A soft halo fell from the dome chandeliers, illuminating the entire room.

Halldan was silent for a moment and finally spoke slowly: "Before 1906, your country's shipbuilding speed was indeed in a relatively slow state, but this did not mean that your country's naval strength had not made a substantial leap. Since 1903, your country has begun to build fully heavy artillery warships with a speed of more than 20 knots; this ship has an unparalleled overwhelming advantage over the conventional battleships in the past. Except for the Lord Nelson class of Britain who had the capital for battle, any other warships were

In front of her, she was like a lamb under the mouth of a lion without any resistance! In addition, your country also built large cruisers with a standard displacement of 18,250 tons and equipped with 8 11-inch heavy artillery, which also made the 54 first-class cruisers built by the Royal Navy become obsolete products. These new ships built by your country unilaterally seriously undermined the balance between the naval forces of both sides. As a result, Britain had no choice but to start a large number of capital ships of the same type to deal with it."

Hearing Halldan's remarks, a cold and sharp divine light suddenly burst out in Biluo's narrow eyes. He took a deep breath and said coldly: "At present, the world's scientific and technological development has made rapid progress. The navies of various countries are working hard to transform their latest development results into physical objects that improve the performance of warships. In this field, the German Navy has only achieved more fruitful gains than other powers. The number of ships has not increased at all. This can actually become the culprit of provoking an arms race in your mouth? What's more, Mr. Jazz, you just said that your country has 54.

First-class cruisers, but I, Germany, have only 14. Is this nearly four times the number gap that Britain takes for granted? And I, Germany, built several new warships that can be counted by one hand, destroy the 'balance' of the sea?" Bilo sneered and said mercilessly in a sarcastic tone: "Then according to your country's theory, all naval powers except your country should sank all their warships and disband all naval research institutes, so that they can not destroy the British-style sea balance and develop safely, and then become idiots."

The face of the person in front of him changed slightly, but Bilo had no idea of ​​stopping. He continued to pursue and said: "In fact, as long as he had a little analysis, the cause and effect of the matter would be clear. Because Germany has made both pioneering, subversive and breakthrough progress in the field of naval warships, it has always been above the top, and believed in the typical dark robber logic of "the divine authority of the sea" and "only allow me to have no one else" instantly received a violent stimulation and strong anger like a lover seduced by his enemy. Driven by a series of unreasonable thoughts such as fear, resentment, and jealousy, your country passed the huge budget for the construction of nine main battleships in 1906 like crazy, and

"Assuming it for granted" a false alarm. The responsibility for provoking the arms race was put on my German. If your country hadn't suddenly increased the speed of shipbuilding amid the hysterical and crazy shouts, how could I have expanded my naval fleet at the speed of today? As the direct initiator of this shipbuilding competition, if your country insisted on refusing to stop this crazy shipbuilding operation, Germany could only accompany him." Since this meeting was a private meeting between the two sides, there was no third party in the small secret room, Bilo just spoke freely and expressed his long-term anger towards the shameless behavior of British robbers in his heart. He was not worried that his excessive remarks would spread and cause any serious consequences.

By Bilo's direct sarcasm, Halldan's face turned pale and white, as if he could not bear the endless shame and anger that was directly exposed by the bright face, and seemed to be forcibly suppressing the surging anger that surged in his heart. He stared at the German Prime Minister who showed mocking expressions, but was also blushing and thick-necked. After a while, he initially calmed down his restlessness and said slowly: "In other words, your country is determined to launch a naval army with me, Britain.

Preparing for a race? But your country needs to understand that from Spain to France, from Drake to Nelson, the Royal Navy has never been afraid of any enemy's challenge to us on the ocean. For your country's shipbuilding plan, the Great Britain Congress has passed a bill to respond to it at a speed of 2 to 1. For every battleship you build in your country, Britain will build two ships. In this naval arms race, your country will have no chance of winning."

"It should be emphasized that this naval competition was actually initiated by your country, and Germany followed at most. Therefore, if your country wants to stop this shipbuilding competition, it must first stop your country's own rapid progress. Only in this way can I, Germany, slow down the shipbuilding speed and negotiate. Otherwise, let you and our two countries put their respective wills on the ship." Bilo replied lightly, and he was completely unmoved by the threat of Halldan. "As for whether your country can achieve twice the shipbuilding speed than my German, I think you know the most in your heart."

Halldan listened to Bilo's calm but extremely tough words, and his already worried mood sank slightly.

Before visiting Germany, Haldan felt that his trip to Berlin would be full of ups and downs. Because if the current situation continues to develop according to the current situation, Britain is simply unable to effectively suppress the German navy on the other side of the strait; in this era when the truth only exists within the range of the cannon, only the powerful party can get the results they want at the negotiating table!

Judging from the speed of shipbuilding alone, Germany is indeed not as good as Britain. Germany, which uses France and Russia as its imaginary enemies, needs to maintain a huge and powerful army that is the best in the world, which determines that this traditional land power empire will invest funds far better than its British counterparts into the army. Although Germany's shipbuilding ability has developed rapidly in more than 30 years after the reunification, it is still quite different from Britain, a veteran industrial country that is extremely dependent on the ocean and is born to be enterprising. Therefore, even if the total amount of Britain's economy and industry has been surpassed by Germany, Germany can still surpass Germany in terms of shipbuilding speed.

However, Britain could only barely do this. Because Germany in this plane had gained foreign investment, its achievements in dumping goods and exploiting colonial territories were far better than history, and the booming national economy allowed them to build new dreadnoughts at a faster rate than the average annual average of four ships in history. While Britain was as slow as ever in this era of great change, insisted on free trade in the way of self-destruction of the Great Wall, and allowed the colonies to break away from the direct control of London to become autonomous regions.

This greatly shortens the funds used by both sides to build ships. If the shipbuilding competition is allowed to continue normally, it is true that Britain can build a fearless fleet that is more large than Germany, but it cannot open a huge gap with the German Navy like the British and other great powers in the late 19th century, and even a slight advantage of 4 to 3 cannot be occupied! And Germany's trembling fleet, which is less than 2 days away from London, will become the second Napoleon to threaten the British Isles at any time!

"We must find a way to destroy the German Navy's shipbuilding plan." This is a sentence that Prime Minister Banerman repeatedly told him when Halldan left London. No matter what attitude the political parties, royal family, and the general public are on Germany's unstoppable rise, the government's final decision is whether to resolve war or to compromise peacefully, but when Britain could no longer maintain its advantage with Germany in the naval field like in the late 19th century, Halldan must also prevent the development momentum of the German Navy as much as possible through diplomatic means and rebuild the German Navy for the British Navy's best efforts to build Germany's best wishes through diplomatic means.

The momentum is to win time. However, as a member of the highest decision-making level of the British government, Halldan knew clearly that the brilliant sun above the British Empire that had shone for three centuries slowly but irreversible trends; in the national economic field directly linked to the scale of the fleet, Germany has surpassed Britain and occupied a leading position! Therefore, as long as the German decision-making level can understand the key and hold on to the strength of the fleet in its hands, it will be inevitable that this trip to Berlin will make a certain degree of compromise with Germany!

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"In order to maintain civilization, the British Empire is very willing to do its best to benefit Europe through its own practical actions. However, as the number one army country in Europe and even the world, your country should also show sincerity for peace." Halldan emphasized the tone of the word "army", as if implying that Bilo should have an accurate position on Germany's attributes. Although he no longer had any illusions about his successful blackmail to Germany this time, he was still making every effort to fool the heretic prime minister in front of him, hoping to get more extra benefits.

Bilo smiled slightly and ignored Halldan's emphasis on the word Army: "I don't know what action your country will take, and what obligations do I hope I, Germany?"

Seeing that his expression was completely for the blind man to see, Halldan felt a little bitter; his face was solemn, and then he took a deep breath as if he had made a great decision, saying: "If your country keeps the number of dreadnoughts within 50% of the British Empire, then the British Empire will modify its sincere agreement with France and always maintain a neutral attitude when your country is actively attacked by France and Russia!"
Chapter completed!