"Your Royal Highness, the Chinese are not doing this with the intention of weakening their naval strength, on the contrary, they are doing it to strengthen their naval strength. The warships they sold were almost all relatively old warships. These warships, although they have not been in service for a long time, are already somewhat backward in performance. When the Chinese Navy sells these warships, it will be able to return large sums of money for the construction of new warships. This will undoubtedly make the strength of the Chinese Navy continue to expand and improve! "Otto. Feng. Chancellor Bismarck shook his head.

The Chinese Navy's move seems to be abandoning its martial arts and reducing its strength. But in reality, this is for further development. With the money from the sale of warships, the Chinese Navy can build more and more powerful warships.

"Cunning Chinese!" Frederick. Crown Prince William couldn't help but curse secretly. The Kingdom of Prussia is still struggling to raise funds for building ships, but the Chinese Empire is able to sell those old warships and then exchange them for a large amount of funds, which not only eliminates the old warships, but also improves the strength of the navy, which is simply killing two birds with one stone!

"Your Highness, the Chinese Navy sells 'Qin-class' battleships and 'Western Han-class' battleships, as well as a large number of cruisers and destroyers that were first put into service. Their latest 'Eastern Han class' battleships were not sold. This is the main force of the Chinese Navy. Even though there are only eight 'Eastern Han class' battleships left in the Chinese Navy, their strength is still the strongest in the world. In addition, according to the information we have received, the construction of a new class of battleships of the Chinese Navy has already begun. It is expected that in two or three years, these cutting-edge warships will be in service. When the time comes. The Chinese Navy will still firmly hold the advantage! Count Moltke also said.

"The Chinese' 'Eastern Han class' battleships are compared to the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships that we are about to build. What about performance? Their new warships are under construction, and our next class' Caesar. What about the performance of the Frederick III class battleships? "Albrech, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia. Feng. Ron asked. After all. In the navy, the Chinese Empire was too far ahead of the Kingdom of Prussia, and if the Kingdom of Prussia wanted to catch up, it would probably not be so easy.

"The 'Eastern Han class' battleships of the Chinese Navy have a standard displacement of 18,100 tons and a full load displacement of 21,000 tons. The ship is 144.2 meters long, 22.8 meters wide and has a draft of 8.8 meters. The main armament consisted of three triple 305 mm guns, as well as a number of 155 mm secondary guns and rapid-fire guns. And our 'Brandenburg-class' battleships. It was mainly modeled after the 'Nile-class' battleships of the British Navy, with the addition of armored defenses. The Brandenburg-class battleships had a displacement of 1,800 tons, were armed with five twin 305-mm guns, and had a speed of 17 knots. In terms of firepower, the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships had one more main gun, but their speed was not as fast as the 'Eastern Han class' battleships. If you talk about the performance of the two warships, I think they are comparable! Count Moltke said.

Everyone nodded, and Count Moltke, in his capacity as Deputy Chief of the General Staff, presided over the initial launch of the Navy. I know more about the Navy than anyone else. However, Count Moltke was only a halfway monk after all. Moreover, his target was not the commander of the navy of the Kingdom of Prussia, which had just begun to be created. Rather, he waited until General Reihel stepped down and became chief of the General Staff.

Count Moltke thought that the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships could be compared to the 'Eastern Han class' battleships of the Imperial Navy, but in fact this was not the case. Though. The 'Brandenburg-class' battleships had one more main gun than the 'Eastern Han class'. However, on both sides on the rate of fire. But it was the 'Eastern Han class' battleships that had the advantage. Triple gun with full turret fire, assisted by a mechanized loader. If you fire with all your might, the rate of fire can reach one volley per minute. And if the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships were able to fire a salvo in two minutes, it would have been thankful.

In addition, in terms of speed, the "Eastern Han class" battleship was two knots higher than the "Brandenburg class", which enabled the "Eastern Han class" battleship to seize an advantageous position in battle. Even when the war is not going well, it is able to withdraw from the battle with high speed. On the other hand. Once the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships were in trouble, it would be difficult for them to escape the pursuit of the 'Eastern Han class' battleships.

As for some other subsystems, such as sighting devices. In the early days, China introduced optical observation equipment from the Kingdom of Prussia, and now it can be self-produced. And in terms of performance, it has long been better than blue. With the help of advanced sighting equipment, the battleships of the Imperial Navy have formed the most initial fire control system, and with the help of the fire control system, the firepower of the battleships of the Imperial Navy can be fully utilized. In contrast, even the British Navy had not yet formed this idea, let alone the Navy of the Kingdom of Prussia, which had just begun to be created.

"As for our 'Caesar. The Frederick III class battleships, compared with the cutting-edge warships of the Chinese Navy, because there is no specific information, this is not known! Count Moltke continued.

'Caesar. The Frederick III-class battleships were modeled after the British Navy's unfinished Sovereign-class battleships. Now the Kingdom of Prussia is already intensifying design work. With the help of a large number of engineers and experts from the United Kingdom, 'Caesar. The design of the Frederick III-class battleships is also progressing quickly, and it is expected that the design will be completed next year, and construction will begin.

'Caesar. The performance of the Frederick III-class battleships was much more powerful than that of the 'Brandenburg-class', and the displacement not only increased to more than 20,000 tons, but also reached a terrifying 25,000 tons. The firepower has also been greatly improved, and the main gun initially planned to be equipped is a 343 mm main gun, which is much more powerful than the 305 mm main gun in terms of range and power. However, the Prussians and the British have not yet agreed on whether to use four twin 343-mm guns or three triple-mounted 343-mm guns. The Prussians hoped to adopt four twin 343 mm guns or three triple 343 mm guns to save the tonnage of the battleship and strengthen the protection of the battleship. However, the British were always more interested in the firepower of their battleships, and they offered to equip them with five twin 343-mm guns. This will further increase the displacement of the battleship, and in order to maintain the speed of the battleship, the armor will inevitably decrease. So, 'Caesar. The construction of the Frederick III class battleships wants to begin, and it is not yet possible.

"The most critical point is that our 'Brandenburg-class' battleships are only planned to be built, and in the face of the Chinese Navy's eight 'Eastern Han-class' battleships, there is no numerical advantage at all." Count Moltke said.

"Our financial resources are not comparable to those of the Chinese Empire, for example, they have obtained hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars just by selling those old warships. And we, in total, from the British, did not receive much money either. The construction of four 'brandenburg-class' battleships is already our limit. Besides, we still have to leave enough money for the battleships of the next class, as well as other auxiliary ships. "Otto. Feng. Prime Minister Bismarck said. The navy of the Kingdom of Prussia lacked not only capital ships, but also other auxiliary ships. You can't spend all your money on building capital ships and leave light warships alone!

"Although the Chinese Navy has more capital ships than us, he wants to strengthen the entire ocean at the same time. Ships capable of being sent to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, at most half. On the contrary, our four 'Brandenburg-class' battleships could be put to use in a centralized manner. "Foreign Secretary Albrech. Feng. Ron also said.

"Don't forget, our enemies are not only the Chinese, but also the Spaniards and Belgians who follow their ass. The Spaniards had four 'Western Han-class' battleships and four 'Qin-class' battleships, which were much more powerful than us. Even the Belgians had two 'Western Han-class' battleships and two 'Qin-class' battleships. "Frederick. Crown Prince William's face was a little unpleasant. The Kingdom of Prussia, such a small country as the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Belgium, has never looked squarely. Now, even they surpassed the Kingdom of Prussia, which made Frederick, who had always been arrogant. How could Crown Prince William accept it.

"The Spaniards and Belgians are nothing more than cannon fodder for the Chinese. All their warships are from the Chinese Empire, which cannot be built by themselves, and pose a great threat to us. In addition, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also purchased a large number of warships from the Chinese Empire, and with the contradictions between them and the Spanish Kingdom, they would definitely be able to contain a large amount of power in the Spanish Kingdom. We need to further woo the Ottoman Empire. In that case, we are much less threatened! "Foreign Secretary Albrech. Feng. Ron said.

Everyone nodded, if the Ottoman Turkish Empire could fall to the Kingdom of Prussia, they would indeed be under much less pressure.

"We may be able to get the torpedo-related technology we want from the Chinese Navy from the Ottoman Empire. In this way, it can save us a lot of time! Count Moltke said.

From the British, they already learned about the enormous role played by the light warships of the Chinese Navy in naval warfare. It is also very covetous for a new weapon such as a torpedo. Although, with their technology, it is only a matter of time before they can make a torpedo, but if they can obtain physical objects and technology, it will undoubtedly be much simpler.

It's just that then the Prussians will find out. The cruisers and destroyers sold by the Chinese Navy to the Ottoman Turkish Empire were torpedo tubes removed. (To be continued......)

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