With the end of the Daring incident in 1910, peace gradually returned to the world, and even the most radical British people began to focus on their own lives, and the small people rushed for their own lives. And the world seems to have forgotten all this. But in the eyes of the discerning person, this is just the calmest calm before the storm! All the countries in the world that can be called a great power have not relaxed their work, yes, all the countries in the world world, including the Huaxia Republic!

In March 1911, the long-dormant Huaxia Navy finally decided to build a new capital ship, and the Chinese Republic Navy, which had never accepted a new capital ship since 1906, finally decided to start building a new capital ship after a lapse of 5 years.

Almost at the same time, on the slipways of the Kaohsiung Naval Shipyard and the Dalian Naval Shipyard in China, with the laying of two keels, the construction of battleships numbered No. 10 and No. 11 officially began, and Xu Jie participated in the groundbreaking ceremony at the Dalian Naval Shipyard. Many people believe that this incident represents the development of the Chinese Navy has re-entered the fast lane. After all, the Huaxia Republic has already sold 1 Dragon-class battleship to Greece, and it will be delivered soon. Although the Longxu-class battlecruisers did not serve for a long time, they left a lot of hidden problems because they experienced a series of high-intensity naval battles. Coupled with the rapid development of the current Navy, the Longxu-class battlecruisers are already behind the times.

Although the Longtai-class fast battleships and Longxing-class battleships have greatly improved their firepower by changing their guns, their firepower level has only just reached the basic level of the newly built warships of the great powers. In terms of protection, it still has some advantages compared with the warships of the Entente, but in terms of power, it lags behind the cutting-edge warships of various countries, after all, Longxing and Longtai were built too early. And the speed of progress in the technique is very fast.

As for the specific performance of these two battleships, the Republic of China did not disclose too much information, so all countries have various speculations about these two new battleships, and most people believe that this battleship will be an improved version of the takeaway battleship of the year, and its nature is a fast battleship equipped with 9 14-inch guns, because since the Longxing, the Republic of China has never built a pure low-speed battleship. Moreover, the Republic of China has completed several take-out warships. Quite familiar with its performance and the process of construction, there is undoubtedly the least risk of directly continuing to start construction of such a battleship, and judging by the situation in previous years. The Huaxia Republic seems to be very restrained in its military investment, and there is no pressure now, so it is unlikely that a larger warship will be built.

However, in the internal information of the navies of various countries, they mentioned more than once that the new battleships of the Huaxia Republic may be armed with 12 14-inch naval guns or 9 15-inch naval guns. Because in the eyes of these naval elites. The Republic of China has never lacked courage and ambition. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO GRASP THE DIRECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD NAVY, AND THE PURSUIT OF FIREPOWER IS ENDLESS, THEY HAVE BUILT BATTLESHIPS WITH ALMOST THE MOST FIREPOWER OF THEIR TIME, THE BRITISH BATTLESHIPS ARE ALREADY ARMED WITH 10 343MM GUNS, READY TO BE ARMED WITH 15-INCH GUNS, AND THE GERMANS ARE PREPARING TO EQUIP THE NEW KING-CLASS BATTLESHIPS WITH 10 350MM GUNS. Even the Tennessee-class battleships that the Americans are preparing to start construction are equipped with 12 14-inch guns, and this information is not very secret, and it is not very difficult for Huaxia to get this information. Therefore, the Huaxia Republic will not tolerate too much difference in the firepower of its warships with the new warships of other powers.

It is different from the obscurity of Huaxia. Both the British and the Germans announced a new plan for building a new ship in 1911. The British have officially announced the construction of 5 brand new Queen Elizabeth-class battleships! "This class of ships will be named after the Great Queen! It will become a real mainstay of the British Imperial Navy! We are tired of competing in numbers, our ships will outwhelm our opponents in both quantity and quality, and new 15-inch guns will appear in the Royal Navy's armory! Its powerful firepower will destroy any enemy that appears on the sea level! And its protection will overwhelm any potential enemy! At the groundbreaking ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth class, Churchill, who is the British Admiralty, said with confidence.

The British now need news that will reinvigorate the Navy and their people, a chance to restore the reputation of the Royal Navy! And more powerful warships can clearly meet this requirement! "It's going to be like no other in the world." As Churchill talked about the design requirements for the battleship, he kept repeating. The battleship will be armed with the same eight 15-inch L42 naval guns as it has historically been. But in terms of protection, this battleship is obviously much stronger than the historical Queen Elizabeth class, because the performance of the Australian-class battleship has been placed, and the British designers really can't let their new battleship be inferior to a Chinese battleship in defense!

For this purpose, the designers positioned the defense standard with 15-inch thick armor on the side chord, and kept it inclined 18 degrees! The height reaches 4.2 meters! THE MAIN LEVEL IS CONNECTED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE MAIN LOAD, MAINTAINING A THICKNESS OF 110MM, IN ADDITION, THE TURRET AND TURRET ARMOR HAVE ALSO BEEN UNPRECEDENTEDLY STRENGTHENED, THE TURRET FRONT IS 16 INCHES, AND THE TURRET ARMOR IS ALSO MORE THAN 380MM! In order to save weight, the main armor belt was kept as short as possible, and the main armor box covered only 52% of the area. MOREOVER, THE ARMOR AND UPPER ARMOR OF THE HEAD AND TAIL HAVE BEEN WEAKENED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND ITS THICKNESS HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 120MM, WHICH CAN ONLY RESIST THE ATTACK OF THE SECONDARY GUN.

In terms of power, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships will all use oil-fired boilers and new steam turbines, with an output of 60,000 horsepower, so that the battleship with a displacement of nearly 30,000 tons can reach speeds of more than 24 knots. In order to achieve this requirement, in addition to the speed, the designers were also very important to the repair of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, and no less than 27 various models were made before and after to carry out pool experiments. In terms of underwater defense, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships will use the American five-layer underwater protection system to ensure the defense against torpedoes and mines, of course, after learning the lessons of the Daring, subdivided compartments and sufficient depth must still be ensured.

The British were not afraid that the Germans would build more powerful warships for this class of super battleships, because this was only the tip of the iceberg of the huge shipbuilding plan for the future, and the five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships that had just started construction were just the first 15-inch carrier ships built by the British. Later, construction will be started on five 15-inch battleships called the Vengeance class, which are similar to the Queen Elizabeth class in all aspects except for a slightly lower speed. And these 5 ships are only the first batch of plans, if they can't control the field, the British will add 3 more!

In addition to the new battleships, the British also planned to put 15-inch naval guns on the battlecruisers! In the future, the British planned to build three battle cruisers equipped with 6 15-inch naval guns, according to their estimates, although there were only 6 guns, but the firepower was still a grade stronger than the Lion class! OF COURSE, THESE BATTLESHIPS WILL BE PURE BATTLE CRUISERS, WITH A SPEED OF AT LEAST 26 KNOTS, AND THE ARMOR PROTECTION CAN ONLY BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED TO ABOUT 280MM, NO WAY, THERE ARE TOO MANY BOILERS, AND THE HULL IS TOO LONG, .......

I have to say that the British Imperial Navy at this time can be described as a big dog. That's pretty awesome. And its opponent, the Germans, although they also decided to start construction of 4 King Albert-class battleships, but from the point of view of momentum, they lost first, the reason is very simple, the 4 King-class battleships built by the Germans are equipped with 14-inch naval guns, and the number is only 10, which is slightly stronger than the bold class on paper. In terms of defense and speed, it is basically the same as the Caesar class, which is just an improved version.

Although the Germans had a plan to build four Bismarck-class battleships equipped with 10 15-inch guns, this plan has not yet been carried out, and it is expected that the earliest start of construction will be at the end of 1912, and the earliest service time will be delayed until 1915 or even 1916! According to the Kaiser's hints, the start of the war could not be later than 15 years at the latest, that is, these warships would not be used at the beginning of the war, and once the war officially began, Germany's military spending would definitely be tilted towards the army. There are some things that Tirpitz can't say clearly, that is, he thinks that I am afraid that the four Bismarck-class battleships will become the swan song of the German High Seas Fleet!

Originally, according to Tirpitz's meaning, he had to add 2 more fast battleships, but after looking at his wallet and then looking at the offer, Tirpitz said that there was no way! By 1912, after the construction of two Bismarck-class battleships and one fast battleship began, two more Bismarck-class battleships were added in 13. The rest of the money will be replenished with a maximum of 1 ship! If the Kaiser decides to start a war in 14 years, I am afraid that he will not be able to pay for even one ship, not that the money given is small, but that the Bismarck-class battleships are too big and expensive! The cost of 3 million pounds! There is no such thing! There is no such thing! And the cost of a pure high-speed 8-gun fast battleship is estimated to be no less than this figure! After a long arms race, the Germans also said that they could not bear it.

Now Huaxia has just entered the competition, Britain and Germany have been competing for more than 7 years, France, Italy and Austria said that it is good to be able to complete the current plan, and there is no idea and energy to continue to follow up. As for the Russians? Well, Russia counts to make up for past arrears. And the Americans seem to be unmoved by foreign objects, everything is going according to plan, unhurriedly, and the construction of two or three capital ships ...... a year. All countries are close to the limit, and the result of the limit is that the two sides will have a final showdown!

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