Australian Storm 1876 - Chapter 1085

Chapter 1085 The Eternal Enemy

This Royal Navy’s future development plan in the 1930s and 1940s has been completed. The rest is the appropriation process of the Military Equipment Group of the House of Lords. The annual financial appropriation is about 17 million Jinyang, and some years are more. Some, some years are less, the total amount is about 155 million Jinyang.

The project includes 6 46,000-ton “Duke” class main battleships (reserving two additional plans), 6 32,000-ton class heavy cruisers (reserving two additional plans), 6 42,000-ton “Rage” class aircraft carriers, 18 A 10,000-ton general-purpose cruiser, 32 5,700-ton ocean-going escort-type destroyers, as well as a number of landing ships, ocean-going oil and water supply ships and other series of ships, from 17 to 27 years, the construction period is 10 years.

After the implementation of the plan

In conjunction with the Royal Navy’s existing 14 Dreadnought-class battleships, it will form a strong lineup of 26 main battleships (including six heavy cruisers, excluding aircraft carriers), which is strong enough to compete with the British Royal Navy.

Ocean Empire’s ten-year development plan for the heavy-duty navy, from the Admiralty’s introduction to the parliament’s approval, has undergone repeated discussions and revisions for more than a year. It is no secret to the British at all.

At the highest level of the country, Imperial Prime Minister Zhang Li and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith communicated frequently on this matter, explained the original intention of developing the Royal Navy in detail to the British side, answered questions, and was willing to share the latest development achievements of the Navy.

This includes the latest ranging radar, navigation radar and gun sight radar and other top technologies in exchange for the full understanding of the British side.

Even so

London still held a negative attitude towards the plan, which became the biggest obstacle to this ten-year naval plan, but London’s attitude softened rapidly after the Battle of Jutland and the Battle of the North Sea, which was the main factor for the plan to finally be implemented.

London is also clear; the naval development bill voted by the House of Commons of the Ocean Empire can only be delayed, not overturned.

If you are stubborn, it is likely to lead to the deterioration of the relationship between the two parties, which is a situation that no one wants to see.

Ocean Empire attaches great importance to the attitude of the British side. If it were not for the attitude of the British side, the plan had already passed the vote of the House of Commons in the first half of last year, and the appropriation will not be delayed until after the review and approval of the Military Equipment Group of the House of Lords.

Li Fushou is a mature man, and the relationship between countries lies in mutual respect. He can understand the glorious and lonely mood of the British Empire, and he is not willing to over-stimulate London, thus embarking on the road of military confrontation.

Speaking of which, thanks to the Germans.

After the outbreak of the World War, the huge losses of the Royal Navy and Army made the British heartache, and they were also reflecting on the Anglo-German policy before the war. Is there any other feasible way besides military confrontation?

After fighting against Germany, it is no less difficult for the British to fight against the Oceanic Empire. I really don’t want to come back for the second time.

Therefore, the stature of the hardliners in London is much softer now, and the same is true in Paris, and they are completely intimidated by the severity of the world war.

Now the time is finally ripe, Li Fushou signed the opinion on the development proposal; yes, it will be transferred to the relevant department.

With a flick of the royal pen, the motion was settled.

The era of large ships and artillery

The displacement of the ship is getting bigger and bigger, and the caliber of the main gun is also rising. Just take the Ocean Empire as an example;

Eight Royal Navy main “Princess Elizabeth” class battleships, all equipped with nine 381mm caliber main guns, are unprecedentedly powerful, ranking among the world’s top warships.

The newly developed “Duke” class battleship has been upgraded to 9 406mm main guns, maintaining the equipment speed of the British Empire, and the triple-mounted turret design is more advanced, more compact, and better protection.

The 32,000-ton heavy cruiser developed in the same period, the main naval gun adopts triple-mounted 356mm turrets, and the front and the rear are configured.

It can be seen from the naval plan that the “Duke” class battleship and the 32,000-ton heavy cruiser are highly valued, and the option of additional construction plans is reserved by playing a clever trick.

Thus

When the Admiralty feels it is necessary to implement an additional plan, it does not need to go through the time-consuming and laborious parliamentary voting process again, and can directly pass the deliberation and approval of the Armament Development Group of the House of Lords.

At the time of the vote, the members of the House of Commons clamored to remove the extra option. Marshal He Fang, who was seriously ill, wrote a special statement and went up to the imperial front to defend the Royal Navy.

Li Fushou did not directly intervene, but specially sent someone to deliver the memorial of Marshal He Fang to the House of Commons, and made a public speech. How could the congressmen who were strongly opposed at first still not understand the holy will?

As a result, the Royal Navy’s ten-year development plan proposal passed the House of Commons without major deletions.

Li Fushou seldom intervenes or convey holy will in person in power nowadays. Major matters are generally dominated by court discussions.

Just like this proposal for a ten-year development plan for the Navy, if the House of Commons still rejects the additional option, he will not interfere.

After two years, the Admiralty re-applied for a new construction plan. The empire’s finances were not out of money, on the contrary, it was very rich, and there would not be much resistance to purchasing the necessary armaments.

He did not want to interfere artificially in the democratic process of the empire, reversed the times, and gradually transitioned the monarchy to parliamentary power, giving the government cabinet and parliament more autonomy.

Today’s world war is in full swing. The Allied armies are very active in West Asia and North Africa. The Ottoman Empire’s army is in pain, and it has been defeated and retreated, and it has performed quite well.

Li Fushou’s focus is not here, nor in the Siberia Territory, but always in North America.

The current situation in North America is quite strange, and small-scale conflicts continue, but both the United States and Japan have maintained considerable restraint, and large-scale wars have not been easily started.

The peace talks aimed at ending the 2nd US-Japan War have been on and off for more than half a year. The negotiations have been interrupted four times and reopened four times. The two sides are preparing for the war again.

This is like two masters who have played against each other for several rounds, because they have suffered losses in the front, and they are testing each other without exerting force, waiting for the best chance to defeat the enemy with one move.

The Americans and the Fuso people are aware that if they don’t defeat their opponents in a short time, they will give the Ocean Empire a chance to attack.

At that time, the direction of the war will not be able to be dominated by oneself.

The Republic of Virginia is patiently waiting for the opportunity, while sending a large number of people into southern states such as Florida and the Special District of Columbia, secretly connecting the separatist forces, agitating the vertical and horizontal, and waiting for the opportunity to rise up.

The situation in North America appears to be calm, but it is actually undercurrent.

“Kaizhi, come here, what’s new in North America recently? Is there any movement in the Great Lakes region?” Li Fushou beckoned to the secretary general, Gu Kaizhi, and asked.

Gu Kaizhi hurriedly came over and saluted with both hands; “Report to Your Majesty, as far as Wei Chen knows, the security bureau’s main focus in the near future has been on the south, developing secret members, and instigating high-level officials. little progress.”

“During the Wool War, didn’t the Security Agency put a lot of nails in Detroit?”

“It is like this, Your Majesty, the Great Lakes region and the eastern part of the United States benefited from the dividends of the period of rapid development. Although a small number of separatist forces have jumped very high, the overall social support rate is low. As long as there is a stable job, many working families do not Willing to follow the trouble. The empire has a weak foundation in the region, and the corresponding influence is also small, this is an indisputable fact.”

“Well, that’s a pity.” Li Fushou shook his head regretfully.

In his last life, the shadow of the Americans was too heavy, and he could not wait to divide the Americans into 28 parts. In his eyes, the United States is still a bit big today.

It would be nice if the north was split a few more pieces.

The problem is that the United States has been independent for more than 100 years, and its internal cohesion is not bad.

The remaining northern and eastern regions are relatively united. The Daven-Porter government is very vigilant against separatist forces, and the crackdown is not small, and it cannot be easily dismantled.

It seems that we still have to let dogs bite people!

The Fuso Kingdom has been a little too comfortable recently, so many troops are placed in North America, why don’t they fight?

Secretary-General Gu Kaizhi watched Sheng Shang resting his chin with one hand and began to ponder, and he couldn’t help feeling sad for the Americans.

Maybe it was a hit and a crime. Today, the Holy Master has always been very wary of the Americans, and today’s national policy is still to contain the Americans.

Restricted its industrial development, attacked its trade channels, restricted its access to high technology, and competed in the heavy industry and emerging chemical fields. Imperial capital has seriously penetrated the financial and industrial fields of the United States, and spared no effort to support spokespersons.

The    Empire has always had heavy troops stationed in Virginia, posing a substantial threat to America’s vital eastern heartland.

On the eastern Great Plains of the United States, where the traffic is in all directions and the endless horizon, the armored torrent of the imperial army is an unsolvable problem, and it is by no means a powerful force that the severely castrated American army can contend with.

Today, the United States is facing serious domestic and foreign troubles. Under the intentional support of foreign countries, the southern separatist forces are rampant, industrial production is shrinking, and the industrial products of the Ocean Empire are flooding the market, which seriously hinders the development of heavy industries in the United States, including the automobile industry.

In Kansas City, on the central Great Plains, the Fusang Kingdom has 660,000 troops, eyeing it, and it may invade at any time.

The Republic of Virginia and the United Republic of the South have made big moves, without frequent small moves, that is, bullying the federal government of the United States without any time for others, and acting more and more recklessly.

Behind these domestic and foreign forces, there is a huge shadow that always hangs over the United States. This is Li Fushou, the dictatorial emperor who dominates the Ocean Empire, who is deliberately calculating the U.S. nationals. He is simply the eternal enemy of the Americans.

Li Fushou didn’t have the idea of ​​letting it go as soon as it got better. He was planning to light a fire in North America and make the whole situation explode.

How about that old saying…

What do you sleep for? Get up!

(end of this chapter)