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Chapter 1345 Let Daying return to the palace with a knife (first update, please subscribe)
"Humans always use the most beautiful machines to destroy each other."

In the early morning of this day, a huge gray warship appeared at the pier of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in England.Against the backdrop of a triple-mounted 12 357mm cannons that people have never seen before, its figure is so magnificent.

"The service of HMS Audacity will ensure that the Royal Navy continues to rule the world's oceans..."

This day was accompanied by the service of the "Audacious", and overnight, the British Empire seemed to regain its supremacy at sea, so that British newspapers praised the warship with a displacement of 3 tons in a complacent tone. A giant ship with four triple [-]-inch guns.

Triple fourteen-inch naval gun!

To many extent, it is regarded as an outstanding engineering masterpiece of the British Empire by the outside world. After all, before this, all countries in the world used twin turrets.But now the UK has blazed a new trail.Of course, it also means that this arms race at sea has entered a new stage.

Faced with the reality that dreadnoughts would rule the oceans almost after the Empire had created the "dreadnought" era.Countries all over the world have entered an unprecedented maritime arms race. Whether it is a traditional maritime power like the United Kingdom or Germany, the new empire of the United States as a new maritime power, they have tightened their belts to ensure their maritime rights. soldier.They built their own dreadnoughts one after another.

As a traditional maritime power, the United Kingdom, relying on its strong shipbuilding strength and strong economic strength, came from behind.With the launching of dreadnoughts from the shipyard, the British Empire seems to have once again defended its maritime supremacy.

"What a powerful battleship!"

Li Pingan, who was on the "Xinde" cruiser, put down his binoculars, so he was still staring at the so-called "most powerful battleship in human history" in the distance.

"Yes, as the British say, he is the highest crystallization of human science and technology, the pinnacle of human science and technology."

When Xu Chengliang's words fell, Li Pingan, a lieutenant commander of the Imperial Navy, smiled lightly.

"Perhaps the pinnacle is true. His birth once again demonstrates the unparalleled maritime supremacy of the British Empire, and is a new supreme glory for the Royal Navy. But... haven't you noticed? This arms race, the British Empire Doomed to be a loser."

"what?"

"In fact, the reason why dreadnoughts are advanced is not because of the adoption of high-tech that other countries can't match. It is because of its advanced design concept. It represents the future trend of warship development, but the concept can be plagiarized, which is why After the Imperial Navy's dreadnoughts were launched, countries all over the world began to build dreadnoughts."

"The reason why they started to build meaningless things is that all countries in the world have to re-establish their sea power because of the unprecedented advancement, and all the previous investment has become waste of achievements and not counted..."

Xu Chengliang only said half of what he said, and suddenly he said as if he had suddenly realized.

"Before being fearless, isn't Britain the one that invested the most in sea power?"

"Who else is he?"

Li Pingan sneered.

"This is exactly the strategy of the Imperial Navy. The advanced shipbuilding concept was used to launch the dreadnought ship, and then the British personally destroyed their huge fleet, including the Americans of course. Before the dreadnought ship, their fleet size had exceeded But look at us? Counting from the former dreadnought ships of the "Youzhou class", they were more than ten years old at that time. In fact, we just eliminated the old ships normally! And most of their warships Only 6-8 years old."

"Dreadnought" is not just a warship, it is also a "marine strategy". What is this strategy?It is to let those sea powers whose sea power is stronger than the empire abolish their martial arts.

This is the real war without a fight.

"And in the face of dreadnoughts changing the mode of naval warfare, Britain, which personally destroyed its own huge fleet, had to compete with the Ming Empire, whose industrial strength has surpassed its own, to rebuild its navy."

Nodding his head, Xu Chengliang, the captain of the "Xinde", said deeply.

"The British have no choice, and the dreadnought is an opportunity to reshuffle the sea power. The sea power of the British Empire has never faced such a severe test. In any case, they must accept the challenge."

"Accept the challenge? Captain, I think the British are just initiating a desperate struggle. Now South Africa has consumed a lot of their financial resources. The Royal Navy has never been able to get enough budget to support it to rebuild its maritime hegemony. The final outcome of the story is What? Personally I think it's a financial burden that the British finally can't afford...now..."

After thinking about it, Li Pingan continued.

"Now would be the perfect time for the Empire and Great Britain to engage in a naval arms race. The Empire is far richer than the Great Britain, and we are not like the British. We have no wars to drain our wealth. We build one, Great Britain. If anyone builds one, Britain's financial resources simply cannot afford the race, and soon there won't even be a need for war, and Britain will be dragged down by us in this arms race."

"But the empire doesn't seem to have much interest all along. It's an arms race."

Captain Xu Chengliang held a pipe in his hand and said in an extremely flat tone.

"This was the case in the past, and it seems to be the same now. It seems that the high-level empire has a different view of maritime hegemony than we do."

Staring at the giant ship in the distance that symbolizes the glory and dream of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, Xu Chengliang, the captain of the Imperial Navy, said.

"For the British, the sea is related to their maritime supremacy, but for us, it is also related to our national destiny, but..."

Why is the empire unwilling to engage in a naval arms race?

Frowning and thinking for a while, Li Pingan said.

"Perhaps this has a lot to do with the environment we are facing. What we have to face is not just a United Kingdom. We also need to consider the threat of the United States. The United States is a country that is not inferior to us economically. A powerful country. It is difficult for us to build a fleet that surpasses both Britain and the United States. So in this case, we need to establish a closer alliance with the French and Russians."

"It is true that our confrontation with the British in these years is not just our strength. The strength of the entire alliance."

"But Captain, this opportunity is really rare right now. If we just carry out this arms race in the current way, there will be no winners at all."

In addition to regret, Li Pingan said again.

"If we miss the dreadnought, then we can only look forward to the next maritime technology revolution, but when will the big naval technology revolution be? Where will it start? How will it start?"

After Li Pingan, a soldier of the Imperial Navy, sighed, his eyes were still fixed on the giant ship in the distance. At least at this moment, he was envious of the Royal Navy. Perhaps the Empire created a maritime military revolution, but Although the Royal Navy was burdened with heavy burdens, they still accepted the challenge regardless of the cost, and accepted the challenge from the Ming Empire. .

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