Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“We are an emerging power, and those established powers cannot watch us rise, they will inevitably contain us.” Therefore, we have no choice but to break their containment and plunder their wealth and resources through war. In this way, we can develop more powerfully.

As Prime Minister Bismarck once said, the world fears the Germanic Empire with iron and blood! We have great industrial strength and brave and tenacious fighters! The Germanic Empire needed a broader living space! ”

Liu Chuan’s words resonated with the high-level of the Germanic Empire.

The suppression of the old powers made everyone very angry.

In particular, the generals of the military are eager for a war, and use the sword in their hands to fight for a broader living space for the empire and the entire Germanic Empire.

“Your Excellency Minister of War, I hope that this year the army will expand to ten infantry divisions, and we need more powerful military strength!” Liu Chuan said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” War Minister von Falkenhein replied.

The Germanic Imperial Army now has only 30 infantry divisions, 10 heavy artillery brigades and 10 cavalry brigades, with a total strength of just over 720,000 men.

The expansion of ten infantry divisions would increase the standing strength of the Germanic Imperial Army to 900,000 men.

Such a large standing army, in Europe and even the world, is only less than the Russian Empire. Although the Russian Empire has just planted a big heel in the Far East, its strength is still very strong. The standing strength of the army alone is as high as 1.4 million.

It’s just that in terms of combat effectiveness, if you really want to fight. The 900,000 men of the German Empire Army can definitely easily defeat the 1.4 million standing army of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

Of course, the Russian Empire cannot be underestimated just like that.

Although the soldiers of the Russian Empire were not good at fighting, their greatest advantage was not in this. Their greatest advantage was their huge population, as many as 140 million, which allowed the Russian Empire to have sufficient soldiers. As long as they want to, even mobilizing millions of troops is like playing.

In addition, the Russian Empire has an extremely vast territory, and it is difficult to defeat a country with a vast territory and a large army.

“Your Excellency Lord Admiralty, is the demonstration of our new battleship over?” Liu Chuan immediately asked.

“Your Majesty, the demonstration of the new battleship is over. The ‘Nassau-class’ battleship designed by His Majesty is an extremely excellent battleship! Count Tirpitz replied.

“Good, let’s start building. The battleship “Intrepid” that never sets began construction last year. Our progress cannot be much behind the sun that never sets. Liu Chuan said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Count Tirpitz replied.

Many of the challenges of building the Nassau-class battleship have already been overcome. For its part, Krupp has come up with a sample of a triple 50-caliber 305-mm gun, which is undergoing final tests.

By the time the Nassau-class battleships began to outfitting, they would be able to catch up.

Moreover, at Liu Chuan’s request, Krupp has begun to develop a 50-caliber 380-mm gun. Although it is very difficult, there are many more difficult problems. However, after investing a lot of money, the development of a 50-caliber 380-mm gun was also progressing in an orderly manner. Perhaps, in a few years, the capital ships of the Germanic Imperial Navy will be able to carry 380mm guns.

“I hope that from this year, the German Imperial Navy will build one or two class capital ships every year. The number varies from three to five. In this way, in eight years, the Imperial Navy will be able to have a powerful navy equipped with dozens of new capital ships.

At that time, we will also truly have the strength and capital to fully compete with the Royal Navy of the same day. Only the Imperial Navy can defeat the Empire in one fell swoop in future wars! ”

Liu Chuan’s goal was very clear, and he regarded the Sun Never Set Empire as one of the most important enemies of the Germanic Empire.

Who let the Sun Never Set Empire be the world hegemon and occupy the largest and richest colony in the world?

Only by defeating the Sun Never Sets Empire can the Germanic Empire accept these colonies and quickly become strong.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Count Tirpitz was excited.

The same is true of the other admirals.

At the beginning, Liu Chuan asked to stop the construction of the ‘Braunschweig-class’ battleships and the ‘German-class’ battleships, but it made their hearts seem to be dripping blood!

Now, Liu Chuan finally wants to support the Navy’s large-scale construction of capital ships.

This means that from now on, the strength of the German Imperial Navy will skyrocket.

Even, in the future, they may really have the strength to challenge the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire and defeat the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire in one fell swoop.