 fast protection cruisers, 23 destroyers, 45 torpedo boats and four submarines were captured by the Japanese Navy.

Although the Japanese Navy did not keep these warships that it had snatched from the US Navy's Pacific Fleet in the end, it is impossible for this hater of the Americans not to remember, and even after Japan attacked the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, the United States directly tore up the unilateral offensive and defensive alliance that was very beneficial to the United States, and the United States thought that being with Japan was an insult to the United States! How long has that war passed? How could the Americans forget? How could a military alliance be signed? This made Lin Daxin very puzzled.

And at this time, in the office of the President of the United States in Washington, D.C., on the other side of the ocean, the Secretary of the US Navy George? Dewey was furious at William, who had been president for almost 2 years? Howard? Taft shouted: "How can we, the United States, sign a military alliance with that despicable country of Japan, and still provide large-scale gratuitous aid to Japan?" Have you forgotten the unjust death of a US Navy officer and sailor in Yokohama, Japan, two years ago? Have you forgotten what the Japanese once did to us? ”

After the defeat of the last time the United States participated in the war against the Chinese Empire, Alaska of the United States was ceded to the Chinese Empire, and the United States also needed to compensate Lin Daxin for the economic losses suffered by the American industry of 150 million US dollars, which would be paid in 3 years, in addition to the United States had to pay 500 million US dollars in war reparations to the Chinese Empire, which would be paid in 5 years. Roosevelt, who undoubtedly had to bear responsibility for the defeat of the war, so Vice President William? Howard? Taft took over the presidency.

Because President Theodore? Roosevelt himself took the full responsibility on his own initiative, so the other top leaders in the United States have not changed much, George? Dewey, a U.S. admiral who had been in several prisoner-of-war camps in the Chinese Empire, still held the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy.

President William? Howard? Taft sees an angry George? Dewey sighed and said: "My Secretary of the Navy, calm down, in fact, I also hate Japan very much, but for the long-term interests of the United States, we must cooperate with Japan and arm Japan to contain the giant beast of the Chinese Empire, otherwise when the giant beast of the Chinese Empire opens its mouth, it is likely to swallow the entire North America, including our United States, in one gulp, and in the face of the problem of survival, we must let go of our hatred for Japan!" ”

Secretary of the Navy George? Dewey also knew the strength of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire also had a world-recognized greedy emperor, in the last two years after the end of the war, the expansion of the military strength of the Chinese Empire has not stopped, plus Alaska in the United States has become the White Sea Province of the Chinese Empire, if the next war breaks out, the iron hooves of the powerful army of the Chinese Empire will directly step into the whole of North America, and Canada, which is adjacent to Alaska, is basically impossible to stop the footsteps of the Chinese Imperial Army. Then there will be no doubt that the flames of war will reach the United States.

George? Dewey was still angry and said: "Then there are also the Entente Britain, France and Russia, as well as the Allied Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey, we can all choose to form an alliance with these countries, why choose Japan?" Even Chile, Argentina and Brazil in South America can form an alliance? Why Japan? ”

President William? Howard? Taft said in a deep voice: "The reason I chose Japan is because Japan is ruthless enough!" There is an incomparably deep hatred for the Chinese Empire! According to the analysis of some experts in international relations in the United States, it is impossible for the two countries of the Chinese Empire and Japan to coexist, and once a war breaks out between the Chinese Empire and Japan, it will definitely be a life-and-death situation, so we in the United States need Japan as a thug! ”

George? Dewey frowned and said: "You are not afraid of this thug, bite us again, the United States, you must know that two years ago, our entire Pacific Fleet was buried in the hands of this despicable country!" ”

President William? Howard? Taft sighed and said: "In order to deal with the threat of the Chinese Empire, some adventures are also worth it, and Japan's military strength has recovered very quickly in the past 2 years, especially the Japanese Navy, we in the United States need a strong Japan now!" Especially a strong Japanese navy! ”

Actually, President William? Howard? Taft has been under a lot of pressure these days, and the plan to form a military alliance with Japan was the first one he proposed, and then he persuaded most of the members of Congress one by one to make the Congress pass the matter of forming a military alliance with Japan, but the opposition in the United States has been very strong, but Japan's military strength has expanded in the past two years, so that President William? Howard? Taaffe thinks it's all worth it!

Originally, after the end of the war two years ago, the entire Japanese navy was reduced to only 3 Amagi-class dreadnought battleships, 3 Kumano-class all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 11 destroyers, 24 torpedo boats, and 8 submarines.

However, after two years of development of the Japanese Navy, the six Fuso-class super dreadnought battleships have all been put into service, and this kind of super dreadnought battleship, equipped with five twin 45 times caliber 343 mm main guns, and a full load displacement of 26,100 tons, has entered the ranks of the Japanese Navy at the beginning of 1911.

In addition, the Japanese Navy has 6 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, 36 torpedo boats, and 6 submarines in service in two years, making Japan once again one of the world's naval powers.

And what is even more shocking to the outside world is that Japan has begun to build 6 Ise-class super dreadnought battleships at the same time, the Japanese Navy's Ise-class super dreadnought battleship can also be regarded as an improvement of the Fuso class in terms of design, and it is stronger than the Fuso class in terms of firepower, the Ise class uses 5 double-mounted 45 times the caliber 356 mm main gun, so the Ise class is larger than the Fuso class in terms of displacement, with a standard displacement of 27,800 tons and a full load displacement of 30,100 tons. The ship has a length of 189.3 meters, a width of 28.5 meters, a maximum draft of 9.5 meters, and a design maximum speed of 22 knots.

As for the other firepower of the Ise-class super dreadnought battleships, it is the same as the Fuso class, with 12 152 mm secondary guns, 16 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 anti-aircraft machine guns and 5 450 mm torpedo tubes, in addition, the Ise class is thinner than the Fuso class in armor for high speed, the horizontal armor belt is only 200 mm to 305 mm, the deck armor is 67 mm, the main turret armor is 305 mm, and the conning tower armor is 223 mm, in general, The Ise-class is a super dreadnought battleship with very high speed and firepower, but only slightly thinner armor.

You must know that the average cost of such an Ise-class super dreadnought battleship is as high as 42 million yen each, and even if the yen has fallen a lot in recent years, 42 million yen is almost 3.65 million pounds.

Japan still has to pay 8 million pounds of war reparations to the Chinese Empire every year, and as for Japan, which is already on the verge of financial collapse, where did it get so much money?

In order to raise funds, the Japanese government has systematically organized hundreds of thousands of Japanese women to open Japanese brothels all over the world, and even in the territory of the Chinese Empire, there are also Japanese brothels, and the Japanese government relies on the money of hundreds of thousands of Japanese women to sell their bodies, not only to pay the war reparations of the Chinese Empire, but also to redevelop the Japanese Navy.

Of course, while Japan is developing its navy, the army and air force have not let go of it, and although the Japanese army is now less powerful than it was during the war two years ago, from 96 standing heavy divisions, 40 standing light divisions, and 100 garrison brigades, to 66 standing heavy divisions and 30 standing light divisions, in terms of overall combat effectiveness, it is even stronger than before.

At present, the Japanese Army's 1 standing heavy division has a large establishment of about 40,000 people, and each standing heavy division is equipped with more than 50 Japanese tanks, and the Japanese Army is replacing the old tanks with new tanks produced and manufactured by Japan itself, and each standing heavy division is also equipped with more than 200 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm, more than 500 light and heavy machine guns, more than 300 mortars and grenades, and the existence of a cavalry. Soldiers' rifles are also gradually being replaced by new repeating rifles, which the Japanese call the Type 38 rifle.

The Japanese Air Force has now developed several new fighters, and Japan's aircraft factories are working hard to manufacture them in batches, and I believe that in the near future, Japan will become one of the air force powers! (To be continued.) )