The Rise of the Empire

"Paul, you mean, so far, the two warships we built for Brazil have been prepared, but the Brazilian Navy still has no plans to expand its personnel? Their service and recruitment work is still the same as before?" Rupp Prince Recht thought about his subordinates again and again.

"It is true. The Brazilian Navy seems very silent. From a personal point of view, I think they are not ready to accept two large warships. They even lack the naval docks to accommodate these warships. The warships are more than 150 meters long." Paulo Said somewhat puzzlingly.

"Okay, you don't need to worry about this matter, you keep an eye on Japan, all the Japanese who are going to England or Brazil, and find a way to help me understand the recruitment situation of the Japanese Navy!" The prince pondered for a moment commanded. Then, the royal arms dealer of the Bavarian royal family left the prince's study to carry out his mission. The prince is the only one left in the whole house!

"From February 1897, for nearly a month, Prince Ruprecht behaved very strangely. He often locked himself in a room. I was lucky enough to go in, and it was full of various papers. He seldom called out outsiders, and social activities were even suspended. Some shady people often come and go.” A few years later, the prince’s number one henchman, Count Sherin, had such a meeting at that time Case.

Prince is busy, very busy! And very excited! Because since he crossed over, the biggest variable has finally appeared! An opportunity! An opportunity to change the world! This opportunity is so important, so he needs to do it himself, and he dare not even leave a written record. All discarded documents must be burned in front of him immediately, because this matter is too important!

"Damn it, the Japanese have such a good appetite! At the beginning, they purchased 2 warships through Brazil, and later bought 2 ships from themselves. This TM gave away 5 million pounds!" Prince Ruprecht couldn't help but He smacked his lips and gave the Japanese a thumbs up for their courage and courage. Ito Hirobumi and others are really NB.

When Brazil ordered the battleship Prince, it felt that it would not be a duel, because the contrast with history was too great. Things in South America basically did not exceed the original tricks of history. Why is Brazil buying a ship if it has nothing to do? The prince is a tiger, and the tiger is a cat. As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. And the prince decided to make the matter clear. And as more and more information was compiled, he found that Brazil was really not ready to receive these two ships. Among other things, at least the crew and berths must be ready, right?

An armored cruiser Brazil needs at least 800 officers and soldiers. How many front-line combatants are there in the Brazilian Navy? Want to accept these two battleships. The Brazilian Navy needs to expand by at least 2,000 people! But it’s all up to now, and the ship will be delivered in a few months. What about the people in Brazil? What about the soldiers you summoned? This is not normal!

Brazil has indeed arranged for someone to pick up the ship. According to the list provided by the Brazilian government, Prince Ruprecht found that there is not even a third of this person! Such a low number of people is the most that can drive this warship, and it cannot make it have combat effectiveness at all. Could it be that the Brazilians spent 2.3 million pounds just to become a cruise ship? Obviously impossible, so there must be something tricky in it, and when the latest information was sent. It was mentioned above that these two warships would go to England to stay for a period of time, and the prince suddenly realized that there was a shadow of the British behind it!

Based on this information, as well as the history of Japan purchasing the Izumi on behalf of others, the prince can already guess that Japan purchased it from himself through Brazil this time. And when the news came that the warship was going to England,

The prince is more sure of what the Japanese think! Y is the real buyer!

After confirming this matter, Ruprecht began to consider whether to suspend the transaction. After all, if Japan were allowed to obtain four armored cruisers in one go, it would definitely disrupt the situation in the Far East. But then the prince dropped the idea. Because he knows what the Japanese buy the ship for!

Part of what the prince said to the Russian representative was speculation, and the other part was bluffing. It is also a kind of temptation to scare the opponent first with plausible reasons. The probability of the Russians repurchasing it is not high, the prince knows this very well, so in order to prevent the Japanese from obtaining it. These two battleships will surely fall into the hands of the Spanish. And why does the Japanese government have to compete with the Spaniards? Especially when I have already obtained 2 warships through purchasing agents.

After a comprehensive analysis, the prince came to the conclusion that the purpose of Japan's purchase of warships was not to attack Russia! Because after Russia canceled 2 armored cruisers, the power in the Far East was already weaker than that of the Japanese navy with 4 10,000-ton warships. Let alone Japan did not do anything in history, even if it did. This power is enough to suppress the Russian Far East Fleet, and Lushun has not yet been built. If it is done in winter, it will be difficult for the Russian fleet to leave the port. So there is no need to buy two more.

And the key point is that even though Japan won at sea, the army is definitely not ready for a big fight. It will fall into a quagmire if it fights on land. Dare to engage in a land battle? The cost of fighting this battle may be greater than the benefits, right? The Japanese don't do that unless they're insane. Therefore, Russia is definitely not the first target of the Japanese. It is possible to take advantage of the trend, but it is absolutely impossible to really fight.

As a result, the Japanese government resisted the pressure and bought 2 ships for 1.35 million pounds! Not a decimal! Why do the Japanese do this? The only explanation then is to prevent the Spaniards from getting it. Then it can be deduced that the fundamental purpose of Japan's eagerness to expand its arms and prepare for war is to attack Spain! As Ruprecht's prince, His Royal Highness has some understanding of the Japanese's southward thinking in history. Then all of this was successfully deduced. The Japanese want the Philippines.

The Japanese want the Philippines, the Japanese want the Philippines! This is great news, because Americans want it too! The Japanese have not moved in history, but the Japanese are bound to win in this plane. They have lost all their money. If they don’t get it back, wouldn’t it be a loss? If the Japanese intervened in the Spanish-American War, the enmity between the United States and Japan would be great! Territorial issues cannot be negotiated unless one side admits to cowardice. Moreover, there is a British background in this matter, and there is a 90% chance that even the British are jealous of the United States!

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