This time, Comrade Prince Gong Yixun was a lot more relaxed, and now he can't be blamed, because the matter has passed, and you yourself didn't know how to send a large army to fight with the British, and you wasted a good opportunity in vain The Qing court was preparing for war in a hurry.Britain is not idle, this breath, they can't swallow it, moreover, Xuan Yuemeng got Guangdong, and the whole world of the great powers is also energetic, because, whoever beats Xuan Yuemeng will be able to get the big fat of Guangdong, who can not be blushing, President Meng Principal can mix in the north, because it is a barren land, a deserted place, a blank, the powers are not concerned about Danzhou is like a little chicken, and in the process of throwing money, Guangdong is not the same if you can't eat meat Guangdong is already a golden hen laying eggs, All that has to be done is to get the hen to lay eggs faster.The great powers wanted to snatch eggs and hens, but the Qing court would never allow the chicken's belly to be cut off, and the matter of pursuing and expelling the Qing army, and all parts of Guangdong were naturalized, and all these things were done by their subordinates, including the Guangdong government of Huaguo, and the Guangdong Garrison Command and the Construction Corps Headquarters.The thorny problem that President Meng wants to solve is military production, and he must come up with a substitute for the Krupp Mountain Cannon and the Armstrong Mountain Cannon, if he can't produce artillery shells himself, Guangdong can't defend it, Hong Kong can't defend it, and he can't make wedding dresses for others.Of course, what President Meng didn't say at the meeting is that President Meng of Diplomacy is not a person with tendons, he will not be naïve to think that just a few sneak attacks and get a large area of land, it will be like this, the Qing army and the British army will not make a comeback, this is absolutely impossible, and the great powers will not stand by So, President Meng wants to compete with the Qing court and the British for diplomacy.Although when the Kingdom of China was founded, it was in the name of the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii and the name of a vassal state of the United States, but after it was officially renamed the Kingdom of China, in fact, China and the United States have no relationship with each other.However, President Meng still maintains friendship with the United States, and he can't kick out this ghostly country for the time being, and the Americans have no interest in world affairs for a long time after the Civil War, which can be seen from the navy.After the Civil War, the United States began a policy of arms reduction.Influenced by the Monroe Doctrine, many in the U.S. government believe that the U.S. does not need a strong army and navy.Because, since the United States has no intention of competing with the European powers, the country does not have to have a strong army and navy to challenge them.As a result of this, the U.S.
Navy was drastically curtailed.In five years, the number of warships was reduced from 700 to only 52.Moreover, the 52 ships that have been preserved are all old wooden sailing ships with breech-loading guns in their bows.The same is true of Germany, which has high hopes for President Moe, and Bismarck has no intention of world colonization.The mind is all on Europe, on the mainland, the conservative old man in Germany, who is good at the diplomacy of the mainland, is bent on suppressing the French.After more than 200 years of hard work, Prussia finally realized its ideal of a unified Germany by the time of the Franco-Prussian War.The modern German navy was created in 1867 and played a role in the Franco-Prussian War.In 1872, the German Admiralty proposed to the Reichstag a ten-year plan for the expansion of the navy, which planned to build 14 ironclads and 20 cruisers by 1882, plus a total of 100 other ships.However, in the original history, this plan was fully realized, and until the early nineties of the 19th century, Germany's main attention was still on the construction of the army, and in the construction of the navy, defenseism prevailed, so both the naval budget and the strength of the navy ships were relatively limited.The German Navy of this period could only be called a second-rate navy.At this time, President Moe received information from the German station of the Bureau of Statistics, and he knew that Germany could not support itself in Asian affairs for the time being.As for Russia, the Russian Navy, like the navies of other Western countries, has experienced a period of rapid development.The Russian government's appropriation for the navy increased year by year, reaching $12 million in 1870, which is a terrible figure, indicating that although Tsarist Russia was still a predominantly agricultural country, it already had ambitions to rise.However, President Meng is not interested in interacting with the Russians, because President Meng does not want to lure wolves to Guangdong, and in the north, he will have to beat polar bears sooner or later.The only one who can diplomatically involve President Moe's most formidable opponent at the moment, Britain, is the French.Only the French are worthy of this diplomatic status.Despite its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, France's colonial power was good.France is located in Western Europe, on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, across the sea from the United Kingdom; South of the Mediterranean, with Italy and Spain as neighbors; It borders Germany to the east.In terms of national defense, it has to defend against Germany, a strong enemy on land, and Britain, a strong rival at sea, and the objective situation forces it to have a powerful army and navy at the same time.The Franco-Prussian War was devastating to the French Army, while the French Navy was less affected by the Franco-Prussian War, but its original ships were decommissioned after 1872 because they were too old or too old.For this reason, the French Government has not borrowed a large amount of money to build up its navy despite extremely difficult financial conditions.In 1872, the Admiralty proposed a naval development plan for the construction of 217 ships.In accordance with the requirements of the development of naval technology, an amendment was proposed to this plan with a view to building ironclad ships with larger tonnage and more advanced guns, and the funding was increased to $12,130,000.The plan was immediately approved by the French Parliament.The French Admiral said: "The French warships are of the second class compared to the warships of European countries.It is that all countries still build first-class ships and devote themselves to ship administration, and if the law is not rectified, I am afraid that it will be even more backward. ”"Whoever can prepare many ships for war and is good, he will be able to take power and prestige overseas."
However, there is also a proposition in France that the French navy is mainly used for its coastal defense, and it is suitable to build more small and medium-sized ships, rather than large first-class ironclad ships.Both opinions had a certain influence for a long time, and for this reason, "the naval policy is often not certain."
Despite this, the French Navy held the second largest navy in the world at the end of the 19th century.In 1870, the French Navy had 460,000 tons of ships, which is a very frightening number.Although President Meng looks down on the French, thinking that they have the best weapons, the best resources, and the most awesome people, they are beaten every time, and they were directly killed in World War II.However, France's strength, science and technology, has been recognized by President Moe.Since modern times, Britain's naval construction and its overseas colonization have been interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and together they have become a strong cornerstone of the British Empire.In view of this, the British Government attaches great importance to the building of the navy, and has always placed it in a more important position than the army.In the late 19th century, the British government's goal in naval construction was "to make its navy strong against the navies of the two great powers", that is, the British navy was stronger than the navies of the two countries in second and third place combined.To this end, it has adopted relatively effective measures in several aspects, such as the investment of naval funds, the expansion of the size of the fleet, and the improvement of ship technology, and has achieved practical results.Every year, the British Parliament debates the budget for the next year's navy, but it has been successfully passed."
The Legislature has made a decision on the expansion of the navy in the Budget.When the authorities are slow to make a plan, they will attack immediately. ”In 18571858, the Navy spent 8,440,100 pounds; 9,013,000 pounds in 1870-1871.As the British government continues to increase its naval spending, the number and tonnage of its navy are also increasing rapidly, and the size of the navy is getting bigger and bigger.In 1870, the total tonnage of ships in the British Navy was 633,000 tons, and considering the country's economic affordability at the end of the 19th century, and considering the huge base of the tonnage of ships in the British Navy in 1870, this development rate should be said to be quite fast.If we compare the tonnage level of the naval vessels of other European countries with that of Britain during the same period, it shows the strength of its navy.During these 30 years, its tonnage has always been greater than or equal to the combined naval tonnage of any two or even three countries in Western Europe during the same period.While attaching importance to the strengthening of naval strength, Britain also paid great attention to the renewal of naval ship technology.In 1873, Italy planned to build two new ironclad ships of 10,000 tons, equipped with 22-hour caliber Armstrong cannons using the rotating turret method.During this period, although many new technologies of the world's navies, such as ironclad protection and destroyers, were not the first of their kind in Britain, the British Navy was able to actively absorb them, and soon brought them to the level of practical use and formed new combat effectiveness.Therefore, the British Navy not only ranked first in the world in terms of tonnage at that time, but also the speed, endurance, armor protection, and attack power of its fleet were second to none in several aspects.The British Navy has the Admiralty as the central administrative organ, and everything from ships, command personnel, and war planning is its responsibility.The Secretary of the Navy is a member of Parliament and is accountable to the King and the Diet.Under the Minister of the Navy, a Navy Committee was established to be in charge of various special matters of the Navy.The Navy has a voluntary military service system, and men over the age of 16 can be conscripted.Its officers must go through a specialized school before they are qualified.The vast majority of the ships of the British Navy were included in the standing fleet, and a few were classified as reserve ships.At the end of the 19th century, according to the needs of Britain, the standing fleet was divided into: the Channel Fleet in the English Channel, the Mediterranean Fleet, the China Sea Fleet in China, the Pacific Fleet in Australia and the west coast of the Americas, and the Atlantic Fleet in South Africa and the east coast of the Americas.In addition, there are three major military ports and three major shipyards in mainland China and Ireland.President Moe didn't think that by his own strength, he could single-handedly take on the British Empire, at least for now, a joke.But when it comes to this, President Meng can't compromise with the UK, so he must find help.Judging from the current situation, the only helper that President Meng can find is the French.President Meng asked for the establishment of the Nanyang Alliance Treaty Organization with France on the condition of an additional one billion franc orders through the French Foreign Bank in Hong Kong, and President Meng is still actively contacting the Netherlands and Spain, these two countries, these two countries are old sea power countries, but they have long been degraded, and the country is in turmoil, and now it is only considered the second strongest.Princess Katrina Kafu stood in front of President Moe and said with a smile: "President, I gave a Chinese name, do you want to know" President Moe smiled, "Say it." ”"Liang Kefan."
Princess Katrina Kaave said, her hands folded, revealing the charm of a girl."
Liang Kefan" President Meng repeated, thinking it was interesting, "It's quite poetic." ”Princess Katrina Kafu looked at President Meng, "How about this Chinese name?"
"It's okay, Liang Kefan, I love you." ”President Meng smiled and made a joke."
Don't play me, don't accept the play, don't welcome the play."
Princess Katrina Kafu pretended to be angry.President Meng laughed, and a wave of sweetness gently spread in the room.When Jiegege came in, he saw President Meng and Princess Katrina Kafu smiling happily, and couldn't help but feel a sourness, pouted, and sat on the sofa.President Moe's office likes to be Westernized, with the party flag of the Huacui Party and the flag of Huaguo behind it, and a huge photo of President Moe in the middle.When President Moe saw Jiegege, he winked at Princess Katrina Kaf, and Princess Katrina Kaf went out with a smile."
Do you really want to cooperate with the foreigners against the foreigners?"
asked Geger.President Meng nodded, "What's wrong?"
"Hmph, you talk about the country and the nation all day long, and in the end, don't you want to collude with foreigners, it's disgusting." ”Ge Gege looked at President Meng and said.President Meng sweated, I didn't expect Jie Gege to think like this, however, he really didn't know how to explain, this explanation is troublesome, "I'm not colluding, I won't use foreigners to embezzle the country, this, and the way the Qing court and foreigners cooperate, there is an essential difference, understand" Jie Gege stood up, walked out, and said: "I don't want to understand, anyway, no matter what, you can tell the reason." ”President Meng wants to establish the South Sea Alliance Treaty Organization, which is not only conducive to creating international influence, enhancing China's international status, at the same time, it can also play a role in counterbalancing the British, President Meng is most afraid of, and is most worried about the British to strengthen the number of warships in Asia, enhance the strength of the Far East Fleet, just one or two hundred warships to Hong Kong, shelling all day long, then he doesn't have to do anything, just plough the land inland, if you want to plow the land, if there is no coastal defense, people can land at any time.If the British Army sent tens of thousands of people over, it would not even be able to stay inland, so it could only obediently roll back to Danzhou, and maybe it would have to be forced to go up the mountains to fight guerrillas.It was really a sudden return to the pre-liberation period.t1706231537: