Germanic Empire: please call me William III

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it seems that the news of the Empire’s construction of the battleship HMS Dreadnought has not been kept secret. The Germans must have learned of this news in advance before they built the same type of warship to confront us. The Germans were thieves! Sir John Fisher scolded.

The expressions of the other ministers of the Empire that never set were somewhat unnatural.

Sir John Fisher scolded the Germanic Navy as a thief, but from the photographs taken by their intelligence officers, the Battleship Nassau of the Germanic Navy was fundamentally different from their battleship Dreadnought.

Judging from the layout of the turret alone, it is completely different.

The battleship Intrepid was a five-twin main turret layout, four of which could fire to one side. The battleship Nassau, on the other hand, had three triple-mounted main turrets, all of which could fire to one side.

Perhaps the battleship Nassau copied the battleship Dreadnought, but it was definitely not copied, but it was improved in this regard.

Of course, the sun does not set people will not know that these capital ships of the Germanic Imperial Navy are based on the mainstream design of later generations, and there is no such thing as copying that battleship.

“Sir, the Germanic Empire is undoubtedly the greatest competitor of the Empire. So, how can the Empire ensure an advantage over them? Once the Germanic Imperial Navy was allowed to develop, it would undoubtedly pose a very great threat to us! Prime Minister Herbert Asquis said.

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, according to the information we have received, the Germans have invested a great deal in the new dreadnought and have developed very rapidly. Their ‘Nassau-class’ battleships, a total of four. In addition, a total of eight new capital ships of two classes are under construction. said Sir John Fisher.

This suddenly made the other ministers of the Empire who never set in the sun involuntarily inhale a cool breath.

The Germanic Empire built twelve new dreadnoughts in one go, which undoubtedly put the Sun Never Set Empire at a complete disadvantage on the new dreadnoughts!

“The Imperial Navy, in addition to the battleship Dreadnought, will continue to serve three Bellerophon-class battleships, three St. Vincent-class battleships and three Invincible-class battlecruisers.

In terms of capital ships, we are at a disadvantage for the time being. Moreover, we cannot guarantee that our single ship will be able to surpass the Germans. Therefore, we need to further increase our investment in the Navy. ”

Sir John Fisher did not mind exaggerating the strength of his opponents.

In this way, it will be able to fully arouse the tension among the top brass of the Empire and make them agree to allocate more military expenses for the Royal Navy to build more warships.

Prime Minister Herbert Asquis frowned, and the other Imperial Cabinet ministers also had serious expressions.

For a long time, the Imperial Royal Navy was the most powerful navy in the world. It is also officially based on this that they can suppress other countries, dominate the world’s oceans, and become hegemons.

The vast colonies of the Empire and the colonial system it built up needed to be maintained by the Royal Navy.

Once the Royal Navy was overtaken by the Germanic Empire, or even simply threatened by the Germanic Empire’s Navy, this was definitely not acceptable to the germanic Empire’s top brass.

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, due to financial constraints, we have only approved the construction of a capital ship this year, the battleship Neptune. But now it seems that this is absolutely not possible. We need additional appropriations to build two more battleships. And, again, build a battlecruiser. In that case, we will have six capital ships to start building. Once in service, we will be able to crush the Germans again in terms of the number of capital ships! said Sir John Fisher.

“We will start building more capital ships, and the Germans will certainly build more capital ships!” Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George said.

“Yes, it is inevitable! But we can never lose to the Germans in this regard. Otherwise, we’re doomed. If the Germans wanted to engage in an arms race with us, we had to overtake them and crush them. In this way, we can ensure the superiority of the Royal Navy and the hegemony of the Empire! Sir John Fisher had a determined look on his face.

The other ministers of the Empire who never set the sun naturally understood this.

At a time when the Germanic Empire invested heavily in the construction of dreadnoughts, a large-scale naval arms race was inevitable in order to ensure its superiority.

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Your Excellency, Ministers. This time the Germans posed too much of a threat to us, and we had to do our best. Take out the Germans to build one capital ship, and we will build two. Only then will we be able to crush the Germans and ensure our superiority! Sir John Fisher went on.