However, the Italians did not dare to place their bets immediately. After all, China's entry into the Allied Powers at this time was only based on public opinion. Everyone knew that although China was a constitutional monarchy, in fact, Yang Feng had the final say in everything. And Yang
Feng and the Kaiser have been working together for so many years, and their relationship has always been very strong. Even now, several famous German generals on the European battlefield, such as Moltke and Hindenburg, all have Chinese titles. Before he expressed his stance, no matter what the civil
No matter how hard you try, it's all in vain.
But a piece of news soon came from Beijing, which reassured the Italians. The attack on German Minister Haijing was certainly not by shooting or other violent attacks, but when he was giving a speech on Sino-German friendship at Peking University.
, the college students below were protesting by holding up photos of British children who died in the London bombing, and lost their shoes.
You must know that this university has a royal name in its name. Basically, the students here are die-hard loyalists of the emperor. When something like this happened at Peking University, and Emperor Yang didn't have any special expression afterwards, it can be said that he
Indulging.
Another point is that the reactions of Germany and Austria-Hungary also made the Italians clearly feel their panic. When the argument that China might join the Allies started to heat up, the reaction of Germany and Austria was relatively calm, but the Royal Peking University of China lost its shoes.
After the incident, Germany and Austria obviously acted abnormally, and even proposed to Italy that they could negotiate on the Trentino issue, and that Algeria could be assigned to Italy in the future colonial carve-up.
At this time, Emperor William and Joseph were indeed panicked. The change in China's wind direction even made them feel unprepared. In fact, in their predictions, Yang Feng would not be able to join the Allies, because only joining the Allies would be in China's best interest. Once
After winning the war, China could easily seize the Russian Far East and the British colonies in Southeast Asia. William was not prepared to compete with Yang Feng for those places. His target was Africa. Land outside Africa could be distributed in a friendly manner with Yang Feng.
Moreover, Yang Feng's performance so far in the war has confirmed his inference, but he really didn't expect that the sky would suddenly fall. If China really wanted to join the Allied Powers, it would be a disaster for him. During this period,
German and Austrian diplomats went to China desperately to build relations. Even when Haijing had his shoe thrown at him, William laughed it off. Instead, he praised the younger generation in China for being very frank and brave enough to express their opinions, which made him truly feel that China
The liberal style of study in the university.
In addition to regaining Yang Feng's heart, there is also the need to win over Italy. After all, even if Yang Feng really means this, I'm afraid he is still indecisive, and now that he is an arms dealer, it is absolutely impossible for him to be comfortable in the short term.
This can be seen from the merchant ships that are still sailing to Germany and Austria. But the problem is that such rumors will mislead others, especially things like Italy that are waiting to be sold at a high price.
It was easy to be misled, so Italy had to be won over first. Emperor Joseph also had the overall situation in mind. After understanding the dangers he faced, he was also ready to take out Trentino. Anyway, at worst, he would gain more from the colonies in the future.
But such good conditions only made Yidai understand the urgency of the situation.
"The Italians are going to join the war, and Italian representatives have started secret negotiations with representatives of Britain, France, and Russia in London." Attendant Yuan told Emperor Yang with a smile on his face.
"Very good. Then give them another kick and order the Persian Gulf Fleet to make a gesture of entering the Mediterranean. At the same time, the American Task Force sent several warships to the waters off Port-au-Prince. In addition, the Puerto Rican Army sent a division to the Port of Peace and also
I asked the customs to detain one or two ships of goods destined for Kuwait." Emperor Yang, who was admiring the super battleship, said with satisfaction.
Today is the day for the launch of the Huaxia and Yanhuang warships for sea trials. Up to now, the two super battleships have been built for five years. If you include the time to build the dock, it has been almost seven years. Tens of thousands of workers have worked hard for seven years.
As a large amount of sea water poured into the dock, the steel beast nearly 250 meters long and 36 meters wide seemed to be a miracle. The black muzzles of the four twin-mounted 380mm cannons showed.
The majesty of the overlord of the sea, there is a golden dragon tens of meters long on each side of the ship with its teeth and claws.
"Your Majesty, what if the Italians invade Austria?" Yuan Shikai said cautiously as he looked at the warship that was making fire and preparing to start the main engine and sail out of the dock. After all, he was still a little worried about Emperor Yang's evaluation of Italy. After all, it was also a warship.
Although it is ranked last among the great powers, it is also a military power with a population of 30 million and an army of 870,000. Moreover, the Austro-Hungarian Empire only has a total of 100,000 second-line troops on the Italian-Austrian border, although it is blocked by the Alps.
But if there were to be a fight, the Italians would have a very high chance of winning, not to mention that under the current circumstances, it would be difficult for them to mobilize troops for reinforcements from other places.
"In the unlikely event that the Italians are unable to invade Austria, I'm afraid they will have to let the Austrians invade their own home in the end." Yang Feng said with a smile. He had never considered this issue.
Chief Attendant Yuan was stunned for a moment, and did not continue to discuss the Italian issue. Instead, he turned his attention to the super battleship in the dock. The huge chimney was emitting thick smoke at this time. The pungent smell of burning heavy oil made the pampered Chief Attendant Yuan stunned.
Your Excellency was very uncomfortable with it, but His Majesty the Emperor looked intoxicated, so he had no choice but to endure it.
The start-up time of a steam turbine is much slower than that of a diesel engine. Especially for this first trial start, it takes an hour or two for more than a dozen giant boilers to heat up the steam. After what can be said to be a long wait,
Three giant steam turbines with a total design power of close to 170,000 horsepower finally reached the starting pressure and began to rotate. Then the transmission shaft was driven through the gear reducer, and the three huge propellers began to rotate slowly underwater. As the speed increased,
The two giant ships began to move out of the dock little by little, and soon completely left the dock and entered the sea. The salutes on the deck were fired one after another to salute His Majesty the Emperor on the shore.
Then there was a chorus of praises and praises around Emperor Yang. However, the ministers and generals who came with him to visit should be said to be very sincere at this time. You must know that these are two super giant ships with a displacement of 40,000 tons. Compared with them,
, even the current largest British Edward VII-class has a displacement of less than 30,000 tons, and the main gun caliber is only 356 mm. These can be said to be two warships that can sweep across the entire sea as long as they are launched.
The Huaxia and Yanhuang were still accelerating slowly, but soon the speed exceeded 20 knots. At this time, the battleship Qingcheng of the Beiyang Fleet sailed up, parallel to the two battleships. This ship had a full load displacement of nearly 20,000 tons.
The battleships used to be extremely huge in the eyes of these officials and generals, but now they are like small toys compared with them. The three battleships almost kept the same speed and ran faster and faster. It didn't take long to see them from the shore.
Yang Feng immediately took people aboard his Nautilus. The trimaran quickly soared to forty-five knots and caught up with the trial battleship. By this time, the speed of the three battleships had reached thirty knots.
And they are still moving forward together.
At this time, Emperor Yang was very satisfied. The Qingcheng had a power of 120,000 horsepower and reached a top speed of 32 knots. The Huaxia Yanhuang ships could still keep up with it, which meant that the speeds of the two were almost the same, which fully satisfied his standards.
, because now, except for the battleships built by Young Shipyard and China, none of the self-built battleships in other countries in Europe has a speed of more than 30 knots. The speed of Britain's latest Edward VII class has even dropped to 26 knots due to thickened armor.
In this way, Huaxia Yanhuang can guarantee an absolute advantage when facing those battleships. As for the standardized battleships of Yang's Shipyard, due to the tonnage problem, the armor thickness can only block 356 guns at most. The 380 of Huaxia Yanhuang's two ships
The cannon can easily penetrate the main armor at a distance of more than ten kilometers. What's more, because of the radar fire control system, these two super battleships do not need to attack the main armor at all. They can deal with it with high ballistics at a distance of 20 kilometers or even 30 kilometers.
Horizontal armor will do.
"Your Majesty, it's thirty-two!" The captain of the Nautilus cautiously interrupted Emperor Yang's thoughts.
Yang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the two super battleships that were still parallel to the Qingcheng. It was obvious that the two battleships were still accelerating.
"What's the power level?" The guy hurriedly picked up the wireless phone and asked.
"Your Majesty, the power is close to 200,000 horsepower!" Cheng Biguang's proud voice came from the microphone.
In fact, the two super battleships finally reached a top speed of thirty-three knots, with a maximum power of two hundred thousand horsepower. Of course, this is not surprising in the trials of steam turbine battleships, which basically exceed several thousand horsepower.
, but it would be crazy for someone like him to exceed the design power by 30,000 horsepower. However, there is no need to worry about this issue. Yang Feng only needs to know that his super battleship can run as fast as Iowa.
The great success of the sea trial is just the beginning. It will take at least another year before all the performances have been comprehensively tested before these two super battleships can be truly handed over to the navy. Then, after almost a year of training, they will be truly ready.
After forming combat effectiveness, it is basically time for China to take action. The time can be said to be just right. With these two battleships as the core, eight Kunlun-class battleships, 24 Hongwu-class battlecruisers, and two aircraft carriers will be added.
The Chinese navy will sweep across the four oceans like raging waves. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!