Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 123 Who Is the Number One Navy in the World

The words of Secretary of the Navy Brady made Emperor Penello take a breath. You must know that apart from the 24 General Gehrman-class super dreadnought battleships and 24 fast-class battlecruisers currently under construction, the Royal Inrobah Among the Navy's active service, capital ships have a total of 24 super dreadnought battleships, 36 dreadnought battleships, 72 pre-dreadnought battleships and [-] ironclad battleships.

Although the number of battleships of the Royal Inlobal Navy still exceeds that of Su Yi's independent fleet, don't forget that there are 72 ironclad battleships in the active battleships of the Royal Inlobal Navy, and only those in the very backward In terms of iron-clad battleships, the Royal Navy of Inlobal has a huge advantage in front of the independent fleet.

In the comparison of the three most powerful battleships, the Super Dreadnought Battleship, the Battlecruiser and the Dreadnought Battleship, the Royal Navy of the Inaba is at a disadvantage.

At this time, August, the Prime Minister of the Inlobal Empire, suddenly hurried into the hall and came to the Emperor Penello. After bowing and bowing, the Prime Minister August said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the intelligence department I just got the news that the royal family of the Noomi Empire allocated a large amount of funds to the Noomi Navy not long ago for the construction of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, and the Noomi Navy is planning to build 24 ships at the same time A super dreadnought battleship with a 45mm main gun of 356 times the caliber, and 24 battlecruisers with a 45mm main gun of 356 times the caliber!"

The Noomi Empire is the largest country in the world in terms of land area. It is adjacent to the Inroba Empire. It has the world's number one army and the world's third-ranked navy. The relationship with the Inroba Empire is not good. It can also be regarded as a feud.

When Emperor Penello heard this, he asked in surprise: "Hasn't the royal family of the Noomi Empire always been poor? A super dreadnought battleship with a 45-caliber 356mm main gun costs at least 250 million pounds. A battlecruiser with a 45mm main gun of 356 times the caliber also costs more than 200 million British dollars, how could the royal family of the Noomi Empire spend such a large amount of money all of a sudden?"

Secretary of the Navy Brady also asked in surprise: "My lord, as far as I know, the entire Noomi Empire has a total of 24 docks that can build super dreadnought battleships, not to mention that Noomi is still being built in 24 of them. The navy has eight Boiling-class super dreadnought battleships and eight Pathfinder-class battlecruisers, how could the Noomi Empire build 24 super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers at the same time?"

The Boiling-class super dreadnought battleship of the Noomi Empire has five double-mounted 45-fold 343 mm main guns, a full-load displacement of 26200 tons, and a maximum speed of 20 knots. The Pathfinder-class battlecruiser has four double-mounted 45-fold guns. The main gun with a caliber of 343 mm has a full-load displacement of 27000 tons and a maximum speed of 26 knots.

Prime Minister August immediately said: "The intelligence department has not yet found out the source of the huge sum of money from the royal family of the Noomi Empire, but the fact that the Noomi Navy is planning to build 24 super dreadnought battleships and 24 battlecruisers at the same time is true. It is true that the Noomi Navy has invested a huge amount of money to build or renovate a number of docks that can build super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, and the cost is also provided by the Noomi Empire royal family."

Emperor Penello suddenly sneered, "It seems that our Royal Navy of England will have another strong enemy in the future. Now not only the independent fleet that emerged out of thin air has already threatened our Royal Navy of England, the number one in the world. I didn’t expect that the Noomi Navy would also want to have an arm wrestling with our Royal Navy of Inlobah, which made me feel a little excited!”

Then Emperor Penello asked Prime Minister August: "How is the development of the 381mm large-caliber naval gun by the scientific research department?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, the scientific research department has successfully developed a large-caliber naval gun with 45 times the caliber of 381 mm, but this dual-mounted 381 mm naval gun is heavier. The super dreadnought battleship is equipped with five twin 381mm main guns, and perhaps the standard displacement of this super dreadnought battleship exceeds [-] tons."

Emperor Penello smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter that the double-mounted 381mm naval gun is heavier. Anyway, many docks in our country can even build battleships with a displacement of [-] tons. "

Then Emperor Penello turned his head and said to Secretary of the Navy Brady: "I hope that your Admiralty will design super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers equipped with twin 381mm main guns as soon as possible. As for the cost of construction, your Admiralty does not need to worry about it." , I will take full responsibility for it, our Royal Navy’s position as the number one in the world must be maintained forever, and the Royal Navy’s top four standards must continue to be implemented.”

When Brady, the Secretary of the Navy heard it, it seemed that the royal family was about to bleed again, but for the Royal Navy of Inaba, it couldn't be better. How many super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers are you planning to build with 381mm main guns?"

Emperor Penello pondered for a while and said: "Since our Royal Navy of Inaba wants to maintain the standard of the top four, then I plan to build 24 super dreadnought battleships with twin 381mm main guns at one time, and 24 super dreadnought battleships with dual A battlecruiser equipped with 381mm main guns."

The Secretary of the Navy, Brady, and the Prime Minister, August, were immediately stunned by Emperor Penello's generosity. Not only did they secretly figure out, how much wealth was the royal family of the Anglopa Empire?

The British Empire has been rich in gold and diamonds since ancient times, and many gold and diamond mining areas are owned by the royal family of the British Empire. The Royal Family of the British Empire is the richest royal family in the world. As for the Royal Family of the British Empire How much wealth there is has always been a mystery, and even high-ranking officials like Prime Minister August are not clear about it.

Emperor Penello then said to Secretary of the Navy Brady: "By the way, don't forget to add anti-aircraft guns to warships. Many countries now have heavy-duty airships that can drop aerial bombs."

Secretary of the Navy Brady nodded quickly and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our Admiralty not only installed three 24mm anti-aircraft guns on each of the 24 General Gehrman-class super dreadnought battleships and 75 fast-class super dreadnought battleships under construction. In addition, anti-aircraft guns have also been installed on most of the warships currently in service in the Royal Navy of England to prevent enemy airship troops from flying to sea for air bombing."

Then Emperor Penelope turned his head and said to Prime Minister August: "I am very curious, where did the huge amount of funds of the royal family of the Noomi Empire come from? Prime Minister, let the intelligence department fully investigate this matter!"

In the palace of Kai City, the capital of the Noomi Empire, the emperor Edgru of the Noomi Empire said to Prime Minister Julian with a smile on his face: "I think the whole world should know about our Noomi Royal Navy. Come down and prepare to build 24 super dreadnought battleships and 24 battlecruisers at the same time, right?"

Prime Minister Julian said with some excitement: "Your Majesty, our Noomi Royal Army has been recognized as the number one army in the world in recent decades. If our Noomi Royal Navy can also become the world's number one, then we The Noomi Empire will once again become the most powerful country in the Western Continent, and even the world’s most powerful country, and even have a chance to completely defeat the two old enemies, the Inrobah Empire and the Sharad Empire!"

There was also a hint of excitement in Emperor Edgrew's eyes, "Since God has given us such a large amount of wealth in the Noomi Empire, if I can't lead the Noomi Empire to dominate the entire Western Continent, then I will be sorry to God This gift from me!"

The Noomi Empire is located between the Inroba Empire and the Sharad Empire. Although the Noomi Empire is currently the largest country in the world in terms of land area, more than 100 years ago, the land area of ​​the Noomi Empire was larger than it is now. It was 1000 million square kilometers more. At that time, the Noomi Empire was also the number one power in the Western Continent.

However, more than 100 years ago, the two emerging industrial countries, the Yingluoba Empire and the Sharad Empire, joined forces to wage a seven-year war with the Noomi Empire, because the industrialization of the Noomi Empire was only at that time. At the beginning, the weapons and equipment of Noomi's army were much worse than those of the Yingluoba army and the Sharad army.

In the end, the Noomi Empire became the loser of the Seven Years' War, and had to cede 500 million square kilometers of land to the Inroba Empire and the Sharad Empire respectively.

The Yingluoba Empire and the Sharad Empire also lost a lot in the seven-year war. Otherwise, these two countries would never let the Noomi Empire go without asking for 500 million square kilometers of land each. The original intention of the war between the two countries was to completely carve up the Noomi Empire.

In the ensuing 100 years, the Noomi Empire broke out border conflicts with the Angloba Empire and the Sharad Empire many times, and even small-scale border wars. As a result, conflicts occurred, so that the Noomi Empire never encountered the two sides of the Inaba Empire and the Sharad Empire.

However, due to the mutual restraint among the three countries, the Noomi Empire has never had a chance to regain the lost 1000 million square kilometers of land, which has made several emperors of the Noomi Empire have been brooding.

As for the gift from heaven mentioned by Emperor Edgru of the Noomi Empire, he was referring to a mining area discovered within the territory of the Noomi Empire.

This mining area was originally a pasture belonging to the royal family of the Noomi Empire. In September last year, the royal family of the Noomi Empire discovered a gold mine with an astonishing reserve in this pasture. A silver mine with even more astonishing reserves was established.

According to the measurements of the prospectors, the reserve of the gold mine is about 10 tons, and the gold content is between 40 grams and 300 grams per ton, while the reserve of the silver mine exceeds 300 million tons, and the silver content About 1000 grams to [-] grams per ton.

What excites the royal family of the Noomi Empire even more is that the gold and silver mines found on this pasture have a large part of their reserves and are very easy to mine. It is simply a gift from heaven to the royal family of the Noomi Empire.

The gold mine was named the Royal Gold Mine by Emperor Edgrew, and the silver mine was named the Royal Silver Mine by Emperor Edgrew. After all, this gold mine and this silver mine were discovered on the royal ranch, so they should belong Owned by the royal family of the Noomi Empire.

Leaving aside the pre-mining work, the royal family of the Noomi Empire has obtained [-] tons of gold and [-] tons of silver from the Royal Gold Mine and the Royal Silver Mine after only half a year of mining.

Fifteen thousand tons of silver is converted into British dollars of the Anglopa Empire, which is about 3000 million U.S. dollars, and according to the exchange rate of about 200 to [-] between silver and gold in this world, [-] tons of gold is converted into the British Empire. British dollars, about seventy-two million U.S. dollars.

In just over half a year, the royal family of the Noomi Empire has acquired a huge wealth of hundreds of millions of pounds, and this income can be maintained for a long time. Immediately, the emperor of the Noomi Empire, Edglou, began to unabashedly A large sum of money was invested in the Noomi Royal Navy.

Emperor Edgrew asked Prime Minister Julian: "By the way, how long will it take to build eight Boiling-class super dreadnought battleships and eight Pathfinder-class battlecruisers?"

At present, the Noomi Royal Navy has eight Boiling-class super dreadnought battleships in active service. The other eight Boiling-class and eight Pathfinder-class battlecruisers were all built before the gold and silver mines were officially mined. The cost was covered by the treasury of the Noomi Empire.

Prime Minister Julian immediately said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the eight Boiling-class super dreadnought battleships will be completed by the beginning of February next year, and the eight Pathfinder-class battlecruisers will almost be completed by the middle of May next year."

Emperor Edgrew asked again: "The eight Boiling-class and eight Pathfinder-class ships occupy sixteen 24-ton docks, so our Noomi Royal Navy's new 24 Ocean-class super dreadnought battleships and new Is there any problem with building the [-] fighter-class battlecruisers at the same time?"

The Ocean-class super-dreadnought battleship has five twin-mounted 45-caliber 356mm main guns, a full-load displacement of 31800 tons, and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. The Warrior-class battlecruiser has four twin-mounted 45-caliber 356mm main guns. The full load displacement is 29300 tons, and the maximum speed can reach 26.5 knots.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Admiralty is currently building and renovating multiple docks, and it will definitely not delay the construction of 24 Ocean-class super dreadnought battleships and 24 Fighter-class battlecruisers. The one billion dollar pledge for the Admiralty may not be enough to build 24 Ocean-class and 24 Gladiator-class ships in one go."

The Nuoyuan is the currency issued by the Noomi Empire. The exchange rate between the Nuoyuan and the British dollar is about ten to one, and the exchange rate to the silver dollar is one to one.

Emperor Edgrew smiled slightly and said: "According to the output of the Royal Gold Mine and the Royal Silver Mine, I can allocate at least 5000 million Nuo Yuan to the Ministry of the Navy in a month, so the Prime Minister does not need to worry about funding. I'm worried, of course, our Noomi Royal Army will also expand appropriately, it is impossible for me to allocate all the gold and silver produced every month to the Ministry of the Navy."

Prime Minister Julian immediately said: "In fact, the funding gap of the Admiralty can be completely solved by relying on our Noomi Germany's finances. However, because the army needs to form an airship force, and the navy needs to form a submarine force, His Majesty has to spend more money. gone."

Emperor Edgrew said indifferently: "I am not a miser, as long as I can retake the 1000 million square kilometers of land occupied by the Inlobal Empire and the Sharad Empire, I am willing to give up all the royal gold mines and royal silver mines." The output is used in our Noomi Royal Army and Noomi Royal Navy."

After a pause, Emperor Edgrew asked Prime Minister Julian: "By the way, let the Ministry of War send a few more infantry regiments to the border area adjacent to the Sharad Empire as soon as possible to contain more Sharad empires." Army troops, I am very willing to see the power of the Sharad Empire kicked out of the Cangyu Empire by that Su Yi!"

Prime Minister Julian hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, our Noomi Royal Army has only 23 standing infantry regiments in total, and now we have gathered [-] infantry regiments in the border area adjacent to the Sharad Empire. It is not easy to draw out a few more infantry regiments, or even one more infantry regiment, after all, our Noomi Royal Army still needs to maintain a certain strength in the border area adjacent to the Inaba Empire."

Emperor Edgrew pondered for a while and said: "Then let the Ministry of War use the officers and soldiers in the reserve to expand ten new infantry regiments as soon as possible. The military pressure, as for the military expansion expenses, I can be responsible for it.”

Prime Minister Julian nodded and said: "According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, because of the competition with the Su family army for the Cangyu Empire, the Sharad Army has expanded to the size of forty infantry regiments and sixteen independent infantry divisions. Our Noomi Royal Army There should be some expansion, too.”

Emperor Edgrew said indifferently: "Our Noomi Royal Army has tens of millions of reserve officers and soldiers. If necessary, our Noomi Royal Army can expand to hundreds of full-staffed infantry regiments in a short period of time. , So I don’t need to worry about the army. The key is the navy. After all, building a warship does not happen overnight. Next, the focus of our Noomi Empire’s military development will be on the navy. Let us Noomi Royal Navy, won the world's number one title of the Inroba Navy!"

(End of this chapter)