C1860 The queen slam the board (2/2)

”If we let him go back to Asia, maybe in another four or five years, his fleet will be able to challenge the British Empire's maritime rights!”

Prince Edward looked at the pale Prime Minister in confusion. Aren't you being too cautious? My Prime Minister... ”

”Is the British Empire's power in the sea that easily challenged? What did a Zhiyuan Warship represent? Indeed, I've studied that unique battleship. Although it's very creative, its combat power is also very strong, but it's too little. At our Birmingham Shipyard, aren't the same warships being produced? ”

The battleship the Crown Prince was talking about was one of the three imitation ships used by the United Kingdom against the Zhiyuan Warship. Ever since the Zhiyuan Warship slipped out from under the eyes of the British and entered the Atlantic Ocean, the British Navy felt a deep sense of humiliation.

There was no sign of such a warship escaping from the North Sea, and it even taught the French a lesson in the Atlantic Ocean. The British Navy did not know about it before, however.

In order to make up for the loss of face, the navy had increased their collection of information on the Zhiyuan Warship. They had looked through all the witnesses in the Atlantic Ocean and even gathered information on the Ikek's naval battles.

According to a large amount of information from spies, British engineers quickly restored the Zhiyuan Warship, which was a miracle of British technological and industrial power.

In truth, Zhiyuan Warship was not mysterious, he was just a few decades ahead of the current era. That was a relatively new design idea, but in reality, Zhiyuan Warship were still assembled using the technology from back then, when the parts and components were assembled.

Whether it's a high-powered steam engine, or a line 210 main cannon, central axis configuration, pure steel hull... None of this is very hard to imitate.

The reason why this type of warship did not appear in Britain first was not because Britain could not be built, but because the mainstream ship design did not have this kind of train of thought. Or rather, it was because it could not become the mainstream and could not be allocated as funds.

That's all! However, the few victories of the Zhiyuan Warship shocked the design world in Britain. They immediately recognized their mistake and applied for funding from the navy immediately. At that time, British Navy was very rich, so without any additional funding from the parliament, three distant battleships were built at the same time.

It is worth mentioning that this kind of battleship, which had opened up a completely new way of designing it, was named the Zhiyuan series by the European shipbuilding world. A battleship became the common title for a series of battleships, and that was the privilege of first place.

It was precisely because of Britain's powerful industrial power and shipbuilding skills that he did not think Xiao Letian was a threat at all.

Benjamin still wanted to say something, but the Queen was already tired of this topic. She waved her hand, ”I will use my influence on the council when the time comes.

”I believe that the Royal Navy can easily defeat that Chinese. Be it in terms of quantity or quality, we British should not be afraid of the threats from these small countries!”

”Now, please go all out in preparation! After receiving the Imperial Emperor's state visit, the destiny of our country will rise again … Now, even the Qing Empire's Emperor has taken the initiative to visit Britain to study. Isn't this proof that the British Empire is the king of all kingdoms?! ”

”The British Empire's most glorious moment is about to arrive!”

Queen Victoria officially made a decision. Benjamin had no other choice but to start the world's grandest diplomatic ceremony in 1669 with this as the prelude.