So far, the number of perfect battleships in the British Royal Navy has reached sixteen, while the German Navy has only ten ships even if Sweden is built, if you count the respective allies, France currently has four, Russia currently has six, adding up to the Entente group has twenty-six, and the Allied system has four Austria-Hungary and Italy two, adding up to only sixteen.

And if there is a war, it is very likely that the Italians will not join the war, and it is clear from their appearance in the Moroccan crisis that the Italians are not so firm in their alliance obligations, and if there is a proper advantage, it is not impossible to betray Germany and Austria.

In this way, the Entente bloc can almost ensure twice the maritime superiority of the Allied bloc, although Germany is indeed strong in terms of land, but it is definitely not strong enough to crush France at will, the results of the Vietnam War do not prove anything, the French army fighting far from the homeland, under the torture of disease and war weariness, can exert half of the combat effectiveness is good, not to mention that because of the transportation problem, the French army was put into the battlefield in three batches, plus the loss of supplies after the defeat of the naval battle, which was beaten by the Chinese army.

But fighting on their own soil is certainly different, the national hatred between France and Germany is enough to ensure the will of the French soldiers to fight, with their nearly a million troops blocking the German army on the German-French border, the Russian army attacking Germany and Austria from the Eastern Front, the Royal Navy ensuring sea supremacy and cutting off the supply of German resources, and finally grinding Wilhelm to death. As for the Austro-Hungarian Army, although it is not small, it can be used to bully a small country, there are too many nationalities in this country, and almost all nationalities have their own contradictions to a greater or lesser extent, and it is difficult to say how many people of other nationalities will really die for the Habsburg dynasty in the event of a real war! Just because a soldier in the same army uses several voices, this one is deadly.

Besides, even Italy joined the war. In the glorious history of being beaten by the Ethiopians in the face of the shame of the European powers, Prime Minister Balfour was really not sure whether he needed to treat them as an adversary, and they were really beaten by, not by the Germans in Nigeria like the British army.

If there is no war now, once all the warships of the German Navy are completed and their crude oil production is on the right track, it will be much more difficult to win at that time.

But a big war that swept Europe was not something he could fight if he wanted to, and in the final analysis, the Moroccan crisis was a matter between Germany and France. The Anglo-French alliance is only a defensive alliance, and it is impossible for him to provoke a war on this ground before the negotiations between the two sides break down, but the French are unwilling to let the negotiations break down, Britain is ready, but France is not ready, in the end, the French still have not come out of the shadow of the Vietnam War, and their army thinks that even now. It can't beat the Chinese Army, and the German Army is stronger than China, which even Yang Feng admitted.

It is also unlikely that the British Parliament will agree, especially in the current situation, which is even more apprehensive to those MPs.

The Germans bit to death the treaty that lasted 1880. The fact that all countries had equal rights in Morocco was unanimously agreed upon by Austria-Hungary, Italy and the Ottoman Empire, especially since the opinion of the latter was no longer negligible. The Ottoman Empire, which had just won the Balkan Wars, was already a vague representative of the Muslim world, with an army of 800,000 men and a powerful navy, including two perfect battleships. In addition to industrial strength, in terms of military strength alone, it surpasses Italy in every aspect, and as for the issue of industry, because of the support of China, it can be completely ignored.

What's more, this is still the world's largest oil exporter, Kirkuk's crude oil accounts for 30% of Britain's crude oil supply, if it continues to help France annex Morocco, then it is very likely that this guy, who is extremely dissatisfied with Britain because of the Baghdad railway plan, will be directly pushed into William's arms, if there is really a war, in case Hamid II can't help but join the Allied bloc, then as his ally, Yang Feng may not miss this opportunity to recapture Vladivostok from the Russians, That's when the real trouble is.

The current situation is obviously unreasonable France, if they support them strongly, maybe they will offend those countries that are not very close to Germany, China's representative Tang Shaoyi made it clear that he does not want Morocco's sovereignty to be damaged, although Spain did not make it clear, but it is clear that Canovas will not offend William for Morocco, even if France shares the interests of Morocco with them according to the previous secret agreement, in fact, the French cannot give them too much, which the Spaniards will not be unclear, As for the land they have now obtained, even if there is no secret agreement with the French, no one will rob them of those lands.

If you want to fight, but you don't dare, if you don't fight, and you're afraid of missing this rare opportunity, Prime Minister Balfour at this time can be said to be very entangled.

Like his entanglement, the German Prime Minister Bilo was also very entangled, although he supported the expansion of the territory, but it was obvious that the timing was not in favor of Germany, which should be said to be Wilhelm's impulse to create a lot of trouble for him, if in another half a year, the second batch of fourteen perfect battleships of the German Navy were all put into service, bringing the total number to twenty, then he would have much more confidence. Twenty against twenty-two, the German Navy will receive the smallest gap against the British Navy. With this in mind, despite the saber-rattling between the two sides, Germany did not say anything to death, and the conference of the great powers in Madrid turned into a war of words in the midst of the indecision of the Entente bloc and the deliberate delay of the Allied bloc.

Fortunately, these are all things that diplomats are good at, and they can do it even if it drags on for ten years, but outside the venue, the parties have actually begun to prepare for war, and now the air is already filled with the smell of gas, and all that is needed is an open flame, even if it is a cigarette butt, and the open flame will be completely detonated.

Of course, these are not the business of Emperor Yang, after the first oil well in the Schleswig oil field produced oil, the Great White Fleet that stayed in Gothenburg finally left Europe and set off for the United States, continuing their show of power, and the whole of Europe was relieved, on the same day that the Great White Fleet left, the Yang shipyard delivered the remaining four battleships they built for Germany to the German Navy, plus these four, Germany already had fourteen, although Britain also got two, but the gap between the two sides was not so huge.

But at the same time, the British also ended the war in Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto led a small number of to flee to Cameroon, the British conquered Northern Nigeria, for this unexpected war, the British army has paid more than 20,000 casualties, but the war has not completely subsided, South Nigeria resistance still occurs from time to time, especially the attack on the oil fields, in order to protect the oil fields in the Niger Delta, the British had to let a whole division be stationed there.

The remaining 150,000 British troops who fought in Nigeria began to retreat back to China in batches, and two successive colonial wars left Britain physically and mentally exhausted and war-weary, and the Moroccan question itself had no vital interests for the British people, whether the common people or the capitalists, so the British parliament became more and more uncertain about whether to go to war.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Emperor Yang, and now is the time for him to be happy, because his two aircraft carriers have been launched, these two giant ships designed with a full load displacement of more than 30,000 tons, almost completely replicating the Essex class, using four steam turbines and four shafts of propulsion. Since the beauty avatar is in terms of mechanical manufacturing, the level of craftsmanship must exceed that of the Americans during World War II, so the power of a single unit is slightly larger than the original, and the total power can reach 160,000 horsepower. Although the shipbuilding technology is definitely inferior to the Americans in World War II, because many anti-aircraft guns are not installed, the total tonnage is not much different from the original, so even if there is no sea trial, according to Emperor Yang's estimate, the speed will not be lower than 33 knots.

Of course, this is just a launch, because some things have not yet been installed, so there is no trial sea for the time being, if it is completely completed, it is estimated that it will take two years, that is to say, from the start of construction to completion, the two aircraft carriers will take six years.

"It's been a long project!" Looking at the white hair of Zheng Qinglian and several people around him, Emperor Yang couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Majesty, it is already a miracle that our shipbuilding industry can stand at the top of the world in six years." Zheng Qinglian said with a smile, what he said was from the heart, although he was not sure whether the significance of these two warships in future naval battles was as the emperor said, but in terms of tonnage alone, these two are already the largest warships in the world at present, and the tonnage is almost twice that of battleships.

Fifteen years ago, when they built the 2,000-ton Pingyuan, they never even dreamed that only fifteen years later, they would already be proud of the world in the shipbuilding industry.

"How many years will that take?" Emperor Yang pointed to the other two giant ships in the two docks next to them, these two ships were scheduled to be launched in three months, in fact, these two ships were Zheng Qinglian's main construction task, and more than three-fifths of the workers in the entire Dalian shipyard served these two warships.

"That's going to be at least three years." Zheng Qinglian looked at the two super warships he was building with a god-like gaze, and said respectfully. (To be continued......)