5317 Time is not for me!
The advantage of time travelers can no longer take any advantage in the face of a real global empire. Even if Xiao Letian has countless black technologies in his belly, it takes time, money and a little luck to become a real thing!
This is not the case with the British Empire, which owns 35.5 million square kilometers of land around the world and controls 23% of the world's population.
Such an empire can not win by relying on some small tricks, and the talent reserve alone is Xiao Letian's biggest headache.
The British Navy staff are indeed arrogant but they have some practical things in their stomachs. Navy people naturally have advantages. Wargame deduction has already introduced many of Xiao Letian's back-up skills.
These include the torpedo boat wolf pack tactics. This thing can be thought of by the Chinese people, but can't the British think of it?
How powerful is the Zhiyuan-style warship? Although people in this era have blown Xiao Letian's design to the sky, Xiao Letian understands it very well. The Zhiyuan-level is actually a copy of the British dreadnought style in the real world!
Arrangement of the central axis, shooting of battle lines, and abandoning the style of main guns arranged on the left and right sides. These are all successful designs explored by Xiao Letian in the human world in his previous life through war.
Xiao Letian plagiarized and launched it in advance, that's all!
In fact, just before the Zhiyuan ship appeared, the British Navy's design institute had already designed the design drawings of warships in this style, but they were not implemented in the physical objects.
It’s not that the British are not smart, but that the British are carefully looking for future mainstream technology, and they are just cautious in investing!
Faced with the unknown future, the British crossed the river by feeling the stones, while Xiao Letian crossed the river clearly with a diving glass. This is the advantage of the traveler.
Now, Benjamin's British generation has regarded Xiao Letian as a life-and-death enemy. They have shown their real abilities to deal with Xiao Letian.
This is great. Xiao Letian's back-up skills were almost broken after several consecutive war games!
Torpedo speedboat wolf pack tactics? The British have a record!
Submarine attack? Xiao Letian patted his head. In fact, the Chinese people now have submarines. Submarines have already had practical experience during the American Civil War, let alone the Chinese people now.
During the American Civil War, what power was the submarine? It was human power. It was powered by sailors shaking the crankshaft and rotating the propeller underwater, which could provide a maximum speed of three knots.
There is no way, the technology of generators and batteries is not up to date, whether it is a steam engine or a No. 0 internal combustion engine, it cannot solve the problem of combustion oxygen supply, so it can only learn from the US Civil War to engage in hand-crank power, that is, pure manpower.
This kind of submarine warfare is useless, so you can only do a little sneak attack. Think about it, the total weight of a submarine shaken by humans cannot be high. Not to mention resisting explosions, even larger waves cannot withstand it!
The Chinese have two experimental boats, and they can't be pulled out for actual combat at all!
Both torpedo speedboats and submarine tactics are unreliable, and the British also had countermeasures, bringing 21 destroyers out, which means that the British Admiralty has already anticipated the Chinese tactics!
What to do? Of course there are still ways. The Chinese can use the main fleet as bait to lure British warships into the ambush circle, use the favorable terrain of the port, and use the power of shore defense artillery to attack the British fleet!
This is indeed a solution, but will the British be so stupid?
General Fisher is not a mediocre person. This person is on the list of Chinese people's focus. Chinese intelligence agencies have been investigating the details of this person.
He has participated in the Crimean War, participated in the Second Opium War, and observed the Franco-Prussian War... This is a new star in the navy, with much more experience than Xiang Yingke.
Will such people easily jump into the ambush circle? If you underestimate British talents so much, then you will not be able to understand what the Sun never sets empire!
A small British island, the descendants of the Viking Pirates and German barbarians, have not a large population and are not strong in national strength. They have come to this day step by step!
35.5 million square kilometers of land controls 23% of the earth's population. Could this size be a fool's business?
"Electricity! Internal combustion engine! If I give me ten years of development and then fight this battle with the British, I will be sure!"
"I don't even have an electromagnetic fuse torpedo in my hand. How do you ask me to fight?"
"Xiang Ying! How can you break this situation? Or do you use a bayonet to fight on the sea like in the past?"
Fatty Jin was frightened to see the head of state so decadent. He had never seen the head of state so helpless, and the head of state had an old problem, and suddenly spoke a lot of nouns they didn't understand.
Xiao Letian stared at Fatty Jin with dissatisfied eyes, "Boy... you really don't know the foundation of Britain! The strong national strength of Britain is not something that can be blown out!"
"Give Britain another twenty years of development time, how big will their navy be? Guess? You have also returned from studying in the European Navy, guess..."
Fatty Jin's mouth trembled, "This...this...this will be...230,000 tons in another twenty years...now they will have...230,000 tons..."
"I guess... I'll have to get one million tons in another twenty years..."
"Hahaha..." Xiao Letian laughed sadly, "You can't even think about it... One million tons? You underestimate the British too much. In another twenty years, the British's naval tonnage will be at least 3 million tons..."
"What? Three million tons..." Fatty Jin's head was so big. "How much does it cost to raise it? How is this possible!"
Xiao Letian did not lie. In real history, the total tonnage of the British fleet during World War I was 2.7 million tons. Now in this era, Britain has encountered challenges from East Asia. They have a greater sense of crisis, so the scale can only be larger than three million tons!
"Silly boy! The scale of the future naval arms race is not something you can think of... That global naval tonnage competition will drain most of the society's wealth and trigger an extremely serious social crisis!"
"It will even be so serious that both hostile countries have to negotiate the degree tonnage control!"
"Why should I hide in this savage island? Because I am conflicted. I know that the future war will be particularly terrifying. I am conflicted in my heart!"
"To be honest, my original intention is to hope that the Chinese will develop for another ten years, equip more black technology and then fight the British!"
"But I also know that the British shipbuilding level is too high and the world's first-class. As long as they start to compete for potential, we can't compete!"
"The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us Chinese, because the British shipbuilding speed is several times that of ours, and we cannot beat others in this regard!"
"It is even possible that German warships will not be sent to Asia in the future, and Britain will intercept them in the North Sea!"
"So I can only start the war early! But when the war starts early, many aces in my hands did not appear! Time is endless! I don't have time!"
Xiao Letian jumped up irritably and kicked the table in front of him, "Fuck his grandma... If it weren't for the dog Tartars delaying my 200th national destiny in China, why wouldn't I have no time left!"
At this moment, Xiao Letian was already filled with tears in his eyes. "Damn... I have no time anymore... The pressure on the whole world is on my shoulders. I will bear the national destiny that has been delayed for two hundred years alone?"
"Damn... I can't bear it! If my predecessors have some potential, why should we fight with our lives now? Fuck! Fuck..."
"Working with Britain for another ten years of arms race? Then, they will bring out a warship of one million tons. How do you ask me to deal with it?"
At this moment, Xiao Letian was already filled with tears. The pressure he had so many years of hard work was really unbearable!
"Boy... now do you know why I am hiding on the Wild Man Island... Is it missing?"
Chapter completed!