Following the large-scale naval arms race between the Chinese Empire and the United States, the major European powers have also launched their own shipbuilding plans to compete with them (Dancing with the Stars: Read the full text of the ** story of actresses and real estate practitioners).

The first to bear the brunt is naturally the Royal Navy, which has the strongest naval industry.

In the winter of the ninth year of Guanghua (December 1909), the British Intelligence Agency mi5 (Five Departments) obtained information about the Hanwu Emperor-class battleships and the Jinwu Emperor-class battlecruiser project under construction by the Imperial Navy Huangpu Shipyard, as well as the exploration of the US Navy's New York-class battleship and Seattle-class battleship plans.

The intelligence was summarized to the British Ministry of Defense, Secretary of Defense, Marshal Walter, and Lord Kerr immediately organized the Super God Bow Battleship Research Committee with Secretary of Maritime Fisher to study the Super God Bow Battleship Project in China and the United States, and to conduct a comprehensive assessment report based on the situation of the dreadnoughts (the latest chapter of the Missing Notice).

"We must build a new-class super-divine bow battleship and battle cruiser to counter threats from the Imperial Chinese Navy and the US Navy." Fisher changed the term fearlessness to a divine bow in his work report for the first time, proving that the British Navy has finally recognized that the Imperial Chinese Navy's divine bow warships are better than their fearlessness, and also represents that the British Navy recognizes that the Imperial Chinese Navy is in an international leading position and influence.

"The budget of the single ship of the Super God Bow Battleship has risen to the 4 million British list, and the budget of the Battlecruiser has soared to above the 6 million British list. We have just suffered a heavy blow to the war and cannot afford this huge sum of money."

"Then will we just sit back and watch the naval forces of China and the United States ride on our heads? Will the Royal Navy of the British Empire hand over the global maritime power?"

"We must find a way if we can't come up with it! We must defend the dignity of the empire!"

The committee and others were talking nonstop, trying to save the British Navy's face, but not wanting to pay.

Finally, Kerr said: "If we don't grant funds to the navy to build ships, then our only remaining Indochina colonies, Canadian colonies, will have to be occupied by the Chinese Empire or the United States."

The Canadian colonies were relatively minor and their economic supply to Britain was far less than that of the Indian colonies.

If the Indian colonies were lost, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the British economy.

In particular, when the Chinese Empire was about to occupy India, a group of officials suddenly remembered that the Sino-British War was beaten to death by the Chinese Empire. The scar was healed but he also remembered the pain (read the full text of the Young Babylon).

Chancellor Aiden asked, "What is your plan?"

Fisher then said: "Our navy must defeat the Chinese Navy and take revenge. Although we have not made any effort now, we must at least maintain our advantage over the Chinese Navy. Otherwise, if the Chinese Empire forms an alliance with Germany, we must be prepared to fight with the Chinese and German navies at the same time."

Aiden nodded and asked, "Just say it directly! I will understand as long as it is for the cause of the imperial naval cause."

Fisher looked at Kerr and nodded, so he said, "Our requirement is that for every battleship built by the Chinese Empire, we will build two battleships. We must prevent the recurrence of the 1904 incident."

The 1904 incident that Fisher mentioned was when the Chinese Empire suddenly built a God-moving bow-shaped main battleship, but Britain did not take it seriously, which led to the sudden outbreak of the Sino-British War in the UK and caught the British navy off guard, which eventually caused Britain to lose the war and suffer heavy losses.

Aiden shook his head and said, "No! That's too much! Our empire is now restoring economic order and can't afford that much money."

Fisher said: "Isn't the lesson of the British-China war enough? If we lose the 1 billion British list, it wouldn't have happened at all."

Aiden could not refute at once. At this time, Kerr persuaded: "I hope you can help us convince the Prime Minister to expand rapidly. We are almost unable to defend the North Sea, let alone to fight against the Chinese Empire Navy (the criminal history of a female assistant to the police chief: blind spot)." Seeing that the Marshal spoke, Eiden was not able to directly object, so he nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go to see the Prime Minister with you."

After everyone convinced Aiden, they soon convinced David, the British leader, and finally the British Parliament approved the Navy's emergency budget of up to 50 million British list, calling it the 1909 Navy Interim Expansion Act.

After the bill was introduced, the British Navy was allowed to build eight battleships and four battlecruisers, all of which were super-divine bow-type battleships.

In the winter of 1909, in order to cope with the pressure of the naval shipbuilding competition with the Chinese Empire, the United States and Germany, Britain began a large-scale construction plan for the Super God Bow Battleship.

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. They are called "Super Dreadnought" battleships in the UK and are internationally called Super Dreadnought Class Battleships. They have become the design blueprint for the subsequent British super dreadnought British King George V-class battleships and the Iron Duke-class battleship (also known as the 1909 type battleship).

In order to maintain the British Navy's dominant position in firepower, the British Navy Engineering Department planned to install a new 14-inch caliber main gun instead of the original mouth-inch caliber main gun. For the first time, the British dreadnought was arranged in the form of all main guns arranged along the longitudinal central axis of the hull. Five double main turrets were equipped with two back-mounted bows and aft of the hull, one behind the chimney, which facilitated all main guns to carry out firepower on the same side. From then on, the battleship abandoned the design of the main turret on the side, and the main turrets were all arranged on the center line of the hull to carry out side-fire firepower became the mainstream. The Orion class further strengthened the defensive armor in key areas. In order to control weight, the Orion class canceled the rear main mast of the previous British battleship logo.

At the same time, the Royal Navy learned that the battleships of the Chinese Empire had an advanced central fire control system, so the British Navy also carried out related development and research, and installed the central fire control system for the first time on the battleship of Thor. The shooting commander invented by Sir Percy Scott, the Royal Navy officer, was installed on the platform of the main mast (the latest chapter of the online game Resurrection). The shooting aiming of each cannon on the ship is controlled by the Fire Control Center. When the main gun is fired, the bullet points can be observed and corrected, and the shooting elements can be unified. It becomes relatively easy for the artillery to adjust the direction according to the instructions to be adjusted. The experiment proves that the hit rate has increased exponentially.

4 Orion-class battleships of the same class: Orion (onion), Mona

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Although in terms of firepower, the Orion-class battleship was equipped with 10 14-inch cannons, which was 1 356mm main gun more than the Hanwu Emperor class of the Chinese Empire, but the British ships did not have 30,000 tons. In the end, the British Navy Engineering Department made adjustments on the armor and reduced armor protection to reduce weight. Therefore, the Orion-class battleship equipped with the 14-inch Guu Cannon had a displacement of only 25,870 tons, and the length was limited by the ships, and its appearance became round and fat. The British turbine system was naturally not as good as the Chinese Empire. Fisher felt great regret for the loss of the Parsons Company. The steam turbine system produced by the British existing turbine company Hamilson Company was far inferior to the Parsons system, which ultimately made the Orion-class battleship only 21 knots slower than the Hanwu Emperor class of the Chinese Empire.

In terms of armor, in order to reduce displacement, the Orion-class battleship has only 12-inch turret (front) and 10-inch gun mount. The 11-inch armor protection capability of the command tower is far inferior to that of the Hanwu Emperor level and even barely surpassing the New York-class in the United States (read the full text of the headhunting bureau).

The other four of the eight battleships are the King George V-class battleships of the British King. This class of ships has made some improvements based on the Orion-class battleships. However, due to the urgency of time, the Chinese Empire is planning to complete the construction of the Hanwu Emperor-class battleships in less than two years, with the intention of surpassing the UK in naval industrial capacity. To this end, in order to maintain its advantage in naval power over China, the British Navy immediately started construction of the George V-class battleships a few months after the start of construction of four Orion-class battleships.

Since there was no time to further design, the George V-class battleship made some modifications in the protection design. The upper armor between the bow a turret and the stern turret formed a continuous protection area. The secondary gun protective armor was strengthened and the main mast position was changed. Before moving the triple-legged main mast to the front chimney, the overall energy was improved, and there was no major change in other aspects.

The four George V-class battleships are the British King George V (hmskinggeongev),

Centurion (hmscentunion), bold call (hmsaudaciouo), Ajax (hmsps

ajax), among which the Bold and Centurion were sunk by the Imperial Navy warships in the Sino-British War. The British Navy was unwilling to be defeated by the Imperial Navy, so it did not remove the sinking warships, but gave them a new mission. The implication was to prepare to revenge the Imperial Navy one day in the future and regain honor.

The lion-class battlecruiser was designed to reduce armor on the basis of Orion-class battleships. The emergence of the Jin-Wu Emperor-class battlecruiser-class of the Chinese Empire made the Royal Navy realize that the battlecruiser it owned was difficult to compete with the battlecruiser of the Chinese Empire. In order to avoid the one-sided maritime massacre like the Atlantic Navy again, the British Navy invested hugely in battlecruisers in order to protect its own life supply line, and built more than a dozen battlecruisers in succession. Therefore, it required the construction of a newly designed battlecruiser. Part of this payment came from the "shipping tax", so the new ship naturally became the focus of public attention (read the full text of the days when I was chased by usury).

The Lion class is the first time that the British designed the opponent's battle cruiser of the same level (Jin Wudi class) as its target. It installed 8 14-inch caliber main guns, all of which were arranged in the center line, and the overall xing ability was much better than the previous level. During the design stage, there was a debate within the Royal Navy that "speed or armor" appeared. In the end, the traditional speed war had the upper hand, and the design required the maximum speed of the "Lion" class to reach 27 knots. For this reason, 42 huge boilers were installed one by one, more than the "Dieve" class.

Taiwan also makes its ship's length more than 200 meters.

To this end, the British Admiralty expanded the ships of several major shipyards at the fastest speed, so that they could be used to build warships over 200 meters.

However, the protection capability of this class of ships is limited, with armor thickness only 9 inches, which is thinner than the Seattle-class battlecruiser in the United States and cannot withstand the attacks of the large-caliber artillery of the Imperial Navy.

Of course, the British Navy is very clear that their level of battle cruisers is not used to deal with German battle patrols, but to deal with the Chinese Empire to prevent the sea supply line from being cut off by the Chinese Empire. Originally, the battle cruisers were used to deal with armored cruisers, but after the Sino-British Atlantic Naval Battle, the armored cruisers of various countries dared not show off their power at sea. The British battle cruisers were to deal with the Chinese Empire's battle cruisers.

But it is obvious that once the battle between the two sides broke out, the thin-skinned British Navy's battle cruiser would definitely suffer.

Faced with the British Navy's expansion plan in 1909, the German Navy was not to be outdone. Since the German Navy imported the 12 God-Bowl battleships from the Chinese Empire, the German Navy has already had its own construction capabilities. I have to admire the Germans' learning speed, which was faster than the Chinese Empire's learning speed from Britain (**** Latest Chapter).

Originally, the German Navy had the idea of ​​purchasing the next level of king-class battleships from the Chinese Empire. However, as the price of the Hanwu Emperor-class battleships of the Chinese Empire soared to 20 million yuan, although Germany had money, could not afford such high costs. In addition, the German Junker nobles asked the Admiralty to order equipment from the local area, the Germans built their own ships, so the German Navy finally gave up purchasing the King-class battleships from the Chinese Empire and built them on their own.

The King's class is an improved type of the Kai-Extradition battleship. The layout of the Kai-Extradition main gun turret was improved. The King's class should have been the first-class battleship independently built by Germany. At this time, Germany had successfully copied the 305mm 50-fold main gun of the Chinese Empire, and according to the Shengong-class battleship, all the main guns were arranged along the midline of the hull. The two main turrets at the bow and stern of the hull were loaded, with one main turret in the section, and all the main turrets were arranged along the midline of the hull, which can ensure that all the main guns were fired on the side of the side to enhance the armor defense capabilities, and at the same time, the overall protection energy of the watertight compartment of the hull was improved. The power system used all oil-fired boilers, but because the technology was not up to standard, it was changed to a coal-fired boiler. The steam turbine system was an authorized production line introduced from the Chinese Empire, and for this, it was paid a technology transfer fee of 5 million yuan to the Beiyang Power Group of the Chinese Empire.

In order to fight against the British Navy Giant-class battleship, the German Navy's King-class displacement reached 25,796 tons, 3-axis propulsion, 2-rudder parallel configuration, designed speed 21 knots, and endurance of 8,000 nautical miles/12

Festival, 2400 nautical miles/21 military equipment: 10 305mm/50 times caliber main gun (5 double turrets),

14-door single-installed 150mm/45-caliber secondary gun: 10-door single-installed 88mm gun: 5-seater 500mm torpedo launch tube (underwater installation) (naturally open to the penis txt download).

Since the German Navy attaches importance to defensive power and does not pursue speed with the British Navy, although the King-class battleship only carries a 305mm main gun, the armor on the side is as high as 350mm, and the front of the turret is 320mm: the command tower 350mm.

In this way, the king-level class completely suppressed the newly completed giant-class battleships in Britain.

Similarly, the Moltch-class battlecruiser started construction at the end of 1908, and improved it based on the design of the Bruchill-class battlecruiser to further enhance the protection and firepower level. The hull forecastle was extended to the stern, and a main turret was added to the stern, which was in a back-loaded layout, using a 50-times-caliber 305mm main gun, with a power exceeding the British 12-inch caliber Gun cannon and is lighter in weight.

The Moltke-class battle patrol is equipped with 10 305/50 caliber main guns, 12 150mm secondary guns, and 12 88mm rapid-fire guns, with firepower stronger than the British invincible class. Moreover, the Germans attach importance to defense. The Moltke-class waterline armor belt is 270mm, watertight compartment partition 160, turret 250mm, and the command tower reaches 350.

Millimeters, whether in terms of the number and power of the main gun, or in terms of armor protection, are enough to defeat any level of British battlecruisers, can pose a fatal threat to the fragile defensive armor of similar British battlecruisers.

The German Navy cheered for the four King-class and four Moltke-class battleships, thinking that the German Navy would surpass the British Navy in this regard. However, less than three months after the eight battleships started construction, the situation in the international naval suddenly changed.

After the Chinese Empire and the United States launched a large-scale naval arms race, the US Navy's New York-class battleships were equipped with 343 mm main guns, and the Chinese Empire even increased the caliber of the main gun to 356 mm in one breath (Demon Subduing Life and Death Book - Full Record of the Supernatural Event of the Beauty Detective). The British Navy, forced by the Chinese Empire and the United States, also started construction of Orion-class and George V-class battleships with a caliber of 356 mm, and built eight ships in one breath, which greatly slammed the German Navy.

The four Kings-class ships of the German Navy have just begun to be built, and the 305mm main guns are obviously not the opponent, and there are only four, which are far behind the British Navy in number. So the Kings-class has immediately redesigned shortly after the start of construction.

After the efforts of the German Naval Engineering Department, the standard displacement of the newly designed King-class battleship was 29,000 tons. Due to the fact that Germany could not build a hull of more than 30,000 tons without a large ship platform of 30,000 tons. Fortunately, the armor of the German King-class battleship was set at a height of 350 mm from the beginning, so it could withstand the British 14-inch shells, but the most important thing was the caliber of the main gun.

Although the German Navy Engineering Department successfully copied the 305mm 50x extension main gun of the Chinese Empire, it is developing a 320mm caliber main gun system. The German Navy originally thought that it would progress step by step and slowly understand the technology. Unexpectedly, the British did not give the Germans time to reserve technology and suddenly raised the main gun caliber to 356mm. In this way, the German Navy Engineering Department would not be able to complete the 356mm main gun before the hull was launched next year, and it would be impossible for 343mm.

Therefore, the German Admiralty had to abandon the independent localization of the king-class battleships again and instead import 356 mm and 45 times the power cannon from the Chinese Empire.

Similarly, as the King-class battleship-reducing and improved protection of the Moltch-class battleship, the 305mm main gun is obviously not the opponent of the British lion-class 356mm cannon. Therefore, the Moltch-class battleship-cruiser had to import 356mm cannons from the Chinese Empire. At the same time, in order to ensure speed, it had to reduce armor protection, which was the same armor protection as the British lion-class battleship, but the speed was not as fast as the lion-class. This caused the German Navy's Moltch-class battle patrol to be inferior to the British lion-class battle patrol since its construction (the latest chapter of the Kind God of Death).

But strategically speaking, Germany won. Because the eight German battlecruisers could form a battle cruiser fleet and leave the Atlantic Ocean. Once they fought against Britain, they would learn the tactics of the Chinese Empire Navy and fight with the British Navy. The British Navy's battlecruisers only had ports, and they could no longer fully protect the British maritime supply line when deployed on the vast Atlantic Ocean.

However, Germany had only four King-class battleships started in 1909, which was half the number that Britain started in 1909. German Navy Secretary Tilbitz added four King-class battleship projects at the request of William II. In this way, the German Navy's battleships started in 1909 also reached 8 battleships, which was not weaker than Britain. Therefore, the large-scale naval arms race between Britain and Germany was sharply spoken this year, further exacerbating tensions in Europe.

As Germany's mortal enemy and Yinggu's ally, the French Navy and the British Navy have a clear division of labor. The French Navy controls the Mediterranean, and the British Navy controls the North Sea and the English Channel. The French Navy does not have to directly compete with the German Navy, but the French Navy has to face the pressure from the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Italian Navy. At the same time, the Chinese Empire took over the Cyprus naval base that originally belonged to Britain. Although the main ships of the Imperial Navy's Mediterranean Fleet were only more than a dozen seized from the British Navy's old-fashioned former God-Bow Battleship and first-class cruisers, France believes that the Imperial Navy has intervened in Mediterranean affairs. Once a war breaks out, the Imperial Navy can draw powerful main ships from other regions to reinforce the Mediterranean Fleet.

Therefore, although the Chinese Empire can downplay its maritime influence in the Mediterranean region, as the world's largest naval power, the Chinese Empire's navy will arouse fear from nearby countries there at this time.

To this end, the French Navy's starting point was to use the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy and the Chinese Empire as its main maritime opponents (the legend of another world is super perverted). Due to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Italian Kingdom imported advanced god-bow-type battleships from the Chinese Empire, causing the power imbalance in the Mediterranean, so the French Navy had to bite the bullet and start construction of four Normandy-class battleships (Normandy nonmandie,

Gascoin gaocoigne, Flanders feandne, Languedoc and four terrible class battlecruisers (Tenibee, Caiman, IQuind

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These eight main battleships and four Normandy-class battleships were imitated from the Shang-Jiang King-class battleships of the Chinese Empire. Half of the equipment was imported from the Chinese Empire and built in France. The design displacement was 23,000.

Tons, the increased displacement was allocated to the newly added boiler and steam turbine drivetrains, as well as the reallocation of armor weight brought by the increase of the main gun caliber to 13 inches. Four-seater dual-mounted 330mm 45

The Bistron main gun and 28 dual-mounted 102mm rapid-fire guns made it quite powerful. The main armor belt was not as good as the Shang-June King of the Chinese Empire. Because France thought that the Chinese special steel of the Chinese Empire was too expensive and could not afford it in France, it dropped from 330mm to 280mm. Similarly, the steam turbine system of the Chinese Empire was more expensive. France bought three sets and imitated a 06 Parsons steam turbine. As a result, the speed was lower than that of the Shang-June King of the Battleship. Only

The other four battlecruisers were imitated from the King Zhou Lie-class battlecruiser of the Chinese Empire, carrying four dual-mounted 330mm 45-diameter main guns, and dropped 102mm rapid-fire guns. Similarly, due to financial tension, the armor protection of the terrifying class battle cruiser has also been greatly reduced, only 250mm, and its speed is not as fast as the 28 knots of the King Zhou Lie-class battle cruiser.

The French Navy finally got the money to build eight main battleships, but 10 months after the eight main battleships started construction, the hull was about to be completed and launched. At this time, China, the United States, Britain and Germany launched a more fierce arms race, making these eight main battleships of the French Navy obsolete before they were launched (Laulan Xianyuan latest chapter).

The French Navy hopes to make an emergency transformation. The main gun caliber is 356 millicyclone, but the French fiscal deficit this year is too big.

There is no budget for the French Navy. At the same time, the eight main battleships built by the French Navy cannot be changed. The result of forcibly carrying 356mm naval guns can only be unable to float, or they can barely float and disintegrate after fighting. Because it cannot be changed, the French Navy had to accept his fate.

Since France's financial resources cannot support such a large-scale naval arms race, from this round, the French Navy's Super Divine Bow Battleship Project began to fall behind. Since then, the French Navy can only passively improve its naval equipment. In addition to self-protection, it has no strong ability. It gradually became the third naval power in the world to the sixth place in the world and was surpassed by the United States and Germany.

Just when Europe and the United States were provoked by the Chinese Empire, as the hero of Asia, the Chinese Empire focused more on selling warships to European and American countries.

Instigating a large-scale arms race between major European and American powers is just a tactic. The Chinese Empire occupies the position of a ship-building power and a strong country. It is the right way to actively promote its own warships to the outside world to make money.

Because the Greek Navy performed mediocrely in the Balkans, the Greek Navy had no resistance against a large number of new warships imported by the Turkish Navy from the Chinese Empire.

Faced with the Turkish Navy's blockade of the Aegean Sea, the Greek Navy had no choice but to do (the latest chapter of 990 on the road to entrepreneurship). At the same time, since the First Balkan War, Greece has obtained a large number of islands on the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea. If you want to protect these islands from being occupied by other countries, the Greek Navy had to seek foreign aid.

However, at this moment, Europe's major shipbuilding powers are nervously building warships for their own countries. Although the United States has many shipyards, unfortunately, the Greek navy looked down on the US ships, so it could only import from the Chinese Empire. At the same time, Greece saw the strength of the Chinese Navy after defeating the British Navy. The Chinese Empire had a Cypriot naval base near Greece, which had a role in the Greek navy and the Turkish Navy. The Turkish Navy became arrogant because of the support of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, the Greek Navy hoped to have a good relationship with the Chinese Empire.

Ordering warships from the Chinese Empire can not only meet the needs of the Greek navy, but also make relationships with the Chinese Empire, and the best of both worlds.

Therefore, in order to respect and please the Chinese Empire Navy, the Greek government expressed its intention to make friends and buy ships.

The Greek ambassador to China conveyed the request of the Greek Navy and was immediately sent to the Parliament of the Chinese Empire for deliberation.

The Greek Navy hopes to obtain the latest Hanwu Emperor-class battleships from China Vatu, and has to order two at once.

After learning that the Greek Navy wanted to order the latest battleships of the Chinese Empire, the Imperial House of Representatives immediately agreed to the Greek Navy's request and prepared to build new battleships for them, and set the unit price at 23 million yuan per ship. The House of Representatives was naturally to make money. However, when the Greek Navy's request to purchase a ship was submitted to the Imperial Senate, the Senate military representatives put forward different opinions, because the Hanwu Emperor-class battleship, as the most advanced battleship of the Chinese Empire's Navy, was still under construction. If exported to the Greek Navy, with the relationship between Greece and Britain, the UK will soon obtain the technical parameters of this class of ships, which is not good for the Chinese Navy (Unknown Land Yinghao txt download).

The Senate and the House of Representatives had different opinions, and the cabinet and the military also had different opinions. So the cabinet's Chief Minister Zhang Feng and Defense Minister Wang Shizhen immediately entered the palace to ask for instructions from the imperial emperor Wang Chenhao.

In the Qinzheng Hall of the Forbidden City, after the imperial meeting was held, Zhang Yunfeisuoxing "judged the lawsuit" for both the military and political parties in the Qinzheng Hall.
To be continued...