The sun never sets.

At the cabinet meeting, Akiyama Saneyuki once again raised his point of view, and then did not say anything else. He had already discussed it with the ministers before the meeting, and everyone knew what he was going to say, so he just stopped there. What was important was not the problem, but how to solve it.

"The Chinese government has refused to provide us with more support..."

“How could they do this?”

"Is this what an unbreakable alliance is like?"

"The Chinese government must take more responsibility!"

As soon as Akiyama Saneyuki finished speaking, complaints were heard in the room. After gaining access to the vast Chinese market, Japan's development speed has been much faster, but there are also some downsides, that is, many people have gone to China to work and never come back, and some people have lived in China for three years and passed the cultural examination, and then simply became Chinese citizens, which made the cabinet ministers very unhappy, and they believed that the Chinese government did not have the responsibility of a big brother.

Ito Hirobumi coughed and said, "China has put all its energy into domestic construction, and funds are not sufficient. Let's not talk about other things. Today we are discussing how to deal with the threat from the United States."

"We should form more army divisions!"

The War Department was obsessed with rebuilding the Continental Army, but this proposal was immediately rejected. Japan's main problem was that it had no money. No matter how many times the income increased, the government would always be short of money. The purpose of building battleships was to resist the threat of the United States and expand Japan's influence in the alliance. If the army divisions were expanded, what was the purpose?

Ito Hirobumi said to the Minister of the Army in dissatisfaction: "What we need to deal with the threat from the United States is more warships, not more army troops! If the navy is defeated, what is the point of forming more army divisions?"

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is absolutely right!"

"exactly!"

"Sorry, I was wrong." The navy was so powerful that the Minister of War could only bow his head and admit his mistake, but he still couldn't help but say: "Do we really have to give up Midway Island and other places? With the current strength, we can't hold those islands!"

"If the Americans really restart the war, then we will have no choice but to give up Midway Island!" Ito Hirobumi said without hesitation: "This is a strategy that has been determined long ago!"

Army Minister Terauchi Masatake said angrily, "Then I have nothing to say."

The Sino-Japanese alliance, or the East Asian alliance, is based on the "Chinese Army + Japanese Navy". If this foundation no longer exists, the alliance will not be able to continue. Besides, the Japanese government really has no money. In order to speed up development, the government has invested in building a lot of factories on the Japanese archipelago. There is no return yet, but for the sake of long-term interests, those factories must be built.

The cabinet ministers had no good ideas. If they wanted to resist the threat from the United States, they could only develop the navy. Vigorously developing the navy required more money, and the problem came back again - lack of money was the biggest problem.

"Takahashi, can't the Ministry of Finance think of another solution?"

The Ministry of Finance is the former Ministry of Finance, and now it has been renamed the same as China. Takahashi replied with a bitter face: "We can think of some ways, such as increasing the output of Iwami Silver Mine and Sado Gold Mine, and increasing investment in the gold mine in Hokkaido, which may bring in tens of millions of yen more."

"Ten million?"

Takahashi Korekiyo calculated in his mind, "About 50 million yen."

"Yoshi, as expected of Takahashi-kun!"

"Fifty million yen is enough to build three more dreadnoughts, right?"

"More than that! With this much money, we can build two super-dreadnoughts!"

The matter of the "super-dreadnought battleship" was the most important secret, but the cabinet ministers who attended the meeting knew a little bit about it. Akiyama Saneyuki shook his head and said, "At most, we can only build one super-dreadnought. It's not just the battleship, but also the supporting facilities and personnel, all of which cost money."

Previously, Japan did not have a dock to build a battleship of more than 15 tons. In order to build a super-dreadnought, it needed a larger dock, a larger gantry crane and other supporting facilities, and it also had to import -inch gun barrels from Germany and armored steel from China... If Japan did not want to be controlled by others, it would have to build a new factory to build a new steam turbine that uses fuel oil. If it used fuel oil as power, Japan would also need to build a petrochemical plant and find a stable source of oil.

Japan is an oil-poor country, and so is China. There are not many good oil producing areas in the East Asian Union. Either the geographical location is too remote and it is not convenient to transport oil out; or it is too difficult to extract and the cost is too high. There are two largest oil producing areas in East Asia. One is in northern Shaanxi. China's oil production is increasing rapidly, but it is not enough for China's own use; the other is in Sakhalin Island. The environment there is hard to describe. The ice period of more than four months a year is a huge trouble.

Shenyang is China's, Sakhalin is

The oil of the Grand Duchy is so scarce that if Japan wants to obtain oil quota, it can only buy it at a high price.

By this calculation, 50 million yen can only build a "super dreadnought". If you want to truly form combat effectiveness, let alone 50 million yen, even 100 million yen will not be enough.

"Takahashi-kun, can't we borrow money from Britain and France again?"

After the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japan received an unimaginable return, not only paying off its foreign debts, but also having some surpluses. In the blink of an eye, the Japanese government has fallen to the point where it needs to borrow money from Britain and France again?

"It's not so easy to get loans from the British and French," Takahashi Korekiyo's face became even more bitter, "Whether it's Britain or France, the interest they charge is very high. Instead of borrowing money from Britain and France, it's better to issue another national debt, or borrow money from China."

China once asked Japan for a lot of war reparations, but Japan did not suffer substantial damage because China transferred a lot of technology to Japan for free, some of which could not be bought with money. In addition, China also provided Japan with an interest-free loan of up to hundreds of millions of RMB to promote economic cooperation between China and Japan.

Takahashi Korekiyo was unwilling to seek loans from Britain and France. Nine out of 13 returned, with interest compounded, was really unbearable. Big Brother was still reliable. The Prime Minister was right when he said, "Everything can be abandoned, but the United Nations cannot be abandoned."

Chapter 509 Olympics

Marshal Lin was not doing charity. He gave Japan interest-free loans because it was profitable, not only for national defense but also for economic benefits. Moreover, he had to charge interest for future loans. However, even if he charged interest, it was much better than the usury of Britain and France.

Now that we are not at war, Takahashi Korekiyo is unwilling to borrow from the British and French loan sharks. Britain and France are very happy to give money, but it is painful to pay them back. Big Brother is still better. The interest rate is less than half of that of the imperialist powers, and there are no messy fees and political additional conditions.

Takahashi Korekiyo wanted to borrow money from China again, but the big brother might not be willing to lend money to Japan again. It's not that he was afraid of not being able to get it back. In the international community, the one who owes money is not necessarily the boss. The main problem is that China's funds are not enough. In order to carry out construction, the Chinese government has issued six rounds of construction bonds and used all the gold it had just produced to buy machinery. It really has no money to support Japan. Well, if we squeeze it out, for example, by suspending the construction of some projects, we can still squeeze out money, but why?

“China can’t lend us more money.”

In fact, Ito Hirobumi had a better idea. In private exchanges, Akiyama Saneyuki agreed with the Prime Minister's wonderful ideas, but others did not think so, and some people directly expressed their opposition. Now Ito Hirobumi was thinking about who could take the initiative to come up with that "good idea", but no one did. Everyone knew it, but they all pretended that they didn't know. That "good idea" was indeed a good idea, but the person who came up with it would probably be in trouble. Akiyama Saneyuki was ready to say that he was not afraid of bad luck. At worst, he would go home and become a monk. He had wanted to do this a long time ago, but the people in the Navy Department persuaded him hard, and he could not ignore the opinions of his friends and subordinates.

Seeing that no one was willing to bravely stand up and take responsibility, Ito Hirobumi didn't say much. The threat from the United States is not big now. When the Americans have ten or eight dreadnoughts, the situation may be different. Let's talk about it then. Separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, China and Japan cannot really liberate North America in a short period of time, and it is difficult for the United States to attack Asia. There is still a long time to make plans.

Hirobumi Ito changed the topic and talked about next year's London Olympics.

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece more than 1500 years ago and were named after the venue in Olympia. After the ancient Olympic Games were suspended for 19 years, the Frenchman Coubertin proposed the idea of holding the modern Olympic Games in the late 1894th century. The International Olympic Committee was established in 1896, and the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in .

Candidate cities for the 4th Olympic Games included Berlin, Germany, Milan and Rome, Italy. Coubertin wanted to influence the development of the Olympic Movement with the glorious culture of ancient Rome, so at the 1904th session of the International Olympic Committee in 7, it was decided that Rome would host the 1906th Olympic Games. However, due to multiple earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Italy, the economy suffered heavy losses, so at the Athens Inter-Olympic Games, Italy announced that it would give up the right to host the Games on the grounds that it was unable to build multiple competition venues due to financial difficulties.

Rome's temporary withdrawal left only two years to host the Olympics. Time was running out and the International Olympic Committee was at a loss. At this time, 51-year-old British fencing star Grenfell, on behalf of the British sports community, told Coubertin that London could take on this important task. Coubertin was overjoyed to hear the news. He had long thought that only this advanced sports country in the world could accomplish this important task.

Originally, the Olympics had little to do with China. Lin Yongchang was not very interested in the Nobel Prize or the Olympics, and was ready to break away from Europe and the United States and do his own thing. First it was the Asian Games, then the World Games, but Mr. Coubertin strongly invited China to participate in the Olympics, because China was already a member of the great powers and a force that could not be ignored in the world. There were also many people in China who called for China to participate in the Olympics. Lin Yongchang had no objection to this. Since they invited him sincerely, he should go. It was good to let some people go out and see the world, and they could gain something.

Marshal Lin is not very

If you care about the Olympics, you only plan to send people to participate in seven or eight events and win a few gold medals. But if you win all the gold medals, that would be meaningless.

Since China was preparing to participate in the Olympics, Japan could not fall behind. Komura Jutaro formed an Olympic team and prepared to shine in London to let the world know the power of Japanese samurai. Ito Hirobumi believed that participating in the Olympics would help improve Japan's international image and asked Komura Jutaro to do a good job and bring back more medals.

Although the shameless lies of "white supremacy" had been shattered in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, that was only in Asia. In Europe, "white supremacy" still had a large market. In North America, due to the defeat, the KKK became prosperous again.

Ito Hirobumi knew all these things. He said with a serious expression: "The Olympic team must win glory for Japan and Asia!"

Komura Jutaro stood up and shouted energetically: "Hayi!"

The meeting ended and the ministers left the meeting room one after another. Akiyama Saneyuki stayed for a while, and after everyone left, he said to Ito Hirobumi: "You said before... If necessary, I can bring it up at the next cabinet meeting."

"It's not time yet, let's just leave it like this for now."

Ito Hirobumi stood up slowly. "Don't worry. Japan's situation is much better than it was four years ago. We don't owe the British money anymore. The country's fiscal revenue is increasing every year, and the growth rate is getting faster and faster. In this situation, we just need to hold our ground."

"However, there is still a big gap between Japan and the United States."

“It is very big, but it is not that big if you add China into the equation.”

Akiyama Saneyuki was silent. Ito Hirobumi smiled and said, "The American military strength is growing very fast, but their economic growth is very slow. Chairman Lin said that if you choose capitalism, you will choose an economic crisis every ten years. It has been seven years since the last economic crisis. In another three years, it will be the turn of a new economic crisis to break out."

"If, I mean if," Akiyama Saneyuki followed Ito Hirobumi, "what if there was no economic crisis in the United States three years later?"

"You don't believe in Chairman Lin's theory?"

"...Chairman Lin also said that China and Japan will also suffer economic crises in the future."

"Well, maybe." The guard opened the door and Ito Hirobumi walked out first. "But that should be a long time in the future. I probably won't be able to see it."

Chapter 510 More

The Japanese government felt the threat from across the ocean, and so did China. President Charles said that the United States was a sleeping giant that had been awakened, and this statement was correct. When the United States started to build, not only Japan, but also China felt the threat. The Americans built three battleships, two heavy cruisers, and more light warships at the same time, which was faster than the British Empire.

Even though American warships are big and clumsy, and even though the speed of American dreadnoughts is still terrible, as long as they continue to invest in the navy, the ability of American shipbuilding will improve quickly. There is nothing special about the technology of dreadnoughts, it just integrates existing technologies. Upgrading is not very troublesome, it just means replacing it with a larger hull, more steam turbines and larger caliber main guns. These are not a problem for the United States, as long as they are willing to spend money.

However, Lin Yongchang was not very worried about the United States, not because Japan was at the forefront, nor because he knew that the big ships and cannons would eventually give way to aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, but because the first country to be affected by the strengthening of the US navy was not China, but Britain. Hawaii is now a republic protected by "independence protection", and the Panama Canal is in the hands of the British Empire. Even if the Americans can ignore Hawaii and directly attack Midway Island, they cannot ignore the Panama Canal.

Without this vital canal, the US Navy was torn in two. To move the fleet from the East Coast to the West Coast, or vice versa, it would have to go around South America. If you were brave enough, you could go around North America. In any case, it would take more than half a year, and there was the risk of being intercepted along the way.

Without the Panama Canal, the United States would not be able to exert its full strength in either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. Now the control of the Panama Canal is in the hands of the British Empire, which is like the lifeblood of the United States being held in the hands of the British. As long as the Americans do not take back the Panama Canal, there is no need to worry about them coming to Asia again.

The conflict between Britain and Germany is irreconcilable, and the conflict between Britain and the United States is also irreconcilable, unless Britain is willing to give up its world hegemony and its colonial system around the world.

It is possible that the United States would make peace with Britain and then focus all its energy on Asia. If that happened, Marshal Lin would have no other choice but to strengthen his military after completing the first five-year plan. Although it is reasonable that the United States would not be so stubborn, who can say for sure? Countries, like people, are not always rational, and they may do something irrational at any time.

However, Lin Yongchang was not worried. The Americans were not the future king division. Even if they were the future king division, they could only win the battle by relying on their size and technological advantages. Once they lost their firepower advantage and military technology advantages, the king division would be like a person who could not fight.

Despite its advantages in technology and size, the Wang Division was often beaten badly. The Korean War and the Vietnam War were the most famous. In addition, there was the Bay of Pigs Operation and many other military operations, in which the Wang Division did not perform well.

The most glorious moments for American soldiers were the two Gulf Wars. Before and after that, they performed mediocrely. China's technological level has surpassed that of the United States, but its shipbuilding capacity is still not as good. If the Americans are really so stubborn and rush back to Asia, it is possible that they will have to take a good look at the great role of the "people's line" in the war.

Comrade Steel's line is almost prepared for war. Lin Yongchang's "People's Line" is not as extreme as the "Steel Model", but it is still several times stronger than the current capitalism. Unless the Americans transform into the "Arsenal of Democracy", they can fight back and forth with the "People's Line". However, if the US government really does that, the British will definitely be the first to jump up.

Lin Yongchang read the proposal submitted by the Japanese government and ignored it except for the three words "got it". The other members of the Central Standing Committee did not pay much attention to this issue. Everyone focused on domestic construction. The steel mills that started construction two years ago have been completed one after another, and China's steel production capacity has reached 5 million tons/year. This output is ranked among the best in Europe, worse than Germany and the United Kingdom, but higher than France.

However, China still has a lot of problems to solve. Even if it produces 500 million tons of steel per year, it is not enough. Steel is needed for construction in various places. Railways, buildings, factories, tens of thousands of tons of steel are used. Even if the central government calls on the people of the country to be frugal, it still needs to be used where it is needed. For example, for bridge piers, the steel bars and cement should be of the right grade and strength. Saving money in such places will cause big problems.

In addition to continuing to build railways, the central government also began to build roads, either expressways that can accommodate large trucks or ordinary asphalt and cement roads. Asphalt is the residue left after petroleum distillation or coal coking, and can be used as a raw material for chemical products. The remaining difficult-to-handle asphalt is used to build roads and is also used as fuel. However, when there is less asphalt, a lot of toxic gases will be produced, so it is better to use it for road construction.

If railways are the aorta, then highways are the capillaries. Railways are important, and so are highways. Building highways is much faster than building railways, and the price is much cheaper. According to the plan of the Ministry of Transport, the annual mileage of highways built is about twenty times that of railways.

In addition, the central government is also reclaiming new land to increase the planting area of cotton and grain. Due to the geographical environment, the cotton produced in the Western Regions is of good quality and has a high yield, but the cotton produced in the Western Regions alone cannot meet the country's needs. Cotton is not only used for weaving cloth, but also an important raw material for the military industry. Now there is no war, and the military production capacity of many factories has been used for people's livelihood, but the country has launched a heavy howitzer project... Well, it is actually a 105mm howitzer. In Europe and the United States, the 105mm howitzer can only be called a light howitzer.

In order to produce artillery shells, the country needs more cotton. In order to develop the textile industry and meet the people's clothing needs, the country also needs more cotton. Similarly, the country also needs more food, more steel, and more coal...

Many comrades in the party believe that under the leadership of Chairman Lin, the country has achieved brilliant achievements, but in Lin Yongchang's view, this is just the beginning? Not enough, far from enough! He needs... No, it is the country and the people who need more, much more!

Chapter 511: The Upper

Because of the threat from the United States, the Japanese government repeatedly requested Marshal Lin for guidance. Lin Yongchang was also a little afraid of Master Wang, so he went to Shanghai with a small entourage and held a meeting with diplomats from Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Ryukyu and Siberia. They finalized the charter of the "Shanghai Coordinating Committee", also known as the "Export Control Coordinating Committee", to control the export of technology outside ASEAN.

The current US industrial strength is strong, but the level of science and technology is so-so, far behind Britain and Germany. The "superior" stipulates that any technology and equipment that can enhance the combat capability of other countries' navies, especially the US Navy, shall not be sold, and violators will be fined and subject to economic sanctions.

The organizational structures of the Shanghai Coordinating Committee are:

① Advisory Group. It is the decision-making body of COCOM, and is attended by senior officials from each member state. ② Adjustment Committee. ③ American Committee. It is the executive body for the embargo against the United States. The main purpose of COCOM is to implement the embargo policy against the United States. There are three major categories of embargoed products, including military weapons and equipment, cutting-edge technology products and strategic products.

There are 4 types of prohibited shipments.

① List I is an absolute ban, including electroslag remelting technology and the latest tower sulfuric acid manufacturing method. ② List II is subject to quantity control. ③ List III is a surveillance item. ④ US ban list, that is, a special ban list for US trade.

Why did the Shanghai Coordinating Committee suddenly come up? Because the United States already has three dreadnoughts and refused to negotiate with the East Asian Alliance about the ratio of the tonnage of the main battleships, even if ASEAN was willing to set the tonnage of the main battleships at 60% of that of the United States. After the Battle of Leyte Gulf, ASEAN dealt a heavy blow to the Americans, which reduced the cohesion within the United States by several points and also made some people in the United States have a negative impression of China.

The Irish immigrants, who were already dissatisfied with the Chinese taking their jobs, became even more angry and launched many attacks.

Anyone with an Asian appearance is likely to be attacked in the United States. The KKK took the opportunity to create many atrocities. They not only burned black people, but also yellow people. The remaining Indians were killed again and were almost exterminated. In their view, all ethnic groups except white people are inferior races and need to be wiped out with fire. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to the United States, demanding that the US government must immediately stop such terrorist and racist acts and must immediately stop the practice of imprisoning people for forced labor, but was rejected by the US government. The US government claimed that there was no genocide or forced labor at all. They claimed that the Chinese government's statement was made out of thin air and damaged the international reputation of the United States, and demanded that the Chinese government publicly apologize.

After the Americans had three dreadnoughts, they began to put pressure on China, demanding that the Chinese government make more concessions in trade. The U.S. Navy has regained its ability to protect itself. Not only did they have three new dreadnoughts, they also built a number of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and submarines. Although they cannot re-enter the Western Pacific, they are almost enough for self-protection, so the U.S. government has become more vocal.

Lin Yongchang did not want to make a deadly feud with the Americans. He was not a racist, but wanted to lead the entire human race into a new era, but the Americans did not think so. Marshal Lin said that he planned to use part of the compensation to build a university in New York to recruit American students, but this was also rejected by the US government. Sending students to study in China? The Chinese really have ideas!

In this case, we can only impose an embargo on the United States. An embargo is an embargo, no big deal. China today is not the China of another time and space, and its economy is not completely dependent on exports to the United States. China in this time and space has initially established an internal economic cycle, and its dependence on foreign trade is not that great.

China was not the first country to impose an embargo on the United States. The first was the British Empire. The British have always been resentful of losing North America, but this was not the main reason for Britain's embargo on the United States. The main reason was that Britain's interests were damaged.

Four years ago, Joseph Chamberlain, the father of Chamberlain who brought peace to Europe for generations, stood in Birmingham City Hall and gave a speech. Under the banner of tariff reform, he called for the establishment of a trade protection wall throughout the territory of the British Empire. This speech marked the first shot of the trade war fired by Britain. The targets of the trade war were the rapidly rising Germany and the United States. Britain had the same view on the United States and Germany, both of which needed to be suppressed, and now China was added. However, because China did not build battleships, it was not suppressed as severely as the United States and Germany.

Britain needed to deal with Germany and the United States at the same time, and gradually felt that it was not enough. Germany and the United States Germany's industrial strength was higher than that of Britain. Germany's shipbuilding speed was not as fast as Britain's, and the United States' technological level was not as high as Britain's, but both countries had the strength to challenge Britain. Germany now started building two dreadnoughts at the same time, and the caliber of the main guns had reached an astonishing 13.5 inches, and was still tinkering with "super dreadnoughts". Even though the shipbuilding speed was not as fast as Britain, Germany did not want to maintain colonies all over the world like Britain.

In response to Germany's provocation, the British frantically clamored to sink the entire German navy and claimed that "if Germany builds one battleship, Britain will build two."

The United States' technological level is a little behind, but it has not formed a generation gap. Now the Americans are simultaneously building three battleships and three heavy cruisers, as well as a large number of light ships, which puts Britain under great pressure. The gentlemen in Downing Street can clamor that "if Germany builds one battleship, Britain will build two", but they cannot say this to the United States. It's not that they dare not, but that they really don't have the strength to do so.

Germany has two, the United States has three, so Britain starts building ten battleships every year?

One battleship cost him two million pounds, and ten battleships were only 4 million pounds. Compared with the million pounds in the Boer War, it didn't seem like much... But Britain needed money for so many places. Even if it squeezed the poor people in the East End of London dry, it couldn't raise enough money. It's not enough to just build a battleship. It also requires maintenance, operators, and an entire production chain, all of which cost money.

After the Boer War, the British gentlemen were ready to turn from expansion to "conservatism". Now the money spent was comparable to that spent on war, and so much money was thrown into building warships every year that the British Empire was already somewhat unable to sustain itself.

Chapter 512 Battlecruiser

In this era, Americans did not have a very good reputation in Europe because they always copied and counterfeited European technology and products, and were regarded as despicable thieves and shameless plagiarists by European countries. Americans also knew that they were backward in technology. Although they produced a lot of steel and built many railways, backwardness in technology was the biggest disadvantage of the United States.

In the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the USS South Carolina, the first dreadnought in the United States, played a great role, but it was inferior to the ASEAN dreadnought Hanoi in terms of armor, speed and firepower. Its firepower was at the same level, but its defense was

Its power is much weaker, and its speed is far inferior to that of the "Hanoi".

In order to catch up with military technology, the Americans took some actions, including sending spies and taking diplomatic actions, but the results were not very good. China established the "Shanghai Coordinating Committee", and Britain, France and Germany all launched counter-espionage operations. The main purpose was not to target the United States, but to fight between the Allies and the Central Powers. By the way, many American spies were caught, which further confirmed the reputation of the Americans as "thieves".

Lin Yongchang previously said that "technology has no national boundaries", and now he has come up with the "Shanghai Coordination Committee", which is simply a slap in his own face. There are also people like Wu Zhihui who have ridiculed this in the newspapers, but under the propaganda of the national media, most people do not think there is anything wrong with doing this. "To maintain peace in the Pacific region" is a good and powerful reason. Most people can accept this as a reason to ban the export of technology and machines that may be used to manufacture weapons to the United States.

Especially in Japan, the fact that the United States started building three dreadnoughts at the same time made the Japanese feel very uncomfortable. They fully supported the "Shanghai Coordination Committee" and actively participated in it. The Japanese also raised the issue of cooperation with Germany, hoping that Germany could also impose a partial embargo on the United States, but this request was rejected by the German government. Germany is the first land power, second only to Britain, the leader of the Allies, and its international status is much higher than that of Japan. Even China did not make such unreasonable demands to Germany. How dare the Japanese government open its mouth?

Maybe this is the national character of Japan, they always like to feel good and self-righteous. It's like in another time and space, the Japanese Prime Minister proposed several times to abolish the veto power of the five permanent members, and then was vetoed by Russia or the United States.

In the second half of 1907, the main topic in the world was the "naval arms race" between the great powers. The German government spent a lot of money to introduce the "electroslag remelting" technology and the formula of new gun steel, successfully manufactured a 13.5-inch main gun, and passed the test. The German Navy did not plan to directly build the "Kaiser Wilhelm-class" super dreadnought, but planned to build several transitional models between dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts step by step.

The main reason for this is that Germany's technical level is still insufficient. The research progress of several subsystems of the "Kaiser Wilhelm Class" has not been completed, and it can only build a transitional battleship that continues to use coal as fuel. According to the evaluation of the German Navy, after using new gunpowder and new armor-piercing shells, the power of the German 13.5-inch main gun is stronger than the British 13.5-inch cannon. In other words, Germany has once again formed a naval advantage over Britain, at least in terms of technology, but it is still a little behind in tonnage.

Well, that was only what the Germans thought. British Admiral Fisher insisted that firepower was paramount. Under the auspices of John Arbuthnot Fisher, the British began to build "high-speed battleships", also known as "battlecruisers". The first battlecruiser built by the British was the "Invincible Class". There were five basic design plans for this battlecruiser, and the E plan was finally adopted, which gave the battlecruiser the following three main tasks:

1. Break through the enemy's light warships to conduct forced reconnaissance;