As soon as the Grand Duke of Vicky said that if Russia built a battleship like the Dreadnought, the cost might reach between 2.6 million pounds and 2.8 million pounds, which immediately made Tsar Nicholas II's brows furrow, this price is too expensive, and it is more than enough to build 2 Borodino-class all-steel battleships, but Tsar Nicholas II has a hunch that this kind of battleship is the trend of future battleships.

So Nicholas II said: "Vicky, your Admiralty will first design such a battleship, and Tsar Ben will raise funds for the construction of such a battleship." ”

Nicholas II glanced at the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Werther, who was going to allocate a portion of the loans and gratuitous aid funds given by Britain and France for the construction of this new type of Russian battleship.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witte, understood the reason why Nicholas II looked at him, and sighed in his heart, originally he was going to use a considerable part of the money allocated by Britain and France for the construction of some factories in Russia to strengthen Russia's industrial strength, but now it seems that this part of the money cannot be squeezed out.

In the office of Lin Daxin, the governor of Shenyang City, Wu Peifu, chief of the general staff of the Dingbei Army, Jiang Hui, chief of the general staff of the Northeast Navy, and Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, were all found here by Lin Daxin.

Wu Peifu said: "Principal, at present, the first, second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth field armies of the Northern Army have advanced to the Yenisei River, and all the areas east of the Yenisei River in the Siberian region of Russia have been occupied by our army, and the Kazakhstan region of Russia has also been captured by the Fourth Field Army. The tide of the battle is entirely under our control. ”

Lin Daxin nodded, and then said to Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau: "Tell Chief of General Staff Wu the latest information obtained by the Military Intelligence Bureau." ”

Li Kun then said: "Our intelligence officers in Russia have just sent back information from France, Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary in the Eight-Nation Alliance. Both have sent their armies into Russian territory, and France has sent 250,000 troops. Austria-Hungary sent 150,000 troops, Italy sent 100,000 troops, all of which have entered the Russian-controlled area of Siberia east of the Ural Mountains, that is, the area east of the Ural Mountains and west of the Yenisei River, plus the 1.2 million troops deployed by the Russian army here, the Eight-Nation Alliance has gathered 1.7 million troops in this area, and in Krasnoyarsk, an important town on the Yenisei River, the Eight-Nation Alliance has mobilized heavy troops to defend it, which is now conservatively estimated. It also had to have nearly 600,000 troops, and it is worth noting that most of the French army entered the city of Krasnoyarsk. In addition, Germany sent 200,000 troops into the western part of Kazakhstan, and together with the 200,000 Russian troops there, the eight-nation alliance has 400,000 troops in the western part of Kazakhstan. ”

Lin Daxin then said to Wu Peifu: "In the next battle, we will not only face the Russian army, but also face the armies of several other countries, especially the French Army and the German Army, whose combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Russian Army. ”

Wu Peifu thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "Headmaster." In the Siberian direction, we are preparing to launch an offensive on Krasnoyarsk, an important town on the Yenisei River, and at present the first, second, third, fifth, sixth, and five field armies are already approaching Krasnoyarsk. For the armies of other European countries that appeared, especially the French Army, we decided that the General Staff of the Northern Army would send a telegram to the front-line troops to tell them to be careful. Don't capsize in the gutter. In addition, the 30 new divisions of 20,000 people newly formed by our Dingbei Army have been completed ahead of schedule. The students thought that they could send some of them to the front line to support the troops on the front line. Especially in the Kazakhstan region of Russia, the Fourth Field Army will face 200,000 German troops and 200,000 Russian troops, and the strength is somewhat weak. ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said: "You should make a plan for increasing the number of troops in the General Staff of the Northern Army, but don't send all the 30 newly formed 20,000 new divisions to the northern front, our good show in the south is about to start, and we have to leave a part to deal with the battlefield in the south." ”

Jiang Hui, chief of the general staff of the Northeast Navy, said with a smile: "Marshal, it is not impossible for the army to transfer all the newly formed 30 newly formed divisions to the northern front, and at present in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, the Eight-Nation Alliance only has more than 5,000 British Army personnel, more than 3,000 French Army personnel, and five Japanese Army divisions and regiments of less than 100,000 people. Our navy is confident that not a single soldier will be able to land in the south. ”

Lin Daxin, Wu Peifu and Li Kun all smiled, no one thought that Jiang Hui was bragging, as long as they thought about the 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships hidden in the Northeast Navy, no one would think that Jiang Hui was bragging.

Lin Daxin asked: "Now that the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries has arrived in Singapore, how is your navy prepared?" ”

Jiang Hui said confidently: "Marshal, don't worry, this time our navy has made sufficient preparations, and as soon as the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries arrives in the Taiwan Strait, our navy will definitely give them a super big surprise, the main force of our navy's 6 fleets and 14 submarines, as well as the secret fleet composed of 6 dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships, have all arrived in the Taiwan Strait, ready to fight a decisive battle with the navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance at any time." ”

The Northeast Navy's actions have not been disguised, and a forbidden area has been drawn in the Taiwan Strait, just waiting for the navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance to come to a decisive battle, and because it is a forbidden area, 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial-level super dreadnought battleships have not been exposed until now, and when the world is still marveling at the Dreadnought battleships launched by the British, they do not know that 13 more powerful dreadnought battleships are already sharpening their knives and preparing to attack the naval fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and start the prestige of dreadnought battleships.

At this time, the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries has arrived in Singapore, this joint expeditionary fleet has a total of 60 all-steel battleships, 36 large fast armored cruisers, 60 fast protection cruisers, 60 destroyers, 72 torpedo boats, 6 submarines, 2 ironclad battleships, plus more than 100 large and small transport ships, even the port of Singapore can not dock so many ships, can only let most of the ships stop on the sea outside the port, If the naval officers and sailors of various countries on the warships and the army officers and men dispatched by European countries on the transport ships want to go ashore, they can only take small boats such as lifeboats and take turns to board Singapore.

The Majesty-class all-steel battleship HMS Majestic is the flagship of the British Navy, and British Admiral Bridget will be the commander-in-chief of the British Navy's operations, including the fleet from the British mainland, as well as several fleets of the British Navy in Asia.

Bridget was the commander who had commanded the British convoy in battle with the Northeast Navy two years earlier, and this time the British thought he knew his opponent and sent him to Asia with the fleet.

After consulting with the navies of several other countries, Bridget will also serve as the commander-in-chief of the entire eight-nation alliance navy, and after the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries arrived in Singapore, Bridget first met with the commander of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy in Singapore, and got the information he needed, so he immediately sent someone to find the commanders of the naval fleets of several other countries on the Majesty.

The commander of the French naval fleet, François, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberto, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, all came to the bridge of the all-steel battleship Majesty.

After seeing that everyone had arrived, Bridget said: "According to intelligence, the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin has arrived in the Taiwan Strait, but it has not attacked Fuzhou City in Fujian Province, and is obviously preparing to fight to the death with the navy of our Eight-Nation Alliance." ”

The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, said with a little excitement: "That's right, we can annihilate Lin Daxin's bastard Northeast Navy in one fell swoop, and then the army can easily land in the south of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

This is the third time that he has led the fleet to Asia, he once took two Italian naval expeditionary fleets, all of which were wiped out in the hands of the Northeast Navy, and he himself walked into the prisoner of war camp twice, this time he came to take revenge, and he was completely 100% confident this time, but the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries came over this time with 60 all-steel battleships, plus the fleets of Britain, France, and Japan in Asia, as well as the fleets sent by the United States, the total number of all-steel battleships can definitely exceed 100.

And the entire Northeast Navy has only 40 all-steel battleships, and if this naval battle breaks out, it will definitely win.

François, commander of the French naval fleet, also nodded and said: "This opportunity is very rare, we now have a complete advantage, and when we join several other fleets in Asia, this advantage will be even more obvious." ”

François led the French powerful expeditionary fleet, in the end only Cecilia all-steel battleship and Madeleine large fast armored cruiser two warships spared, this time he took the initiative to ask Ying to wash away his shame, he believed that this time the Northeast Navy fleet could be completely wiped out, for the last naval battle, the death of tens of thousands of French naval officers and sailors. (To be continued......)

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