Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 84 The Standard of the Final Four of the Inaba Empire
On December 3011th, [-] in the Tang calendar, in the palace of Meseca, the capital of the Inlopa Empire, August, the Prime Minister of the Inlopa Empire, said to Emperor Penello in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, from Sharad There is news from the empire that the Navy Department of the Sharad Empire has officially invited bids from various shipyards in the Sharad Empire to build [-] super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers at the same time."

Emperor Penello frowned and asked, "Is there any specific data on these two warships of the Sharad Empire?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, the super dreadnought battleship designed and built by the Admiralty of the Sharad Empire is called the Bull-class. It has five double-mounted 45-caliber 356mm main guns and a side armor of 305mm. , with a design speed of 21 knots and a design displacement of 28700 tons. Another battlecruiser is called the Woodpecker class, which has four double-mounted 45mm main guns with a caliber of 356 times and a side armor of 216mm. The design speed is 27 knots. Displacement is 30500 tons."

Emperor Penello nodded slightly and said: "It seems that the Bull-class to be built by the Sharad Empire is not inferior to our General Gehrman-class in terms of performance, and the Woodpecker-class is also comparable to our fast-class battlecruiser. , By the way, how is the development of the 381mm naval gun?"

Prime Minister August shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it will take some time for the scientific research department to develop a 381mm large-caliber naval gun."

"The scientific research department hurry up, the Admiralty has confirmed that the six super dreadnought battleships of the Baron Fleet of the Liuyun Empire are equipped with a main gun with a caliber of 381mm. For a class of super dreadnought battleship, the caliber of the main gun must be 381mm."

At this time, Prime Minister August hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, do you need to adjust the number of constructions of the General Gehrman class and the Rapid class, and build more super dreadnoughts after the successful development of the 381mm large-caliber naval gun?" Battleships and battlecruisers?"

Emperor Penello pondered for a while and said: "If our Royal Navy wants to dominate the world's oceans, we need not only the strongest battleships, but also a larger number of battleships. Strong standards' but very interesting."

When Prime Minister August heard Emperor Penello mentioning the "four-strong standard", he couldn't help but sucked in a breath of air.

The four-power standard proposed by the Admiralty of the British Empire means that the strength of the British Royal Navy should not be lower than the combined naval power of any four naval powers, that is, the strength of the British Royal Navy should be at least equal to The total strength of No.2, No.3, No.4 and No.5 navies in the world.

Prime Minister August coughed and said: "Your Majesty, the four-strong standard is too difficult. If this standard is implemented, the size of our Royal Navy of Inaba will at least double, which is almost impossible. , the empire’s finances simply cannot bear it.”

Emperor Penello smiled and said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, I just want to slightly change the standard of the top four. In the future, the number of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers in the Royal Navy of Inaba can be maintained." The top four standard, as for other types of warships, there is no need to maintain the top four standard, but they must also maintain a numerical advantage."

Prime Minister August said with a bitter smile: "Your Majesty, even if the number of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers are only maintained at the top four standards, the pressure on the empire's finances will be too great. It is only ranked No. [-] in the world. Although the second Sharad Navy lost nine super dreadnought battleships one after another, only three remained, but there are still eight knight-class super dreadnought battleships under construction in the Sharad Empire's shipyard, and the Sharad Empire will soon Eighteen more super dreadnought battleships and eighteen battlecruisers will be built, not to mention the third-ranked Noomi Navy, the fourth-ranked Monia Navy, and the fifth-ranked Gisk Navy.”

Emperor Penello shook his head suddenly and said, "Prime Minister, the Jisk Navy should be excluded and the baron fleet should be added."

Prime Minister August's smile became even more bitter, "Your Majesty, it has been found out that the Baron's fleet should now have sixteen super dreadnought battleships, six of which belonged to the Sharad Navy, and eight other battleships. Cruisers, the strength of that baron fleet is stronger than that of the Jisk Navy, and if measured by the current strength, that baron fleet can even rank second in the world navy."

The British Royal Navy has 24 super dreadnought battleships in service, plus the 36 dreadnought battleships, 72 former dreadnought battleships and [-] ironclad battleships currently in service in the British Royal Navy. Roba Royal Navy is still ranked first in the world.

The corner of Emperor Penello's mouth curled up slightly, "It is because it is difficult to maintain the top four standards of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, so it is challenging. I know the financial situation of the empire, and I will not let the empire If the finances collapse, I will take part of the royal family's funds and invest in the construction of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers. Don't forget the Prime Minister, 24 General Gehrman-class super dreadnought battleships and 24 fast-class battleships There are cruisers, but half of them were built with my money."

As soon as Prime Minister August heard the meaning of Emperor Penello's words, he knew that it was impossible to make Emperor Penello change his mind, "Since the royal family can also invest part of the funds, then the minister's standard for the top four set by His Majesty is also There is no objection, if our Royal Navy can really maintain the standard of the top four, then our Royal Navy will become the well-deserved hegemony of the world's navy, and it is the only one."

When Emperor Penello heard that Prime Minister August agreed to the semi-final standard he set, he couldn't help showing a satisfied smile, "By the way, doesn't the entire Sharad Empire have a total of 36 shipyards of more than [-] tons? Since The Sharad Empire still has eight Knight-class super dreadnought battleships under construction, so how can the Sharad Empire build [-] Bull-class super dreadnought battleships and [-] Woodpecker-class battlecruisers at the same time?"

"Your Majesty, according to the information received by the Admiralty, several shipyards of the Sharad Empire are planning to renovate some [-]-ton docks so that these docks can build Bull-class super dreadnought battleships and Woodpecker-class battlecruisers. "

Emperor Penello nodded and said: "Our domestic shipyards can also learn from this method."

After a pause, Emperor Penello asked again: "Have you found out where the warships owned by the baron's fleet were made?"

Prime Minister August shook his head and said: "It still hasn't been found out, not only our British Empire has not found out, but other countries have not found out. The island shipyard that Su Yi claimed does not seem to exist at all."

Emperor Penello frowned and said: "Let the Ministry of the Navy and the intelligence department continue to increase their search efforts. So many warships, and even super dreadnought battleships with 381mm main guns, will not fall from the sky! I am very interested in that island shipyard!"

(End of this chapter)