Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

The Sun Never Sets Empire and the Germanic Empire are planning to build superdreadnoughts.

And the rest of the world-class powers are also beginning to enter and build their own dreadnoughts.

The world’s powers have entered the era of dreadnoughts, and the naval arms race has naturally begun.

Building a capital ship is never an easy task, requiring not only extremely strong industrial capabilities, but also sufficient financial support. Otherwise, it would be impossible to afford the construction of the capital ship.

It is no exaggeration to say that the battleships of the Navy are completely piled up with money. Especially the capital ship, and even more so.

At this moment, the major events shaking the world include not only the entry of the dreadnoughts era and the beginning of a large-scale naval arms race.

On the ocean, a large fleet is circumnavigating the world. This fleet is exactly what the Lighthouse Country sent out to carry out global deterrence, highlighting their powerful and powerless Great White Fleet.

Since the end of the last century, the industrial output value of the lighthouse country has surpassed the Sun Never Sets Empire and has become the world’s first.

A powerful beacon state hopes to improve its political status or international discourse. Coupled with the special geographical location of the Lighthouse Country, they hardly have to worry about facing threats from land. Therefore, vigorously developing the navy has become an inevitable option for the lighthouse country.

After building a large number of battleships, the Lighthouse Nation can’t wait to promote their powerful force to the world in order to increase its influence.

At the same time, it is also a deterrent to potential adversaries.

The Eastern Empire in the Far East, aggressive, already threatens the interests of the Beacon State in the Pacific. At the same time, the traditional European powers are strong, and they do not take the lighthouse country in their eyes.

All these made the high-level of the lighthouse country hold a breath in their hearts.

The use of a huge fleet for global navigation is undoubtedly the best means to enhance the international influence of the lighthouse country in the eyes of the high-level of the lighthouse country.

But alas, although the lighthouse country built a huge fleet. The Great White Fleet, which sailed around the world alone, had 25 capital ships. Such a number is among the highest in the world.

But unfortunately, the 25 battleships that make up the Great White Fleet are all former dreadnoughts.

After the battleships “Dreadnought” and the battleships of the German Empire entered service, the former dreadnoughts became obsolete almost overnight.

This makes the role of the Great White Fleet’s circumnavigation of the world by the Lighthouse Country cannot help but be greatly reduced.

In January 1709, the Great White Fleet had entered the Mediterranean. After visiting several countries one after another, the fleet docked at Gibraltar, the home port of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Imperial Navy, for rest.

Originally, according to the plan, the Great White Fleet had already completed the goal of this global voyage and was going to set off for home.

However, before leaving, they received a telegram from home asking the Great White Fleet to sail north after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar to visit the Empire of the Sun and the Germanic Empire.

Of course, this is not that the Lighthouse Country wants to deter the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Germanic Empire, and with the current strength of the Lighthouse Country, it is simply impossible to do this. They did this to explore the bottom of the Sun Never Set Empire and the Germanic Empire.

If the sun never sets, the Royal Navy of the Empire is a well-deserved maritime hegemon and has the most powerful navy in the world. Then, the Germanic Empire is undoubtedly a powerful navy second only to the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire.

But the lighthouse country is not willing to be lonely and wants to vigorously develop the navy. And the Royal Navy and the Germanic Imperial Navy have undoubtedly become targets that the Lighthouse Country wants to catch up.

It’s just that with the current strength of the Lighthouse Country, it is undoubtedly very difficult to catch up with the Sun Never Set Empire. In contrast, it was much easier to catch up with the Germanic Empire.

On February 6, 1709, the Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Nation Navy left Gibraltar for a visit to the military port of Portsmouth, the mainland of the Empire. After that, they will also visit the Wilhelmshaven naval base of the Germanic Empire.

On the battleship “Connecticut”, the flagship of the Great White Fleet, the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Charles Sperry, put down the telegram in his hand and was speechless.

“I really don’t know what those guys in the country think. Our fleet, seemingly incomparably powerful, already has 25 battleships. However, can these warships of ours confront the Royal Navy of the Empire without setting the same day? Even the Germanic navy will be able to defeat us! Major General Charles Sperry couldn’t help but complain.

“Your Excellency Commander, since it is a domestic order, we can only obey it. You can also take advantage of this opportunity to see the power of the world’s top navy! Major General William Emery said.

Major General Charles Sperry nodded, and now he could only think so.