British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin nodded with satisfaction when he heard the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, say that the Japanese emperor was ready to use the royal funds to buy British dreadnought battleships, as well as to obtain the design drawings of dreadnought battleships, and to prepare to build dreadnought battleships in shipyards on Japanese soil.

The reason why Britain supports Japan is that it hopes that Japan can increase its military investment and plant a time bomb next to Lin Daxin, so that when Britain and Lin Daxin face off again in the future, Japan can become Britain's help.

British War Secretary Henry Wiley said: "I think we should not only support Japan, but also Russia!" Russia is first of all an ally of our Entente, and Russia and Lin Daxin are as deep as the sea, plus this war, Russia was forcibly occupied by Lin Daxin 15 million square kilometers of land, so that Russia's area from 22.8 million square kilometers, directly reduced to 7.79 million square kilometers, but the rest of Russia's land is all the essence, almost most of Russia's industry and most of the population, are concentrated in the remaining 7.79 million square kilometers, so that Russia's strength still exists, I believe that as long as Russia is given a certain amount of support, In the future, on the issue of dealing with Lin Daxin, Russia will certainly rush to the forefront. ”

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin nodded and said: "Supporting Russia can not only give a powerful boost to deal with Lin Daxin, but also strengthen the strength of our Entente to deal with the challenge of the three Allied countries led by Germany, but the Entente is not only our Britain and Russia, but also France, an ally, and I believe that the French will spare no effort on the issue of supporting Russia." I think we can negotiate with France on the issue of supporting Russia. ”

Henry Wiley, Secretary of War of Great Britain, Fisher, Secretary of the Admiralty, and Marquess of Lansdowne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, all nodded in agreement. France also suffered very heavy losses in this war, and the entire Asian colonies were seized by Lin Daxin. I believe that the French will also agree to support Russia in order to deal with Lin Daxin.

Moreover, France has the Central Powers eyeing the Allies, and the French will also hope that Russia will contain the power of the Allies, especially Germany.

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Bannavin continued: "Supporting Japan and Russia is an expedient measure, and our own strength in Britain is the long-term solution, and we must speed up the construction of our British navy and army, for which our British Empire will do whatever it takes." ”

The British Navy has planned to build 8 Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts and 6 St. Vincent-class dreadnoughts at the same time, and currently 3 Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts have been laid in British shipyards. Construction of 11 other dreadnought battleships is also about to begin.

However, under the influence of Lin Daxin's overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the British accelerated the design of the next class of dreadnought battleships, preparing to build the next class of dreadnoughts after the construction of 14 Edward VII-class all-steel battleships was completed.

And under the influence of Lin Daxin's imminent establishment of a huge empire, the British parliament added India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma. and the number of Australian land forces, which is much more than originally planned.

At the Elysée Palace in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, French President Lubet told the Minister of the Admiralty Gomis and the Minister of War Jeannontro: "Lin Daxin has overthrown the Qing Dynasty. It may not be long before he ascends the throne in the city of Peking as Emperor of that vast empire in the East, which is for us in the French Republic. Not good news. ”

The Minister of War Jane Nontro sighed and said, "If Lin Daxin gets the territory and population of the Qing Dynasty, his strength will be even stronger. It will be even more difficult to deal with in the future. ”

The French were ready to find their way back in the future, after all, the war had caused France a lot of losses. The arrogant French were not willing to be defeated by Lin Daxin, and not only did France begin to expand the scale of the standing army, but the French shipyards also began to prepare to build the Lone class dreadnought battleships designed by the French themselves, and prepared to build 8 at the same time.

Now France has just started a series of actions, and Lin Daxin's strength has been strengthened because of the occupation of the territory of the Manchu Dynasty, especially Lin Daxin's 300 million population of the Qing Dynasty, which makes the troops under Lin Daxin's command more sufficient, which really makes the French feel a little uncomfortable.

President Lubet said: "Fortunately, there are many countries that are hostile to Lin Daxin, and the British, our allies of the Entente, have begun to vigorously support Japan, and the meaning is self-evident, that is, to bury a nail around Lin Daxin." It can be seen from the attack on the Japanese mainland by the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin that the potential of the Japanese is still not small, and I think that we in France should also give Japan some support to this country, so that Japan can become the vanguard of our France in dealing with Lin Daxin. ”

The Secretary of the Admiralty, Gomis, continued: "It is not only Japan that deserves the support of our France, but also Russia, our other ally of the Entente, and I think we France deserve to support it even more. Although Russia suffered very large losses in this war and was occupied by Lin Daxin of nearly 10 million square kilometers of land, the most elite part of Russia's land is still in the hands of the Russians. ”

President Lubet nodded affirmatively and said: "We France should indeed vigorously support Russia, so that not only a sharper nail is placed beside Lin Daxin, but also the power of the Germans can be contained, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, but the Russians are not only our allies of France, but also allies of Britain, on the issue of supporting Russia, we had better communicate with Britain, I believe that Britain will also agree to support Russia." ”

The British and the French coincided and at the same time were ready to provide assistance to Russia, help Russia come out of the shadow of this war as soon as possible, and strengthen their strength in order to deal with Lin Daxin in the future, and even against the Central Powers led by Germany.

Even after the British and French contacts. The French also made plans to support Japan, and the British decided to increase their support for Japan. Britain and France both decided to win over Russia and Japan to help them deal with Lin Daxin in the future. And Russia can also become an important force to contain the Allies.

Stimulated by Lin Daxin's imminent establishment of a huge empire, the French added two more Dreadnought-class battleships, as well as a large number of other warships, and at the same time accelerated the expansion of the army and invested more money in the research and development of new weapons and equipment such as aircraft.

Lin Daxin suddenly overthrew the Manchu Qing in one fell swoop, which not only made the two countries of Britain and France make a series of moves, but also made other countries in the world busy.

Of course, the busy work of these countries is not to prevent Lin Daxin from building a new huge empire. can't stop it at all, but because Lin Daxin's huge empire is about to be established, many countries have increased their investment in military strength, after all, there are many countries that don't like Lin Daxin, as well as countries that have enmity with Lin Daxin.

However, Russia and Japan received strong support from Britain and France because of Lin Daxin's overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which made the Russian tsar and the Japanese emperor feel depressed about Lin Daxin's increased strength. But the blessing in disguise was the strong support of Britain and France, which was an unexpected surprise.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia said with a smile to the Russian Minister of Finance Witte, the Minister of the Navy Grand Duke Vichi, and the Minister of War Gorrosky: "I didn't expect that after Lin Daxin overthrew the Qing Dynasty, he would bring unexpected benefits to our Russia." ”

Russian Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte also smiled and said: "The loan that Britain and France promised us during the war. It has been decided to continue to issue them to us, so that our financial deficit will be greatly alleviated, and there will even be funds to increase the number of our dreadnought battleships. ”

Archduke Vicky, Minister of the Admiralty, said excitedly: "This is really good news. You must know that if we in Russia build only 1 dreadnought battleship, it is too few. Completely incompatible with the position of our Russia in the world. ”

Nicholas II asked: "Grand Duke Vicky, what about the data on the dreadnought battleships designed by the Admiralty?" How much does it cost? ”

Archduke Vechi, Minister of the Admiralty, said: "Your Majesty the Tsar. Based on the British Dreadnought, our Admiralty designed a more powerful Russian-class dreadnought battleship with a standard displacement of 19,200 tons, a full load displacement of 21,100 tons, and a length of 157 meters. The ship is 26.5 meters wide, has a maximum draft of 8.4 meters, is designed for a maximum speed of 20 knots, and is equipped with 10 twin 45 times the caliber 305 mm main gun, 16 130 mm secondary guns, 6 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 457 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belt 170 mm to 227 mm, deck armor 45 mm, main turret armor 245 mm, conning tower armor 245 mm, crew 810 people, it can be said that this dreadnought battleship is very powerful, even not inferior to the Dragon-class dreadnought battleship of the Northeast Navy, if only 1 Russian-class dreadnought battleship is built, the cost is about 2.45 million pounds, if several can be built at the same time, which can reduce the cost to about 2 million pounds. ”

The depreciation cost of shipbuilding facilities and fixtures is huge, coupled with the problem of scrap rate and rework rate caused by shipbuilding experience, so that the more dreadnought battleships are built, the cheaper it is, so many countries have built more than four dreadnought battleships of the same type, so that the cost is controlled to the most ideal.

And because of the raw materials and technology, the cost of building dreadnought battleships in Russia is much more expensive than that of the British and French.

Nicholas II thought for a moment and said to Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte: "Is there a problem with the allocation of funds for the construction of 3 Russian-class dreadnought battleships to the Admiralty from the British and French loans?" ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Werther hesitated, then nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty the Tsar!" Britain and France gave us the first loan of 10 million pounds to Russia, which could fully divert funds for the construction of three Russian-class dreadnought battleships. ”

Nicholas II gritted his teeth and said: "In addition, Tsar Ben will take out the funds for the construction of 2 more Russian-class dreadnought battleships from his private treasury, so that we can build 6 dreadnought battleships at the same time, and our Russian navy must rise again!" ”

Originally, Nicholas II was only willing to pay for the construction of 1 dreadnought, but now with loans from Britain and France, Nicholas II saw the hope of developing the Russian Navy, so he took out the funds for the construction of 2 dreadnought battleships.

With the support of loans from Britain and France, Russia also began to have funds to develop new weapons and equipment, such as aircraft, and War Minister Korrosky also received a loan to expand the Russian army's standing army.

Emperor Meiji still lived in Utsunomiya Castle after signing an armistice agreement with Lin Daxin in Japan, and did not return to Tokyo, at present, the entire Tokyo is almost in ruins, and the Imperial Palace in Tokyo has not been spared, the Japanese are cleaning up the ruins in Tokyo, rebuilding houses, and the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, but it will take a lot of time, and Emperor Meiji can only temporarily live in Utsunomiya Castle and wait for the Tokyo Imperial Palace to be rebuilt.

Japanese Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang came to the residence of Emperor Meiji with an excited face, and when he saw Empress Meiji, he said urgently: "Your Majesty the Emperor, good news! Britain is willing to build 2 Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts for our Empire Japan at cost price, and the funds for the construction of these 2 dreadnoughts can be regarded as Britain's loan to us. In addition, the French were willing to give us a low-interest loan to the Japanese Empire, and they were also willing to build us 2 dreadnoughts of the Lone class, which could also be counted as loans. ”

Emperor Meiji said with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect that Lin Daxin's overthrow of the Qing Dynasty would bring so many benefits to our Great Japanese Empire, which is equivalent to adding 4 dreadnought battleships at once, and we don't need to take out a penny of cash, hehe, in this way, the combined naval fleet of our Great Japanese Empire will be strong again." ”

Prime Minister Xiyuan Temple nodded again and again and said: "Britain and France only supported us Japan when they saw that Lin Daxin's strength was getting stronger and stronger, hoping that we could threaten Lin Daxin." ”

Emperor Meiji's original smile suddenly disappeared, and he sighed and said: "Our Great Japanese Empire's losses after this war are too great, and it will take a long time to threaten Lin Daxin!" (To be continued......)