I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 367: Give birth to a son to inherit the throne
At this moment in 1899, even if Japan hated George to the core, they did not dare to show it.

George saw the sky and advocated the Japanese threat theory.

The pressure brought by the Russian Empire to Japan can be truly felt by every Japanese.

The three sisters whom George looked down upon were like three big mountains to Japan. The fear he once felt in "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" once again enveloped the entire Japan.

Nicholas is different from George.

The things that George created must either be withdrawn quickly to seize the market, or hidden for fear of being discovered by opponents, and the news completely blocked.

There is something going on in the Russian Empire, and I want the whole world to know about it.

Therefore, the empire's "big navy plan" has been widely advertised before it was launched.

For Japan, the "Grand Naval Plan" is the Sword of Damocles.

The empire has a total of 17 battleships in service and under construction——

George wasn't done yet.

Alexeyev did not have much interest in submarines.

The Siberian Fleet will not only build battleships in the future, but also will build 6 in the first phase of the expansion plan alone, which is the same as the total number of Japanese battleships.

Afraid of scaring the Japanese to death.

The performance of the Vladivostok cruiser is obvious to all. There are 18 cruisers, even if only one third is a heavy cruiser, they are still 48-gun 203 and 60-gun 152.
George hasn't released the battleship data yet.

George did not announce the battleship plan, but with reference to the cruisers produced by the Vladivostok Shipyard, the battleships to be built by the Siberian Fleet are definitely no less powerful than the four 1.5-ton battleships ordered by Japan.

In addition to battleships, the Siberian Fleet will also build 18 cruisers of various types, as well as 40 destroyers and auxiliary ships.

I haven’t seen the battleship yet, let’s not talk about it yet.

After the keel of the second "Borodino" class battleship was laid, there were 19 ships.

All four battleships ordered by Japan were put into service, and the total number of battleships was only six.

Naval battleships are used as a deterrent most of the time. Considering the lifespan of their main guns, they rarely fire a few times a year.

During an exercise in July, a submarine built by the Vladivostok Shipyard used torpedoes to sink a target ship, declaring that the submarine was officially combat-capable.

Alexeyev’s reason is simple.

Although many of these 25 ships are fake.

But even eight "Borodino" ships were enough to suppress the Japanese navy.

Otherwise it would be even scarier.

After the Amur River Fleet was upgraded to the Siberian Fleet, the Amur Military District also naturally announced the Siberian Fleet expansion plan.

George did not reveal his submarine.

There is nothing to hide from the Pacific Fleet.

The expansion plan of the Siberian Fleet not only put great pressure on the Japanese Navy, but even the Pacific Fleet felt greedy after seeing it.

The Russian Empire will build 8 "Borodino" class battleships. After all are completed, the total number of battleships will reach 25.

Submarines are hiding under the sea surface, invisible and intangible. Who can deter them?

Scare yourself~
On the contrary, Alexeyev showed a certain interest in seaplanes.

Although the seaplane itself does not have attack power, its role in reconnaissance, search and rescue, correcting the bomb impact point, and laying mines is still very gratifying.

George didn't know how strict the tone of these generals of the Pacific Fleet was.

Therefore, George did not take out the seaplane that could carry aerial bombs.

Seaplanes can not only carry aerial bombs, but also torpedoes.

Like the submarine, the seaplane was also a surprise prepared by George for the Japanese. But like the Vladivostok cruiser, the biggest problem with seaplanes is price.

The price given by George to the Pacific Fleet is 80 rubles per unit.

Compared with the price sold to Americans, this price is very conscientious, but Alexeyev still finds it too expensive.

Grand Duke Peter Nikolayevich was very interested.

Peter, the younger brother of Nicholas Jr., served on the staff and came to observe the exercises on behalf of the Imperial War Department.

Like little Nicholas, Peter is over 2 meters tall, tall and burly, half a head taller than George. Compared with Peter, Alexeyev, who weighs more than 200 kilograms, is like an oil drum.

"Will the takeoff and landing of this thing be affected by sea conditions?"

Peter personally sat in the cockpit of the seaplane and was very novel about everything.

"It will indeed—"

George didn't hide it. Not only was this thing affected by sea conditions, but its performance was not stable enough, so it didn't become an army.

"But if it's in the Baltic Sea or the Black Sea, there won't be any problems."

The low-freeboard warships built for the Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet will not be adapted to the Pacific Fleet.

Seaplanes, which are greatly affected by sea conditions in the Pacific, have no problem in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.

Peter was interested not only in the seaplanes, but also in the rocket launchers installed by the Vladivostok artillery unit.

The problem of firepower has always troubled the Russian Army, including the Guards, which is not equipped with enough artillery.

However, this is not a problem unique to the Russian Army. It is the same for the armies of all countries in the world.

Limited by artillery technology, the caliber of artillery equipped by all armies around the world is basically below 100 mm. No matter how large it is, it is classified as a fortress artillery. It cannot accompany the troops in action and has little effect.

In order to solve the traffic problem, Vladivostok engineers combined a rocket launcher with a tractor and used a crawler chassis to create a rocket launcher with a maximum caliber of 120 mm.

The rocket launcher in Vladivostok has 18 tubes, which can be fired within 30 seconds, and the tube is full of large quantities.

When six rocket launchers performed an artillery salvo for Peter, Peter was stunned and completely shocked by the power of the rocket launchers.

"How about it? If we replace all army artillery with rocket launchers, then our Russian Empire's army will sweep across the world!"

George is confident that technology is combat effectiveness.

The rocket launcher is indeed powerful, but the price is also very expensive, the same as the seaplane, 80 rubles.

The purpose of Peter's trip was observation, not purchase.

George gave Peter face and asked Peter to bring a seaplane and a rocket launcher back to St. Petersburg as gifts for Nicholas.

George has not returned to St. Petersburg in the past two years, and the gifts to Nicholas have not been interrupted. During every festival, George has gifts sent to St. Petersburg.

Not only for Nicholas, but also for the empress dowager, empress, and princesses, including George.

Speaking of princesses, so far, Nikolai and Alex have given birth to three daughters, but still no son.

George and Anne already had two sons.

In his telegram to George, Nicholas jokingly hoped that George would send Alexander to St. Petersburg so that Alex might have a son.

Although this is a joke, it fully proves Nicholas's eagerness to have a son.

Right.

Ordinary families still want a son to support their family.

There is really a throne in Nicholas's family that he wants to inherit.

(End of this chapter)