Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 237
After the end of the war between the Tang Empire and the Alliance of Seven Nations, the alliance between the Seven Kingdoms of Yingluoba, Sharad, Noomi, Monia, Jisk, Rielland, and Orenza was established against the Tang Empire , and then disbanded.

After all, among the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, the most powerful three countries, Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi, have a lot of conflicts with each other. It is not easy to temporarily unite together to deal with the Tang Empire. Let the three The three countries have always maintained the relationship of allies, and these three countries will not be willing.

Penelope, the emperor of the British Empire, frowned when Prime Minister August mentioned the other six countries of the seven-nation alliance: "Prime Minister, what do you mean to form the seven-nation alliance again?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, facing the growing threat of the Tang Empire, the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire have officially announced the formation of a military alliance a few months ago. The Sk Empire and the Orensa Empire have been contacting the other five countries of the original seven-nation alliance, including our Yingluoba Empire, hoping to reorganize the seven-nation alliance."

In the year after the war ended, the industry and economy of the Datang Empire developed rapidly. In just one year, the Datang Empire was not much worse than the Yingluoba Empire in terms of economy and industry. The empire is the world's largest economic power and the world's largest industrial power.

In addition, the Tang Empire also possesses the world's largest army, navy, and air force. If ranked in terms of overall strength, the Tang Empire has become the most powerful country in the world, and this has even been recognized by most countries.

Both the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire are in the south of the Datang Empire, and they have a long border with the Datang Empire. In addition, the long-term hostile relationship between these two countries and the Datang Empire makes the Datang Empire and the two countries The situation in the border areas between the two countries was very tense, and the two countries, who were afraid of being invaded by the Tang Empire, had to hold together to keep warm.

However, in the face of the current Datang Empire, even if the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire are combined, they are far from the opponents of the Datang Empire. The German Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, and the Rilland Empire can also join the newly formed military alliance between their two countries.

Emperor Penello pondered for a while and said: "The Tang Empire is indeed no longer something that any country can compete with. Now all the countries in the original seven-nation alliance are building warships. If our seven countries can unite again, at least In terms of the strength of the navy, it will once again suppress the navy of the Tang Empire."

Prime Minister August nodded and said: "According to the information received by our Inaba intelligence department, the Sharad Empire built 54 super dreadnought battleships and 54 battlecruisers at the same time, and the Noomi Empire even built 72 ships at the same time. Super dreadnought battleships and 72 battlecruisers. The Monia Empire also built fifty super dreadnought battleships and fifty battlecruisers. In terms of the number of battleships, the combined navies of the seven nations will far exceed the navy of the Tang Empire."

Emperor Penello asked: "Then Prime Minister, do you agree with our British Empire joining the new military alliance?"

Prime Minister August said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the rise of the Tang Empire not only disrupted the order of the entire white world, but also dealt a heavy blow to the economy of our Angrobah Empire. If we do not want to suppress the Tang Empire With the rapid development of the world, the title of the world's largest economic power and the world's largest industrial country will soon be far away from our British Empire."

A cold light flashed in Emperor Penello's eyes, "The Tang Empire now has a land area of ​​more than 700 million square kilometers and a population of more than 50 billion. The existence of such a country has already threatened the security of the whole world. Our As a responsible and powerful country, the British Empire cannot just sit by and watch. The Prime Minister can send people to contact the Jisk Empire, Orenza Empire, Sharad, Noomi and other four countries to see the new Seven Kingdoms. Can the military alliance of the two countries be established?"

Prime Minister August's face immediately showed excitement, "Your Majesty is wise, the Tang Empire is indeed an existence that destabilizes the world. It is best to dismember the Tang Empire into multiple countries!"

Emperor Penello immediately asked: "Since there will be ten brave-class super dreadnought battleships and ten pursuit-class battlecruisers to join our British Royal Navy next month, does the Admiralty have any plans for the next step?" Ship plan?"

Prime Minister August hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Admiralty has indeed designed a super dreadnought battleship and a battlecruiser with a main gun caliber of 432mm. After 97 Fortitude-class, [-] Pursuit-class and [-] Ambush-class enter service, the military expenditure of our Royal Navy will soar sharply, and we will have [-] super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers. With the addition of [-] dreadnought battleships, [-] former dreadnought battleships, [-] ironclad battleships, and thousands of other types of warships, the finances are already unsustainable, even if His Majesty finances the construction of new super dreadnought battleships and Battlecruisers, our British Empire’s finances can’t afford it either.”

When Emperor Penello heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "If [-] brave-class ships, [-] tough-class ships, [-] pursuit-class ships, and [-] ambush-class ships all join our Royal Navy, the navy will How much will China's military spending increase?"

Prime Minister August quickly replied: "Including salaries of officers and soldiers, food for officers and soldiers, fuel for warships, and maintenance of warships, our Royal Navy's annual military expenditure will increase to more than [-] million pounds."

When Emperor Penello heard that the Royal Navy's annual military expenditure would exceed 406 million U.S. dollars, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. You must know the cost of each brave-class super dreadnought battleship equipped with a 350mm main gun. At about 55 million pounds, [-] million pounds is enough to build [-] brave-class super dreadnought battleships.

Although the royal family of the British Empire is rich, they can even spend hundreds of millions of dollars in one breath, and at the same time build [-] super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers, but the royal family of the British Empire gets a lot of money every year. To spend [-] million British dollars to support the Royal Navy of the British Empire, even the royal family of the British Empire would not be able to bear it.

Emperor Penello frowned even tighter, "Why does the Royal Navy need so much military expenditure?"

Prime Minister August said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the Navy is a big money-thrower. A super dreadnought battleship or a battlecruiser will consume thousands of dollars of fuel when sailing at sea for a day. In addition, the Royal Navy is now The number of officers and soldiers on active duty exceeds 60, and wages and food are also a large expense. In fact, there is a gap of about 3000 million U.S. dollars in the military expenditure of the Royal Navy this year. With more super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers entering service next year, The shortfall for the Royal Navy will be even bigger, likely reaching £8000 million."

Emperor Penello pondered for a while and said: "I will take [-] million pounds from the royal family's funds to subsidize the military expenses of the Royal Navy, and squeeze out more funds from the finances to the Royal Navy. A powerful The significance of the Royal Navy to our British Empire, the Prime Minister must be clearer than me."

Hearing that Emperor Penello was willing to spend 3000 million British dollars to subsidize the military expenditure of the Royal Navy of Inaba, Prime Minister August could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. This year, the Royal Navy’s military expenditure is short of 8000 million British dollars. It can be solved, but after [-] super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers join the Royal Navy's sequence next year, Prime Minister August has no way to make up for the gap of [-] million pounds. The financial revenue of the Pakistani Empire cannot be invested in the navy. For example, it is necessary to maintain a British Royal Army with a scale of tens of millions.

During the war with the Tang Empire, the Royal Yingluoba Army had expanded to 46 infantry regiments and 500 independent infantry divisions, with a total strength of nearly [-] million troops.

After the war, taking into account the pressure of military expenditure, the size of the Royal Inaba Army was reduced, and it was reorganized in imitation of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Army of Sharad.

At present, there are 10 infantry divisions under the Royal Inlobal Army, and each infantry division has a strength of 1000, so that the total strength of the Royal Inlobal Army remains at more than [-] million. So it is still maintaining such a large scale, not because of the Tang Empire, but because of the neighboring Noomi Empire.

The land area of ​​the Yingluoba Empire is about 600 million square kilometers, of which 500 million square kilometers were snatched from the Noomi Empire more than 100 years ago. Square kilometers of land were taken back.

After the Noomi Empire ended the war with the Datang Empire, like the Royal Army of Inaba, it imitated the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Army of Sharad to reorganize and reduce the size.

At present, the Noomi Royal Army has 180 infantry divisions, with a total strength of 800 million. In order to defend against the Noomi Empire, the Inroba Empire had to maintain an army of tens of millions.

Prime Minister August said with some shame: "I am very aware of the importance of a powerful Royal Navy to our British Empire, but because of the rise of the Tang Empire, the economy of our British Empire has suffered greatly. It’s a small shock, the financial revenue of our British Empire has dropped sharply this year, and there are too many places to spend money, I didn’t expect that His Majesty would have to pay for the Royal Navy in the end.”

Emperor Penello waved his hand and said: "Now that the Royal Navy's military expenditure problem has been resolved, let's study how many super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers newly designed by the Ministry of the Navy should be built!"

Prime Minister August asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what about construction funds?"

Emperor Penello said indifferently: "Of course, the royal family still pays for it, otherwise, can the finances still pay for it?"

"How many more ships does His Majesty plan to build?"

"To be honest, such a large-scale arms race, even our Yingluoba royal family can't afford it, so I also hope to end this arms race as soon as possible, but before the arms race stops, our Yingluoba Empire There can't be any backing down. Since ten brave-class super dreadnought battleships and ten pursuit-class battlecruisers will enter service next month, twenty large docks will be vacant. I plan to build ten ships with 432 mm Super dreadnought battleships with main guns and ten battlecruisers with 432mm main guns, by the way, what are the costs of these two battleships?"

"Your Majesty, the newly designed super dreadnought battleship is named Gut Class by the Admiralty. It has five 432mm main guns, a standard displacement of 47800 tons, a full load displacement of 53500 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and a cost of approximately 420 million British dollars per ship. , the newly designed battlecruiser was named the Annihilator class by the Admiralty, with four 432mm main guns, a standard displacement of 50500 tons, a full load displacement of 55600 tons, a maximum speed of 26 knots, and a cost of about 400 million British dollars per ship."

Emperor Penello said without hesitation: "Then build ten guts-class super dreadnought battleships and ten annihilation-class battlecruisers first. The funds will come from me. As for whether to continue to build new guts-class and annihilation-class, It depends on whether the new seven-nation military alliance can be established, and whether each country has a new shipbuilding plan."

Prime Minister August understood what Emperor Penello meant. If the new Seven-Nation Military Alliance was successfully established, it would herald a new war with the Tang Empire. At that time, the naval strength of the Seven-Nation Military Alliance , It will far exceed the navy of the Tang Empire, the British Empire, Sharad, Noomi and other countries, and then build new super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, which is of no great significance to the war.

Of course, even if the new Seven-Nation Military Alliance is successfully established, there are still conflicts within the Seven-Nation Military Alliance. If the Sharad Empire and the Noomi Empire still do not stop the pace of the naval arms race, then the Inaba Empire Whether you like it or not, you have to continue to build more super dreadnoughts and battlecruisers.

Emperor Penelope paused for a moment and continued: "After the [-] brave-class super dreadnought battleships and [-] pursuit-class battlecruisers join the Royal Navy in February next year, if necessary, the royal family can still pay and use the vacant Forty large docks, and build another [-] guts-class ships and [-] annihilation-class ships, but that is also the last fund for the royal family to support the navy in the next three or four years."

(End of this chapter)