"The Pacific Ocean is big, but it is also small. This ocean cannot accommodate two powerful countries. The prosperity of the United States is our nightmare, so we must constantly create trouble for them and cultivate enemies for them, so that this country can move forward every time. Every step you take will lead to countless obstacles.
They have already gone too far ahead of us. If we don't do this, the gap between us will become wider and wider. Whether I help the Spanish or lure Germany and Russia over, the goal is the same.
If we don’t repair the Panama Canal, they will repair it too. In this case, we can simply go over and repair it, and then wait to collect fees from passing American merchant ships to reduce the profits of the American industry as much as possible. But this project is too big, and we ourselves are Those who do not have such qualifications must bring in all the major powers to weaken the United States, which is what they also expect." Yang Feng said.
In fact, the failure of the Spanish-American War had an extremely huge impact on the U.S. economy. Not only were more than half of the American sugar merchants expelled by the Spanish government on the pretext of funding the rebels, their properties were confiscated and auctioned off to German and Russian businessmen who followed. Even Chen Fang's sugar company in Hawaii purchased large plantations there. More importantly, this failure directly interrupted the banana war that had not yet begun, and prevented the United States from controlling the Caribbean region. After the United States was defeated in the war, The attitudes of Chinese and American countries towards American investors have become obviously bad, especially those sugar and fruit merchants who own large plantations in these countries. Violent activities have even begun against them.
What's more, Yang Feng also sent two other options to these countries, Germany and Russia. These two countries have equally huge ambitions for the sugar industry. Following the fleet are a large number of investors, otherwise William and Nicholas Nor would they be so impatient to attack Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
"Go and send a telegram to Chen Fang and tell him to let go and march into the Caribbean. I hope he can establish a sugar consortium that can compete with foreigners. The empire is his backing. If anyone obstructs it by means other than commercial means. Then our fleet will seek justice for him, and Umbrella's mercenaries will provide armed protection for his workers." Yang Feng said to Zhang Quan.
After the US troops withdrew, the Spaniards immediately began to attack the Cuban revolutionary army. In order to reduce the losses of the Chinese, Johnson took away thousands of overseas Chinese revolutionaries from there during the retreat. They all entered Germany as employees of the Umbrella Company. In Texas, Johnson is worried about how to relocate so many people. Now it's time to send them out to provide protection for Chen Fang's people.
Not only does he want to support Chen Fang to become the overlord of the sugar industry, but he also wants to create another United Fruit Company of his own in South America, step by step squeezing the living space of American businessmen here. After Santos returns, he will gradually drive him out in Mexico. American businessmen, even if they allow other European countries to control this area, they will never allow Americans to control this area.
However, based on this calculation, the strength of his Royal Navy is still a bit inferior, especially as the scope of influence expands and more and more warships are sent outside, such as Hawaii, the Caribbean, Panay Island, Guam, and the Aleutian Islands. They all have to have a garrison. The current size of the navy is obviously not enough, and the army must be greatly expanded.
The Royal Navy now has two second-class battleships, one 7,000-ton armored cruiser, two 5,000-ton class ships, and seven 4,000-ton class ships. Including six of the latest Soryu class, protected cruisers of various sizes. Nine, these battleships basically have a speed of more than 20 knots. Even Dingzhen has reached a speed of 21 knots after replacing it with a steam turbine to increase power by two-thirds. There are also twenty-four high-speed destroyers. , there is no need to consider the quantity issue for this thing, because he currently has at least four shipyards including Sweden producing this thing on a large scale.
In fact, there are now more than 20 destroyers under construction in China alone, including Mawei Jiangnan and his original shipyard in Dagou, half of which are for export because there are too many orders. Swedish shipyards are really busy.
Come, and judging from the service status of the four Chinese-made destroyers in the Caribbean Fleet, there is no difference in quality, and they all participated in the assault that sank the USS Iowa.
There are also four 7,000-ton armored cruisers that will be completed soon. The difference between these four ships and the original Princess Astraas class is that the main guns have all been replaced by 240 because the engine power is slightly larger.
Some, so others have no degradation in performance, two were built in Sweden and two in Mawei.
Also under construction are four first-class battleships, four nine-thousand-ton armored cruisers, four Soryu-class cruisers, and eight enlarged Viper-class destroyers with a displacement of one thousand tons and a new main gun.
It became 130, and the speed dropped slightly.
The first-class battleship here has a displacement of 15,000 tons and uses eight terrifying 10,000-horsepower diesel engines. The design is actually Yang Feng's imitation of the Deutschland-class pocket battleship, but the difference is that it has eight cannons and the caliber is also 280
, the speed is estimated to easily exceed thirty knots. Of these four ships, two are built in Sweden and two are built in Mawei. Now newspapers from various countries have described it as a perfect battleship. Compared with it, the diesel battleships under construction in European countries are just
Like an antique from the last century.
Of course, Emperor Yang never hid his secrets in this regard. After each paid a large participation fee, the six European powers all sent engineers to participate in the construction of these four battleships, including the four in Mawei.
To him, it is just a lie, and its purpose is just to lead European countries into a ditch.
In the distant Lushunkou, a new shipbuilding base has been constructed. Two very large shipyards with a capacity of 40,000 tons. Emperor Yang's goal is to directly build super-dreadnought ships here. All the workers there are Chinese, and they adopt
Working in a closed environment, the entire base has been set up as a military restricted area. The workers inside have signed an agreement that no one is allowed to leave until the two super-dreadnought ships are completed, and even letters must be checked before they can be sent out.
At the same time, the supporting Anshan Iron and Steel Plant, Fushun Coal Mine and Railway are also under construction. For this reason, Yang Feng even transferred four entire army divisions to the Northeast and established a separate Shenyang Military Region. The commander is his number one general Li Yuncong. Now this guy is as
The founding hero has also been granted the title of marquis.
Yang Feng still adopts the fifth-class title, but there is no first-class, second-class, or third-class title, and the title is not decreasing and can be passed down from generation to generation. It is not a salary like the Qing Dynasty, but a direct grant of fiefdom. In addition to being able to
Apart from joining the House of Lords as a member of the aristocracy after being elected by the nobility, he does not have any other privileges. Even if he does business other than farming on his own territory, he has to pay taxes. To put it bluntly, he is a landowner with a good reputation who sells his fiefdom when he has no money.
Either way.
Emperor Yang has prepared four 30,000-horsepower steam turbines for his two super-dreadnoughts. They are currently being built at Beauty Avatar, including matching gear reducers and large oil-fired boilers. In short, the standards are in accordance with those of the Navy before World War II.
Regarding the battleship standards built by various countries after the treaty was invalidated, he has not yet decided which design to use, but the standards are less than 40,000 tons, the speed cannot be less than 30 knots, and the caliber of the artillery must be at least 380.
The power of the diesel engine is limited to 10,000 horsepower, and there is no advantage in terms of volume beyond that. As the power increases, the volume and weight of this thing increase geometrically. What's more important is that this thing will be in this time and space within twenty years.
It is absolutely impossible for people to build it. You must know that the maximum power of a German diesel engine before World War I was only 2,000. If the power is enlarged, it will not only have unreliable performance, but also be larger than a steam turbine. Isn't that why the Bavarian-class diesel engine plan was canceled?
What if something happens to me again and I stay in China?
But steam turbines are different. With some support in metallurgy and processing technology, there is no pressure to increase the power of a single domestic steam turbine to 30,000 within ten years. This also ensures that even without themselves, the Chinese can kill others at sea.
It is conceivable that when the navies of European countries come out with battleships of less than 20,000 tons and a speed of no more than 25 knots, and then suddenly appear on the opposite side, a group of 40,000 tons of monsters with a speed of more than 30 knots, they will probably be the only ones left.
I was trembling. If coupled with aircraft carriers and carrier-based attack aircraft, a maritime fleet with full World War II standards was sent to the battlefield of World War I, then all that would be left would be to crush the German High Seas Fleet and the British Home Fleet at sea.
Let’s use it as a coral reef, and the sea belongs directly to the Chinese.
This scene made Emperor Yang yearn for it so much that he even spent five years or more to build his own super-dreadnought.
In fact, all European countries are now engaged in steam turbine research. After all, no one is a fool. Using a diesel engine means being strangled by Yang Feng. Moreover, the 3,000-horsepower steam turbine of Yang's Power Systems Company is also very popular, especially for civilian merchant ships.
, this kind of power is being used on a large scale, including the improved performance of Yang Feng's modified warships, which is obvious to all. Since steam turbines can also achieve high power, these countries will naturally give it a try.
It's just that all the patents in this area are in the hands of Yang Feng, and Yang's company keeps a close eye on patent rights, so their research cannot be conducted openly. They are all conducted secretly and secretly, and they all choose the most mature ones.
Impulsive, they don’t know that with the current metallurgical technology and processing technology, it is impossible to get tens of thousands of horsepower. There is no hope even in another ten years. Parsons has dominated the market for decades, and even Germany has
It's not unreasonable that you have to surrender to him in the end.