The war in the Balkans is over, but the war in Africa is still burning, the British army in Nigeria has increased to 100,000 troops, but it is still unable to extinguish the flames of resistance, although they used five divisions of troops and nearly 10,000 casualties, captured most of the cities of the Fulani Empire, even including the capital Sokoto, but the Sokoto Sultan who retreated to Kano still led the coalition of various departments, backed by Cameroon, with a steady stream of German arms in his hands, resolutely resisted the British invasion.

Moreover, by this time, the imams who had passed from Istanbul to Cameroon had arrived in Kano and brought the greetings and encouragement of His Caliph Xià to the people of the Fulani Empire, in addition to the million pounds that Hamid II had personally assisted them, and the cries of jihad resounded throughout Northern Nigeria, and in the British-occupied areas, all kinds of attacks were frequent, making the British restless day and night.

Although they knew that this was Hamid II taking revenge on them, the British had been helpless against him for a long time, and the current Ottoman Empire itself was no longer easy to bully, whether at sea or on land, if you wanted to beat him, you had to be prepared to knock out your teeth, not to mention that there was a Tyrannosaurus rex standing behind him, not to mention that this old guy still had a circle of divine power on his head.

In Namibia, the Herero people, also under the guidance of British advisers, took the weapons aided by the British, and heroically resisted the German colonists, but it was clear that William's army was much more efficient than the British, and four German army divisions ran over the arid plateau like a steamroller, passing through mountains of corpses, and even the German soldiers drove the into the arid desert like rabbits, leaving them to die of thirst.

Anyway, are not human in the eyes of Europeans, and the British set up a few concentration camps in South Africa, and the death of tens of thousands of Boers caused unanimous condemnation throughout Europe and even their own countries, but the German army slaughtered in tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and no one felt that there was anything wrong.

In the words of the German Governor General in South-West Africa: There is no reason for these natives to survive until they learn to produce something of value for the superior races.

And his theory. In Europe, the vast majority of the mainstream media, including Tomorrow's Daily and People's Radio, unanimously agreed, although Britain and France would like to make an article on this issue, but unfortunately even their own domestic nations, no one cares about how many in Namibia die, and no one has ever done such a thing, every pickup is, there is no need to throw feces on each other, and now some places in the Confederacy have begun to prepare for the restoration of slavery. I didn't see anyone say anything.

After the end of the Balkan Wars, there was a temporary return to calm in Europe, and it is clear that this calm was not destined to last long, because some time ago Austria-Hungary bought the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire, and the feelings of the Serbian people were hurt, so that there were some attacks on Austro-Hungarian merchants, and two Austro-Hungarian merchants were killed, and the relationship between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was suddenly strained.

It is clear that this is a good opportunity to fight the water dogs, and the finances are bankrupt. Serbia, which suffered a military defeat and almost fell into the abyss of national destruction, has begun to exude an alluring aroma, at least Austria-Hungary is about to hold back. Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, even personally visited the large-scale military exercises in Bosnia, and this Grand Duke was not the same as Emperor Joseph, who had lost interest in expansion due to his age, and had long been thinking of making a move against Serbia, and it can be said that an invasion was imminent.

This caused extreme dissatisfaction among Britain, France, and Russia. While Austria-Hungary was conducting military exercises in Bosnia, the Russian Army was also beginning military exercises on the Russian-Austrian border in Ukraine, and the British Perfect Battlefleet, which had just withdrawn to Europe, entered the Mediterranean. Europe, which had been quiet for only a month, was immediately clouded again, and even Germany began to prepare for war in secret.

Fortunately, all parties finally restrained themselves this time, after all, the Balkan War has just ended, and it will take time to digest and absorb the military benefits brought to various countries, of course, more importantly, everyone is not ready, and Austria-Hungary is not in a hurry, the Serbs have experienced this fiasco, don't expect to recover in ten years, they have time.

At the same time, the arms race of various countries has also entered the white heat, Britain has six perfect battleships to join the fleet, and there will be ten more in the future to serve in half a year, they currently have 16 slipways to build this kind of battleship, and this is not counting those newly built cruisers, destroyers, all the shipyards in the United Kingdom are expanding the sea power of the British Empire at full capacity, and the naval military expenditure has risen again and again, that is, they really can't afford to build ships on a different scale.

The second batch of ten ships of the Germans will be commissioned in the next year, from which it can be seen that the gap in shipbuilding strength between the two countries, in the final analysis, no one can compare with the British Empire, in order to make up for the lack of domestic shipbuilding capacity, William even ordered six ships in Sweden.

And the French Navy also got their first two perfect battleships, and the other four will be delivered in six months, and the poor French Republic finally no longer has to live on the mercy of the British, and their navy, which has been reduced to a third-rate commodity, can also straighten its back in the face of the contemptuous gaze of others.

The Russians also got their first batch of four, of course, they did not build them themselves, in fact, these four have already been completed, but because of the tension between China and Russia caused by the Balkan War, they were detained by Emperor Yang in the shipyard in Sweden for various reasons, and the six ships built by the Russians themselves will be put into service in six months.

The Ottoman Navy got two, the wealthy Hamid II added four more orders, and they were ordered from China, Austria-Hungary got two from the Young's shipyard, and the four ships that started in its own country will be in service in another year, Italy did not order from the Young's shipyard, and the first batch of six ships were built in their own country, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire's own production was in service at about the same time. The Spanish Navy received two orders from China, four more were being built in Sweden, two more were ordered by the Brazilian Navy, and two more were ordered by Chile, which are the only four outside of Asian and European countries, of course, these battleships are more or less different according to the situation of each country, but the basis is the same, twelve 10,000 horsepower diesel engines, three-axle propulsion, and each four drive a propeller.

The only difference is the eight ships of the Swedish Navy, their eight are not standardized, but Yang Feng is specially built according to the operational needs of the Swedish Navy, the tonnage is very small, only less than 10,000 tons, but this 10,000-ton boat is equipped with 80,000 horsepower diesel engines, the speed is as high as 33 knots, and the cruising range is very short, so it saves a lot of space to load weapons, and there is no difference between armor protection and standardized battleships, but it is equipped with nine 280 rapid-fire guns, and a triple turret with two front and one back.

In addition, the Chinese Navy also added three battleships and three battle cruisers, making the Chinese Navy the second strongest after Britain, of course, because there is no other construction plan except for the follow-up six, so this second power can not last long, at most it can maintain the fourth, this position Emperor Yang is very satisfied, there is no need to put too much pressure on the European powers, now making money is the most important thing, in fact, if even China and Sweden are combined, the number of slipways that can build battleships in his hands is as much as Britain, Sweden alone has ten.

To put this thing bluntly, he will be used as a heavy cruiser in the future, there is no need to build too much, now his two super battleships and aircraft carriers have completed more than half of the hulls, especially the aircraft carriers can be launched and outfitted in half a year at most, in the final analysis, that is the real sea hegemon in the future, even those two super battleships, are nothing more than to satisfy his personal hobbies.

After all, eight battleships, although the eight battlecruisers are strong enough to maintain the interests of China now, compared with the huge fleets planned by European countries, at most they are at the level of France, and even Russia is not comparable, so those European powers are more at ease with Emperor Yang, and they are not fools. If China really wants to build a British-class navy, these guys will not be able to bother each other with confidence and boldness.

As a monopoly supplier of power systems and transmission systems, even if the battleships built by the European powers themselves, at least one-third of the cost of each fell into his pocket, according to the current cost of two million pounds for a standardized battleship, he himself took at least 800,000 pounds, not including follow-up maintenance, if even armor and artillery were purchased from him, then three-fifths of the cost of a battleship had to be handed over to him, Countries like Spain, Austria-Hungary, and Italy built their own, and in fact even bought them with armor and artillery.

This is only the battleship, there are a larger number of cruisers, destroyers, landing ships, these are also gold-absorbing beasts, except for Britain and Germany, which imitated the barely usable low-power version of the diesel engine for use in the destroyer, other countries are still completely dependent on Yang Feng.

During this time, Yang Feng can be said to have softened his hands in collecting money, and Britain alone has contributed more than 40 million pounds to him in this round of ship-building frenzy, and Hamid II has suffered more than 300,000 casualties and civilians with troops, and the money he earns from winning a war is not enough for him to earn more than a fraction of the money from selling diesel engines and warships, (to be continued......