The sun never sets.

"put!"

"boom!"

The artillery roared, and the shells flew down the mountain and exploded in the ranks of the American troops. But the dozen or so cannons here alone could not stop the American troops. The Americans also had cannons, and more than Zhang Zhichao had.

After the Philippine infantry regiment at the foot of the mountain was defeated, the U.S. military sent troops to chase and kill them, while sending troops to kill the artillery position. The Japanese infantry company guarding the edge resisted with rifles and grenades, and used the last remaining Maxim to fire at the U.S. troops.

Many American soldiers fell during the attack, but soon, the American artillery shells fell on the Japanese positions, and Ningji Okamura's roar was drowned out by the flames and explosions.

Chapter 459 Comrades

During the guerrilla warfare phase in the Philippines, Japan sent more than a thousand soldiers and officers, while China only sent a few hundred people to help the Philippine People's Party build its party organization and base.

At one stage, the Chinese government sent nearly 30,000 soldiers and instructors to the Philippines. Japan could not match such a large force and only sent a few hundred more people.

Japan is now focusing on developing its navy, and their economic situation is not very good, so it is reasonable to send less army. China develops the army, Japan develops the navy, this is what Ito Hirobumi and Chairman Lin confirmed through telegrams. The current Japanese army is not only the same as the Chinese People's Army in tactics, but also the weapons and equipment and organization are exactly the same. The Japanese army and navy use the same light weapons as the Chinese People's Army, that is, Mauser series rifles, Maxim machine guns, mortars and grenades, and now mines have been added.

Mortars and mines are both weapons that poor countries like very much. Japan happened to be not rich either, so it equipped its army with a large number of mortars and specially produced some mines, all of which were sent to the Philippines.

Okamura Ningji's reinforced company fought back the US's repeated attacks from a high position, but in the constant fighting, the troops were almost exhausted. In the face of the US artillery bombardment and infantry charge, Okamura Ningji's defense line was already shaky.

Zhang Zhichao saw the friendly forces' decline and knew that the enemy was about to rush to the artillery position, but he had not received an order to retreat and could only continue to hold on to this high ground.

"Reload! Keep reloading!"

"Don't worry about whether the barrel will explode or not, just fire the shell out as fast as possible!"

Zhang Zhichao shouted in a hoarse voice: "Mortar team, ready..."

He personally operated an 82mm mortar, aimed at the US troops 11 meters away, and fired shells in a row. Several other mortar groups also fired shells desperately. At this distance, the howitzer was almost a decoration, and the main output was the mortar.

After using up all the shells around him, Zhang Zhichao picked up an engineer shovel and said, "Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"

The artillery unit didn't even have many rifles, and its close combat capability was almost zero, but Zhang Zhichao didn't want to sit and wait for death, nor did he want to abandon the cannon and run away. The People's Army had iron-clad discipline, and even if the artillery unit had to retreat urgently, it had to blow up the cannon first. Otherwise, even if it could withdraw alive, it would inevitably be sent to a military court.

Zhang Zhichao was reluctant to blow up those howitzers, which were heavy artillery imported from Germany at a high price by the country, and there were not many in the entire People's Army. After receiving the four 105mm howitzers, Zhang Zhichao cleaned them carefully every day. He was unwilling to blow up those treasures until the last moment. If he held on for another two minutes, reinforcements might arrive!

Looking back, Zhang Zhichao was disappointed. There were no reinforcements, no infantry or logistics troops transporting ammunition. There was nothing left. There were only a hundred or so artillerymen on the high ground. He could only roar in resignation, "Come on, come on! At worst, we can blow it up together!"

Zhang Zhichao held the shovel, ready to fight the enemy to the death. The other soldiers did the same, some holding shovels, some holding crowbars, and some just picked up some things that could not be called weapons.

The smoke and dust caused by the intensive artillery bombardment dissipated, revealing the enemy's figure. However, they were not rushing towards the artillery position, but were retreating.

Zhang Zhichao was a little confused. What was going on with the enemy? They had already rushed to the front of the artillery position, why did they suddenly retreat? He didn't understand why, but it was a good thing that the enemy retreated. He threw down the engineer shovel in his hand, looked back, and immediately shouted in dissatisfaction, "Why are you in a daze? Keep loading!"

"Oh!"

The U.S. troops really withdrew, taking away most of the wounded, leaving behind corpses all over the ground, and retreated back into the jungle. After so many days of fighting, the green jungle was full of charred marks, looking like ugly scars. From time to time, U.S. soldiers could be seen retreating next to the trees that had been blown off.

The artillery loaded the shells, but found that there was no target to shoot. Shoot into the jungle? The effect is extremely poor. The power of the shells will be weakened to one-half or even less in the jungle. It is also not easy to observe the enemy in the jungle. When the enemy launches an attack, you can use artillery to block the enemy's follow-up forces. If there are enough shells, you can also fire a few shots at suspicious places. Now, forget it.

Captain Zhang used a telescope to observe for several minutes, but he did not find any artillery positions of the US Army, nor did he see any signs of the US Army regrouping. Did they really retreat? He scratched his head and turned to look at Angeles.

There was no Angeles anymore, only a ruin full of craters. Many wooden houses in the town were either shattered by shells or turned to ashes in the flames.

The U.S. military abandoned Angeles and established a defense line further south. The Filipinos did not seize the abandoned town. There was nothing left there except dead bodies, and it could no longer be used as a defensive stronghold. However, the bodies still had to be dealt with. Given the climate in the Philippines, the bodies would rot within three days. Thousands of bodies piled together would likely cause a plague if not dealt with quickly.

Throughout the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, every time there was chaos, accompanied by war and killing, there would always be waves of plagues. When China was fighting with Tsarist Russia in the northeast, there was also a plague, which delayed the People's Army's counterattack.

The environment here in the Philippines is better than in the Northeast.

Plagues are prone to break out, so they have to be treated with caution. The Americans can ignore these things, because they have the advantage of low human rights and do not treat the locals as human beings, but the United Nations forces cannot do that.

The dark clouds gradually dispersed, the rain that had been floating for several days stopped, and the sun once again shone on the lush land and on Zhang Zhichao. He ignored his fatigue and led the soldiers to clean the gun barrel, move the remaining shells, redistribute them, and then sit on the ammunition box to rest.

He didn't feel it when he was busy, but now that he stopped, he felt all the muscles in his body aching and his arms shaking. He picked up the kettle with trembling hands and shook it, only to find that there was no water left in it.

"Give!"

A kettle was handed over, and a strange Henan dialect sounded on the side. Zhang Zhichao took the kettle and looked up. It was the Japanese named Gangcun. "Thank you, comrade."

He drank two sips happily, then returned the canteen to Ningji Okamura and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's like this," Okamura Neiji said in broken Henan dialect, "Many soldiers in our company are injured. I hope your unit can lend a helping hand."

Each company was equipped with a medic, with bandages and various medicines, but not much, probably only enough for ten people. The frontline combat troops might bring more, but not too much. Okamura Ningji's company suffered two-thirds casualties and had run out of medicine, so they needed to seek help from the artillery unit.

Zhang Zhichao readily agreed to Ningci Okamura's request and asked medical soldiers and soldiers who were still in good physical condition to go and help.

Ningji Okamura bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Excellency."

"Hey, we are all gay, why should we be so formal? You Japanese people just like to bow too much."

Chapter 460 Good Guy

Ningji Okamura studied at the Japanese Army Academy, and Zhang Zhichao also attended military school. During their break, the two talked about the current situation.

"Perhaps the shelling was too intense, and the enemy mistakenly thought there was an artillery regiment here. If there was an artillery regiment, it must have been reinforced, with a brigade or even a division of troops."

"The mortars were firing too fast," said Neiji Okamura. "We often made such miscalculations in Korea."

"Is that so? I was wondering, they had reached the front of the artillery position, but suddenly retreated." Zhang Zhichao scratched his head, "It seems that the Americans don't have enough troops. If they had enough troops, even if our reinforcements arrived, they would not have retreated so abruptly and even abandoned the town below."

"Insufficient troops? Where did the main American force go?"

On Mount Pinatubo, the 26th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army was setting up its position. This unit was Pershing's trump card. The -strong unit was equipped with more than large animals, Maxim machine guns and artillery pieces. The mobility of the cavalry, plus the lethality of the machine guns and artillery, was a perfect combination in theory. In practice, there were many problems, but it was still effective if used occasionally.

After going to the Northeast to join the military observation group, Pershing noticed that the People's Army's cavalry had incorporated a large number of machine guns and artillery. At that time, he thought this was a good way to mix. After returning to the Philippines, he equipped the 26th Cavalry Regiment with many machine guns and artillery, and when the battle was fierce, he let this unit suddenly rush out and capture Mount Pinatubo.

Mount Pinatubo is about 1700 meters above sea level. It is a volcano. Occasionally, some toxic gases and debris will erupt from the mountain mouth, but there has never been a large-scale eruption. Local Filipinos say they have never seen or heard of this volcano actually erupting.

"It's just smoke. It's been going on for decades!"

This is what the oldest local man said. The Spanish colonized and ruled here for a long time, and they may have some records, but now the Spanish have been driven away, and the previous records and materials have been lost in the war. The commander of the 26th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army was very worried about the crater above. He led the most elite troops to defend the halfway point of the mountain, confident that even if the enemy with three or five times the number came to attack, he could hold on for a long time. But if the volcano erupted, no matter how many soldiers he had, it would be useless.

It was not easy to dig trenches halfway up the mountain, but they had to be dug even if it was difficult. After the battle, having bunkers or not was completely different. General Pershing was very afraid of the Chinese and repeatedly instructed that the 26th Cavalry Regiment must hold on here, cut off the road down the mountain, and block the UN forces from reinforcing other places.

"The enemy has occupied Mount Pinatubo?"

Xu Wuji was quite surprised when he received the news at the headquarters. Mount Pinatubo was not a strategic location. There were only three villages around it, not even a large town. What was the point of occupying it?

Cut off the reinforcements to Angeles? At worst, we can just not take that road... It seems that this is not possible. The Spanish and Americans ruled the Philippines in a colonial style and did not put much effort into infrastructure construction. If it is a guerrilla war, it is possible to maneuver and transport ammunition through the jungle, but if a large-scale battle is to be carried out, it is necessary to use those avenues to transport troops and supplies. Machine guns can be disassembled into parts and take small roads, but cannons cannot.

The UN did not deploy troops to defend Mount Pinatubo before, mainly because it is easy to climb up but difficult to get down.

It is true that the US military seized the advantageous terrain, and would certainly suffer heavy casualties if they attacked from above, but as long as the roads below the mountain were blocked, wouldn't the US troops on the mountain be surrounded?

Wasn't this what Ma Su did in Jieting? I just don't know if there is any water source on the mountain. Xu Wuji thought about it and seemed to not know the specific situation. He needed to find a few locals to ask.

While he was thinking, the phone rang. The chief of staff walked over and picked up the phone. "This is the General Directorate... Oh, I see!" After putting down the phone, the chief of staff said to Xu Wuji, "Commander, Gapan has been lost!"

"Gapan?" Xu Wuji frowned. "The U.S. military has reached Peñaranda? What do they want to do? Here and there..." After looking at the map for a while, Xu Wuji's eyes lit up. "Wow, this is really a good thing. The Americans have a big appetite."

The chief of staff was already familiar with the map. He nodded and said, "This is a typical diagonal tactic. The enemy defends on the left wing, strengthens the attack on the right wing, and then turns around to eat up our troops in the middle."

"What slash tactics? It's clearly our favorite sickle blitz. We used this tactic against the French in Vietnam, but we didn't expect to be used with the same tactic now."

Xu Wuji stroked his chin, which had just grown some beard, and said, "It's a good idea, but I doubt whether the Americans can do it. Their offensive ability is not enough to break through the Philippines...our defense line, unless..."

His eyes moved to the position of Manila. "...Unless they send out all their troops. In this case, the defense of Manila will be useless. Do you think the Americans have the courage to do so?"

The Chief of General Staff thought for a while and said, "The enemy's commander, MacArthur, is a tough guy..."

"Nonsense, he killed hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, how can he not be a ruthless character?"

"The enemy's front-line commander has been replaced by Pershing. This Pershing is said to be very capable. In Cuba, he once captured the Spanish position when more than half of his troops were killed or wounded. He can be considered a fierce general."

"Huh, an American warrior? It's not like we haven't fought Americans before."

Xu Wuji gave the order: "Let Wu Peifu lead the 10th Division to eat up the enemy on Mount Pinatubo. The Americans want us to gnaw on this tough bone, so let them do as they wish."

"Isn't this bad?" The chief of staff said, "The more the enemy wants something, the more we should avoid it. Just don't go there. This is an island, and it's very convenient to ship it by sea."

Xu Wuji shook his head. "This is the closest and fastest way. Don't forget, Dagupan is still in the hands of the Americans. It's not safe to go there."

"You can take the path through the woods."

"That will take twice as long. The Americans want to take advantage of our time difference and come over within these few days," Xu Wuji pointed at the map with his baton, "and eat up our troops here."

"There is no need to fight the enemy head-on. If the enemy attacks from the right wing, let him attack. We can just occupy the Bataan Peninsula."

The Filipinos not only established bases on Luzon Island, but also in Cebu, Santiago, Dolores, etc. The United Nations Army has divided more than 10,000 people and secretly deployed them on the southern islands. Now they have assembled and are heading towards the Bataan Peninsula, preparing to block the road behind the US military.

Chapter 461

"That's why I said goodness, the Americans have given me a difficult problem. It's good enough that they can hold on, but now they want to launch such a large-scale counterattack..." Xu Wuji looked around and saw people coming and going in the command center. He could only say vaguely: "If the main force of the US military is eaten up in a few days, the rest of the things will be difficult to deal with."

The chief of staff knew what he meant. The difficulty did not refer to other places in the Philippine Islands, but to the navy. According to the instructions of the Military Commission, the US military should be besieged in Manila. This would put some pressure on the enemy, but it could not really destroy them. If the main force of the US military in the Philippines was annihilated, the US Navy would probably turn around and leave. There would be no way to attract the main fleet of the US Navy to the waters near the Philippines, and there would be no way to severely damage the old and outdated fleet.

In the Battle of the Philippines, the army played only a supporting role, and the real battle took place at sea.

However, the US military has put all its forces on the front line. As long as the elite troops are sent to cut off the connection between Manila and the US military on the front line, the enemy can be completely wiped out. With such a great temptation in front of him, Xu Wuji can still resist, but the generals below may not be able to resist. The People's Army has iron-like discipline and encourages the commanders and fighters on the front line to exert their subjective initiative. As long as they can accomplish the tasks assigned by their superiors, they don't need to care about the rules and regulations.

If someone really cut off the supply line of the US Army, could Xu Wuji still force the troops to withdraw? So he planned to send Wu Peifu, the most rebellious of his men, to attack Mount Pinatubo, lest this "Mr. Always has a solution" make the most correct decision.

Wu Peifu was a famous general in the People's Army. In the first battle to recover Vietnam, Lin Yongchang personally appointed Wu Peifu to lead the troops to fight the French. Wu Peifu performed very well. After defeating the French army, he chased the enemy all the way.

After marching hundreds of miles, he contracted malaria. Wu Peifu wanted to continue fighting despite his illness, but within a few days he began to suffer from malaria and could hardly move while lying on a camp bed. He had no choice but to hand over the command to Guo Songling, and he himself was sent back to China for treatment.

Guo Songling was promoted to major general for his outstanding performance in the two Vietnam Wars. The two words in front of "acting division commander" were removed, and he became a commander at the same level as Wu Peifu. This made Wu Peifu very angry. If he hadn't fallen ill, how could Guo Songling have been in the limelight? Although he cherished Guo Songling's talent, Wu Peifu was still very frustrated. After arriving in the Philippines, his desire for war was very strong. If he was not given something to do, it would ruin the plan of the General Staff.

It’s not that they are afraid that Wu Peifu can’t fight, but that they are afraid that he fights too well.

The chief of staff frowned and thought for a long time, then said reluctantly: "Then we can only fight according to the commander's deployment, but this will put more pressure on our comrades in the Philippines. They are not used to the regular army's fighting methods and may not be able to stop the enemy's attack."

"Send a brigade to reinforce the eastern front...let Xu Shuzheng's brigade go."

In 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China. When Xu Shuzheng heard that the government was recruiting soldiers, he took money from his father's bedside and secretly left home to join the army. After his mother, Yue, found out that her son had run away from home, she personally rode a mule cart, chased to Qingjiang, and brought Xu Shuzheng back home. Xu Shuzheng's bold move made his parents very worried. In order to dispel his idea of joining the army, his parents forced Xu Shuzheng to get married. The bride was Xia Xuan, who also came from a rural private school teacher family. I thought I would become stable after getting married, but I didn't expect that Xia Xuan did not object to Xu Shuzheng joining the army. On the contrary, Mrs. Xia took the initiative to take out the dowry to support Xu Shuzheng. Seeing that they could not stop him, Xu Zhongqing and his wife had no choice but to agree to Xu Shuzheng leaving home to join the army.

However, the previous dynasty had already fallen by that time, and Xu Shuzheng took the money given by his wife and set out on his own, running from Jiangsu to Shandong and joining the People's Army. Because he had been educated, he was quick to learn, and after training as a recruit, he was appointed squad leader, and then promoted all the way, becoming a company commander on the eve of the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River, and became a regiment commander after the end of the War of Liberation.

Xu Shuzheng was very talented and good at dealing with people. He quickly got himself to Taiyuan through operations, ready to show his strength under Lin Yongchang's nose. But soon, he found that Chairman Lin did not like people who played tricks, so he made the same decision as Yang Yuting - to continue leading the troops to fight.

Among the generals under Xu Wuji, Wu Peifu was the best fighter, but the one that everyone liked the most was Xu Shuzheng. Xu Shuzheng didn't act like a commander, but more like a political commissar. He handled all aspects of the matter very well. From the staff of the headquarters to the battles in the army, everyone liked this young commander very much. Compared with Xu Shuzheng, Wu Peifu seemed too unruly and tough.

The battle on land is still going on. Pershing has used all the means at his disposal, which has indeed achieved good results. However, the combat effectiveness of the US military is not top-notch, and it is still at a disadvantage in terms of manpower. Now it is only relying on its powerful firepower to force a breakthrough. If it fails to complete the encirclement before the ammunition runs out, and fails to retreat in time, then it will be the turn of the US military to be surrounded.

Although it was a war involving hundreds of thousands of people, the battle on land was still just a embellishment. Whether it was Washington, Taiyuan or Tokyo, the focus was on the sea.

Admiral George Dewey left Hawaii with his fleet and headed west. In the war to seize the Philippines in 1898, Dewey led the US Navy to annihilate the Spanish fleet in the Philippines at a minimal cost. In the last naval battle, Dewey's navy sank 7 Spanish cruisers and 3 gunboats without losing a single man - at least that's what the report said. Last time, Dewey only had 7 warships, but now he has ten times as many naval warships as last time.

Both Dewey and the American people firmly believed that the great American Navy would achieve even more glorious victories and continue the legend of the special admiral. The Japanese people had the same belief, of course, they did not believe in Dewey, the American devil, but believed that Admiral Akiyama Saneyuki could achieve another perfect victory, just like in the South China Sea.

In order to fight the full-scale US Navy, China, Japan, Ryukyu, Korean Night Raid Group: Six ⑨④⑨, Three ⑥ One Three ⑤ and Siberia formed a joint fleet and handed the navies of these countries to Akiyama Saneyuki. Forget Mongolia, the Mongolian navy does not exist at all.

Akiyama Saneyuki once again formulated a very complex battle plan that tested skills, tactics and luck, and modernized several old battleships. The most important change was to replace the 305mm main guns from ten years ago with new naval guns purchased from Germany. The caliber was still 305mm, but the power and accuracy were greatly improved.

In addition, based on the experience of the South China Sea Battle, Akiyama Saneyuki removed the torpedo tubes installed on the battleships. Torpedoes are powerful, but their range is too short. In naval battles where the distance between the battleships is getting longer and longer, their effect is not so obvious. At least, they are not so useful in the head-on battle between the battleships. It is better to equip light battleships with some torpedoes. There is no need to install torpedo tubes on the battleships.

Akiyama Saneyuki not only dismantled the torpedo tubes on the battleship, but also dismantled some of the secondary main guns.

Experience shows that secondary main guns are useless against battleships and cannot penetrate the heavy armor on battleships. It is enough to keep half of them. After removing so many things, part of the weight saved was added armor. China provided a new type of carburized armor, adding titanium and other rare metals. The formula of carburized steel is the highest military secret. China only provided finished products and did not transfer technology to Japan or Germany.

Chapter 462: Crushing

Japan's strength is far inferior to that of the United States. Whether measured by population, industrial strength, resources, etc., Japan does not have the strength to fight the United States. Even if China is included, it only exceeds the United States in population, and is still at an absolute disadvantage in other aspects. Sato Tetsutaro and Akiyama Saneyuki believe that they must have 70% of the tonnage of the US Navy to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy, which is the so-called "70% Theory against the United States". Now that the navies of China, North Korea and other countries are included, the total tonnage of the navy in Akiyama Saneyuki's hands is almost exactly 70% of the US Navy. The time for a decisive battle is ripe.

The core of the "Operation Plan against the United States" formulated by Akiyama Saneyuki was: when the US Navy entered the Western Pacific, light ships and submarines would be used to attack the US Navy first, causing the US military to lose 10% of its troops for every 1,000 nautical miles it advanced over a 3,000 nautical mile journey. In this way, in the final decisive battle, the US Navy would be on the same level as the Combined Fleet.

This tactic is just like the previous Nanyang combat plan, which is complicated and cumbersome, and full of Japanese optimism. After Lin Yongchang got this so-called "gradually inviting attack operation", he wanted to express his opinion. Why do the Japanese always make simple things so complicated? Preparations can be detailed, but the combat plan must be simple and clear. This is the consistent purpose of the People's Army, but the Japanese are not like this. They always like to make a dojo in a snail shell.

But Lin Yongchang resisted the urge to complain. Professional matters should be left to professionals. Akiyama Saneyuki fought well last time, so he will be in charge again this time. The Japanese like to make things so complicated, so let them do it. The Chinese government only provides them with new carburized steel armor and new explosives - a mixture of TNT and RDX, which is both powerful and reliable.

In addition to the newly launched dreadnought "Hanoi", the combined fleet also added ten submarines purchased from Germany. However, the performance of submarines at that time was still very backward and could only fight in the near sea. Moreover, submarines were regarded as "despicable" weapons by European and American countries. However, Akiyama Saneyuki and most East Asian generals did not agree with this. Weapons were made to destroy the enemy. How could they be "despicable" or "noble"?

War is the continuation of politics, but war has its own rules. Use whatever is useful. This is "pragmatism."

On the Philippine land, the large-scale counterattack of the US military played a role. General Pershing commanded the US and Philippine troops to break through from the right wing. After fierce fighting, they advanced more than 100 miles and "almost" won the land battle. Inspired by this good news, Admiral George Dewet accelerated his pace and led the huge US Navy fleet to press towards the Philippines.

The total tonnage of the US Navy reached 650,000 tons. All warships capable of long-distance voyages were pulled out. The expeditionary fleet under Dewey exceeded 400,000 tons, not counting various auxiliary ships, transport ships and supply ships. The total tonnage of the Combined Fleet was about 350,000 tons, which was more than 70% of the US Expeditionary Fleet in terms of tonnage. However, the smallest warship of the US Navy was a destroyer, while the Combined Fleet included torpedo boats and gunboats.

In the last South China Sea naval battle, the French Expeditionary Fleet and the East Asian Combined Fleet were equal in radius, with similar numbers of battleships and tonnage, and similar numbers of cruisers and destroyers. This time the situation is completely different. From the data on paper, the US Expeditionary Fleet is overwhelming the Combined Fleet. The US Navy has 18 battleships, while the East Asian Combined Fleet has only 9. In this era when battleships determine the outcome of naval battles, many people have predicted in advance that the US Navy will win a great victory.

Even the British were not optimistic about the East Asian Combined Fleet. The battleships were 18:9, and it would be difficult for the British Royal Navy to win. In order to give the Combined Fleet a better chance of winning, the British Royal Navy took the initiative to suggest sending a group of experienced officers and sailors to help the Combined Fleet fight, but was rejected. The British government was very sorry about this. They wanted to take this opportunity to get the specific data of the "Kanoi" battleship. There was military cooperation between Japan and Germany. The newly launched dreadnought used a large number of subsystems from Germany, such as steam turbines and 305mm main guns. As long as the performance of the "Kanoi" was figured out, the performance of the German dreadnought could be roughly understood.

The British dreadnought retained the tradition of the Royal Navy, emphasizing speed and firepower, but with a slightly poorer protection. The German dreadnought followed Germany's usual philosophy, with strong armor, but a little less firepower and speed. It's hard to say which is better or worse, as the development direction of the battleships of Britain and Germany is in line with the actual conditions of their respective countries.

The East Asian Alliance did not give them a chance and refused to allow British sailors to board the battleship "Hanoi". In its reply, the Taisho government said that if those British naval officers and sailors were willing to help on other old battleships, cruisers or destroyers, it would be possible.