The Japanese are preparing faster than the Russians! Behind the Japanese is the world's most powerful maritime state, Britain, which has the strongest production capacity of warships in the world, and what about the Russians? Let's not talk about how Russia builds its own ships, historically, the speed of the French man-made BB is a pit. What if, in the unlikely event that the Japanese make a move before the Russians are ready, the Baltic Fleet is still in Europe.

The most critical issue is this: before the completion of the Eurasian Railway, the Japanese will have the final say when the war will start, and it will be difficult for the Russian Navy to ensure that the Far East Fleet stabilizes Japan while taking into account multiple strategic directions. Considering the port issue again, the Russian fleet, which already had no advantages, would have to be divided. Then it is even more unrealistic to rely solely on the main forces of the Russian Far East Fleet in Port Arthur to suppress the Japanese.

In fact, the prince had already told the Russians some important points in the Russo-Japanese War in history very vaguely, not hoping that the Russians would win, but hoping that the two sides would fight more entangled. In the foreseeable future, once the two sides open, the main battleships of Japan and Russia will definitely face off in the Yellow Sea. And the cruiser fleet is going to start a battle of breaking diplomatic relations and counter-breaking diplomatic relations.

In fact, it was the fast fleets of both sides that really broke out, and the battlefield was on a relatively vast ocean, and those battleships with high cost and good fire defense were more confrontation and blockade. The breaking point of both sides is on the fast fleet, and whoever can crush the opponent's cruiser will have the advantage.

If the Japanese fleet had taken care of the Russian fleet, then naturally the Russian fleet at Arthur Pass would have been blockaded to death. But it is estimated that there is little hope. Everything is as it was in history.

But if the Russian fleet stationed in Vladivostok had taken care of the Japanese cruisers, the situation would have been different, and the main Japanese fleet, which had imposed a blockade in the Yellow Sea, would be flanked from both sides. It is not impossible that the Japanese fleet, which suffered heavy losses, was directly crushed by the Russian Far East Fleet.

"Your Highness, what you said is very reasonable, but there is one assumption that I do not agree with, you said before that once a war breaks out between Russia and Japan, then the battleships are more to perform the task of deterrence and confrontation, and the premise of the Japanese in order to achieve this is that their battleship formation is sufficient to meet the challenge of the Russian Far East Fleet, but from the current point of view, unless the Japanese accept battleships at a rate of at least one per year, they will not be able to build a battleship force that can rival the Far East Fleet until we complete the Trans-Siberian Railway."

Just when His Royal Highness thought that things were moving in his favor, Makanov once again showed that he was extraordinary! He pointed out a loophole in His Royal Highness's setting with a very simple assumption! You know, in the future setting of the Russian Far East Fleet, in 1904, it should have about 7 battleships of various types! And if it could be dragged until 1905, then this number could become 12! And even more!

Well, this is the scale of the Russians. What about the Japanese? Now there were only 2 second-class battleships, and these 2 second-class battleships were actually inferior to the Asama-class armored cruisers, and the Japanese urgently needed first-class battleships, even if the Japanese began to replenish battleships in 1899 and accepted an average of 1 per year, then by 1904 there would be only 5 at most!

That is, if the Japanese fast fleet is not taken into account, then the main Japanese fleet will not be able to suppress the battleship detachment of the Russian Far Eastern Fleet in Artshun at all! And as the future commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, Makanov believed that he would be enough to fight the Japanese battlefleet with the strength of 7 battleships, at least for now!

Makanov's thinking is very simple, as long as Russia determines that the Japanese fast fleet will go to sea to search for the Vladivostok detachment, then he can lead the team to the sea to find the Japanese battleship formation for a decisive battle, after careful calculation, Makanov believes that with the current military growth rate and strength of the two sides, even if the Japanese start the war first, it is still not enough to completely occupy the advantage, and if the Russians can mobilize the Baltic Fleet as soon as possible, then as long as the support is in place until the Baltic Fleet is in place, the two Russian fleets will crush the opponent!

"5 ships? You underestimate the ambitions of the Japanese, I have here a document that makes it very clear that Japan was going to order 3 battleships from Britain in February 1899! The three were equipped with four 12-inch L40 guns, four 10-inch L40 guns, and 12 6-inch battleships with a total tonnage of 13,000 tons and a speed of more than 18 knots. You don't think that the Japanese bought this batch before the war, right? ”

It's not that His Royal Highness the Prince is scaring the Russians, it's true! Information obtained through special channels! How can you, a German, know such a hidden thing? The reason is simple! The armor used in the British man-made warships was produced by the prince and his family! It's a seller's market now, and an extreme seller's market for the British.

The reason is simple, since Britain and Japan hooked up with the Americans, the Americans have banned the export of Harvey hardened armor to the UK. Then if the British want to continue building battleships, then the only way to get armor is Bavaria!

But it's a pity that now Bavaria's production capacity is also a little tight, Wilhelm II has decided to build a big one, as a conscientious capitalist and a patriotic king, of course, good things must be used for the country first, and then the already limited armor production capacity is further divided, and even less is used for export.

In order to ensure the orderliness of his own production and sales, Prince Ruprecht instituted a so-called quota sales law! At the end of the year, all manufacturers who need armor will report the amount of armor they need to purchase for the next year, and pay a certain deposit, if the purchase quantity is significantly less than the reservation, then the deposit will be a penalty, and if it is more, the price will be increased as appropriate. Bavaria then develops its production plans on the basis of quotas. Although there will be more, the fluctuation will not be very large.

In addition to making production more purposeful, the prince also found that he could easily figure out the speed of warship expansion of various naval powers! After all, armor is just needed, and under the quota limit, it is possible for you to squeeze out 4 capital ships with the armor of 3 battleships, but if you want to use the quota of 3 battleships to make 5 ships, something will definitely happen.

If the British want to build warships for Japan, then the demand for armor steel cannot be bypassed in Bavaria, unless the British plan to use steel-faced iron armor for the Japanese, otherwise the prince will know about this sooner or later!

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