"How could the Chinese Empire's Fearless Class Battleships have only 15,000 tons?"

"This is definitely a pitfall!"

Fisher, holding a copy of the fearless battleship information, asked the director James Bond in front of Prime Minister Thor.

"How can this be a pit? Our investigation is very accurate, you don't have to doubt it!" Bond said with a wry smile.

"Hey, what about you, I'm a three-year-old child? I've done countless tests in the past six months. The 15,000-ton Fearless Class battleship is equipped with 12 305 main guns and 8 203mm secondary guns. In this case, it must maintain a 300mm thick armor and a speed of more than 18 knots. As long as this ship is launched, it will definitely not float!"

Fisher immediately squirted Bond's face.

Bond was also stunned and shook his head and said, "This is impossible!"

Fisher immediately smashed all the test materials into Bond's hands, with an expression of looking at it yourself.

Sol immediately frowned. On one side was the trusted intelligence agency and on the other side was the authoritative expert in naval ships. Who was wrong?

Bond then explained: "Our intelligence personnel made great sacrifices to obtain this information!"

"Sometimes, if you make a huge sacrifice, you may not be able to get the truth!"

Thor eventually tends to believe in Fisher.

"I think there is something wrong with this photo. You looked at a few 203mm secondary cannons. At first, I thought it was a problem with the shooting angle, so I didn't look carefully, but now I look carefully, is it a bit crooked?"

Thor and Bond looked carefully and found that these 203mm main guns had some problems.

"you mean?"

"From my professional perspective, these eight 203mm main guns are fake? They are wrapped in paper shells and are just painted with disguise!"

Bond immediately said angrily: "How could they be so cunning in the damn Chinese Empire?"

Fisher snorted coldly and said, "The Chinese Empire has always been cunning!"

Thor asked back: "You said these 203 guns are fake, which means that their sea test battleship is a scam?"

Fisher nodded and said, "As far as I know, this is true! It's like during the Second Commercial War, Li Weiguo suddenly launched nine shallow-water heavy turret ironclad ships, causing severe damage to our imperial navy. It can be seen that if it was a secret weapon, the Chinese Empire would definitely hide carefully and take strict precautions. How could we easily take photos? Even when we were sea trials, we went out at night, conducted sea trials in secret waters during the day, and came back the next night!"

"It's indeed a scam!" Thor nodded and glared at Bond fiercely.

Bond suddenly felt miserable and would definitely teach those idiots who collected intelligence a lesson when they went back.

"So, is the sea test battleship deliberately exposed by the Chinese Empire deliberately induced us? In fact, the 12 new battleships they built, or is it continuing the previous design?"

"Can't say that completely!"

Fisher explained: "At least their triple main gun and turret design have given us great inspiration. This is probably the mainstream direction of the future development of naval battleships, and we cannot take it lightly."

Thor nodded and asked back, "Has the shipbuilding institute made progress recently?"

Fisher immediately smiled bitterly and said, "It's very difficult. First of all, after carrying 12 243mm main guns, the battleship's unit appears very crowded, and our second-class main gun has to squeeze space with the power compartment. For this reason, we have to enlarge the unit. At the same time, the 12 main guns require a larger displacement. At present, the basic design tonnage of 16,000 tons is not enough. If we still need to maintain the speed, it must be increased to at least 20,000 tons. Our budget is not enough."

Need a budget?

Sol rolled his eyes immediately. He wanted to recognize all British bankers as fathers, but unfortunately he couldn't afford to borrow money even if he recognized his father! The government owed too much debt and was heavily in debt, even the bankers were afraid.

"Then cut down on the construction quantity! Anyway, I don't have the money to provide you with more budgets!"

Hearing Thor's direct answer, Fisher's hope was shattered. He actually wanted to say that the real displacement of the Chinese Empire's Fearless Class Battleships has reached 20,000 tons. The 16,000-class battleships of our British Empire are not opponents, and must also be increased to 20,000 tons.

Unfortunately, Thor didn't give Fisher the chance to speak out, and directly cut off his thoughts.

Cut down the number of constructions?

The Admiralty certainly disagrees!

Fisher was in a dilemma!

"I'm discussing with Grant! Americans are richer than us now! I hope they can help! But they are all vampires, and we may have to transfer some core technologies to them!"

Thor said suddenly, which made Fisher happy.

Soon, Thor and Grant had a phone call, and the two first said something unnutritious about the British-US relationship, and then moved to the topic.

Thor wanted to borrow money from Grant, so he asked for $200 million.

"It's okay to have a $200 million, but I ask your country to transfer the Paris artillery technology while remaining neutral on the Caribbean issue!"

"There is no problem with the Paris artillery technology, but I don't want turmoil in the Caribbean! Now we should work together to deal with the Chinese Empire. At this time, war against Spain will alienate Europe from the United States! Don't forget that Spain is a Catholic country. Once you take action, you will provoke a war between Catholic and Protestantism!"

"Do you think $200 million is so easy to take out? We've just finished the civil war!"

Thor and Grant started bargaining. After more than two hours of dispute, the two finally reached an agreement.

In the end, Saul agreed to remain neutral in the Caribbean and transferred the Paris artillery technology to the United States. As compensation, the United States borrowed 300 million US dollars to the British Empire and provided 20 million US dollars for free assistance.

"These two old bastards finally finished talking, I'm so tired!"

On a telephone pole outside London, an electrician quickly put away the eavesdropping phone number and rushed to a nearby large manor, which was a secret contact point at the London Intelligence Station of the Chinese Empire S.H.E.L.D.

Soon, the content of the conversation between the British and US dollar leaders was sent to the Forbidden City through encrypted telegrams.

After seeing it, Li Weiguo suddenly showed surprise.

Are you mistaken? The Spanish-American War is about to start so soon?

I remember it was in 1898, it was only 1880 now! It was 18 years earlier!

However, after thinking about it, the Fearless Class Battleship was built in advance, so what else can't be done in advance?

Grant was a general from the Southern Army and fought the US-Mexico War. He was an invading maniac!

The Chinese Empire is no longer the Qing Empire in history. Grant naturally had no chance to invade China, so he had to turn to other countries. Spain is the best sheep, and Cuba Island is rich in sugar, which is a big piece of fat!

"Transfer the dialogue to the King of Spain in full, saying that if he is willing to give up the grudges between the two countries caused by the Philippines issue, then we will fully support Spain in the fight against the United States!"

Zhang Peilun worriedly said: "Your Majesty, will we start the Sino-US war in advance if we do this? Britain will also participate in the war at that time. Now, after all, it is the fifth idea!"

The five-year battle theory is a widely circulated remark in the international community. Many people believe that China and Britain will start another war!

However, Li Weiguo was not worried at all. He said: "Don't worry, the British are afraid of being beaten by us. If we are not sure, the British will never go to war with us easily! This is the benefit of winning four Sino-British wars in a row! The British are now more afraid of war than us! As for America, their development speed after unification in the past five years has been too fast. We must drag their backs, make some messes for America, and consume them. It is unreasonable to lend the British 300 million US dollars!"

Li Weiguo insisted on doing this, and Zhang Peilun could only do so. He immediately summoned the Spanish ambassador to China and forwarded the dialogue between Saul and Grant to the Spanish.

The Spanish ambassador to China was also shocked and hurriedly sent the content back to Madrid intact and reported to the Spanish king.

When Spanish King Alfonso XII learned about this, he was furious and scolded Britain and the United States for being shameless. He actually secretly hooked up and betrayed Spain.

However, Alfonso was also very cautious and could not fully believe in the Chinese Empire. He sent intelligence personnel to conduct a secret investigation. As a result, he soon learned that America had indeed borrowed US$300 million from the British Empire, of which 20 million US dollars were free of charge. This was clearly the cost of buying British neutrality and selling Spain!

Afangsou was immediately angry, but after all, he had no evidence, so it was impossible to just take a telegram from the Chinese Empire to him and fight to Thor and Grant.

So, at the instruction of Alfonso, the Spanish military began to contact the Chinese Emperor.

Since the Chinese Emperor* side received the decree of Li Weiguo, they treated the Spanish military representatives very enthusiastically.

Want to see the training of the Chinese Empire's Shen Ce Army? No problem, take them to see it now!

Want to see the most advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire? No problem, take them to see immediately and just watch it!

Which advanced weapon equipment are you optimistic about? We sell as much as you want! Knowing that you Spaniards have no money, we guarantee that it is the best price, which is cheaper than the German Empire, an ally exported to the Chinese Empire!

"Is this the legendary bloody heavy machine gun? Wow, it's really awesome! If our Spanish infantry equipped this weapon, the cliff will kill everyone!"

"This is a heavy howitzer with a diameter of 155 mm and 50 times? Wow, it's really unrivalled! This is probably the most powerful artillery equipment!"

"Is this an all-steel battleship? The Hung Feng-class battleship that made the British Navy look for teeth all over the ground? It's really majestic and domineering! It would be great if our Spanish Navy could get a few ships!"

The Chinese Emperor's side opened its mind to the Spanish military. The high-end and sophisticated weapons and equipment of various military forces were watched casually, and the Spanish military suddenly blinded the eyes of titanium alloy dogs!

"Can we buy a heavy machine gun for bloody?" asked a Spanish military representative weakly, afraid of being rejected. After all, this weapon is too cruel and the Chinese Empire will generally not export it to countries with hostile tendencies.

"No problem! How much do you want?" The receptionist of the Chinese Emperor's side nodded generously.

"Is this... five thousand okay?"

"Five thousand!"

"Isn't this too much? It doesn't matter, we can buy less!"

"No! Five thousand trumps are too little! Why don't you buy 20,000 trumps? How about I give you a 20% discount?"

Ah pud...

The Spanish officer knelt directly!

Similarly, as long as the Spanish military is willing to pay for various other weapons and equipment, the Chinese Empire will never refuse, and buy as much as you buy.

At the Lifanyuan, Zhang Peilun held negotiations with Spanish Minister Carlos on behalf of the Chinese Empire.

Although the Chinese Emperor's side is so generous, the Spanish military will sell whatever they want to buy, but in the end they have to be finalized at the negotiating table, and there must be additional political conditions.

"Your country is helping us like this, I don't know what purpose is it?" Carlos asked very directly, not like a politician at all.

Zhang Peilun then said directly: "It's very simple. Britain, the United States and Japan have formed an alliance, and France has also relaxed. The Tsarist Russian Empire will join sooner or later. It's just a matter of time! Our Chinese Empire is facing a large strategic encirclement. If we can cooperate with your country and restrain the British, it is also a good choice!"

Carlos sneered: "If you want to cooperate with each other, should you return the Philippines to us first and then talk about cooperation with each other!"

Zhang Peilun was stunned, and then realized that he underestimated Carlos, and the other party was not a simple person.

"It is impossible for Luzon to return it to you! It was originally a vassal state of our Chinese Empire! It is reasonable and well-founded for us to take it back! Of course, your country will definitely not be happy, but as compensation, we are willing to help your country guard Cuba!"

Carlos said: "We can also defend Cuba ourselves, and your country will worry about it!"
To be continued...