After the construction of the "Tang-class" battleship is expected to be put into service by the end of 1858 or 1859. Once the "Tang-class" battleship is put into service, it will once again open the gap between the empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Although with the help of Britain, the Kingdom of Prussia may be able to build the "Nile-class" battleship, it will take several years. After all, the Kingdom of Prussia had never built such a large battleship before. Everything needs to be gradually digested by the Kingdom of Prussia.

After the "Tang-class" battleship, it will be a more powerful "Song-class" battleship. Long Yufei requires that the "Song-class" battleship will be more powerful than the "Tang-class" battleship, whether in the firepower or defense, will be more powerful than the "Tang-class" battleship. In this way, in the future, in the decisive battleship with the Prussian Kingdom, the "Song-class" battleship will become the absolute main force of the Imperial Navy. In Long Yufei's plan, the "Song-class" battleship will use a 356mm naval gun. Of course, all this requires the imperial arsenal to develop such a powerful main gun.

"In addition to the main battleships, we also need to strengthen the development of auxiliary battleships. Light cruisers, heavy cruisers, and destroyers are indispensable!" Long Yufei continued. The main battleships are the pillars of the Imperial Navy, and those auxiliary battleships are the flesh and blood of the Imperial Navy. Before, the Imperial Navy did not have heavy cruisers. However, now it is different. The Imperial Navy needs a powerful battleship with high speed and powerful firepower that can restrain the light cruisers to safeguard the overseas interests of the Empire. Once the Empire is with Plu

If the Kingdom of Scholars starts war, the Kingdom of Prussia will likely target the Imperial maritime transportation line. The Imperial Navy's main battleship is limited and it is impossible to chase those light cruisers. Then, heavy cruisers are indispensable. In addition, light cruisers and destroyers also showed sharp combat power in the decisive battle with the British Navy. Their torpedo attack completely defeated the British Navy, allowing the Imperial Navy to seize the opportunity and eat the main force of the British Navy in one fell swoop.

The new weapon of torpedo is also a focus of development by the Imperial Navy. The current torpedo has a relatively low range, only two kilometers, and a rate of fire only 20 knots. The Imperial Navy needs to have a faster rate of fire, a longer range, and a greater power.

In addition, Long Yufei also proposed to build a submarine. The Imperial Navy will not only have a decisive advantage on the sea surface. At the same time, it must also have an advantage underwater. Only in this way can we ensure that once a war begins, the Imperial Navy has the absolute strength to destroy the navy of the Kingdom of Prussia.

It can be said that this time, Long Yufei put forward a series of development requirements to the Navy. If his requirements can be realized, then the Imperial Navy's strength will once again begin to grow explosively in the near future. The future ocean will still be dominated by the empire.

Although it takes a lot of money to develop the navy. If the empire vigorously develops the navy, it is necessary to pass the cabinet's Ministry of Finance first. Although the empire made huge profits in this war, there are many places where the empire needs money, especially the infrastructure construction of territorials newly included in the empire's rule, as well as domestic industrial construction, etc. Without sufficient financial support, these plans cannot start war. The navy is a big spender, and the Ministry of Finance resists the development of the navy. This is understandable.

Of course, whether it is the Imperial Navy or the Ministry of Finance, it is ultimately working hard for the strength of the Empire. After the threat faced by the Navy was raised, the Imperial Finance finally agreed to the Imperial Navy's construction plan. After all, if the Imperial Navy loses this war in the future, then the Imperial Finance will lose no benefit.

Faced with the collusion between the British and the Prussians, the Empire was determined to deal with it by developing the navy again. Long Yufei believed that even with the support of personnel, technology and funds from Britain, it would be unlikely that the Prussian Kingdom would want to challenge the empire in the navy. This often took ten years or even longer. After ten years of development, the Imperial Navy may have become stronger, and the Kingdom of Prussia was not qualified to challenge the Imperial Navy at all.

The Imperial Military Intelligence Agency also took action. The agents hidden in Britain and the Kingdom of Prussia began to find ways to inquire about the content of the secret agreement signed by Britain and the Kingdom of Prussia. However, no matter whether it was Britain or the Kingdom of Prussia, there were very few people who knew the content of this secret agreement, and almost all the top leaders of the two countries. The Military Intelligence Agency used a lot of power and even exposed some intelligence personnel, but in the end it was still unable to get the details of the secret agreement.

Of course, this did not prevent the Empire from guessing the content of this secret contract. There is no doubt that the British and Prussians did this to deal with the Empire. As long as the Empire strengthened its own strength, no matter how hard the Prussians and the British tried, it would still be impossible to defeat the Empire. As long as the Empire won the final victory, the British and Prussians' plans would become a mirror.

"Your Majesty, the Military Intelligence Bureau has done its best, but we still cannot obtain exact intelligence!" General Luo Hongtao, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, looked ashamed. As the empire became the world's overlord, the funds provided to the Military Intelligence Bureau have become more and more. Now, the Military Intelligence Bureau has become the largest intelligence agency in the world, much larger than the intelligence agencies of other countries.

"It doesn't matter. Both the British and the Prussians will definitely pay great attention to confidentiality. It is normal for them to not get relevant information. However, this also shows that the British and the Prussians attach importance to this plan." Long Yufei said. After all, intelligence agencies are not omnipotent. With the British and the Prussians ready for it, it is not easy for the Imperial Military Intelligence Agency to obtain intelligence again.

"Yes, Your Majesty! However, the Military Intelligence Bureau has made some analysis and made some suggestions in response to the conspiracy between the British and the Prussians. Even if the plans of the British and the Prussians cannot be completely destroyed, at least it will prevent the empire from having no power to fight back at all!" said General Luo Hongtao.

"Oh? Is there any good way for the Military Intelligence Bureau?" Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, the Military Intelligence Bureau believes that the navy is indeed the shortcoming of the Prussians. Without the help of the British, the Prussians would not have the strength to challenge the empire in a short period of time. Even if the British provided some talents and technologies to the Kingdom of Prussia, it would be impossible for the Kingdom of Prussia to have the strength to challenge the empire in a short period of time. Therefore, after we land on the British Isles, we can conduct a search for relevant British talents. Try to use these experts for my purposes. If they refuse, then the empire can only destroy them. In this way, the Prussian Navy can prevent the acquisition of advanced talents to a certain extent."

"In addition, in addition to warships, talents are the most important thing for the navy. After the warship is built, people still need to be activated. There are not many sailors in the Kingdom of Prussia, and we can recruit more sailors in the UK. If those British sailors are unwilling to serve the empire, we can only send them to prison or work in the empire's mines!" said General Luo Hongtao.

Long Yufei nodded. Although this approach was a bit cruel, this could undoubtedly fundamentally solve the problem. If these plans could be completed well, it would be even more difficult for the Navy of the Kingdom of Prussia to grow.

"As for the funding issue, although the British provided a lot of funds to the Kingdom of Prussia, the funds for the development of the navy were needed. Although the wealth accumulated by the British within hundreds of years was enough to allow the Prussians to have a strong navy. However, if the empire could get the wealth of the British first, then we can further curb the development of the Prussians!" Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao continued.

"Well! The wealth accumulated by the British over the past few hundred years is indeed considerable. If we can obtain these wealth, we will not only obtain sufficient development funds, but our navy can also develop rapidly. As one goes up and down, the Prussians will receive even less development funds. However, the empire's army is about to land in the UK, and the British are not fools. They will definitely hide all these wealth. The Military Intelligence Bureau must find a way to obtain a hidden place for these wealth." Long Yufei said. The empire was transporting these wealth away, and the Prussians could only watch. In this way, the empire's strength will become stronger.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Military Intelligence Bureau will do its best!" Admiral Luo Hongtao nodded. He believed that the Military Intelligence Bureau's responsibility was not fulfilled in this incident. Therefore, Admiral Luo Hongtao hopes to make up for it in other ways.

"In addition to directly plundering the wealth of the British, we can also further blackmail the British in the war reparations after the war. As long as we blackmail the wealth of the British, I want to see what else they can use to support the Prussians!" A trace of hideousness flashed across Long Yufei's face.

"Yes, your majesty! The Military Intelligence Bureau will evaluate the value of the British wealth so that the Empire can propose a precise reparation figure in the post-war negotiations!" said General Luo Hongtao.

In addition, the work of the Military Intelligence Bureau is not only here. The Empire is about to launch a landing battle against Britain, so the deployment of the British defense zone and the arrangements for the British military dispatch all need to be completed by the Military Intelligence Bureau. In addition, the resistance forces on the British islands also need to be contacted by the Military Intelligence Bureau. The revolutionary fortress was breached from the inside, and with the support of those resistance forces, the Empire is easier to win. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better updated and faster!

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