The five "Five-Yue Class" aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy will be secretly built and are expected to be put into service in two years. The construction difficulty of aircraft carriers will not be more difficult than that of powerful battleships, and the cost is not as expensive as that of battleships. After all, the tonnage of battleships is much larger than that of aircraft carriers. However, it is not enough to have an aircraft carrier alone, and warships that escort the aircraft carriers are still required.

While building aircraft carriers, the Imperial Navy also began to build a series of escort warships, including large air defense cruisers, as well as destroyers with both aviation and anti-submarine. Once aircraft carriers go to war, they will become the most solid barrier for aircraft carriers.

In order to keep the secret, the construction of aircraft carriers was carried out in the Dalian Shipyard and Qingdao Shipyard in the north. It is far away from the central area of ​​the empire's capital and developed areas in the south. The German intelligence personnel were relatively few in the north of the empire. In addition, the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Homeland Security have strengthened the attack on enemy intelligence agencies in these areas, so that aircraft carriers can be kept as confidential as possible.

Even if it cannot be completely confidential, it can also try to slow down the time when the Germans learn about this news. In addition, it is not so easy for fighter aircraft to be on aircraft carriers. Not only will the fighter aircraft be modified, but the personnel also have to be trained. If it does not take long to conduct special research in this area, it is impossible for the Germans to chase the empire in terms of carrier-based aviation. Perhaps, when the aircraft carrier of the Imperial Navy enters war, the Germans will realize the horror of this weapon. If they want to develop aircraft carriers, they will no longer be able to. By then, the war may be over. It is impossible for the Germans to defeat the Imperial Navy and seize the empire's maritime hegemony.

During the exercise, Long Yufei once said that war might break out in the next one or two years. This is not because he was exaggerating. But by that time the empire was ready for war. By that time, even if the Germans did not take the initiative to provoke the war, the Chinese Empire would not miss this opportunity. After all, once the empire completed the war preparations and the Germans' war preparations were not completed, the empire would have a great advantage in the war. Perhaps it could cause a fatal blow to the Germans in the early stages of the war, thereby quickly ending the war.

Long Yufei knew that this time the opponent was stronger than the last one, and it was almost impossible to end the war quickly. However, the longer the war broke out, the more resources it consumed. If possible, it would undoubtedly be the best to end the war in the shortest time. In this way, the losses caused to the empire will be the smallest. Long Yufei did not want this war to consume all the wealth accumulated by the empire over the years. The empire still needs to spend more wealth to improve the living standards of the people. This war will also become the last large-scale war fought by the empire. After this war, the empire no longer has a major opponent. At most, it is just a small-scale local war because of suppressing rebellions and other things. By then, the empire's position as the world hegemon is extremely stable, and no country can threaten the empire again.

On this day, the imperial emperor Long Yufei convened a meeting in front of the imperial court to listen to their report on the war preparations.

"Everyone, the future war is related to the fate of the empire. If we can completely defeat the Germans, we can solve the opponent once and for all. At least in the next few hundred years, no country will threaten the empire again. So, I hope we can prepare for the war. Once the war breaks out, the empire will be able to devote all our efforts and defeat the opponent as fast as possible." Long Yufei looked at the empire's military and political ministers and said with a serious expression.

It has been almost thirty years since he came to this world. He has also changed from a young man in his twenties to an old man in his fifties. Even if he exercises regularly, his body still can't stand it. The aging of his physiological functions makes him feel that he is gradually aging. Therefore, Long Yufei hopes to solve all problems in his lifetime and leave a prosperous era for his descendants for his descendants. In this way, it will be a waste of his time travel back from the future.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The military and political ministers all replied excitedly. Many of them came from the Xinhua Kingdom at the time. Seeing the country developed from a small country in South China to the current world hegemony. Over the past few decades, the empire has developed very rapidly. This is the reason why everyone works hard. Now, there is only one opponent left. As long as you defeat this opponent, you will win completely.

"Your Majesty, the imperial cabinet has been ready for war. We have been preparing for war over the years. Once the war breaks out, the cabinet can provide 5 billion Chinese Yuan of war funds for this war. If it is not enough, we can issue war bonds and expect to raise about 10 billion Chinese Yuan. In addition, the empire's industry can also be transferred to the wartime system at any time." said Lin Zihao, the Prime Minister of the empire. Although the ministers of the cabinet do not like war very much. But they also know that this should be the last battle of the empire and must be prepared. Otherwise, all the previous efforts of the empire will be in vain. The empire finally became the world overlord, so how could it be abandoned halfway?

Long Yufei nodded. The cooperation of the cabinet made the empire's war preparations much faster. The war fund of 5 billion yuan seems to be quite large, but once the war breaks out, the money is not enough. A tank of the army costs more than 100,000 yuan, and an armored vehicle costs tens of thousands of yuan. An air force also costs tens of thousands of yuan, and a bomber costs tens of thousands of yuan. The navy's warships even move for hundreds of millions of yuan. All kinds of ammunition also require a lot of money. The so-called cannon fires tens of thousands of taels of gold, which is true. After the war breaks out, the empire will inevitably spend money like flowing water. Therefore, the empire must be prepared to issue public debts. Once the war is insufficient, raise more funds immediately to ensure that the war can continue without any impact.

"Your Majesty, it is expected that the army's preparation will take another year to complete. Weapons and ammunition have completed 80% of the preparations. The troops and the like are ready. The construction of each armored brigade and the armored army has only been completed 70%. The remaining 30% are expected to be completed within one year." Army Minister Marshal Sun Hao reported.

"Yeah!" Long Yufei nodded.

"Your Majesty, the battleships of the 1st and 5th Fleets of the Navy have begun to be upgraded. All warships will be upgraded within one year. The Empire's new aircraft carrier formation will take two years to enter the battle. The "Imperial-level" battleships will be built and put into service in two and a half years. However, relying on the current strength of the Imperial Navy, you can win!" Navy Minister Marshal Wei Yong also said.

Long Yufei was very relieved about the navy. After all, in an era where battleships were dominated by battleships, the Imperial Navy's battleships were twice as good as the German Navy. In terms of the performance of the warships, it was not only not worse than the German Navy, but also slightly better. As long as the luck was not too bad, the Imperial Navy had no reason to lose this war.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Air Force now has four wing fighters and two wing bombers. It is expected that next year, the Imperial Air Force will be able to have six wing fighters and three wing bombers." said Air Force Commander General Song Zhiyuan.

The Imperial Air Force was organized into four aircrafts and one squadron, three squadrons were one squadron, and three squadrons added four reserve aircraft to one squadron, with a total of forty aircraft. Three squadrons were one squadron, and with the reserve aircraft, one squadron had about one hundred and thirty aircraft.

In other words, the Imperial Air Force now has more than 500 fighter jets and more than 200 bombers. It is expected that by next year, it will increase to more than 700 fighter jets and more than 300 bombers. This number may not be too many. However, this is not because of insufficient aircraft production. It is mainly because of insufficient pilots. As long as the students from various flight schools founded by the Empire graduated in large numbers, the Imperial Air Force will grow exponentially. Besides, even with this scale, the Empire has already had an absolute advantage compared to the Germans.

The Imperial Army, Navy and Air Force will complete the war preparations next year, and the Imperial Government is also ready. It can be said that the Empire's war preparations will be completed next year. The huge imperial war machines will be running, thus exploding amazing power. This is not a good thing for the Germans. Although the Germans are also preparing for war, they are not as good as the Empire in terms of speed. In terms of war potential, they are even worse than the Empire. Once the war breaks out, the Empire will surely win.

After the Empire defeated Germany, it would not allow a huge Germany to continue to exist. All the territories obtained by Germany in the last war would be divided. Even Germany itself would be dismembered and returned to its state before its reunification. There would not be too powerful countries in the entire Europe. Only in this way can the Empire's position as the world hegemon.

When the Chinese Empire was preparing for war, the Germans were not idle. On the one hand, Germany accelerated the speed of war preparations. On the other hand, the Germans strengthened the collection of intelligence on the empire, and then prepared to take some necessary measures to delay the empire's war preparations and create more time for Germany.

At the end of April 1862, Earl Mauch, Chief of Staff of the German Army, reported to German Emperor William I that the war preparations for the Chinese Empire were about to be completed and Germany would be in a war crisis. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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