In mid-December, it was already very cold in Beijing, in the north, and the snowflakes kept falling from the sky, symbolizing the arrival of winter—————— even though it had been here for a long time.

Although it was very cold outside, the atmosphere in the Reichstag building was very hot, and 3 or 400 members of parliament gathered in the Reichstag building to wait for the government's response to the earlier news about the "battleship", and even Britain and France sent ministers to sit in the front row of the Reichstag.

At this time, Britain, France and other countries were already very sure of the truth of the matter, but after all, they still hoped to get accurate information from the mouth of the Chinese government.

I can't help it, who called this incident really too big, not only a few countries in East Asia (although there are only three left) have been sensational, but even in Europe. After all, this time Yan Shao bought not a few cruisers, but three dreadnoughts, especially the Rivadavia-class owned by the Argentines among them...

Almost 28000 tons of standard displacement and 30600 tons of full load displacement ...

If it weren't for the fact that the main gun was still 12 inches, this displacement alone would already be called a super-dreadnought.

After all, the standard row of the British Iron Duke class is only 22,000, and the full row is less than 26,000, which is several thousand tons less than the Levadavia class. The subsequent King George V and the Iron Duke class were also much inferior to the Levadavia, and only the Queen Elizabeth class, which had not yet entered service, could overwhelm the Levadavia class in terms of displacement, and even the Nevada class, which was built by the Americans, was even worse...

And this time, China still bought three dreadnoughts at once, and think about the fact that Japan today does not even have one. There are only more than 20 ships in Britain and more than 10 ships in Germany, so you can see how big these three ships are...

"But it's really an unexpected move..."Saying this, Zhu Erdian looked at the American Minister Rui Enshi with a little complaint.

It's not just Jurdian. Even Ray? The same was true of Copa and several other ministers, which made Ryan Shi smile wryly. However, Rui Enshi can't explain anything about this problem, no way, who called the Argentine's battleship was built by the United States, Yan Shao bought the ownership of the battleship from the Argentine, and always had to inform the Americans, so Rui Enshi really jumped into the Yellow River in this matter and couldn't wash it. But the question is...

He really doesn't know what to do...

In fact, he even learned about this incident with the Japanese, so it was inevitable that he would complain about the US government.

By the way, Rui Enshi is also very famous in Chinese history. In 1915, he was the one who persuaded Yuan Shikai to be emperor. In 1917, he pushed China to declare war on Germany, and later at the Paris Peace Conference, he resigned in anger because he believed that the US government had betrayed its trust and damaged China's interests...

In general. Rui Enshi still has a lot of goodwill towards China. In addition, since the establishment of the Guoshe government, it has shown far stronger ability than the Beiyang government, and has also reached a more substantial reunification with China, so although Yan Shao solved Yuan Shikai, who Rui Enshi originally supported very much, his relationship with Yan Shao is very good...

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In the front row, Zhu Erdian and others were still complaining about Rui Enshi, and Rui Enshi could only smile bitterly and did not dare to make the slightest excuse.

It's just that while complaining, Zhu Erdian is also thinking about the order sent back by London a few days ago.

Just as Yan Shao thought, more than 2,000 people in the Chinese Navy suddenly 'disappeared mysteriously'. Of course, this caused a lot of noise, but the governments of Britain, France, and other countries did not pay much attention to it while sending people to investigate.

After all, China is a relatively secondary place on the political map of Britain and France. What's more, it's the navy that disappeared this time, they can't even be busy with European affairs, where can they have the time to take care of the affairs of a certain country in the Far East, and besides...

For countries such as Britain and France, does China have a navy?

So as mentioned above, although I investigated, I didn't pay much attention to it, and the Japanese who really took this matter seriously didn't have much strength in South America and North America, so naturally they didn't find anything...

It's just that this matter can't be kept secret all the time, not to mention that neither the Brazilians, Argentines nor the Americans really plan to keep this secret, so the British learned about it later...

When I got this news, the shock of this news to the British was conceivable, after all, these were three dreadnoughts. After some discussion, at the urging of Churchill, the Minister of the Admiralty, the British government even asked Zhu Erdian to find a way to strengthen the relationship between the two countries...

In this way, if a big war really breaks out in Europe in the future, then these three dreadnoughts will become a boost to Britain—————— the British never thought that Yan Shao would help Germany, although the relationship between Yan Shao and Germany is not bad now, but anyone can see that Yan Shao has a very deep relationship with the French, even if he really wants to help, it must be to help the French, but in the past, few people expected China to help...

After all, in the eyes of the British and French powers at this time, China could only be regarded as a second- or third-rate country with a large population and a large area.

As for the so-called help, it does not mean that the Chinese should send the navy to the war.

As mentioned earlier, does China have a navy?

The British calculated that if a major war really broke out, they would find a way to let the Chinese lease these three battleships to Britain, and then the British naval officers and sailors would use the three battleships.

Although the British had more dreadnoughts than the Germans, the British themselves were not very reassured, because it only took a few unlucky mechanical failures or mine-strikes or torpedoes to wipe out this advantage, so the British needed more strength...

As for letting the Chinese send the navy into the war or something, then it is really 'hehe' and 'hehe' ...

After all, if you really want someone to send someone to help, then I'm afraid it's not to help but to add to the chaos...

Thinking of this, Zhu Erdian glanced at Lei with some dissatisfaction? Kopa glanced because he was sure of Ray? Kopa had already received a definite answer the moment he got the news, but he kept hiding it and didn't come out. It's just that Zhu Erdian's status is high. But take Ray? There's nothing Kopa can do, so the most he can do is glare at him dissatisfied...

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In addition to Zhu Erdian, other countries also have their own calculations. It can be said that the Russians and the Netherlands and other foreign countries are almost all concerned about this matter, especially Japan and France.

Not to mention Japan, after all, it is a country with deep contradictions with China.

It can be said that the Japanese are the most concerned about this matter, after all, the Japanese stood up on China, and now China has actually bought three dreadnoughts that even Japan does not have......... Although they already had the King Kong class at this time, the following ships and the Fuso class were also under construction. But this situation still caused panic among many people.

At the Imperial Council, some people even asked if they could send people to South America to compete with the Chinese and find a way to buy these battleships back. Let the wishful thinking of the Chinese fall through ...

The question is...

"I don't have any money," replied the Minister of Osashi, Takahashi Kiyoshi, very realistically at the Imperial Council at the time.

"If you have three battleships, you will need at least sixty or seventy million or even more, and it is already difficult for our country to support so many projects in the Navy. There is simply no more money to run to South America to buy these warships ...

The Japanese Cabinet at this time. Except for the three ministers of the army and navy, the rest are basically from the Political Friendship Association, how to say, that is to say, this kind of people are relatively sober in their minds, and they are very familiar with the current situation in Japan, and they know very well what the current situation of Japan is.

Yes, Japan did win the Russo-Japanese War a few years ago, but in fact there was only one winner in that war. It's the British. Although the Japanese gained the status of a great power by virtue of that war, they lost almost all the benefits won in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Gengzi Incident in this war. For this, the British even owed a lot of loans.

Historically, Japan also took the opportunity of World War I to change from a debtor country to a creditor country...

So at this time, Japan really can't compete with China with these three warships, not to mention...

"According to the information obtained this time, these three warships were purchased by Chinese President Yan Shao with private funds and then resold to the navy, that is, these three warships were purchased by him with his own money......... Some time ago, Yushi Bank borrowed 100 million pounds from the Chinese government, and then borrowed 30 million pounds from private capital. When he said this, Takahashi's mouth was full of bitterness.

There's no way, he's really never seen an opponent who makes more money alone than a country, and he doesn't know what to do when he encounters this kind of opponent...

"Can't Dazang Province think of a way?" Navy Minister Minoru Saito said helplessly, although he also knew that Takahashi was telling the truth, but there was no way, who told him to do the navy. The voice in the army is too loud now, so he can't help but ask...

And hearing Minoru Saito's words, Takahashi was cold and cold. "If the Navy can get an interest-free loan of 100 million, this matter will naturally be fine..."

The atmosphere of the whole meeting was very dull, if there were other problems, it would be forgotten, but the problem of money...

This is precisely the problem that is the most troublesome for the Japanese Government; after all, under the condition of a massive build-up of armaments, the Japanese Government is exhausted just by repaying the annual interest, and it is simply unable to come up with 677 or 80 million yuan to compete with others.

As for the Minister of War Yukihiko Kurose's clamor for the use of force now to completely eliminate the imperial threat of the Kokusha government, Gonbei Yamamoto and others basically ignored it.

In such an era of the jungle, the Political Friends Association does not mean that there will be any goodwill towards China, but can only say that they are smarter and more rational than those 'horse manure' of the army, and if they can solve the problem by force, they will definitely be more crisp than the army, but they know very well that China is too big, at least not for the current Japan to eat in one bite...

What's more, during the Sino-Japanese War, the British were basically neutral, and during the Russo-Japanese War, the British and other countries supported them, but now...

Conventional means are counted, but war means. It is impossible for the great powers to support them, and with the current Japanese economy, I am afraid that they will not even be able to come up with the funds needed for the war. Is it because you are afraid that you will not die fast enough?

After despise the army horse manure without brains. That's how the meeting ended...

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Compared to Japan, the attitude of the Germans is somewhat more complicated.

On the one hand, because China and Germany have huge trades every year, especially arms trade, the relationship between the two countries is quite good, and the personal relationship between Yan Shao and the German minister Marzan is also quite good.

But on the other hand, the Germans are well aware that if war does break out in Europe, there is basically no possibility that China will help Germany.

That's right. It is true that the army equipment of the national government is German, but their training method is French, and many middle and senior generals in the Wehrmacht have been trained in France. There's a natural affinity for France...

What's more, even Yan Shao's fiancée is French, and her father is extremely influential in the French military and political circles. And according to the information obtained by the Germans, her father was promoted from colonel of the Foreign Legion to the current lieutenant general so quickly, also because of Yan Shao's backing.

Plus China is located in the Far East. It was basically surrounded by the power of the Entente. And what about the Allies? It is also true that Germany has a fortress in Qingdao, and there are islands in the Pacific Ocean, and nothing else can be said about it, and in this case China will not be able to support Germany at all...

If a big war really breaks out in Europe, China will most likely join the Entente and hand over three battleships to the naval powers of the Entente ...

In this way, the situation in Germany is likely to become even worse—————— obviously, as in the case of the British. He didn't pay much attention to the Chinese Navy either, he was just thinking about what to do if Yan Shao put the warship for the British to use...

Compared to the Germans. The idea of the French is much simpler, two words, happy ...

After the news came out, Ray? Kopa can be said to be the first diplomatic minister to come to the door to ask for confirmation, and with the personal relationship between the two, Yan Shao also gave him an accurate answer.

To Ray? According to Copa, if these three battleships can really serve in the Chinese Navy, then China's status on the French political map will definitely be improved, and naturally his status will be even higher than it is now.

And just as the Germans were worried, Ray? Kopa was also thinking about how to persuade China to join the Entente camp if war broke out, and how to let Yan Shao find a way to provide these three battleships...

Obviously, if Ray? If Copa still has some confidence in China's army, then the navy is the same as the British and the Germans...

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Compared with Britain, France, Germany and other countries, as one of the main players in this deal, the attitude of the Americans seems to be somewhat indifferent. Anyway, the ship is Argentine, and he sells it to whomever he wants, and it has nothing to do with the Americans, but the Americans seem a little inexplicable about the request of the Chinese to continue sea trials after the ship is returned to Chinese waters ...

However, the ship is not theirs, since the Chinese as customers do not mind much, the Americans naturally do not mind, so now in the United States is just waiting for the Chinese to come to the door to receive the ship.

In fact, the Americans are still quite happy that the Chinese bought these three battleships, after all, the Americans can still feel the threat of the Japanese more or less, and if the Chinese can help contain it at this time, it is naturally better ...

What's more, if Argentina announces that it will not buy it because of economic relations, then these two ships will be smashed in their hands...

At the same time, seeing that there was no need to hide the matter any longer, the admirals who led them finally informed them of the purpose of this mission while the passenger ship carrying more than 2,000 naval officers and sailors was still in the Pacific Ocean...

When he learned that he was going to the Americas to receive the three battleships he had just bought, there was silence on the deck at first, and then it quickly boiled.

For these naval officers and men, there is no better news than this.

Standing in front of many officers and soldiers, several admirals who were in charge of leading the team were also excited.

The navy has been silent for too long since the First Sino-Japanese War, and as a result, these admirals have begun to lose confidence, but this news has rekindled their hope...

Whenever they thought that there were still three battleships waiting for them on the American continent, they couldn't help but look in the direction of their destination, and they couldn't wait to have those three battleships.

Over the years, the Navy has endured too long...

At the same time, just as the generals on the passenger ship were informing their subordinates of the news, in the Capitol building, Sa Zhenbing also walked to the podium under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes.

Looking at those eyes in the audience, Sa Zhenbing's face showed a slight wry smile.

Originally, this time it should have been done by Yan Shao, but after the most unfortunate thing, I don't know how Lu Dao was pushed on him. According to Yan Shao, Sa Zhenbing is the Minister of the Navy, and it is okay for him to confirm it, but Sa Zhenbing can see that in fact, Yan Shao wants to escape trouble, because as long as this matter is over, the person in charge of confirming it is afraid that he will be 'besieged'...

However, as Yan Shao said, this warship was originally bought for the navy, so it is logical for him to be responsible for the explanation, and for Sa Zhenbing, as long as those three battleships can join the navy, let alone let him deal with this little scene, even if he is asked to fight with those people in the audience with bayonets, he is willing...

So after sorting out his mood, Sa Zhenbing coughed lightly twice, and began to read the manuscript that had been prepared in advance...

The content is also very simple, that is, to confirm the rumors of the previous days and confirm the authenticity of this rumor.

After getting the final result, Zhu Erdian and the others were nothing, but those members of the National Assembly suddenly became in a commotion. Almost at the same time, the news was spreading to the entire world at an alarming speed... (To be continued......)