The Rise of the Empire

The Japanese prepare faster than the Russians! Behind the Japanese is the world's most powerful maritime country, the United Kingdom, which has the world's strongest warship production capacity, but what about the Russians? Let’s not talk about how Russia’s own shipbuilding is. Historically, the speed of French man-made BB is a pit. What if the Baltic Fleet is still in Europe if I do it before the Russians are ready....

This is the most critical question. Before the completion of the Asia-Europe Railway, when the war begins, the Japanese have the final say, and the Russian navy has to take into account multiple strategic directions and ensure that the Far East fleet stabilizes Japan itself is very difficult. . Considering the port issue again, the Russian fleet, which has no advantage, will still be divided. Then it is even more unrealistic for the main force of the Russian Far East Fleet relying solely on Lushun Port to suppress the Japanese.

  In fact, the prince had already very cryptically told the Russians some points in the Russo-Japanese War in history. He did not hope that the Russians would win, but that the two sides would fight more entangled. In the foreseeable future, once the two sides start filming, the main battleships of Japan and Russia will definitely face off in the Yellow Sea. The cruiser fleet will start a battle to break and counter-break the diplomatic ties.

  In fact, it was the fast fleets of the two sides that really broke out, and the battlefield was on a relatively wide ocean. Those battleships with high cost and excellent fire defense were more confrontation and blockade. The breaking point for both sides is on the fast fleet, whoever can defeat the other's cruiser will have the advantage.

  If the Japanese fleet manages the Russian fleet, then the Russian fleet in Lushun’s mouth is the result of being blocked to death. If you fight for your life, you can also try it out in the dark. But it is estimated that there is little hope. Everything is as in history.

  But if the Russian fleet stationed in Vladivostok manages the Japanese cruiser fleet, the situation will be different. The main Japanese fleet in the Yellow Sea blockade will be flanked by two sides. It is not impossible that the Japanese fleet, which suffered heavy losses, was directly destroyed by the Russian Far East fleet.

"Your Highness is very reasonable, but I don’t agree with one assumption. You said that once a war starts between Russia and Japan, battleships are more to perform deterrence and confrontation tasks, and the premise for the Japanese to achieve this is Their battleship formation is sufficient to meet the challenges of the Russian Far East fleet, but from the current point of view, unless the Japanese accept battleships at a rate of at least one per year, they will not be able to build a battleship that can rival the Far East until we complete the Siberian Railway. The battleship force of the fleet."

   Just when His Royal Highness thought things were developing in a direction that would benefit him, Makanov once again showed his extraordinary! He pointed out the loopholes in the setting of His Royal Highness through a very simple hypothesis! You know, in the future setting of the Russian Far East Fleet, there should be about 7 battleships of various kinds in 1904! And if it can be towed until 1905, then this number may become 12 ships! even more!

  So good. This is the size of the Russians. What about the Japanese? Now there are only two second-class battleships, and these two second-class battleships are actually not as good as the Asama-class armored cruisers. The Japanese urgently need first-class battleships. Even if the Japanese began to supplement battleships in 1899 and accept 1 ship per year on average, then it’s time. There were only 5 ships in 1904!

  In other words, if you do not consider the Japanese fast fleet, then the main Japanese fleet can't overpower the battleship detachment of the Russian Far East Fleet in Lushun! As the commander of the Far East Fleet in the future, Makanov believes that he has 7 battleships enough to fight against the Japanese battleship, at least for now!

Makanov’s thinking is very simple. As long as Russia determines that the Japanese fast fleet will go to sea to search for the Vladivostok squadron, then it can lead the group to sea to find the Japanese battleship formation for a decisive battle. After careful calculation, Makanov believes that the current military strength of both sides In terms of growth rate and strength, even if the Japanese go to war first, it is still not enough to completely occupy the advantage. If the Russians can mobilize the Baltic fleet as soon as possible, then as long as the support is in place for the Baltic fleet, the two Russian fleets will crush their opponents!

"Five ships? You underestimate the Japanese ambitions. I have a document here. It is very clear. Japan will order three battleships from Britain in February 1899! Three ships are equipped with four 12-inch L40 guns. , 4 10-inch L40 artillery, and 12 6-inch new battleships with a gross tonnage of 13,000 tons and a speed of 18 knots or more. Don’t you think that the Japanese bought this batch before the war?”

  This is not the fact that His Royal Highness scared the Russians, this is true! Information obtained through special channels! How can you, a German, know such hidden things? The reason is simple! The armor used by the British man-made warships was produced by the prince and his family! Now it is a seller's market, but for the British it is an extreme seller's market.

  The reason is very simple. Since Britain and Japan hooked up the Americans, the Americans have banned the export of Harvey hardened armor to Britain. So if the British want to continue building warships, then the only way to get armor is Bavaria!

But unfortunately, the production capacity of Bavaria is also a bit tight now. Wilhelm II has decided to build. As a conscientious capitalist and a patriotic king, good things must of course be used for his country first, and then the original limited armor production capacity. It is further divided ~www.NovelMTL.com~ for export.

  In order to ensure the orderliness of production and sales, Prince Ruprecht formulated a so-called quota sales law! All manufacturers who need armor will report the amount of armor they need to purchase in the second year at the end of the year and pay a certain deposit. If the purchase quantity is obviously less than the reservation, then the deposit will be used as a penalty, and if it is more, the price will be increased as appropriate. Then Bavaria will develop production plans based on quotas. Although there will be more, but the fluctuation will not be large.

  In addition to making the production more purposeful, the prince also found that he could easily figure out the expansion speed of the warships of various naval powers! After all, armor is just needed. Under quota restrictions, it is possible for you to squeeze out 4 battleships with the armor of 3 battleships, but you want to use the quota of 3 battleships to make 5 ships. Something will happen.

  If the British want to build warships for Japan, then the demand for armored steel cannot bypass Bavaria. Unless the British intend to use steel-faced armor for the Japanese, the prince will know this sooner or later!

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