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"Back to the emperor, the design revision of the battle cruiser has been completed, and it has been named the 'Baiqi' class battle cruiser, and the construction will be able to start at the end of the year. A total of four ships will be built, named 'Baiqi', 'Mengtian', 'Wang Qian' and 'Wang Ben'. However, because the main manpower and material resources are concentrated on the 'Qin-class' battleships, I am afraid that it will take 900 years to be able to enter service! Zhang Cheng replied. The Admiralty did not agree to the construction of the battle cruiser, but Wang Yuze strongly demanded that the Admiralty have no choice but to build it.

For most people, battlecruisers have no advantages at all except for their speed and strong firepower, and if they fight against battleships of the same class, it will be even more death. The only use is probably to bully those battleships below the battleship. Fortunately, when the Chinese Navy built heavy cruisers, it also adhered to this concept. And the construction of battle cruisers only highlights this idea even more.

The "Baiqi-class" battlecruisers will be built four at one time, namely "Baiqi", "Mengtian", "Wang Qian" and "Wang Ben". The "Baiqi-class" battlecruiser has a standard displacement of 7,500 tons, a full load displacement of 20,200 tons, a total length of 75 meters, a width of 2 meters, a draft of meters, a power of 6 oil-fired boilers and two state-of-the-art steam turbines, a power of 30,000 horsepower, and a maximum speed of more than 26 knots (the maximum speed ran out of 275 knots in the test run after successful construction). It has a cruising range of 0 knots/9000 nautical miles, and is armed with 4 twin 05 mm 50 times caliber naval guns with a knapsack turret, which allows all eight main guns to fire at the unified side, 2 05 mm rapid-fire guns and 0 7 mm rapid-fire guns. The armor was made of new Krupp armor with 05 mm for the main turret, 20 mm for the bridge, 65 mm for the deck, and 200 mm for the waterline armor belt. Compared with the "Qin-class" battleships, the "Baiqi-class" battlecruisers had about the same firepower. But the armor was much weaker. If it is a confrontation with a battleship, it will definitely be the "white start-class" battlecruiser that will suffer. In fact, the "Baiqi-class" battlecruisers were an enlarged version of the "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers. Moreover, it is very expensive, and the cost of each ship has reached 000000 yuan, which is the same as that of the "Zhonghua-class" battleships. And the combat power is not comparable to the "Zhonghua-class" battleships. However, Wang Yuze focused on the high speed of the battlecruiser, once China defeated the United States. Hawaii will be an important naval base for China, and Hawaii is too far away from China. Meantime. In addition, the Pacific Ocean is so vast that the Chinese Navy urgently needs a battleship with powerful firepower and fast speed, so as to effectively protect China's overseas interests.

"That's good! Battlecruisers did not need to participate in the war against Japan, they only needed to patrol China's larger and larger overseas territories in the future! Wang Yuze said. The other most important role of the battle cruiser was to break the battle. China's main rival, the United Kingdom, is an island nation that relies entirely on overseas shipments. If China wants to defeat Britain, cutting off Britain's sea lines is undoubtedly an excellent solution. Battlecruisers were fast. After the fight, run away, so that even if the British Navy has strong strength, it will not be able to catch up with the Chinese battle cruisers. This is a powerful weapon for breaking the war. Of course, to besiege little Japan, heavy cruisers were enough.

"In the next few years, we will face a great challenge of whether China can rise quickly. It's been a few years. I hope that everyone can unite and work together to get through this crisis. As long as we are victorious, then, the whole Far East and the Pacific. It's all ours! Wang Yuze said. The war between China and the United States is only the first step. The decisive battle between China and Japan that followed, as well as the possible intervention of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, is the most important thing. If China can win, then China will become a first-class power among the great powers, which is already unstoppable.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiong Wu, Cai Yun and Zhang Chengdu replied.

China is preparing for war, and so is the United States. At the San Diego Naval Base on the west coast of the United States, Vice Admiral Mahan, who was appointed commander of the West Coast Fleet, arrived at the end of July. I have to say that the situation he faced was very bad, first of all, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet did not buy his account and disobeyed his orders, which made Mahan very annoyed. Finally, by Theodore? Roosevelt stepped in and dismissed the former commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, which changed Mahan's bad situation. Coupled with Mahan's relationship with the dean of the Naval Academy, a large number of mid- and low-ranking officers in the U.S. Navy were his students, which allowed him to control the entire fleet with ease.

However, after the training of the fleet, Mahan was completely unsure of his heart. It is also very difficult to rely on this fleet to defeat the powerful Chinese Navy. He had to use the last little time to train the U.S. Navy in the hope of making a difference. At the end of the month, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet arrived in San Diego, and the two fleets were officially changed to the US West Coast Fleet, bringing the huge strength of this fleet to four battleships, one second-class battleship, eighteen cruisers, and twenty-two destroyers, which has concentrated all the new warships of the US Navy. There is no doubt that this fleet is much stronger than the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy. However, Mahan's heart was also not sure of defeating the Chinese navy.

"The battleships Indiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Iowa, the second-class battleship Texas, the cruisers Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Vesuvius, Chester, Birmingham, Seren, Omaha, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Detroit, Richmond, Concord, Trenton, Marbohe, USS Memphis' and USS Denver. In addition, there are twenty-two destroyers. If you're lucky, you should be able to tie with the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet! Mahan sorted out the battleship in his hand and muttered. Although there was a lot of luck in naval battles, he did not think that with the current US Navy, he would be able to defeat the Chinese Navy.

"Perhaps, as Roosevelt said, we need a fight, even if it is a losing battle, so that we can stir up the blood of the American people and get the government to invest more resources in the navy and foreign expansion!" Mahan muttered.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the Chinese warship is here again!" A major staff officer reported.

"Damn, send a few cruisers to drive away the Chinese's battleships, this time keep him away!" Mahan said. Since the main forces of the US Navy converged on San Diego, Chinese warships have appeared off the coast of San Diego. Mahan had seen this kind of warship of the other side, which was a light cruiser named "Leshan class" by the Chinese Navy, which was very fast, specially used to spy on the intelligence of the US Navy, and several times broke into the sea area less than 10 kilometers away from the San Diego Naval Base, which was a serious provocation for the US Navy and the US Government. However, every time the U.S. Navy sent warships to catch up, it was thrown off by the light cruisers of the Chinese Navy. China also ignored the government's protests to the Chinese side, which made the United States very angry. He constantly urged Mahan to lead the army to a decisive battle with the Chinese navy.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" The staff officer saluted and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, go get General Benson here!" Mahan said. Benson, is Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, William? Schaevor? Benson, formerly commander of the Atlantic Fleet, is now deputy commander of the U.S. West Coast Fleet, serving as Mahan's deputy. Mahan and Benson had known each other for many years and were familiar with each other, which allowed him, who had not been in the army for a long time, to master the troops smoothly.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Soon, a middle-aged general in his forties came to Mahan's office.

"Sit down, Benson!" Mahan gestured to the chair in front of him.

"Your Excellency, Commander, what's the matter?" Benson asked, sitting down.

"There's another telegram from the Admiralty, asking us to go to sea to defeat the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy! How long will it take for our warships to be overhauled? Mahan asked.

"Commander, most of the battleships have completed the overhaul, and the overhaul of several battleships will take another week or so!" Lieutenant General Benson replied.

"A week's time? Well, our departure date is set for September 2nd, how about you? Mahan asked.

"Yes, it's good that His Excellency the Commander is in charge!" Benson replied.

"Okay, then when you contact the Admiralty, just tell them when we are leaving!" Mahan said. "Also, what do you have to do about this war?"

"Your Excellency, I noticed that of our four battleships, except for the 'Iowa', the rest of the battleships could not catch up with the Chinese battleships at all. So, I think that when the time comes, we can take full advantage of the speed advantage of the Iowa and the second-class battleship of the Texas. In addition, we have a great strength advantage over the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy on cruisers and destroyers, and we can charge to discover this advantage and use torpedoes to delay the movement of their capital ships, creating a zào opportunity for the duel of capital ships! Lieutenant General Benson said.

Mahan nodded, which coincided with his point. In order to win, they must charge and use the superiority of their battleships in numbers and firepower, and to do this, they must slow down the speed of the Chinese navy, otherwise, they will not be able to catch up with the Chinese navy at all, and how can they achieve victory?

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