If any country can become the world's most powerful country, its rulers or elites cannot be fools!
The British are even less likely to be idiots. The little advantage Xiao Letian gained in the navy after traveling through time was actually nothing more than taking advantage of the prophet of the future.
Because Xiao Letian knew the results of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 in real history. That battle ultimately determined the design style of naval battleships in European countries!
There were many reasons why the Qing Dynasty lost to Japan. There were many political, economic, and military reasons, but the difference in naval warfare ideas was also one of the very important reasons.
You only need to look at the designs of the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan ships to know that the Qing Dynasty, a layman in the navy, had actually become a training ground and naval experimental base for the British.
The British, including the Germans, advocated to the Qing Dynasty that the main guns be arranged left and right. The design style of the two giant ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were both heavily armored and the main guns were arranged left and right!
This design idea actually has one purpose, to use the two unsinkable giant ships as a breakthrough point to break up the enemy's formation and then, like Pirates of the Caribbean, fire violently on both sides after approaching.
Shred the armor of enemy warships at the closest distance!
Therefore, in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, the Qing fleet had been trying to charge the Japanese fleet, and the Japanese fleet had been firing intensively from horizontal main guns.
Japan relied on T-tactics and tried to use firepower to kill the Beiyang Navy from a long distance!
To put it more simply, one is a long-range hunter and mage, while the other is a melee paladin and warrior!
There is no right or wrong, it all depends on how people use it!
When the Beiyang Navy rushed into battle, it suffered a strong firepower and lost several battleships, but if... if...
If the two unsinkable battleships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan really charge forward, it would be equivalent to full-body plate armor warriors charging into the position of a group of archers.
Breaking through the Japanese naval front and shooting at close range, you don't have to consider accuracy at all. It's basically a one-shot shot!
If the fight really comes to this point, even if it is not a complete victory, it will at least be a tie, and the Japanese navy will also be left half disabled!
The two sides were tied, and China's economy at that time was still larger than Japan's. If we squeezed out some money from the construction of the Summer Palace, the Beiyang Navy could recover as quickly as possible and still crush the Japanese Navy!
But all this is just a fantasy. The Beiyang Navy finally chose artillery battle instead of using bayonet tactics in naval battle!
Maybe they just want to save some family wealth for Lao Zhongtang!
Later, after scholars conducted a technical analysis of the two ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, they concluded that if Dingyuan and Zhenyuan really fought, the two ships would still be able to withstand it given the thickness of their armor at that time!
It is not impossible to suffer serious injuries in exchange for a defeat for the Japanese navy, because the armor design of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan was so excellent that it could not be defeated by the Japanese navy at least at the time.
It's a pity that without taking the medicine, the Beiyang Navy failed because of politics!
The Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War was a painful memory for China, but for the European powers at the time, it was a rare naval internship feast.
The military experts of the European powers immediately began research. After countless reviews, countless calculations, and countless sand table exercises, the British finally came to the conclusion that the design style of future ironclads should still be arranged along the central axis, or should be arranged along the central axis. The outcome should be decided by artillery battle!
From this point of view, the British actually used the Sino-Japanese War to gain experience!
The Sino-Japanese War of 1894, and Britain launched its first dreadnought ship in 1906. This was the arrival of the so-called dreadnought era in naval history!
Before 1906, the Navy was called the pre-dreadnought era!
After 1906, the Navy was called the Dreadnought Age!
The dreadnought has become a symbol and design style, rather than just referring to that battleship, just like the Zhiyuan built by Xiao Letian.
Now in this parallel universe, the Zhiyuan has also become a design style, and it is not just pointing at a battleship!
Judging from the history of naval development in the two parallel universes, Britain has always been that cautious old fox, always experimenting with the blood of other nations before finally determining how to invest in the future.
Fangguan's doubts were essentially correct, but she really misjudged the cunningness of the British!
It’s not that the British are incapable of producing warships with a style like the Zhiyuan. In fact, before Xiao Letian traveled through time, the British Naval Design Institute already had drawings of such a warship!
It's just that British politicians are not sure that this style is absolutely correct. They are just waiting for real examples!
Once they wake up and know that this is the mainstream of the future, the British will immediately open the dusty design drawings and combine them with the latest experience of the Chinese and the intelligence they stole.
At the same time, we will make use of Britain's huge naval design, production, and combat capabilities to quickly put such a warship into production and launch it into the water!
It will be very, very fast, and even the new British warships will handle certain details better than Germany. After all, they have been in the navy for hundreds of years and have too much experience.
Jonas said sadly, "We can't take it for granted that the UK is starting from scratch! This is wrong. In fact, the UK has already accumulated two-thirds of its reserves, and those preparations have been made long ago!"
"What they are waiting for is an order from the top politicians, and what they are waiting for is the final choice of the elites!"
"Once the British high-level leaders unified their thinking, it would not be difficult to make up one-third of the gap in an instant, and they could catch up from behind!"
"So, I analyze...British intelligence is true and reliable...The crisis the Chinese are facing at this moment is really a matter of life and death!"
Fangguan and others took a breath of air, "You...you mean to say that not only are the number of British warships greater than ours...but the quality is not bad at all?"
"That's right! Not only is the quality good, but the overall quality of the British navy is also higher than that of the Chinese navy!"
"Don't be unconvinced! Britain has the best and largest navy in the world... This has been accumulated over hundreds of years and cannot be raised in a day!"
Fangguan dismissed all doubts and remained silent for a moment, "Let's send a telegram... we can't delay... we must make the Asian side fully prepared!"
"The first telegram... we have to send it to the Wanlun Intelligence Station!"
At the same time, on the streets of London, an old man was wearing an ordinary suit and a tall hat with the brim lowered to cover his face.
His gray beard was fluffy. He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar China Palace opposite and stopped for a long time without saying a word!
"Old friend... can you still hold on in Asia? Benjamin has invested all the latest naval warships in Britain. Can you stop it?"
"Liu Dadao has been arrested... I have even cut off the last channel to write to you... You must remember that Asia's vitality is not on the battlefield, but it is also on the battlefield..."
"You have to see the battlefield in a broad sense, instead of focusing on the battlefield in a narrow sense..."
Just as the old man was mumbling to himself, a carriage suddenly passed by quickly. A hand stretched out from the carriage and pulled the bearded man up.
"Shh... stop talking!"
