The advantage of a time traveler is no longer any advantage in the face of a real global empire. Even if Xiao Letian has countless black technologies in his belly, how to turn black technologies into real things requires time, money and a little luck. !
This is not the case with Britain, the empire on which the sun never sets. They own 35.5 million square kilometers of land around the world and control 23% of the world's population.
An empire of this size cannot be won by relying on some small tricks. The talent reserve alone is Xiao Letian's biggest headache.
The staff officers of the British Admiralty are indeed arrogant, but they have good ideas. People who work in the navy have natural advantages. The war game deduction has revealed many of Xiao Letian's back-up players.
Among them is the torpedo boat wolf pack tactic. The Chinese can think of this, but can’t the British?
How powerful are Zhiyuan-style battleships? Although people in this era have praised Xiao Letian's design to the sky, Xiao Letian knows very well that the Zhiyuan class is actually a copy of the style of the British dreadnought in the real world!
Arrangement on the central axis, firing in battle lines, and abandoning the style of arranging main guns on the left and right sides are all successful designs that Xiao Letian explored through war in the human world in his previous life.
Xiao Letian copied it and launched it in advance, that’s all!
In fact, just before the appearance of the Zhiyuan ship, the British Navy's design institute already had design drawings for a warship of this style, but it was just that it had not been implemented into actual objects.
It’s not that the British are not smart, it’s that the British are cautiously looking for the mainstream of technology in the future, and they are more cautious in investing!
Facing the unknown future, the British cross the river by feeling the stones, while Xiao Letian crosses the river with a clear view using diving goggles. The advantage of the cross-travers is only this.
Well now, Benjamin's generation of British people have regarded Xiao Letian as a life and death enemy, and they have used their real skills to deal with Xiao Letian.
This was great. Xiao Letian's backhand was almost destroyed in several consecutive war games!
Torpedo boat wolf pack tactics? The British have registered!
Submarine attack? Xiao Letian patted his head. In fact, the Chinese now have submarines. They already had practical experience in submarines during the American Civil War, let alone the current Chinese.
What powered submarines during the American Civil War? It is manpower. The sailors crank the crankshaft and turn the propeller underwater, which can provide a speed of up to three knots.
There was no way around it. The technology of generators and batteries was not up to par. Neither the steam engine nor the No. 0 internal combustion engine could solve the problem of oxygen supply for combustion. Therefore, we could only learn from the American Civil War to use manual power, which was purely human power.
This kind of thing is useless in naval battles. It can only be used for sneak attacks. If you think about it, the total weight of a manually shaken submarine cannot be high. Not to mention resisting explosions, it can't even withstand larger waves!
The Chinese have two experimental boats, and there is no way they can be launched into actual combat!
Both torpedo boats and submarine tactics are unreliable, and the British also have countermeasures, bringing 21 destroyers out, which means that the British Admiralty has 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 an ambush circle. They can use the favorable terrain of the port and the power of shore defense artillery to flank the British fleet!
This is indeed a way, but will the British be so stupid?
General Fisher is not a mediocre person. This person is on the Chinese people's focus list. The Chinese intelligence agencies have been investigating this person's details.
Participated in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War, and observed the Franco-Prussian War... This is a rising star in the navy, with much more experience than Xiang Yingke.
Will such a person easily jump into an ambush? If you underestimate British talent so much, then you cannot understand what an empire on which the sun never sets is!
A small British Island, a nation descended from Viking pirates and Germanic barbarians, with a small population and a weak national power, it has come to this day step by step!
It covers 35.5 million square kilometers of land and controls 23% of the earth's population. Could an empire of this scale be run by a fool?
"Electrification! Internal combustion engines! If you give me another ten years of development time before we fight this battle with the British, I will be sure!"
"I don't even have a torpedo with an electromagnetic fuse in my hand, how do you want me to hit it?"
"Xiang Ying! How can you break this situation? Or are you going to fight with bayonets on the sea like you did in the past?"
Fatty Jin was frightened when he saw such a decadent expression on the head of state's face. He had never seen the head of state so helpless before, and the head of state had his old habit again, suddenly speaking a lot of terms that they didn't understand.
Xiao Letian glared at Fatty Jin with dissatisfied red bloodshot eyes, "You brats... you really don't know Britain's heritage! The strength of Britain's national power is not something you can just brag about!"
"Give the UK another twenty years to develop, how big will their navy be? Can you guess? You also returned from studying in the European Navy. Guess..."
Fatty Jin's mouth trembled, "This... in another twenty years... now they have... 230,000 tons..."
"I guess...it will be one million tons in another twenty years..."
"Hahaha..." Xiao Letian laughed sadly, "You don't even dare to think about it... one million tons? You underestimate the British. In another twenty years, the British 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 feed this? How is this possible!"
Xiao Letian didn't lie. In real history, the total tonnage of the British fleet during World War I was 2.7 million tons. In this era, Britain has encountered challenges from East Asia and their sense of crisis is even greater, so the scale can only be larger than 3 million tons. Less!
"You silly boy! The scale of the future naval arms race is beyond your imagination... That global naval tonnage competition will drain most of society's wealth and trigger an extremely serious social crisis!"
"It can even be so serious that both hostile countries have to negotiate to control the tonnage!"
"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 inside!"
"To be honest, my original intention is to hope that the Chinese will develop for another ten years, equip themselves with more black technologies, and then compete with the British!"
"But I also know that the British shipbuilding level is too high and is the best in the world. As long as they start to compete for their potential, we will not be able to compete!"
"The longer the war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be to us Chinese, because the British shipbuilding speed is several times faster than ours, and we can't compete with others in this regard!"
"It is even possible that in the future, German warships will not be able to be sent to Asia, and the United Kingdom will intercept them in the North Sea!"
"So we can only start the war early! But if we start the war early, many of the trump cards in my hand have not appeared! Time waits for me! I don't have time!"
Xiao Letian jumped up angrily and kicked the table in front of him. "Fuck grandma... If the dog Tartars hadn't delayed my two-hundred-year destiny of China, I wouldn't even have any time!"
At this moment, Xiao Letian had tears in his eyes, "Damn... I don't have time... The whole damn world's pressure is on my shoulders. How can I shoulder the two hundred years of delayed national destiny by myself?"
"Damn... I can't carry it! If our predecessors had some potential, why are we risking our lives now? Damn it! Damn it..."
"Are we going to compete in an arms race with the UK for another ten years? When they bring out a one-million-ton warship, how do you want me to deal with it?"
Xiao Letian had tears in his eyes at this moment. The pressure of so many years was really unbearable for him!
"Boy... now you know why I hid on Savage Island... to play missing, right?"
