On the far west coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the United States is also a participant in the arms race. However, the United States' level of competition is far inferior. Since the United States does not have the naval technology ahead of Britain and Germany, China has not disclosed any information about the United States. Therefore, the construction and design of the US Navy's dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers is completely to imitate the formed battleships of Britain, Germany and China.

As a result, the Americans successively built South Carolina-class battleships, Delaware-class battleships, and South Carolina-class battleships on battleships because the US budget was not relaxed, resulting in slow tonnage and unable to compete with the British Fearless battleship. However, the Delaware-class battleships relaxed tonnage restrictions to reach the level of the Fearless, but because of the lack of steam turbine technology, their aviation and endurance could not compete with the British Pallofeng-class battleships.

The failure of the turbine technology has caused the US battle cruiser plan to be severely affected, which has led to the US Navy's entry into the era of fearlessness, but it can only follow the butts of China, Britain and Germany. Although it has joined the naval arms race, it is often behind and cannot play a role in confrontation.

While the battleship competition between the British and German navy, their respective battlecruisers were also in full swing.

Five days after the British Invincible battlecruiser entered service, a brand new battlecruiser, Mao Nian, was launched at the Brom-Foss Shipyard in Hamburg.

Unlike the Blüchel, which was caught to make up the numbers, this new warship was designed to compete with the British warships of its class and is a real battle cruiser. So in terms of its artillery configuration and layout, you can see that there are many similarities with the Invincible. The difference is that the strong millimeter Krupp gun is used to deal with the British inch Vicks gun. The advantages of Germany's large-caliber naval guns in terms of firing and hit ratios are enough to offset this inch difference with the British naval guns.

Germany's battlecruiser plan was far earlier than Britain, so the Germans' battlecruiser did not have to be inferior to the British. The Moltke battlecruiser originally had only friendly relations. He suffered a little in terms of degree, so the Germans had to seek help from China. Then, China took advantage of the opportunity to build Gemini-class battleships for Germany and sent engineers to return to Germany with the Gemini-class battlecruiser and upgraded the power system for the Moltke battlecruiser. When the Moltke was finally built, the degree was reached.

Considering the situation of China's Tianquan-class battlecruiser, the German Navy saw that the Chinese Navy only built one battleship, but built five Tianquan-class battlecruisers in one go. The actions of the Chinese Navy brought a signal to the German Navy that the role of the battlecruiser in future naval battles will be stronger than that of the battleships.

Moreover, the most important thing is that China's Wangshu-class and Feilian-class heavy cruisers have already shocked the navy around the world with practical effects, and they can't help but disbelieve it. Under the influence of Chinese naval thought, drawing on the design ideas of the Chinese Tianquan-class battlecruiser, the German Navy began to design its successor, the next-class battlecruiser Seedlitz-class. It is also preparing to increase the main gun caliber of the Seedlitz-class battlecruiser to deal with the British battlecruiser with its mouth-cranked main gun.

The service of China's Jiahe battleship and Tianquan-class battlecruiser made Britain, which has always maintained its leading position in the world's navy, feel ashamed. China did not join the large-scale arms race, but it constantly instigated the nerves of the navies of Britain and Germany.

However, how could the British let China be ahead of them?

Due to the complete failure of the UK's global opium trade, China's culprit was especially resented by British opium merchants. Therefore, it affected the attitude of the British government to a certain extent. Although China has cancelled the policy and tariff barriers to protect the UK's trade deficit with China, it has only been alleviated. The trade friction between China and Britain has become increasingly intense as China continues to strengthen, and this is almost an inevitable friction between the rise of a strong country and the new and old empires.

Although China did not expand its navy on a large scale, the British felt a huge challenge with the completion and service of the USS Shih battleship. Therefore, the British Navy decided to limit the export of turret systems to China to prevent China from continuing to instigate the British-German naval arms race.

The failure of the opium trade has made the British finances serious fiscal deficits during the end of the year and no longer supported the Navy's large-scale military expansion operations.

The second fiscal crisis made the British realize that this large-scale naval arms race between Britain and Germany was not worth the cost and they had to find a way to stop it.

However, Britain knew that if Germany was suppressed, the Germans would not surrender, but instead became more and more intense. Therefore, the British government made a big fuss and even gave up the arms race with Germany in exchange for Germany to stop its endless military expansion.

Therefore, the British Giant-class battleships were originally approved to build six, but four were finally cut off, only two of them being built as a compromise with the Germans.

However, the British were pressed on their cold butts with a hot face. When the British saw that they surrendered, they thought the British were really afraid of Germany. They became more and more energetic, and not only did they not stop, but they became even more rampant.

In March of the year, Germany revised its naval law for the third time, and determined to build the high seas fleet into a global combat power to the navy, and to catch up with and surpass the British navy in terms of scale.

In June 2019, the German government added 400 million German marks to the Navy to start construction of five Caesar-class battleships and four battlecruisers.

The Caesar-class battleship is a new generation of battleships designed by Germany after the Helgolan class. Construction started in 1999. At this time, Germany had fully understood the steam turbine technology from China. Therefore, the Caesar-class battleship is also a battleship that the German Navy uses steam turbine power system for the second time.

The two main turrets in the Caesar-class hull are arranged in a diagonal arrangement on both sides. The angle of the main gun in the reverse firing boundary is higher than that of the British battleships of similar layouts. The two main turrets in the Navigation Department are arranged in a back-loading manner. The Caesar-class protection design inherits the tradition of German battleships focusing on defense. The weight saved in the design of the firepower and power system is used to strengthen protection. The protection performance is significantly improved compared with previous German battleships. The Germans once tried to install a diesel engine power system because China's Shih has already adopted this system, but Germany finally released it considering its difficulty in supplying crude oil.

With the promulgation of the new German naval law, the British gave up their last thoughts with Germany. The failure of the British Henry government in the opium trade had already made some of the great nobles in the country dissatisfied. As the Henry government compromised with the Germans in the navy, it aroused extreme dissatisfaction among the British.

"A dignified empire that does not set. How can one surrender to other countries in the naval cause?"

As a result, the failure of the Henry administration's policy towards Germany directly led to the collapse of the government and Henry was forced to resign. The Conservative Party seized the opportunity to slam the Liberal Party's failure and intended to regain power.

However, although the British aristocrats were dissatisfied with the Henry administration, they had not yet lost confidence in the Liberal Party. Therefore, in the general election of the Year of the Liberal Party, the Liberal Party reached its legal seat and successfully formed a cabinet again.

The British new government secretary of the Exchequer was appointed by Herbert-Henry-Aspens. The government members did not make any major changes because they were all elites of the Liberal Party.

As soon as the Herbert government came to power, it first rectified the finances and resumed the large-scale naval arms race against Germany. In order to cope with the pressure of the naval shipbuilding competition with Germany, the British government responded to the challenges of the German naval naval by starting the construction of eight main battleships. It began the construction of the battleship of the Dajingmo model. In order to compete with the German Caesar-class battleships and Moltke-class battleships, the British government misappropriated funds from other places, increased budgets, increased shipbuilding taxes, and urgently provided 10,000 pounds of merit to the Navy, and started the construction of four Orion-class battleships and four Lion-class battleships.

The British Orion-class battleships and Lion-class battlecruisers are designed very high. In addition to fighting against German battleships, they are mainly for the purpose of passing Chinese battleships and battlecruisers.

In this way, China's instigation plan has been successful.

The four newly designed Orion-class battleships of the Royal Navy have focused on increasing their firepower, which is completely different from the battleships built in the UK. In the UK, this class battleship is called the "Dreadnought" battleship.

The Fearless Class Battleship is actually the name that Britain provoked the Chinese Navy's battleship in order to compete with Zhongxian and regain its technological hegemony in the world, and the battleship of the Chinese Navy. The full name is the Chinese-class Fearless Age Battleship, and is abbreviated as the Fearless Class Battleship.

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Zhang Yunfei, who was drinking tea, almost spit out after hearing Du Xigui's explanation of the name of the Fearless Battleship.

He smiled and said, "You are so talented! Can you think of this? If the British know, they will be angry to death!"

Du Xigui smiled and said, "Your Majesty, although this explanation is a bit joking, it is undeniable that the British Orion-class battleships and Lion-class battlecruisers are not just for the purpose of dealing with the German navy, but are competing with us for the technical throne of the world naval warships!"

Zhang Yunfei nodded and said, "What you said makes sense! The British have always controlled the direction of the world's navy, and they are the boss in technology. Now that we have been technically passed by us, the British naturally will not be the second place!"

Du Xigui continued: "In order to maintain the British Navy's advantage in firepower, a new inch caliber main gun was installed to replace the original inch caliber main gun. The main gun installed by the Germans was only inch and inch, while the British could have installed inch. But they suddenly improved to a sharp cub? Is this obviously going to overwhelm the cub main gun we had inch? "

"Also!" Du Xigui continued: "There is no Britain. The dreadnought dagger adopts the form of the main gun turrets arranged along the longitudinal central axis of the hull, and the main turrets are installed in a winding double-mounted main turret. The hull ships are carried in a carousel, with one swollen part located behind the smoke and white, which makes it easier for all main guns to fire fire on the same side. This is the design idea of ​​plagiarizing the Imperial Navy warships!"

Zhang Yunfei coughed lightly and smiled in his heart. Now it's interesting. The British man-made ship's idea was to plagiarize the Chinese Navy. If this was known by the British in another time and space, he would have to vomit blood!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfei's face was not red and he smiled unhappily: "Yes! The British have also fallen into the fruit of plagiarizing others!"

Du Xigui said: "It all depends on His Majesty's wise leadership! Now our instigation plan has played a role. The British have taken the bait. Since Germany competes with Britain, it will inevitably build a fearless battleship! So, what will happen to our empire next? Please make it clear!"

According to Zhang Yunfei's idea, the British fearless battleships have begun to be built. So, if the war still broke out around the old and old years, Britain and Germany will have a huge naval battle. The number of main warships on both sides will not be less than 100, so regardless of the victory or defeat of the war, both countries will be dragged down!

Since that's the case, then Zhang Yunmao never minds putting in trouble.

"Then the Empire will also build a class battleship! I will suppress the British and see what their reactions are?"

Du Xigui asked: "Your Majesty, the British have now restricted the export of large-caliber artillery systems to the Imperial Navy! Although the Empire can design and build the entire warship itself, the cost of self-built is too high, and if the number of construction is small, it will be even more expensive."

Zhang Yunfei nodded and said, "It is best to be able to rely on one's own strength! As for the cost? It doesn't matter, we are very rich in funds now!"

Du Xigui said: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Navy officers and soldiers, after seeing the Jiahe battleship and the five Tianquan-class battlecruisers, they all couldn't put it down and saw them serving. However, there are more wolves and fewer meats. Do you think this "Your Majesty"?

Zhang Yunfei asked: "Are you trying to increase the number of warships built?"

Du Xigui nodded and replied: "Yes! Your Majesty! This is exactly what I think! Now the imperial navy has been disarmament for five years. All the soldiers who did not serve in warships were sent to the Navy Military Academy for further study. Now that all the scholars have graduated from the military academy, they can't let them serve in the Coast Guard and the Jiangfang Fleet! That will hurt their confidence!"

"Yes! Five years have passed so soon!" Zhang Yunfei nodded and said, "How many tonnage is left in our arms treaty with the United States?"

Du Xigui replied: "Avoid it, it has accumulated tens of thousands of tons!"

Zhang Yunfei thought for a while and asked, "Does there be a blueprint for the newly built battleship?"

Du Xigui hurriedly said: "According to His Majesty's wishes, the Imperial Navy warships serve first level, build first level, design first level, and maintain uninterruptedness.

Then Du Xigui took out a new warship report from his briefcase and handed it to Zhang Yunfei.

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The warships were classified as Beijing-class. Judging from their name, Zhang Yunfei knew what they thought. Since battleships such as the Beijing-class battleship have been retired, the warships will be sold. Once the construction of the Beijing-class battleships starts, the Beijing-class will be put back in service. In other words, the Navy has already urgently hoped that Zhang Yunfei would let go and allow the Navy to obtain orders for new warships.

Zhang Yunfei glanced at Du Xigui, who was guilty of avoiding Zhang Yunfei's eyes.

Let’s continue to read! The Beijing-class battleship in the report surprised Zhang Yunfei. It was not because of the awesome design of this class, but because this class ship was simply tailor-made for the next German battleship. From the appearance, it looked quite similar to the German King-class battleship in history.

Thinking that Germany is currently building a Caesar-class battleship, the next level is the king-class, and China's Beijing-class battleship is precisely to continue to instigate the arms race between the British and German naval forces. The German navy must refer to the Beijing-class battleship to design their future king-class battleships.

What a coincidence of history? Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but sigh!

Du Xigui didn't know what Zhang Yunfei was thinking, and thought Zhang Yunfei was admiring the strength of the warship design?

So he said: "Your Majesty, this class of battleships was originally designed to be equipped with old inch main guns, but after Britain limited the artillery technology against China, the Empire could only build flipper main guns. Because the German Navy was very satisfied with the Gemini-class battleships built by the Empire, and also expressed a strong interest in the Empire's USS Shame Battleship. The Navy believes that a large-scale arms race between Germany and Britain is becoming more and more intense. However, Germany's local shipyards have limited capabilities, not as powerful as Britain. Therefore, in order to maintain the number of Britain, Germany will choose to build warships abroad! Therefore,"

"So your battleship is tailor-made for the Germans!"

Du Xigui replied: "Your Majesty, the ship is expected to cost tens of thousands of dragon coins. If you only build one or two ships, the cost is too high! Even if the empire has money, it cannot spend like this! Therefore, the Navy believes that if it can attract orders from the German navy and start construction of six to eight ships at the same time, the cost of a single warship will be controlled, such as Wanqin Kouyou. The profits obtained by exporting warships from Jiabu can add several muscles to the Imperial Navy!"

It was actually just that the Navy wanted to add new warships.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfei thought that he could no longer suppress the navy, otherwise it would be counterproductive. Now the Navy is reliant on its own. It is rare to build warships for itself by selling warships abroad, so Zhang Yunfei had to nod and agree.

"Are you so sure that the Germans will buy it?"

Du Xigui said: "We also designed a reduced version of the Beijing-class to show it to the German Navy as an export-type warship. They expressed their strong interest and submitted it to the German government for discussion. According to our information, Germany has already planned to purchase again, but it has not yet finalized the quantity and price!"

Zhang Yunfei was very satisfied with Du Ximon's approach of preparing for the future.

So he said: "Let's do it! The export-type warships sold to the Germans are easy to negotiate on the price, so we can make less money. In terms of the navy, four Beijing-class battleships are allowed to build themselves to fill the naval strength!"

Seeing Zhang Yunfei's permission, Du Xigui was very happy and hurriedly said, "Thank you Your Majesty!"

Du Xigui then said: "Your Majesty, while the British built Orion-class battleships, they converted the Orion-class into a lion-class battlecruiser, which also suppressed the Empire's Tianquan-class battlecruiser.

Zhang Yunfei said: "I knew you would say this. Your Navy Department will look at it yourself! I don't object, as long as you don't violate the Hawaiian Navy Arms Treaty and are not dragged into the naval arms race in Europe and the United States!"

Du Xigui hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I know! I will inform other naval officials now. Are they all waiting for good news for me?"

Zhang Yunfei smiled helplessly and said, "Go!"

"I'm going to leave!" Du Xigui left the palace with excitement.

With Zhang Yunfei's nod, the Chinese Navy suddenly became excited again.

In mid-June 2019, employees of the Shanghai Royal Shipyard of the Emperor Qin Navy began to lay the keels of the Beijing-class battleship Beijing at the Dock No. 3 in the scorching sun.

As China's first-class battleship, according to the instigation rules of the battleship, the battleships built by China have improved in terms of displacement, main gun caliber, warship navigation and armor strength. Therefore, the Beijing-class battleship designed to be 30,000 tons with a full load of 32ooo tons, which is more than the USS Shihhe battleship, which is more than the British Orion-class battleship.

The old Wumm clever caliber main gun is equipped with an electric double-mounted turret, with two front and rear, one in the middle, and evenly arranged on the central axis. The enemy on the side can carry out a salvo of ten main guns. This is only 7 mm more caliber than the main gun of the British Orion-class battleship. It can be said that the combat power is equivalent, and the difference is not big.

As China vigorously develops the petrochemical industry, China has greatly improved both crude oil production and fuel reserves. Therefore, Chinese warships use fuel as a power system, which not only improves boiler efficiency, but also greatly increases the degree of warships. Compared with coal, space occupies less, saves tonnage, and makes personnel space more comfortable. During combat, it is not blocked by thick smoke.

Therefore, the Beijing-class battleship still uses steam turbine units with oil-fired boilers. The battleship adopts a square tail layout and is driven by four propellers, making the Beijing-class battleship sailing reach ten thousand kilograms that make the British ashamed.

In terms of armor, the main gun of Jinmm is correspondingly required Jinmm armor protection. Therefore, Beijing-class battleships once again stood at the top of the world's naval battleships, and the future British-German naval arms race will become more and more intense under the instigation of China.

Faced with the British construction of Orion-class battleships and Lion-class battlecruisers, Germany's battleships and battlecruisers under construction could not compete with them.

In history, a World War broke out shortly after the emergence of the class battleship. Now, under the instigation of China, both sides have entered the era of class battleships early, that is, the era of fearlessness. Britain's docking capacity is stronger than Germany, so if Germany wants to not fall behind on class battleships, it must transform its dock tonnage. Obviously, Germany is very busy at present, and the dock is constantly building warships. Where can I still have time to transform the dock?

At this moment, the Germans finally saw the British's huge industrial shipbuilding capabilities, and these warships will serve the British Navy in two years. However, Germany's next-class warships had not been built at that time. According to this progress, in five years, Germany will build fewer first-class battleships and battle cruisers than Britain, and the number will be ten less than that of the UK.

Faced with this situation, German Navy Secretary Tilberts quickly reported to German Emperor William II.
To be continued...