As the saying goes, a century-old navy means that a navy cannot become a world-class navy without hundreds of years of accumulation. The British Navy also defeated the Spanish Navy's Invincible Armada, and then won one naval battle after another, which became the world hegemon. Even the Imperial Navy, which defeated the British Navy, was far behind the British Navy in terms of naval suzhì and command.

A large part of the reason why the Imperial Navy was able to achieve victory was due to technology. The battleships of the Imperial Navy were stronger than the British Navy in terms of performance. The advanced optical measuring instruments and artillery aiming system made the artillery accuracy of the Imperial Navy no worse than that of the British Navy, and even had an advantage. In addition, the use of new torpedoes allowed the Imperial Navy to seize the upper hand in naval warfare. If it weren't for the Imperial Navy's use of fish tactics, which inflicted heavy losses on the British Navy in a very short time. It was not so easy for the Imperial Navy to win the final victory in the naval battle.

Therefore, the victory of the Imperial Navy was not due to the fact that the British Navy was too poor, but that the Imperial Navy was technologically ahead.

It was not so easy for the Kingdom of Prussia to develop from a weak naval country to a naval power. First of all, the Kingdom of Prussia did not have enough financial funds to support the huge military expenditures required for the development of the navy. The Imperial Chinese Navy now had twenty-four battleships, and if it wanted to defeat the Chinese Navy, the Kingdom of Prussia would have to have at least so many battleships. Even if the Chinese Navy does not purchase new warships, it is estimated that the construction of these battleships and supporting warships alone will cost more than 500 million gold marks.

In addition, the Kingdom of Prussia itself could only build small warships and merchant ships. Lack of technology and experience needed to build large warships. And advanced battleships are often powerful warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons. For example, the most advanced 'Eastern Han class' battleship of the Imperial Chinese Navy. The displacement is already up to 20,000 tons. The Kingdom of Prussia had never built such a large warship at all, and wanted to build it in a short time. It was very difficult. Therefore, this was undoubtedly a difficult problem for the Kingdom of Prussia.

Thirdly, in the army of the Kingdom of Prussia, the army has always been valued over the navy. This is inseparable from the geographical location of the Kingdom of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia, located in Central Europe, must first ensure its own security, which makes the Kingdom of Prussia have to build a strong army. Only in this way will it be possible to ensure the security of Prussia itself. In the case of insufficient national strength. The Kingdom of Prussia had to choose between an army and a navy. There is no doubt that the choice of the Army, this is the most important thing.

From these factors, we can see how difficult it is for the Kingdom of Prussia to confront the Chinese Empire in the navy.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, although we want to develop a strong navy, we face many problems. However, this was for the Kingdom of Prussia. None of this is a problem. We are all able to overcome these problems.

The funds needed by the navy can be collected from the spoils of this war, not to mention anything else. The ransom that the Russians will pay us alone is as high as 200,000,000,000 gold marks, which is enough to cover the needs of the initial development of the Imperial Navy.

As for technology, the Kingdom of Prussia was really lacking in this area. But. We can absorb foreign technology. The British were defeated by the Chinese Empire, and it is estimated that the British want to develop their navy again in the future. That was already impossible, the Chinese Empire would not have made the British Navy strong anymore. So. Britain's powerful shipbuilding engineers and workers are just what we can do. They have a grudge against the Chinese Empire and are sure that the reason is for us. Although, in this war, the British Navy suffered a crushing defeat. But in fact, the technology of them and the Chinese Imperial Navy is not very different, and for the Kingdom of Prussia, it is even more able to achieve a technological leap. With the technical help of the British, we would have been able to easily acquire the technology to build large warships.

As for personnel, in addition to the Kingdom of Prussia itself, we can also absorb personnel from other countries. The British Navy, the French Navy, and even the Russian Navy could be absorbed. After the end of the war, the North Atlantic military alliance will suffer heavy losses, and their lives will not be much better. At this time, as long as we can provide them with a good life, they will definitely be willing to work for us. The most important point is that they are all enemies of the Chinese Empire, and if they want to seek revenge on the Chinese Empire, they can only rely on our strength.

Therefore, if our plan succeeds, in a very short time we will be able to build a navy capable of competing with the Chinese Empire! At that time, we will have enough strength to compete with the Chinese Empire for world hegemony. Even if it can't challenge the Chinese Empire in a short period of time, it can at least rely on its strong strength to open up a broader living space for our people! ”

Although Count Moltke was born in the army, he had obviously done his homework for this plan. Sure enough, his speech was affirmed by Wilhelm I, Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm, and other high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Prussia. Although, there may be many loopholes in this plan. But, on the whole, this was already the best naval development plan that the Kingdom of Prussia could come up with.

"Count Moltke, your plan is very good. Compared with the Chinese Empire, we are indeed much behind in the navy, and in order to surpass the Chinese, we can only adopt other methods. Now it seems that we still have every chance to surpass the Chinese! William I had a smile on his face. If he could, he would certainly not be willing to grovel to the Chinese Empire. The reason why I put up with it is that there is no way to do it.

After that, the group discussed how to implement Count Moltke's plan, and how to enable the Kingdom of Prussia to obtain the large amount of money, technology, and personnel needed for the development of the navy. Although, the situation facing the Kingdom of Prussia was not very favorable. However, if it is used well, it can also achieve corner overtaking and surpass the Chinese Empire.

After all, the British Navy was the first in the world. However, the Imperial Chinese Navy quickly overtook the British Navy with its steam warships, and it was too late for the British Navy to catch up, which led to the final fiasco of the British Navy.

In the face of the provocation and deterrence of the Chinese Navy, the arrogance of the Kingdom of Prussia was greatly restrained. They are also no longer so aggressive in the fight for territory in the Eastern European Plain. In many cases, the two sides carved up some important cities.

Now that the Prussians have relented, it is not easy for the Imperial Army to trouble the Prussians again and again.

At a time when the lands of the Eastern European Plain were falling under the control of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Prussian Army and the Chinese Imperial Army were also advancing towards St. Petersburg. It was the capital of Russia, and only by capturing St. Petersburg could Russia be considered destroyed. Of course, Tsar Alexander II had the option of surrendering. However, the requirements of the Chinese Empire were too high and harsh, so that Tsar Alexander II had to take other measures to preserve Russia's strength.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Alexander II was stunned as he stared at the map hanging on the wall. On the map, two large arrows are approaching St. Petersburg, one representing the Prussian Army and the other representing the Chinese Army. Judging by the current shape, the Prussian Army was undoubtedly closer to St. Petersburg. However, after the Chinese Army abandoned its slow infantry and sent cavalry units to form a large assault group, the Imperial Army caught up. It is expected that the advance speed of the Imperial Chinese Army will not be much slower than that of the Prussian Army.

"Your Majesty, according to the information we have received, the Prussian Army will be able to reach St. Petersburg in three days. And the Chinese Army, it will take four days or even more! "The commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Duke Gorchakov, looked very tired. In the past few days, the Russian army has been constantly defeated. Now the Russian army does not even have the courage to resist the advance of the Chinese army. Tens of thousands of Chinese cavalry were able to rampage through Russian territory. The glory of the once powerful Cossack cavalry has long since ceased to exist.

"Let the army of St. Petersburg be ready, and as soon as the Prussians arrive in St. Petersburg, surrender to them and let the Prussians take St. Petersburg!" Alexander II's face was gloomy. This is undoubtedly a great shame for him. Even when Napoleon the Great dominated Europe, the capital of Russia was never occupied. But now, St. Petersburg is about to fall, and this is undoubtedly a shame!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Duke Gorchakov nodded.

"Also, since our army is already vulnerable, let them stop blocking the Chinese! Russia has already had enough people die in this war, and I don't want to die too many more. Russia's future needs them! Alexander II said. Originally, in order to buy time for the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Army always kept blocking the Chinese Army. In the case of low morale and lack of weapons and equipment, the Russian army can be said to use flesh and blood to block the advance of the Chinese army, which makes Russia pay a heavy price.

Although, Russia has a population of 60 million. But in this battle, Russia has already lost a lot of people. And the enemies of Russia are so strong, so that more Russians can live, and this will give Russia a chance to rejuvenate. (To be continued......)

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