Lin Daxin in modern time and space, this time did not stay long, only stayed for one day, in the early morning of the second day of modern time and space, Lin Daxin was in a room on the top floor of the mansion villa on Repulse Bay Road, started the crossing ring, and returned to the time and space of the Chinese Empire, after all, in the time and space of the Chinese Empire, after the border conflict with Russia, a cloud of war has shrouded the body of the Chinese Empire.

Lin Daxin returned to the Forbidden City, and learned that Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, had come to see him yesterday, and immediately ordered someone to call Li Kun and let Li Kun enter the palace to face the saint.

Soon Li Kun came to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, and after meeting Lin Daxin, Li Kun said: "Your Majesty, according to the latest news obtained by our Military Intelligence Bureau, the Americans have purchased Japan's $60 million national debt, and the Japanese are now using this huge amount of money to not only prepare to form 30 new army divisions, from light divisions to standing divisions, but also to Japanese shipyards to order three Amagi-class dreadnought battleships, and the Japanese have also begun the design of super dreadnought battleships. ”

Lin Daxin frowned and said: "I didn't expect the Americans to jump out at this time, this is obviously to find trouble for us, Japan, which is in financial difficulties, has this huge amount of 60 million US dollars, which is equivalent to alleviating the urgent need, and Japan's military expansion can also be carried out normally, which is really not good news for our Chinese empire." ”

A border conflict had already broken out with Russia, and war clouds were gathering on the border between the two countries, and Russia was still eyeing Britain and France behind it, but now the situation on this side is complicated, and Japan has received the support of the United States with this huge amount of money. The pace of military expansion will inevitably be accelerated, and why the Japanese are expanding their military is so obvious. If the Chinese Empire were to face a two-front war, the war situation would be a little difficult to handle.

Li Kun continued: "Your Majesty. The United States has decided to double the number of the standing army of the United States, from 600,000 to 1.2 million, and the United States is also preparing to build six Nevada-class dreadnought battleships immediately, plus the six New York-class dreadnought battleships being built in the American shipyard, which is equivalent to the United States building 12 dreadnought battleships at once! ”

Lin Daxin asked: "Can Nevada-class dreadnought battleships also be considered in the category of super dreadnought battleships?" ”

Li Kun nodded and said: "Nevada-class dreadnought battleship, equipped with 10 45 times caliber 356 mm main guns, with a standard displacement of 27,500 tons and a full load displacement of 28,400 tons. With a maximum speed of 20.5 knots, it is a veritable super dreadnought battleship. ”

Lin Daxin sighed and said: "The economic strength of the United States is really not weak, and our general-class super dreadnought battleships have only built 12 at once, and the Americans have caught up with them all at once." ”

Li Kun said: "Your Majesty, these actions of the Americans are 100% aimed at our Chinese Empire, and our military intelligence bureau analyzes that if we break out a war with Russia, or even Britain and France. The wishful thinking of the Americans may be to launch an attack on our Chinese empire when both of us are losing and fighting for control of the Pacific. ”

Lin Daxin sneered. Then he said: "It seems that the Americans are unwilling to be lonely, and they can't sit still when they see that our Chinese Empire may have to break out into war with Britain, France, and Russia in the Entente countries. I want to pick up the bargain, hmph - I'll let the Americans know why the flowers are so red. Let the Americans shoot themselves in the foot! ”

Li Kun said with some apprehension: "Your Majesty, if the Japanese are after the war breaks out between us and Russia. If we get involved, we will be faced with a two-front situation, so do we need to start expanding the size of our Royal Army now? ”

Lin Daxin waved his hand and said: "No need, don't look at the Japanese to expand the army, if they want to use the army on our territory, they must first defeat the Royal Navy of our Chinese Empire, otherwise the Japanese will expand the army of 10 million, and they can only be trapped on the three islands of Japan." ”

Li Kun nodded, this is true, the current strength of the Japanese Navy, compared with the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, is not a little bit worse, if the Japanese Army wants to threaten the mainland of the Chinese Empire, it also needs Japan to first build a larger naval fleet, only adding 3 Amagi-class dreadnought battleships is not enough to change the gap in the comparison of naval strength between the two sides.

Lin Daxin asked Li Kun: "Is there any new news in Russia?" ”

Li Kun replied: "Your Majesty, after the border conflict, Russia has accelerated the formation of four new group armies, and it may take about one month for Russia to have four new group armies, bringing the total strength of the Russian army to 5.1 million, and according to the intelligence of our military intelligence bureau, the British and the French have been in frequent contact with the Russians in the past few days, and it is very likely that they will increase the intensity of support for Russia on the basis of the original support." ”

Lin Daxin said thoughtfully: "It seems that the British and French are going to support the Russians and launch a war against our Chinese Empire!" ”

In the past few years, the reason why Russia has been able to recover so quickly from the last war is inseparable from the vigorous support of Britain and France, and now it is necessary to increase the intensity of support, obviously to help Russia reorganize its armament and war, so that Russia can wage war against the Chinese Empire!

The British and the French actually cried out in their hearts, they really didn't want the Russians to start a war against the Chinese Empire now, after all, the strength of the Chinese Empire was there, but the persuasion of Britain and France to Russia was unsuccessful, and the Russian Tsar Nicholas II was determined to fight to the death with the Chinese Empire this time.

Although the British and French were not tied to the chariot by the Russians, there were two invisible ropes on the Russian chariot, which were tied around the necks of the British and French, and when the Russian chariot moved forward, the British and French would immediately be tightened by the invisible rope and could not breathe, and if they did not run with the Russian chariot, they would be easily strangled. Without Russia, the remaining two countries of the Entente, Britain and France, would be completely inferior in the face of the Allies, and the whole of Europe would belong to the Allies.

At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Bannavin said helplessly to the British War Secretary Henry Wiley, the Navy Secretary Fisher, and the Foreign Minister Marquis Lansdowne, the three British military and political dignitaries: "I am very sorry, I and the French President Lubet. Persuasions to Tsar Nicholas II failed. The crazy Nicholas II was bent on revenge. The recapture of the lands that Russia had lost was no longer a matter of other concerns. ”

British War Secretary Henry Wiley sighed and said: "This mentality of the Russian tsar is also understandable, after all, the Chinese Empire now occupies the original territory of Russia with an area of more than 15 million square kilometers, and it is understandable that Nicholas II wants to regain the lost territory, but with the strength of Russia, it is impossible to defeat the Chinese Empire, and it will drag our Britain and France into the water, this situation is really bad." ”

Admiral Fisher frowned and said, "The question now is, what should we do in Britain?" Don't you care about Russia? ”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, said with a wry smile: "If you don't care about the Russians." Once a war breaks out between the Chinese Empire and Russia, the whole of Russia will be annexed by the Chinese Empire. ”

British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin then said: "I have communicated with President Loubé of France that we, the British and the French, will provide Russia with a huge amount of money free of charge for the rearmament of the Russians, and we will give the Russians 30 million pounds of free aid. ”

Heard British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin said that to give the Russians 30 million pounds of gratuitous aid, War Secretary Henry Wiley, Admiral Fisher, and Foreign Minister Marquis Lansdowne couldn't help but gasp, 30 million pounds is enough to build 10 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships, and there are still a lot of pounds left. Now such a large sum of money is in vain to aid the Russians.

The Orion-class Super Dreadnought is the first super dreadnought battleship designed and built by the British, and currently has 8 ships under construction in shipyards in the United Kingdom, with a standard displacement of 22,200 tons and a full load displacement of 25,870 tons. The length of the ship is 177 meters, the width of the ship is 27 meters, and the maximum draft is 8.2 meters. It is designed to have a maximum speed of 21 knots, and 5 twin guns with 45 times the caliber of 343 mm. 16 102-mm secondary guns, 14 47-mm anti-aircraft guns. 3 533-mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belt 200 mm to 305 mm, deck armor 76 mm, main turret armor 280 mm, conning tower armor 280 mm, crew 752 people.

Admiral Fisher hesitated for a moment and said, "Prime Minister, we have given the Russians such a large sum of money for nothing, but can the Russians defeat the Chinese Empire with this money?" ”

British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin shrugged his shoulders and said: "Not only will we British give the Russians 30 million pounds for nothing, but the French will also give the Russians nearly 30 million pounds worth of francs, as for whether the Russians can defeat the Chinese Empire, I think there is little hope, but the Russians promise that most of this gratuitous aid will be used to develop the army, and further expand the scale of the Russian army, when the war breaks out between Russia and the Chinese Empire, the Russians will use an extremely large army to fight with the Chinese Empire to the end. Maybe the Russians can really work miracles. ”

British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Bannavin still has some unsaid, if Russia can really rely on the army and gain an advantage over the Chinese Empire in the war, then Britain and France can completely join in at that time!

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia said excitedly to Russian Finance Minister Witte, Navy Minister Makarov, and War Minister Gorrosky: "Haha! The British and the French finally agreed to give us a huge amount of gratuitous aid to Russia, the British would give us 30 million pounds, and the French would give us nearly 30 million pounds worth of francs, and at last we in Russia would have money! ”

The three important Russian ministers already knew the good news, and when Tsar Nicholas II finished speaking, Russian Finance Minister Witte said happily: "With this huge amount of money, the financial pressure of our Russian Empire will immediately become better, and there will be more funds that can be used for military rearmament." ”

Admiral Minister Makarov said regretfully: "It's a pity that this huge amount of money cannot be used for the manufacture of naval warships, otherwise our Russian Navy can add a few more dreadnought battleships!" ”

War Minister Gorrosky said with joy: "The construction of warships in the navy requires a long process, and the pace of the war between us and the Chinese Empire can already be heard, and it is too late to build warships now, and even this huge amount of money is invested in our Russian Navy, and it cannot catch up with the Navy of the Chinese Empire, so it is better to continue to expand the army, and the war between our Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire still has to rely on the ground to divide the final victory." ”

Tsar Nicholas II nodded and said: "This huge amount of money given by Britain and France, except for a part of the expenses left for the war with the Chinese Empire, the rest of the funds will be used to continue to expand the army of our Russian Empire!" Gorrosky, what happened to the 4 newly formed armies? ”

"Your Majesty the Tsar, the personnel are all in place, training is underway, the weapons and equipment are in place, in addition to heavy weapons, they are also in place, if you take into account the factor of heavy weapons, in about one month, you can complete the formation," Korrosky said. ”

Tsar Nicholas II thought about it for a while and said: "The standing army of the Chinese Empire has reached 4.3 million, and we have completed the formation of 17 group armies, and the total strength is only 5.1 million. ”

Hearing that Tsar Nicholas II suddenly raised his voice and called his name, Gorrosky immediately bowed down and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister is here!" ”

"The Tsar will give the War Department an unlimited appropriation, and the War Department must immediately begin to form new army groups, at least 10 more army groups, 3 million army units! If possible, the more the new army builds, the better! Tsar Nicholas II said with some excitement.

What the! 10 armies! 3 million army troops! What's going on? His Majesty the Tsar seems to be ready to fight to the death!

The three important Russian ministers, Gorrosky, Makarov and Werther, were stunned by the magnanimity of Tsar Nicholas II...... (To be continued......)