Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

The sun never sets on the mainland of the empire, the foggy capital, the Prime Minister’s Office.

Imperial Prime Minister Arthur Belfort summoned a group of senior cabinet members to discuss the current situation.

Hundreds of years of hegemony have made the Sun Never Set Empire like bandits, plundering large sums of wealth in the world and making them extremely powerful.

Especially after mastering the world’s largest and richest colonies, they can even find enough markets for the goods they produce without developing new technologies.

As a result, the industrial technology and strength of the Sun Never Setting Empire gradually lagged behind other emerging powers. However, with their monopoly on the colonial market, they still lived very well.

Even the goods of the Germanic Empire, relying on the improvement of technology, are more inexpensive.

But the problem is that the colonies that cannot enter the sun and never set have also greatly hit and affected the sales of goods in the Germanic Empire.

Under such circumstances, the contradictions between the two sides will naturally become more and more acute.

In addition, the plunder of colonies has become the powerful foundation of the Sun Never Sets Empire. The world colonial system they have established has become an important means for the empire to maintain its hegemony.

This also made the Germanic Empire naturally extremely hostile to the countries that threatened their hegemony.

Any country, once it threatens their hegemony, will be ruthlessly destroyed by them.

There are already clear examples earlier, such as Napoleon the Great, such as the Russian Empire.

It’s just that now it’s the turn of the Germanic Empire.

“Gentlemen, I find that I am becoming less and less able to understand the young emperors of the Germanic Empire. As soon as he took office, he actually stopped the construction of the most important two-class battleships of the German Imperial Navy. What the hell is this for? Arthur Belfort asked.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, the financial pressure on the Germanic Empire has always been very great, and naval construction, especially the construction of capital ships, is the most expensive. The Germanic Empire may not be able to survive financially, so it will choose to stop building! Chancellor of the Exchequer Austin Chamberlain said.

“It’s possible! However, I fear that there will be other problems. Will there be some conspiracy in this? Arthur Belfort asked.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, no matter what conspiracies the Germans have, you just need to know that the Imperial Royal Navy is the most powerful in the world. The Imperial Navy alone had fifty battleships, active and under construction. Even if the Germans had not stopped building those ten battleships, it would have been less than half of ours.

They have now stopped building battleships, and there are only fourteen battleships, and they are even more not opponents of the empire!

In addition, the Imperial Navy’s research on the next class of battleships has made breakthroughs. It is expected that construction will start next year. This would allow the Imperial Navy to have a very powerful battleship. The Imperial Navy will continue to lead the way in the development of the world’s navies. Under such circumstances, the navies of other countries are even less likely to pose a threat to us.

Whether it is the Germanic Empire or other countries, this is the case!

In the eyes of the Royal Navy, the world’s navy is divided into only two, one is the Royal Navy itself, and the other is the navies of other countries! ”

Secretary of the Admiralty John Fisher looked proud.

Arthur Belfort nodded repeatedly.

Indeed, the current Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets can be called the most powerful navy in the world.

The throne of the sea hegemon, they have been sitting for hundreds of years.

They also do not think that they will lose the hegemonic throne this time.

“Gentlemen, we all firmly believe that the Germanic Empire is the most powerful. The hegemony of the empire is unbreakable. However, the empire had to admit that the rise of the Germanic Empire on the European continent had already posed no small threat to the empire. Therefore, from now on, the empire should strengthen its suppression of the Germanic Empire. Once they are found to be on the rise, they must be addressed. It is absolutely impossible to let the lessons of the First Gallic Empire happen again! Arthur Belfort ordered.

“Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!” The ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire all answered one after another.

At the beginning, Napoleon led the rapid rise of the First Gallic Empire, dominating the entire European continent and becoming the hegemon here.

Napoleon’s tough statement that he would never allow the goods of the Sun Never Set Empire to enter the European continent, and it dealt an extremely heavy blow to the Sun Never Set Empire.

Even with a strong navy, the Sun Never Set Empire was able to secure its homeland and blockade the First Gallic Empire through its navy.

It even united with other European countries to besiege the First Gallic Empire.

But it took more than a dozen years and a lot of resources and financial resources to solve the First Gallic Empire.

If this happens all over again, the Sun Never Sets Empire will probably pay a greater price.

This also made the ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire unwilling to see the rise of the Germanic Empire and become another Gallic First Empire.