At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin brought the British War Secretary Henry Wiley, the Admiral Fisher, and the Foreign Minister Marquess Lansdowne to his office.

These 3 people were originally the previous British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour's henchman, but Arthur? Balfort was affected by the defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin's war, which made Arthur? The Conservative Cabinet formed by Balfour fell, and Arthur? Balfour also resigned as prime minister, but these three people immediately chose to re-align themselves and relied on the current British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banervan, after a few years have passed, the 3 have already gotten Henry? Campbell? Banervan's trust.

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin said to the three people in a deep voice: "Japan is now applying to us to join the Entente, and at present, we, the British, and the French, have initially rejected the request of the Japanese, but the Russians are on the side of the Japanese, and the Japanese are not giving up, and they are still doing the work of applying to join the Entente." ”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, nodded and said: "The Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom, recently has been lobbying some of our British parliamentarians, hoping that the parliament can pass the matter of Japan's accession to the Entente, and also found my head, hoping that I can lobby His Excellency the Prime Minister, but I refused, but I think that absorbing Japan into the Entente is also a beneficial thing for us Britain, after all, we Britain are facing a very big threat to the Chinese Empire in Asia, if there can be such a strong ally as the Japanese, At least share some of the pressure on us in the UK and Asia. ”

The Marquis of Lansdownne had something left unspoken. Of course, he would not say it, although he kept saying that he refused the Japanese, but he privately received a cash check from the Japanese ambassador to Britain. Now the purpose of saying such a thing is self-evident.

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banervin frowned and said: "Letting the Japanese join the Entente, although it is a great help to resist the Chinese Empire, it may also be a fuse for the outbreak of war with the Chinese Empire. In recent years, Japan, with the support of Britain and France, has survived the trauma of the last war, and the Japanese navy and army are now ranked sixth in the world. Moreover, there is an air force that is not weak, and its comprehensive strength is already very strong militarily, but Japan is the same as Russia. Always thinking about waging war against the Chinese Empire, we Britain and France have been suppressing Russia, so that Russia will not easily provoke a war with the Chinese Empire, if Japan is allowed to join the Entente. The situation will be more complicated. ”

Admiral Fisher then said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister. After years of hard work, our Royal Navy of the British Empire has owned 39 dreadnought battleships, including 1 dreadnought-class dreadnought-class battleship, 8 Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class dreadnought-class battleships, 12 St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleships, 10 Neptune-class dreadnought battleships, and 8 giant-class dreadnought battleships, and has surpassed the 37 dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire in terms of the number of dreadnought battleships, and our navy also has a large number of warships of other types, including 50 all-steel battleships. The navies of Russia and Japan, the navies of our four countries, are absolutely sure to defeat the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire. ”

The British Navy had 60 all-steel battleships before the Eight-Nation Alliance's war with Lin Daxin, but lost 24 in the war. In addition, 14 more Edward VII-class all-steel battleships were built after the war, leaving the British Navy with 50 all-steel battleships. This warship was second only to dreadnought battleships.

Originally, the British also designed the next class of all-steel battleships Nelson-class, but because of the appearance of dreadnought battleships, this Nelson-class all-steel battleship could only exist on design drawings.

Neptune-class dreadnought battleships and giant-class dreadnought battleships are two dreadnought battleships built in large numbers by the British who felt the threat of the Chinese Imperial Navy and the German Navy.

Neptune-rated dreadnought battleship with a standard displacement of 19680 tons and a full load displacement of 22720 tons, The length of the ship is 166.4 meters, the width of the ship is 25.5 meters, the maximum draft is 8 meters, and the design maximum speed is 21 knots, the Neptune-rated dreadnought battleship has changed the main gun turret layout form of the British dreadnought battleship in the past, equipped with 10 twin 50 times the caliber 305 mm main gun, using a new turret layout design, the two main turrets on the amidship of the hull are arranged on both sides of the hull in a stepped manner, and the turret can shoot at the other side when the turret rotates at a certain angle, but the disadvantage is that the reverse firing angle is not large, and the firing range is limited.

In addition, the Neptune dreadnought battleship was armed with 14 105-mm secondary guns, 16 47-mm anti-aircraft guns, 3 450-mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belts from 157 mm to 228 mm, deck armor 54 mm, main turret armor 280 mm, conning tower armor 280 mm, and a crew of 757 people.

Because of the appearance of airplanes and the impact of Lin Daxin's use of airships to bomb the fleets of France and Russia, all countries have increased their anti-aircraft firepower when designing and building dreadnought battleships, and the 47-mm anti-aircraft guns on the Neptune-rated dreadnought battleships have reached an astonishing 16.

The Giant-class dreadnought battleship is designed on the basis of the Neptune-class dreadnought battleship, which is an improved version of the Neptune battleship, with the same firepower system, mainly strengthening the defensive armor, increasing the armor thickness of the waterline armor belt, watertight compartments and gun mounts, and strengthening the protection of the ammunition depot, with a standard displacement of 20225 tons and a full load displacement of 23050 tons, The length of the ship is 166.4 meters, the width of the ship is 25.9 meters, the maximum draft is 8.1 meters, the design maximum speed is 21 knots, 16 105 mm secondary guns, 3 533 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belts 195 mm to 280 mm, deck armor 76 mm, main turret armor 280 mm, conning tower armor 280 mm, crew 757.

War Secretary Henry Wiley continued: "We now have 2.1 million troops in the British Standing Army, not counting the armies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Our army garrisons in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma alone reached 1 million, including 150,000 of our British regular troops. In addition, in the four colonies mentioned above, there are more than 100 fighters and more than 30 bombers of the British Air Force, and in addition, we have implemented a reserve policy in India in recent years, and a large number of Indians have become reservists of our British Army. In the event of a war with the Chinese Empire, our army can quickly build up more troops in India, and our army is confident that it will hold on to the four colonies of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma, and even counterattack into the southwest of the Chinese empire with the help of the Russian army and the Japanese army. ”

The British Army has expanded a lot in recent years, but others have not been idle, with a huge 2.1 million British standing army. It can only be ranked fifth in the world, but the British Army is very well equipped, with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, new artillery and new machine guns. Equipped with the British Army, the British Army has made great progress in combat effectiveness compared with a few years ago.

Britain, whether navy or army, in the last war. They were all beaten up by fat. This is an indelible pain for the British army, which has always been the hegemon of the world, so the British navy and army are always thinking about the problem of shame, so on Japan's accession to the Entente, the British military agrees, with Britain, France, Russia, and Japan, the four military powers, together to attack the Chinese Empire, there will definitely not be such a bloody situation as the last war. There are 8 powerful countries in the world, but they have not beaten Lin Daxin, who was only a local force at that time.

And even more important were Lord of the Admiralty Fisher and Secretary of War Henry Wiley. There was also a cash check from the Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom in his pocket.

The British Air Force is currently equipped with nearly 500 fighters and bombers, but the fastest fighter has a maximum flight speed of only 190 kilometers per hour, which is much slower than the fighter speed of the Chinese Empire, which is also the reason why Britain is not equipped with more fighters on a large scale. It even exceeds the combined size of the three countries of Britain, France and Germany.

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Bannavin said helplessly: "If it is only the Chinese Empire, we can completely absorb Japan into the Entente, and then rely on the strength of our British Empire and the other three allies of the Entente to launch a war against the Chinese Empire, take revenge, and recapture the colonies in Southeast Asia that our British Empire lost, but gentlemen, our enemy is not only the Chinese Empire, but also the Allied Powers led by Germany, and we must not forget that Germany is also our enemy." ”

This is where the British are entangled, with the intensification of the military competition between various countries in recent years, the friction between the Entente and the Central Powers has become more and more intense, if a few years ago, the Entente and the Central Powers were able to join the Eight-Power Alliance together was considered a coincidence, then now it is almost difficult to let the Entente and the Central Powers stay in the same trench again.

The British wanted to repay the blood debt of Lin Daxin, who seized a large number of colonies a few years ago, but they had to worry that they would be taken advantage of by the Allies because of the damage to their strength.

In addition to the British fears, France, another country of the Entente, also had the same worries. You must know that the French hatred for Lin Daxin is not light, during the first war between Russia and Lin Daxin, the French suddenly jumped out with the heart of taking advantage, and sent the main force of the navy to Asia, preparing to solve the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin at that time with the Russian Navy, but the result was unexpectedly almost completely wiped out.

In the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin a few years ago, France lost a large number of army and naval warships, and the entire Asian colonies were robbed by Lin Daxin, which made the French hatred for Lin Daxin and the Chinese Empire he established deeper than the sea and higher than the sky!

Now, after several years of recuperation, France has long recovered from the last war, but because of the containment of the allies, France has no way to avenge that arrow.

At present, the French Navy has 8 dreadnought-class battleships and 8 Provence-class dreadnought battleships, as well as 31 all-steel battleships, a large number of warships of other types, and in terms of total displacement, it ranks fifth in the world naval rankings.

The Provence-class dreadnought battleships are designed and built on the basis of the Guba-class dreadnought battleships, with a standard displacement of 21,900 tons and a full load displacement of 24,200 tons. The length of the ship is 166.5 meters, the width of the ship is 28.5 meters, the maximum draft is 8.7 meters, the design maximum speed is 21 knots, and it is equipped with 10 twin 50 times caliber 305 mm main guns, 20 138 mm secondary guns, 14 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 450 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belts 208 mm to 290 mm, deck armor 45 mm, main turret armor 300 mm, conning tower armor 300 mm, and a crew of 910 people.

In the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin, the French Navy lost 15 all-steel battleships, but after the war, France had 8 Liberty-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 14,900 tons, and 6 Dandong-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 18,400 tons, which were built one after another and entered service with the French Navy, making the number of all-steel battleships of the French Navy still have 31.

After the end of the last war, and under the influence of military competition among various countries, the French Army has continued to expand its scale, and the number of the entire French standing army has reached an astonishing 2.3 million, according to the calculation of troops, only after the Chinese Empire, Russia, Germany, and before the British Army.

The French Army, like the armies of other countries, is equipped with a large number of new weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles, which makes the French Army's combat effectiveness stronger.

France's newly formed air force is equipped with fighters and bombers, which are similar in performance to the British fighters, so at present, the French air force is only equipped with more than 400 fighters, waiting for the aircraft to be more powerful, and then equipped with a large number of more advanced fighters.

Britain and France are eager to start a war against the Chinese Empire immediately and regain their lost colonies, but the strength of the Chinese Empire is undoubted, that is, to pull the Russians over, and then count the Japanese, after the war against the Chinese Empire, if the victory is also a disastrous victory, then the Allies who are watching the play on the sidelines will not sit on the sidelines and reap the benefits of the fisherman! (To be continued......)

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