Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 63 >

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Meanwhile, countries around the world were pushing for super-large naval ships.

First of all, if you look at Britain, which had the world’s largest naval power, many of the battleships of the former Dreadnought class, which still accounted for the main force in numbers, sank in the North Sea, causing an emergency.

Fortunately, there was no loss of a single battlecruiser. The damage was enormous, with the majority of all Dreadnought-class and Dreadnought-class battleships sank.

As a result, the Royal Navy determined that six revenge-class ships and six Queen Elizabeth-class ships with additional builds would be the main characters in future battles.

This was due to the fact that there were not even a few remaining all-dreadnought-class and dreadnought-class battleships left.

However, it was clear that 12 battleships would not be enough to defend all British overseas territories spread over 5 seas and 6 continents. It was likely to get in trouble.

At this time, 1st Naval Police Officer Fisher proposed a reorganization of the fleet force with a focus on battlecruisers. In addition to the large Couragers-class light cruisers currently under construction, two Linaun-class battlecruisers currently under construction, the current Lion-class battlecruisers, and six Invincible-class and Independent-class battlecruisers, Admiral-class battlecruiser plans and Incomparar It has been proposed to build a new battleship equipped with three 18-inch triple turrets that can respond to American 18-inch-class battleships based on the U-4 plan of 1914. it was

The plan was based on the argument that the German navy’s victory at the Battle of Jutland was the existence of a battlecruiser squadron, and that in the long term, cruisers capable of projecting high-speed anywhere in the world would dominate the seas.

This was particularly fueled by the large-scale naval plans of the Russian Empire. After the war, we had to deal with the Russian Empire anyway, and we had to be wary of the situation in which we had to deal with France + Russia alone in the long run.

Britain tried to solve this by strengthening the alliance with Japan, but Japan showed only a lukewarm attitude and refused to provide military support, so Britain had no choice but to imagine the worst case.

When the Anglo-Japanese alliance is abolished and the French-Russian alliance is hostile at the same time.

The construction of Lyon-class and Normandy-class, which had been suspended in France alone, was resumed urgently to replace the lost battleships, and the British were rapidly recovering the naval power lost due to the Brittany-class, etc. In the midst of embracing it, it began to scratch the nerves of Britain as far as the United States of America across the Atlantic.

Clearly, the United States was a lifeline deal for Britain, which sells large quantities of goods, but the largest naval plan ever approved by Congress was enough to set the Navy’s feet on fire.

The Lexington-class battlecruiser, which was scheduled to be built several years earlier than its original history, the new South Dakota-class fast battleship, and the largest-displacement Kansas-class battleship ever using 12 18-inch battleships.

When information came in that even Italy was designing a high-speed battleship, the Project Ferrati battleship, which is supposed to be equivalent to the Queen Elizabeth class, it was calculated that war was war and that hegemony could only be maintained if a large-scale naval plan was carried out immediately. it was

Because the karma the British Empire had accumulated was too wide and deep to lose its hegemony.

There was a debate about the purchase of the Virginia-class, Maine-class, Connecticut-class, Dreadnought-class South Carolina-class battleships, and Delaware-class battleships from the United States, but there were many objections about the lack of reality due to parts compatibility or training problems.

Of course, there were a lot of arguments that now is the time to choose between cold and hot meals, but in any case, the need to expand the battleship force immediately and promptly was shared by everyone.

In addition, the Russian Empire was also in full swing, with Archduke Kirill publicly proposing plans for a 15-inch-class St. Petersburg-class battlecruiser and a 12-inch-class Sevastopol-class large cruiser, saying that the Russian Empire would expand the battlecruiser squadron in the name of an advanced version of the Izmail-class. He even jumped into a battlecruiser naval vessel.

Of course, the story was a little different for the Russian Empire.

Although Stolipin risked his political life to smash Mir, about 30% of Mir still escaped dismantling. It remained anyway.

Although the conversion to a rotation crop was successful to some extent rather than the three-pot system used only in the Middle Ages, the problem of the nobility occupying pastures and forests did not disappear easily.

In a situation where even Stolipin himself judged that reform would not be achieved until the 1930s, even if it was an ideal situation in which he would not be embroiled in war or conflict, Archduke Kirill’s argument that he would build an additional battlecruiser in the finances barely avoiding deficits Stolipin, who fell by the back of his neck, was in the midst of raising his voice that if he had the money to do so, he should do it properly and solve the crazy situation where Samarkand cotton was much more expensive than American cotton.

However, the British had no way of knowing such details, and there was only one response from the British standpoint.

Building more battleships, and pouring more money into them.

“Therefore, we need to somehow find a way out of this issue at this meeting.”

“Is it possible?”

“I don’t know, damn it, the upper-heads stuttered for a while, and in the end they couldn’t give up anything.”

“No, whether we give up the Mediterranean Sea, whether we give up Suez, whether we give up Iran, whether we give up China or Japan, we have to give up one thing.”

“The defense of the mainland will somehow endure through the naval plan, and we will somehow resolve it through diplomacy with Japan.”

“….. Is it possible?”

After negotiations with Japan, only four battleships without ground forces and four armored cruisers, which were not even dreadnoughts, were only of the Katori-class and Satsuma-class armored cruisers Tsukuba-class and Kurama-class.

Of course, a battleship would be a great force to be reckoned with, but as soon as the deal was reported, a riot in downtown London almost broke out.

The citizens complained about the government’s incompetence, saying that even though Britain had literally offered a huge loan, economic support, and technical cooperation, it was trying to show condolences by sending a few old battleships and a few cruisers instead of sending a single infantryman.

What is clear is that Japan is no longer a reliable ally.

“Russia’s advance into the Mediterranean under pressure from Antioch, Gallipoli and Jerusalem, while also threatening Suez. No matter how you give up Jerusalem from the talks, the threat of Suez will be reduced. If you lose Suez, you lose India.

“The whole of Armenia is in danger. Right now, if the Interior Forces lift a finger, Persia will fall into the hands of the Russians. It means that the oil fields are blown away!”

“What about China? If this goes on, Russia and Japan will conquer China. All the rest of the countries are expelled. If Russia and Japan even make a dramatic compromise… aren’t the Counts of Vostok Asian in the first place? Maybe we can join hands with people of the same tribe…”

If he heard it, he would tell him not to be rude, but the British side was seriously considering it.

“Once we have captured the Sea of Galilee somehow. Even by force if necessary.”

“It was late. The Ottoman army near the Sea of Galilee has been disarmed and a detachment of the internal forces has been deployed, an attack is immediate war.”

Controlling the Sea of Galilee, the only source of drinking water in all of Jordan and Lebanon, as well as Palestine, will take over the hegemony of the Middle East. The Mediterranean Sea is breached, Suez is threatened, and Armenia has a large Russian army stationed in Armenia.

The entire Indian colony and the hegemony of the Middle East are totally shaken.

“India will never, never give up. Without India, the British Empire cannot finance!”

“The problem is that Russia is reaching out to India from all sides, and we don’t have the right price to pay!”

With Mongolia entering the Russian influence, one more step is Xinjiang, Tibet, and India. Or you could reach out to China. It could be pushed into Iran, or it could cut off Suez from Jerusalem. You can even push your fleet in during the Mediterranean.

If the opponent blocks one side, they can push through the other side, but it is impossible to block them all, and if one is breached, the Anglo-Japanese alliance will be destroyed, China will be blown away, India will be blown away, or the Mediterranean Sea will be surrendered.

“Let’s give up the Anglo-Japanese alliance and allow Russia to advance into the Mediterranean. Instead, they brought in Italy…”

“Italy? Do you think those assholes will do well against the Russian Empire? Do you want to bet on how many days Rome will fall this time?”

“You have to put the name of the Ottoman Empire on it. Proposing to demilitarize Jerusalem is…”

“I would rather propose that Lebanon, Syria and Palestine become independent and that Britain and Russia jointly guarantee independence…”

“Lebanon and Syria become independent, my wife can bet that the two countries will return to pro-Russia within a few years. My home country is panting to rebuild its naval power, and the Russian army has brought tanks right in front of the border, so I’m sure you’ll want to support your country.”

“Damn it, would it be cool to be sarcastic like that?”

In the midst of a quarrel, suddenly a messenger came.

“It’s urgent!”

“Something?”

“A sudden change in the Austro-Hungarian Empire! Massive protests occurred simultaneously in Vienna and other places. The bandit has reached Shenbrunn Gong!”

***

“what?”

While savoring the otrolang from the dinner, Irina came over and didn’t understand what Irina said at first.

Irina herself had a confused expression on her face, but I tried to understand as much as possible.

“What is that… The eclipse operation was the German Empire, wasn’t it?”

“It seems that the impact is not without it… but a large-scale socialist revolt broke out across Austria-Hungary. It seems that the imperial government has already lost control. It is said that the imperial family escaped due to the intervention of German troops in Austria…”

“God damn it.”

I touched my forehead.

“I think Austria-Hungary is half-collapsed, how is the German Empire responding?”

“We are turning our forces and marching into Austria. If we attack now, we can easily destroy the German army without reserve forces…”

“The military is not ready.”

The quality of the current interior forces is not that of Tarkov.

After undergoing a rapid expansion from the corps to the field army, the Interior Army had to accept a considerable number of manpower from the existing military—albeit filtered and filtered—because even that was insufficient.

Naturally, rapid expansion and large-scale recruiting continued, and in fact, if you were to think about it, the winning streak in the Ottomans was possible because the opponent was an Ottoman who had a good opponent.

“Besides, there is not much profit to be gained after advancing and occupying, and above all, Britain will be mad. How about the Italian front?”

“It’s been a while since the Germans were deployed, so it doesn’t look like there will be much change on the Italian front. Morale may have gone down a bit.”

“In other words, we are the only negotiating powers to attack Austria-Hungary directly. But how will European countries react if we advance into Trieste, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, etc.?”

“……”

“I don’t know, but it probably won’t be a very positive reaction, and even if it’s taken over, can you keep it up with rude words? As far as I know, the empire’s capacity is limited to maintaining Constantinople? Well, this is delicious.”

“… Then what are you going to do?”

“Even if you can’t do it, you have to think about what you’re going to rip off by pretending you can do it, or cancel your urgent debt right away. Or maybe there is a way to pass on some technology or know-how, or to rip the warship out of the battleship lover’s mouth.”

Battleship, yes, I understand that it’s tickling, but I mean don’t be mean while skipping the back of the country. this picture.