"An empire can't just have one lifeline, and once it's under control, it's over. There has to be another preparation. But if the Americans also secretly block us from the Philippines and other places, then the lifeline of the empire will be cut off. When they realized the seriousness of this tactic of breaking diplomatic relations, many people also began to give up the slightest luck in their hearts.

"The United States is huge, and as soon as the war machine is in motion, there will be a steady stream of weapons produced. You can only feel its horror when you stand in their factory area, which is full of tall chimneys. The roar of the machine was like thunder in a storm. Yamamoto Fifty-six raised his head and said with some wistfulness. He spent some time in the United States and examined the power of the United States. The conclusion is that the United States has surpassed any other country to become the world's largest power.

"The Americans won't make us strong." Nagano said calmly.

"I know, I just hope that we can use some of the resources we get from the British and Dutch to become stronger first, and then challenge the Americans." Yamamoto Isoroku lamented that the United States had left too much impression on him. This is not something that the Japanese can compete with at this time. If we use the resources and manpower of China and Southeast Asia to develop for another ten years, we will be able to go to war with the United States. At least at that time, the puppet Manchurians can be raised, and if they can drag China on, they can use the advantage of population to offset the machine advantage of the Americans.

"The Americans won't give us time!" Nagano Xiushen finally sighed and said, "We just need to have the strength to make the Americans retreat." After all, Europe is more important to them. ”

As we enter April, all eyes of the world are on Germany in Europe. There a super-battleship caught everyone's eye. The Yamato-class battleship sold to the Germans was finally unveiled.

The Germans actually want to hide the news, but how can such a big guy hide it? The clouds of the European war were thick, a large number of spy agents were active, and even the Bavaria-class battleships sold by Meng Xiang to the Germans were revealed at the beginning of the year, causing a lot of fluctuations.

The British were at the same time relieved when they were in charge of the Germans' massive build-up. Although the Bavaria-class battleship aroused the sense of honor of the Germans and caused a frenzy among the Germans, after all, it was an old battleship of the First World War and somewhat outdated. But they did not know that the Bavaria-class battleship that appeared in Germany was only one of three. The other two are still being refitted in secret places. When the time comes, the three ships will be changed to exactly the same, and they will be ready to yin the British at any time.

At this time, the British could not bother to probe the secrets of Bavaria, and the appearance of a huge battleship by the Germans directly boiled the air in Europe.

Everywhere there is talk of information about this giant ship. People in various countries already have some news, although there is no specific data, but they are generally known. The intelligence organization "Skynet" sold more than a dozen copies of the materials at a high price.

At the beginning of this year, there was a sudden rumor in the world's intelligence circles about an organization called Skynet.

This Skynet quietly rose, and it is not known who founded it as an intelligence organization. But the few heavyweight pieces of information that came out of it were impressive.

"Who is it? Who leaked our secrets? Which bastard is it? Canaris roared with a gloomy face. He was the head of the German [***] Intelligence Bureau, and was in charge of the intelligence work of the Wehrmacht.

The last time the Bavaria-class battleships were their own secrets, but this time the Yamato was directly revealed. Although the detailed parameters are not mentioned, the gun diameter and tonnage are advertised.

When the Germans are about to make a move in the next step, it will not do much good to be so eye-catching. If it provokes an early counterattack by the British, some plans are easy to die before they are launched. After all, Europe's seas have always been self-proclaimed gardens by the British.

"The Skynet organization has a copy of the information on the Fantasy-class battleship being peddled! Probably someone from Skynet. Burke hesitated for a moment and then said, "There could be other sources?" ”

"What source?" Canaris didn't hide much of his expression in front of his henchman.

"The Huaxia people have dealt with it, and they also have one, which is likely to be exposed. I said that I have the drawings for this and are still building it, so it is possible. Even the copycat company may leak it, and it seems that their opponent, the umbrella company, is always paying attention to these news. Finally," Burke paused, continued, "the Gestapo and the SS knew the secret, and many of them could not have been as disciplined as soldiers. ”

The Gestapo created by Goering had already been handed over to Hillem, with Heydrich as deputy chief. Coupled with the SS's own intelligence agencies, it was also a force that could compete with the Wehrmacht's military intelligence bureau. In the past, the intrigue between the two is also constant.

Canaris's eyes froze, but then he said indifferently: "Although they are a little fanatical, they are still from the Empire after all. "In a frenzy, secrets can also be revealed. But at this time, it is not appropriate to delve into this.

"Go find out what's going on with that Skynet? Who's in control? Finally, Canaris said in a deep voice.

In a seemingly ordinary research institute in Moscow, Soviet Russia, a hoarse voice came from the deep basement: "Go find out what's going on with that Skynet?" Either buy him or destroy him! ”

Intelligence organizations around the world received similar orders. This is not only the secret thrown out by this Skynet, but several secrets of himself and the Soviet Russians have also been revealed. This made everyone wary of this mysterious organization.

But a group of people have been busy for most of the day, and they can't figure out the clues of Skyweb.

"Skynet is magnificent! Where can they find it? Meng Xiang said with a smile, this Skynet was originally a shadow organization he had formed, some information came directly from his mind, and some news involving weapons could be directly used to analyze the data produced by the base.

"A lot of information is no longer a secret over time. While it's valuable, we can trade in some more technology or other information. In fact, buying and selling information is the same as selling things, buy at a low price, sell at a high price, and be a market maker in everything. If we slowly build Skynet into a global open intelligence exchange platform, as long as someone needs information, they will come to us, then we can just sit on the ground and collect money. And all we do is establish the rules, the rules of trading in the intelligence circle. Meng Xiang smiled and said to the rat.

If you want to be a banker, you must first have hole cards and be able to resist the difficulties of others. The pile of secrets that Meng Xiang was holding in his hands had a foundation.

As long as a convincing information platform is built, then this information will pass through Meng Xiang's hands, even if some cannot be explored, but they also have their ins and outs. Not to mention that some secrets can be passed directly and known early.

Sometimes, a single piece of intelligence can turn a situation around. And a huge network of information can cover every corner of the world.

Just like the network of later generations, whoever controls the network is the king of the world. Therefore, Meng Xiang set up this intelligence platform and named it Skynet. Perhaps one day, Skynet can really become the world's largest information network.

"It's time for the situation in Europe to explode." Meng Xiang sighed. What happened to the Yamato-class battleships could not be concealed at all. Skynet was just a step ahead of schedule. The European war is about to break out, and all kinds of contradictions have accumulated to the extreme, and they cannot be changed by a Yamato.

The Nagato-class battleship of the Vanguard Army had already been sold to the Russians, and a new Zhenyuan was needed at this time. If this giant ship is the first to appear in Huaxia, it will be too eye-catching. At this time, the strength of the vanguard army could not withstand the investigation and questioning of others. He had to push the Germans out first as a bird.

"Secret leaked? We don't need to keep this a secret, show it and let them all see this giant ship of the Empire! See the might of our Imperial Navy! When Hitler heard this, he waved his hand directly.

So the battleship Hindenburg made a round trip directly around the North Sea.

Wherever the huge hull of 60,000 or 70,000 tons went, the sea water seemed to be crushed and sunken, but it was even more abrupt to the huge body of the island. The upper muzzle is more than 450 mm. It was clear to some people that it was a 460mm cannon.

"Oh my God! This is the pinnacle of human construction. ”

"Every port in Europe trembles under the muzzle of its giant cannon. Every ship trembled before its figure. It is the king of warships. ”

"Oh God! His cannon can smash the British Isles! Who can stop it? "You can't blame the shock in people's hearts, the largest battleship at this time was only more than 40,000 tons, but as soon as Yamato came out, the full load displacement directly reached 72,808 tons. More than the tonnage of two of some capital battleships. The 460-mm cannon that has been circulated is even larger than the current largest, 420 mm. From this point of view, its main armor can withstand the bombardment of all naval guns in service.

At this time, the people did not know that this ship was not made by the Germans, and although the battleship built by himself was larger, it was not as powerful as they imagined. But even the information revealed by Skynet is not there, which makes people's surprising remarks carry too much exaggeration.

But no matter what, the eyes of the world are focused on it at this time.

"We need bigger ships!" The British are most anxious. They knew the power of such a battleship, and they could not pose a threat to it at this time, so that one could suppress all the fire of the British ships. Just think that the Germans and another Bismarck are about to enter service, and the British feel their scalps tingle.

"Revise the shipbuilding plan, and we will also build larger battleships." Although the strength of the navy was much worse than that of Britain and Germany, it did not prevent the French from proposing a shipbuilding plan first.

"This is a new threat, and we have no ships that can withstand it. Don't talk about those planes, they are okay against those small ships, but in the face of such giant ships, they are just small mosquitoes! "The Americans also feel threatened. Although they are a neutralization bill, they do not stop there. The people can choose to be comfortable, but the political axe and the bigwigs are always ready for war. It is no coincidence that the Americans had all kinds of weapons early in history, and even those weapons manufactured in the late stages of World War II had technical reserves early.

Even the tactical drills of the aircraft carrier, the Americans did it very comprehensively. And realized the huge role of aircraft carriers. However, when the Yamato-class appeared in advance, it made the giant ship cannon faction in the US Navy regain the upper hand.

After calculation, all the US planes did not pose much threat to it at this time. At this time, the surname of the plane could not drive those huge bombs, and those small bombs scratched the giant battleship at most. Even the B-17 is difficult to deal with. One is missable, and the other is that it is difficult for air defense forces to break through.

Even with the advent of new technologies, the original conventional wisdom has not been reversed, and battleships, which have experienced the glory of World War I, are still the protagonists of naval warfare. All of this made the Yamato-class battleships invincible at this time.

Just like when the Dreadnought-class battleships appeared, the appearance of the Yamato-class seems to have made almost all the battleships in service and intended to be in service a little obsolete all at once, including the dozen or so Nagato-class battleships sold by the Umbrella Company.

Of course, this does not include the Yamato number of the person himself, but at this time, the person himself is also crying and mourning. Through infiltrating the information, they obtained information about the Hindenburg, which looked like the Yamato they were building.

After repeated confirmation, the Yamato is very similar in appearance, layout and weapons, after all, the Yamato has not yet been finalized at this time. But everything indicates that this is a copy of the Yamato.

"You need to give us an explanation!" He said that he was indignant and found the Germans.

"This was sold by a copycat company, why did it become yours again?" The Germans asked knowingly, and the copycat company had already said it, referring to the Yamato that he was building. The Germans didn't care how much they referred, they just needed this weapon that looked good.

"Copycat companies?" It seems that he suddenly understood that their secret had been poached by others a long time ago. The last time their shipbuilding industry was leaked because of the Nagato-class battleship, it was cleaned up, but this time the Yamato was probably leaked at that time. After all, everyone's battleships have been built, and theirs are still on the slipway.

They also seem to have a bad premonition, as if the Germans were not the only customers of such warships of the copycat company. As powerful as the Umbrella Company, will they only sell one?

It turns out that my worries were correct.

A few days later, another news broke that Huaxia also had the same ship. The new flagship of the Fifth Fleet, the Vanguard, was identical to the Hindenburg.

"What? Is it Huaxia? What about poor and backward countries? This could not have been traded to them by the Germans, who was it? Everyone was looking for answers.

The answer was soon there, and Skynet peddled the news again.

"It's a copycat company! They also have new ships! This news undoubtedly made the world boil again, and they were looking for agents of copycat companies everywhere.

You must know that the appearance of new battleships for the Germans has upset the balance of forces, and it will take at least two or three years, if not longer, to build such ships yourself. For some time, it was completely German, and who knows what will happen? It's better to buy a ready-made one to temporarily solve the current crisis.

People from copycat companies are also easy to find, and their agents, although few in number, often show up. But no one still touched where their base was, so naturally they didn't dare to easily offend such a big organization.

The agents who looked like spies were also quick to reply to the message:

"There are battleships! But it will take up to a year! ”

"A year? We can wait! "Although a year is a little longer, there is no war at this time, so you can wait, no matter what, it is faster than building it yourself. However, those big countries are prepared with two hands, one intends to buy, and the other needs to design and build it themselves. This one is the safest. Once the war starts, it is not enough to expect to buy someone else.

"I'm afraid the arms race triggered by the battleship Intrepid is about to start again." The thought passed through everyone's minds, that the Washington Treaty had lapsed, and that the clouds of war in Europe were looming.

And in Asia, the Vanguard has a super battleship, which also upsets the balance. After the news spread, unlike countless Chinese people who were happy like the New Year, he said that he had a droopy face.

They had already heard that the Nagato-class battleship of the Vanguard Army had been sold to the Russians, and without the threat of this battleship, they could devote more forces to the Vanguard Army's giant artillery and shore artillery positions. After all, they have four Nagato-class. But at this time, the Yamato began to be sold, and the vanguard army got one. And even if the two ships they produced are built faster, it will take at least a year to complete the construction and commissioning.

Even if you want to buy it, the copycat company is very close to the Pioneer Army, maybe they are the supporters behind the Pioneer Army. How could they possibly sell to them? And it takes a year to sell.

This year, the vanguard army has the assistance of giant artillery shore artillery, plus this giant ship, I am afraid that if I don't pay the price, I don't want to break through the coastline of the vanguard army. With this giant ship, where is there still the Nagato-class to come out?

I feel even more wronged that they bought three Nagato-class ships in one go, although the Nagato-class is not too outdated, but they are also powerless in the face of this giant ship. The Yamato, which they designed themselves, naturally knew its power.

"Contact the Umbrella Company and see if they have any better ships?" He said that he knew that the umbrella company and the copycat company were in the same situation, and their strength was about the same, so maybe they could have better warships.

The Umbrella Company's Nagato trading has come to an end, but Meng Xiang doesn't care, he has already made enough money through the Nagato. However, the umbrella sign still continues to hang, and World War II is about to start, and the arms trade is the most profitable. The reputation of the umbrella is also not easy to come by. At this time, since he came to ask, he also had to answer all questions:

"We're building new battleships with better surnames than Fantasy-class battleships." At this time, the world also knew that the giant ships of the Germans and the Vanguard Army belonged to the fantasy class.

"Better?" He was also shocked when he heard it, which meant that their Yamato number would inevitably be surpassed.

"Guaranteed no worse than the Fantasy."

"How long will it take to finish?"

"One year! It will take another year to complete. ”

"Or a year?!" He lamented again and returned disappointed. It seems that this year can only slowly think of other ways.

"We can't build more new ships." Nagano self-cultivation road. The new ships he spoke of were the Yamato and Musashi, both of which were being built at this time, but the names had not yet been named.

"Hmm. The construction program for ships No. 3 and No. 4 should be canceled. Yoshida nodded.

The No. 3 ship is the famous Shinano, which will not start construction until next year, and there will be no construction before it has started. However, how could Meng Xiang give up this historical ship? If such a peerless ship is not sold to himself, Meng Xiang feels sorry for himself. Even if his Shinano is produced, Meng Xiang will have to find a way to deal with a few more ships for him. Under the base positioning skill, the target is only a little larger at most.

"We can't just count on buying the Umbrella Company, we need to launch the program of new super warships, we need bigger warships, bigger caliber guns." Shiro Kagawa shook his fist. The original new warship made everyone in the navy feel proud and proud, but at this time, it was a slap in the face, and the pride was no longer there. At this time, there is a need for bigger and better warships to become the number one in the world again and improve morale.

"We also need to clean up the spies and agents inside, and we can't let that happen anymore." Mitsumasa Minai said hatefully, "For those who were kicked out, we must also re-interrogate and find out how the secrets of the new battleship were leaked." Have they all been mastered now? ”

"These people are now being co-opted to build that lottery floating island, and there is an urgent need for a lot of people." Someone next to him immediately replied.

When everyone heard this, they immediately sounded about the million-ton ship, which the emperor was particularly concerned about.

"It's not a floating island, it's going to be a real ship." Yamamoto Fifty-six said suddenly.

"Huh?" Nagano Xiu and others looked at it with questioning eyes.

"If we do build it, it's the most invincible ship in the world." Yamamoto's eyes shone with a strange brilliance.