Hu Chaoshan's layman's question just pointed to the aspect that Admiral He Fang was unwilling to say, now Europe is a place where monsters are piled up, and the Ocean Empire can dominate the Pacific Ocean with its existing naval strength, but when it comes to the Atlantic, it must also behave in a proper manner.

Taking Britain, Germany, France and other powerful countries as examples, the 305 mm main ship gun is now slightly backward (specifically referring to the 40 times caliber main gun, instead of the latest generation of 44 times the caliber 305 mm main gun), and the first-line battleships use 343 mm and 356 mm caliber cannons as the mainstream, and spend a lot of money to develop 381 mm caliber cannons, which is ahead of other regional naval powers.

The 356 mm caliber gun developed by Ocean Empire has been developed, durability and other performance tests are underway, and it is expected that it will take another 3 to 4 years for the technology to mature, including the latest triple turret scheme, which is an insurmountable step-by-step process and a process of technology accumulation.

The larger the caliber of the main gun, the more propellant it can load, the longer the firing range, and the greater the power, which is complementary logic.

The larger the outer diameter of the shell, the more volume and weight will increase.

A 305 mm shell is about 650 pounds ~ 700 pounds, while a 343 mm shell weighs more than 1,000 pounds, and a 356 mm shell can often weigh 1200 pounds to 1300 pounds, and the range is easily more than 24 kilometers.

After the Russo-Japanese War, the doctrine of large ships and huge artillery swept the world, and according to the lessons learned from the naval battle of Vladivostok, the theory of full-caliber heavy artillery was highly valued, and Britain, Germany, and France began to brew the development of a type of full-caliber heavy artillery battleships, among which the British was the fastest.

In this regard

The Ocean Empire has been conducting meticulous research and drawing specifications, and has come up with seven design schemes, and is now redesigning the scheme drawings based on the lessons learned from the naval battle of Vladivostok.

A type of battleship belongs to the country's important weapon, and there can be no half-point difference, and being cautious and cautious is originally a matter that should be due.

On the whole, the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire can be said to have reached the world-class level, which is still a step away from the top level, and it is not one or two artifacts that can make up for it.

The Ocean Empire has a radio rangefinder, a big killer, and Britain also has a cutting-edge secret technique such as a shooting calculator, which may be a little different in shooting accuracy, but it is far from as big as imagined.

On the undulating sea, accurate positioning distance is only one aspect of artillery technology, plus artillery crew training, coordination of various departments and a part of luck.

The main purpose of this imperial meeting was the corresponding policy to be adopted by the empire in the face of the new situation in the Far East, including relations with the Qing Dynasty, relations with Japan and Russia, diplomatic positions, and military preparations.

After a while, the Ministry of Finance Daishidayama talked about a problem; "According to the Ministry of Finance, the Japanese side has been psychologically prepared for not being able to obtain huge war reparations, and it is nothing more than borrowing new debts to pay off old debts and temporarily win a moment of respite."

"I don't agree, Your Majesty has always maintained a high degree of vigilance against the Fuso Kingdom, the Japanese slaves are afraid of power but not virtue, and have a cold temperament, and have risen to become one of the main forces in the Western Pacific region, posing a threat to the empire, and helping it restore its national economy is tantamount to the enemy, and the wise do not do it." Admiral Mo Rufeng was the first to express his position, and he looked at the problem purely from a military point of view.

Hu Chaoshan obviously disagreed with him, shook his head, and then clasped his hands into fists and saluted;

"Your Majesty, Wechen disagrees with the military's assertions.

Financial power is also an extension of national power, and Britain and the United States have given a large number of bank loans to Fuso, which has greatly enhanced its influence on Fusang's society while obtaining economic benefits.

The reason why the Fuso people have asked for something from us is that they don't want to put their eggs in one basket, not because they can't borrow money from Britain and the United States and other countries to develop their economies.

And this ...... It is a good opportunity for us to enter the financial market of Fuso.

As the victorious side of the Russo-Japanese War, the Fuso government not only completely colonized the Korean Peninsula, but also entered the three northeastern provinces, with a tendency to further expand into the Manchurian and Mongolian regions, and controlled important places such as Lushun, Dalian and Jinzhou, and looked at the German-occupied Jiaodong Peninsula across the Bohai Sea.

There is no doubt that Fuso, as a high-quality lender, has a strong solvency and is worthy of the imperial financial community.

The metropolis of the Red River Valley will be built into an international financial center in the future, and if it restricts itself, how can it be developed?

As for the argument that the enemy is the enemy, in fact, it is completely nonsense.

Even if we do not lend money to Fuso and are imprisoned south of the Ryukyus, we will not be able to affect the rise of Fuso, which is a great tide in the world, and it is not transferred by the will of individuals.

Fuso, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China, with more than 100 million mouths under its jurisdiction, gave up such a large market, so how can we talk about building a world financial center? ”

Director Hu's words are reasonable, and Weichen deeply agrees. Finance and trade complement each other, if there is no financial support, Fuso cannot afford to buy the materials of the empire, and Citigroup products will pour in, except for cotton and rubber, we can provide products that Citigroup can provide, it is a substantial competition, so I support financing. Minister of Economic Affairs Tayama clearly expressed his support.

The commander of the Royal Praetorian Guard, Admiral Li Xuanzhu, said categorically; "I object, the ambition of the wolf son is poisoning the Central Plains, and his desire is difficult to fill, and there is no reason to help him develop."

"Generals, the military and the economy are very different areas and need to be looked at separately." Prime Minister Pham Chung Zhai stood up to play a round and looked around for a week before expressing his opinion;

"Whether it is Japan and Russia, Britain, France and Germany, or even the empire itself, they all have their own interests in the Shenzhou continent, and from the perspective of their respective countries, this is beyond reproach.

So-called; Flies do not bite seamless eggs.

With the current decaying rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the corrupt rule of officials, and the almost rotten Eight Banners system, even the gods cannot save it, and there is no need to sink with this big ship.

Fools know that there is no vigorous and thorough revolution in this land of China, and it is impossible to replace the old with the new and be reborn in Nirvana.

If you stick to this

This can't be done, that can't be touched, so whether the empire still needs to develop, the market of 100 million people in Fusang is not wanted, and the market of 450 million people in the Great Qing Kingdom is not to be contested, so how many people are there in this world?

The military is indeed very squeezing out the Fusang people, so after suppressing the Fusang people, won't Tsarist Russia continue to expand in the north of Shenzhou?

What to do then, to fight another land war with the power of the Empire?

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the power of the empire repels Japan and Russia, then the remaining power is blank and others are not jealous, what about Britain, Germany, and France?

Are we going to be the enemy of the whole world?

Generals, getting along with others is to save the emergency but not the poor, and even if they are brothers, it is impossible to carry the family burden of poor relatives on their shoulders, and there has never been such a reason.

The same is true for countries to get along with each other, the military field is only one aspect of the empire, and it must not affect the economic development policy of the empire, and His Majesty has taught us many times that it is necessary to strike iron with its own strength.

Only when the power of the empire is strong can it feed back the army and forge an invincible ironclad hero.

If you don't have money, your army doesn't want to buy any tanks, and your navy doesn't want to build any new class of battleships, and the existing scale will be drastically reduced, so you can weigh it yourself! ”

In the end, Prime Minister Fan Zhongzhai spoke with a threat, and several military bigwigs present looked at each other and stopped squeaking.

This dead old man is so bad that he even threatens us with a military budget?

Okay, let's get out of the way, and I won't be angry with you.

Li Fushou saw that the cabinet ministers had formed a unanimous opinion, and nodded and clapped; "Okay, since it has been decided, then form a policy as soon as possible, introduce some relevant rules, my requirement is to vigorously support the export of light industries such as wool textile industry, rubber and food, and strictly control the export of metallurgy, chemical, shipbuilding, machine tool and equipment technology, in principle, only export products and not export technology, which must be strictly controlled."

"Your Majesty, the ministers will never dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool."

"That's good, the next topic is East Asian foreign policy, and all the ministers can speak freely, one person counts the short, and the three counts the long!"

Li Fushou said this, the ministers looked at each other and laughed, and the East Pavilion was warm, and the monarchs and ministers looked like they were getting along.

Brisbane

Residence of the high-level negotiating delegation of the Japanese side

Komura Toshitaro, the diminutive head of the Japanese delegation, stood at the window of the hotel, looking out at the bustling metropolis of Brisbane and the endless stream of cars on the streets, with a look of envy and admiration in his eyes.

sighed; "It's really a rich and prosperous scene, if you don't come here in person, it's hard to understand the strength of the Ocean Empire, since the Meiji Restoration, Fuso has generally respected Western culture and technology, and everyone says that the West is good, don't you know that the role model is around."

The deputy head of the regiment, Kogoro Takahira, bowed humbly and said; "Hey, Xiao Murajun's foresight is really admirable, the Ocean Empire really occupies a good place, but it's a pity that the Great Fusang Empire realized it later, and cheapened these Chinese in vain."

"Yo Xi, Gao Pingjun's words hit the nail on the head, and I feel the same way. It's all to blame for the stupid pigs and rats in the upper echelons of the empire, who only know that they are fighting to the death with the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia in the cold north, and they don't see the fertile and chosen place of Australia at all, which is really embarrassing! ”

"Your Excellency is right, such a good place, I really hope that one day it will belong to the Great Fusang Empire."

"This is very difficult, the Ocean Empire is extremely wary of Fusang people, and has never allowed Fusang immigrants to settle down, I only saw a few Fusang people on the streets of Brisbane, and chatted with them, the longest time here has been more than 20 years, and still has not obtained a legal ID card, belonging to a half-black and half-white black household, often receiving blackmail from the local police, life is very difficult!" Komura's brow furrowed and a deep worry on his face, apparently extremely dissatisfied with the situation of Japanese immigrants.

The deputy head of the regiment, Kogoro Takahira, restrained the smile on his face, and then said seriously; "Eight grids, the embassy of the Great Fuso Empire in Australia should all commit suicide by seppuku to thank the people."

"They can't be blamed for this, the empire's support is not enough!"

"Komura-kun, with the invincible momentum of the Vladivostok naval battle this time, the empire should ask Prime Minister Katsura Taro to authorize negotiations with the ocean empire and urge it to give proper treatment to Japanese immigrants in order to maintain friendly relations between the two countries."

"No, no, no, Gao Pingjun, the main purpose of your and my visit to Australia this time is to negotiate an armistice agreement with Tsarist Russia, and not to make any extraneous complications."

Speaking of the topic

Komura Shotaro's brows furrowed even deeper, and the super tough attitude of the Russian negotiators made the Japanese delegation extremely difficult.

I haven't wiped my buttocks clean, so how can I have the leisure to care about Japanese immigrants?

The smoke of the Russo-Japanese War has dissipated, and the military side has paid a huge price of 100,000 casualties to win the war, but the negotiating delegation has not been able to get the huge war compensation it deserves at the negotiating table.

This is not only a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the high-level Japanese delegation, but also involves the inaction of the Katsura Taro cabinet, and once the news becomes clear, the Katsura Taro cabinet will inevitably suffer from the accusations of Wanfu, and there is a probability that it will fall in disgrace with a probability of more than 80 percent.

After more than three months of diplomatic tug-of-war, the extremely tough attitude of the Tsarist side has not changed at all, and the war reparations are not a single rupee, but in terms of other rights and interests, the Tsarist Russian delegation can make appropriate concessions.

There are mainly 5 clauses, which are;

（1）； The Russian Empire recognized Fuso's political, economic, and military privileges in Korea, and that Russia could not interfere.

（2）； Tsarist Russia transferred the concession rights and subordinate privileges of Lushunkou and Dalian Bay obtained from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to Fuso.

（3）； Russia transferred the South Manchurian Railway, its branches, rights, and coal mines to Fuso free of charge.

(4)； Tsarist Russia ceded Sakhalin Island south of the 50th parallel to Fuso, and agreed that the Japanese would operate fishing in the Fuso Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia.

(5) Japan and Russia shall station road guards along their respective railway lines, with no more than 15 troops per kilometer.

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There are many more relevant articles, but they are all about overseas Chinese and trade arrangements between the two countries, the main ones are the above five articles, which are equivalent to taking the immediate benefits of Korea and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in exchange, including the concession of Port Arthur and Dalian Bay, the property rights of the South Manchurian Railway, etc., the only loss of Tsarist Russia is probably half of the territory of Sakhalin, and it does not involve the war reparations urgently needed by Fuso.

How could such an armistice treaty be satisfied with the people of Fuso?

The problem is that you want it, but Tsarist Russia has to be willing to give it!

Tsar Nicholas II's attitude was very clear, that is, this treaty, if you want to sign it, you can sign it, and if you don't want to sign it, you will continue to fight.

Tsarist Lao Maozi was really tough, and in the face of the surging tide of insurrection in the country, he continued to increase his troops in the Far East, and in the past three months, he has increased his troops by 53,000 troops, which has brought great pressure to the Japanese army of the South Manchurian General Headquarters on the northeast front.

The military sent telegrams urging peace talks one after another, and the situation on the Far Eastern front could deteriorate at any time, and perhaps Tsarist Russia would launch a large-scale counteroffensive as soon as its head was pumped.

There is no way, the small countries and widows cannot support the huge consumption of the long-term war, and if it drags on any longer, it will be in its original form.