bookandnovel Chapter 128 The Situation Is Tense (Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 128 The Situation Is Tense (Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
Mingzhi Tianhuang decided to build the "Katori-class" battleship to further enhance the strength of the Eastern Empire Navy. In this way, the Oriental Empire Navy can be upgraded from the six or six fleets to the eight or eight fleets.
With eight battleships and eight armored cruisers as the core of the fleet, the Eastern Empire Navy can have a powerful navy that ranks among the top in the world. This is not only very critical for the Eastern Empire to defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire in future wars, but also an important guarantee for the Eastern Empire to ensure local security and even gain a greater voice in the international arena.
For this reason, even if you tighten your belt, you will not hesitate.
Facing Mingzhi Tianhuang's request, the Oriental Imperial Navy deliberately refused. However, there is simply no way. Can't they really disobey His Majesty Tianhuang's order?
For this reason, the Eastern Empire Army had no choice but to accept this request. However, they hope that the funds will be loaned to the empire on which the sun never sets. Anyway, the Eastern Empire already owes a lot of money to the Empire on which the sun never sets. Adding a sum will not do anything. They are running dogs of the empire on which the sun never sets, and the empire on which the sun never sets spends money to support them, which is what it should be.
Of course, the Eastern Empire Navy soon discovered that their own shipyards simply did not have the capability to build these two 'Katori-class' battleships [Song Neng could ask for help from 523 people.
In the end, the two parties reached an agreement that the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets would provide the Oriental Empire with a loan for the construction of two "Katori-class" battleships. In this way, everyone is happy. The man who never sets the sun not only made a fortune, but also strengthened the strength of his lackeys. And the Eastern Empire Navy will soon get the powerful battleship they dream of.
In addition to the fleet core composed of battleships and battlecruisers, the Eastern Empire Navy also has many protective cruisers.
In addition to the cruiser 'Otowa' which is under construction at the Toyo Empire's shipyard, the defensive cruisers already in service include two 'New Advanced' protected cruisers, two 'Kasagi-class' protected cruisers and two 'Suma-class' protected cruisers. cruiser.
In addition, there are those old ships that participated in the naval battle with the Qing Empire, including two 'Yoshino-class' protected cruisers, three 'Matsushima-class' protected cruisers, two 'Naniwa-class' protected cruisers, 'Akitsu' State' protected cruiser, 'Chiyoda' protected cruiser and 'Izumi' protected cruiser.
In addition, the Eastern Empire Navy is equipped with 6 'Lei-class' destroyers, 6 'Dongyun-class' destroyers, two 'Akatsuki-class' destroyers and two 'Baiyun-class' destroyers. Moreover, in the shipyard of the Eastern Imperial Navy, there are still 7 degrees Chunyu-class destroyers under construction.
Although, the destroyers of the Orientals are all small destroyers with a displacement of three to four hundred tons. Without armor, it's completely streaking. But the torpedoes it carries are quite powerful.
It can be said that the strength of the Eastern Empire Navy is already very good.
Even in the whole world, it is enough to rank in the forefront.
Of course, it can also be considered that the people who never set the sun have taken great pains to train the lackeys of the Orientals.
Time passed bit by bit, and in a blink of an eye, we have entered the 1803 map of the park.
Over the past year or so, the world has been relatively peaceful and nothing major has happened.
All the powerful countries seem to have put their energy on the development and construction of their national strength.
At least, that was the case for the Russian Empire.
With the opening of the Trans-Siberian Railway, various supporting facilities are also advancing rapidly. It won't take much time and it will be done. Moreover, the double-track construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway has also started.
For this reason, the Tsarist Russian Empire naturally invested a huge sum of money. Fortunately, the Tsarist Russian Empire received a huge loan from Gaul. Otherwise, it is simply unbearable.
At the same time, the domestic industry and commerce of the Tsarist Russian Empire also achieved great development.
All kinds of heavy industry enterprises invested (adei) by the imperial finance and royal funds have been built and put into operation one after another. At the same time, a large amount of private capital has also entered the industrial field. However, most of them are light industries.
This made the industry and economy of the Tsarist Russian Empire develop rapidly.
Although there is no way to compare with other European powers, it is already much better.
If it continues to develop like this, the Tsarist Russian Empire will soon become an industrial power.
Never again will you be ridiculed as a gas station masquerading as a country like in another time and space!
At the same time, the international situation has become increasingly tense over the past year or so.
Europe, with the continuous growth of national strength. The Germanic Empire became more and more aggressive. The emperor of the Germanic Empire, William II, even shouted the slogan of the sword of the Germans, to fight for the land under the sun for the Germans. This is generally believed by the outside world as a declaration that the Germans want to challenge the supremacy of the people on which the sun never sets.
And this naturally made the Sun Never Sets people very nervous.
In the Far East, the national power of the Eastern Empire continued to grow. The two "Kasuga-class" armored cruisers they purchased from the Caesar Kingdom have returned to serve in China, which has greatly increased the naval strength of the Eastern Empire.
At the same time, the construction of the two "Katori-class" battleships ordered by the Eastern Empire from the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets has also started.
Although, originally planning to build it myself, it became necessary to order from the empire on which the sun never sets. However, once these two "Katori-class" battleships are completed and put into service, the Eastern Empire Navy will be able to build their eighth or eighth fleet. This will greatly increase the strength of the Eastern Empire Navy.
The desire of the Eastern Empire Navy to build its own battleships did not end there. Although it failed on the "Katori-class" battleship, it was beaten in the face. However, they were not discouraged. Instead, it is actively preparing and plans to build a battleship that is more powerful than the "Katori-class" battleship.
This is the "Satsuma-class" battleship of the Eastern Empire Navy.
The Oriental Empire's admiralty in Yokosuka and the admiralty in Kure Harbor are already actively preparing for it. They're already building big slipways and upgrading machinery
Western self-built battleships get ready.
Perhaps, it won't take long for the 'Satsuma-class' battleship to start construction. This will be the first domestically produced battleship for the Imperial Navy of the East. Once successful, the Eastern Empire will become one of the few powerful countries in the world that can build their own battleships.
The strength of the Eastern Empire is getting stronger and stronger, and the masters behind them are always fanning the flames, which makes the situation in the Far East even more tense.
The pace of war seems to be getting closer. .