Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

Both Count Tirpitz and other admirals believed that Liu Chuan supported the navy.

However, now Liu Chuan’s order is to stop the construction of ‘Braunschweig-class’ battleships and ‘German-class’ battleships, which undoubtedly makes them unbelievable.

Could it be that they were all deceived by Liu Chuan?

Before Liu Chuan succeeded to the throne, he promised to strongly support the development of the navy. As a result, after Liu Chuan ascended the throne, he immediately repented!

Liu Chuan saw everyone’s expressions in his eyes.

“Your Excellency, prepare a conference room, let’s hold a top-secret meeting!” Liu Chuan said.

Count Tirpitz nodded and immediately went to prepare.

Soon, everyone gathered in a conference room. Except for Liu Chuan and the top admirals of the navy, there was not a single outsider. Outside, there are guards guarding to ensure that not even a fly can fly in.

The admirals all looked at Liu Chuan, and they were all waiting for Liu Chuan’s explanation.

“Gentlemen, once our Braunschweig-class battleships and German-class battleships are commissioned, we will have 24 battleships. This looks like a very powerful navy. But how big is the gap between us and the Imperial Royal Navy?

According to the intelligence I have collated, the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire has now built 8 ‘Monarch-class’ battleships, two ‘Bafleur-class’ battleships, 1 ‘Prestige-class’ battleship, 9 ‘Majesty-class’ battleships, 6 ‘Old Man Star’ battleships, 3 ‘Fear-class’ battleships, 5 ‘Wudu-class’ battleships, and 6 ‘Duncan-class’ battleships, for a total of 40 ships.

In addition, inside the shipyard where the sun never sets, two “Quick-class” battleships are under construction and will soon enter service. A further eight ‘Edwardian VII-class’ battleships are under construction and are expected to enter service next year.

In this way, the number of battleships that never set will reach 50, which is exactly twice as many as ours.

In addition, there is also a large number of ironclad ships that do not set and have quite tough battleships, and the performance is not even much worse than our battleships, including two ‘Ravage-class’ ironclads, ‘Intrepid’ ironclads, two ‘Ajax-class’ ironclads, two ‘Giant-class’ ironclads, six ‘Admiral-class’ ironclads and two ‘Nile-class’ ironclads.

With these ironclads, we will be at an even greater disadvantage in terms of capital ships.

The number of our capital ships is only equivalent to thirty-seven percent of the Royal Navy of the Empire.

Under such circumstances, can the Imperial Navy challenge the Royal Navy of the Empire and defeat them? ”

Liu Chuan’s question, especially the fact that was laid out, silenced the admirals of the navy for a while.

They are not fools, naturally knowing that the Germanic Imperial Navy has a very big gap with the Imperial Royal Navy.

“However, Your Majesty the Emperor, we have fewer capital ships than the Royal Navy of the Empire, and we must speed up the construction of capital ships and build more capital ships. In this way, we can narrow the gap between the Imperial Royal Navy that never sets on the same day! Admiral von Boer, Chief of Staff of the Navy, said.

The other admirals also nodded their heads one after another, agreeing with this view.

“In addition to the huge gap between us and the Imperial Royal Navy in terms of capital ships, we are also very large in other types of warships, such as destroyers, cruisers, etc. Or rather, over the years, the empire has vigorously built capital ships, having neglected the development of other types of warships. Liu Chuan continued.

“Your Majesty, as long as there is enough military spending, we can increase our investment in naval ship building. In this way, we will soon be able to make up for these shortcomings and catch up with the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets! Count Tirpitz said.

Liu Chuan nodded, he knew that this was also everyone’s idea.

“If that’s just the case, through our efforts, we may be able to catch up with the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.” Even if it is not to catch up, the gap will not be too big. However, have you ever thought that the reason why the sun never sets to provoke this naval arms race is actually to dig a hole for us.

According to reliable sources, the Sun Never Set is designing a completely new battleship, a battleship that, when commissioned, will be able to make all previous battleships obsolete. They named this battleship the “Formidable” battleship! ”

Liu Chuan explained to everyone.

“Battleship ‘Dreadnought’?” Many generals were confused.

“The Navy has indeed received news about this, but it just doesn’t know what type of warship the sun is designing.” But now it seems that we need to be more cautious. Count Tirpitz had a serious expression.

Since Liu Chuan specifically mentioned this point, it can be seen that the new warships of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire must not be underestimated.