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Chapter 365 Kanto
Nowadays, it is popular for battleships to mix main guns and use smaller-caliber rapid-fire guns to make up for the lack of firepower of large-caliber main guns.

With the advancement of large-caliber naval gun technology, the accuracy and power of large-caliber naval guns have been greatly improved while increasing the range and rate of fire. Advances in artillery aiming technology can effectively improve the accuracy of artillery hits.

However, when two caliber main guns are used to fire, due to different ballistic trajectories and rates of fire, the impact point observation and fire control cannot be unified, which affects the rate of fire and hit rate of the main guns. This problem was particularly obvious in the Battle of Tsushima.

In order to solve these problems, the Royal Navy's "Dreadnought" battleship was created.

The Battle of Tsushima has not yet broken out.

It can be said that it was the Russian Imperial Navy that used its own destruction to promote the birth of the "dreadnought" ship.

George wanted to prove the advantages of a "fully heavy artillery battleship" and it would be easy to build one himself. It would be self-evident.

But just like Milyugin said.

You are a river fleet, what kind of battleship do you want?

However, the Imperial Navy did not idle the shipyard of the Vladivostok Shipyard.

Or the expansion of the Aceh Sultanate’s Coconut City shipyard.

The Imperial Admiralty is not stubborn.

Referring to the cost of the St. Petersburg Shipyard, the Imperial Navy had to pay a total of 2100 million rubles to the Vladivostok Shipyard for two battleships.

The equipment and technology of the Yecheng Shipyard are relatively rudimentary. Now it can only build small wooden boats for fishing, which is similar to the original Vladivostok Shipyard.

The "Great Naval Plan" requires the construction of eight battleships. The St. Petersburg Shipyard does not have enough large shipyards, so only five can be started at the same time.

Compared with Vladivostok, which has a harsh climate and environment, East India, which is located in the tropics and can start work all year round, is actually more suitable for the development of industry.

Although East India has many islands, there is not much demand for fishing boats.

George simply continued to build a new slipway with a stroke of his pen.

However, don't place too much hope on the Imperial Navy. The battleships of the "Great Navy Project" are still powered by reciprocating steam power units, not the most advanced Parsons steam turbine units.

Peter, who had just returned from the East Indies, had an opinion.

The slipways of the Vladivostok Shipyard are currently occupied, and construction will not start until next year.

When things got to this point, George had nothing to say.

The Imperial Navy included the Vladivostok Shipyard in the plan, and two of the battleships were to be built at the Vladivostok Shipyard.

These two battleships refer to French design drawings, with a displacement of approximately 1.3 tons, 1.7 horsepower, and a speed of 18 knots. They are equipped with two twin-mounted 305mm main guns and six twin-mounted 6mm rapid-fire guns.

This is understandable, because it is so convenient for East India to obtain food, and there are endless tropical fruits everywhere. East Indians do not need to fish at all to survive.

Rather than building a new slipway at the Vladivostok shipyard, it would be better to establish a new shipyard in East India.

The eight battleships to be built in the "Great Navy Plan" will all use Vladivostok armor steel and the main gun electric drive system produced by Vladivostok.

Then make it.

George did not want to develop industry in the East India.

At least not yet.

George had just taken over East India, and the rebellion in Kalimantan had not yet been quelled. The British must have backup plans. George's increased investment in East India played into the British's hands. George was not idle either, and trade with the Transvaal continued.

With the discovery of the Rand gold mine, the contradiction between the Transvaal and the Cape Colony became more and more serious. The second Boer War was imminent. Not only George, but also the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the United States, Russia, Italy, Even Ireland was increasing its support for the Transvaal.

The Cape Colony was also adding fuel to the fire, with former Governor Cecil Rhodes making several trips to England to lobby for a full-scale war against the Transvaal.

The current governor-general, Alfred Milner, has written to the Queen many times, hoping that Britain will send troops to protect the interests of British subjects.

After the failure of the Johnson expedition, William II sent a public telegram to Transvaal President Paul Kruger, congratulating the Transvaal Republic on its successful defeat of the British invasion. While Anglo-German relations deteriorated for a time, it also prompted The British government used force to resolve the Transvaal Republic.

This is why the UK has been so low-key during this period.

Because Britain was recruiting troops from its colonies around the world to prepare for war in the Transvaal.

So George is not in a hurry now. When the British and the Transvaal start fighting, it will not be too late for George to take action.

1899 marked the beginning of the year. The Russian Empire established the Kanto Province with Dalini as its capital, and Alexeev was appointed as the first Governor-General of Kanto.

This decision was strongly opposed by the Qing Empire, as well as Britain and Japan, because Dalini was leased by the Russian Empire from the Qing Empire and was not a territory of the Russian Empire.

The Russian Empire established the Kanto Province and had an obvious intention to occupy Dalini. This decision directly led to the serious deterioration of the once close relationship between the Russian Empire and the Qing Empire after the Qing-Japanese War, and the construction of the Middle Eastern Railway was affected.

George also didn’t know how Alexeyev deceived Nikolai. Only Alexeyev himself benefited from the establishment of Guandong Province.

At the same time, the Siberian Fleet was officially upgraded to the "Pacific Fleet", ranking above the Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet.

Nikolai sent a telegram to George, saying that the move was to strip the Siberian fleet of its influence on Amur.

After the Siberian Fleet was upgraded to the Pacific Fleet, the Amur River Fleet under the Amur Military District inherited the name "Siberian Fleet". Now George can finally build battleships in a legitimate manner.

Of course, the Imperial Navy will definitely not pay for it.

Unless George puts the Siberian Fleet under the command of the Admiralty, the Admiralty will bear the cost of shipbuilding.

"So, this so-called 'Kwantung Province' only has one port, Dalini."

George was unsure of the scope of Guandong Province, let alone whether a military region would be established.

If a military region is not established, theoretically, Kantung Province will be affiliated with the Amur Military Region.

In that case, George could legitimately send troops to Dalini.

"There is no military district in Kantung Province, but what St. Petersburg wants is for us to dispatch a force to Dalini to assist the Pacific Fleet in strengthening its defense."

Ye Luoxin was also confused. If this unit goes to Dalini, who will be in charge of it then?

"There are only two divisions in the Amur Military District, and there are no extra troops to send to Dalini."

George decisively refused. The two divisions in the Amur Military District were carefully built by George. Vasily and Andrei each led one. George was reluctant to part with either.

"After the establishment of Guandong Province, the Amur Military District will no longer be the front line——"

Milyutin reminded George that the impact of the establishment of Guandong Province was far more than that.

(End of this chapter)