Germanic Empire: please call me William III

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The ‘American Eagle-class’ light cruiser, with a full load displacement of 5,800 tons, was equipped with three triple 155 mm rapid-fire naval guns, four twin 105 mm rapid-fire secondary guns on both sides, six single 88 mm secondary guns and eight 40 mm secondary guns. The armor thickness was 115 mm of waterline, 50 mm of deck, 115 mm of turrets and command towers, and a maximum speed of 28 knots.

The ‘Constellation-class’ heavy cruiser, 10,800 tons, was armed with three triple 210 mm main guns, four twin 150 mm secondary guns, four twin 105 mm secondary guns, eight 88 mm rapid-fire guns and 12 40 mm rapid-fire guns, and six 457 mm medium torpedo tubes. The power will be a three-expansion reciprocating steam engine with a maximum speed of 26 knots. In terms of armor, the waterline armor is 210 mm, the deck armor is 50 mm, and the turret armor and the commander tower armor are also 210 mm.

In Liu Chuan’s plan, 36 A-class destroyers will be built. Next, improvements will be made, with the construction of B-class destroyers, C-class destroyers, and so on.

Light cruisers, also 36 will be built. The American Eagle-class light cruiser, which is only the first, will build six.

The ‘Constellation-class’ heavy cruisers will build 12. Later, improvements will also be made to build more heavy cruisers.

Combined with the new battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy, and even the battlecruisers. The Germanic Imperial Navy would create a powerful fleet dominated by new battleships.

This fleet will become the main fleet of the Germanic Empire in the future and the Imperial Royal Navy will not set on the world’s oceans.

Originally, with the financial resources of the Germanic Empire, it would have been very difficult to achieve such a goal. However, it was supported by Liu Chuan. With at least two hundred million marks or more of financial support from August Mining Each year, the Germanic Navy had more money to build more warships, ensuring that the Germanic Navy could quickly catch up with the Imperial Royal Navy.

“Your Majesty, from now on the Navy will make arguments for these warships. Once you’ve made sure there’s no problem, a construction plan is made. The Imperial Navy will surely be able to grow stronger quickly. Count Tirpitz was equally confident in the future of the Germanic navy.

The other admirals did the same. Great

Everyone believed that with such strong support from His Majesty the Emperor, they would be able to win the war in the future.

“Gentlemen, the imperial navy that never sets is too deep, far more powerful than we think. It’s not easy to beat them. In addition to vigorously developing surface ships, the Imperial Navy must also strengthen its underwater forces. Over the years, the Imperial Navy has also begun to explore the use of submarines. However, this is not enough, from now on, the Empire must increase its investment in this regard! Liu Chuan said.

The Germanic Empire was definitely the first country in the world to develop the military role of submarines.

Or rather, the entire Western world is developing.

However, because of the performance of the submarine, coupled with the use of unclear positioning. This has led many countries to abandon submarines one after another. Or rather, less emphasis is placed on submarines.

Only Liu Chuan knew how terrible these killers hiding under the water would be.

Especially for the Germanic Empire, a powerful submarine force would be indispensable, and could even become a weapon for the German Empire Navy to deal a heavy blow to the Imperial Navy, and even the entire Empire.

“The Empire wants to design and build large ocean-going submarines that can carry out missions overseas for a long time. Not only can it attack local ships by submarine, but it can also be used to attack the enemy’s sea transport line. It was even possible to sneak into enemy ports and launch attacks on enemy warships. In this way, not only can it effectively and directly attack the enemy’s naval power, but also can strike at the enemy’s economic and war potential! Liu Chuan continued.

Count Tirpitz nodded repeatedly.

Previously, the top brass of the Germanic Imperial Navy did not pay much attention to submarines, believing that this kind of gadget that could only hide underwater was not of much use.

However, now that they heard Liu Chuan say this, they immediately understood that this weapon seemed to have a very great power and could pose a very great threat to the enemy.

“Submarines are a very effective asymmetric weapon that can help the inferior side, inflicting greater threat and damage on the enemy.

When facing the Imperial Royal Navy, the Imperial Navy was undoubtedly at a disadvantage. So, we can only take such an approach. I hope that by the time of future wars, the Imperial Navy will have hundreds or more submarines capable of conducting ocean-going routes. In this way, we will be able to completely destroy the sea transport lines that will not set.

The Empire is also a nation of islands, and most of its resources have been imported from overseas. Once the sea transport line is cut off by our submarine force, it is conceivable what the consequences will be. ”

Liu Chuan had a smile on his face.

He hoped that in the future, the Germanic Imperial Navy would be able to cut off the empire’s overseas trade routes by relying on submarine forces and broken fleets. At that time, the Empire of the Sun Will Not Set will be hit incomparably hard, and even strangled alive!