The English Channel incident, like the Sino-US collision in history, quickly reduced the relationship between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire to freezing.

Tirpitz, who returned to Berlin, was ordered to explain the English Channel incident to the German General Staff.

When asked why six aircraft carriers did not counterattack when they were sunk by the Imperial Navy, Tirpitz's answer was that the Imperial Navy had strong fleet air defense firepower. If the German High Seas Fleet chose to start a war, the result might be that the entire army would be wiped out.

Many German officials attending the hearing were shocked by the matter. After asking about the details and collecting relevant information, a fierce discussion started within the entire German Empire Navy.

Some senior German officers who were disgusted with Hitra initiated the question because the German Empire's aircraft carrier plan was initiated by Hitra and consumed a lot of resources. Now, according to Tirpitz's report, it is proved that aircraft carriers are simply useless and should be banned, and they should make every effort to develop the rapid battleship project and continue to follow the path of giant ship artillery.

Similarly, Hitra has attracted many supporters, who firmly believe that Hitra is right and should abandon giant ships and cannonism and make every effort to develop aircraft carriers.

The differences became increasingly large, and even changed from arguing to a quarrel, which immediately turned into a group fight.

A group of naval generals with bloody heads and covered in plaster were called to the Berlin Palace. William II, who was angry, slapped them with slap.

These days William II is in a bad mood and is not happy. This time, he slapped dozens of people in one breath, and finally felt relieved.

"Hitra, what do you think?"

Hearing William II's inquiry, Hitra said: "Your Majesty, I was not considerate before and ignored the current level and ability of Imperial aviation equipment manufacturing. As long as we accelerate the research and development of aviation engines and increase the speed of fighter jets as soon as possible, we can easily break through the fleet air defense firepower network of the Imperial Navy, and then..."

"At that time, the fleet of the Chinese Empire Navy's fleet will have stronger air defense firepower, and we are still not sure!"

William II interrupted Hitra, obviously he blamed Hitra's recent discomfort as Hitra's inadequate efforts, so William II was unhappy at this moment. He was not a fool. Seeing that the internal parts of the navy were divided into two factions, among which the faction that supported the development of aircraft carriers were almost all generals who were particularly close to Hitra recently.

For a ruler, William II realized Hitra's threat, which made him think of suppressing Hitra.

Therefore, on the issue of whether to develop aircraft carriers or battleships, William II became emotional. He eventually rejected Hitra's continuous aircraft carrier development plan, allowing the German Imperial Navy to return to the development direction of giant ships and cannons.

A large number of German officials who supported Hitra's development of aircraft carriers soon encountered various problems. Either they were investigated or were transferred out of capacity, which almost wiped out the wings around Hitra.

Hitra suddenly realized his problem. He found that he was too hasty, which has aroused William II's vigilance and suspicion.

So Hitra immediately became low-key, and he had to find a way to regain the trust of William II, otherwise his ideals and wishes would be difficult to realize.

However, Hitra's ambitions were still expanding. Although he no longer publicly formed his own power, he was secretly developing factions, and a radical Nazi organization began to grow and grow.

The same thing happened not only in the German Empire, but also as the English Channel incident spread rapidly to the world, other countries with naval power also held heated discussions.

The Imperial Chinese Navy is like a lighthouse and a benchmark, and it has actually been the goal and implementation standards of navies around the world.

Navy of various countries have actually been keeping a close eye on the development direction of the Chinese Navy. Therefore, during the English Channel incident, the German Empire dispatched an aircraft carrier battle group that shocked the world. It was thought that bombers that could carry air bombs could cause fatal damage to the Chinese Navy, but it was wiped out by the carrier-based air defense firepower of the Chinese Navy.

This incident made countries around the world understand that although the legendary mysterious aircraft carrier can easily attack surface warships from the air, it is not undefensive.

The ship-based air defense weapon system of the Imperial Chinese Navy has become a popular target for navies of various countries.

The English Channel incident not only made the German Empire navy look down, but also made the new thing of aircraft carriers castrated, and the Chinese Empire once again obtained a large number of military export orders.

Naval departments from Italy, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Tsarist Russian Empire, Brazil Empire, Colombia Federation and other countries have sought to buy ship-based anti-aircraft artillery and ship-based anti-aircraft rapid-fire artillery from major military manufacturers of the Chinese Empire.

Originally, many arms manufacturers in the Chinese Empire were worried about too few orders for such anti-aircraft artillery. As a result, orders for anti-aircraft weapons from all over the world came one after another, and a large amount of money was put into their pockets, which was simply too satisfying.

However, the same debate also started fiercely within the Chinese Emperor's side, and it was once in a turmoil.

Since the World War, the Cabinet and Congress have agreed that the Imperial Chinese Navy currently has the largest fleet with the largest tonnage and the strongest firepower in the world, and is so powerful that it is invincible on the earth, so there is no need to increase military spending to build warships.

Therefore, so far, the Chinese Empire Navy has only received fifty destroyers that have started construction during the World War and only completed recently. As for the eight super-defying battleships that started construction during the war, they have been converted into aircraft carriers.

Within the navy, many people do not like aircraft carriers, but it was Li Weiguo's will to convert the eight battleships into aircraft carriers, so even if they don't want to, they dare not object.

But now the Navy has not installed new large battleships for two years, which has made many naval masters who have enveloped giant ships and cannons scratch their heads in a hurry.

Therefore, General Lin Jiyun, the boss of the navy, had to find a very childish excuse and personally ran to the Daming Palace in Chang'an to ask for help from Li Weiguo.

Seeing the gift Lin Jiyun gave, Li Weiguo was immediately amazed and crying.

This is a model of a new battleship, with very exquisite workmanship and luxurious workmanship. The hull is made of silver, snow-white all over, and the hull is made of gold, luxurious and bright.

The entire model is scaled in proportion, and the corresponding actual new battleship parameters are the standard displacement of 56,000 tons, equipped with four triple-mounted 457mm 50-diaxial main gun, and the speed is 29 to 31 knots, etc.

"Your Majesty, do you like this gift? This is a new battleship model specially created for Your Majesty by the 533,765 officers and soldiers of our imperial navy.

When Li Weiguo heard Lin Jiyun's words, he understood even more, so he smiled and said, "Don't you think I'm going to promise you to build this level of battleship, right?"

Lin Jiyun smiled and said, "How can we do it? We are just sincere and respectful to Your Majesty, and we are definitely not bribery! We cannot ask Your Majesty to do anything for the Imperial Navy. After all, Your Majesty has been working hard for the Imperial Navy for so many years. The Imperial Navy is the hard work of Your Majesty. Your Majesty will not watch the navy soldiers go down so low!"

"Stop!" Li Weiguo heard the more he heard, and asked back, "What do you mean that the soldiers are getting deeper and lower? If I don't approve this shipbuilding plan, you will still quit, right?"

Lin Jiyun hurriedly corrected: "Your Majesty is serious, and the soldiers don't have this idea. It's just that there has been no new battleships in service for several years. The soldiers are wondering if Your Majesty is biased and only develops the air force and the army, and no longer develops the navy."

Li Weiguo immediately looked at Lin Jiyun with anger, and the latter had an innocent expression on his face and pretended not to understand.

Lin Jiyun was also worried, wondering if what he said just now would anger Long Yan. Seeing that Li Weiguo was unhappy, he did not get angry, so he immediately hit the snake and rod.

"Your Majesty, after discussion, although aircraft carriers have huge development potential, battleships are still the main force of naval battles in the next ten or twenty years."

"I knew you would say that!"

Li Weiguo immediately glared at Lin Jiyun with anger, and then continued: "You are quite reasonable. With the current development level of aviation engines, it will be difficult to develop an aircraft engine that can break through the fleet's air defense firepower in the next ten years. However, everything has variables. No one can estimate the speed of technological progress, and no one knows what will happen ten years later."

Seeing that Li Weiguo's tone was loose, Lin Jiyun suggested: "Your Majesty, we are not going to give up the aircraft carrier plan. Just as you issued the imperial edict before, we will build two ships a year to explore aircraft carrier tactics. This decision is very wise. My advice is to continue to dominate the world with powerful battleships while exploring aircraft carrier tactics."

Li Weiguo retorted: "The Imperial Navy has now dominated the world!"

Lin Jiyun said: "However, the German Empire has just made a decision. They have suspended the aircraft carrier development plan. The high seas fleet will restart the battleship plan, develop fast battleships, and equip strong air defense weapons to protect the battleships. Therefore, the Imperial Navy cannot be careless and face the rapids. If you don't advance, you will retreat."

The German intelligence personnel had already passed the Germans to Li Weiguo through SHIELD to pass the aircraft carrier development plan and restart the battleship plan.

Li Weiguo could calculate the development of any major international event, but he could not guess everyone's hearts, so he did not know that there was a crack and suspicion between William II and Hitra.

At this time, Lin Jiyun advised again: "Your Majesty, the whole world is staring at us. If we insist on developing aircraft carriers without developing battleships, then the whole world will follow the trend and develop aircraft carriers and give up battleships. If the aircraft carrier really has such great power in the future, then developing aircraft carriers in the whole world will be a great disadvantage for the empire. In this case, why didn't the empire take the opportunity to build battleships, stabilize the hearts of the navies of all countries around the world, and let them concentrate on developing battleships?"

Li Weiguo was also surprised. He didn't expect that Lin Jiyun could think of this strategic idea of ​​planning the world.

It turns out that when the young people who once followed them to fight for the country were no longer a sapling that often needed Li Weiguo's reminder and guidance. They had grown into towering trees that could think independently and support the sky.

It’s like watching your children grow up day by day. Parents are happy that their children grow up, but they are worried that their children will leave after they grow up. That is an indescribable complex mood.

However, Li Weiguo was still very pleased. At least Lin Jiyun could think of such a big international strategy, which proved that he was truly qualified to lead the Chinese Empire Navy to continue to be strong.

Li Weiguo knew in his heart that if one day he found the ghost island and opened the time and space node of the world tree, he would embark on a new journey. The huge Chinese Empire was handed over to his children to take care of. Li Weiguo would be relieved to be protected by international strategists like Lin Jiyun.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo, who had not originally planned to let go, suddenly felt very happy.

"What you said is very reasonable, I will make another exception to satisfy your little wish!"

"Thank you Your Majesty! I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of hundreds of thousands of naval soldiers!" Lin Jiyun was immediately very happy and thanked him repeatedly.

When Lin Jiyun brought Li Weiguo's imperial edict to return to the Wuhan cabinet of Greater Kyoto again, the cabinet quickly passed the annual funding request to continue to allocate funds to build battleships and other supporting battleships for the Imperial Navy. When submitted to Congress, although many members of Congress were still sending the right to the imperial edict, when they saw Lin Jiyun's imperial edict, they could only glar at him a few times and no longer objected.

Since it was agreed by Li Weiguo, he must have deeper strategic considerations. Therefore, even if the congressmen can't figure it out, they will not make things difficult for Lin Jiyun.

Lin Jiyun sent the naval shipbuilding plan passed by Congress back to the Navy Department, and was immediately welcomed the warmest.

This time, the Imperial Chinese Navy was once again allowed to purchase super battleships. Navy from all over the world stared at the movements of the major shipyards in the Imperial Chinese Empire, wanting to know who will spend this huge order.

Hundreds of domestic shipyards have burst into the bidding halls of the Navy Department, and have revealed their best battleship design drawings, the most advanced manufacturing processes and technologies, and then the lowest price to strive to win this naval shipbuilding order.

If it were ten years ago, such a huge naval order would eventually fall into the hands of several shipbuilding giants in the Chinese Empire, such as Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Beiyang Heavy Industry, Southern Industry and Royal Military Industry Group. But now the Chinese Empire has developed rapidly in industry and has a vast territory, and a generation of new people has replaced old people.

Today, the advanced shipyards of the Chinese Empire have a lot of fresh blood. In the Nandu Shipyard in Sydney, Dongdu Industry in Hawaii, etc., they have all risen in the shipbuilding industry in the Chinese Empire with outstanding talents and the most advanced technology.

This time, the orders for the two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy were eventually taken away by the Nandu Shipyard.

The entire Chinese Empire shipbuilding industry was shocked by the Nandu Shipyard's construction order for the construction of the most powerful battleship in the future of the Chinese Empire, especially the giant companies such as Beiyang and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau that have monopolized the Chinese Empire for decades, and they could not believe their eyes.

However, after they learned about the bidding conditions of the Nandu Shipyard through their relationship, they couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.

It turns out that although the Nandu Shipyard was established for a short time, this is their advantage. It can break the constraints of traditional shipbuilding technology, boldly use the world's most advanced equipment and technology to build warships, and integrate the most advanced avionics systems, main gun fire control systems, etc., which are highly automated, becoming the real reason for the victory in competition with veteran military enterprises.

At the same time, navies from all over the world have also focused on the Nandu Shipyard. A large number of spies have penetrated into Sydney, the eastern capital, and their respective domestic projects have launched new battleship construction plans, unwilling to be left too far by the Chinese Empire. (To be continued.)
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