Native Australia

The fairy dwelling hall of the dream castle

"What...... Woodrow Wilson categorically rejected the French's proposal to negotiate? Li Fushou asked in disbelief, and his face became gloomy.

A moment later

He said in a cold tone;

"Since the Mi Guoyan will not give up if he does not see the coffin, then don't save any face, and order the Eastern Front Corps of the Expeditionary Force to implement Plan B.

Admiral Zhang Daoru of the Royal Navy's Atlantic Blockade Fleet was ordered to completely block all trading ships on the Atlantic route, including passenger ships, and all European freighters were escorted to the port of Norfolk and punished according to their circumstances.

I want the east coast of North America not to go to the sea, so that this economic shackle will suffocate the economy of the United States and let North America return to a state of wilderness.

The Western Front Corps of the Expeditionary Force was ordered to embark on the next phase of the campaign, targeting Chicago.

Tell Marshal Li that I will beat the Mi Guoyan hard and let them know what price it will cost to refuse the goodwill of the Empire?

Contact the government of Fuso to bring forward the plan to transfer the New Mexico region, hoping that they will move quickly to increase the number of troops in North America.

If the contribution is large enough, the issue of writing off the 600 million yen government loan owed by Fuso to the government of the United States is not impossible to discuss, and it depends on their performance.

Contact the Government of Canada to make a strong statement of our position;

If it is found that there is an organized and large-scale delivery of food, weapons, clothing, ammunition, medical supplies and everything else to North America, the empire does not mind organizing a Canadian expeditionary force to completely destroy and occupy Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and other cities, and invade Ottawa.

Where to go, and how to choose?

Neither London nor Commonwealth membership can shelter Canada from war unless the evidence is conclusive.

Don't cross the red line one step, don't say it!

Contact London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid, and I hope they will act to further divide the southern slave states.

Let's just say it's my promise;

The British, French, Germans, and Spaniards could bring about the independence of their influential southern states, and the Imperial Legion would give a pledge of force and respect for the interests of the Great Powers in the region.

The imperial side only demanded fair laws, trade treatment and civil rights for Chinese merchants to do business and buy real estate, and could provide assistance including military training and equipment, and could provide military protection for 3~5 years for a fee, provided that both sides signed the relevant agreement.

Hum...... It's really embarrassing.

I want to see how cohesive this country, which has been united for only a few decades, can be torn apart from the blood and tears of the American Civil War.

If Woodrow Wilson can unleash a coalition of Americans to resist, he will become the most outstanding president in American history, and I congratulate him from the bottom of my heart and admit defeat. ”

Li Fushou was indeed the dictator of the Ocean Empire, and most of his political affairs were delegated to the cabinet, but in the case of the North American War, he reproduced the style of being hands-on, because this matter is very important, and it will have a profound impact on the world pattern for decades or hundreds of years to come, and he must not slack off at all.

The Holy Lord's decree was immediately issued, and a cadre of cabinet ministers and important officials immediately divided labor and cooperated to implement it, and the efficient administrative machinery of the empire was put into operation, and the noose around the neck of the country was tightened step by step.

In response to the North American War, the Empire has made its 5th war move.

On the outskirts of cities on the Empire's homeland and in overseas states, a total of 820,000 recruits are being trained, some of whom will be deployed in North America in the near future, while most of the others are on standby as reserves.

If the war goes well, these conscripts will face mass retirement after the war, and if the war doesn't go well, they will have a chance to go to war.

The number of domestic industrial and mining enterprises entering the wartime mechanism, and the production of rifles, pistols, machine guns, and artillery required for the front line at full capacity has increased sharply, and the No. 1 ship "Somalia", the No. 2 ship "East Shangri-La", and the No. 3 ship "Central Kalimantan", which are rushing to work day and night, have been launched and outfitted one after another, and it is expected that they will enter service one after another before the end of the year and enter the official sequence of the Royal Navy.

The subsequent ships No. 4 "Western Shangri-La" and No. 5 "Mozambique" are under construction, while orders for the construction of ships 6, 7 and 8 have been cancelled, which is due to the fact that the war went so smoothly in the Royal Navy that there was no need to build more powerful battleships later.

Therefore, after the completion of the first 5 additional orders for the original 8 ships, the follow-up orders were urgently stopped to save a lot of shipbuilding funds.

Even so

The size of the Royal Navy also expanded rapidly, and the size of the main battlefleet expanded rapidly from 11 before the war (not counting the battleships "Tasmania", "South Australia" and "North Australia", which were not yet in service before the war, a total of 8 Metropolis-class battleships plus 3 Queensland-class battleships) to a staggering 21 ships in 1909.

Among them, there are 8 Metropolis-class battleships, 6 Queensland-class battleships (dreadnoughts), and a total of 7 captured U.S. battleships (including two new ships that are not commissioned at Hampton Anchorage), a total of 21 ships.

This figure does not include the five Somali-class super-dreadnought battleships that have not yet entered service.

Now it seems

These five super dreadnought battleships with unprecedented combat effectiveness have been unable to catch up with the current North American war, because the US Navy has been wiped out, and the Argentine Navy has obediently surrendered, and they were born late and can no longer find an opponent.

It was expected that by 1910, the size of the Royal Navy's main battleships would reach a staggering 26 ships, close to the level of 34 battleships of the German High Seas Fleet, and firmly rank third in the world.

Such a large navy had already attracted the attention of Emperor Li Fushou, who was preparing to reduce the strength of the Royal Navy after the war to avoid the fleet being too bloated and large.

In light of this

The Admiralty put forward a large-scale post-war decommissioning plan, that is, to decommission the four heavy cruisers that have made many meritorious contributions, the Qinglong, the White Tiger, the Suzaku and the Xuanwu, to decommission a total of 27 Seagull 2 destroyers that have been in service for 30 years, to decommission the "Naniwa" and "Takachiho" fast cruisers, and to decommission seven other cruisers that were seriously damaged in the war.

Besides

It is also necessary to decommission a number of capital warships damaged in naval battles, including the "Red River Valley" and "Brisbane", and the captured US battleships "Maine" and "Vermont", a total of four capital ships.

These four battleships were either due to their flawed design, their age, or because they had suffered considerable damage in previous naval battles, and after emergency repairs, they were used to carry out blockade missions on the Atlantic route, playing the last light and heat.

These 4 battleships have one thing in common, that is, they all belong to the former dreadnought-class battleships, with a displacement of less than 13,600 tons, and there is not much room for modification and value.

In particular, the "Red River Valley" and the "Brisbane" were the No. 1 and No. 2 ships of the Metropolis-class battleships, which were originally exploratory in nature and had many flaws in their designs.

After the end of the war

Giving priority to the removal of this batch of old ships from service will greatly reduce the huge establishment of the Royal Navy, reduce the average age of the main ships, save valuable funds, and increase the overall combat strength instead of decreasing.

These old ships can be half-bought and half-given to the allied navies, although they are already lagging behind in the sequence of the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire, for these allies, they are first-class capital ships, and they are the best to decorate the façade.

In addition, the Admiralty had a careful thought.

I really have to wait for the Holy Lord to personally inquire about this matter, the Royal Navy is afraid that it will be too ruthless, so that the current situation of the Royal Navy will suffer a heavy blow, and then the gains will outweigh the losses, so it is better to cut the old and weak by yourself, so as to win the mercy of the Holy Lord's subordinates.

After the completion of the ship retirement plan, the Royal Navy still has 22 capital battleships with a displacement of more than 16,000 tons, of which ten are dreadnoughts and 12 former dreadnoughts, the maximum age of which is no more than 5 years, with an average of about three years, all of which are new ships.

As for the retirement of the four heavy cruisers of Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu, there was a lack of heavy cruisers in the Royal Navy, and they had already solved it.

If you want the empire to start building a new type of heavy cruiser, it is obviously unlikely, and if you don't do it, you will be reprimanded by the saint, and the Admiralty is not ready to take risks.

They set their sights on the 13 unfinished battleships newly built on the east coast of the United States, of which 4 were built in Norfolk Harbor and two were built at the Hampton Naval Shipyard, and the ship's power and main body were basically completed, and the construction work was completed between 60~80%.

The battleships mastered by these six expeditionary forces are all 16,800-ton "St. Louisiana"-class battleships with a standard displacement of 18,200 tons and a full load displacement of 21,000 tons.

The Royal Navy planned to convert it into a heavy cruiser, which would be attached to the Pacific and Atlantic fleets and become the backbone of the cruiser's power.

These 6 ships have a good foundation, with heavy bulletproof armor belts and new steam turbine power, the United States originally planned to buy 343 mm twin main ship guns from the United Kingdom, according to the layout of the front 2 and the rear 2, a total of 8 are equipped, supplemented by 24 single-barreled 152 mm rapid-fire secondary guns, forming a powerful firepower, which is a standard dreadnought configuration.

The Royal Navy used it as a heavy cruiser, so there was no need for such a large-caliber main ship gun, and it happened to install a triple 55 times caliber 281 mm main ship gun developed and produced by the Azure Weapons Company, with a total of three turrets and a total of 9 main guns.

This advanced triple 55 times caliber 281 mm main ship gun can reach a maximum range of 18.7 kilometers, which exceeds the British 40 times caliber 305 mm twin main ship gun with a maximum range of 14.5 km to 15 km, with faster firing speed and more firepower.

Due to the compact structure, the ammunition depot can be equipped with heavier armor protection, and the protection can be further improved.

The secondary gun uses 20 105mm single-barreled rapid-fire guns, although the power is far inferior to that of the 155mm secondary gun, and the main gun can save a total of more than 1,900 tons of weight, so that the average speed can be increased by 3.5 knots.

So

It is expected that the average speed of these six heavy cruisers converted from battleships will reach a high speed of 28 knots, showing an asymmetrical advantage in combat.

Those who are faster than him can't beat him, and those with more firepower can't catch up with him, and a lot of changes have been added to the navy's tactical choices, which are the major equipment that the Admiralty wants.

The topic returns to the Army;

The 3rd T2 Heavy Tank Regiment, the main armoured regiment of the Armoured Dragoon Division, which has been reorganized in Tasmania, is undergoing equipment adaptation training and is expected to be ready for combat effectiveness in a short time.

The 4th T-2 armored tank regiment is in production, and now Hongshan Heavy Industries is able to produce 8~9 T-2 tanks per month, after overcoming the problem of super-large-scale casting production (tank turret). It is expected that the production volume will make a qualitative leap to 20 units per month.

The bottleneck restricting the increase in production is not the production capacity of Hongshan Heavy Industry, but the current military's lack of willingness to demand T2 tanks, and the resources invested are relatively small.

Because the Cheetah tank galloped in North America, it has made a name for itself and played a majestic style, in addition to being limited in urban combat, it has dominated the field battlefield, and is feared by the US military as "the satanic cavalry from Australia".

Therefore, the military's demand for Cheetah tanks is even stronger.

This prompted Hongshan Heavy Industry and Dongfanghong Agricultural Machinery Company to greatly increase the output of Cheetah medium tanks, one is to replenish battlefield losses, and the other is to strengthen strategic reserves to meet possible international order needs.

The monthly production of Cheetah medium tanks has more than doubled from about 15 units per month before the outbreak of the war to 35 units per month, which not only meets the needs of the front line, but also brings the number of strategic reserves to a new level, reaching a total of 330 units (the total number of multi-year reserves).

If nothing else, the reserve will exceed 400 units by the end of the year.

There are already German and French military delegations, which will soon arrive in Australia to negotiate the purchase of technology licenses for the Wolf light tank and the Gepard medium tank, and the imperial side intends to sell some of the finished products, but is reluctant to sell the technology.

The details still need to be negotiated between the two sides, and everything is unknown.

The news of the victory in the war continued to come from the front, which greatly stimulated the economic development of the Ocean Empire, and the industrial and agricultural production and commercial trade prospered.

Along with these good news, the news media continued to publicize the national cohesion and sense of identity with the empire, and the young people fanatically admired the soldiers, and were proud to join the army and navy to fight in foreign lands.

The five war mobilizations in China have received enthusiastic responses from the people, and the conscripts have been quickly filled, which is very telling.

There was a strong sense of self-confidence in the Empire, and the fact that everyone from merchants and officials could be respected overseas to feel the honor of being part of the Empire was a notable change brought about by the North American War.