These bad things within the Entente countries will generally be coordinated by the diplomatic and military departments, and it is inevitable that a large family of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law will have quarrels together, not to mention such a large alliance of countries, but there are few major incidents that reach the highest level.

Li Fushou has been on the throne for many years, and he has long known this, even if the military generals within the empire compete for merit, civil ministers compete for favor, and the open and secret battles have never stopped, not to mention between countries.

What is fighting for is the glory of the country and the decency.

But the British's insistence on the pound sterling in trade settlements really touched the cake of the Ocean Empire, which made Li Fushou more vigilant and more vigilant.

The relationship between the Ocean Empire and Britain is both competitive and cooperative, and the rapid rise of the Golden Ocean in 15 years, in just three years, is enough to threaten the international financial supremacy of the British pound, which makes London deeply worried.

Today's world economy presents a pattern of one superpower and many powers, and the Ocean Empire has ridden the dust with its strong economic performance, and has thrown off its competitors and ranked alone among the economic superpowers.

Britain, Germany, the United States, and France are in the second level, with a GDP of more than $10 billion and less than $20 billion.

If France's colonial output is included, its total economic output is about $18.5 billion, which is about the same as that of the United States and Germany.

In the case of a new round of division of the United Republic of the South, the comprehensive strength of the United States has dropped again, and it is a little stronger than France.

In the case of several consecutive years of strong promotion of the Goldjoy Settlement Act, the position of Goldjoy in international trade settlement has been growing rapidly.

The Imperial Treasury expects that by the end of 17, the proportion of Jinyang in international trade settlement will rise to about 40%, surpassing the British pound, and thus promoting the status of the world's largest trade currency.

As for how much it can be reached in the end, 378 percent or more than 40 percent depends on the evolution of the international situation and the political and financial games of the relevant trading countries, not just in the trade field.

Overall

The Ocean Empire's gold reserves already account for more than half of the world's gold reserves, totaling more than 8,700 tons, and the status of the gold ocean in international trade has been rising, which is a major trend that is difficult to reverse.

With the chaos of the domestic situation, the Russian ruble has depreciated rapidly, and the entire national credit system has almost collapsed.

In the case of frequent wars, instead of seizing the opportunity of the world war to develop, the United States is deeply in debt, and the dollar is even weaker.

Years of war have caused the European franc and the German mark to depreciate sharply relative to the gold ocean, and the ocean empire has become an out-and-out strong currency with more than half of the world's gold reserves, and the gold ocean has become an out-and-out strong currency, and the international world is rushing for hard currency.

Compared with the British pound, Goldjoy's currency issuance scale is larger, the international liquidity is better, the credibility is more guaranteed, and the demand is more, so it has a broader prospect in international trade.

In accordance with the provisions of the Goldjoy Trade Act; For example, when purchasing the goods of the Ocean Empire, they must exchange their own currencies for the equivalent of gold oceans, which requires countries to reserve a certain amount of gold oceans for international settlements.

If you don't have enough reserve currency, there are several ways to get it, one is a trade surplus, one is a huge gold loan, one is a reserve gold exchange, and the other is resource trading.

For example, Fuso sold a large number of copper and oil resources in Arizona to obtain valuable foreign exchange.

For example, Britain, which sold a large amount of South African gold and Indian gemstones, and borrowed large amounts of gold and foreign loans to maintain a large amount of war expenses, has changed from a creditor country to a net debtor country, and its international financial status has been greatly reduced.

With Britain's current strength, it is no longer possible to prevent the rise of the Ocean Empire.

Now in Li Fushou's hand, there is a 10-year development plan for the Royal Navy, which has been approved by the lower house of parliament and entered the deliberation process of the military equipment review group of the House of Nobles.

This is a comprehensive plan aimed at strengthening the development of the oceanic empire dominated by battleships, heavy cruisers, covering aircraft carriers, general-purpose cruisers and destroyers, landing ships and other types of ships, for the twenties and thirties of the 20th century.

The report proposes to develop a 406 mm full-caliber heavy artillery battleship with a displacement of 46,000 tons, named the "Duke" class, and the lead ship "Duke of Palawan", with a standard displacement of 46,300 tons, equipped with a total of three triple main turrets in the front and 2 in the rear, and a design maximum speed of 28 knots per hour, which is a decisive battleship in the ocean.

This class of ships is planned to be built 6 ships, each of which will have a slight improvement, its performance level and combat effectiveness are among the top in the world, will be equipped with ranging radar, gun sighting radar, medium wave radio and other world-leading communication observation and sighting equipment, so as to establish the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire is strong enough to compete with the British Navy.

There is another bright spot in the plan, that is, in view of the advantages and disadvantages of the "Dinghai" class aircraft carrier in use, a type of special aircraft carrier with a displacement of 42,000 tons can be equipped with more than 220 aircraft of various types, and its combat effectiveness is quite strong.

This type of aircraft carrier is named the "Fury Tide" class, with a speed of 34 knots, a total of 6 ships will be built, and it is planned to be equipped with three ships of the Pacific Fleet, two ships of the Atlantic Fleet, and one ship of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

The Fury Tide-class aircraft carriers are not the giants that the Royal Navy wants, and with such an equipment budget, they would rather build a few more Duke-class battleships.

The huge role of aircraft carriers in warfare is not fully recognized even by the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire, and it is only used as an auxiliary ship for anti-submarine escort.

the general perception of admirals; The decisive battle at sea depends on the battleships equipped with huge guns.

This is not to blame the short-sightedness of the admirals, the fighters and bombers of today's era are limited by their performance and are not yet able to pose a lethal threat to the huge ironclad battleships, and the 100-pound bomb dropped on the battleships equipped with heavy bulletproof armor is just scratching.

Li Fushou knows that aviation technology is developing rapidly, and it will not take long for this situation to change.

At the secret air base in Qimarang, a special dive bomber is being developed, a concept that was originally first proposed by the British Air Force, but was established in the Ocean Empire and put into secret development.

According to the R&D needs of the project;

This type of dive bomber has a range of 1,200 kilometers and can carry up to 500 kilograms of bombs (about 1,100 pounds), dive at a 45-degree angle to bomb enemy targets, and carry out accurate bomb dropping.

Once such a powerful bomber is designed and produced, it will completely change the situation of maritime hegemony.

The Ocean Empire began to design and produce special aircraft carriers one step earlier to seize the commanding heights of future science and technology, which is one of the few benefits that Li Fushou can leave to the empire.

With the vast wealth of the Ocean Empire today, it is not afraid to start a naval arms race with Britain at all, and in today's world, Britain and Germany are the top naval forces on the same level.

The British navy was larger, the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire was more technologically advanced, and the German navy was more rigorously trained, but there was not much difference other than that.

After Churchill became Lord of the Admiralty in September 1911, the Royal Navy proposed that Germany should be Britain's only rival, and the Admiralty officially proposed the "One Strong Standard", that is, to exceed 60% of German capital ships on capital ships, and officially announced this standard on March 18, 1912.

Churchill once stated his policy in this way;

"If our naval supremacy is compromised, then the future of our nation and empire and the wealth accumulated over centuries of life and success will cease to exist and be swept away. Therefore; Be as prepared as Germany is going to attack tomorrow. ”

Thanks to Churchill's efforts, the navy's budget increased from £32.2 million in '08-09 to £48.7 million in '13-14, and by 1914-1915 it had exceeded £50 million, reaching an all-time high.

The naval budget also accounts for far more than any other branch of the British military budget, with a net increase of £77.4 million in the British army budget as a whole and £70.7 million for the navy in '09-15.

The increase in the budget ensured the implementation of the Royal Navy expansion program and the transformation of technology. In '05-09, £28.1 million was spent on battleships and battlecruisers, and in '09-13 it rose to £34.7 million, an increase of 23%.

The Royal Navy's order for capital ships has also doubled from 12 to 24.

By the time World War I broke out, Britain had 417 warships of all types, including 31 modern capital ships (another 16 were under construction) and 39 former dreadnoughts, which greatly exceeded Germany's 176 ships, achieving the "one strong standard" of 60% superiority over German capital ships.

After the outbreak of the world war

The British set the naval strategy aimed at controlling the territorial waters, blocking the enemy's access to the world's oceans, and seizing the most advantageous position for the decisive battle of the fleet in the event that the German ocean-going fleet left its base.

The "blockade strategy" became the basic strategy of the British Navy in the early stage of World War I.

After the Battle of Jutland and the Battle of the North Sea, the Royal Navy was severely weakened, and the sunken and heavily damaged capital ships reached as much as half of the size of the fleet, and many experienced naval officers and men died in the North Sea, which was an irreparable loss for the Royal Navy.

Hit by this

The British Royal Navy's strategy shifted to working closely with its allies to block German access to the world's oceans, and to find opportunities to win a decisive battle while the German High Seas Fleet was far from its bases.

The new naval strategy abandoned the mode of fighting alone, and it was in this situation that the four "Princess Elizabeth" class battleships of the Ocean Empire, with two capital battleships each of France and Italy, joined forces in the blockade of the German High Seas Fleet.

Let's be honest

The British Royal Navy already had a certain psychological shadow on the German High Seas Fleet, and it was really scared.

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