Finally came back from a business trip, the previous chapter number was repeated, so I will automatically skip it

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In the cold winter, the weather was cold and humid, and in the early 20th century, the smog was very serious, and there were often bad situations of missing people when going out. On such a day, Xia Shu stayed in a salon at Buckingham Palace, sitting at the table with his opponents during the war, talking loudly about weapons that might be used to attack each other in the next war. At first glance, this scene seemed incredible, but throughout history, similar things were not uncommon.

In Xia Shu's eyes, Lord Fisher, the veteran of the British Royal Navy, was a very remarkable figure, because he not only saw the development trend of the main battleship, but also led the change with extraordinary courage, which enabled the British Navy to achieve the sublimation of quantitative change to qualitative change at the turn of the century. Before the war broke out, in addition to Germany, a powerful opponent, the British Navy could ignore the naval fleet of any powerful country and proudly rushed to the waters of the Jutland Peninsula, which was the greatest creation of the industrial era.

Unfortunately, in the waters of the Jutland Peninsula, the sharp sword was defeated by the strong shield, and the gorgeous loss was lost to pragmatism. Technical details such as shell fuses, loss control, and some subjective factors determined the outcome of the naval battle. After that, the German navy pursued and pressed forward step by step, causing the British navy to gradually lose the confidence and courage to rely on for a foothold. After the war, when people left their utilitarian minds and studied the performance of the British and German navy in the war from an objective perspective, they found that the British main ships were not the best.

It was so vulnerable at first. In terms of single combat power, the British super-dreadnought is stronger than any German dreadnought. As long as it can adopt a tactical strategy of playing to avoid weaknesses, the British battlecruisers still have great potential... In other words, the failure of naval battles is not the absolute responsibility of the warship designers. They have created a new fleet with first-class performance based on the traditional strategies and tactical style of their own naval forces, but the users have not fully understood their advantages and disadvantages and used them properly.

By the end of 1918, Lord Fisher was already an old man, but he was still quick-thinking and accurate in his eyes. In his words, he expressed satisfaction with the standard aircraft carrier of the Allied Power introduced by Xia Shu, and even praised him bluntly in front of his colleagues that this was a new battleship of epoch-making significance, a core naval warfare with a status of dreadnought and battle cruiser, and had the potential to dominate the sea and defeat the defeat in more than ten years.

Historical trends coincide. The Lord also proposed that the transfer of standard aircraft carriers should include carrier-based aircraft and aviation weapons technology. However, the actual rulers of the British Navy, British Navy Secretary Belford and First Minister of Maritime Baron Wilms, turned a blind eye to Lord Fisher's precious gold suggestions. They may not believe from the beginning that Ireland would violate the wishes of the German ruling class and sell the standard aircraft carriers involving strategic secrets to the UK.

National. You should know that the German Navy regards aircraft carriers as an effective extension of the vision and fire strikes of the main fleet. They will definitely appear in every large-scale exercise. At present, except for the "Rupresitt" modified by the "Tiger" battle patrol, other aircraft carriers currently in service in the German Navy have been embarrassed. Sooner or later, their positions will be replaced by newly built standard aircraft carriers and subsequent improved models, so they must be regarded as core technology by the Germans.

Since the birth of the dreadnought, only two of the battleships and battlecruisers built by Germany have been transferred to foreign countries. One is the battleship "Von der Tann" transferred to Ireland through the Ottoman Turkey, and the other is the super-dreadnought "Mohammed" specially built for the Ottoman Turkey. It is not impossible to build new main battleships for neutral countries and even potential opponents, but it must be based on the fact that the other party has paid a certain political cost.

Belfort and Baron Wilms were not very active, but Sir Daincott, the director of the Shipbuilding Bureau, was very active. However, the role he played here was like a clever and cunning spy. He tried to find out the root of the design of the standard aircraft carrier, or induce the other party to give more detailed explanations in questioning. After more than three hours of conversation, he received a lot of affirmative or negative answers from the King of Ireland. Although he had nothing to do with technical details, it was still helpful for the British Navy to further understand the status of the standard aircraft carrier.

It can be seen that when he was about to leave, Sir Daincott was still a little unsatisfied and a little frustrated. Britain also has first-class mechanical technology, so why can't it build a qualified aircraft carrier?

In fact, the answer is very simple. Without plug-ins, building a new ship is like leveling and killing monsters. It must be progressive step by step and develop reasonably. In a hurry to make quick success and instant benefits, even if most of the abilities rush up, some neglected keys may still lead to failure in the whole market.

Germany has not yet reported information, and the British are not thinking about buying. Xia Shu thought that the matter would have to be delayed for a while before it was decided. Unexpectedly, just the day before he and Charlotte left the UK, all proposals of the UK-Iraq Economic Cooperation Agreement had been negotiated, and only the heads of both sides signed the document. At this time, King George V of the British King proposed to Xia Shu that the British Navy had requested a standard aircraft carrier from Ireland. He hoped that Xia Shu could carefully consider this transaction from the standpoint of a king of a country and make wise decisions for the long-term cooperation and common development of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Coincidentally, on the same day, the envoy sent by the German Emperor arrived in London with his handwritten letter. William II's attitude was not as wise and generous as Natsuki expected, but regretted that Ireland was about to sign an economic cooperation agreement with the UK, because in the eyes of him and his economic advisers, Ireland could continue to maintain a good momentum of economic and trade development without developing the British market. As long as Ireland canceled economic cooperation with the UK, Germany would give Ireland the same economic and trade preferential treatment and give priority to Ireland's military-industrial enterprises in the next year's military purchase projects.

As for the UK's purchase of a standard aircraft carrier, it lists a lot of reasons such as strategic heights, technical levels, emotional factors, etc., the opinions that William II wants to express are very clear: There is no way!

What Natsuki did not expect was that the person who was entrusted by the German Emperor as the special envoy was his bare-butt playmate, His Highness, Prince Christian of Oldenburg. He is currently serving in the light fleet and is not a senior general, and he has little far-sighted insight into the overall development of the German navy. However, from the perspective of a German navy general, he was incredible about the fact that Britain planned to order a standard aircraft carrier from Ireland, and felt that this must be a high-level means for the British to obtain technical information from the Allies. Ireland should not resell technical secrets that concern the lives of thousands of people to the British for immediate interests.

Reginal's idea is not without reason. After all, Britain has a rich family. Most of the ships were sent to the seabed during the war and were defeated and cedeed, but they did not recover like France and Russia. After hooking up with the United States, they successfully bypassed the various restrictions of the London Armistice Treaty. In a little time, a brand new main fleet will appear in front of the world. Moreover, Britain's industry, economy, trade, and finance have suffered far less severely than the outside world expected. With the joint efforts of all British classes, Britain's recovery momentum in the past two years has faintly overwhelmed the economic miracle that the Irish are proud of.

Although Christian's eloquence is not as good as those officials who have been in the political circle for many years, he was indeed persuaded by the German Emperor to change his original intention. However, the relationship between the two is good, but Christian has always been following since childhood, and he has always admired Xia Shu's talent and vision. On whether to accept the British shipbuilding order, he listened to Xia Shu's explanation with enough patience, and felt that Xia Shu's considerations were tenable, so he did not continue to be entangled in the personal position. It was just that the person was slight, so he could not persuade him in front of the German Emperor.

Through William II's reaction, Xia Shu knew that letters alone could not make the stubborn emperor change his mind. Unfortunately, when he visited Germany, the UK had not yet proposed an ordering intention, otherwise it would not be too difficult to convince the German Emperor and Tirpitz with Xia Shu's defense skills. Now he turned around and went to Germany and changed the established itinerary in the middle. William II had already had preconceived ideas, and it was likely that he had discussed with the staff officials. It would be not easy to reverse the situation. Since this was the case, he decided to follow the trend and asked the accompanying officials to notify the British government that since the British King intends to tie up economic and trade cooperation with shipbuilding cooperation, he will postpone the signing and wait until all the matters are negotiated.

According to the Irish officials who went to inform, the sudden change surprised the British. They had already prepared the signing ceremony and an internal celebration banquet, and planned to issue an official notice the next day. If everything goes well, all tax preferential measures can be implemented from the New Year of 1919, but now all of this can only be put on hold.

Although such a change made the British side unwilling, how arrogant and majestic King George V could show his desire to bow his head and compromise with the King of Ireland. However, British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald hurried to negotiate and talked about the various conveniences of the conclusion of the economic cooperation agreement between Britain and Ireland, and then tactfully stated that His Majesty the King of England had no intention of forcibly binding the economic and trade agreement with standard aircraft carrier cooperation matters, which may be because both sides had misunderstandings in their understanding of their meaning.

Natsuki has a good impression of the British Prime Minister who has implemented a policy of peaceful development, but he will not take it back because of his one-sided statement. He has already thought of a countermeasure and suggested to MacDonald that the two sides can first sign a memorandum of economic and trade cooperation, and then convert it into a formal agreement after the conditions are fully ripe.
Chapter completed!