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    No one dares to take the upcoming decisive battle between the Chinese Navy's home fleet and the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia lightly.  This is a huge fleet including twenty-nine battleships, ten armored cruisers, and a total of hundreds of battleships.  The Chinese Navy's home fleet only has eight battleships and eight heavy cruisers. The gap is very big!  Although the base camp has gone through detailed war games, if there are no major loopholes in the plan, the local fleet will definitely win this battle.  However, no one can explain clearly the issue of naval warfare.  Just like the battle between the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, the Pacific Fleet originally had the advantage, but it almost overturned the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet!

    However, overall, the Chinese Navy still has a very good chance of winning this battle.  The navies of Britain, France and Russia came from afar, but the Chinese navy's local fleet was waiting to work.  Moreover, the eight battleships of the Chinese Navy are all new battleships. Whether it is speed, firepower or armor, they are far from being comparable to the old battleships of the navies of Britain, France and Russia.  When the war really begins, the combined fleets of Britain, France, and Russia will know how powerful the Chinese navy is.

    After winning this battle, China will be able to become one of the top powers in the world, and the Chinese navy will also become a world-class navy.  However, the size of the Chinese navy is still too small.  With the industrial strength of the United Kingdom, France and the United States, it is very easy to catch up with the size of the Chinese navy.  The reason why the Chinese navy has been able to win is entirely because the performance of its warships is far more powerful than its opponents.  However, the construction of the British Navy's 'Dreadnought-class' battleships has also begun, taking advantage of Britain's industrial strength.  It won't take more than a few years.  It will be possible to build a powerful fleet composed entirely of new battleships.  Plus France and the United States.  China will once again face tremendous pressure.  The aircraft and the derived new weapons such as aircraft carriers that Wang Yuze is counting on are not yet available.  Although the Air Force has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in researching aircraft with longer range, faster speed and larger bomb load, due to the current technological strength, it will take some time to make breakthrough progress.  Therefore, for some time to come, battleships will still be the dominant force.  If the Chinese navy wants to maintain its advanced level, it must build more and more powerful battleships.

    According to the plan of Wang Yuze and the General Staff.  After this war, the Chinese Navy will be divided into the Home Fleet, Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet.  Moreover, all old battleships will be eliminated and replaced with new battleships.  This requires the construction of more new battleships.  In addition, current history has changed beyond recognition. Wang Yuze cannot guarantee whether the First World War in history will wait until 1914 to break out. If it breaks out in advance, China must be prepared.

    The First World War broke out in advance.  This is very possible.  The German Navy has received help from China and has taken the lead in building the 'Nassau-class' battleship.  Coupled with the battleships built by China for the German Navy, Germany will be equipped with advanced battleships before Britain.  In a few years, the German Navy will have the strength to challenge the British Navy.  In order to ensure their status, the British Navy will also desperately build new battleships, which will inevitably make the contradiction between Britain and Germany more acute.  In addition, if Russia is defeated by China, its strength will inevitably be greatly damaged, and the United States will also be held back by China.  Germany will have enough confidence to go to war with Britain and France.  Therefore, Wang Yuze believes that this time the battle is likely to break out early.  China, on the other hand, must be prepared to charge during this period.  Moreover, if China and Germany won the final victory in World War I, a new war would definitely break out between China and Germany in order to compete for world hegemony.  China must be fully prepared.  Otherwise, after decades of hard work, everything will become a mirror, which is something Wang Yuze does not want to see anyway.

    "Lord Zhang, does the Navy have a new shipbuilding plan? It can be seen from the battle between the Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Navy that the performance of old battleships has become worse and worse. Even if we can defeat the enemy, the casualties we will pay will not be high.  Few. Now the Americans are still building a large number of new battleships. With the industrial strength of the United States, they will soon be able to build a powerful fleet. Therefore, the old battleships will be gradually phased out after this war is over!  "Wang Yuze said.

    "Your Majesty, the Navy's Battleship Design Institute is designing a new class of battleships, but the design has not yet been completed. Now the shipyards are stepping up their efforts to build the 'Baiqi' class battlecruisers and the 'Nassau class' built for the Germans.  Battleship. The navy's new class of battleships is expected to start construction early next year. The new class of battleships will be named 'Han class' battleships. It is expected that the standard displacement will be more than 25,000 tons, and the full load displacement will be 20,000 tons.  More than 8,000 tons. All use large oil-fired boilers and steam turbines, and the speed is expected to be more than 25 knots. The firepower is three triple-mounted 343 mm naval guns. However, the development of naval guns will take some time. By the beginning of next year,  ??The UK is almost there!  "Navy Minister Zhang Cheng said with a smile. Wang Yuze can take the initiative to propose that the navy build more battleships. As the Navy Minister, of course he supports it with both hands!

    "What is the cost of the 'Han-class' battleship? How many ships does the Navy plan to build?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "According to the preliminary budget, the cost of the 'Han-class' battleship is approximately 16 million yuan or more, with a maximum of no more than 18 million yuan. The Navy Ministry plans to build four ships." Zhang Cheng said.

    "Eighteen million, which is more than twice that of the 'China-class' battleships. However, if these indicators can be achieved, it is still worth it. Four ships are too few to replace the old-fashioned ones of the Pacific Fleet.  We only need a few battleships, and we also need to form an Indian Ocean fleet. So, a total of six 'Han-class' battleships will be built!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" The Navy Minister said with a smile on his face.

    "Your Majesty, are six ships too many? Each ship costs 18 million, and six ships would cost 110 million. Plus the other supporting warships, the cost is too great. In addition,'  The Baiqi-class battlecruisers will be commissioned in the year after next, which can also reduce the pressure on the navy. It is enough to build four Han-class battleships!" Minister of National Defense Jiang Xingguo suggested.  The current finances are not rich. Hundreds of millions have been spent on this war. By the time the war is over, hundreds of millions or even more will probably be spent.  The national debt sold has already amounted to one billion yuan, and the government has already planned to reduce military spending after the war.  But if the Navy builds ships on a large scale again, how can this military expenditure be reduced?

    "Six ships are not much at all. As for the funding problem, this can be easily solved. After we win this war, the five countries of Britain, France, the United States, Russia and Japan will have to pay war reparations obediently. This money is enough  We have paid off all the debts, and at the same time we can still have a lot of savings. All the navy's shipbuilding funds are in this." Wang Yuze said with a smile.  Get tens of millions of pounds from the British, tens of millions of pounds from the French, hundreds of millions of pounds from the Russians, and hundreds of millions of pounds from the Americans.  The Japanese have completely drained them of their oil and water.  At that time, it will be an astronomical war reparations.  China's industry has once again been upgraded, as well as its military spending in the next few years, and that's all.

    Seeing that Wang Yuze spoke so firmly, Minister of National Defense Jiang Xingguo said no more.  Of course he hopes that the empire's military will become stronger and stronger, but the premise is that there must be enough finance to support it, otherwise, it will become a militancy.  Historically, no country that resorted to militarism had a good ending.  He didn't want the empire to go down such a path either.

    While China is celebrating its victory, the U.S. government is looking gloomy.

    "General Mahan was killed, and General Benson led the remaining troops to surrender. In this battle, all the main battleships of the West Coast Fleet were annihilated. So far, only the armored cruiser USS Colorado has escaped, but it was also severely damaged. In addition, there are  Some light cruisers and destroyers escaped. The remaining battleships, except for the battleship USS Alabama, which was captured, the armored cruiser USS West Virginia, and the armored cruiser USS South Dakota, were all sunk.  ." U.S. Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, holding the telegram, read it to everyone.

    The atmosphere in the office was very heavy, and everyone¡¯s faces were as gloomy as water.  Everyone knows what this means.  As long as this news leaks out, the White House will be surrounded by angry American people the next day.  It is simply impossible to block this news.  The political opponents of the Democratic Party may have begun to spread this news now.

    "Gentlemen, unfortunately, God is not on our side. We still failed. Tomorrow, I will resign to Congress. Mr. Garrett Hobart, it is up to you to clean up the next mess!  " said President William McKinley.  Although his voice was calm, everyone knew how unwilling he was.

    "Yes, Your Excellency, President!" Vice President Garrett Hobart nodded.  This time, the Navy was defeated again, and someone had to take responsibility. President William McKinley's resignation was undoubtedly the best way.

    Of course, the U.S. government will also face tremendous pressure as a result. How it will weather the storm depends on how the situation develops.  After all, China still has to fight a decisive battle with the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia!

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