From morning to noon, British ship mines have occurred one after another, and the port authorities at almost all ports on the eastern coastline of Great Britain issued a suspension order. All shipping will be terminated indefinitely before the Navy clears the mines in the estuary.

The North Sea was completely interrupted, and the North Atlantic route had become a maritime paradise for German U-boats to make waves. The British ambassador to the United States had to urgently contact the US Deputy Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt to discuss the possibility of renting US light ships for escort.

Since Germany's submarines and light surface ships have been dispatched, will the ocean fleet with great military achievements take advantage of the victory? If a new round of maritime confrontation is imminent, how intense will the naval battle be? Under the cover of a series of tactical deceptions, where is Heidi Sileme's goal? When the truth is revealed, will Britain collapse?

At 13:21 pm, the British Islands, which were used to drinking a cup of afternoon tea, were already in a panic, and the door of Ambassador Panasonic's study was closed. Naval military officer Yuki Shinosawa looked at the telegram from the country and was furious. Katsusuke Matsushita sat at the desk as if nothing had happened, putting his pipe with high-end tobacco. Kisaki Fujimoto shrank in an unaware corner, pretending to look through the "Technical Aid List to Japan" left by British Navy Secretary Belfort to Ambassador Panasonic, but his head was already in a mess. Although he was still sitting in the small conference room of the London Embassy, ​​the panicked heart of the shipbuilding supervisor had already flown to Scarpa Bay.

The quarrel between the ambassador to the UK and the naval officers has lasted for three days. Except for Kisaho Fujimoto, no one knows the origin of the dispute between the two senior diplomats. So the worried embassy staff can only hope that Kisaho Fujimoto, who just returned from Scapa Bay, can bridge the conflict between the two.

It's a pity. Kisaho Fujimoto could not act as a mediator well, because the dispute between Katsunobu Matsushita and Yukiichi Shinosawa was actually the struggle for the power between the Satsuma Navy and the Nagashu Army, and Kisaho Fujimoto was a navy!

"Honor Matsushima, the King Kong-class cruiser is the most famous treasure in the Empire. The entire navy has only built two ships. How dare you sell the country's weapon openly?!"

Although Katsunosuke Matsushita was the ambassador to the UK and his position was higher than that of a naval military officer, Yukiichi Shinozawa was already furious and he could no longer care about the so-called superiors and inferiors.

After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the weak Qing Empire was no longer a rival to Japan. The compensation of about 364.6 million yen made Japan taste the sweetness of robbery, so they focused on the powerful Lucians. In 1896, the political director of the Japanese naval ships, Satsuzuo Zuo proposed the famous "10-year plan for naval development", that is, to build a main fleet with six battleships and six armored cruisers as the core, with a total tonnage of more than 130,000 tons. However, until the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan, which was selling food and flirted with the strong, barely replaced the cannons, and finally gathered six battleships, Fuji, Hachishima, Shikishima, Asahi, Hachise, Mikasa, and six other armored cruisers.

After the Battle of Tsuma, Japan became a powerful power, and its militaristic ambitions expanded as a result. The Navy expressed as Yamamoto Hoshi's hope to establish an 88 fleet consisting of eight battleships and eight armored cruisers with a age of less than eight years. The four King Kong-class cruisers were a crucial part of the 88 fleet's plan.

In 1909, the Navy revised the design plans for four armored cruisers in 1907 and built them into the first super crossbow-class warship sea. In order to gain experience, the Navy decided to order a new cruise warship from the UK in the form of "technical input", and under the guidance of British designers, the other three ships of the same class were built locally. This new cruise warship is the famous King Kong class.

Undeniable. The Russo-Japanese War, which allowed Japan to obtain the status of a great power, was devastating to its economy. The 88 Fleet plan, which was born at the wrong time, far exceeded Japan's ability to withstand it and was reduced to the 86 Fleet.

As of 1915, the Japanese Navy had twelve battleships and six first-class cruisers, but only two Satsuma-class and two Hanoi-class battleships were within the standards of the 86 Fleet, two Tsukuba-class, two Anthony-class and two King Kong-class cruisers. Only two Hanoi-class battleships with unqualified Hanoi-class battleships and two King Kong-class cruisers were within the standard. Therefore, in the era of financial difficulties, the super crossbow-class battleships under construction, the Fuso-class and the remaining two cruise warships of the King Kong-class are crucial to the navy!

On the public. As a naval military officer, Yuichi Shinozawa must stop any actions that undermine the naval military expansion plan. On the private side, Katsunosuke Matsushita belongs to the Nagashu vastra, while Yuichi Shinozawa belongs to the Satsuma vastra. Peace should not exist between the two!

"His Excellency Yanze, you must know that the Prime Minister and the Military Affairs Department authorize me to be the ambassador of plenipotentiary negotiations. We will negotiate with the British Admiralty and the Foreign Affairs Department! This is not my personal action!"

In 1879, he studied law in overseas study and served as the service of the Tatsuo Provincial Bureau of Commerce, the deputy director of the Banking Bureau and the Accounting Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Katsunosuke Matsushita, no longer had the patience to be with the naval officer Yuki Shinosawa. It should be noted that the fourth year of Taisho was no longer the era when the navy took power.

As the Navy won a brilliant victory in the Battle of Tsuma, a crazier naval wave was set off in Japan. Young people yearned for the Navy School of Etajima, which was not a traditional sergeant. In the dispute over the funding of the Navy (University of Tokyo), the Congress always favored the Navy in the Navy's funding dispute. In 1913, it was committed to changing the embarrassing position of the Navy as an affiliate of the Army. The second-generation leader of the Navy, Murata Yamamoto, came to power. The Navy had great power within the cabinet and the support of the Magistrate Association outside, and its strength soared.

The good times did not last long. In early 1914, the Siemens incident broke out. In fact, as early as the navy was advancing, disasters also secretly breed. From 1894 to 1914, the Japanese people were always called "twenty years of suffering" because in these 20 years, the Japanese fought a war just ten years later. There was the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, and after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's economy was sluggish for a long time, but the navy did not stop expanding its military

The pace of the war was naturally full of complaints from small and medium-sized industrialists and farmers, who were the target of the government's heavy taxes. After the Southwest War, the army of the Changzhou vassal had always existed as the boss. The proudness of the Satsuma vassal was unbearable to the army. Before the Siemens incident, all this was suppressed by the navy, but when the navy broke out about the scandal of receiving kickbacks, conflicts were revealed. The navy, which had just improved, was notorious for a time and was once again trampled by the army.

Panasonic belongs to the Choshu family. The reason why he actively promoted the lease of two King Kong-class cruisers was not only based on the consideration of suppressing the navy, but also had the idea of ​​seeking benefits for the army, because Belfort promised to represent the new British Prime Minister Bonalao to guarantee that Japan could expand its interests in the area north of the Yellow River!

"But this is a war between the Europeans! As oppressed, we should not participate and use the blood of Yamato national samurai to protect the interests of the British!"

Yuki Shinozawa smiled strangely, pointed to the "Technical Aid List to Japan" in Fujimoto Kirihisao's hand, and said coldly:

"Authentic, Belfort has provided a detailed list to the Empire, including a high rental fee of 3 million pounds. 15-inch main gun technology, design drawings of the Iron Duke-class super crossbow-class battleship and K-class submarines, and the transfer of the latest Harvey carburized armor technology. However, the depreciation of the pound, three million pounds is nothing at all; the British have made breakthroughs in the 16-inch main gun technology, and the 18-inch main gun has been launched, but they are still complacent about the 15-inch main gun technology that they cannot use.

Throw it to us. The Iron Duke class is indeed a super crossbow-class battleship, but the tragedy that has been repeatedly staged on the Iron Duke class George V and Orion class proves that it cannot fight against even just German cruisers. As for the K-class submarine, the British have not yet been able to produce mature samples, but they want to be in front of us. The only thing that can attract our attention is the latest Harvey carburized armor, but the performance of the British Navy in the Battle of Scargerac Strait greatly weakened its value!”

Yuki Shionezawa said some high-sounding words indifferently.

After the Siemens incident, the cabinet of Yamamoto Kyotoe, who was on par with the army, fell. Navy Minister Misato resigned, and Navy Minister Yamayo Rokuro, who rushed to the stage to save the situation, had to take measures such as curbing the expansion of naval power and working closely with the government.

In an era when the naval funds were difficult to be guaranteed, the navy did not dare to give up any main ship, especially the King Kong-class cruiser. Even if the 3 million pounds of leased funds were enough for the navy to build a new main ship, in the context of the navy's complete loss of power, even the Navy's Minister of Navy did not dare to guarantee whether the loan funds paid by the British would fall into the Navy's pocket. As for the technical assistance, it was only a matter of the moon in the mirror. Without funding support, it is still unknown whether the navy can fully understand these technologies. As for the British's acquiesce to Japan to expand its sphere of influence in the region north of China's Yellow River, Yukiichi Shinozawa didn't care at all. Could the navy still be able to get ashore?

"Fujimoto-kun. What do you think?"

Katsunosuke Matsushita no longer entangled with Yukichi Shinozawa, but instead asked Fujimoto Kisaho, who had been silent.

"The Empire can rent two King Kong-class cruisers..."

Fujimoto Kisaki's first half sentence almost made Yuki Shinozawa jump up, hoping to tear the guy who was scattered with his own hands. However, when Fujimoto Kisaki mentioned the plan of the 88 Fleet that had died in the navy, the military officer Shinozawa finally calmed down, his eyes flashed with sharp lights, and he leisurely lit a cigarette for himself. Who said that the shipbuilding had no political wisdom?

"But the Navy must get something from the rich post-war war bonuses, like the Eight Eight Fleet!"

(--Gorgeous dividing line--)

"The little Japanese wants to occupy our Diaoyu Islands again. My wife, in order to show my great patriotism, I will give twenty yuan pocket money." A literary otaku stretched out his fair claws and said shamelessly to his willful girlfriend: "I want to buy a 50,000 Japanese game CD in the East Gate stall, and I won't leave a dime for the patent fee to the little Japanese."

"Wang Heidi, are you also called patriotism?" My girlfriend tightened her wallet, looked at her boyfriend who could not support the wall, and said angrily: "You must know that my grandfather is a patriotic businessman in the Republic of China. When Yuan Shikai signed the 21st Articles, he also burned Japanese goods in Jinan City in public, and almost sacrificed his life for the country..."

"Really or false?" The confused generation who dared to doubt all noble things in the 21st century was tilted and said incredible.

"Where is there any fake?" My girlfriend knocked her boyfriend's messy and flowing long hair heavily, and curled her lips to ask questions that only philosophers and ethicists could answer: "Husband, do you think your wife would still exist if my grandfather unfortunately died?"

"Nonsense, of course it doesn't exist!" My boyfriend rolled his eyes and jokingly said.

"Of course it doesn't exist!"

It seemed that something slipped from his hands and burst onto the floor, making a crisp sound.

After a sweet dream woke up, Wang Heidi got up from the single bed in the apartment, frightened and sweated. She sat withered for a long time before bent down to pick up the pocket watch on the floor.

"It's already four o'clock in the afternoon..." Wang Heidi subconsciously raised her head and murmured at William Military Port who was already in a commotion. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!