"It seems that the Japanese have spared no effort to build a new navy. (souduwo.)" Looking at the several telegrams in front of him, Xu Jie sneered and said that after Japan sent the naval officer corps to the United States, the intelligence agencies under Beiyang have begun to pay attention to Japan's every move abroad, not only the officer corps stationed in the United States, but also Japanese diplomats and military attaches in European countries have also frequently appeared in major shipyards. This series of actions made Xu Jie start to pay attention to the small country in the east again!

After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan's national strength was dealt an extremely serious blow, and it can be said that it must not be too much to build on all the achievements of the more than 20 years of the People's Restoration, coupled with the sudden attack of Russia, the occupation of a large area of Japanese territory, once put Japan on the verge of extinction.

But what I didn't expect was that under the deliberate blood transfusion of the British government, Japan not only survived the most serious crisis, but even pushed the front forward a little, although it was unable to drive the Russians out of the country because of the heavy losses during the First Sino-Japanese War, but the army was no longer a big problem to defend the remaining territory. Of course, this is also due to the fact that the Trans-Siberian Railway has not yet been completed, and the Russian Army's operations in the Far East are subject to various restrictions.

As for the economy, in line with the principle of building an army no matter how poor it is. In addition to maintaining the size of the army to defend against the Russian attack, Japan at this time was fully aware that without a navy, Japan would simply not be able to drive the Russians out of the occupied territory! Moreover, with the strengthening of the Russian Far East Fleet and the extension of the Northwest Siberian Railway to the Far East inch by inch, the Japanese government became more and more anxious, hoping to achieve the pace of naval reconstruction as soon as possible.

For Japan today, it is obviously unrealistic to want to build a navy comparable to the scale of the combined fleet in those days. It's not just financially not allowed. Moreover, after the First Sino-Japanese War, most of the elite navy who had worked hard to train for more than 20 years were killed or wounded, and in the following three years, the army was the mainstay, so there was a great shortage of naval professionals. Of course, a dome ship like Yoshino Takasago is not attractive to Japan, but an armored cruiser of more than 7,000 tons is not something that Japan can afford. In this way, Japan wandered among the major shipyards in search of suitable products.

And now for Xu Jie, what is the most important task? How to take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial party and the later party to fight in the future to overthrow this rotten dynasty! So. When necessary, Xu Jie will use the strength of Beiyang to add fire to both sides, if one of them feels that he has a greater advantage to eliminate the other party in one fell swoop, he will probably be unable to help but do it, right? And as soon as he makes a move, Xu Jie's opportunity will come! After the defeat of the imperial party and the rear party, he was cleaning up the mess, of course, to do this, it took a lot of preparation, and Xu Jie had already begun to lay it out.

And once the action begins. So what will be the result? On the one hand, Beiyang needs to pay attention to the situation in Zhili at all times, and on the other hand, it needs to be vigilant against the Russians, and in the face of major turmoil in neighboring countries, Russia will definitely take action, and in this way. The strength of Beiyang is stretched! Beiyang needs to fight three wars at the same time, dealing with the remnants of the emperor and queen of Zhili, resisting the attack of the Russian navy and army, dealing with some hostile elements of national strength, and at the same time being vigilant against some moves in Nanyang. In this case, loosen the ties to Japan. It should be beneficial for the North Ocean to let the Japanese make some trouble for the Russians!

But there will be two problems here, the speed above Chapter 349 allows them to face opponents who can't be beaten, at least it's okay to retreat! And this kind of warship that can produce qualitative changes from quantitative changes, Xu Jie doesn't want the Japanese to have it! …,

And looking at it next, Xu Jie was a little relieved, first of all, in the export of battleships, the Italians still took into account the feelings of Beiyang, as the ultimate improved version of the hot (that) sub-class cruiser, the strength of the San Diego class made the Italians not sell it to Japan at all before Beiyang agreed. Secondly, the relatively high cost also makes the Japanese a little prohibitive, and the cost of 400,000 pounds is relatively unaffordable for Japan now!

And this information just gave Xu Jie an idea, since the powerful San Diego-type cruiser can't be given to Japan, then the version with reduced firepower and protection should be very suitable for the current Japan, right? At this time, Xu Jie remembered the high speed of Chapter 349 of the Japanese War in the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and he had sufficient self-insurance capital, but because it was a dome armor layout, it was easy to be shot into the water in the crossfire, causing the speed to drop, and this was also the fundamental reason why the Takasago was finally taken care of by the Yuanyuan!

If you change the Takasago Patrol, weaken or do not have the dome armor, replace it with a 4-inch waterline armor belt, and then replace the first 8-inch gun with a turret gun, and the 4.7-inch gun remains the same. Such firepower is enough against an ordinary dome cruiser, and in the case of an improved cruiser like the Sea of Azov, it can still run away. In this way, the cost of the battleship can be controlled to around 350,000 pounds. The Japanese are also acceptable.

If Japan can have 2 or 3 such warships, I am afraid it will be a big trouble for the Russian fleet, because the Beiyang Fleet is limited by its mission, it is not convenient to enter the Sea of Japan to fight, but the Japanese fleet can attack the Russian transport fleet in the Sea of Japan, so that even if the Russians have a detachment in Vladivostok, they will definitely not dare to easily leave the Sea of Japan to attack the Beiyang transport fleet! And if Beiyang felt that Japan was "hindering" its own plans that day, then as long as he loosened a small opening a little and released two Russian main cruisers, it would be enough to kill these second-class cruisers! At least it's okay to limit it,

As for how to let the Japanese choose this battleship that is not very suitable, Xu Jie also has a way, there is Xu Jie on the Italian side, and he will definitely not provide Japan with better warships, as for the British, they will push the Japanese to Britain through diplomatic skills, and the British will probably take into account the feeling of the Beiyang while getting the order, and will not sell too strong warships to Japan. In this way, Xu Jie is equivalent to driving another dark stake for the Russians!

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