Germanic Empire: please call me William III

Both Count Tirpitz and other admirals believed that Liu Chuan supported the navy.

However, now Liu Chuan’s order was to stop building the ‘Brunswick-class’ battleships and the ‘Germanic-class’ battleships, which undoubtedly made them unbelievable.

Is it difficult for them all to be deceived by Liu Chuan?

Before Liu Chuan succeeded to the throne, he promised to vigorously support the development of the navy. As a result, after Liu Chuan ascended the throne, he immediately repented!

Liu Chuan saw the expressions of everyone in his eyes.

“Your Excellency, Sir, prepare a conference room, and let’s hold a top-secret meeting!” Liu Chuan said.

Count Tirpitz nodded and went at once to get ready.

Soon, the crowd gathered in a conference room. Except for Liu Chuan and the top admirals of the Navy, there was not a single outsider. Outside, there were guards, making sure not even a fly could fly in.

The admirals all looked at Liu Chuan, and they were all waiting for Liu Chuan’s explanation.

“Folks, once our Brunswick-class battleships and Germanic battleships are in service, we will have 24 battleships. This looks like a very powerful navy. But how big is the gap between us compared to the Imperial Royal Navy when the sun never sets?

According to the information I have compiled, the Royal Navy of the Empire has now built 8 ‘Monarch-class’ battleships, two ‘Baflair class’ battleships, 1 ‘Prestige class’ battleship, 9 ‘Majesty class’ battleships, 6 ‘Old Man-star’ battleships, 3 ‘Fearsome class’ battleships, 5 ‘Wudu class’ battleships, and 6 ‘Duncan class’ battleships, for a total of 40 ships.

In addition, inside the shipyard where the sun never sets, two More Rapid-class battleships are under construction and about to enter service. Eight more Edward VII-class battleships are under construction and are expected to enter service next year.

In this way, the number of battleships that never sets will reach 50, exactly twice as many as ours.

In addition to this, the Sun Never Sets has a large number of ironclads that also have quite powerful battleships, and the performance is not even much worse than our battleships, including two ‘Ravaged Class’ ironclads, ‘Fearless’ ironclads, two ‘Ajax-class’ ironclads, two ‘Giant-class’ ironclads, 6 ‘Admiral-class’ ironclads and two ‘Nile-class’ ironclads.

With the addition of these ironclad ships, our disadvantage in terms of capital ships will be even greater.

The number of our capital ships is only thirty-seven percent of the Imperial Navy’s.

In such a situation, can the Imperial Navy challenge the Imperial Royal Navy that never sets, and can it defeat them? ”

Liu Chuan’s question, especially the facts laid out, left the admirals of the Navy silent for a while.

None of them were fools, and naturally knew that there was a very big gap between the Germanic Imperial Navy and the Imperial Royal Navy.

“But, Your Majesty the Emperor, our capital ships are fewer than those of the Imperial Royal Navy, and we must speed up the construction of capital ships and build more capital ships. In this way, we can narrow the gap between the Royal Navy and the Imperial Navy! Admiral Vonpol, chief of naval staff, said.

The other admirals, too, nodded their heads in agreement with this view.

“In addition to the huge gap between the Imperial Royal Navy in terms of capital ships, we have a huge gap in other types of warships, such as destroyers, cruisers, etc., and the Imperial Royal Navy that does not set on the same day, which is also very large. Or rather, over the years, the Empire has vigorously built capital ships, and has neglected the development of other types of warships. Liu Chuan continued.

“Your Majesty, as long as there is sufficient military expenditure, we can increase our investment in naval shipbuilding. In this way, we will soon be able to make up for these shortcomings and catch up with the Imperial Royal Navy! Count Tirpitz said.

Liu Chuan nodded, he knew that this was also everyone’s idea.

“If that were the case, through our efforts, we might be able to catch up with the Imperial Royal Navy.” Even if it is not catching up, the gap will not be too large. However, have you ever thought that the reason why the sun never sets to provoke this naval arms race is actually to dig a pit for us.

According to reliable sources, the Sun Never Sets is designing a brand new battleship, one that, when in service, will make all the previous battleships obsolete. They also named this battleship the battleship Dreadnought! ”

Liu Chuan explained to everyone.

“The battleship ‘Intrepid’?” Many of the generals were confused.

“The Navy has indeed received news in this regard, but it just does not know what type of battleship the Sun NeverSet is designing.” But now it seems that we need to be more cautious and careful. Count Tirpitz had a serious expression.

Since Liu Chuan specifically mentioned this point, it can be seen that the new warship of the Imperial Royal Navy that never sets the sun must not be underestimated.