In the field of weapons and equipment manufacturing, Blue Weapons and Hongshan Heavy Industry are two giants cultivated by the Empire. Blue Weapons focuses on the manufacturing of artillery and guns of the army and naval forces, while Hongshan Heavy Industry focuses on the manufacturing of ship power, tank armored vehicles and large-scale complete equipment.

The two major companies have their own specialties. The 356mm large-caliber naval gun with a piggyback layout is a heavy-weight new product of the Blue Weapons Company. Over the years, it has invested heavily in continuous research and development. It is ahead of the development of large-caliber naval guns of German Krupp in this field, and is only behind Britain and France.

Another outstanding scientific and technological achievement of the company is the 44-caliber dual-mounted 305mm main gun, which is also the main gun equipped on Metropolitan Class battleships. It has an ultra-long range of 18 kilometers. Compared with the 15-kilometer international mainstream 305mm main gun, it has an increase of 3 kilometers.

To address this advantage

By combining it with radio rangefinders, optical rangefinders, ballistic calculators and other search instruments, the Royal Navy has developed the "Maritime Manguda" tactic with excellent precision shelling skills. This is the confidence of the General of the Fangfang to deal with the Citigroup fleet.

Specifically, relying on the speed of the Royal Navy's main battleship, it always maintains its range (15 kilometers away) of the enemy ship's main gun, and achieves rounds of artillery coverage.

It is a pleasant time to think about this situation. Apart from spending more shells, the fleet will not suffer any accidental damage. This is the secret of the Royal Navy.

With this advantage, the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire had sufficient confidence to defeat the Citigroup and Fuso Fleet and dominate the Pacific Ocean.

Just like a woman's beauty, this advantage is time-sensitive.

The "Queensland" class battleships are equipped with four dual-mounted 45 times the caliber 356mm cannons with a range of 25 kilometers. Their armor-piercing ability is 1.4 times higher than that of the 305mm cannon, and can be used to hit all existing main ships of the Royal Navy.

The main battleships of the Royal Navy are equipped with 343mm caliber main gun (13.5 inches). Compared with the 356mm main gun (14 inches), the performance of the two is comparable, and the effective range is as high as 23~25 kilometers.

Royal Vickers Weapons Company of the United Kingdom has the world's top artillery research and development level. The 381mm main gun (15-inch) it has developed has been successful and will be equipped with subsequent battleships built by the United Kingdom, which is the best in this field.

Therefore, the "Queensland" class battleship planned to be built by the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire is okay to act rampant in the Pacific Ocean, but when you arrive at the Atlantic Ocean, you have to behave yourself in a proper manner.

It is equipped with three new high-power marine steam turbines, three-axis and three-pads, which can squeeze out 33,000 horsepower and push the 27,000-ton giant ship to a high speed of 26.5 knots, and last for 12 hours.

This advanced power performance is simply unimaginable for old reciprocating steam engines. Ships equipped with old steam engines can only last high speeds of 1 to 2 hours, which is completely different.

The consequence of this is that it is expensive and makes people feel distressed.

Li Fushou looked at Secretary-General Zhang Li who saw General He Fang away. After returning, he reported respectfully. He waved his hand thoughtfully and said, "Ali, how many years have you been working by my side?"

"Report to Your Majesty, you have been in the beginning and the end for 8 years."

"Eight years have passed, and this time has passed so quickly. Seeing that Fan Zhongzhai has entered his second term as prime minister, it feels like he is still yesterday." Li Fushou said with emotion, and then looked at Zhang Li with scrutiny.

At this moment, Zhang Li's heart was beating wildly, and he could no longer maintain his usual calm expression. His eyes eagerly faced His Majesty's scrutiny and said with both hands; "Report to Your Majesty, I have made all preparations."

"Okay, very good. The Cabinet Minister of Finance has been resting due to illness. In the near future, you will hand over the work you have in hand and take on the responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance first. The Cabinet involves many practices, and life may not be as leisurely as mine. Ali, you must be mentally prepared!"

"I must work diligently and do things like walking on thin ice, and never dare to let down the emperor's high expectations."

"I'm really reluctant to let go after so many years of being together. I can't always restrain you from being in a turbulent camp. I have to let go when it's time to let go!" Li Fushou sighed softly, with a bleak tone.

Zhang Li's eyes immediately turned red and his voice trembled, "Your Majesty, I can't bear to leave you. I just asked for another clever advice. A Li is willing to always be by the emperor's side and obey the teachings day and night."

"No, how can I change the order every day?" Li Fushou glared at him, then his tone turned warm and said, "It's enough to have this kind of heart. Even if I go to the cabinet, it's not gone. There are two cabinet meetings a week, so I can get along with the king and the ministers.

I am not worried about your abilities. I have both local experience and overall vision. The qualification to master the one-piece is enough.

Just remember the four words "One-mindedness for the public", don't be confused by false interests, and take your own path, and you will have great potential in the future."

As the saying goes: obediently.

How could Zhang Li, a senior bureaucrat who had been in the officialdom for many years, not be able to hear the ardent hope in his words? He was really excited and bowed to the ground with a respectful expression; "I have received the teachings."

Li Fushou gave some kind words again, and then let Zhang Li go.

With a new appointment, Zhang Li's work handover cannot be completed in three to five days, and now he is very busy.

Li Fushou was at the top of the board and was well aware of the wonderful uses of both kindness and power. He was extremely knowledgeable to the imperial officials from his subordinates. Zhang Li will have great uses in the future. He will first put it in the cabinet department to temper it.

The morning court handled these matters and returned to the bedroom at noon.

Because he was worried about General He Fang's report in the morning, Li Fushou walked to the inner study room, searched on the bookshelf, took out a book and read it for a while, and then put the book aside to ponder.

This book was written by former White House Chief of Staff MacSerran, "Theodore Roosevelt I Know". It reveals many secrets. After the book was published, President Roosevelt was furious and denounced it. This was a despicable thief showing off his pride, allowing me to see the ugly side of human nature.

Never thought

Readers Publishing House, who published a version of MacSerran, printed President Roosevelt's words on the cover to attract attention, which resulted in the book selling 110,000 copies, and MacSerran also made a fortune.

In this book

There are many private evaluations of celebrities from all over the world in daily life, including Li Fushou, who was quite mean and vicious in the US president, compared Li Fushou and the Ocean Empire to;

Always worry about the thieves in other people's yards, they don't let go of anything like locusts. Be neighbors with such people, you must take your own things, and even iron scissors to mow the lawns back home.

As a fanatical expansionist, Theodore Roosevelt could not forgive the Ocean Empire for taking away Hawaii and Luzon Islands under his nose, and occupied most of the islands in the Pacific, forming an island chain blockade against Citigroup, which was close to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

No one can deny that Theodore Roosevelt is a politician with great strategic vision, and he knows clearly;

The Hawaiian Islands are only 3,700 kilometers away from the United States, and can form the first island chain with other islands in the Pacific Ocean, locking Citigroup's influence within a narrow range on the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean. The Luzon Islands, as a bridgehead for Citigroup to land in Southeast Asia and exert significant influence, was captured by the Ocean Empire, completely cut off Citigroup's hand that crossed the Pacific Ocean to extend to Asia.

Nowadays, no matter how hard Citiland works in Southeast Asia and China, it is a rootless duck.

The winners always have to be more generous, but Li Fushou is quite wary of President Theodore Roosevelt.

He suddenly put down the book in his hand, walked to the hand-painted global map covering the entire wall, and carefully examined his look with his arms.

The Western Pacific region does not need to be paid attention to at all. The Ocean Empire, from Australia to Shangri-La, and even the Luzon Islands and Ryukyu Islands, formed an insurmountable iron wall, keeping the Citi Kingdom firmly outside.

Li Fushou's eyes were on the west coast of Canada in North America, Central and South America, calculating the gains and losses of the strategic level, and finally focused his eyes on Argentina and nodded thoughtfully.

South America in the early twentieth century

Argentina is an economically prosperous agricultural and animal husbandry country. The national living standards are not inferior to those of Europe and Australia. They are basically on the same level and belong to a developed country.

Argentina is actually not simple. It has about one-third of the vast territory of Citigroup and is also the eighth largest country in the world.

Argentina's land area is not as large as some Middle Eastern countries, but it has an astonishing amount of silver, oil, forests, copper ore and marine resources. The Pampas grassland, which accounts for one-quarter of the total area, has a mild climate, fertile land and flat terrain, which is very conducive to the development of animal husbandry.

With such rich natural resources, the population per capita was only more than 40 million by 1905, which was quite considerable. The per capita arable land alone was twice that of Citigroup.

It can be said that Argentina is one of the best prospects in the Americas and even the entire Western Hemisphere.

In 1905, its national economic output was about 67.5% of Citigroup, and its per capita income level was higher than that of Citigroup. It is an influential and important country in South America.

However, this country is rich and mixed with water. Its domestic economy is mainly agriculture, animal husbandry and mining. The industrial development is a lame and is at the level of a very junior small workshop.

There is a reason why Li Fushou took a fancy to Argentina, because the Ocean Empire wool textile industry is very influential in Argentina. He invested and built 6 large wool textile factories in the local area, purchased and processed more than 80% of the local wool, and took over most of the Argentine industry.

It is precisely because the empire controls the high-quality wool resources in Australia and Argentina that it can dominate the world's wool industry market. Over the past 20 years, the price of wool products has risen steadily, which is the huge profit generated by the state's monopoly industry.

Several large wool textile industrial enterprises invested in Argentina have major investments from Royal Funds, which are substantial talks.

Because of this, in today's world antitrust bills, it is easy to manipulate the world's wool market.

Moreover, Argentina is also the main destination for Chinese immigrants and indigenous immigrants in the Luzon Islands. There are about 600,000 Chinese residents in the country, and about half of them work in wool-twisting enterprises set up in Australia. There are also many planters and ranchers, with generally relatively wealthy economy and a high social status.

The empire has the strength here and has the foundation to do something, which will inevitably arouse the sensitive nerves of Citigroup.

The national policy of Citi's current state is Monroeism, which regards Central and South America as the back gardens of Citi's state, advocates that America is the America of Americans, and does not allow foreign forces to be involved.

Even the British and French people, Citigroup would not tolerate it, because it was related to the foundation of Citigroup's existence.

It hurts a lot if you move!
Chapter completed!