Oh, Ferdinand suddenly realized that Russia's Second Pacific Fleet seemed a little too powerful. If it joined up with the First Pacific Fleet in the Far East, then unless the Japanese navy turned on some cheat codes this time, it was probably doomed!
However, he was not worried. Judging from Edward's reaction, the British definitely had something up their sleeve.
Otherwise, if Japan really lost, wouldn't the London government have to cover that hundred million pounds in debt?
The facts proved that Ferdinand's guess had been right. John Bull's integrity really was rather lacking!
In order to let the Japanese navy inflict heavy losses on Russia's Second Pacific Fleet, they sold the Chilean government five battleships, six cruisers, and eight destroyers, with a total displacement of as much as 180,000 tons.
Then the Chilean government resold them to the Japanese government, complete with home delivery.
On the third day after the Japanese government obtained the bond funds, they were directly sold to the Japanese government at the astronomical price of eighteen million pounds.
All right, that money could have built twice as many new warships, but the Japanese government had no choice but to buy them now! Otherwise, what would they use to fight Russia's Second Pacific Fleet to the death?
Moreover, most of these warships were old vessels nearing retirement. Of course, they were still barely adequate for dealing with Russian warships. Combined with the Japanese Combined Fleet's original strength, they once again gained the upper hand!
Well, if it had not been for the Bulgaria-Russia alliance, Ferdinand himself would have wanted to scrape together a few warships to sell to the Japanese and make a killing!
The profits from the arms trade were simply enormous. Compared to the British grand gesture, Ferdinand's little dealings could only be called