"What? The Brazilian representative asked us to hand over the unfinished warships and accessories to the British immediately, and then the two armored cruisers completed the final outfit in the UK?" Prince Ruprecht said unexpectedly after hearing Baron Vittorio's notice. It was Christmas in another 5 days. The prince originally wanted to be corrupt, but he didn't expect that he would encounter this before he started corruption!

"The Japanese are anxious!" This is His Highness's first reaction. Now that the warship's outfit has been mostly completed, the superstructure repair is just one short of finishing. The four double-mounted 10-inch cannons of the two warships have been installed, just the only difference is that the double-mounted 8-inch cannons are installed.

According to the prince's plan, the two warships were intended to be handed over to the Japanese in March, so the prince deliberately slowed down the speed in the construction progress. This caused dissatisfaction among the real buyers, the Japanese, who repeatedly asked for work through the Brazilians. However, the shipyard explained that because the construction of a large number of new fleets of the German Navy had already started, and the manpower was relatively short, and Brom emphasized that as long as we can complete the delivery within the specified time, the buyer had no right to accuse the seller. Later, when the Brazilian representative proposed that he could increase the money to work, at the instruction of His Highness the Prince, the shipyard refused the request made by the Brazilian representative on the grounds of insufficient manpower and equipment, so the finishing work of the two warships was still proceeding slowly.

Joke, Your Highness the Prince deliberately delayed delivery in order to make the navies of the United States and Japan fight hard. If the Americans know that the Japanese Navy has 4 Asami-class armored cruisers, what if they don’t want the Philippines? The grudge is not deep enough! The breaking of the head between the two sides is the result that Your Highness the Prince is willing to see!

But what the prince did not expect was that at this critical moment, the British actually jumped out to pick up the ship! Then they went to the UK to wear out. Although the prince would not lose anything economically. After all, this was an unplanned thing, and the buyer had to pay. Even the Brazilian representative said that handing over the warship would not affect the payment of the final payment, but this disrupted Ruprecht's plan. Faced with such an accident, the prince did not have an excuse to refuse delivery! At this time, the warship had been launched and the main project had been completed, so it was not easy to cause some minor accidents.

"Is there any news about the Americans?" The prince thought for a while and began to ask Count Schelling on the side.

"They seem to have contact with the Russians, and what is surprising is that Russia ordered a batch of 11-inch heavy artillery shells and some spare parts from Krupp a few days ago. You should know that the Russians just received a batch of supplies in September," said Earl Schelling.

"It's indeed abnormal." His Highness the Prince nodded. Because the Russian fleet deployed in the Far East faces the problem of closure of the port every year, they will purchase a batch of supplies and ammunition from Germany before the freeze. The Russians have purchased a batch this year, and it shouldn't be supplemented. But now the Russians have bought another batch, and the quantity is very large, so the problem is very clear. On the one hand, what are they preparing, and on the other hand, they must have consumed some recently.

"This is abnormal! Absolutely abnormal! What agreement did the Russians and Americans have definitely reached? Tell me the position of the Russian fleet!" A somewhat terrible plan gradually appeared in the mind of His Highness the Prince. "Americans are really brave to fight!" The prince had to give up Roosevelt and others! He is worthy of being the master who gave up the generous environment of the office and led the team to the battlefield in person!

"The Russian battleship formation stationed in Vladivostok, and the cruiser formation seemed to be stationed on French loan in Shanghai. Liurik, Bayan, and Parada also have two ocean-going supply ships here. It seems that they may have big actions." Earl Schelling said.

"Damn, this is more than a big action! Maybe it's going to be a movie!" His Highness the Prince muttered in his heart. The most combative troops of the Russian fleet were deployed relatively close to the Philippines, and the Russian Navy also arranged separate supply fleets for these three armored cruisers and imported main artillery shells from Germany. What does this series of problems mean? It shows that the Russians are preparing for war! The opponent they are targeting cannot be the United States, so it can only be Japan! This time the Japanese face a lot of opponents!

The British must have noticed this, so they hope to let the Japanese fleet reach its peak as soon as possible to fight the US and Russian fleets. Of course, the best result is to shock the US and Russia and let them give up voluntarily. Therefore, the British and Japanese couldn't wait and wanted to obtain these two warships as soon as possible.

"When will Krupp's shells be shipped to Shanghai?" asked Ruprecht.

"By the end of February next year, Krupp will have a lot of stocks." Earl Schelling replied.

"That means that if the Americans' action plan remained unchanged, then the Japanese might have taken action earlier than the Americans?! That would be interesting." Ruprecht said to himself.

His Highness suddenly found that he didn't seem to have to worry about how to break the head between the United States and Japan! If the conflict could be avoided by the United States or Japan at the beginning, the conflict could be avoided, then when the Russians joined and stood with the Americans, even if Japan gave up the Philippines, the conflict was probably inevitable! If the conflict between the United States and Japan was considered a small conflict, then the conflict between Russia and Japan was irreconcilable. Since Russia has taken action, there was absolutely no reason not to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Japanese with the United States! Since this is the case, it doesn't matter when it will be handed over!

Although the prince is a time traveler, the time traveler is not a god. He can't explain clearly some things that have not happened in history, but at least the general direction is not wrong. So His Highness began to calculate the strength of the fleets of both sides, and which one is stronger than the Japanese fleet or the US-Russian joint fleet?

If all the American fleets come, Japan will definitely not have a chance, but due to geographical restrictions and the performance restrictions of the ships themselves, it is very difficult for American battleships to come. The range is average, the airworthiness is bad, and the lack of sufficient bases and the fact that the Panama Canal does not exist, it is really difficult for the US Navy battleship formation to come. So the prince believes that the most people who can come are cruisers.

If the battleships are excluded, the strength of the American cruiser formation is a bit insufficient. Apart from New York and Brooklyn, the remaining warships can't walk a few rounds against the Japanese Asama. Even with the three Russian warships, the prince still believes that the Japanese fleet's chances of winning are even greater.
Chapter completed!