The news that the Ottoman Turkish Empire suddenly joined the Central Powers made Germany, Italy and Austria of the Central Powers happy, but it made the Entente Britain, France and Russia feel very unhappy about this, especially Russia, which was unhappy and uncomfortable at the same time for its old enemy Ottoman Turkey Empire to join the Central Powers.

You must know that it has been nearly 30 years since the last Russian-Turkish war, if it weren't for the first major war between Russia and Lin Daxin, maybe the 11th Russian-Turkish war would have started a long time ago, and now Russia has eased up from the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin, Tsar Nicholas II is even a little cautious, preparing to find self-esteem in the Ottoman Turkish Empire, after all, Russia has not had news of victory for a long time, and the 11th Russian-Turkish War can be launched against the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Boost morale in Russia.

Now that the Ottoman Turkish Empire has suddenly joined the Central Powers, Russia cannot easily start a war against this old enemy, and if Russia launches a war against the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the future, it will be tantamount to provoking a major war between the Entente and the Central Powers.

The Ottoman Turks joined the Central Powers, which did not allow the Central Powers to surpass the Allies, but they also narrowed the gap in power between the two sides.

After the British and French joined the Central Powers in the Ottoman Turkish Empire, they also took into account the contrast in strength between the two sides, and became enthusiastic about Japan's accession to the Entente.

However, the British and French, of course, did not have no bottom line in order to strengthen the strength of the Entente. After still not agreeing to the Japanese joining the Entente, they dragged the entire Entente into the quagmire of war with the Chinese Empire.

The idea of the British and the French was to compensate Japan in other ways, such as forgiving some loans given to Japan by some two countries. After converting this part of the loan into free aid, and getting Japan to agree to join the Entente, the name of the Chinese Empire will be eliminated from the enemies that the Entente are jointly guarded against, and if war breaks out between Japan and the Chinese Empire, the other countries of the Entente will not be obliged to declare war on the Chinese Empire with Japan.

The Japanese are wishful thinking about Britain and France. Of course not, the real purpose of their desire to join the Entente was to find allies in the event of a war between Japan and the Chinese Empire. Three countries of the Entente can stand with Japan. Just by forgiving some loans, Japan gave up its original intention of joining the Entente, and at the same time added enemies of the three countries of the Allied Powers, which was very important for Japan. Absolutely unacceptable.

So Japan joined the Entente. The impasse was reached for the time being, and Britain and France and Japan entered into tug-of-war negotiations, while Russia, another country of the Entente, was in favor of Japan joining the Entente with both hands, but Russia's opinion could not affect the decision-making of Britain and France.

In fact, in terms of the choice of the Entente and the Central Powers to strengthen their respective forces and attract new allies, neither the Ottoman Empire nor Japan was the most desired ally of both sides, and the most desired ally of the Entente and the Central Powers was the United States of America.

The United States is one of the countries of the G-8 alliance. Considering Lin Daxin's huge influence in the United States, he only sent a small number of warships and a small number of land forces in the war. In the end, it was equivalent to only losing some old warships and symbolically compensating 500,000 pounds, but this was also Lin Daxin's consideration of his huge industry in the United States, which gave the United States some face, otherwise the United States would have signed an armistice agreement so easily.

Although the United States did not exert much effort in the war, other countries in the eight-nation alliance that were stronger than the United States in military strength made great efforts, and the war still presented a one-sided situation, which made the United States full of vigilance against the Chinese empire established by Lin Daxin on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and was very afraid that Lin Daxin would set his sights on the United States.

In the past few years after the end of the war, the United States, which was full of worries, increased its military investment in order to guard against the Chinese Empire, not only building a navy with a total displacement that ranks fourth in the world, but also expanding the very weak US Army to 600,000, ranking ninth in the world in terms of military strength.

The U.S. Navy currently has 4 South Carolina-class dreadnought battleships, 10 Delaware-class dreadnought, 6 Florida-class dreadnought, and 6 Wyoming-class dreadnought, for a total of 26 dreadnought.

The Florida-class dreadnought battleship is a gradual modification of the Delaware-class dreadnought battleship, the two stages of the ship are similar in appearance, only after the rear mainmast is converted to the rear chimney, the displacement is larger, the armor thickness of some key parts is increased, and the full load displacement reaches 23033 tons, and the firepower is the same as that of the Delaware-class dreadnought.

The Wyoming-class dreadnought battleships have a standard displacement of 26000 tons and a full load displacement of 27240 tons, The ship has a length of 171.2 meters, a width of 28.4 meters, a maximum draft of 8.4 meters, a designed maximum speed of 20.5 knots, and is equipped with 6 twin 50x caliber 305 mm main guns, 21 127 mm secondary guns, 10 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belts 220 mm to 280 mm, deck armor 47 mm, main turret armor 280 mm, conning tower armor 280 mm, and a crew of 863 people.

The displacement of the Wyoming-class dreadnought battleship has reached the standard of a super dreadnought, but because it is still equipped with a 305 mm main gun, it can only be classified as a dreadnought, but the next level of the New York-class dreadnought battleship of the United States has begun to be built, this class is equipped with a 45 times caliber 356 mm main gun, and the standard displacement has reached 27,000 tons, which can be called a super dreadnought battleship.

At present, among the countries in the world, only the Chinese Empire, the United Kingdom and the United States have begun to build super dreadnought battleships, and Germany and France have the strength to build super dreadnought battleships, but the dreadnought battleships being built by shipyards in two countries do not belong to super dreadnought battleships.

The Caesar-class dreadnought battleships that Germany is currently building at the same time, although they have a full load displacement of more than 25000 tons. However, the main guns of the Caesar-class are still only 305 mm, which can only be regarded as the ranks of dreadnought battleships, and the situation is the same as the Lorraine-class dreadnought-class battleships currently under construction in France and the German Caesar-class dreadnought. Because the caliber of the main gun does not reach 343 mm, it cannot be classified as a super dreadnought battleship.

As for other countries, none of them have the strength to build super-dreadnought battleships in the short term, and funding is a big problem for these countries.

In addition, the U.S. Navy lost only 3 old Indiana-class all-steel battleships in the last war, and the remaining 31 all-steel battleships were intact, plus the United States entered service with 4 Mississippi-class all-steel battleships after the war, making the U.S. Navy now have 34 all-steel battleships. Counting other types of warships in the U.S. Navy, it ranks fourth among the world's navies.

The U.S. Army was largely dismantled after the Civil War at home. Only a few tens of thousands of dollars were retained, which allowed the United States to use the funds used for military affairs to other construction projects and go all out to develop the American economy. However, with the end of the Spanish-American War. The United States has consciously strengthened the size of its army, and in recent years, it has expanded again and again, reaching about 600,000, surpassing the number of armies of many countries.

Moreover, the United States, which is not short of money, has also invested a lot of money in the research of new equipment for the army, so that the US Army is now equipped with tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and other heavy equipment, although it is worse than that of the Chinese Empire and Germany. But compared with the British Army, the French Army, it is not inferior.

However, the U.S. Army has too few experienced veterans. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the US Army is weaker than that of the British, French and German armies, but compared with the Russian Army, the US Army still has a comparison.

The United States has also newly formed an air force, but the performance of the fighters equipped by the US Air Force is not as good as the fighters equipped by the air forces of Britain, France, and Germany, and the Americans are not stupid; since the performance of the fighters is not good, they will not carry out large-scale manufacturing, but will devote their energies to the development of new fighters, and the number of fighters equipped by the US Air Force does not exceed 200 at present.

The United States is already an economic power, and its military strength has developed over the past few years, and it should not be underestimated, especially the US Navy, which makes both the Entente and the Central Powers very eager to draw the United States into their camp, but the US Government still adopts an isolated foreign policy and tries to avoid alliances that bear political and military obligations to foreign countries in order to safeguard and expand US interests.

Moreover, the Americans firmly believe that this policy of isolation of theirs is the best choice for the United States, and in the face of the entente and the Allied powers, they turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear, and no matter what tempting conditions the Entente and the Central Powers put forward, that is, they insist that Qingshan will not relax and will not form an alliance with any of these European countries.

The Entente and the Allies paid attention to other countries, and the Allies pulled the Ottoman Empire to become a new ally, and the two countries of the Entente, Britain and France, originally set their sights on Spain, but Spain was still hesitating, so the Japanese jumped out and took the initiative to apply to join the Entente, but unfortunately Japan's purpose was too obvious, and Britain and France in the Entente were unwilling to wade into troubled waters, especially the Chinese Empire.

If Japan could take the initiative to clean up the troubled waters of the Chinese Empire, Britain and France would raise their hands to welcome Japan into the Entente.

As for Spain, which is favored by Britain and France, the strength at this time is simply incomparable to that of Spain in the same period in history.

Although Spain still lost all its colonies as it did in history, what is different from history is that Spain's Philippine colony, as well as Spain's two important strategic islands in the Pacific, Guam and Wake Island, were sold to Lin Daxin by Spain for 11 million pounds, and Spain's Cuban colonies and Puerto Rico colonies were also given to the United States for $10 million.

After the end of the Spanish-American War, King Alfonso XIII of Spain can be said to have made great efforts to carry out some industrial and commercial reforms, and increased military investment.

Before the Dreadnought was born, Spain had already built six all-steel battleships, and two more were built, bringing the Spanish navy to eight all-steel battleships.

After the appearance of dreadnought battleships, King Alfonso XIII issued an order to the Spanish Admiralty that the Spanish Navy must have dreadnought battleships.

However, with the technology of Spanish shipyards, it was difficult to produce dreadnought battleships, so the designers of the Spanish Navy designed a dreadnought battleship that could be manufactured by their own shipyards, known as the Spanish-class dreadnought battleships.

The Spanish-class dreadnought battleship is definitely the smallest dreadnought battleship in the world, with a standard displacement of only 14,450 tons and a full load displacement of 15,850 tons. The maximum speed is 19.5 knots, it is equipped with 8 45 times caliber 305 mm guns, in order to install 4 turrets with twin main guns on the narrow hull, and to maintain the balance of the hull when firing guns to one side at the same time, the two turrets in the amidships are staggered on both sides of the ship, and 1 main gun turret is installed in the bow and stern direction, in addition to 20 102 mm secondary guns, 6 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, and 4 457 mm torpedo tubes.

The hull space of this class is relatively small, and the defensive armor is also very weak in order to save weight, the thickest part of the waterline armor is only 203 mm, the deck armor is 38 mm, the main turret armor is 203 mm, the conning tower armor is 254 mm, and the crew needs 854 people.

The Spanish class dreadnought battleships, a total of 4 were built in Spain, and all of them have entered service with the Spanish Navy.

4 battleships that can barely be called dreadnoughts, 8 all-steel battleships, plus other types of warships of the Spanish Navy, put the Spanish Navy in the eleventh place in the world ranking.

Spain's current standing army strength has also reached 400,000, which is the same as the Spanish Navy's world ranking, and also ranks eleventh, and the equipment of the Spanish Army is also relatively advanced, and a large number of new army equipment such as tanks developed and produced by Spain itself are equipped with various Spanish units.

In addition, Spain also followed the trend and established a new air force, equipped with more than 100 fighters, most of which were imported from Britain and France.

Spain, whose navy and army are not weak, have long entered the field of vision of Britain and France, and proposed to Spain to join the Entente, but King Alfonso XIII of Spain was somewhat reluctant to get involved in the struggle between the Entente and the Central Powers, or the interests proposed by Britain and France, which did not make King Alfonso XIII moved. (To be continued......)

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