Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

Compared with the powerful army, the Germanic Imperial Navy still has a long way to go if it wants to develop and have the strength to challenge the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets.

In particular, he cannot be led by the nose of the Sun Never Set Empire and follow the footsteps of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire. Instead, you have to overtake in a corner. In this way, the Germanic Imperial Navy has the strength to defeat the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

The arrival of His Majesty the Emperor made the German Imperial Navy extremely excited.

During the reign of Wilhelm II, he strongly supported the development of the navy. This allowed the Germanic Imperial Navy to develop considerably.

But after the death of William II, Liu Chuan ascended the throne, and the navy could not help but be a little worried, will the new emperor continue to support the navy?

However, Liu Chuan focused his first inspection on the Navy. It can be seen that he attaches importance to the Navy. And this, naturally, made the whole navy breathe a sigh of relief.

The Minister of the Admiralty, Count Tirpitz, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, General von Boer, as well as the Admiralty General Reinhardtschell, General Franz von Hippel, General Maximilian von Schip, General Paul von Forbeck and many others.

“Your Majesty the Emperor, welcome to Kiel Harbor.” Count Tirpitz had a smile on his face.

“Your Excellency, I am honored to visit the port of Kiel, and I am extremely happy to see the world-renowned achievements of the Imperial Navy!” Liu Chuan said.

This made Count Tirpitz and the admirals even more happy.

Later, accompanied by Count Tirpitz and a group of admirals, Liu Chuan saw the huge warships at the military port pier.

The most striking thing is undoubtedly a ticket of battleships.

Starting with the ‘Brandenburg-class’ battleships, the Germanic Imperial Navy already had its own battleships. And now, battleships are also being built in a big way.

But unfortunately, even if the Germanic Empire is full of strength, compared with the number of battleships owned by the Royal Navy of the Empire, not only has it not shrunk, but it continues to expand.

On the military port pier in Kiel Harbor, four battleships of the Brandenburg class, five battleships of the Frederick III class and four battleships of the “Wichelsbach class” were moored.

“Your Majesty, this is all the current capital ships of the Imperial Navy.” The fourth ship of the Wichelsbach-class battleships, the Swabia, is under construction and is expected to be commissioned in about a month. Count Tirpitz introduced.

“How many capital ships are still under construction in our shipyard?” Liu Chuan asked.

“The construction of the five Brunswick-class battleships is progressing rapidly and are expected to enter service from the second half of this year to next year. Construction of five German-class battleships has also begun. However, it is expected that it will not enter service until the year after and even the year after that. However, by then, the Imperial Navy will have a full 24 battleships. Such strength, even in the whole world, is second only to the Royal Navy of the Germanic Empire! Count Tirpitz looked proud.

Making the Germanic Imperial Navy a powerful navy second only to the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets, this is what he created after taking office, and it is his greatest achievement!

“Alas!” Liu Chuan sighed heavily.

The Germanic Empire frantically built former dreadnoughts, which seemed to have a lot of capital ships.

But in fact, it is completely a fool of the sun that does not set.

Even if all the battleships in the shipyard were commissioned, the Germanic Imperial Navy would have only 24 former dreadnoughts. In this regard, it is simply not comparable to the empire that never sets.

Moreover, the battleships “Frederick III-class” and “Wichelsbach-class” battleships were armed with only 240 mm guns. The other battleships were armed with 280 mm guns.

In terms of firepower, the former dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never set have any advantages at all. Even, it is completely at a disadvantage.

More importantly, once the dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set begin large-scale construction and service, this large ticket of the former dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy will immediately become obsolete!

“Your Excellency, I demand that from now on, the construction of the Braunschweig-class battleships and the German-class battleships be stopped immediately!” Liu Chuan said immediately.

He didn’t want the Germanic Empire to waste any more resources on these former dreadnoughts.

Compared with the Sun Never Sets Empire, the Germanic Empire was already very lacking in resources. If too much resources were wasted on these former dreadnoughts. Then, it was inevitable that the Germanic Empire did not have enough resources to build dreadnoughts. This will make the Sun Never Set Empire seriously lag behind the Sun Never Set Empire in the dreadnoughts race. As a result, the Germanic Imperial Navy did not challenge the strength of the Royal Navy of the Empire.

“What?” Count Tirpitz exclaimed, looking at Liu Chuan with a stunned expression. He never expected that Liu Chuan would give such an order.

The other admirals were also stunned, as if they couldn’t believe their ears.