U.S. Secretary of the Navy George Dewey couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard President William Howard Taft say that the cost of the 28 capital warships to be built by the United States had finally been fully paid, and he could not help but be overjoyed; you must know that although the United States has always been relatively financially well-off, after the end of the last war with the Chinese Empire, the U.S. Navy has added four Lexington-class aircraft carriers, six Saratoga-class battlecruisers, and 12 Nevada-class super-dreadnought battleships, as well as a large number of fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, and destroyers, submarines and other small and medium-sized ships. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

If it were not for the intensifying arms race among various countries, the US Government would never have agreed to the Navy building so many major warships at once, and the US Navy has also built a large number of small and medium-sized warships to match these main warships.

With so many warships being built at the same time, even the wealthy US treasury could not immediately come up with so much money, so the US government only put the first amount of the 28 capital warships built by the United States into the accounts of many shipyards, and the rest of the funds have been owed.

A few days ago, the owner of a shipyard found Secretary of the Navy George Dewey, his shipyard to build 4 Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships, because the funds have not been in place, has slowed down the construction progress, if the follow-up construction funds of the 4 Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships can not be called to his shipyard in the near future, then soon, the 4 Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships in his shipyard can only be temporarily suspended.

George Dewey then approached President William Howard Taft for the follow-up construction of 28 capital warships, but he did not expect President William Howard Taft to solve the problem so quickly and make up the follow-up construction costs of 28 capital warships.

George Dewey said with a smile on his face: "President rest assured, when this batch of 28 capital warships and other small and medium-sized warships all join the ranks of our US Navy, our US Navy has the confidence to resist the enemy outside the country, even if it is the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, don't think about bargaining in the waters of our United States of America, after all, the sea area that the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire needs to protect is very large, and there are many potential enemies, and it is impossible for the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire to put all the main forces, All to the waters of our United States of America! ”

President William Howard Taft immediately said: "It is precisely because of this consideration that our US finances have gritted our teeth and made up the follow-up construction costs of 28 capital warships. ”

George Dewey immediately said: "President, we, the U.S. Navy, will never fail to live up to your expectations!" ”

President William Howard Taft listened to George Dewey's words, nodded with satisfaction, and then did not say anything about it, but turned the topic back to the Beijing Olympics, "It has been 10 days since the competition, and our American sports delegation has won 4 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 13 bronze medals, ranking 7th in the gold medal table and 6th in the medal table, which is completely inconsistent with our current world status in the United States of America, and the people are also dissatisfied with the performance of our American delegation. It seems that we in the United States of America will increase our investment in sports in the future! ”

George Dewey agreed: "After the Olympic Games in Beijing, the influence of the Olympic Games will become stronger and stronger, and now there is a saying that the Olympic Games are a world war in peacetime, how many gold medals and medals a country can achieve in the Olympic Games, and it can also reflect whether the country is strong or not, although this statement has no scientific basis, but the people agree with this statement very much, maybe the people are dissatisfied with our American sports delegation, and it is also because of this, Especially in comparison with the results of the sports delegation of the Chinese Empire. ”

The 5th Olympiad held in Beijing, the capital of the Chinese Empire, shocked all countries in the world, especially the achievements of the Chinese Imperial Sports Delegation, which made the countries of the world feel incredible.

The sports delegation of the Chinese Empire participated in the Summer Olympics for the first time, but from the day of the competition, it has dominated the first place in the gold medal table and the medal table, and is far ahead of the second place in both tables.

By the end of the 10th day of competition, the Chinese Imperial Sports Delegation had won 72 gold medals, 64 silver medals and 59 bronze medals, and more than a dozen new world records were set in the hands of Chinese Imperial athletes.

In the second place in the gold medal table and medal table, the British sports delegation only won 10 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 21 bronze medals, and the difference in the number of medals is so large that the champions of the gold medal table and the medal table have lost their suspense.

President William Howard Taft sighed and said: "The Chinese Empire has not only produced an unparalleled Olympic Games, but also produced a desperate sports delegation, and it seems that the first place in the gold medal table and medal table is none other than the Chinese Empire, and in the remaining five competition days, there are not many events that our American sports delegation can win gold and medals, and it will not be easy to keep our American gold medal list 7th place and 6th medal table." ”

At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith said helplessly to British Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Peele, War Secretary Henry Wiley, Admiral Fisher and Air Force Secretary Rossberry Read: "I didn't expect that the Chinese Empire could host such an Olympic Games, whether it is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, or the Olympic Village where the Olympic athletes and coaches live, and the various venues used for the games, this Olympic Games can be called an incomparable Olympic Games. Now the eyes of the whole world have been attracted by the Olympic Games in Beijing! ”

War Minister Henry Wiley said at this time: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think the Olympic Games are also a flashy farce, I heard that the Chinese Empire has invested a lot of money in order to hold this Olympic Games, and the Chinese Empire has not received much ticket revenue for holding such an Olympic Games, so that the huge amount of money is equivalent to a waste, if the Chinese Empire can hold a few more large-scale events like this, the day when our British Empire will regain the hegemony of the world is not far away!" ”

Admiral Fisher followed: "I also feel incredible that the Chinese Empire has wasted so much money, you must know that according to estimates, the funds invested by the Chinese Empire in this Olympic Games are completely enough for the Chinese Empire to build more than 50 more main warships, and now these funds are equivalent to a waste, I really don't know whether to say that the Chinese Empire is rich and rich, or should it be said that the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Lin Daxin, has become a great success." ”

Air Force Minister Rosebereid sneered and said: "I think it is Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, who has begun to inflate himself, and after winning a few wars, I don't know who he is!" But that's okay, the more Lin Daxin expands himself, the faster the strength of the Chinese Empire falls, and I believe that the Chinese Empire will definitely go to the old path of the Qing Dynasty in the future, it is only a matter of time. ”

Several high-ranking members of the British military have the same attitude towards the Beijing Olympics, all of them think that the Chinese Empire is a waste, but Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith does not think so, he sighed and said: "Your military only sees the investment in the funds of the Chinese Empire, but does not see the improvement of the Olympic Games for the Chinese Empire, in terms of international status and national image!" In the past, although in the real situation, our British Empire has lagged behind the Chinese Empire, but in our British Empire, there are still the vast majority of the people, thinking that our British Empire is still the world's first power, but after the end of this Olympic Games, I believe that the vast majority of the people in the British Empire will admit that the Chinese Empire has become the world's first power, this is the influence of the Olympic Games, and I did not think enough about the influence of the Olympic Games before! ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Peel said at this time: "And the Chinese Empire will not waste so much money in vain this time, I heard that the Chinese Empire has prepared to sell the housing in the Olympic Village to the outside world, the price is very high, but the people who are ready to buy it are endless, relying on this alone, the Chinese Empire's investment in this Olympic Games, it can almost recover the cost, plus other aspects of the income such as tickets, if you don't make this Olympic Games, the Chinese Empire's finances can still make a small profit." ”

When the Secretary of War Henry Wiley, the Secretary of the Navy Fisher and the Secretary of the Air Force Rossberry heard this, they couldn't help but show very surprised expressions.

Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith looked at the three bigwigs of the British military and said: "Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, is a very difficult enemy, we should not hope that he will become mediocre, our British Empire wants to regain the position of world hegemon, and ultimately depends on the powerful military power of our British Empire!" ”

War Secretary Henry Wiley, Navy Secretary Fisher, and Air Force Secretary Rossberry all nodded their heads, and Prime Minister's Herbert Henry Asquith asked Admiralty Fisher, "What about the Navy's 12 Queen Elizabeth-class super battleships, 12 Tiger battlecruisers, and 8 Glorious-class aircraft carriers?" These capital warships are a key step for our Royal Navy of the British Empire to catch up with the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire! ”

Fisher said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, thanks to the abundance of funds, the 32 capital warships under construction are progressing very fast, if according to the current progress of various shipyards, there will be another 15 months, these 32 capital warships can join our British Royal Navy sequence, in addition, before that, a large number of fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, submarines and other small and medium-sized warships currently under construction in various shipyards will also join our British Royal Navy, The strength of our Royal Navy of the British Empire and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire will be greatly reduced. ”

Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith continued: "The next class of super dreadnought battleships, aircraft carriers and battle cruisers of the Navy must also be designed, and after the completion of the 32 capital warships in each shipyard, the new capital warships will continue to be built, and we must not stop catching up with the footsteps of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire!" ”

Fisher hesitated for a moment and said: "Prime Minister rest assured, the design of the three new main warships has begun, and as long as there is no problem with the funds, the large dockyard will not be idle." ”

Britain's finances are already in serious deficits for the sake of the arms race between the British navy, land and air forces, and Fisher does not think that Britain can immediately start building the next class of three types of capital warships after completing the construction of a new batch of capital warships.

Then Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith turned to Secretary of State for War Henry Wiley and Secretary of State for the Air Force Rossberry: "What is the state of the Army and Air Force? ”

War Secretary Henry Wiley said: "Prime Minister, at present, the regular army of our British Imperial Army has expanded to 1.3 million, of which 500,000 are deployed in India, and the total strength of the Indian colonial army has expanded to nearly 4 million. ”

After a pause, Henry Willy said: "After the last incident in which the Chinese Empire sent troops into Canada, our War Department is going to transfer some more troops from India to Canada to strengthen the defense force in Canada, but because of Canada's supply difficulties, there are not many troops to be deployed." ”

Air Secretary Rossberg said in a high tone: "Our Royal Air Force of the British Empire now has 1,250 Big Gull fighters, 380 Hellbird dive bombers and 250 Tornado horizontal bombers, not counting the old fighters deployed in India, in addition, in order to strengthen India's air power, a number of new fighters have been deployed at several airports in India." ”

The expansion of the British navy, land and air force has been very fast, and Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith also understands this, and then he encouraged the three bigwigs of the British military a few words, and said with a sigh: "The military strength of the Chinese Empire is very strong, but our British Empire still has hope to catch up, but in the gold medal list and medal list of this Olympic Games, our British Empire has no hope of competing with the Chinese Empire for the first place, and the sports delegation composed of the Chinese Empire is really desperate!" (To be continued.) )