Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

In fact, the concept of submarine first appeared in the 15th century. In the 16th century, there were already real submarines.

However, the submarines at that time were all powered by human power and could only dive. It could be said to be very simple.

It was not until the beginning of the 19th century, that is, in 1801, that the "Nautilus" built by the American Fulton was considered a truly modern submarine.

Since then, Western countries have actually been studying submarines intermittently, but they do not know the actual use of submarines.

Most of the submarines at this time are just for transporting people, destroying ports and so on.

As for why Western countries are now promoting the theory that submarines are useless, the main reason is that submarines are too slow and cannot keep up with surface ships.

However, they didn't know it, but Lin Yi knew it.

Submarines do not follow surface ships in combat at all. Their mission is to constantly ambush and attack passing surface ships.

That's why Lin Yi classified the submarine project as the highest level of confidentiality.

This thing is available in all Western countries, and the technology is ready-made. Even if it is not as good as the technology here in the empire, it is not difficult to catch up with the progress of the empire in a short period of time.

The only thing they lack is the role of submarines.

Lin Yi kept waiting until the empire had a decisive naval battle with the enemy, and then he would give the opponent a hard blow and directly sink the opponent's main fleet.

In this way, in a short period of time, the other party will not be able to threaten the empire on the sea, and he can easily take Southeast Asia into his pocket.

Lin Yi went to inspect the Ship Research Institute and found that everything was normal there. All the engineers were in a hurry, so he did not disturb them too much.

He simply asked the director of the research institute about the current progress.

The "Yamato", which has now been renamed the "Pangu"-class battleship, has analyzed 30% of the technology. It will probably take more than one year to two years to analyze all the technologies.

Then it will take two to three years to try to build the first "Pangu" class battleship.

The "Enterprise", which was ordered to be a "Five Emperor" class, was faster. Now it has been resolved to 40% level.

The director of the institute assured Lin Yi that the "Pangu" class and "Five Emperors" class flagships could be launched into the water for trial sea trials in five years at the latest.

Lin Yi was very satisfied with this progress.

It is only October 1906. If we calculate according to the original time when the First World War broke out in history, there are still about 10 years left.

If the empire was involved, the outbreak might occur even later.

However, no matter whether the empire is involved or not, the war will never break out earlier than five years.

This means that when World War I broke out, at least one "Pangu" class battleship and "Five Emperors" class aircraft carrier could be built.

This huge battleship that transcends the ages will definitely shock the world when it appears.

At that time, even if European countries wanted to catch up with the empire, it was not an easy task.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi was very satisfied.

He gave a few words of encouragement and asked the boss to work hard. He and his team will definitely go down in the history of the empire.

Regarding Lin Yi's promise, the boss was so excited that he trembled all over.

He knew very well what they were doing now. If it can really be done, it will be easy to open a new page in the family tree from him.

Lin Yi told the officer that in order to reduce the possibility of being exposed here, he would reduce the number of times he came here in the future.

If you have any problem, you can directly send him a message and he will solve it for them.

Afterwards, Lin Yi prepared to return to the capital.

As soon as Lin Yi returned to his palace, Fang Xiao came to the door.

Fang Xiao told Lin Yi that Koizumi Jiro had successfully captured Nagasaki and Tokugawa Keiji was captured alive.

Now Jiro Koizumi has the final say in the entire Fuso Kingdom.

Koizumi Jiro sent a telegram asking Lin Yi what he should do next.

Lin Yi was very satisfied with Jiro Koizumi's attitude.

Between the Tokugawa family and Koizumi Jiro, he chose Koizumi Jiro because Koizumi knew how to advance and retreat.

What Lin Yi needs is an obedient bitch, and it's best for this bitch not to have his own thoughts.

When he cooperated with Tokugawa Qingxi before, the Tokugawa family did ask Lin Yi for his opinion on everything at first.

But later, as the territory controlled by the Tokugawa family became larger and larger, he changed to informing Lin Yi if something happened, not in an inquiring manner at all.

After occupying Shikoku Island, the Tokugawa family could not even inform Lin Yi.

At that time, although the Fuso Kingdom controlled by the Tokugawa family was still dominated by the empire, it was only in name.

Lin Yi clearly felt that he was unable to command the Tokugawa army.

So later on, he preferred Koizumi Jiro, a more obedient person.

And Jiro Koizumi did not disappoint him. After successfully occupying Nagasaki, capturing Tokugawa Keiji alive, and controlling Fuso Kingdom, he immediately came to ask him about his next move.

For someone like Jiro Koizumi, Lin Yi feels that it is easier to use than Tokugawa Keki.

"Tell Koizumi Jiro to send electricity to the empire in the name of Prime Minister of Fuso State and explain why he launched the civil war before."

"Here I will urge His Majesty to agree to his taking over the position of Prime Minister of Fuso Kingdom."

"In addition, tell him to control Baiyu Tianhuang and eliminate the opposition forces in Fuso Kingdom. Also try to repair the relationship with that old guy Meiji."

"His mission now is to restore the Fuso Kingdom's national strength as much as possible within five years and prepare for the empire's next move."

"Tell him that as long as he follows the empire honestly, the empire will not treat him badly."

Lin Yi put down the information in his hand and said to Fang Xiao.

When Fang Xiao heard Lin Yi's words, he first responded, and then continued to ask: "Your Majesty, don't we ask Koizumi Jiro to incorporate Fuso Kingdom into the empire?"

"Why do you come in here? Isn't this good now?"

"It's not like you don't know the empire's next goal. The empire wants to take advantage of the war in Europe to seize the Nanyang region."

"There are still many indigenous people over there, and I don't like those indigenous people. They have no way to create benefits for the empire."

"So, some dirty and tiring work needs someone to do it, and this person cannot be from the empire. Do you understand?"

Lin Yi glanced at Fang Xiao and said slowly.

"I understand." Fang Xiao nodded heavily after hearing Lin Yi's words.

He was quite familiar with his own prince, who was an extreme Chineseist and also had an astonishing obsession with territory.

At the same time, Fang Xiao also expressed his condolences for the indigenous people who are still in various regions of Southeast Asia.

Once Lin Yi is concerned about him, there will be basically no good results.

The Tokugawa family, Cui Dongxu, and Zheng Zaixu are all good examples.