The British actually have 14 Edward VII-class all-steel battleships being built at the same time, at this time, although the all-steel battleships have been outdated, but these 14 Edward VII-class all-steel battleships have been built for most of them, there is no way to renovate, and the all-steel battleships are not useless, so the British decided to continue to build these 14 all-steel battleships, and now 14 dreadnought battleships have also begun to be built, which is equivalent to 28 large battleships being built at the same time, which shows the terrible shipbuilding ability of the British.

Lin Daxin asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to spread the news that the provincial dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy had such and such problems, so that the dreadnought battleships currently under construction in the shipyard under his command were still dragon-class dreadnought battleships, and the provincial dreadnought battleships with too many problems had been abandoned.

The intention of this is to make the navies of various countries ignore the existence of the provincial dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, start to build their own dreadnought battleships, and drag those naval powers into another naval arms race, so that countries do not even dare to build dreadnought battleships because of the provincial dreadnought battleships.

Lin Daxin thinks that he is still more particular, and he has wasted so much effort, but he just hopes to drag the development of warships of various countries back to the track of history, and when a large number of dreadnoughts are built by various countries, he can continue to use super dreadnought battleships to fight violently, but it seems that this is not very particular.

At the time of the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait with the combined fleets of the navies of the Eight-Nation Alliance, seven super dreadnought battleships stolen from modern time and space were dispatched in order to do their best, and the results were obvious. However, after the war, Lin Daxin hoped that his super dreadnought battleship could be hidden as much as possible and kept for the next war.

Regardless of whether Lin Daxin's idea is whimsical or not. But it seems that there is still some effect, and the British decided to start mass-building their own dreadnought battleships. And it was not only the British who were deceived by this false situation. Many other countries have also been blinded, allowing a new round of naval arms race to begin.

In the Elysee Palace in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, the owner of the presidential office has also changed, and the cabinet formed by the former French President Faure has been affected by the defeat in the war with Lin Daxin. Francois? Lube took over the presidency.

The two die-hards of former French President Faure, Vice President Lubet and Secretary of the Navy Grevy, were not spared. Implicated in the defeat of the war, they fell one after another, and the entire French political scene was controlled by the cabinet formed by the new President Lubet.

In his new office, Lubet met with the new French Minister of the Admiralty, Gomis, and the new French Minister of the Army, Jeannontro, "Gentlemen, I have come to you to study how our France will develop its armaments in the next step, this time our France has suffered heavy losses in the war, but in the next war, victory must belong to the French Republic." ”

Gomis and Janenontro nodded solemnly, this time France did lose a lot. The expeditionary fleet sent by France and the French colonial fleet in Asia were almost wiped out in the end, and 15 all-steel battleships and a large number of other warships were either sunk or captured, or an armistice agreement was signed with Lin Daxin. The remnants of the French warships in Da Nang, Vietnam, were safely evacuated, and there was no other way to continue the fight except to destroy the whole army.

The French Army also lost more than 200,000 men in Russia. The 250,000 elite French troops who entered Russia were finally able to return to France on their own. There are less than 30,000 people, including the French officers and soldiers captured by the Dingbei Army. Less than 80,000 people are alive, and tens of thousands have been lost in Asia, and the strength of the French standing army reached as much as 1.1 million before the war, but such losses also make the French feel distressed enough.

The most painful thing for the French is that their Asian colonies Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were all blackmailed by Lin Daxin's greedy bastard, and the loss is simply immeasurable.

Lube said to the Minister of the Admiralty, Gomis: "Our French intelligence department has worked hard to finally get an important piece of information, the provincial dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin's command with a displacement of 3 or 40,000 tons have been abandoned by Lin Daxin to continue to build because of many problems, and now the dreadnought battleships built in his shipyard are all dragon-class dreadnought battleships with a displacement of about 20,000 tons, so that our French dreadnought battleship plan does not need to be changed. It can be continued. ”

Gomis, the Minister of the Admiralty, already knew the news, so he was not very surprised, and said calmly: "The industrial strength of the Qing Dynasty people has increased by leaps and bounds in recent years, and a lot of advanced weapons have been produced, but like this kind of 3 or 40,000 ton giant warship equipped with about 400 mm main guns, even we Europeans can't make it, and the Qing Dynasty people must have defects because of the process problems. ”

President Lubet then asked, "I heard that the Admiralty has designed a dreadnought battleship of our own France?" Don't know how it performs? ”

Gomis nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. President, our Admiralty has designed a dreadnought battleship called the Lone Class, with a standard displacement of 20,100 tons, a full load displacement of 22,200 tons, and a length of 160 meters. The ship has a width of 27.5 meters, a maximum draft of 8.5 meters, a design maximum speed of 20 knots, and is equipped with 12 twin 45-caliber 305 mm main guns, 22 138 mm secondary guns, 6 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 450 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belts from 178 mm to 262 mm, deck armor 25 mm, main turret armor 300 mm, conning tower armor 300 mm, and a crew of 900 people. It can be said that our Guba-class dreadnought battleships are more powerful than the Dragon-class dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy. ”

President Lube nodded with satisfaction, and immediately asked, "How many dreadnought battleships is the Navy going to build?" ”

Gomis shrugged his shoulders and said, "Our navy has limited funds, and we can only build two Lone class dreadnought battleships at the same time, and we have already begun to prepare for construction. ”

President Lubet frowned and shook his head and said: "2 ships are too few, I will immediately ask the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds to the navy." Well--it will give the Navy money for the construction of 6 dreadnought-class battleships, so far. We can build 8 dreadnoughts at the same time, and our French Navy must have a large number of dreadnoughts in a short period of time. You must know that our enemy is not only the Qing Dynasty man Lin Daxin, but also the German wolf by our side! ”

French shipyards also have 8 Liberty-class all-steel battleships and 6 Danton-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 18,400 tons, which are under construction, but fortunately, some of the Liberty-class all-steel battleships are about to be completed, otherwise if you want to build another 6 Guba-class dreadnought battleships, France will not even have enough shipyards.

President Lubet then said to the Minister of War Jeannontro: "The Army's losses this time are not small, and your Army must do everything possible to replenish the lost troops, and in order to deal with our evil neighbors, the size of the Army should be expanded." Germany had a standing army of 1.54 million before this war, and the number of our French army should not be less than this number, so the Ministry of Finance will also increase the amount of military spending for the army. ”

Janenontro said without hesitation: "As long as the Ministry of Finance gives money, there is absolutely no problem in expanding the strength of the standing army, and I also think that the number of our French army cannot be less than that of the Germans." ”

President Lubet continued: "Several of our research institutes in France have already begun to develop aircraft and other weapons and equipment for combat use, and I believe that it will not be long before our French navy and army will rise again." No matter who the opponent is in the next war, we, the French Republic, will never sign a defeated armistice again. ”

In the Imperial Palace in Berlin, Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II summoned Prime Minister Hohenlohe, Chief of the Army General Staff Schlieffen, and Admiral Tirpitz.

Wilhelm II asked, "I heard that the newly built dreadnought battleship in the shipyard under Lin Daxin is not a provincial dreadnought battleship with a larger displacement. But a Dragon-class dreadnought battleship with a displacement of about 20,000 tons? ”

Prime Minister Hohenlohe nodded and said: "The news has been confirmed that the provincial dreadnought battleships of the Qing Dynasty have many defects such as poor performance of their main guns and unstable hull structure. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty gave up continuing to build provincial dreadnought battleships and chose to continue building dragon-class dreadnought battleships. ”

Wilhelm II turned to Admiral Tirpitz and asked, "What happened to the design of our own German dreadnought battleships?" ”

Tirpitz said, "Your Majesty." Our Navy has designed a Nassau-class dreadnought battleship with a standard displacement of 18,873 tons. The full load displacement is 20,535 tons, equipped with 12 45 times the caliber of 280 mm main guns, the caliber of the main guns is smaller than that of the Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and the British Dreadnought, and the maximum speed is 19 knots, which is also lower, but our Nassau-class dreadnought battleships have strengthened their armor protection, making the damage resistance strong, at least much stronger than the Dreadnought. ”

Wilhelm II frowned and said: "The 280 mm main gun is not a little powerful, the Dragon-class dreadnought battleship and the British Dreadnought both use 45 times the caliber 305 mm main gun." ”

Tirpitz said with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the maximum caliber of our German Navy's naval guns is currently 45 times the caliber of 280 mm, and the new large-caliber naval guns are still being developed. ”

William II nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, let's build the Nassau-class dreadnought battleship first, and then build a new class of dreadnought battleships when the navy develops a larger caliber naval gun in the future!" How many Nassau-class dreadnought battleships are the Navy ready to build this time? ”

Tirpitz immediately replied: "Ready to build 3!" ”

Wilhelm II said categorically: "No, 3 is too few, our enemy is not only that Lin Daxin, Britain, France and Russia are the henchmen of our Germany, we Germany must guard against these countries, so let's do it, the prime minister will allocate more shipbuilding funds to the navy, so that the navy can build at the same time this time, well-6 Nassau-class dreadnought battleships, and new dreadnought battleships will be designed in the future, and more will be built." ”

Wilhelm II actually thought that the main guns of the Nassau-class dreadnought battleships were too weak and not ideal, otherwise it would have been possible for him to build a dozen at a time.

Prime Minister Hohenlohe hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." "The cost of building 2 more Nassau-class dreadnought battleships is not a big problem for Germany.

Wilhelm II also said to Schlieffen, the chief of the General Staff of the Army: "This time our German Army has suffered a lot of losses, and I have asked the scientific research department of the Reich to begin to develop a large number of new weapons, including aircraft, and your army must do everything possible to replenish the lost personnel, and I am ready to expand the standing army of the German Army to 1.8 million to deal with the increasingly severe situation in the future." ”

Schlieffen nodded without hesitation and said, "The War Department will do its best to complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty." ”

Prime Minister Hohenlohe couldn't help but sigh in his heart next to him, it seems that it is going to cost money again, and it is not a small amount, but in the current situation, Germany can't spend money if it wants to, after this war with Lin Daxin, there is no need to think about it, various countries in Europe must be crazy about developing armaments.

Russia, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, these three countries could not be as rich as Britain, France and Germany, but these three countries saw the great power of dreadnought battleships in naval battles, and they were ready to tighten their belts and build their own dreadnought battleships.

The Italians designed a Dante-class dreadnought battleship, with a standard displacement of 18,500 tons, a full load displacement of 21,000 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and 10 45 times the caliber of 305 mm main guns, the combat effectiveness is still very good, but unfortunately Italy is really not rich, and finally raised many ways to prepare to build 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships.

Austria-Hungary's own shipbuilding technology was not yet able to build dreadnought battleships, but they gritted their teeth and spent a lot of money to customize 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships in Italy, Austria-Hungary's navy has always been synonymous with weakness in Europe, but when these 2 dreadnought battleships join the Austro-Hungarian navy, they can immediately make the Austro-Hungarian navy rise several levels.

The Russians want to have a large number of dreadnought battleships, especially this time Russia lost nearly 10 million square kilometers of land in the war, which has made the Russian Tsar Nicholas II eager to devour Lin Daxin alive, of course, he wants to work hard to develop his own navy and army, and one day he can take revenge and take back the lost land, the problem is that Russia is really short of money. (To be continued......)

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