Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 56 Naval Arms Race

The Sharad Empire has benefited a lot so far from this war, especially according to the truce agreements signed by the Sharad Empire with the Cangyu Empire and the Liuyun Empire respectively, the Sharad Empire will continue to benefit from this war in the future. Two countries, get more wealth and other benefits.

This made the British Empire, the world's most powerful country, which has been pressing down on the Sharad Empire, look a little jealous.

In the royal palace of Mesaca City, the capital of the British Empire, August, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, told Emperor Penello in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I just got the news from the Sharad Empire. The emperor has ordered to his Admiralty to design a super dreadnought battleship with a 356mm main gun and a battlecruiser with a 356mm main gun. Prepare to build twelve ships in one go."

Emperor Penello snorted coldly: "It seems that the Sharad Empire has really made a lot of money from the Blue Feather Empire this time, and they are planning to build twelve more super dreadnought battleships and twelve battlecruisers. Now the Sharad Empire has How many super dreadnought battleships are in service, and super dreadnought battleships under construction?"

"Your Majesty, originally the Royal Navy of the Sharad Empire should have eight Ares-class super dreadnought battleships in service, but in the battle with the baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire, the Royal Navy of the Sharad Empire sank one Ares-class ship, and two Ares-class ships sank. was captured, so now there are five super dreadnought battleships in active service in the Royal Navy of the Sharad Empire, and there are twelve Knight-class super dreadnought battleships under construction in several shipyards of the Sharad Empire."

Emperor Penello immediately frowned and said: "It seems that the Sharad Empire wants to compete with our British Empire for the throne of the world's navy. According to the shipbuilding capacity and steel output of the Sharad Empire, how long will the Sharad Empire take? , can you complete those 24 super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers equipped with 356mm main guns?"

Prime Minister August pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, although it is impossible to know the parameters and performance of the super dreadnought battleship and battlecruiser designed by the Navy Department of the Shararad Empire, according to my estimate, according to the shipbuilding capabilities of the Shararad Empire , enough to build 24 super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers equipped with 356mm main guns at the same time, after all, the entire Sharad Empire has 36 shipyards of more than [-] tons, all of which can be used to build super dreadnought battleships or battlecruisers."

After a pause, Prime Minister August continued: "The steel output of the Sharad Empire reached 300 million tons last year, second only to the 100 million tons of our Anglo-Ba Empire, so the Sharad Empire does not lack The steel from which warships are built.”

Emperor Penello's eyes flashed brightly, "The strength of our Yingluoba Empire is inseparable from the strength of the Yingluoba Royal Navy. Now someone wants to challenge the world's number one position of the Yingluoba Royal Navy. The Pakistani Empire had no choice but to respond, and immediately asked the Ministry of the Navy to place additional orders for twelve General Gehrman-class ships from several shipyards. In addition, the Ministry of the Navy had already designed a fast-class battlecruiser, so the Ministry of the Navy would also submit to the Various domestic shipyards invite tenders."

Prime Minister August heard what Emperor Penello said, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, build another twelve General Gehrman-class, and the number of super dreadnought battleships of this level will reach 24, right? There are too many, it is better to wait for the Admiralty to design a more powerful super dreadnought battleship, and then we will build a new super dreadnought battleship."

Emperor Penello waved his hand and said, "Just do what I want. The construction cost of the newly added twelve General Gehrmans will be paid by the royal family. In addition, what are the design parameters and performance of the fast-class battlecruisers? "

When Prime Minister August heard Emperor Penello say that the newly added twelve General Gehrmans were built with the royal family's money, Prime Minister August's face immediately relaxed, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Admiralty designed The fast-class battlecruiser has four double-mounted 45-caliber 356mm main guns, a full-load displacement of 28300 tons, and a maximum speed of 26.5 knots. It is definitely a very good battlecruiser."

Emperor Penello nodded slightly and said: "Since the fast class is very good, and our Royal Navy of England didn't have a single battlecruiser before, let's start construction on 24 ships at the same time!"

"This...Your Majesty, it is too much to build 24 fast-class battlecruisers at once. It is better to build twelve ships first. After all, the battlecruiser is just a new type of battleship that has just appeared. How effective it can be is not known yet. It has gone through too many practical tests."

"I am very optimistic about this new type of battleship that combines the firepower of a battleship and the speed of a cruiser. How about this? The Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Finance are responsible for the construction cost of twelve of the 24 fast-class battlecruisers. The two ships are still paid for by the royal family."

Prime Minister Auguste knew very well that Emperor Penello was preparing to start a naval arms race, and he even did not hesitate to use a lot of royal funds to build warships. As Emperor Penello's hardcore, of course he had to support it at this time. "Your Majesty, rest assured that the current funds of the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Finance are sufficient to build twelve fast-class battlecruisers. With the support of the royal family's funds, I will let the Ministry of the Navy send 24 fast-class battlecruisers to various domestic shipyards as soon as possible. Tenders for battlecruisers."

There are more than 24 shipyards with more than 24 tons in the various shipyards of the British Empire, so even if [-] General Gehrman-class super dreadnought battleships and [-] fast-class battlecruisers are started at the same time, there is no problem.

The new shipbuilding plan of the British Empire did not conceal it from the outside world at all. Soon the British Empire planned to add another 24 General Gehrman-class ships and [-] fast-class battlecruisers. The plan spread all over the world. All over the world, among several major naval powers, there was an uproar.

In the royal palace of Kai City, the capital of the Noomi Empire, the third most powerful country in the world, Edgru, the emperor of the Noomi Empire, said to Prime Minister Julian with a gloomy face: "The Angloba Empire and the Sharad Empire, the new Presumably the prime minister should know about the shipbuilding plan, what does the prime minister think about it?"

The Noomi Empire has a land area of ​​900 million square kilometers. It is currently the largest country in the world. It is adjacent to the Inroba Empire and the Sharad Empire respectively. It has 64 states and a population of more than [-] billion. Its economic strength ranks third in the world, it has the world's third-ranked navy and the world's first-ranked army, and its comprehensive national strength ranks third in the world.

Although the British Empire is the most powerful country in the world, the army of the British Empire can only rank third in the world. The army of the Noomi Empire is recognized as the number one army in the world.

The total strength of the Noomi Imperial Army's active duty is not many, only 700 million, but the Noomi Imperial Army has maintained a reserve force of more than 500 million people all year round, and its reserve officers and soldiers have to receive four More than a month of military training allowed the Noomi Empire Army to expand the size of the regular army to more than 4000 million in just a few weeks.

Prime Minister Julian immediately said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Inroba Empire and the Sharad Empire have started a naval arms race. I believe that our Noomi Royal Navy cannot lag behind!"

Emperor Edgrew nodded and said: "Including the three boiling-class super dreadnought battleships that have just entered service, our Noomi Royal Navy has a total of three super dreadnought battleships, 24 dreadnought battleships, 24 former dreadnought battleships and The 36 iron-clad battleships, compared to the navies of the Inaba Empire and the Sharad Empire, are already far behind in strength, so I plan to add another order for eight boiling-class ships."

In the shipyard of the Noomi Empire, there are still five Boiling-class ships under construction. If there are additional orders for eight Boiling-class ships, the Noomi Royal Navy will have sixteen Boiling-class super dreadnought battleships.

Prime Minister Julian nodded and said: "I agree with His Majesty's opinion. In addition, the Admiralty must design super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with 356mm main guns as soon as possible."

Emperor Edgrew frowned and said: "The quality of the 45-caliber 356mm naval gun developed by the Imperial Scientific Research Department has not been good enough, but we can't wait for the expansion plan of the Noomi Royal Navy. Let the Ministry of the Navy design a 343mm gun as soon as possible. Main gun battlecruisers, and then build eight first to enhance the mobility of the Noomi Royal Navy."

(End of this chapter)