Chapter 367 Giving birth to a son to inherit the throne
In 1899, even if Japan hated George to the core, it did not dare to show it.
George Jiantian advocated the Japanese threat theory.
Every Japanese can truly feel the pressure brought by the Russian Empire to Japan.
The three sisters whom George despises are like three big mountains to Japan. The fear he once felt in "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" has once again enveloped the entire Japan.
Nicholas is different from George.
What George created must either be quickly withdrawn to seize the market, or hidden for fear of being discovered by his opponents, and the news completely blocked.
There is something going on in the Russian Empire, and I want the whole world to know about it.
So the empire's "Great Navy Plan" has been widely publicized before it was launched.
For Japan, the "Grand Naval Plan" is the Sword of Damocles.
The empire has a total of 17 battleships in service and under construction -
After the keel of the second "Borodino" class battleship was laid, there were 19 ships.
All 4 battleships ordered by Japan were put into service, and the total number of battleships was only 6.
The Russian Empire will build 8 "Borodino" class battleships. After all are completed, the total number of battleships will reach 25.
Although many of these 25 ships are fake.
But even eight "Borodino" ships were enough to suppress the Japanese navy.
George is not done yet.
After the Amur River Fleet was upgraded to the Siberian Fleet, the Amur Military District also naturally announced the expansion plan of the Siberian Fleet.
The Siberian Fleet will not only build battleships in the future, but also will build 6 ships in the first phase of the expansion plan alone, which is the same as the total number of Japanese battleships.
George did not announce the battleship plan, but with reference to the cruisers produced by the Vladivostok Shipyard, the battleships to be built by the Siberian Fleet are definitely no less powerful than the four 15,000-ton battleships ordered by Japan.
In addition to battleships, the Siberian Fleet will also build 18 cruisers of various types, as well as 40 destroyers and auxiliary ships.
The expansion plan of the Siberian Fleet not only put great pressure on the Japanese Navy, but even the Pacific Fleet felt greedy after seeing it.
I haven’t seen the battleship yet, let’s not talk about it yet.
The performance of the Vladivostok cruiser is obvious to all. There are 18 cruisers, even if only one third is a heavy cruiser, that is 48 203 guns, and 60 152 guns.
George has not released the data of the battleships yet Woolen cloth.
Otherwise it would be even scarier.
George did not disclose the submarine.
Afraid of scaring the Japanese to death.
For the Pacific Fleet, there is nothing to hide.
During the exercise in July, a submarine built by the Vladivostok Shipyard used torpedoes to sink a target ship, announcing that the submarine was officially combat-effective.
Alexeyev did not have much interest in submarines.
Alexeyev’s reason is also simple.
Naval battleships are used as a deterrent most of the time. Considering the lifespan of the main guns, it is rare to fire them several times a year.
Submarines are hiding under the sea, invisible and intangible. Who can deter them?
Scare yourself~
On the contrary, Alexeyev showed a certain interest in seaplanes.
Although the seaplane itself does not have attack power, its role in reconnaissance, search and rescue, correction of bomb impact points, mine laying, etc. is still very gratifying.
George didn’t know how strict the words of these generals of the Pacific Fleet were.
So George didn’t take out the seaplane that could carry aerial bombs.
The seaplane can not only carry aerial bombs, but also torpedoes.
Like the submarine, the seaplane was also a surprise prepared by George for the Japanese. But like the Vladivostok cruiser, the biggest problem with seaplanes is price.
The Pacific Fleet’s own people, George’s price was 800,000 rubles per unit.
Compared with the price sold to Americans, this price is very conscientious, but Alexeyev still finds it too expensive.
Grand Prince Peter Nikolayevich was very interested.
Peter, the younger brother of Nicholas Jr., served on the staff and came to observe the exercises on behalf of the Imperial War Department.
Like little Nikolay, Peter is over 2 meters tall, tall and burly, half a head taller than George. Compared with Peter, Alexeev, who weighs more than 200 kilograms, is like an oil drum. .
"Will the take-off and landing of this thing be affected by sea conditions?"
Peter personally sat in the cockpit of the seaplane and was very curious about everything.
"It will indeed——"
George didn't hide it. Not only was this thing affected by sea conditions, but its performance was not stable enough, so it didn't become an army.
“But if it is in the Baltic Sea or the Black Sea, then there is no problem.”
The low-freeboard warships built for the Baltic Sea Fleet and Black Sea Fleet will not be adapted to the Pacific Fleet.
Seaplanes, which are greatly affected by sea conditions in the Pacific, have no problems when placed in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.
Peter was not only interested in seaplanes, but also in the rocket launchers installed by the Vladivostok artillery unit.
The problem of firepower has always troubled the Russian Army, including the Guards, which is not equipped with enough artillery.
But this is not a problem unique to the Russian Army. It is the same for the armies of all countries in the world.
Limited by artillery technology, the caliber of artillery equipped by all armies around the world is basically below 100 mm. No matter how large it is, it is classified as a fortress artillery. It cannot accompany troop movements and is of little use.
In order to solve the traffic problem, Vladivostok engineers combined a rocket launcher with a tractor and used a crawler chassis to create a rocket launcher with a maximum caliber of 120 mm.
The rocket launcher in Vladivostok has 18 tubes and can be launched within 30 seconds, protruding into a large tube.
When six rocket launchers performed an artillery salvo for Peter, Peter was stunned and completely shocked by the power of the rocket launchers.
"How about it? If we replace all army artillery with rocket launchers, then our Russian Empire's army will sweep across the world!"
George is full of confidence, technology is combat effectiveness.
The rocket launcher is indeed powerful, but the price is also very expensive, the same as the seaplane, 800,000 rubles.
The purpose of Peter's trip is observation, not purchasing.
George gave Peter face and asked Peter to bring a seaplane and a rocket launcher back to St. Petersburg as gifts for Nicholas.
George has not returned to St. Petersburg in the past two years, and the gifts to Nicholas have not been interrupted. During every festival, George has gifts sent to St. Petersburg.
Not only for Nicholas, but also for the empress dowager, empress, and princesses, including George.
Speaking of princesses, so far, Nicholas and Alex have given birth to three daughters, but still no son.
George and Anne already have two sons.
In his telegram to George, Nicholas jokingly hoped that George would send Alexander to St. Petersburg so that Alex might have a son.
Although this is a joke, it fully proves Nicholas's eagerness to have a son.
That’s right.
Ordinary families still want a son to support their family.
Nicola’s family really has a throne to inherit.
(End of this chapter)