Germanic Empire: please call me William III

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“Gentlemen, in any case, the Royal Navy can never lose to the Germans. The Empire was even less able to be surpassed by the Germans in the arms race. Otherwise, once the Royal Navy could not defeat the Germans, the consequences would be very serious. It will even cause the Empire to lose wars in future wars. That’s really fatal to the Empire!
Although the financial pressure of the Empire is very large now, for the sake of the long-term interests of the Empire, and even more for the Empire to win victories in future wars, the Empire must increase its investment in the Navy to ensure that the Imperial Navy must win victories in future wars! ”
Prime Minister Herbert Asquis said.
The other cabinet ministers also realized the seriousness of the matter and all nodded their heads in support.
Even now, the revenue of the Empire is already very difficult, and it is no longer possible to balance the payments. However, even if they owe foreign debt, or even have high debts, they must ensure the development of the Royal Navy! Only then will they be able to win in future wars. Only in this way can we ensure that the Sun Never Sets Empire to maintain its hegemony.
“Sir, the Next Royal Navy comes up with a new capital ship construction plan, and the Empire will fully support it. In any case, the Empire must also defeat the Germans in this regard! Prime Minister Herbert Asquis said.
“Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!” Sir John Fisher was also relieved.
With the approval of the Prime Minister, and even the authorization of the entire Cabinet, he was much easier to deal with.
With the foundation of the Royal Navy and the powerful shipbuilding power of the Sun Never Set Empire, even if the Germanic Empire temporarily leads in the naval arms race. However, the Royal Navy will certainly be able to catch up. Even, far beyond the sun never sets on the Empire.
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, are we going to continue to threaten war against the Germanic Empire and force them to compromise?” Foreign Secretary Edward Gray asked.
Prime Minister Herbert Asquis smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Can we still fight the Germans now?” We need to avoid war as much as possible. Once the war began, if the Royal Navy could not defeat the Germans, but was defeated by the Germans, then we would be in big trouble. At that time, the Empire would only be able to hold its own territory, nor could it send expeditionary forces to the European continent to reinforce the Gauls. Without imperial reinforcements, could the Gauls beat the Germans? That’s delusional.
Although the Tsarist Empire was powerful, the Germans were not without help. In that case, the whole war situation will be very unfavorable to the Empire. Therefore, the Empire now needed to avoid going to war with the Germans as much as possible, and not to stimulate the Germans anymore. Wait until the Imperial Navy has the strength to defeat the Germanic navy, and then go to war with the Germans! ”
“Yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister is absolutely right, now that the war is going on, we have no chance of winning, the risk is too great!” Sir John Fisher also said.
The other ministers did not support the stimulation of the Germanic Empire any longer. After all, risking a war without a chance of winning is no different from a fool.
“Then it looks like we’re going to have to break our promise to the Dutch.” Edward Gray said.
“It’s not that we’re breaking our promises, it’s just that it’s the case. Still, our promise to the Dutch remains valid. There will inevitably be a war between the empire and the Germans in the future. When we defeat the Germans in future wars, the Kingdom of Holland will naturally be restored! Prime Minister Herbert Asquis said.
The other ministers also nodded their heads.
For the Hollands, they can only say sorry now. As for whether the Dutch will be dissatisfied with this, this is not something they can consider. After all, they were the ministers of the Empire that never set on the sun, and naturally they had to put the interests of the Empire that never set on the sun first.
The Sun Never Sets on the side of the Empire quickly changed its attitude, claiming that the means of war were only a last resort and that peace must be ensured as much as possible.
The Royal Navy also took the initiative to retreat, no longer going to the coast of the Germanic Empire, and even the coast of the Dutch Kingdom. Even half of the North Sea in the east was directly ceded to the Germanic Empire.
The sun did not set, and the people chose to compromise and retreat, no longer stimulating the Germanic Empire, and no longer clamoring for war.
Naturally, the Gaul states also knew that the problem was serious, and they were even aware that without the support and assistance of the Empire of the Rising Sun, even if they were allies with the Tsarist Empire. However, it was very difficult for them to defeat the Germanic Empire in one fell swoop.
As a result, the fishing boats in Gaul have also undergone a drastic change of one hundred and eighty degrees. Although they still preached that the destruction of the Dutch kingdom by the Germanic Empire was a very arbitrary act. However, it did not improve the security of the Lu kingdom to the Dutch kingdom, and it would not clamor that if the Germanic Empire did not withdraw from the Dutch kingdom, they would go to war against the Germanic Empire.
The Gaulish state really wanted to defeat the Germanic Empire and wanted to be humiliated. However, they did not want to suffer another fiasco.
The last fiasco led to the demise of the Second Gallic Empire. Moreover, Alsace and Lorraine were ceded to the Germanic Empire, and the Germanic Empire was compensated for the war reparations of five billion francs.
If they fail again, they will pay a greater price. Without a certainty of victory, the Gauls naturally did not want to take risks at this time.
As for the Tsarist Empire, it was even more deadly.
Tsar Nicholas II was more like he was suffering from amnesia, as if he had forgotten his previous clamor to expand the army of the Russian Empire to two and a half million people. After all, expanding the army requires a lot of money. And the Russian Empire simply did not have so much money. Especially in the case that the war cannot be fought for a while and a half, there is no need to expand the army in such a hurry, which is just a waste of money.
Moreover, the Tsarist Empire was so vast that it was only too late to mobilize after the war had begun. They have vast territories, enough time to trade space for time, enough soldiers to mobilize. A large number of serfs, as long as they were conscripted, put down their hoes and could take up arms and go to the battlefield. Of course, the soldiers of such a Tsarist Empire had almost no fighting power to speak of. If it were not for the superiority of troops, the Tsarist Empire would have been delusional if it wanted to win the war.
Under such circumstances, war will naturally not be fought.
The Hollands, on the other hand, found that in the end they were the ones who were hurt the most.