"Our navy had a satisfactory record in this war, but we did not completely defeat our opponents, because of the intervention of the British and French, we fell short and gave the other side a respite, and now, the Greeks want to rearm their navy. They decided to buy dreadnoughts from the Huaxia Republic, and if we allow this behavior from the other side, then today's Greece will be tomorrow's Turkey. We must prevent Greece from acquiring the Chinese dreadnoughts, or rather, we will also buy new warships! The commander of the Turkish Navy wrote this in a letter to the Sultan.

In the face of a sudden crisis, the Turks could not think of a good way for a while, for the same reason, Greece could not get new warships from Britain and France, and Turkey could not get dreadnoughts from Germany and Italy. And if it is obviously impossible to persuade the Huaxia Republic to abandon this deal, what is Turkey? Why should the Chinese Republic listen to you? As for competing with the Greeks...... This is also obviously not advisable, and Huaxia intends to sell 4 dreadnoughts in the next few years. Could it be that Turkey can eat all four ships at once? That's impossible! Even if Turkey and Greece split the four warships equally, Turkey's advantage would be very limited, after all, the two King-class armored cruisers were too weak. What's more, now Turkey has just finished a war, the treasury is empty, Greece has two financiers, Britain and France, and Germany is not as rich as Britain and France..........

The Turkish Foreign Ministry quickly sent a letter to the German embassy, asking the Germans to talk to the Chinese government to see if the deal could be suspended or delayed. After all, not long ago, the Germans had just patted their chests and assured themselves that Turkey would get completely new dreadnoughts from the Chinese, and that they would be armed with larger caliber guns, thicker armor and higher speeds. If you can't cancel it. It's okay to procrastinate. When their new dreadnoughts are in place, the impact of Long Xu and Long Quan's entry into the Greek Navy will be nothing. The Aegean Sea is so little, and going out may be a decisive battle. Hard power determines everything, and there is nowhere to run if you want to!

Of course, if it really doesn't work. Turkey decided to order a warship from Huaxia to maintain the balance of power, and then wait for the arrival of new warships. But that's the final plan. Turkey did not want to take such actions until the Germans replied. And when the news reached the Germans, the Germans did not take it to heart. In Tirpitz's view, this is just a remedial act taken by Greece after being stimulated, not to mention when it will be bought back, and even if it is bought back, it does not mean that it will immediately cause trouble for Turkey.........

The Germans were keen to strengthen the Turkish Navy. After all, in the Indian Ocean. The Turkish Navy and the German Far East Fleet were the core of the Allied maritime power, and it was for this reason that Germany went out on its own and asked the Chinese Navy to design a new dreadnought for the Turkish fleet. In the eyes of the Germans, the Longxu-class battlecruisers and Longquan-class battlecruisers created an era. But these battleships will soon become obsolete. Spending a lot of money on an obsolete warship is clearly not in the maritime interests of the Allies.

However, the Germans still attached more importance to Turkey's request, on the one hand, they asked Huaxia to delay the delivery of the warships as much as possible, and on the other hand, they asked Austria-Hungary to help Turkey hold the Aegean Sea. At this time, the British Mediterranean fleet was no longer as strong as it used to be. The British changed their deployment, preparing to shrink their forces to the homeland. The Italian fleet was on par with the French in the number of new warships. So Austria-Hungary had no problem at all with the independent suppression of the Greek fleet. Therefore, Germany demanded that Austria-Hungary promise the Turkish Empire to guarantee Turkish interests in the Aegean Sea in order to persuade the main forces of the Turkish fleet to move to the Persian Gulf. …。

Take this opportunity. The German government still sent a note to the government of the Republic of China, asking the Republic of China to begin to fulfill its previous commitments, although it is not enough to ask for the start of shipbuilding now, but the preliminary design and demonstration work must begin. And the reply of the Chinese Republic was also very simple, first of all, the German government had to solve the problem of steam turbines and artillery first. The British government has already sent a note to the Chinese government that the technology related to the steam turbines and artillery sold by the British to the Chinese government cannot be used on German warships, otherwise the technical exchange ......... between the two sides on such equipment will be severed.

Obviously, although the Chinese government was pro-German on the issue of sea power, it did not mean that it would sacrifice its own interests for the sake of the Germans. And this led to the Germans suddenly discovering that they had considerable problems in the development of subsystems, you know, historically, the Caesar-class battleships only began to have Germany's own steam turbines, and the 14-inch class naval guns were not installed on the battleships until the end of the war. Although the Germans jumped the tech tree...... A 15-inch naval gun was adopted on the Bavaria. But Bavaria came out too late to change the war at all. Although Germany's research and development of heavy artillery and steam turbines in this plane is still lagging behind, under the influence of external pressure, the Germans finally began to catch up.

However, at the request of the Germans, the Chinese Republic had to come up with a solid design by September 1907, and the first battleship had to be completed by 1911. Now that the Germans have realized the urgency of time, Russia is now in a period of recovery, and the Germans are also gathering strength, and the Kaiser wants to go to war when his power is at its peak and Russia has not fully recovered. So he had to make sure that the pace of military expansion of the entire Allied Powers was in line with his own plan.

The Republic of China is still very serious about this proposal. It's not that Germany has a lot of influence, but that the potential business opportunities are too great. Not to mention that the Chinese Republic itself will gradually replace the existing dreadnought fleet in the next 6 years or so. At least 4 or more new dreadnoughts are to be put into service. According to Xu Jie's own estimates, before 1912, the world's dreadnoughts would enter the 14-inch era, and the 15-inch guns and even larger 16-inch guns could not be put into service before 1915 because of technical difficulties. It is impossible for the Huaxia Republic to wait until the development of 15-inch guns to update its warships. And judging from the 1st battle, in addition to dealing with individual anti-heaven existences, the 14-inch cannon is almost enough for ..........

In addition to their own use, there are many potential customers in the world, who will also most likely order new warships. Historically, Argentina and Brazil in South America have each ordered 2 dreadnoughts, and Chile has ordered 1 super-dreadnought. Turkey ordered 1 super-dreadnought and 1 dreadnought. Even Greece plans to order a dreadnought. In those days. If a country with a certain territorial sea area does not even have a single dreadnought, you are embarrassed to come out and play soy sauce!

And at the moment Turkish dreadnoughts will definitely be ordered from Huaxia. The dreadnoughts of the German Far Eastern Fleet will also be produced by the Republic of China, not to mention anything else. These two orders alone have the number of 3 to 4 vessels, with a total value of more than £10 million! (Well, part of it will be used to repay the compensation for the Scharnhorst-class pocket battlecruisers.) And the three countries of the South American ABC will also buy new warships, as they have done historically. If he could, Xu Jie would love to make the warships produced and designed by Huaxia sell well on five continents and four oceans.

Maybe someone is going to say, did you produce so many warships? The number of ships to be renewed in their own navy, plus those for the Turkish and German fleets in the Far East, has reached about 8 ships. Do you want to get another order? Actually, think about it. If the history is still that the war started in 1914, there are still 8 years before the war, and the warship production plan for other countries (except Turkey and Germany) can be arranged after 1914, anyway, the three countries of South American ABC will not participate in the first war. …………。

You must know that at that time, in history, Germany started construction of a maximum of 5 dreadnoughts at the same time a year. And the British are 7! At this time, although the Huaxia Republic could not be compared with Britain and Germany, it was not a big problem to start construction of 3 ships a year, after all, the foundation of the Huaxia New Shipyard began after the Sino-Japanese War in 1895. And in history, Japan has built the world's largest warships during World War 1, such as the Fuso class and other 12 guns super dreadnought! Since Japan could do it at that time, there is no reason why the Republic of China, which is now in much better condition, cannot do it. And Huaxia already has experience in producing dreadnoughts. It should not be a big problem to expand the shipyard in more than 2 years and then start building new warships.

In fact, Xu Jie still has an idea in his heart that he can't say to outsiders...... And this idea also stems from the practice of the British in the First World War, after the outbreak of the First World War, the British decisively seized two battleships that were supposed to be handed over to Turkey. And also seized a battleship that was supposed to be given to Chile and a battleship that was to be given to Canada. If you say you don't give it to Canada, forget it, Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth, and everyone can say it yourself, and it is a bit too much to say that you directly seized the other three battleships. And Churchill's actions directly led to a very serious consequence, that is, Turkey fell to Germany and Austria, and eventually led to Russia's complete loss of foreign aid from Europe, and finally gave birth to a huge red empire, it was precisely because of Churchill's practice that he hated the birth of the red empire for a lifetime! Creation makes people.........

And Xu Jie intends to learn from what the prime minister did. The Republic of China must ensure that it has a fleet large enough on hand, this fleet can not belong to itself, but it must be quickly armed in a short time, as long as the ship is in my hands, those third-rate countries may have no other choice but to accept a certain amount of compensation afterwards. For example, there are now 7 dreadnoughts in the Huaxia Navy, and 3 of them are foreign-ordered dreadnoughts, and if something suddenly happens, the Huaxia government will intercept these three warships when necessary in order to counter potential threats. And this threat does not need to be asked, there is only one at the moment. That is the United States, which has also begun to fight violently!

It is true that the Republic of China cannot do anything to the United States, and the current United States is far stronger than that of China, but the Republic of China will never allow the United States to include Hawaii in its territory! This is absolutely not allowed, whoever masters Hawaii can control the situation in the Pacific Ocean! In order for the Chinese Republic to be able to control the western Pacific, Hawaii at least remained independent and pro-Hua. However, fortunately, China does not have to think about confronting the United States all the time, as long as World War I begins, the United States' energy must be turned to Europe, and the Far East will naturally not be able to take care of it.

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 for the reward, and the book friend gengxin for the monthly ticket support. At the same time, I also thank the book friends for the update ticket in a daze, but in the past week, the author has added 3 updates. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it! I hope that all book friends will bear with me~~~